Graham Crackers Anonymous - 2 hours clean!

So, my Cookies Anonymous has been really successful over the last month and a half. However, I figured I'd buy graham crackers to fill the cookie void. Yikes. It didn't work. I just ate a whole box with a couple of glasses of milk in far less than 24 hours. So, here we go on another personal support group.

I have given up peanut M&Ms which happened to be my first crutch after giving up the cookies.


However, it is looking like the root cause is milk. I thought it might be in a prior blog entry - http://rebeckeronline.blogspot.com/2008/04/cookies-anonymous-over-31-days-clean.html and so this is further confirmation of a deeper problem.

Milk Anonymous is next.

Cookies Anonymous - 28 days clean!

Yep, I haven't eaten a cookie in 28 days. I've even cut back on peanut M&Ms until the weekends. With a little more walking everyday, some yoga (about 15 minutes a week - it's kind of boring), and lifting some weights...I've trimmed off about 8-9 pounds. It's a good start, but at 6 feet that doesn't amount to much.

I'm just very proud that I got this far. The most amazing thing is that I'm not tempted to have one. I suspect it has something to do with a pre-occupied and stressed mind, but that will be in another blog entry.

Cookies Anonymous - clean for 20 days!

Yep, been clean for 20 days now. I've found some other snacks. But, the peanut M&Ms have been added to the hands off list now. It's difficult because that's also the treat of choice at the movie theater.

Side benefit - lost about 6 pounds. Not visible progress, but progress.

Technology - metadata and stuff

So, Jessica (my sister-in-law) commented on my cookie post and it sent me an automatic email to my Gmail account. In the email she mentioned that my nephew likes peanut M&Ms too and so Google gave me an add about M&Ms.

http://www.mymms.com/

So, as a result of Google's smartness, I now know that I can order personalized M&Ms. Kind of cool.

However, I must ask myself this question - Is this one Google Ad more important than the 564 items in the junk mail folder? Hmmmm.

Yes, it is worth it. One idea is usually worth a lot more than 564 bad ones. Of course, maybe there are some good ideas in there as well, but I think they are all in chinese characters and I'm not willing to cut/paste them into a translation tool to find out.

Yes, Napoleon Dynamite's brother is right - I love technology.

Cookies Anonymous - clean for 14 days

Yep, I've made it 14 days without cookies. I've also lost a total of four pounds over the last couple of weeks which isn't really anything on my frame. The real trick is substituting with something better. Today I brought a big bag of pre-cut and pre-packaged carrots and celery to work along with yogurt and an orange. I ate some of all of them. However, I did take a break to go buy a big BLT for lunch so I could truly fill up.

The next item I have to omit from my intake would be peanut M&Ms. I bought a massive bag at Costco and ate it all in one week. So, the cookie thing was great, but I think I was able to do it only because I had another crutch.

Hopefully this week I'll be able to have celery and peanut butter as the crutch instead of all these tasty substitutes. And, I'm done walking Pepper and so this means more creative exercise options and obscure walks to fill that requirement.

Pressing forward!