Let's Start At The Very Beginning...A Very Good Place To Start

Current Weight: 343 lbs (yay? at least I haven't gained it all back...)

Breakfast:
- 90 Calorie Granola Bar - if you're in this area, you can get 'em at Giant Eagle cheap; they're chocolate chunk, smallish, but tasty!
- Pina Colada Yogurt - from Yoplait. This flavor Mikey picked up; not sure about it, may not eat it all.

Snack:
- 1 pluot - this is an interesting little fruit, if you've not tried them they're probably in your grocer's case now. It is a hybrid of a plum (plu-) and an apricot (-ot) and has a plummy flavor, but a little bit of sweetness that you don't get in a normal plum.

Lunch:
- Homemade Lasagna - soooo tasty. Be jealous, seriously. Not really diet-conscious, but omg so good - and I know exactly what went into it. ;)
- a can of regular Mountain Dew - I know I know...but now my headache has abated!

Snack:
- 1 chocolate-covered cherry - I've been doing really well by eating one of these bad-boys per day. It totally satisfies my chocolate-lust and gives me a "dessert" that's so tasty, and I only need one!

Dinner:
- 1 cod fillet - made with crush Ritz crackers and egg; lightly browned
- veggies of some sort - this will be worked out later

Throughout the day I'll also be drinking a ton of Crystal Light (my favorite is fruit punch and probably a glass of white cranberry juice with dinner.

So, what's the title all about?
I'm kinda having to start over. Mostly because of this 'hiatus' from exercise I've been on. Since the last time I wrote things have changed. I'm no longer making it my goal to be healthy during a pregnancy because I'll probably never get pregnant. There's been a lot of personal stress surrounding that - mostly because we're gearing up for adoption stuff.

Our first meeting regarding adoption is on 09/13 - with a lawyer that specializes in adoption. We have lots of questions to ask her - it looks like the first thing we have to do is a home-study. That won't start, though, until probably around January - we're hoping our roommate Beth will be accepted to Kent State and with that a move into the dorms for her so we have room again to set up a kid's room.

09/17 we'll be meeting up with an adoption agency here in Akron - going to their information meeting.

09/23 (? - have to double-check this) we're going to the info meeting with Summit County Child Protection Services.

A lot of stress = depression = food cravings = me eating food.

Thank God I realize that, huh?

Anyway, I'm starting over. No structured exercising for a few days - we have to get the elliptical put together - but tonight it's crunches and weights.

I'm alive, folks...