Lately I've been yearning for more food, so I decided that instead of binging on a bunch of foods (or before doing it) I should go on that reentry week Dr. Miller suggests, sort of like a stepping stone towards normal eating.  Personally I call it maintenance.  the thing is, it has so many more starches, its a bit scary. 

I changed to those menus in an effort to not regain the 12.8 pounds that I've lost over the past 7 weeks.  I do not want to slide back, and this is supposed to be the way to do it.  But some days, like Sunday, when I had 2 cups of spaghetti (my dream come true) I could help but feel like I was cheating. 

Truth is, I was not cheating, but it does mean I am slowing down on the diet.  My family did not comment on it, but they did not seem to like it, they want me to keep losing weight.  I want that too, but the urge to eat  tons of foods is right in the next room, trying to find a weakness in the doorframe to enter this room.

On the plus side, I am less tired, and I have added the additional 20 minutes of exercise Dr. Miller recomends for the group over 35 years of age.  It seems to work a bit, because Ive been sweating by the end of my workouts which had not happened before.

Today I agte more than what I was prescribed (the day is not over) and I am a bit too eager to find an excuse to eat something I am not supposed to.

I still have to do this, have to, not need to, so I will keep trying.  I think I might go on the low calorie menus next week.