Week 29

Karlie couldn't take the stress anymore. She looked down at the chocolate frosted doughnut with sprinkles and felt like asking it why it was so cheep. A little change bought you instantaneous, momentary satisfaction followed by a load of "hit my 10% weight goal two weeks ago," guilt.

She hated that she was backsliding and that her etools tracker would show at least a months worth of nothing. It had started out simple. She hadn't tracked because she wasn't home, then her mom's health took her away from home again. Then when she got back knowing her mothers prognosis wasn't good she couldn't find the motivation.

Karlie just wanted something to be easy. Her life was anything but easy at this point but a chocolate covered doughnut with sprinkles was easy. The only eating plan that was on track now was her dogs.

She took a moment t o chuckle at the fact there were nine cupcakes sitting in her fridge at home. Trish had brought them as soon as she heard the news.

"I know your on an eating plan and all. But, it's not like I could bring you comfort carrots," Trish told her.

The problem wasn't the cupcakes. The problem was the fact the Karlie was eating two a day like lithium with no desire to exercise, that was the problem. Thirty minutes a day wasn't that hard to find. Hell, she'd done 30-45 for four days straight just last week and her schedule was no more packed this week then it was then. Which means, "I'm busy," was not a valid excuse.

"That's it," she said to the doughnut making the homeless man at the table next to her look up, "30 minutes tonight before Stewart gets home." She ate the doughnut and went back into work.