I'm full of hope right now. Full of hope that I'll be able to stick to this. Since my last post, I've cut down on my carb intake, despite not being back on Atkins. I have lunch prepared for work tomorrow - a wonderful medley of eggplant, peppers, tomatoes and onion. It smells, and tastes, delicious! I have NO money to take to work tomorrow, and I'm going to avoid the ATM on the way there, so I can't withdraw cash and be tempted to cheat. It's sad that it's the only way I can avoid cheating, but if that's what it takes!

I fly back to Florida next week, so a whole other range of hurdles and obstacles await me there with the inlaws, but I'm confident I can overcome it. I'm going to be brave and actually offer to cook for them as often as I can. That way I can make sure that even if they want rice and potatoes, I don't feel obligated to eat it. My fiance will be joining me on this Atkin's journey. He wants to lose about 100 lbs, so I'm going to give him a 2 week taster and let him make his own decision on whether or not he wants to pursue it. I have a feeling he will though! We have so much planned for my arrival - trips to the nature trails, biking, walking, weekend trips to the beach which will force us to walk around and not be lazy! I'm looking forward to it