Sunday mornings

Its so nice not to have to shoot the day after 2 big weddings we shot yesterday. I joke that going to weddings is my day off because I can concentrate on being a creative person and not deal with emails, phone calls and ATT (Phone company in Florida trying to rip me off for $665- they say that I have to pay a cancellation fee based on the fact that Bell South was purchased by ATT. But in January it was waived if I sign a 1 year contract promising to use ATT for interenet and phone. So I signed up. Now it turns out they lost my fax and shut off my phone service and are again demanding I pay the penalty. After 1 hour on the phone they promise I dont have to pay if I refax the contract. And I though Bell Canada was screwed up)




Most of you may have noticed I put on a lot of weight over the past 6 months. In fact, I have put on every single pound that I had lost last year plus an additional 15. So as of May 1st I weighted 255 lbs. Oh the humanity!!

Of course, I am back to dieting. It sooo frustrating. I know I cannot eat certain foods, but its like this.

Every year for the past 4 years I lose an avg of 30 pounds. I keep it off for a few months then as soon as I get busy in September/October the weight quickly comes back. The most successful diet I tried was Dr Daniels, but it involved driving to his office every week in Scarborough. For you Florida people that is about a 45 minute drive from my studio in the center of Toronto each way. I basically lost 3 hours of work time a month. Just not possible in September when the studio has 2 bridal shows in Florida and 2 in Toronto, plus I have 4 appointments a night Monday to Thursday from 6-11pm, and 8 weddings.

Here is the latest. Since I started my "new diet" I am down to 247 - or 8 pounds. This is mostly water but its a start. Its not like I dont know exactly what I have to do, but I need help.

Here is a few things that worked for me over the last few years

• set resonable goal each week
• 30 minutes of cardo each day - shooting a wedding counts
• no pasta, rice, ice cream or chicken wings
  
• 10 glasses of water a day
• no eating after 8pm
• take a snack in the car (apple, veggies, nuts)
• reward my losses - steak, upgrade at the gym, bbq