Going for the Zen

Yesterday was my most recent check-up. The big event was the diabetes screening test - which I'll find out the results of next week. I did gain another 6 pounds in the past month despite all the gold stars on my calendar for exercising! I talked with Dr. Esserman about the non-typical weight gain (non-typical for me that is). He said that I am doing fine and that asked about eating starches and ice cream. I really did cut back on the carbs for several weeks after my last appointment - but seriously salads are seriously overrated. I tried to arrive at a zen-like acceptance of what will be will be and stop worrying about the weight gain. It hasn't actually worked out for me, but I also haven't eaten another salad in the past week. I told my doctor that I would rather gain 60 pounds than give up ice cream and that is what I'll do. I'll still be exercising and frankly there isn't that much in my diet - other than the ice cream obsession - to worry about.

So today I ate a protein bar, went to the gym, had an egg white omelet washed down with low sodium V-8 and ate a pint of ice cream. Does that count for a zen-like balance?

(Photos below weeks 26 and 25. Above is week 27.)