I love food

We've made it through the first leg of our journey and are back to my dad's with copious amounts of - internet access :)

For someone that checks their email several times a day at home, I made it through without wondering what was on my email AT ALL. When I got here the bulk of my 53 messages were forwards.

I did spend a good 40 minutes last night after all were in bed catching up with blogs. Sheesh. I then felt somewhat mad at myself for continuing to stay up reading (skimming really) Bob Greenes The Best Life Diet . . . for which I was handsomely rewarded by Miriam sleeping the entire night. Go figure. I think the last time she did that was sometime in January.

Before I launch into the story of our vacation, The Best Life Diet got me thinking about my current plans to drop a few pounds. I thought about how a vacation can really throw off your eating habits (or reinforce all the bad habits). Especially when you are eating at grandmas where - as Bill would say - food has no points value.

We have a favorite talk by John Bytheway called Righteous Warriors. We used to listen to it on CD on the way to the Tri-Cities. He has this wonderful way of telling stories. One story was from the book of Alma in the Book of Mormon, talking about a leader, Lehonti, who went up into a mountain with his people to stay out of things going on below. Whats-his-name-bad-guy wants to be in control of all the people and keeps asking Lehonti to come down off the mountain to 'talk' with him. And Lehonti says no (because they were "fixed in their minds with a determined resolution . . ."). But then Whats-his-name-bad-guy says "Just come down a little." Giving up that little ground does not end up so well for Lehonti ("And it came to pass that [Whats-his-name-bad-guy] administered poison by degrees to Lehonti, that he died") Not so well at all.

I thought of this last night after being inspired by Bob G. and laughing at my vacation eating habits. After all it is pretty easy to say "Yes, I will have some of that raspberry jelly roll." "Ice cream please." "Of course I'll have more soup." Rather than "No, thank you." to a grandmother. Just come off of your mountain a little bit friends . . .

Luckily when changing your diet you can start every day new. And you don't have to worry about being poisoned by degrees. . . unless recently you are getting your food from China . . .