Finally Friday!

I weighed 118 pounds in January of 2000. 118 pounds. The funny thing is that was not my lowest weight as an adult. I think that that was up from 112. That was the year I got diagnosed with ulcerative colitis. One doctor I went to (the first) told me that I had iritable bowel syndome and I should be happy because I was so nice and slender (I was probably around 122-125 down from a 137). I cried on the way home. I was sick and I knew it. So eventually I found a great doctor, and have since switched to a different great doctor, and all is well.

I met my husband right around when my weight was normalizing and I was getting healthy...and by the summer of 2001 I was at a good healthy fighting weight! I just kept on going. I wasn't exercising as much due to getting a 'real job'.

When I took the bar exam, I was rigid about self-care. I would study for certain periods of time, eat, exercise and make sure that I took a mental break from studying by spending time with pretty much anyone who wasn't studying for the bar. What happened?

That's the question that I am starting to answer.

Today, I was ok. I had to have a blood test that required fasting so I skipped my morning walk and breakfast and had a dunkin donuts coffee, a raisin bran muffin, water, then had a banana, some california rolls, an apple, microwave popcorn and then out of boredom...a snickers egg.

The best part, I don't even like snickers. They are edible, but generally I do not like nuts in my dessert and snickers is no exception.