Yeah, that was my theme song and Day 4 of the GM diet.  Which was surprisingly easier than I thought would be. Come on, only bananas, milk, and water for one full day?  Who in their right mind would think that would be easy or fun? If you think that was bad, Day 1 was even worse!  Meal plan for Day 1 was fruits and water.  All you could eat, but fruit only.  I don't know how I got through that day. The first day was the worst for me.  I like watermelon, apples and pineapple when I'm in the mood.  I'm not  usually in the mood.  Luckily for me I decided to start this diet while in Malaysia so my beautiful friend Moira reintroduced me to her favorite fruits such as dragon fruit (loved), and papaya (remembered after tasting it that I don't like papaya), anyway, I struggled massively on day one and truly didn't think I would make it, thought the diet would end before it even started. I was wrong.  Made it through day one even though that first night my body craved anything and everything BUT fruit….

Day 2 was a different story.  I woke up NOT hungry.  My cravings were gone too. Couldn't believe it.  Menu plan for day two was all veggies and water.  As much as you could eat whenever you wanted to eat, all day but veggies only.  This was much easier for me.  Oh! The best part of day two was the first thing you got to eat in the morning was a boiled or baked potato with one little smack of butter.  After that no more potatoes but any other veggies you wanted.  I think I had roast veggies for snacks, lunch and dinner that night and it was delicious.  

Oops.  I forgot.  Some dear friends were also visiting Kuala Lumpur that we hadn't seen in over two years and the hubby makes really gorgeous gin and tonics.  Yes I was on a diet but how could I resist Warren's G&T's?  I couldn't.  Had two.  Figured hey, half the drink was sort of water wasn't it? Drank tons of water after to try and flush out of my system.  Went to bed scared that I had sabotaged my diet but eh, it was a good day.

Day 3.  Fruit and veggies and in my case, more of Warren's G&T's when they visited later on the day.  Couldn't be helped.  I only had one this time though.  Again, did my best to drink an enormous amounts of water after to flush it out.

So you might be wondering, did you weigh yourself? Had you lost any weight at this point?  Yes and yes.  But not near what I had hoped and of course was disappointed stepping on the scale.  The weird thing was I was "feeling" lighter and even looking smaller.  The weight was coming off somehow but the scale wasn't reflecting.

Day 4.  The banana day.  I HATED this day.  I don't love bananas. My friend's housekeeper made me a banana smoothie for breakfast and I realized immediately that was the only way for me to survive banana day. 

Day 5 of the GM diet is called feast day.  You could have beef (or any kind of lean meats) and tomatoes.  I had a burger that day for lunch (no bread) and then again at dinner.  Ha! Yum.  

Day 6 honestly, don't even remember the diet for that day and this was just a couple of days ago, i think it was just veggies again, was so busy NOT being hungry and not craving anything special i just don't remember.

Day 7 was one cup of brown rice, veggies and fruit juices.  Easy peazy, no mac and cheesy!  Sorry but it was Saturday in KL and as far as I know, probably my last Saturday in Malaysia for years to come….so we went out to my favorite Mexican restaurant in KL, Las Carretas and yes,  I cheated.  Had beef fajitas (no tortillas) and instead of the brown rice, had spanish rice and ate chips and guacamole.  I didn't feel guilty at all though.  Had alcoholic beverages this evening too, (last Saturday night in KL, was out with the girls).  I figured I would just dance off the calories and boy did I give it a go that night!  Haha great evening but I paid for it yesterday.  Hangovers at this age are no bueno.

Even with the occasional cheating (G&T's and Day 7 Mexican food) I ended up losing 6 lbs!  Hey man, would have probably lost more had I not cheated with the but 5 lbs was my real goal and 6 was the icing on the cake.  

Yesterday was Sunday and I let myself enjoy that the diet was over on Day 8, but found that all the usual "bad" stuff didn't sound appealing and didn't even taste that good after the first bite.

So today, Monday after my seven days on this GM diet, I look and feel great, and my body isn't craving sodas, or sweets or breads or most things that I usually just want to eat.  As I write this "review"of the GM diet I am drinking a fruit smoothie and washing it down with a tall glass of water.  This is "HUGE" for me.  I usually don't do fruit willingly. I do now, and I'm actually quite happy about it.

This diet worked for me.  I'd recommend it in a heartbeat.

Happy Monday y'all, have a great week!  Me? I'm going clothes shopping today, win!

Snuggle Walking.
Before I start yapping about our "big news" I want to ask if any of you have heard of "snuggle walking"…

We returned to Singapore last week to have Bruce's tonsils and adenoids removed.  I'm sure there is a medical term for it but it escapes me at the moment.  Anyway, Bruce had the surgery, we spent the night at the hospital, were given meds for his pain and instructions on his after care, blah blah blah.

On the day after he was released from the hospital, he asked if he could have a new Lego set.  As he had been in the hospital and had been such a trooper, we said yes of course he could have a new Lego set, and asked which kind he had in mind.  Bruce quickly responded,"I'll pick it out", we of course were worried about him being out and about and reminded him that he was still recovering from his surgery and was maybe not ready to head to a big mall even if it was only a walk across the street.  Without missing a beat Bruce said "that's okay Daddy we can snuggle walk, you know, snuggle together while we walk? Look I'll show you how".  He did and they proceeded to head out to Paragon mall and purchase the Star Wars AT-AT Lego set.  John says they snuggle walked all the way there and back! Snuggle walking….little does Bruce know that his Daddy and I have lot of experience snuggle walking, lol we just never had a name for it.

Now to our big news!  Our time in India is coming to an end.  Mixed emotions about it, happy? Yes! Sad? Yes. Excited about our new adventure, absolutely!  Sad you wonder?  Me too. You see India and I have had a love hate relationship.  Sometimes I love it, a lot of times I hate it. And there are times I love to hate it especially when I'm with other expats and we complain about the most comedic things!  Conflicted emotions because although I know I am ready to leave, I am sad to leave behind friends, staff, the interesting scenery, the "never knowing what is going to happen today" adrenaline that comes when I wake up every morning.  There is no where else in the world like India and though I am ready to leave it behind I wish that I had done better while I was here.  I wish I  could have seen and done more, wish that I had been able to overcome my fears (never did try any street food though sometimes I really wanted to) and then wish I wouldn't have become so jaded while I was here (stories for another time).  Frankly I get a big fat "F" as in fail for my time in Bangalore. t's been over two and a half years now, and the thoughts that keep going through my head are, I can't wait to leave but I wish I had been able to do more.  You come here thinking you're going to be the next Mother Theresa and instead you wake up and realize you've become more like Archie Bunker.  That's the sad truth in my case.

India has changed me in ways that I don't think you could understand unless you have lived here.  Visiting for a week or two, just doesn't  count,  living here, you come to truly appreciate the small things in life and take the biggest pleasures in people and things that are good and beautiful.  When people who have so much less than you can find a reason to smile, you best believe your priorities need a good straightening out and so do you. 

So much more I could say and should have written about had I been more consistent with my blog postings…..sorry about that. 

We're leaving India soon.  The main question people who I am leaving have asked are "would I come back for a visit?" Sure, leaving behind some wonderful people, life long friends that I will miss and I would love to come back to see.  "Would I want to live here again?"  No.  I wouldn't.  "If I could go back in time, would I change things and miss this experience?" Never (and believe me we had some rough ones here), but I would never trade this experience for anything and know that I am a much affected person, very different from the person I was before I experienced India, and can whole heartedly say I am "happy" that India "experienced me too".

Will write more as our days come to an end here, I anticipate more crazy days ahead, as you never know what to expect in this very chaotic place.