It's a perfect day

"It's a perfect day," I said to my wife.

She looked at me strangely and asked: "In what way do you mean?"

"With my eating," I said.

A song from Ron Sexsmith kept rolling through my head, probably triggered by my early morning post about his new album, Carousel One coming out in a few weeks.

Gold In Them Hills

I know it doesn't seem that way

But maybe it's the perfect day

Even though the bills are piling

And maybe Lady Luck ain't smiling

But if we'd only open our eyes

We'd see the blessings in disguise

That all the rain clouds are fountains

Though our troubles seem like mountains

There's gold in them hills

There's gold in them hills

So don't lose heart

Give the day a chance to start

Every now and then life says

Where do you think you're going so fast

We're apt to think it cruel but sometimes

It's a case of cruel to be kind

And if we'd get up off our knees

Why then we'd see the forest for the trees

And we'd see the new sun rising

Over the hills on the horizon

There's gold in them hills

There's gold in them hills

So don't lose faith

Give the world a chance to say...

A word or two, my friend

There's no telling how the day might end

And we'll never know until we see

That there's gold in them hills

There's gold in them hills

So don't lose heart

Give the day a chance to start

There's gold in them hills

There's gold in them hills

It's a great song, one of my favourites.  So, in my mind, I thought "maybe it's a perfect day" over and over again.  I stuck to my Ideal Protein program, to the letter.  Shake for breakfast, shake with salad for lunch, regular and modestly portioned dinner, and approved snack before bed.  Plus I drank lots and lots of water.  Simple right?

My weight hadn't gone up in recent days, but it hadn't gone down either.  My body seemed to have plateaued with about 4 pounds to go to reach my goal.  After my perfect day:  down a full pound and a half.  Maybe I need to make it another perfect day.

I find it interested that a single line of music, an eloquent lyric, made such a difference for me.  Maybe it will for you.  Have yourself a perfect day, too.