Day 2

Made it through my first 24 hours with no ill effects. I didn't get hungry all day, but I think the fat in ice cream keeps one satiated--it's not like eating Chinese food where your hungry an hour later. Speaking of Chinese food, that was my big temptation last night. My family came over with takeaway Chinese--Did it smell great?! I stuck to my dish of ice cream Ben and Jerry's "Everything but the" which I highly recommend. It's yummy. My family wanted to try it so it's about gone.

One friend suggested, root bear floats--So later in the evening--that was my treat. Dreyer's Vanilla with diet root bear. I'm going to be doing more floats with the varieties of diet pop. I'll share which one's are really awful or great.

I had a comment from yesterday suggesting, rather than the scale, I should measure blood sugar and effect on immune system. This is way too much work for me and I'm just not interested. This diet is, as I've said,, not about health of the body, but health of the mind. Also folks will be much more interested in the results of the scale than my blood sugar. Besides, I tend to have low blood sugar, despite a heavy sugar diet in my "normal" months. It's also about fun and measuring those wouldn't be any fun and would make me less motivated.If you're truly interested in measuring blood sugar for a month, you're welcome to try The Ice Cream Diet."

So far my menu today has been finishing off the pint of Coffee Heath Bar Crunch (that's about half) for breakfast. I'm enjoying my Pistachio, Pistachio as I update this blog.

Also, I'll not necessarily be doing my updates first thing in the morning--I have a very erratic schedule some days. But I will do some kind of posting during the 24 hour period.

Many of you have sent your support. I really appreciate each of you--you know who you are. You'll keep me motivated.

I'll leave you with this thought. If you were stranded on a dessert island for a month and only had one thing to eat, would you pick ice cream. That's kind of how I'm thinking about this month and am grateful, I don't have to eat grubs and roots. Trying to look on the bright side as I believe positive thinking along with determination is key to success in licking anything.