Update

I made the appropriate payments to Visa and MasterCard for December. I am almost out of money - December is tough. Gifts are the least of the money-grabbers; postage, Christmas cards, copies of the annual End-of-Year letter, batteries, last minute contributions to all the charities you put off month after month. Before you know it, you have eaten through your paycheck and have nothing to add to savings.

I have been writing down everything I spend to see if I can find the 'latte' - little indulges I don't need but get anyway. I have a lot of lattes - a hot chocolate here, a magazine there. I guess the good news is when I run out of money, the lattes are finished for the month.

My diet is non-existent. A bad time at work has me eating almost uncontrollably. As soon as I finish one item, I'm in the kitchen looking for the next. Doesn't matter what it is - I even ate dry cereal yesterday before breaking in to the frozen cookie dough and baking 10 chocolate chocolate-chip cookies which I inhaled. Instead of learning a lesson from the tummy ache later in the evening, I went and did the same thing again today! What is wrong with me?

The only exercise I've had this week is climbing the stairs after attacking the kitchen. I am no where near my goal for the month and won't reach it at this rate. I am letting the stresses of my job and the long overtime hours get the better of me.