I’ve been very focused on losing a few lbs before our wedding in November.  Since it takes me a really long time to lose weight, I have already started my Wedding bootcamp. It’s an insane workout regimen and I don’t intend to keep it up past November 18th.

Anyway, last night we lost power for almost 12 hours.  It was 9pm, hot, and we were all on edge.  There are not too many excuses I listen to while I’m training.  However, during  state-of-emergencies calories don’t really count.  I had reasoned with myself that due to the hot weather, and no AC, the amount of energy I was expending would cover the 150 calorie cookie I was about to consume.  As I took my first small bite (because cookies are a luxury, and this one was really soft and chewy) the electricity came back on.  No, I am not kidding, I know I can exaggerate at times but this isn’t one of them.

Perhaps that was divine intervention, keeping me on track.  Whatever it was, it worked, I only ate half of the cookie. Come on, that’s only 75 calories.  However, if the power went out we saved the other half just in case we needed some cookie-luck.