Skinny Rules Debrief

So...the Skinny Rules experiment was a fail COLOSSAL fail. I started by choosing a week where I had already spent my grocery budget (and not on the right foods), so I postponed it a week which was the week of parent/teacher conferences.

As I said, COLOSSAL fail. I gave it all up on day 6 or something. It just didn't work for me. There were somethings I really really liked, like eating apples every day. I seriously started doing that. Apples and homemade nut butters are now one of my favorite snacks!

I also discovered topping eggs with tomatoes instead of ketchup:

But truly, it just didn't work for me. Now, if a student told me something didn't work for him or her, I would immediately say, "Did you give it your best effort?" If the kid said no, I would reply, "Then how do you know it didn't work for you?" I kind of feel like the kid about the Skinny Rules. Me and them just didn't click. Did I give it my best effort. Um...no. But, for the time being, I am going to let them rest.

In related news, I'm going to give the old Eat to Live diet a resurrection. I know it works. I know I can do it. Might as well give it a shot!