So today wasn't a bad day--except for my trip to the scale and a glance in the mirror---have I really been looking like this ALL day? Even after a shower? Ugh.
It's interesting that a few days before my monthly friend is due to visit the scale creeps up. I HATE it. I don't feel like I've done anything differently, in fact, I've worked out more and tried to be more conscience of what I put into my eternally open mouth.
I had a friend in college who swore we should learn to love menstruation--she actually advocated spending a day in the forest bleeding into the earth. (I can literally hear your laughter through the computer.) She did mean it in the most literal of senses...go forth and bleed next to a tree, become one with nature. Whatever. She wanted to sing the glory of the period, I just want it to be over. There will be no trips to the forest this week, it's too cold. I wonder what she would have come up with for the winter.....I could ask her, but she won't be my facebook friend.
Next topic. Cookies. I've been cursing my friend Angela all day. About 3 months ago, when I lost my baking mojo in a fog of thoroughly awful pumpkin cookies, she sent me a recipe for double chocolate cookies that truly are killer. I made them, and in the process discovered my mojo hidden in the front hall closet where I'd gone to eat cookies in solitude. (No, not really, but it was funny.) I digress. The cookies. Since she sent the recipe I find numerous excuses to bake them. I've tweaked the recipe adding cinnamon and today, for the first time, Reese's Pieces. Lord have mercy. I took 2 dozen to a neighbor--less than a dozen left. (No, I did not eat a dozen, the recipe made 37 today--I've got a few left, lingering, calling, waiting.)
Last night I forgot to add that I have this little rule about not eating after 7:00 pm. At first I dropped weight fairly quick--like 5-6 pounds in the first couple weeks, now--not so much. It hasn't been too hard sticking to it, and I've only bent the rule a few times. I thought it was at least worth throwing it out there.
Here's a couple questions--What kind of rules do you have about food?
What's your biggest food vice? (That being the thing you can't turn down and then will continue eating it even when full to the point of bursting.)
You all already know my rules--for the most part anyway. My vice is simple. I cannot eat just one slice of pizza. Usually it's like a scene out of Willy Wonka--picture me as Augustus Gloop--and my chocolate river is pizza (bacon, black olives, and banana peppers). Spanky's in Fremont, MI or Benny's in Marysville, OH are best.
Good Night. Again, please forgive all the grammatical errors you encounter.
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my rules:
ReplyDelete1.if I am craving something awful like Doritos or Pepsi or anything Little Debbie I make myself wait at least 24 hours before indulging it. Mostly because I don't have those things in my house and would have to go out to get them and it usually passes by then. If I still am obsessing about it a day or more later I indulge with the smallest amount I can purchase (even if it costs more).
2.when I make cookies, I make them small and I only make 2 dozen at a time. I freeze the rest of the dough so we can make a small batch quickly if the kids just want some for dessert.
3. i made myself promise to no longer eat what is left on the kids plates (it is my poor post-depression era mothers traits showing through). I now compost what I can and give the rest to the dog and try not to think about money or starving people or what Mom would say.
4. I no longer eat out of packages - I put a serving in a bowl(based on the recommendation on the package plus a little extra if the children were demons that day) and put it away. If I have the whole container in front of me it is like a feedbag.
More than anything I am a sugar addict, I will eat gummy candy until I am sick to my stomach...
jk
great blog, becky! here are my rules (please note rules are broken often and sometimes with great skill):
ReplyDelete1. eat something green every day and try to eat 2-3 servings of fruit every day, too.
2. drink enough water that i regularly visit the restroom (i did not know what the bathroom at work looked like until i instituted this rule - sad, but true.)
3. eat dessert every night - have to let myself do this.
4. this last one i learned through joining LA Weight Loss after Sophie - just two servings of proteins a day. i usually eat for lunch and dinner, they fill me up and keep my energy up and i learned quickly that there is no reason that i'd need to eat more than two servings in one day.
i need a rule about sugar, too, considering i should own stock in Hershey's, Mars and Reeses' but i'm not ready for that yet.
good luck with blog, i definintely think you should keep it up!
wl
1. I eat a huge breakfast (by my definition). 2-free range eggs with an ounce or two of 2% cheddar, 2 turkey sausage patties, 1 slice of whole wheat toast with raw honey. 2. I eat two snacks a day. At 10am I have a granny smith dipped in plain greek yogurt. At 3pm I eat 3 or 4 whole grain or rice crackers with a wedge of lauging cow cheese. 3. dinner is the lightest meal of the day and always includes a ton of vegies and a protein. I eat a lot of protien, but I lift 4 days a week at the gym. 4. I drink at least 4 cups of green or white tea a day and probably 32 oz of water. I pee A LOTTTTTT! *The tea should be cut back* On the weekends, I eat Ice cream or stuffed hash browns or a 900 calorie breakfast (pancakes or french toast) If Im bad, I try to do it early so I have all day to burn it off. Not that I don't eat the stupid cookies the marketing reps. drop off at my office sometimes either.
ReplyDeleteLovin' the Blog Becky!