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April 11, 2011 Fat and happy? or Skinny and miserable??

Yesterday was a stress-full day.  Normally, I would feed my stress with nice comfort foods like mac n’ cheese, eggs n’ bacon, and lots of bread (which is how I ended up fat and happy in the first place).  However, I have committed myself to Jenny (what was I THINKING??) and will clench my teeth and endure it until I am a skinny bitch.  But I don’t have to be happy about it!!  (I know, I know – what did I JUST say??  CHOOSE to be happy!!)

I guess this means I’ll have to find OTHER ways to deal with stress.  Like exercise.  Yep, I’m getting right up out of this bed any minute now and jumping on the treadmill.  Or, ummm, breathhing yeah, that’s it…unclench jaw…innnnnnnn through the nose, outtttttt through the mouth.  Try not to hyperventilate. Or SEX.   It’s #8 on the top 10 list of stress relievers.  I’m sure men everywhere would be overjoyed to know this. 

I know skinny bitches are not miserable – I have, briefly, BEEN a skinny bitch.  It’s not the BEING that’s the problem – it’s the getting and STAYING there.  It’s not natural for me.  I grew up eating nice, fattening, yummy comforting Dutch-Indonesian food and McDonald’s.  For Scott and I – eating is entertainment AND comfort.  We LOVE finding new restaurants, new foods at the farmer’s markets, and even regular grocery shopping.  So, in order to choose a healthy lifestyle (including making healthy stress-relieving choices) we pretty much have to re-program our brains completely. 

It’s daunting.  It feels scary.  A voice in my head is screaming “screw the diet – just eat! yeah! you’ll feel better!” but there is another quieter calm voice saying “stay the course”.

We can’t afford NOT to anymore so I am squeezing my eyes shut and envisioning us as those ridiculously good-looking Freedom 55 people who hike and kayak and take bicycling vacations through France.  Ok, that might be stretching it a bit but it’s a GOAL right?  Stop laughing!!  Anything is possible!!!

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March 29, 2011 Food, Glorious Food



After six weeks of eating out practically twice a day (not that I minded) and clogging our arteries with saturated fats not to mention packing on the pounds, we are once again climbing aboard the Jenny Craig train.  That way a) I don’t have to cook and b) I don’t have to think about WHAT to cook c) it’s good for us and d) no dishes or yucky food smells to scare off prospective buyers.

Last night we had our last meal out (sniff waaahhh) at Baton Rouge and savoured every delicious, messy bite.  Great ribs, awesome veggies! but no hush puppies, jambalaya, etouffee, gumbo or creole anything anywhere on the menu.  What kind of self-respecting Louisiana “style” restaurant doesn’t feature those?  Oh well, the service was outstanding, the music was the blues, and the food, even though not exactly authentic, was pretty tasty.

I WON’T miss hamburgers and pizza (I’m about DONE with those) but strangely, I will miss Indian food. This is my new obsession – I just can’t get enough of the stuff!!  Which is really weird because it used to be my least favourite food of all.  Now, it’s all about curry (especially spicy massaman), naan, samosa’s and vindaloo.  Yum yum yum.  But, it’s ok – Indian food’s good for you right?  Hmmm…sure – because there’s no butter in any of that stuff and they never deep fry anything?  Riiigghht.

Ok, seriously, who am I kidding??  I’ll miss EVERY kind of food.  Jueecy Italian pasta’s, rich creamy French sauces, Mexican loaded with cheese, big eggy breakfasts, long lunches that include dessert, croissants at the farmer’s market, Friday night dinners, chai lattes and bagels with schmear on Sunday mornings – it doesn’t matter – I love it all. I love talking about it, looking at it, and eating it!  Not only do I love food – I love going OUT for food.  I get to visit with friends and family AND eat!

Oh how I wish I were one of those people who thinks of food as FUEL.  HOW that’s possible though I can’t imagine??  Really – I can’t.  Food is..food is..is…LIFE!  So I’m pretty sure this won’t be the last time I do Jenny or some other thing because CLEARLY I am not interested in eating to live – I’m all about living to EAT.  There are waayy too many delectable things out there to deprive myself of the joys of delicously not-good-for-you food permanently.

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