19 Days of Callanetics

breakfast: sope

lunch: no time/opportunity

dinner: gluten-free pizza

Okay, very unhealthy eating today. I think my eating has been suffering a bit recently anyways.

A friend of mine wants to start doing Callanetics because of the great success I've had. The thing is she wants to do the "19 hour promise of drastically reshaping the body" in 19 days starting Monday, December 1. She wants me to do it with her to help motivate her. I have no problem motivating her, but 19 days in a row? I'm sure I'll get great results, but 19 days in a row? It's probably something that'll help me to get my eating back on line, but 19 days in a row? I know I'm going to do it with her because she really needs to get rid of a lot of body fat for health reasons. But 19 days in a row?

Not Gonna Do It

breakfast: cereal, apple

lunch: cumin-lime chickpeas, corn tortilla, roasted parsnips and carrots

dinner: eggplant with basil-garlic sauce, lemon tofu, brown rice, pickled cucumber, steamed kale

I'm not working out today. It feels kind of rebellious. I think sometimes you need a day where you just say no...let the little gremlin inside of you out to be mischevious.

November 24

breakfast: corn tortilla with tahini sauce, pear

lunch: roasted potatoes, sauteed spinach, chickpeas

dinner: salad, steamed kale, baked potato

workout: Callanetics 10/10

I know you're supposed to do Callanetics for 3 days straight after you've taken a week off from doing it, but I just don't feel like it. I had tremendous results in the very beginning without ever knowing about the 3-day-rule. I think I might just skip it this time and see what happens. Although, this is only day 1 so who knows how I might feel tomorrow.

November 23

breakfast: oatmeal with peanut butter

lunch: vegetarian chili

dinner: baked sweet potato, sauteed cabbage, apple

Milk Toast

breakfast: milk toast

lunch: vegetable soup

snack: milk toast

dinner: fried potato, steamed broccoli with tahini sauce, buffalo mozzarella

I know, it's really odd food today with all that milk toast. I haven't been able to eat for the last two days with the cold a cashier was so kind to give me on Saturday. Why didn't she stay home from work?

I've been wanting milk toast for days and finally had some today. It's the perfect comfort food. The only thing that would have made it better (a lot better, really) was if it had been made with bread made from my grandmother's recipe. Milk toast just never tastes right to me unless it's made with that bread.

Ouch!

breakfast: raspberries, granola with yogurt

lunch: sunshine burger, salad

dinner: roasted vegetables with thyme, cumin and orange juice; ginger-garlic tofu; chocolate pudding cake with raspberries

I've had a very sore throat since I woke up today. I was at a store yesterday and the cashier had strep throat. I hope I haven't caught anything from her. I think there's something to be said about not going to work when you're sick - all you do is infect everyone else.

So Hungry...

breakfast: cereal

lunch: sope, 1/2 quesadilla de maize

snack: granola with yogurt, raspberries

dinner: broccoli, chickpea and carrot bake, cereal, raw milk

I was so hungry today. It felt like just a few minutes after I was done eating, I was hungry again. I'm not sure what caused it. I haven't been more active lately or eating less than normal.

November 10

breakfast: banana, raw milk

lunch: huevos rancheros, spanish rice, salad

dinner: salad, brown rice tortilla pizza

workout: Callanetics 10/10

I had huevos rancheros for the first time today. I've never tried them before because I don't really like eggs, but my only other option was a chili rellono. I hate peppers more than eggs, and I can't have the wheat. I was quite surprised that it was actually good. The salsa completely covered up the flavor of the egg.

November 10

breakfast: cereal

lunch: baked sweet potato, cauliflower, tofu

dinner: brown rice pasta with marinara, salad

November 8

breakfast: pear, raw milk, gf peanut butter toast

lunch: sope

dinner: hummus, salad, piece Jaques Torres dark chocolate covered coconut

I think I'm going to have to buy new pants. I've been putting it off because shopping has never really been my thing. However, my pants are so loose they're now making me look fatter than I am. It's nice to think I have to go shopping for a size 8 - a single digit. I'm fairly certain I'm that size now given how droopy all of my pants are. I think it's still something that I'll have to see to believe, but it's nice to know that I'm either there or extremely close.

I don't really know how it makes me feel. My goal is still a size 6 and give the lumps I still have in some places I definitely think it's the right goal for me. I think because it's what I'm focused on, a size 8 just seems like part of the journey and is simply a signpost along the route. Don't think I'm complaining or upset because it is a very nice sign. I think I'm just experiencing a happy ambivalence. I think that if I do find that I am an 8 I will be quite ecstatic. It's just today I'm in droopy 10's.

Devil in an Apron

breakfast: cereal

lunch: Madras thali

dinner: rasberries, cottage cheese

workout: Callanetics 10/10

I went to two different Whole Foods today trying to find Devil in an Apron's chocolate covered pecan pie. Both stores have decided not to carry it anymore. However, I was told that if I wanted to drive several hours away, I could find a store that had it. Instead, these stores near me have decided to carry an extremely poor quality chocolate. I won't put the name on here because I'm sure the creator is proud of the product and doesn't think it sucks as badly as I do (as well as everyone I know). Why replace a locally made, organic product that can compete internationally for awards with something that makes Hershey's look like it's equivalent to La Maison du Chocolat and Michel Chaudin?

I remember when Whole Foods first started. It really tried to be about organic, quality food. Now the shelves are filled with conventional products. As the company evolves, every time I go into a new store, I can really tell the company has never had a business plan and understand why the owner did some illegal activities to promote his business that's gotten him to trouble. I wish Whole Foods hadn't put so many good health food stores out of business.

November 4

breakfast: banana, peanut butter

lunch: potato and bean enchilada

dinner: butternut squash with mint and toasted cashews, chard a la Lucy's teahouse, steamed tofu, quinoa

I'm so glad the election is over after today. Regardless of the outcome for anything, it's going to be so nice not to hear about it anymore, not to see commercials...just for everything to be gone. Living in a country obsessed with an election for 2 years has been tiring. I understand how important everything is, but I'm glad it's over.

Dirty Politics Disgust Me

I just discovered today that group that supports California proposition 8 (to prohibit gay marriage) has bought Google ads to support their political position. The ads are only showing in California. I have blocked them, but they make continue to show for a few hours.

I apologize for the political ads appearing on my blog for anyone in California. I do not support them in any way, shape, or form.

I never intended for this blog to be political. It is a diary for me. My diary would never be opposed to gay marriage. I believe all people should have equal rights, regardless of age, race, gender, sexual orientation, or anything else I might be leaving out.

I strongly support the Declaration of Human Rights which states that people should be able to marry whomever they desire regardless of gender.

I would never have posted my political beliefs on this blog, but I am so disgusted by the dirty politics being employed by a poltical group that I find morally offensive that I feel I have no choice but to state what I truly believe. I do not want to be associated with this group or their dirty political tricks.

November 3

breakfast: apple, pear

lunch: teahouse greens, buffalo mozzarella, tofu salad

dinner: potato and bean enchilada

workout: Callanetics 10/10

I'm Thin?

breakfast: beaufort and manchego with oat crackers, orange juice

lunch: lentils with rice and tomatoes, kale

dinner: steamed tofu, teahouse greens, maple-glazed carrots with dill, fried potatoes

I looked in the mirror today and I looked thin. That's never happened to me before. I've always been the fat one. It's really surreal. I don't know if it'll happen again tomorrow. It's definitely something that will take awhile to get used to. If you're life, you've been overweight to suddenly see yourself one day and see a thin person, it's strange. It doesn't seem real. I don't really know what to think of it. I definitely feel good about it, but I still haven't gotten my mind around it. I think I still think of myself as the fat one. I wonder when that will go away.