http://www.3fatchicks.com/diet-blogs/jaxie Think like a dog, Play like a dog Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:41:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Having some difficulty staying within my food guidelines so am quite disappointed in myself. I need to get to where I'm commited again. The only thing I'm doing that's good is walking, and I'm walking a lot... minimum 1 hr sometimes more, each day. More than half on sand and ... http://www.3fatchicks.com/diet-blogs/jaxie/2010/03/02/trying-trying/ I am getting a grip at last! Stopping the willful disregard for what I eat. Taking charge, planning meals, shopping for health, watching portions, stopping when I'm full... what else? I've been getting a healthy amt of outside exercise all along, so I haven't added that. But I was eating ... http://www.3fatchicks.com/diet-blogs/jaxie/2010/01/14/bento-hearing-aid-onigiri/ Don't know what it is about me but structure works best. So I'm very excited about my new strategy of using a bento box to make my lunch every day. I love to look at food, I love to prepare it, esp combinations of things I like. So I was at ... http://www.3fatchicks.com/diet-blogs/jaxie/2010/01/07/bento-boxes/ OK, this is a happening thing again. Awareness of what I'm eating is seeping back. When I'm in an "I need comfort so I can eat what I want" mode, I just ignore what I know is best and part of me just goes numb. I take the comfort I need ... http://www.3fatchicks.com/diet-blogs/jaxie/2009/12/30/how-far-we-fall/ I went to the myfooddiary site to check it out and it really is nice - I have to pay 9 bucks a month but I know it's going to be worth it, so I signed up and started using it. It makes it very easy to track my food choices and ... http://www.3fatchicks.com/diet-blogs/jaxie/2009/12/29/new-food-diary/ Every year I try really hard to be cheerful, good & kind -- I make and cook wonderful things and give them to those I love. My expectation is that I'll do a decent job of not bringing people down to my level of grinchness. My joy when it's over is ... http://www.3fatchicks.com/diet-blogs/jaxie/2009/12/23/almost-christmas/ I'm giving up on the Daily Plate... my tool of choice for so long, but since it was taken over by Livestrong it's gotten slower and slower... and I loved the look of the Plate and the moderators voices... and Livestrong is ugly and sucky. Does anyone know another free ... http://www.3fatchicks.com/diet-blogs/jaxie/2009/10/15/tracking/ Really good - 1 lg can tomato sauce - Contadina is good - sauce, not paste or pasta sauce; 2 or 3 cucumbers, seeded & diced; 2 cans diced Rotel tomatoes with jalepenos, undrained; 1 seeded jalepeno or a 1/2 a small can of pickled jalapenos and carrots, chopped; 1 or ... http://www.3fatchicks.com/diet-blogs/jaxie/2009/09/25/gazpacho/ Saw a picture last wk in a food magazine of a quiche with sliced almonds on top, chunks of lobster and broccoli peeking out of the filling - it looked delicious, so I made two using my usual quiche recipe, gave them to friends--to share -- they were scrumptious. Also ... http://www.3fatchicks.com/diet-blogs/jaxie/2009/09/22/want-to-cook/ The walking is great. I'm loving going out in the midday for a nice brisk walkie, even if it's been in the nineties and humid as can be, it's cooler now. However - though I can easily walk 3-4 miles or more a day, I've been eating in proportion. My problem, rob Peter to ... http://www.3fatchicks.com/diet-blogs/jaxie/2009/09/15/moving-along/