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My mood is light as I enjoyed having a free and clear kitchen table last night, with a candlelit dinner made from scratch, no dishes to worry over and this morning sitting at the table, listening to a favorite podcast while I chopped veggies for my soup which I will consume over the next 3 days. AWESOME morning! *credit* My 2 movies ina row reward is set: movie 1=The Lego Movie and movie 2=Robocop. I like the 2inarow movies to be diametrically opposed to one another. This comes from seeing THREE movies ina row when I worked for the cinemas and we could see movies for free (us plus a guest). The study in audiences was as interesting as the movies themselves--sometimes more interesting as some movies, well, you wonder when the makers and those involved realize they are in a bonafide turkey. This is another thing I like to mull over.
Anyway, today I tried a new soup recipe from the current Vegetarian Times magazine and posted the recipe in our thread for that. It tastes good... and that you can use any veggies is even better. It's also really fast if you don't count the chopping of veggies. I LOVE this Thai Chicken Soup they make at a grocery store. It's full fat though and I need to find a decent homemade version. This one is certainly lighter and fits my plan perfectly. I've even frozen the half of the coconut milk I didn't use as the label said I could and so I anticipate making this again very soon.
Today I continue to declutter--focusing on the dining room I didn't get to yesterday. It will be fabulous to have that room in order. I can hardly wait.
*credits*
-tracking my food
-cooking from scratch
-persisting with the decluttering
-abstaining from sugar - streak goes to 5
-checking in here
-weighing today (+0.2 = 268.3 I still qualify for my goal reward! Woot!Woot!)
maryann Drat is right. My addictive mind knows no limits and only wants m-o-r-e. Never satisfied. BIG CREDIT for hopping back on plan right away. I was listening to a podcast where they spoke to a Californian who is gold panning as the rivers are so very low in California. He's pulling out 3/4oz of gold with a shovel and a pan--very low tech = $750 or so. He said there's a mini gold rush happening due to the low water levels and so accessibility to the river's bottom is not hard. When asked he said those rivers should be 6-10 feet deep, and instead they are 8 to 10 INCHES. I also heard the fed govt isn't bailing out California water-wise. I don't know. Seems to me in this era of we-get-our-food-shipped-to-us-and-don't-grow-it-ourselves this water crisis there will most likely impact me and everyone else reading this. Pretty serious stuff--and way way worse for those of you who actually have to live through it. I hope the rains come.
AZtricia Yay for good days! Excellent!
gardenerjoy It's difficult for me to walk the middle line too. I resonate with the all or nothingness way of being. I think it's brilliant to count the 80%days. I think that's pretty much the way we get things done--80% at a time. I'm looking for good salad recipes too and will encourage you to post some cabbage salad ones in the recipe thread. Let me know if you see an episode of Elementary. Would love to hear your thoughts.
flnu I LOVE the idea of thinking of yourself as Godzilla making mere mortals flee! How powerful! How freeing! Congrats on your new speed record.
BillBlueEyes Wow Mary Travers was influenced by Gurdjieff and
that's a shadow behind the story of Mary Poppins. Whoddathunkit?? I had a friend ages ago who followed Gurdjieff. He seems to be "out" as a philosophy/er right now. Perhaps I am wrong. Wonder if this will revive interest in that? Thank you for these thoughts and ponderings today.
Lexxiss Wishing you energy for a good productive day today at work and at your work site. *credit* for not wasting energy freaking out over the sudden work schedule change and instead going with the flow. An example for me to remember.
seadwaters Thank you for the mackerel recipe. I made it once according to instructions given to me by "the fish guy", Andy, who came from the east coast of canada. he knew his fish and I wanted to get it into my life. The mackerel I used was not a steak but a whole fish, without the head, and it was striped and it was good! It may have simply been pan fried in oil with salt and pepper. I've never repeated it as I never wrote the recipe or instructions down... so I will try yours!
ladym0208 I read your posts with awe. I cannot imagine Africa or being there or anything like what you are doing let alone using Beck and doing Insanity and having Snickers bars available... What I am wondering is, could you post a picture of your landscape? As an artist I would really love to see something "from there" even if it looks just like here! If you can't that's ok. I'm still in awe that you post from there.
CeeJay Looking forward to hearing how you did last night and whether
The Kitchen Is Closed sign went up. *credit* for posting. Good to hear from you.
bethFromDayton Sorry to hear you are struggling a bit with cravings for off plan food, plus that toe would really bug me too. I totally relate to a loss of motivation to continue on my foodplan after reaching a goal or whenever something feels "good enough" to me and it feels like so much effort to get to the end. What can I say? In my experience, when I slack off, when I let the food go, I gain it back. I have done it over and over and over again. I NEVER stay still, never hold the line, I gain it back. Not saying this will be your experience or even mine going forward. It's why my personal line for myself is "persist in victory". Don't let it go tiny bit by tiny bit. Make a conscious decision to either keep going/re-dedicate to a foodplan of your choosing or re-frame what you are doing as "maintenance" where the goal is to stay at your current weight. You've done AMAZING! *credit* for all your successes!
nationalparker I haven't taken the time to tell you how very sorry I am to hear of your father's diagnosis. And that he cares from your mom must raise a torrent of uncertainty about the future in you and how best to care for yourself and your own family plus your parents. It is enough to make ME want to pull covers over my head and hide and I have only my mother to deal with now. I am glad to hear you have some time for yourself this weekend. I hope you can do something that makes you laugh out loud.
Nothing feels better to me than a real laugh.
to everyone I missed. I gotta get moving....