Hello all--just got out of a meeting with my thesis advisor--the nice one--so I'm in a good mood. She seems to think I can go on the job market this fall with high hopes.
(I had a meeting with the less-supportive advisor a week ago Monday--before I went on SBD--and he made me so mad and depressed that I went straight from his office to Trader Joe's and bought cookies and chocolate and wine. That was instructive on how easy it is to reach for food when I'm upset.)
More scale-dropping today--which was very happily surprising, since I had my first (and I hope only) off-plan moment yesterday afternoon. I went out for a drink with some big cheeses in my department after a colloquium, planning to have water or Diet Coke, but succumbed to group pressure and had a small glass of red wine. I had a lighter dinner to make up for it calorically, but I was sure that the wine would reverse the SBD detox and stall the weight loss. But no!
Anchor Weight--do you feel slimmer in your clothes yet? I don't at all, even though the scale shows that I've lost 4.5 lbs. Not that I would expect to see a difference after only 4 days, of course, but 4.5 lbs sounds like it should make a difference.
Mamacita--two ideas: Aveeno oatmeal bath for your bites? I had all-over hives once and nothing helped but that. Also, instead of salmon fillets, try salmon or swordfish steaks for your DH--pat dry, brush with oil and fry them in a very hot cast-iron pan so the outside gets a deep caramel brown, then serve with soy sauce and ginger.
Another awesome OP seafood recipe is the falafel-crusted shrimp in the current Everyday Food (spinoff of Martha Stewart magazine--available in grocery checkout line)--it uses falafel mix, which is spiced ground chickpeas, not flour, to coat the shrimp, which you then pan-fry. There's a yogurt-parsley dipping sauce (just yogurt, garlic, salt, parsley) too. My DH made this on Sunday night and it was ABSOLUTELY delicious!!! We had it with the minted zucchini ribbons from the same issue.
Going to the gym now, then--to reward myself for good meeting with advisor--to the movies.
Major baseball weekend coming up--GO RED SOX!!!!
Hello All
(my husbands family is all small so I am the largest one!) Anyway, I wish everyone lots of luck this weekend (they seem to be the hardest for me 
) and I will talk to you all later!
for a return to Phase 1!
- but I can definitely feel a difference in my clothes. I have on a pair of side zip pants that have a smidge of spandex in them and sometimes DS has to help get the zipper going 
