I, like many others, quickly learned not to talk to others about my eating style. It is hard for people to believe that the food guide that has been drilled into us since we were little is not the be all and end all of healthy eating and dare I say it is actually WRONG (gasp).
I find when I do talk about my diet I have the bad habit of saying that it is low carb. Everyone always jumps all over this and starts attacking low carb and going on and on about how low carb is bad for you and you need carbs to live. How horrible the Atkins diet is and eating all that fat is going to kill you.
Many times it just isn't worth the fight to try and convince people otherwise.
I found this on Pinterest and this is my new motto...
Wednesday, July 17, 2013
Afraid of the Sun
Apparently Gwyneth Paltrow recently made a comment in British Cosmopolitan about how going out and getting some sun is good for people.
"We're human beings and the sun is the sun - how can it be bad for you? I think we should all get sun and fresh air. I don't think anything that is natural can be bad for you - it's really good to have at least 15 minutes of sun a day"
This comment promoted the National Post to go out and ask doctors what their opinion of her comment is . The article can be found here.
Let's just get out of the way that when Gwyneth says that anything that is natural can't be bad for you is of course wrong. We all know that there are plenty of natural things that are bad for you and can kill you. OK point made, lets get to the real point ...
All of the doctors in the article have declared the sun the evil and exposure to the sun will give you cancer. You should avoid the sun at all costs. One doctor even points out that vitamin D is better to be gotten from a pill then from going outside for a few minutes.
"In humans, the sun is required to convert cholesterol to vitamin D, which is necessary for good bone health. If one does not get enough sun exposure they should take a vitamin D supplement." Dr. Richard Bendor-Samuel, Cosmetic Surgeon at The Landings Surgical Centre, Halifax
So the doctor even states that our bodies require the vitamin D we receive from the sun to work properly but it is better to get it from a pill then to go stand outside for 15 minutes?
For millions of years people survived without sunscreen and shelter from that evil thing we call the sun and yet no one died of skin cancer until within the last 100 years or so. Most people worked in the hot blazing sun all day and never got skin cancer.
Here is an interesting chart I found on wikipedia. The occurrence of skin cancer appears to be less in many (not all) of the less developed countries in the world. These are probably countries where people spend most of their time working outside in the hot sun all day and are areas that are close to the equator.
Age-standardized death from melanomaand other skin cancers per 100,000 inhabitants in 2004.[30]
Now I know that an argument can be made that the ozone is thinning and so the sun is more dangerous now. Sure I will give you that. But how about instead of avoiding the sun all together we take a smart approach to going out in the sun.
Don't go out on the first hot sunny day of summer, white as a ghost from hiding inside all winter, and stand in the mid day sun for 5 hours without any protection. Build up your time in the sun with a nice base tan. Go outside for a few minutes each day, enough to get a little colour but not enough to burn. As your skin gets used to the sun you will be able to take more and more time in the sun.
Even fair people can do this. J is very fair skinned and yet little by little he has built up a tan and can now handle going out in the sun for longer then 15 minutes without burning.
People just need to be smart and think about what they are doing. This really is a case where something natural is good for you and required for your body to work properly.
* This is a rant and all opinions are my own. I am in no way providing medical advice and just wanted to give you something to think about.
"We're human beings and the sun is the sun - how can it be bad for you? I think we should all get sun and fresh air. I don't think anything that is natural can be bad for you - it's really good to have at least 15 minutes of sun a day"
This comment promoted the National Post to go out and ask doctors what their opinion of her comment is . The article can be found here.
Let's just get out of the way that when Gwyneth says that anything that is natural can't be bad for you is of course wrong. We all know that there are plenty of natural things that are bad for you and can kill you. OK point made, lets get to the real point ...
All of the doctors in the article have declared the sun the evil and exposure to the sun will give you cancer. You should avoid the sun at all costs. One doctor even points out that vitamin D is better to be gotten from a pill then from going outside for a few minutes.
"In humans, the sun is required to convert cholesterol to vitamin D, which is necessary for good bone health. If one does not get enough sun exposure they should take a vitamin D supplement." Dr. Richard Bendor-Samuel, Cosmetic Surgeon at The Landings Surgical Centre, Halifax
So the doctor even states that our bodies require the vitamin D we receive from the sun to work properly but it is better to get it from a pill then to go stand outside for 15 minutes?
For millions of years people survived without sunscreen and shelter from that evil thing we call the sun and yet no one died of skin cancer until within the last 100 years or so. Most people worked in the hot blazing sun all day and never got skin cancer.
Here is an interesting chart I found on wikipedia. The occurrence of skin cancer appears to be less in many (not all) of the less developed countries in the world. These are probably countries where people spend most of their time working outside in the hot sun all day and are areas that are close to the equator.
Age-standardized death from melanomaand other skin cancers per 100,000 inhabitants in 2004.[30]
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Now I know that an argument can be made that the ozone is thinning and so the sun is more dangerous now. Sure I will give you that. But how about instead of avoiding the sun all together we take a smart approach to going out in the sun.
Don't go out on the first hot sunny day of summer, white as a ghost from hiding inside all winter, and stand in the mid day sun for 5 hours without any protection. Build up your time in the sun with a nice base tan. Go outside for a few minutes each day, enough to get a little colour but not enough to burn. As your skin gets used to the sun you will be able to take more and more time in the sun.
Even fair people can do this. J is very fair skinned and yet little by little he has built up a tan and can now handle going out in the sun for longer then 15 minutes without burning.
People just need to be smart and think about what they are doing. This really is a case where something natural is good for you and required for your body to work properly.
* This is a rant and all opinions are my own. I am in no way providing medical advice and just wanted to give you something to think about.
Tuesday, July 16, 2013
Paleo Baking
I am a big fan of Pinterest and get a lot of my paleo/primal recipes from searching on Pinterest. The one thing that always shocks me are the number of paleo baking recipes there are. People have figured out a way to make pretty much everything into a paleo version.
What's that you want to have a chocolate doughnut with chocolate sauce on top, while there is a recipe for that. No need to live without muffins cause there are a ton of recipes for those to. Today I even came across paleo bread that looks to be sold commercially. How crazy is that?
A lot of people rationalize the paleo baking by saying that everything they are baking with is allowed under the paleo/primal diet and so they can eat as much as they want. The key ingredients usually in paleo baking is coconut flour, almond flour, arrow root, honey and/or maple syrup, coconut milk, cocoa and dark chocolate, and eggs.
Now maybe it is because I have never been much of a baker and sure I enjoy baked goods but I have never been obsessed with them, but I just don't get it.
You have taken foods that even conventional wisdom tells you are not healthy and will make you gain weight and just made a paleo version. Chances are many of these foods still aren't actually healthy and will make you gain weight. Sure honey and maple syrup are allowed on the plan but lets remember that they are still sugars. Your body is going to release insulin to deal with these sugars just the same as if you ate "normal" sugar.
I have done a little bit of paleo baking, but this is usually done for when we have company. I use it almost as a way to say to company "see I don't need to give up anything on my diet".
Paleo baking can be very expensive, especially compared to traditional baking. I made a paleo cake for little man's birthday. Pretty sure that thing cost me somewhere between $10-$15 to make with all the almond flour, honey and maple syrup in it.
I think the key here is moderation. Paleo baking, like traditional baking should be used as a treat. Something special that you make when you are celebrating or having company over. If you follow the 80/20 rule, it should be something that goes into your 20% category not the 80%.
Also if you are just starting out on the paleo diet I would recommend staying away from paleo baking. It is my belief that one of the keys to living paleo as a lifestyle and not just a diet is to learn to adapt your thinking about the way you eat and not just find paleo substitutes for the foods that you used to eat.
What's that you want to have a chocolate doughnut with chocolate sauce on top, while there is a recipe for that. No need to live without muffins cause there are a ton of recipes for those to. Today I even came across paleo bread that looks to be sold commercially. How crazy is that?
A lot of people rationalize the paleo baking by saying that everything they are baking with is allowed under the paleo/primal diet and so they can eat as much as they want. The key ingredients usually in paleo baking is coconut flour, almond flour, arrow root, honey and/or maple syrup, coconut milk, cocoa and dark chocolate, and eggs.
Now maybe it is because I have never been much of a baker and sure I enjoy baked goods but I have never been obsessed with them, but I just don't get it.
You have taken foods that even conventional wisdom tells you are not healthy and will make you gain weight and just made a paleo version. Chances are many of these foods still aren't actually healthy and will make you gain weight. Sure honey and maple syrup are allowed on the plan but lets remember that they are still sugars. Your body is going to release insulin to deal with these sugars just the same as if you ate "normal" sugar.
I have done a little bit of paleo baking, but this is usually done for when we have company. I use it almost as a way to say to company "see I don't need to give up anything on my diet".
Paleo baking can be very expensive, especially compared to traditional baking. I made a paleo cake for little man's birthday. Pretty sure that thing cost me somewhere between $10-$15 to make with all the almond flour, honey and maple syrup in it.
I think the key here is moderation. Paleo baking, like traditional baking should be used as a treat. Something special that you make when you are celebrating or having company over. If you follow the 80/20 rule, it should be something that goes into your 20% category not the 80%.
Also if you are just starting out on the paleo diet I would recommend staying away from paleo baking. It is my belief that one of the keys to living paleo as a lifestyle and not just a diet is to learn to adapt your thinking about the way you eat and not just find paleo substitutes for the foods that you used to eat.
Brickworks Farmers Market
Saturday was a beautiful day and perfect for our first outing to the Brickworks Farmers Market. The little man has been sick and not cooperating fully, so the plan to head out at 9 am turned into us going there at noon. Grand scheme of things not a big deal.
Our first stop was to have our knives sharpened by Sharp My Knife who is at the market every other Saturday. I have had my knives for years and never had them sharpened, I couldn't pass up the opportunity to have them sharpened while I was shopping. They did a great job with the knives and cutting things isn't such a chore now.
After we dropped off our knives we did a quick tour around the market. It was much smaller then I expected. When you look at the list of vendors on the market website you expect that the place is huge. But you can do a quick stroll around looking at the vendors in about 5 minutes.
The best part about this market is that you are dealing with the actual farmers/producers and that everything is organic, all the beef is grass fed. Overall everything is just really good quality.
I don't remember the names of all the vendors that we purchased from but here is a quick list of what we purchased:
Our first stop was to have our knives sharpened by Sharp My Knife who is at the market every other Saturday. I have had my knives for years and never had them sharpened, I couldn't pass up the opportunity to have them sharpened while I was shopping. They did a great job with the knives and cutting things isn't such a chore now.
After we dropped off our knives we did a quick tour around the market. It was much smaller then I expected. When you look at the list of vendors on the market website you expect that the place is huge. But you can do a quick stroll around looking at the vendors in about 5 minutes.
The best part about this market is that you are dealing with the actual farmers/producers and that everything is organic, all the beef is grass fed. Overall everything is just really good quality.
I don't remember the names of all the vendors that we purchased from but here is a quick list of what we purchased:
- Fresh and smoked trout from Fisherfolk - absolutely delicious
- Fresh ramembert cheese from Best Baa Diary - om nom nom I couldn't stop eating this stuff
- Spring salad mix from Vicki's Veggies - I eat organic spring mix from the supermarket all the time, that stuff has nothing on the spring mix I bought from Vicki's. Oh so GOOD!
- Russian kale, grass fed ground beef and soup bones from Earth Haven - We ate the russian kale last night as a salad and it was amazing. Russian kale is not bitter like the curly kale we normally buy and makes for an amazing salad.
- Chorizo sausage and summer sausage. Unfortunately I don't know who the vendor was. But the summer sausage was great.
- Green beans - again don't know who the vendor was. AMAZING! It was $4 for a small basket of them and then he offered to give me 2 baskets for $6. So glad I went with the 2 baskets, these are better then anything found in the supermarket.
We did a stroll through the food court, but from what I could tell, everything there was off diet.
I also really wanted to buy Salami from Dolce Lucano but the guys were rude and arrogant so I spent my money elsewhere.
When we were in the car driving home we chatted about the market and what we thought. My original reaction was that it was just OK and not really worth the 20 minute drive. Items weren't cheap, but I was ok with that given the quality of the items. I would say that the prices for most items were what I was expecting to pay for organic veggies and grass fed meat.
After eating all the wonderful food and realizing that we were eating much like we did in Provence again, I need to change my vote.
Our dinner on Saturday night started with a platter with the sheep cheese, smoked trout and summer sausage. Then we grilled the fresh trout on a pizza stone on the bbq, accompanied by the green beans pan fried with mushrooms and almonds. (damn my mouth is watering just thinking of it)
I really want to go back again this week to the market and get more of the wonderful food.
Monday, July 8, 2013
There's Nothing to Eat
Do you ever feel this way when you open your fridge? Every
week the media is publicizing a different report that says that X is bad for
you and you should be eating Y instead. But then two weeks later Y is bad
for you and X is the better choice. You start to wonder if there is
anything that you can eat.
I have been gobbling up a ton of
information about paleo/primal eating lately. In everything that I read
there are a ton of scientific information to show that the paleo/primal way of
eating makes sense. But then again for every study that says you should
eat one way there is another study saying that is a sure fire way to an early
grave.
A few years ago my doctor told me that my
cholesterol was borderline high. Her response was to cut back on the red
meat and my fat intake. Everything that I read in the paleo information
says that is the wrong approach and that I should be cutting out the carbs.
Surely all these people have the same scientific research available to
them to be able to figure out and agree on which approach is correct?
How is the average person supposed to be
able to process all this information and decide which study is the more
accurate and reliable and which one is just crap?
I have decided that while scientific research is great it just doesn't matter to me anymore. What matters to me now is the way I feel when I eat things. Grains make me feel bad, bloated and keep me up at night. When I don't eat grains I feel good, have more energy, get lots of sleep. It really is that simple for me now.
Food Log Week 2
I had only planned on tracking my food for one week, but it was such a great way to keep me accountable that I decided to continue on tracking. Summer is in full swing with bbq season and that definitely has an effect on my eating.
Day 1
Breakfast: Bacon and eggs
Lunch: paleo burger with sweet potato bun, ceaser salad and oysters
Snack: tortilla and guacamole with a ceaser cocktail
Dinner: bbq'd pork tenderloin, baked potato salad, green salad and baked beans
Dessert: apple pie with whipped cream
We were at a bbq all day and I could have made better choices but didn't.
Day 2
Breakfast: cottage cheese
Lunch: salad with grilled chicken and grapes
Dinner: pork sausage, pork souvlaki with grilled asparagus and prosciutto
Dessert: strawberries
I really need to make sure I have an afternoon snack. Otherwise I get home starving and start eating whatever is in front of me in the fridge.
Day 3
Breakfast: cottage cheese
Lunch: salad with grilled chicken
Dinner: roasted chicken and poutine
Day 4
Breakfast: yogurt and hard boiled egg
Lunch: sushi with wakkame salad and miso soup
Dinner: grilled mustard chicken with spinach and mushrooms
Late night eats: wine, a lot of stuff I shouldn't have eaten
Sleep: HORRIBLE why did I do that to myself
Day 5
Breakfast: cottage cheese
Lunch: salad with grilled chicken and yogurt
Snack: mixed nuts
Dinner: chicken wings and fries
Day 6
Breakfast: cottage cheese
Lunch: salad with grilled sausage
Snack: pepperoni stick
Dinner: grilled pork chops with roasted potato
Day 7
Breakfast: bacon eggs and home fries
Lunch: sausage
Dinner: chicken gyros with home made flat bread , grilled zucchini and mushrooms
Day 1
Breakfast: Bacon and eggs
Lunch: paleo burger with sweet potato bun, ceaser salad and oysters
Snack: tortilla and guacamole with a ceaser cocktail
Dinner: bbq'd pork tenderloin, baked potato salad, green salad and baked beans
Dessert: apple pie with whipped cream
We were at a bbq all day and I could have made better choices but didn't.
Day 2
Breakfast: cottage cheese
Lunch: salad with grilled chicken and grapes
Dinner: pork sausage, pork souvlaki with grilled asparagus and prosciutto
Dessert: strawberries
I really need to make sure I have an afternoon snack. Otherwise I get home starving and start eating whatever is in front of me in the fridge.
Day 3
Breakfast: cottage cheese
Lunch: salad with grilled chicken
Dinner: roasted chicken and poutine
Day 4
Breakfast: yogurt and hard boiled egg
Lunch: sushi with wakkame salad and miso soup
Dinner: grilled mustard chicken with spinach and mushrooms
Late night eats: wine, a lot of stuff I shouldn't have eaten
Sleep: HORRIBLE why did I do that to myself
Day 5
Breakfast: cottage cheese
Lunch: salad with grilled chicken and yogurt
Snack: mixed nuts
Dinner: chicken wings and fries
Day 6
Breakfast: cottage cheese
Lunch: salad with grilled sausage
Snack: pepperoni stick
Dinner: grilled pork chops with roasted potato
Day 7
Breakfast: bacon eggs and home fries
Lunch: sausage
Dinner: chicken gyros with home made flat bread , grilled zucchini and mushrooms
Friday, July 5, 2013
Slippery Slope
Isn't it funny how eating one thing that isn't good for you can lead to eating a whole slew of things that are even worse for you. Some how in our heads we take one bite of the "forbidden fruit" and then decide that we have gone this far we might as well just give up and keep eating the whole fruit, and then another and another.
We find some stupid way to rationalize to ourselves that after that one bad bite it just doesn't matter any more and we might as well keep eating.
That was me last night. I went out for a girl friends night and wine and nibbles. I knew going in what to expect food wise. I should have arrived with a nice healthy treat to make sure that I had something good for me to nibble on, but instead I showed up with a bottle of wine.
There was a table full of "forbidden fruit" and I probably tried everything on the table and not just one of everything.
Its not that I ate the forbidden fruit that bothers me. The problem is that most of the food Just Wasn't Worth It. It wasn't that good. It wasn't something that I ate and said OMG sooo good.
I paid for it was a night of horrible sleep and feeling bloated. No waking up feeling skinnier for me today. But the worse part of all this was when I was driving into work and started rationalizing to myself that I had eaten all that bad food already and I feel crappy today so I might as well go out and get that bagel sandwich.
I wasn't even hungry since I had already had breakfast when I was having these thoughts.
Because I feel tired and drained today, I should be fuelling my body with good healthy foods that will help me keep my energy up. Not eating things that will raise my blood sugar and then send it crashing down along with my energy.
Wednesday, July 3, 2013
Book Review: The Dinner
Do you ever read books without really knowing what they are about? Just dive right in without having read anything but the title?
That is what I did with The Dinner by Herman Koch. It was a book I saw recommended within a list of books and I checked it out electronically and dove right in. It is an interesting way of reading a book and one I might need to start doing more often. Definitely makes what happens in a book more interesting since you don't have any clue what to expect when you start reading.
I could tell from the table of content that the book was broken down into courses and quickly realized that the events of the book would be taking place over 1 dinner - hence the title.
For those of you who like to know what a book is about before you start reading it, here is the description from amazon.com:
It's a summer's evening in Amsterdam, and two couples meet at a fashionable restaurant for dinner. Between mouthfuls of food and over the polite scrapings of cutlery, the conversation remains a gentle hum of polite discourse -- the banality of work, the triviality of the holidays. But behind the empty words, terrible things need to be said, and with every forced smile and every new course, the knives are being sharpened.
Each couple has a fifteen-year-old son. The two boys are united by their accountability for a single horrific act; an act that has triggered a police investigation and shattered the comfortable, insulated worlds of their families. As the dinner reaches its culinary climax, the conversation finally touches on their children. As civility and friendship disintegrate, each couple show just how far they are prepared to go to protect those they love.
Overall an interesting book that I finished within a couple of days. It is an international best seller that was translated into English this past year and I can see why it appeals to the masses.
The book doesn't make you question right versus wrong, so much as what would you do to protect your family or more importantly your child. Does right versus wrong even matter when it is your child's future that is at stake?
I don't see this as a book that people will be talking about at dinner parties - although many expert reviewers seem to think so. But none the less I would recommend this book for an interesting read that is well written and will keep your attention till the end.
That is what I did with The Dinner by Herman Koch. It was a book I saw recommended within a list of books and I checked it out electronically and dove right in. It is an interesting way of reading a book and one I might need to start doing more often. Definitely makes what happens in a book more interesting since you don't have any clue what to expect when you start reading.
For those of you who like to know what a book is about before you start reading it, here is the description from amazon.com:
It's a summer's evening in Amsterdam, and two couples meet at a fashionable restaurant for dinner. Between mouthfuls of food and over the polite scrapings of cutlery, the conversation remains a gentle hum of polite discourse -- the banality of work, the triviality of the holidays. But behind the empty words, terrible things need to be said, and with every forced smile and every new course, the knives are being sharpened.
Each couple has a fifteen-year-old son. The two boys are united by their accountability for a single horrific act; an act that has triggered a police investigation and shattered the comfortable, insulated worlds of their families. As the dinner reaches its culinary climax, the conversation finally touches on their children. As civility and friendship disintegrate, each couple show just how far they are prepared to go to protect those they love.
Overall an interesting book that I finished within a couple of days. It is an international best seller that was translated into English this past year and I can see why it appeals to the masses.
The book doesn't make you question right versus wrong, so much as what would you do to protect your family or more importantly your child. Does right versus wrong even matter when it is your child's future that is at stake?
I don't see this as a book that people will be talking about at dinner parties - although many expert reviewers seem to think so. But none the less I would recommend this book for an interesting read that is well written and will keep your attention till the end.
Tuesday, July 2, 2013
Food Log Week 1
To make myself more accountable and to help me make better choices I am going to be keeping a simple daily food log. Hopefully the requirement of posting my eating choices to the world wide web will guilt me into eating a good whole nutritious diet.
Short, simple and sweet. Here we go
Day 1
Breakfast: cottage cheese 3/4 cup
Lunch: Salad with grilled chicken and newsman's own dressing, vanilla yogurt
Snack: pepperoni stick
Dinner: all natural sausage, 1/2 zucchini grilled, 1 small potato grilled
Snack: 1 cup strawberries and 2 oz grilled chicken
Day 2
Breakfast: 1 hard boiled egg
Lunch: Salad with grilled chicken and newsman's own dressing, vanilla yogurt
Snack: 2 small handfuls of mixed nuts
Dinner: Seasons pork chop and steamed cauliflower
Snack: all natural sausage, 1 cup of strawberries
Day 3
Breakfast: 2 1/2 scrambled eggs
Lunch: Salad with grilled chicken and newsman's own dressing, vanilla yogurt
Special note here that I went for a walk to the ice cream truck, I did not get any ice cream (big pat on back)
Short, simple and sweet. Here we go
Day 1
Breakfast: cottage cheese 3/4 cup
Lunch: Salad with grilled chicken and newsman's own dressing, vanilla yogurt
Snack: pepperoni stick
Dinner: all natural sausage, 1/2 zucchini grilled, 1 small potato grilled
Snack: 1 cup strawberries and 2 oz grilled chicken
Day 2
Breakfast: 1 hard boiled egg
Lunch: Salad with grilled chicken and newsman's own dressing, vanilla yogurt
Snack: 2 small handfuls of mixed nuts
Dinner: Seasons pork chop and steamed cauliflower
Snack: all natural sausage, 1 cup of strawberries
Day 3
Breakfast: 2 1/2 scrambled eggs
Lunch: Salad with grilled chicken and newsman's own dressing, vanilla yogurt
Special note here that I went for a walk to the ice cream truck, I did not get any ice cream (big pat on back)
Dinner: natural sausage, grill chicken, sunflower seeds
Snack: 1 square 85% dark chocolate
Day 4
Breakfast: 1 hard boiled egg
Lunch: Salad with grilled sausage and newsman's own dressing, vanilla yogurt
Day 4
Breakfast: 1 hard boiled egg
Lunch: Salad with grilled sausage and newsman's own dressing, vanilla yogurt
Snack: apple
Dinner: mustard glazed chicken thighs, grilled potato & grilled zucchini
Day 5
Breakfast: apple
Lunch: Salad with grilled sausage and newsman's own dressing, vanilla yogurt
Snack: 2 small handful of mixed nuts
Day 5
Breakfast: apple
Lunch: Salad with grilled sausage and newsman's own dressing, vanilla yogurt
Snack: 2 small handful of mixed nuts
Dinner: Steak with steamed cauliflower and salad with Newman own dressing.
Snack: Strawberries
Day 6
Breakfast: bacon & eggs
Lunch: sausage and salad
Snack: ice cream cone
Dinner: steak with corn on the cob asparagus plus wine
Snack: strawberries
Day 7
Breakfast: paleo crepes with mixed berry sauce and bacon
Lunch: ribs
Snacks: prosucitto slices
Dinner: mussels in white wine sauce, wine
Observations:
- Every morning I woke up feeling skinnier. This was a great feeling I had when my first few months on paleo and it felt so good to have it again.
- It was easier to get out of bed. I am always awake before the alarm clock but usually require it to go off before I will get up. Not this week. I was up and out of bed 15-30 minutes early every day. This might have been partly my desire to jump on the scale and see if I was skinnier.
- Every morning the scale showed me a smaller number. To add to my joy of feeling skinnier.
- I just felt better. It was one of those things were you thought you felt good before but now you realize that you were ok but NOW you feel good.
- I saved money. I brought my lunch every day. Made dinner at home every night. Resisted the urge for ice cream.
- We ate through the pretty much all the food in the fridge and the freezer.
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