what are you doing/eating today? thursday

Doing: Got up early and did an hour on the beach with Gilad (who I can't help but call "Jihad" and that's very very wrong.) Will be writing a project today on educational assessment (YAWN), getting a haircut and waxing my whole face (perimenopause+weight loss=FUR HEAD) and a little art if I have time. Then hitting the Goodwill so I can stock up on tank tops to cut up for Zumba...you know, you get abs, you have to show 'em off like a streetwalker, right? Then Zumba tonight.

Tomorrow we're going antiquing in Adamstown. I plan on an Amish breakfast (baked oatmeal!), whatever home-baked treats suit my fancy, and a heinous dinner at the Shady Maple Smorgasbord--- they have 6 kinds of corn, if that gives you any idea of the spectrum of ridiculous eats. Sig Ot already knows he will be driving home solo as I snore it off: I literally pass out cold. Not sleep, so much as die. Takes about a half hour before I can be awakened. Is this a good idea? Hell to tha no.

We hope to get a little hiking in there too but the weather's unreliable of late. This, BTW, is an officially sanctioned Free Eating Weekend, which will include the buffet, some Zintner's Butter Krak™ eggs, a Reese's PB egg, pizza at some point, and probably a bag of cheese curls-- these are my bad cravings of late. I get 'em all behind me in one fell swoop, gain 2-4 pounds of water (needed to process the mess) and hit the ground running again on Monday. This approach is Radically Stupid, but for four years it's made my life tolerable. I am a food addict and a foodee, and this is how I manage my addiction. You will note I did not say "cure." I will never cure it.

Today's eats:
B: Coffee coffee coffee
L: Caramel chicken apple salad and Fiber Gourmet cheese crackers
Pre workout: Huge coffee/banana protein shake
D: Ground turkey taco meat with cheese,salsa and yogurt on greens
Snacks:
apple
almond butter and Fluff on rice cake
cheesecake greek yogurt
Chocolite bar
another protein shake- prob'ly strawberry cheesecake

As ever, 1700 calories, about 150g protein. I'll spend about 3,000 calories today, I expect. This, for me, is maintenance.

Shari, that's why skinny people are skinny.  They too fall off the wagon, or eat a box of girl scout cookies, btu then they go work it off and get back on the wagon. I truly know very few people who don't have to work at staying slim and healthy.  BTW, three of those are my favorite fall off the wagon foods, now if you added choc. chip cookies (homemade of course) to the list I would have drooled a little... LOL

Kelly, I don't fall off the wagon--- but I do JUMP off! Then I jump back on! :) I agree, most thinner people are practicing some kind of management of their own-- I think the magically skinny people are few and far between.

Good luck on the job search!!!

I am so tired... hopefully I can make it through today and tomorrow and then I will be able to relax this weekend before I start another busy week.

Doing: I am organizing and finalizing everything for a big research symposium my office in having next Friday, so work is very stressful and busy.  My FIL's birthday is this weekend and I am the designated cake maker (I make specialty cakes) so I was up til 3:30 last night baking cakes off and will finish his elephant cake tonight (I am actually totally excited about it because it is going to come out great and he is really going to love it).

Eating:
B- Egg whites and pepper jack cheese
S- Coffee, then some cheese and crackers
L- low fat cream of spinach soup and a small goat cheese salad with chicken
S- Greek yogurt with blackberries
D- Yummy vegan "chicken" tenders and fruit salad
LNS- lots of protein coffee to sustain me while I work on finishing the cake