Day three!
Feb. 22nd, 2014 05:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
anigoThree consecutive days of posting, look at me go!
I've been a bit of a combo pack today. Half crankypants, half walkin' on sunshine - literally. The thermometer's been above zero for the whole day, and given the fact that this has been one of the heaviest winters on record in a long time, it's incredible to have the sunshine back. Just came back from a good dog walk and it's gone a long way to making life right.
On the other hand, on Friday I had a burger and fries and yesterday I had pizza. And I felt like shit yesterday and while I'm feeling better physically, the crankypants part seems to be a bit of the residue.
I've been working with a trainer for the past year (and I'm down 20 lbs! Yay me!) and one of the things she's recommended is avoiding things like breads, pastas, potatoes, rice and refined sugar. Not going carb free, though I've done that before, nor going gluten free, though I've done that before too, nor even going paleo, though paleo is probably the closest to what I'm doing. In truth though, I'm just trying to stay away from the white shit. And if I have a sandwich one day for lunch, that's ok. And if I have pizza one evening, that's ok too. Dickie and I started doing this mid January and the first couple of weeks were tough. We felt horrid, and why not, your body seriously loves the quick carbo-kick from all that stuff.
But after the first week or so, it went away. And so did the cravings for white stuff. And now, to be honest, I'd rather have mashed cauliflower than mashed potatoes. Seriously. You mash some cauliflower with an egg and some Parmesan cheese? That's good shit right there.
Anyway. It's a lifestyle choice, not a diet, and what I didn't notice, until I broke down and went to Wendy's for a burger and fries and a milkshake, was that I hadn't had one headache since I started doing it. And boy did I have one yesterday. Coincidence? Perhaps. But I actually feel decent while avoiding the white shit.
It's hard to do at first. You don't realize how much you rely on rice, potatoes and pasta until you try to cook a meal without them. But it doesn't take long before you figure it out. I'm not one who loves the idea of substitutions as a way of life. "Oh hey, if you substitute barely cooked lima beans for ground beef you can HARDLY notice the difference, if you season the hell out of it!!" Yeah, no. On the other hand however, there is a past made from tofu and yam called Shirataki noodles which are fecking AWESOME and to be clear, it's hard to eat spaghetti if you're avoiding pasta.
Anyway, so I had a headache yesterday and yesterday and today the kid is acting like a teenager. She borrowed some beer without asking. She's under age, but to be clear, we have a very liberal drinking policy in my house and I think the kid's way more responsible for it - and at least I know where she is and if she's drinking or not. But I digress... She borrowed some beer last night without asking, which drove me NUTS! It was no more sneaking than taking the last pop tart would have been sneaking, but c'mon! If you're gonna take something I paid for, the least you can do is ask! She went to a party, borrowed some beer and wanted me to pick her up. Again, to be clear, the picking up isn't a bad thing either. I'm going to a party tonight and now that she has her drivers licence she's my designated drive tonight and I picked her up last night - see how great that works? I was fine with it, despite the fact I had a killer headache, it wasn't that far from the house. I planned on dozing off until she called me to come get her. But she woke me at 1 to ask me if she could stay until 2. **eyebrow** Seriously? You woke me up to tell me to come get you later? Growl!!!
Anyway. Top that off with some general standard teenage laziness, some garbage left out where the dogs could get it, having to be reminded more than once to do something, she hasn't had her nose out of her phone all day, stuff like that, it's made me cranky.
And again, to be clear, in the grand scheme of things I know I have a real gem here, so I shouldn't be complaining, but today I have a lower than usual tolerance for it.
Oh well, the sun is shining, the snow is melting, god's in his heaven and all's right on the earth.
Tonight I'm going to a Margarita party, since today is National Margarita day, and tomorrow we get to play for Gold at the Olympics at 8AM.
Really? Life doesn't suck.
I've been a bit of a combo pack today. Half crankypants, half walkin' on sunshine - literally. The thermometer's been above zero for the whole day, and given the fact that this has been one of the heaviest winters on record in a long time, it's incredible to have the sunshine back. Just came back from a good dog walk and it's gone a long way to making life right.
On the other hand, on Friday I had a burger and fries and yesterday I had pizza. And I felt like shit yesterday and while I'm feeling better physically, the crankypants part seems to be a bit of the residue.
I've been working with a trainer for the past year (and I'm down 20 lbs! Yay me!) and one of the things she's recommended is avoiding things like breads, pastas, potatoes, rice and refined sugar. Not going carb free, though I've done that before, nor going gluten free, though I've done that before too, nor even going paleo, though paleo is probably the closest to what I'm doing. In truth though, I'm just trying to stay away from the white shit. And if I have a sandwich one day for lunch, that's ok. And if I have pizza one evening, that's ok too. Dickie and I started doing this mid January and the first couple of weeks were tough. We felt horrid, and why not, your body seriously loves the quick carbo-kick from all that stuff.
But after the first week or so, it went away. And so did the cravings for white stuff. And now, to be honest, I'd rather have mashed cauliflower than mashed potatoes. Seriously. You mash some cauliflower with an egg and some Parmesan cheese? That's good shit right there.
Anyway. It's a lifestyle choice, not a diet, and what I didn't notice, until I broke down and went to Wendy's for a burger and fries and a milkshake, was that I hadn't had one headache since I started doing it. And boy did I have one yesterday. Coincidence? Perhaps. But I actually feel decent while avoiding the white shit.
It's hard to do at first. You don't realize how much you rely on rice, potatoes and pasta until you try to cook a meal without them. But it doesn't take long before you figure it out. I'm not one who loves the idea of substitutions as a way of life. "Oh hey, if you substitute barely cooked lima beans for ground beef you can HARDLY notice the difference, if you season the hell out of it!!" Yeah, no. On the other hand however, there is a past made from tofu and yam called Shirataki noodles which are fecking AWESOME and to be clear, it's hard to eat spaghetti if you're avoiding pasta.
Anyway, so I had a headache yesterday and yesterday and today the kid is acting like a teenager. She borrowed some beer without asking. She's under age, but to be clear, we have a very liberal drinking policy in my house and I think the kid's way more responsible for it - and at least I know where she is and if she's drinking or not. But I digress... She borrowed some beer last night without asking, which drove me NUTS! It was no more sneaking than taking the last pop tart would have been sneaking, but c'mon! If you're gonna take something I paid for, the least you can do is ask! She went to a party, borrowed some beer and wanted me to pick her up. Again, to be clear, the picking up isn't a bad thing either. I'm going to a party tonight and now that she has her drivers licence she's my designated drive tonight and I picked her up last night - see how great that works? I was fine with it, despite the fact I had a killer headache, it wasn't that far from the house. I planned on dozing off until she called me to come get her. But she woke me at 1 to ask me if she could stay until 2. **eyebrow** Seriously? You woke me up to tell me to come get you later? Growl!!!
Anyway. Top that off with some general standard teenage laziness, some garbage left out where the dogs could get it, having to be reminded more than once to do something, she hasn't had her nose out of her phone all day, stuff like that, it's made me cranky.
And again, to be clear, in the grand scheme of things I know I have a real gem here, so I shouldn't be complaining, but today I have a lower than usual tolerance for it.
Oh well, the sun is shining, the snow is melting, god's in his heaven and all's right on the earth.
Tonight I'm going to a Margarita party, since today is National Margarita day, and tomorrow we get to play for Gold at the Olympics at 8AM.
Really? Life doesn't suck.
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Date: 2014-02-25 10:56 am (UTC)I agree with you though, it's the borrowing without asking that bothers you. I totally see your point there.
I'm glad that life doesn't suck! :D