Random News
My god, has it really been a week since I wrote anything in here? That's madness!

Well it's Friday afternoon, Memorial Day weekend, and Tim will be here in a couple of hours and I've been working on my chapters for the book and I have no more brain. No more brain. But I will provide you with news anyway, because the people are clamoring for it!

Not really.

But anyway.

I went to Target yesterday looking for vaccum cleaner bags. We all know how that goes: I ended up buying a shirt and a bra. My boobs are SO PERKY in this bra. I feel like a new woman. With the perky. And the shirt is terribly cute. I mistakenly got a large but it fits anyway. What with the cute shirt and the perky boobs, I feel almost prepared to take on the world! (Unfortunately I'm having a bad hair day, so it's just "almost" for now.)

I weighed myself this morning and was up a little bit, but it's not my usual weighing day and quite frankly, I've been so diligent about my eating that I know my weight will go down at some future point. I have been starving myself all day so I can go out and eat dinner with Tim later, and I will try and limit myself somewhat this weekend.

Two nights ago, for dinner, I had half a box of cookies and 1/4 of a watermelon. For dinner! I was still under points for the day, though.

I can't think of anything else to say! Happy weekend.


- posted by mo @ 3:57 PM

 
My Friend the Scale God
Last night, I weighed half a pound less than I did in the morning. This morning it was two pounds less! I only need to lose 5.5 more pounds to get to my mini-weight goal (which is 209 pounds; you can do the math at last). I'm feeling good and energized.

Today I did my stair-climbing thing (which I have neglected for most of this busy week). Tomorrow I am bringing my bike into the shop, and I have at least one ride planned for this weekend. (Also a lot of weight-loss writing, two parties, and a brunch. Yay weekends.)

This morning I had the rest of my strawberries, only I pureed them in a blender and then spooned them onto the bread. It was really good, even if it sounds completely bizarre. Then I had part of a bagel (someone brought in bagels) and I had a sweet and sour chicken box lunch. Not bad, but not great either, quite honestly. The sweet and sour was a little more sour than sweet.

The hardest part of the day for me is in the afternoon. Especially these desultory Friday afternoons, when the weekend stretches out before me like a stretchy thing. I think I'll be okay, though. I've made some new habits that seem worth holding onto.
- posted by mo @ 12:59 PM

 
The Good Fight
People have been having problems viewing Mr. Ointy. I have no idea why. Maybe posting this entry will magically fix this weird problem.

Oh, since "Mr. Ointy" is partly a play on a Buffyism, I can justify using this space to say, how fabulous was that Angel finale, eh? There were so many great moments and lines, I can't even list them all. Suffice it to say that I thought everything was perfect. I think my favorite line was when Iliriya was talking about ripping the eyeballs out of people's skulls and Wesley said, "You're a very inspirational person." But it's tough to call.

I weighed myself this morning and it looks like since last month, I've lost five pounds. (That leaves me with seven pounds to go before I get to my own personal Happy Number and stop ignoring the sidebar.) Considering this was the month of New York and Los Angeles, that's pretty good. A slow and steady loss is fine by me.

Yesterday was a little wonky but I resisted the hormonal urge to pig out on McDonald's (I wanted a Happy Meal, and not one of their new bullshit Crappy Meals with apples and water, a real Happy Meal) and instead I went to the grocery store and stocked up on some fruits and veggies. I hope I make it to the Berkeley Bowl this weekend; it's been too long since I had a tangerine. (I will have to valiantly ignore the fact that they have Humboldt Fog cheese, the best cheese ever made, and I am a Dutch cheese maiden, and will not be gainsaid.)

And those Lean Cuisines (these are the two-point ones) were on sale, so I bought five of them, and five of other varieties just to spice things up a little bit. I should be all Lean Cuisined up for the next couple of weeks, at least. Today I had half a basket of strawberries mashed up on magical no-point Wonder bread. (I counted the whole thing as 4 points.) And then I had some apricots. Now I am going to have a 2-point Lean Cusine and a WW cookie sundae. It may not sound very exciting, but what the hell.

I'm getting there.
- posted by mo @ 11:25 AM

 
Temptation
I barely even thought about the fact that I was wearing a sleeveless dress this weekend. That's progress, I think!

I'm back to tracking oints today, after a weekend of vaguely not caring. It's going fine, except that you know what I had to proofread at work today? An exhaustive list of every single flavor of ice cream that Haagen-Dazs makes. Did you know they have white chocolate raspberry truffle ice cream? And I had to look at many wonderful pictures of ice cream today. Did you know we have a freezer full of Haagen-Dazs downstairs? God help me.
- posted by mo @ 2:21 PM

 
Inferiority Complex
I made the mistake of going shopping with a friend of mine from work, who is one of the most beautiful people I have ever met in real life.

When a woman who is seven months pregnant looks better in everything than you do, it's very demoralizing. She's not normal-person pregnant, she's not super-skinny-Gwyneth-Paltrow pregnant; she's like, glowing-goddess pregnant. And she's got this amazing dark skin tone that complements every single thing she puts on.

I did end up finding a shirt that I liked (and have to hunt down in my size, since the medium didn't quite fit) but fortunately I didn't have to watch her try it on and look ten times more gorgeous than me, because you just know she would have. You all have a friend like this, I'm sure. Maybe you don't shop with them.

Outside of the fitting room, we can each be beautiful in our own, unique, special snowflake types of ways. Inside the fitting room, I need permission to have fat rolls. And I don't mean beautiful sexy curves, either. I need permission to splooge.

I really can't give up going shopping with her, though. She's got impeccable taste. I need her!
- posted by mo @ 3:56 PM

 
Box Lunch Enthusiasm
You guys, Lean Cuisine has a new frozen meal-thing, with turkey tenderloins, mushrooms, and green beans. (You have no idea how much I love this particular type of green bean; it has that al-dente chewyness that I am completely unable to describe.) It is A) delicious and B) pretty filling and C) only TWO points! I bought two straightaway, because it looked pretty good and LC is fairly reliable about delivering what they promise. But I am going to go stock up on more!

I can't believe I'm so excited about this Lean Cuisine that I'm here posting about it first thing in the morning! Okay, I'm off to have coffee and a bagel. Mmm.
- posted by mo @ 9:15 AM

 
44 Calories
Now that I am back from my vacation (which was fabulous, by the way) I am going to work on the post-vacation diet and exercise extravaganza. I have faithfully tracked my points so far today (which come to 15; I am going to try and stay close to 20 points this week, if I can, for a jump start) and I have done some exercise.

I need to go to the gym soon (this week?) and bring my bike in (this weekend, if at all possible) but in the meantime I have developed a new plan. At 3:30 every day (and if anyone knows how to set a reminder for this in OS X, I would appreciate it; I cannot figure out iCal) I am going to do some stair climbing in my building. I am starting with a tiny modest goal: take the elevator to the bottom level and take the stairs up. It's five flights.

Today it took me three minutes, and Stairway to Health says I burned 44 calories. My heart is still beating fast, although five flights doesn't seem like a lot. I guess I am very out-of-shape! All the more reason to try it, then. The real benefit, I think, is in doing something which, as you all know by now, is better than nothing.
- posted by mo @ 3:39 PM

 
Off to NYC!
For a long weekend jaunt, jam-packed with fun. And possibly jam. See you when I return!
- posted by mo @ 5:36 PM

 
Plan of Attack
Last night was bad: I binged. It started when I had some cookies at work, and it escalated. I went to McDonald's and got a Veggie Burger and fries, but the Veggie Burger was disgusting so I just ate the fries. But then I wanted a milkshake so I went down to the place I used to go and get milkshakes, and the meat cooking smelled so good, and I realized I hadn't had a turkey burger from them in forever, and french fries just didn't cut it, so I ordered a turkey burger and milkshake even though I wasn't even hungry! And then I ate it all in like five minutes, and it was so good. But I was completely out-of-control, unable to stop myself, even though I had spent the whole day counting points. (I had 21 points prior to binging.)

Today, weirdly, I feel okay. I dressed as cute as possible (which makes me feel better) and I stuck to my morning bagel and cream cheese. For lunch I just had a huge turkey sandwich. It was very satisfying; I hope it will keep me going throughout the afternoon.

I realized yesterday that the only thing that's going to do anything at this point is an exercise regime. And it's light out for longer, which means I can totally fit in bike rides after work. My bike is currently un-rideable, it needs a tune-up before it is safe to ride. (The last time I tried was very unsafe, and I almost got badly hurt.) So my current plan is to go to NYC this weekend and enjoy myself, enjoy some excellent meals, do a lot of walking, and then commit myself to an exercise program when I return.
- posted by mo @ 1:49 PM

 
Delicious Weekend
I had a delicious Barney's Burger's meal this weekend, and then Brunchmas at Jen's, which was so good I can't even talk about it. I can't talk about either of these meals because they will merely make me hungry all over again.

Today I forgot to bring all my groceries to work. Damnit. Today I ate two granola bars, some graham crackers, a turkey sandwich, and a leftover gingerbread muffin with lemon glaze from Brunchmas. A lot of carbs, not enough fruit or veggies. And I don't know the points of a lot of it. I guess I would estimate 17 or 18 points so far? I should have a salad for dinner. But I want more carbs. Actually, a turkey burger would be good.
- posted by mo @ 5:09 PM