Slow and steady
It’s been hot here. That humid, please let it rain so I can feel like I’m cooling off, kind of hot. It’s made work tough. It’s hard to keep lifting and hauling and doing what we do in a warehouse when the heat is sucking all of your energy. Oddly, I’m sure it’s much hotter and more humid back east, but since I haven’t really experienced summer in upstate NY in a long time, I’m not used to it.
On the plus side, I have lost a total of 7.4 pounds! I started at a whopping 150 lbs. I was, um… plump. Now I’m down to 142.5! And I’m doing my best to make good food choices. Every morning I have a bowl of mini frosted shredded wheat (which has been a life saver. I also have it for a snack without milk.) and a cup of coffee. After that I try to bring my lunch. If I can’t then I’ll go to Subway and get a 6 inch turkey breast sub with all the veggies, and a little bit of oil and vinegar – No mayo and no mustard. And honestly I don’t really miss it. Then when I come home it’s something real simple.
Today after our weight watchers meeting, where they were talking about making kale chips (yeah I know it sounds gross, but they are darn tasty), I headed immediately over to the farmers market and got a couple of bundles of kale, paneer cheese, and some zucchini. All for $10. After that I came up with an idea. Every week, I’ll hit the U-district Farmers Market every other week, with $40. $20 to spend on veggies, $20 to spend on cheese, bread and/or meat – if it’s needed or looks good. Then if I need veggies, during the week, I can go to the other farmers markets during the week and spend no more than $10.
When I got home, I made 2 small bags of kale chips – one seasoned with sea salt, the other with, what else, bacon salt. Very very tasty. I also made a quick veggie dinner – italian style stewed tomatoes, paneer cheese, zucchini, and kale. And then while the was on the stove, I did a dry rub of garam masala, curry powder and a little chili powder on some chicken breasts so that I can have them for lunch and possibly dinner tomorrow night. And because there was so much left of the veggie dinner, I’ll have another meal of that this week.
And I have to admit that I am in love with Zrock. This show kills me. The drummer even mention a maloik! This show is the reason you should have cable and the IFC channel. That and the IT Crowd.
Check out this video of one my favorite IT Crowd moments.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gt9j80Jkc_A]
Posted: July 23rd, 2009 under cooking, weight watchers.
Tags: cooking, IT Crowd, weight watchers, ZRock
Comments
Comment from Hermione Bagnold
Time July 23, 2009 at 2:37 pm
…And I JUST realized…that was a completely different post than this one…I think I need more sleep…LOL





Comment from Hermione Bagnold
Time July 23, 2009 at 2:37 pm
I love the bathroom! That is super cute! And as to the boxes and messy, half-unpacked house…well…my house STILL looks like that, and we’ve been here over a year and a half! LOL You should really do something about those kids of yours.
They should be helping unpack…I bet they’d love to help you get the yarn out…LOL