June 15, 2011

Exercise must be paying off

I actually weighed in at 148 this morning, which surprised me--I lost 1.5 pounds this week. It's GOT to be the exercise, because I ate an entire bag of chocolate chips on Monday I've not been eating so well lately.

Jerry and I made the same deal we made a few weeks ago--I told him that I have to count calories (staying within range) every day until June 30th. If I cheat, then Jerry gets to withdraw $500 from our savings account to spend on whatever he wants (which is always stupid shit, so I don't want him spending our money on it!) 

I counted calories yesterday and (so far) today. It's hard. I hate it. I need to put my cat on a diet, too. The vet told me that he's going to get diabetes soon if I don't. Paolo (the stray) is still too skinny, so I have to feed him EXTRA. It's too much work, having four cats.

This is Chandler Bing. Could he BE any fatter?!

I did discover a new food combo recently that I enjoy. It sounds completely disgusting too. I mix a (drained) can of tuna fish with 1/2 cup of cottage cheese and 1 Tbsp. of dill relish. Then I just eat it with a fork, but I suppose you could use it for sandwiches too. I was going to take a picture to post here, but I didn't want to gross any of you out before dinner, so I decided against it.

My weekly goal for my Summer Challenge is going to be to NOT go grocery shopping for a week. I love live for grocery shopping. I kind of suspect that a lot of fat people have this in common. When I was fat, I loved buying all kind of delicious, yet bad for you, food.

Now, I love to go and just IMAGINE I was buying all that stuff--I love to look at the cakes and cookies at the bakery and decide what I would buy if I was fat again. Is this totally weird? Does anyone else do this? My most lusted-after item? THIS:

A "Monster Cookie"... le sigh.

Do you combine any foods that other people would find strange? Other than the tuna and cottage cheese, I'm having a hard time thinking of any. I know I have to eat some weird stuff though! Hmm.


8 comments:

  1. Congrats on the weight loss, that's great. People think it's weird that I eat cottage cheese with garlic pits chips. This is the ONLY way I can eat cottage cheese. That stuff is gross!

    hollys-doin-it

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  2. The tuna with cottage cheese sounds good! I'd mix it up with lettuce for a salad - I'm a huge fan of using whatever I want in a salad but no salad dressing. I'd rather have more "stuff" than a couple tablespoons of flavor for the same amount of calories.

    My weirdest food combination lately: a handful of shredded coleslaw mix from a bag mixed with a Yoplait light banana yogurt. It's creamy and sweet like my mom's coleslaw without being full of sour cream, mayonnaise, and sugar.

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  3. AnonymousJune 15, 2011

    I've heard of people using peanut butter as the mix-in for tuna! Like, instead of mayo. I have NOT tried it as it sounds disgusting to me, but I've heard more than 1 person say it. : /

    Madwin

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  4. The tuna and cottage cheese combo actually sounds good! I'll have to try it.

    Hm, oddest thing my husband and I make is a Senegalese stew that has a base of tomato paste and peanut butter. It's very delicious.

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  5. AnonymousJune 16, 2011

    cottage cheese with ranch dressing in it. I also love cottage cheese on my salad. Ummm. I love shopping for food too Katie. Do you get them cookies at Meijer? I seen some there. I love Meijer... vanillamama

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  6. Twinpower7June 16, 2011

    It's so funny that you imagine what junk you'd buy at the bakery. I do the same thing!! I do it at restaurants too. LOL I thought I was the only one that did that.

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  7. What I love to eat, but it grosses many people out is a cold mashed potato sandwich. I toast two slices of bread, spread Light Miracle Whip on the bread, and then I pile on COLD homemade mashed potatoes. It is sssoooo delicious!

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  8. I like to dip my popcorn in milk, or just put a handful of popcorn in my mouth and then a drink of milk before chewing it up. : )

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