Huh, Would you look at that.
Apr. 8th, 2010 07:51 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chargirlgeniusI seem to have lost 8 lbs (give or take a couple) without really noticing. I *think* that's since November, but I haven't really been writing stuff down or paying that much attention. I'm not on a diet. I weigh myself every few months. I don't write stuff down.
I'm pretty sure it was October or November that I started adding more fruits and veggies into my diet. I've continued with that, adding more and more until I now pretty easily eat five to nine. I'm cooking a lot more, sometimes stuff that's easy, sometimes stuff that takes a while. If I hadn't burned the garlic last night, I'd have had dinner made in 20 minutes - garlic shrimp on angel hair, mixed with white wine and lemon juice, and spinach with currants and pine nuts. The only think that already had more than one ingredient was the angel hair.
My shopping cart looks a lot different. I used to have, and I still see around me, carts piled high with boxes and pre-made frozen dinners and all of that. Y'know, they still took me 20 minutes to make.
Yeah, it does take more effort to cook more. But I'm doing it because I'm starting to enjoy it. The smell of fresh garlic and fresh chopped parsley, the taste of the food when I'm done. SO much better.
I'm still eating some crappy foods. And sometimes too much. But, whatever. I'm really losing my taste for somethings. Sometimes after reading the label, sometimes after tasting it. I can't touch coffeemate now, not after reading the label. Yeah, I've done that a million times, this time it's different. I also can't eat Kraft Mac&Cheese anymore. I used to be able to down a whole box, easily, and now, I can't choke down a few bites.
So, there you go. The 8 lbs lost is a pleasant side effect. Even if I didn't lose a thing, I'd still change my diet in this way. As for fitness... Well, the road to hell is paved with good intentions.... ;-) Spring season sewing and Jeff traveling has really put a dent in that, but I have intentions. :-)
I'm pretty sure it was October or November that I started adding more fruits and veggies into my diet. I've continued with that, adding more and more until I now pretty easily eat five to nine. I'm cooking a lot more, sometimes stuff that's easy, sometimes stuff that takes a while. If I hadn't burned the garlic last night, I'd have had dinner made in 20 minutes - garlic shrimp on angel hair, mixed with white wine and lemon juice, and spinach with currants and pine nuts. The only think that already had more than one ingredient was the angel hair.
My shopping cart looks a lot different. I used to have, and I still see around me, carts piled high with boxes and pre-made frozen dinners and all of that. Y'know, they still took me 20 minutes to make.
Yeah, it does take more effort to cook more. But I'm doing it because I'm starting to enjoy it. The smell of fresh garlic and fresh chopped parsley, the taste of the food when I'm done. SO much better.
I'm still eating some crappy foods. And sometimes too much. But, whatever. I'm really losing my taste for somethings. Sometimes after reading the label, sometimes after tasting it. I can't touch coffeemate now, not after reading the label. Yeah, I've done that a million times, this time it's different. I also can't eat Kraft Mac&Cheese anymore. I used to be able to down a whole box, easily, and now, I can't choke down a few bites.
So, there you go. The 8 lbs lost is a pleasant side effect. Even if I didn't lose a thing, I'd still change my diet in this way. As for fitness... Well, the road to hell is paved with good intentions.... ;-) Spring season sewing and Jeff traveling has really put a dent in that, but I have intentions. :-)
