4 posts tagged “food”

i am hustling to get ready for the holidays!! leaving for memphis on sat. yaaaaay. it's good distraction actually. i am  back on "phase one" of the south beach diet for about 10 days because i haven't been to the gym in a few weeks thanks to this crappy cold. and i want to make room for all the fat cells i'll ingest in memphis. (PBR, fried chicken, BBQ, banana pudding etc)

i am a huge fan of the south beach diet. i went on it two years ago when i ballooned up, post-wedding and first year of slavery- er, working at businessweek. i lost 20 lbs. and within 3-5 pounds have kept it off 2 years later more or less painlessly. the diet is designed in three phases and phase one, which is supposed to last no more than two weeks, is the most restrictive. low-fat and low-carb with no fruit, sugar or booze. ouch.

but i think phase-one-ing it every six months or so is good. the first day you go through this thing where you would stab someone in the leg for a piece of bread. it's not so much no wine or dessert that gets me- it's the starchy carb. no matter how much lean meat, low-fat cheese or vegetables i eat i can't feel full because i WANT THAT CARB FIX! the first time i did the diet, that lasted for like five days. it was HORRIBLE. fortuately, this time it's day two and that feeling has pretty much passed.

anyway, i didn't intend for this post to turn into a south beach diet commercial...

so i have this list of like a million things, work and personal, i need to get done before saturday. i busted out yest and did nine of them and i have 15 left. i want to do at least seven today, but i'm getting a late start. :( wish me luck...

ok. so. it's like 9 pm on saturday, if my pocketwatch is right. i'm starting to think thanksgiving just isn't happening this year. on another note, where are my parents? and why does michelle keep coming by to pour more kibble in my bowl? don't get me wrong-- i appreciate anyone randomly stopping by with kibble. . .but . . .um?

why is it that the three days before thanksgiving are INSANE no matter what??? i thought surely this year would be different. my book isn't due until next oct. and for the first time in a long time, we're not having thanksgiving at our house. then dumb sarah agreed to freelance a story that *just happened* to be due the wed. before thanksgiving. nice move, genius.

so now i am hustling to get this done before i take off for salt lake city, where i will enjoy (cue question of the day music) my favorite thanksgiving dish!!! i think it's turkey but only if it's prepared REALLY well (read: fried). i love the challenge of making a good turkey. i like mashed potatoes. oh and this spectacular crab dip we make. everyone else in my husband's family would say the yams made with 105 sweeteners including dr. pepper, but i'm always a little worried it'll put me in an instant diebetic coma. oh- my father in law makes an outstanding fruit tart. seriously pumpkin pies just sit around in envious neglect when that thing is around.

ok now i'm under pressure AND hungry :(

i'll kick back with my latte and answer the question of the day: favorite girl scout cookie. Samoas-- hands down. although they have some weird name on the west coast right? seriously, all other cookies are just posers. i believe my siblings would concur. one time when i was like nine and over-zealously signed up for girl scout cookies my parents could ill-afford on their teacher salaries, the samoas went in like 10 seconds.