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January 5, 2008

And Who Would Have Thought That Leonard Cohen Could Be So Very Dance-able?

I must be cheering right up because I just caught myself dancing to Leonard Cohen's "Lover Lover Lover" in my kitchen while making lunch. If any of you know the song, it's not really disco. It's about the ongoing disaster in the Middle East. It's an absolutely beautiful song. The first, say, ten times I heard it, I felt like my heart rate sped up and my breathing got shallow. That's a good song.

April's Most Influential Songs of 2007, at least the later half of it:

"Lover Lover Lover" by Leonard Cohen
"Do It" by Nelly Furtado
"Whole New You" by Shawn Colvin
"First Time" by Lifehouse
"Rockstar" by Nickelback
"Feels So Good" by Van Halen

Eclectic? Perhaps. You hate my music? Too bad. You don't get a vote.

I'm listening to the CD I made for one of my favorite reader-friends. I need to burn myself a copy and mail hers to her. I put Anjani's "No One After You" right after Cohen's "Lover..." isn't that sweet??? They are too cute for words. I wish they'd come over for dinner. I wonder if they like cats.

I am ever so happy to report that http://cronology.blogspot.com/ This time I hope he never leaves us. Remember, Chris, we love you and your blog no matter how well you're doing on CR. It's about *you*, not what you eat. What you eat is just a way to be you longer, healthier, happier.

And how is my year going?

Pretty well, thanks. The campaign (new baby!) is getting off the ground. I've been doing meetings most every day at 7:30 am and 7:30 pm, eggwhite omlette, dry, veggies not grilled just raw thank you flax oil and nonfat cheese lovingly packed by MR on top, wheat bran (also lovingly packed) on side. Been lonely cause Danny's been out sick so I've been doing meetings alone. He resurfaced for the first time in 2008 last night, and he was so drugged out and sick that I felt guilty for having him there at the meeting. He looked fine and functioned fine though. I'm letting him skip the morning meetings and only come to the evening ones, when we're more likely to have a bigger turnout.

I overdid it a bit on Wednesday with exercise: got to the gym just before 6 am and worked out before my morning meeting, then went again with Susie at lunch and worked out. Then did the night meeting, then woke up sick again in the middle of the night... ooops. Easy to get overenthusiastic. Didn't work out Thurs or Fri, but worked out this morning after my meeting.

Was having a sushi craving on Thursday, so decided to look up six different sources for calorie info on California rolls, my sushi of choice. I can't seem to copy paste from the source email, so you'll have to look it up for yourself. Went out with Susie at lunch for sushi.

I am seriously considering becoming one of those "eat the same thing every day" people because it's just so much easier than thinking things through on a day to day basis. I basically eat the same thing every day anyhow, except when I go out, which I am trying to minimize at this point. Going out on Thursday with the guy who re-connected me with Danny California, so that's an off-the-path day, but I won't go crazy, and I'm going low in preparation. I've been keeping just under 1500, and my weight is dropping slowly but steadily.

I'll try to make some interesting food tomorrow and post a recipe. Today I am making a stew for MR for lunch: swiss chard stems, white onion, Quorn tenders, mushroom broth, asparagus, and a few eggwhites. He's got a megamuffin chunk and a piece of leftover pumpkin flan from Christmas on the side, plus oil and hazelnuts. Most normal people can not consume the volume of food he can pack away. It's quite astonishing really.

Off to do something useful before I have to go back to work...

Posted by april at January 5, 2008 11:10 AM

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