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August 29, 2008
Pizza With A Tomato
Last night my co-workers and I were phone banking, and they went out to get some dinner, but I had eaten a Lean Cuisine at home before coming in so that I wouldn't be tempted. Sure enough, they came back with ultra greasy pizza.
But lucky for me, Christine brought in a giant fresh tomato from her garden.
The tomato had my name written all over it.
So while the co-workers ate pizza dripping with grease, I cut up the super ripe, juicy tomato, topped it with a dash of salt, and ate it like a pizza.
Then I got back to work.
It was really quite delicious.
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August 25, 2008
A New Way To Stuff Mushrooms
Take plain white mushrooms, remove stems. Stuff with diced shallots, the heads of asparagus diced, a dash of garlic, and top with fat free mozzarella. Microwave 3 minutes, then top with black olives and olive oil.
Yum!
Thanks to all for your comments. As to what you really must weigh: stuff with a lot of calories, like anything other than greens. Especially nuts. For oils we just use teaspoons.
I don't have time to individually address all comments, and for that I apologize. I'll do the best I can!
Off to bed now.
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Pretty Potluck Picnic
Went to a potluck picnic Sunday... brought this simple, healthy, pretty, easy dish. Not something I'd make at home on a regular basis because it's both a little high cal and a little high carb, but it's still quite healthy to make for normal people, and it's vegan-friendly:
2 cans black beans, drained
1 can whole kernel corn, drained
2 green peppers, 1 red pepper, 1 yellow pepper, chopped
1 pint grape tomatoes, halved
Cider vinegar, garlic powder, chipoltle chili powder
Mix it all up, and keep adding vinegar and spices to taste. You could substitute chipoltle Tabasco if you had none of the powder. It makes a very pretty, slightly spicy potluck dish! You could add fresh cilantro too, if you like.
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August 20, 2008
How to Figure Out Calorie Goals
I can't tell you how. Figure it out for yourself.
I'm aiming for 1600 average, but since I do like to go out once a week and have a bigger meal and not worry about it, I'm setting my six day a week goal at 1400. I'm sure, based on experimentation, that I will continue to lose weight very slowly.
Tightening up my CR will not be extremely easy... I've been going out a lot lately, in the general celebratory mood of hanging out with friends and enjoying summer. Luckily, most of my friends are pretty supportive of whatever I choose to eat or not eat, but still. It's hard to be the only one with a green salad when everyone else is eating cheeseburgers and fries.
Meanwhile, I'm taking yoga or Pilates six days a week and Susie loves to go to the gym and do treadmill, so we've been doing 45 minutes about four days a week. I jack up the incline to 10 or 12 and walk, skip, or occasionally dance at 4.2 mph.
I'm still stuffing a lot of veggies, especially zucchini and eggplant. Tonight I'm making a special dinner because we're having a special date... not for any particular reason, just because we love each other. I've been out in the evening a lot lately and so this week MR and I are enjoying spending some more time together. I love the fact that we can be independent and run out doing our own thing, but I love being home with my angel too.
I'll post the recipes!
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August 19, 2008
Where Are The Dreams That We Once Had? This is the time to bring them back.
Yes, those are lines from a Kenny Loggins song. Deal with it.
I've had some much needed rest and healing time. The last five years of work, the CR media, the Food Network, the whole thing... I just needed a break. To be something other than the organizer goddess, the paragon of CR faithfulness... just something else. And I got that. I took a break. I re-connected with old friends who don't care how many hospitals I've organized or how much I weigh or eat, and I've had a wonderful time. And it's not over... I plan to carry on this spirit into when work becomes crazy.
That being said, I've kept eating less and losing weight. But yoga, Pilates and working out in general are important to me. Susie is four months pregnant and I've promised her I'd get my Pilates instructor certification in time to teach her her own personal Pilates classes to get back the pre-baby body after she gives birth in March.
Working out is super important to me, but so is proper CR. I've been doing okay, but I'm taking it to the next level.
1400 six days a week, perfectly weighed and measured. The seventh day, whatever.
Glad to be back. I won't leave you for as long again.
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August 13, 2008
My Town Is On Fire
It's close to under control now, and still blocks away. Worry not, we're fine.
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August 12, 2008
Thanks to All!
Thanks to all for your sweet comments! I'll keep posting, don't worry.
And thanks Laura for getting in touch... the Food Network folks were really great, very professional and respectful. I'm just burnt out on the process. It took a lot of time, and reminded me too much of past events. It sounds like it will be a good show, though, and I'll let you know when I find out when it will air.
Stone, the person who did the filming, was especially nice to work with. He really suffered for this one. At one point I thought I was handing him a jar of iced coffee I had made up and chilled in the fridge. When he took a sip, he nearly choked to death. Ooooops. That was jar of black olives! So he drank a giant swig of olive juice!
He also witnessed the collapse of a bookshelf, nearly killing my mom, when I fell down the stairs, hit the bookshelf, and it landed on the couch where she had been sitting and would have been sitting had she not jumped fast.
And he had to sit in unbelievably bad traffic, endure me and MR being pretty grumpy and be followed around by a cat who tried to get him to feed him at every opportunity.
So he was great... they all tried to make it as painless as possible. I'm just tired, and re-living the history of all the bad comments and emails from previous appearances was upsetting. But I'm so glad I got to meet Rebecca, and I think the piece will turn out well.
Off to an all-day staff meeting, cute little salad packed in cute little container!
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August 10, 2008
Don't care cause I've done my share and I need some time for my own obsessions.
I'm not quitting CR.
I'm not quitting the blog either.
But I'm not doing any more media.
The Food Network thing was exhausting. The fellow who did the taping was a great guy, very professional, really tried to make it all easy, but it was just too much. They also asked a lot of questions about the bad experiences I'd had with media before, and it was so upsetting. So I've written to Brian, my close friend and president of the CR Society, to tell him that I won't be doing any more media for CR. I just don't want to put myself out there for people with food issues, in either direction, to direct all their anger at. It's really nobody's business.
I did enjoy meeting Rebecca Traister. She's a lot of fun. I hope to meet her again in a less bizarre context.
I'm still cooking, stuffing a lot of zucchinis, especially from my good friend's garden. The birthday party was a lot of fun... I'll post the recipes eventually. I'm doing a lot of yoga and exercise.
I've been spending a lot of time with long lost friends whom I never get to see because work is so crazy, and spending time doing fun things. The Food Network thing really made me resent all the time I've spent doing media and dealing with the fall out from it. I seriously considered retiring the blog at that point, but I'm not going to let the trolls come between me and the online community that I really have come to love. So I'm writing again, and will write something substantial soon.
I'm just sick of having to explain that I'm not anorexic in one breath and why I don't look like Kate Moss in the next. I'm sick of people filming me weighing my food. I'm sick of explaining that no, it's not about weight, it's about health. I'm sick of wondering when the piece will air, and how long the fallout of nasty comments on the blog and in my personal email will last. The Food Network people were really nice and I think they'll do a good job, but I'm just too stressed out by doing media.
I'm going back to being a nice private person. So leave me alone, please, trolls and media both.
If you have a problem with what I eat or don't eat, just deal with it. Don't write me, don't write comments, leave me alone. It's none of your business.
The only caveat is that if David Martin asked me to do another piece, I'd do it. I'd do anything for David Martin. He was the most professional, respectful producer I ever worked with. And he's just so damn cute.
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August 8, 2008
I am not dead...
More soon!
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August 3, 2008
RT at the RT
Sorry I've been gone... the Food Network folks were filming this week and it was unbelievably stressful, not just for us but also for our wonderful camera man who had a very rough week.
They wanted to film me meeting someone who is anti-CR. So I suggested Rebecca Traister. It's funny because Rebecca and I have actually become friends since she posted her piece on Salon.com. So they had us meet up at a Ruby Tuesday's.
We had a great time, even though we had to be all careful for the cameras. She's so much fun. It's creepy how much we have in common.
She's going to look amazing on camera... she really is a beautiful woman, which is not at all the point of the piece, but which will no doubt be good for TV.
More soon on everything.. I am just so exhausted. I'm down to 108 now and counting. The heat plus the stress make it easy to eat less.
Having a lot of fun in my other life, my non-work, non-food life. Very happy, actually.
More soon.
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