I am really looking forward to attending Nino Salvaggio’s Pantry Essentials Presentation Event tonight with my sister! We’re going to have a blast.. some much needed sister/food/wine tasting time together. I’ll report back later.
We will be featuring cooking tips, wine tasting and much more! Nino’s Wine Sommelier, Jennifer Laurie, and Director of Culinary Development, Pete Loren, will be on hand to answer questions and share their expertise!
{ 0 comments }
As you may have noticed, I posted twice about starting the HCG Diet a couple months back and then didn’t post about it after that. I ended up getting Strep Throat on day 3 and realized that eating so little and taking those drops that are made up of who really knows what was not the smartest decision I have made. Perhaps if I was 20-something years old and didn’t really need to eat in order to keep my blood sugar at a reasonable level, I might be able to pull it off. But this late thirty-something (creeping up on 40) woman cannot do such things to her body anymore.
I remember back in my twenties, when I didn’t even need to lose weight, I used to take those Yellow Jacket pills they sold at gas stations that were filled with the now illegal Ephedra. I wouldn’t eat breakfast and I would have a couple bites of something at lunch and that was it for the day. I became sickly skinny.. 115 pounds at 5′ 10″ tall. I look back at pictures from that time in my life and think, “ewwww.. what was I thinking?!?” Sunken cheeks and dark circles under the eyes is not a good look for anyone.
Now at the ripe old age of 39 and four kids later, I’m still 5′ 10″ (not so old yet that I’ve started to shrink) and weigh 180 pounds. It doesn’t look horrible on me, but it doesn’t look great either. I keep putting off exercising because I think, “it could be worse,” but I feel disgusted with myself for procrastinating. In all honesty, I think it sucks that I have to worry about my weight after spending most of my life (even after three of my four kids) in a size 6 with no effort at all. I could eat all day long, whatever I wanted, and not have to worry about gaining an ounce. I miss those days.
To sum it all up.. most diets suck. The best thing I could possibly do (I know this, but still.. procrastinating is so simple) is eat healthier most of the time and exercise 5-6 days a week. I know it wouldn’t take long to get the weight off and start feeling better about myself, but it’s hard to do and crappy to deal with the first few weeks of feeling weak and out of breath while doing it. Somebody please kick me in my big-ish behind and get me moving!!
{ 0 comments }
