Well, day 2 went off without a hitch. I’ll tell you all more about my eating plans later, but one of my biggest problems is letting myself get too hungry. I almost made that mistake today, but thanks to some almonds, I survived without killing anyone. (I’m hypoglycemic and I’m certain that several serial killers were simply undiagnosed hypoglycemics.)
So far, we have only reviewed workout equipment and the syllabus in my weight training class. Tomorrow I am missing class for a funeral, so Thursday should be my first real work out. It’s also the first day of my dance class, so I’ll be nice and sore and grumpy on Friday.
I couldn’t bring myself to post the pictures of my body scantly clad. However, I did weigh myself this morning and took some measurements. Those I will share:
Height: 5′ 9″
Weight: 206.2 (I was 210 a week and a half ago.)
Hips: 47″
Thighs: 28″
Waist: 40″
Bust: 42″ (Was happy to find that my bust is still bigger than my gut!)
Bicept: 14″ (Relaxed, since there is no muscle there to flex any way.)
So, there you have it. All my personal business out there for the world on the web. Now I’ve really got to work hard!
I read Michael Pollan’s Food Rules today. For those of you still in the dark, you MUST see Food, Inc., Michael Pollan’s documentary on our food system. While you are at it, watch King Corn also. I have decided that in the world of food, Michael Pollan is King. So, I will use his rules as the starting point to my new eating habits. To sum it up, he believes in this motto: Eat Food, Mostly Plants, Not too Much. I got a copy of Food Rules at Borders for just $11, but I’m sure the library has plenty on hand for those on a budget. GET IT! Of his 64 rules, these are the ones I find most applicable to my life:
1. Eat Food (Meaning whole foods, not processed.)
3. Avoid food products containing ingredients that no ordinary human would keep in the pantry.
4. Avoid foor products that contain high-fructose corn syrup.
5. Avoid foods that have some form of sugar (or sweetener) listed among the top three ingredients.
6. Avoid food products that contain more than five ingredients.
7. Avoid food products containing ingredients that a third-grader cannot pronounce.
8. Avoid food products with the wordoid “lite” or the terms “low-fat” or ‘nonfat” in their names.
13. Eat only foods that will eventually rot. (Seems simple, but are you aware of the eternal shelf-life of a Twinkie? Do you know how many of those I have consumed in my life?)
15. Get out of the supermarket whenever you can.
16. Buy your snacks at the farmers’ market.
22. Eat mostly plants, especially leaves.
23. Treat meat as a flavoring or special occasion food.
25. Eat your colors.
27. Eat animals that have themselves eaten well.
30. Eat well-grown food from healthy soil.
33. Eat some foods that have been predigested by bacteria or fungi.
37. The whiter the bread, the sooner you’ll be dead.
39. Eat all the junk food you want as long as you cook it yourself.
40. Be the kind of person who takes supplements – then skip the supplements.
44. Pay more, eat less.
47. Eat when you are hungry, not when you are bored.
53. Serve a proper portion and don’t go back for seconds.
54. Breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, dinner like a pauper.
56. Limit your snacks to unprocessed plant foods.
58. Do all your eating at a table.
63. Cook.
64. Break the rules once in a while.
