I do what I want.... veggies!!!

So skinny, I was!!!  (Yoda... wait, would yoda say "was I,"?  I've never seen star wars)



So... I think at some point I promised to be funny in this blog... This post isn't going to be funny, but its my blog, I make the rules!


I am in a never ending battle with my weight.  Now let me explain.  It's not one of the mentally unhealthy ones, where I am constantly berating myself and looking in the mirror and hating things... I just really love food.  I like myself, I like my body, I like my shape... I just want there to be less of it.  I know how to do it, I have done it before, and I am going to do it again.

I will say, it is ALOT easier to eat healthy when I am at home!  Since I quit my grown up job, I have probably cut about 1000 calories a day on average!  Things are going well, gotta get my ass to the gym though.

I have made the courageous (JK) decition, to not count my veggies towards the total calorie count. I know, I am so brave... jk.  I just think the benefits outweigh the calories, and its a pain in the ass to track anyway. I do count fruit though, because sweet = sugar.  I also track the shit I put on my veggies to make them taste better.  And let me tell you my favorite snack!

Cut up carrots... I don't like the baby carrots...they are wet and juicy in a way carrots shouldnt be... plus buying sticks of carrots and peeling and cutting them yourself is far cheaper.

The money I save on carrots I apply to english cucumber... they are so much better than regular cucumbers.

Grape tomatoes!

Then I make a veggie dip, I got this idea from a co-worker, (thanks Jodi), and have made it my own.

This makes 10 servings...

16 oz lowfat Cottage cheese
10-16 oz (depending on the consistency you like) nonfat sour cream (get the brand with the black and white cow spot design!)
1 packet of ranch mix ( I like hidden valley buttermilk ranch mix)

Dump it all in a tupperware and mix.... tada, veggie dip to make all those fibrous carrots worth it... works out to be about 125 calories per serving, and the protein from the cottage cheese keeps me fuller longer.

I know I know... where is all the funny commentary about dating/boys/work??  I will do that next time.  This is important too, and I think I am going to start adding posts like this every so often.  We all want to lose a few at some point I think.  And "saying" it helps keep me on track, since I refuse to be the "I am so fat" woman, I don't talk about what kind of food choices I make or don't make as a rule. But I am conscious of it, so I am putting it out there that I am officially trying to get healthier.  Notice I didn't say lose weight, that is a side effect of being healthy. One of the last patients I had in my office before I quit my job was a 60 year old man, who was on constant oxygen, and the walk from the lobby to my office caused him to become so winded he was wheezing... I don't want to be that man in 30 years.