Here's the Argument:
Given: We're All On This Planet.
Given: We're on it for Far Too Short A Time to spend any large portion of it in poor health.
Given: When your number's up, well, it gets played.
So, Lest Our Time Comes B4 Our Time Comes, we resolve herein to be healthy. We invite you, dear reader, to tag along, if your spirit is so inclined. If your flesh is willing. If you're up for a challenge. It's up to you. Our purpose in compiling this ridiculous and totally useless information is to track The Band's Progress in it's Pursuit to Regain it's Girlish Figure.
Here's How We'll Do This:
For every day, we'll post what we've consumed, what we've denied ourselves, what we've craved, if anything, and any rewards we've enjoyed. And so we begin.
Day 6 -- Today, Thursday, 1/11/01
B-fast: Coffee, caffeinated, w/ splash of whole milk (~2 tbsp.) -- 3 cups.
Lunch: One small bowl vegetarian veggie-barley soup.
Dinner: Salad day, plus leftovers. Salad was the usual -- consisting of red/green lettuce, spinach, bean sprouts, red kidney beans (out of chickpeas), onions, tomatoes, grn pepper, cucumbers (all salad ingredients chopped fresh, unless otherwise noted). Skipped the beets, forgot the carrots, out of shrooms, but added some broccoli. Store-bought Italian dressing.....not the best choice.
Denied, if anything: Nothin'.
Cravings, if any: A big all-beef hot dog, with the works.
Rewards, if any: Licked the knife I used to make a PB&J sandwich for my kid's school lunch.
Day 5 -- Wednesday, 1/10/01
B-fast: Coffee, caffeinated, w/ splash of whole milk (~2 tbsp.) -- 3 cups.
Lunch: One small bowl vegetarian veggie-barley soup.
Dinner: Salad day. The usual -- consisting of red/green lettuce, spinach, bean sprouts, ~3 tbsp. canned red beets, garbanzo beans, onions, tomatoes, grn pepper, carrots, mushrooms, cucumbers (all salad ingredients chopped fresh, unless otherwise noted). Homemade oil, vinegar and lemon juice dressing.
Denied, if anything: Leftover holiday cookies, tootsie pops.
Cravings, if any: Fried chicken.
Rewards, if any: About a tsp of creamy Jiff peanut butter, after jar was finished making sandwich for child's school lunch.
Day 4 -- Tuesday, 1/9/01
B-fast: Coffee, caffeinated, w/ splash of whole milk (~2 tbsp.) -- 3 cups.
Lunch: Skipped, unintentionally.
Dinner: Salad, consisting of red/green lettuce, spinach, bean sprouts, ~3 tbsp. canned red beets, garbanzo beans, onions, tomatoes, carrots, grn pepper, mushrooms, cucumbers (all salad ingredients chopped fresh, unless otherwise noted). Homemade oil, vinegar and lemon juice dressing. One 3-cup bowl of vegetarian chili, made with canned chopped tomatoes, canned rinsed navy and garbanzo beans, fresh parsley, garlic and basil, lemon rind, onions and grn. peppers. Yummy. Try it.
Denied, if anything: NA
Cravings, if any: A nice juicy burger, w/ the works.
Rewards, if any: None.
Day 3 -- Monday, 1/8/01
B-fast: Coffee, caffeinated, w/ splash of whole milk (~2 tbsp.) -- 3 cups.
Lunch: Tuna salad sandwich.
Dinner: Salad, consisting of red/green lettuce, spinach, bean sprouts, ~3 tbsp. canned red beets, garbanzo beans, onions, tomatoes, carrots, mushrooms, cucumbers (all salad ingredients chopped fresh, unless otherwise noted). Homemade oil, vinegar and lemon juice dressing.
Denied, if anything: Chocolate covered Oreo offered by son.
Cravings, if any: Doritos.
Rewards, if any: None.
Day 2 -- Sunday, 1/7/01
B-fast: Coffee, caffeinated, w/ splash of whole milk (~2 tbsp.) -- 2 cups.
Lunch: One bowl Progresso chicken veggie and rice soup, followed by brisk 3-4 mi. walk lasting a little over an hour.
Dinner: Salad, consisting of red/green lettuce, spinach, bean sprouts, ~3 tbsp. canned red beets, garbanzo beans, onions, tomatoes, carrots, mushrooms, cucumbers (all salad ingredients chopped fresh, unless otherwise noted). Ranch dressing (oh well....). Thai curry, made from boneless chicken breasts and frozen vegetables, over plain white rice. Downside was that this recipe called for coconut milk.
Denied, if anything: Chocolate covered Oreo offered by son.
Cravings, if any: None.
Rewards, if any: None.
Coffee, caffeinated, w/ splash of whole milk (~2 tbsp.) -- 3 cups.
Day 1 -- Saturday, 1/6/01
B-fast: Skipped.
Lunch: Bowl of vegetarian gumbo soup, 1 sourdough roll, no butter, 1 cup of coffee, caffeinated, w/ splash of cream (~1 tbsp.).
Dinner: Vietnamese -- 1 small eggroll, 1 regular vegetarian spring roll, and dinner-sized bowl of soup, consisting of few pieces of boiled chicken (white meat) with variety of fresh vegetables in broth over noodles. Beverage: One glass lychee.
Snacks/Misc.: Rented movies and had a few sake-sized cups of sake. Unfortunately had many handfuls of Total Brown Sugar and Cinammon Cereal.
Denied, if anything: NA
Cravings, if any: None.
Rewards, if any: This is Day 1 -- none earned.
[ My, but this is exciting, isn't it? -- Ed.]
