THIRTYTONORMAL

peer pressure or how normal people eat

2010
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I went out to lunch with a group of friends while we were down south.  As long as I’ve known these women, some for over 40 years, none of them have ever had a weight problem.  Or talked about a perceived weight problem.  Or bemoaned the size of their hips or thighs or anything.

We are at lunch, 9 of us, and they decide to order hors d’oeuvres to share instead of separate meals.  And they order four hors d’oeuvres, two of which only have four items on them.  (note that I observed exactly how much food there was and how much we would each get … is that not too funny and so typical? … once again I’m concerned that I’m not going to get enough.)  Well, I definitely was not going to overeat with this group.  So I had half a walleye finger (SO delicious), about 1/2 Tbsp of Thai chicken wrapped in a piece of lettuce, 2 1×1 inch squares of some chicken thing, and skipped spinach dip because I don’t like chips AT ALL.  Drank my water, ate my food, and left the table pleasantly satisfied.  ETA:  there was food left over!!!!

I need to hang out with people who eat like this more often.  :)

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Quinoa

2010
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I am not a very adventurous eater.  I like what I like and since I cook I make what I like.  DH will eat almost anything I put in front of him because he adds hot sauce and cheese to everything so I suspect it all ends up tasting the same.  But I’m trying to expand my horizons, so I made quinoa Wednesday night for dinner.    We were having grilled salmon and green beans so it was a nice addition and tasted good.  Not a 10 by any means, but not a 1 either.  And then I added it to left over stir fry for dinner last night and it tasted great.  So it’s a keeper.

I didn’t want to mention, after I’d said that I’d never eaten a bagel (nor had any desire to eat a bagel), that I’d also never had brussel sprouts.  And probably never will.  No matter how yummy you tell me they are.  Not sure if it’s the result of a bad childhood experience … if it is I’ve obviously totally blocked it out.  :)

And I just (after 38 years of marriage) made asparagus for the first time.  The few times I had asparagus growing up it was canned and smooshy and I thought it was disgusting.  So I hadn’t eaten it as an adult until we went out to dinner and I had three small pieces on a salad and it was very tasty.  I’ve now come to realize, though, to recreate that taste I need tender baby asparagus which I haven’t yet found.  I’ve made it twice for dh (who does like it) and I only eat the top of the stalks because that’s the only part that tastes okay to me.  It is still far from my favorite vegetable, but it’s progress.

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apples

2009
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Had 2 babybel and one pink lady apple for breakfast.  Still hungry so had two cups of coleslaw (plain) with 1 tsp of flax seed oil.  I have the flax seed oil in the refrigerator, but I’m not sure what I’m supposed to do with it.  I need to go look it up again.  I do know I’m supposed to have some everyday.

I’ve moved onto Phase II week 1 of South Beach just because I know with all that’s going on that I’m not going to have a carb-free two weeks for a while.  During the week the one carb will be Fiber 1 with yogurt.  One fruit a day too which right now is pink lady apples.  I’ve very picky about my apples … they need to be a little tart and firm.  hate, hate, hate squishy apples.  The pink lady apples are more expensive, but I only eat one a day so I should be okay.  :D   I need to re-read SB and get a better feel for what fruits I want to have.

I also want to do the MUFA at every meal which should be pretty easy.

I do a lot better with some kind of protein besides eggs or cheese for breakfast.  The past couple of days with hamburger, chicken or tuna have been golden with being able to go hours without feeling hungry.  I had a tuna/cucumber/tomato mix with half tablespoon of Miracle Whip for breakfast yesterday and it was delicious and filling.

I’m debating whether to add a page with my meals every day or start a whole new blog like round does.  Page would be easier because I’m already here, but I’ve already got a lot of pages.  I might start with a page and see how it goes.  I just think I’ll find it helpful down the line to see what works and what does meal-wise.

ETA:  I solved the page/blog question by renaming one of my pages.  Also found out why eating the apple for breakfast was not a good idea.  In SB Phase II, Week 1 you add a piece of fruit each day, but they recommend you NOT eat it for breakfast at least for the first week.  Makes sense to me since I had an apple yesterday afternoon (with some protein also) and I wasn’t hungry at all.

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