Eighteen pounds gone in twelve days!
I am proud of myself.
I have ankles and my waist is different.
I know the loss slows and has plateaus, but I am as mentally prepared for that as I can be.
I am anxious to try new things to eat next week. I miss crunchiness.
Okay, I miss crunchiness, among other things!
There are garlic and onion, sour cream and onion and barbeque puffs and/or “nuts” on this diet, but it is ranch and cheddar cheese that I go for when I want a chip. My preference is for corn.
It was intriguing last week to hear one of the program’s directors talk about adding things she used to like back into her diet and how treats either tasted better than before—such as coconut cake or her system didn’t tolerate it—such as popcorn.
I have hope!
I love air popped popcorn with butter. I am looking forward to trying it with sea salt.
There are tomes written on corn in this country. In “The Omnivore’s Dilemma” author Michael Pollan writes about how corn and corn by-products are in so many processed foods—corn oil and sugars, not to mention over-bio-engineered crops—that we are “one giant corn chip.”
The other director talked about society being food-centric. Harkens back to something David told me, over drinks, when I was living in Hollywood: “Everything in this town happens over food, so you have to watch your weight.”
I get the sense the directors are looking at things happening around food as a negative. While I can see the negative aspects of stuffing yourself at Thanksgiving and other holidays, cooking does bring me joy (Yeah, so does eating what I have prepared.) and when one person lets another take away their joy, good is not the result.
Those taking the class are also supposed to make a list of 100 things that bring us joy.
Bending words backwards. Oh, I am the problem child.
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