WHAT I FACE DAILY

A display of cakes Steve uses for sampling that is downstairs and this particular display was put out the night before last to defrost it was there yesterday morning when I left for work..so I snapped a shot on my way out.. Today on my way out.. the donuts and cupcakes where out too.. Steve and one of his assistants were loading up the truck for a meeting this morning at a local supermarket home office.. Steve said to me the other night that I really have it difficult because of all of his sweets in the house .. The way I see it.. is , is that this is his business.. its downstairs .. in freezers and occassionally on counters.. I dont see it unless I go downstairs.. our living space for the most part is upstairs.. so it really is not that difficult.. it does get a little uncomfortable when he brings samples in the house and into our kitchen that he might have tasted or that his office folks might have tasted.. so .. thats the only time it might get hard especially if it involves chocolate..
This is a bit harder than I imagined.. and not as easy as the Mayo program... but I think in time this will go away.. thats my hope.. I end up feeling draggy yucky or a little green feeling like my blood sugar is low or something.. not sure what it is.. but if i eat fruit or eat at all it goes away..
I tried this in the sugar free Dark Chocolate version.. BAD AFTER TASTE and dumped it all in the garbage ( i knew I was in trouble when I read the ingredients more carefully Maltitol, .. not a friend of mine..) I thought they were sweetened with Splenda and that was all.

So then I tried the WW Amaretto Cheesecake low fat yogurt.. You should have been sitting here with me.. I know my face said things my mouth could not.. IT WAS HORRIBLE.. might have had something to do with the chocolate aftertaste from the pudding I had just tried.... dunno but I will tell you it made me shake all over and not in a pretty way sort of shake .. IT WENT IN TO THE GARBAGE TOO.. so right now I am having WW Boston Cream Pie 1 point yogurt.. its fairly good a tad too sweet but livable.. .. I am still cringing over this:
I like my cheesecake and Amaretto can be tasty.. but not here.. yikes!!!
OHH for a treat .. Steve and I had the Chocolate brownie icecream cups (WW) 2 points.. and dolloped with a tiny bit of ready whip we had a filling and good dessert last night even my husband thought it was tasty... We will get more of them.. We have the Latte bars ( don't know what they taste like yet) but they are 1 point a piece and we have the Skinny cow mint 2 point icecream sandwiches.. we are going to get the 1 point pops by Skinny Cow soon to try.. I know its wasteful to throw stuff out.. but if I dont like it goes in the garbage or my husband will eat it.. LOL he eats anything.. even if he does not love it.. me.. not so good at that..I made a choice not to eat anything ANYTHING unless I really like it and want to spend the points on it..
Last night for dinner we had salad with Asian style ginger dressing and chopped chicken on it, gagutz , fruit.. and even had points left over for dessert too.. We took Cookie and Baz for a walk as well.. So here I am at day 3, hanging in.. Onwards.. and Downwards we go..
BE SURE AND WATCH THIS TOMORROW MORNING****
HUGE HG NEWS!!! Lisa Lillien (aka Hungry Girl) will be on The Today Show tomorrow (Thursday, 5/1/08) chatting with the gang about the HG cookbook! Don't forget to tune in or set your TiVo! And click HERE for book tour dates!
Wish me well
Wish you well too

FAT FOLKS DON'T BOUNCE , TUESDAY TALK, AND STUFF ABOUT FIBER ONE BARS..

HERE IS A LITTLE HISTORY ON DIETS ( of course it is pro WW) So last night we went for a walk.. we took the doggies too.. Steve likes going over to an area connected to our subdivision where garden homes are being built... So we take the dogs over there.. its pretty stoney and rocky and pebbly.. I was doing great.. we had the dogs off leash.. they were happy chasing birds.. birds were chasing them.. all was well.. I was walking along and I stopped.. and lo and behold.. I started falling... in a Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader doing the splits sort of way.. NOT!!!!! one leg bent behind me , one leg out in front of me and I caught myself with my right hand.. and damned if it was not all in slow motion too.. I had time to think.. Fuck I am falling... this won't be pretty , maybe Steve won't see me and I can pop right back up... NO SUCH LUCK.. Cookie ran over to me and actually put herself against me and helped me up.. the other two dogs just looked at me .. like cool mom fell .. Steve made sure I was okay and except for a few scratches and wounded pride I was okay... A little bit later he started chuckling.. and said.. boy after 8 years of motorcycle riding.. you have learned to fall gracefully.. that was slow motion sweety .. very graceful.. yeah I had to laugh too.. it was kinda funny... and thank God I was not hurt... So Fat Folk don't bounce.. and thats okay.. because I could have weighed 250, 200, 180, 150 or 120 and still have slipped.. I did not fall because I am fat.. I fell.. because my feet went in two different directions... sigh...and it was nice to finally realize that.
I started noticing this yesterday about 130pm.. I don't feel great.. maybe I was taking in more sugar or something.. but since yesterday afternoon I have felt a bit.. well.. YUCKY but not horrible..just .. well.. bleh .. does that make sense? Last time I went through this was when I did Nutri System.. I had a couple days of feeling poorly... hmm any advice ..
WELLL.. my lovely little informative website Brandaid sent me an email today informing me that my beloved Fiber one Bars are actually not as good for me as I would like to imagine.
Here is what it said
Case in point: General Mills Fiber One Chewy Bars - Oats & Chocolate(1 bar, 140 calories, 4g of total fat, 1.5g sat. fat, 90mg sodium, 9g of fiber, 2g protein)INGREDIENTS: Chicory Root Extract, Chocolate Chips with Confectioners Shellac (Chocolate Chips [Sugar, Chocolate Liquor, Cocoa Butter, Dextrose, Milk Fat, Soy Lecithin], Ethanol, Shellac, Hydrogenated Coconut Oil, Rolled Oats, Crisp Rice (Rice Flour, Sugar, Malt, Salt), Barley Flakes, High Maltose Corn Syrup, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Sugar Canola Oil, Honey, Glycerin, Maltodextrin, Palm Kernel Oil, Tricalcium Phosphate, Soy Lecithin, Salt, Nonfat Milk, Peanut Oil, Cocoa Processed with Alkali, Natural Flavor, Baking Soda, Color Added, Almond Flour, Peanut Flour, Sunflower Meal, Wheat Flour, Mixed Tocopherols Added To Maintain Freshness
Since the original Fiber One cereal is a good friend of the savvy shopper, it's tempting to assume that the new Fiber One Chewy Bars would also be invited to the BrandAid awards ceremony. But, since friends don't let friends buy junk, we are steering you away from this corrupt cousin.
Decoding the Fine Print :We get no joy from spreading the bad word about this bar. All the goodness of Fiber One cereal wrapped up in a tasty, convenient ready-to-go breakfast bar. It sure sounded like a dream come true.We started with the front label. Right off the bat, we think the name (Fiber One Chewy bars) is very misleading. Especially if you're already a fan of the original Fiber One cereal. Here's why: The front label states in big bold print - 35% of your daily fiber. When we checked out the ingredients list, we didn't find any whole wheat or bran to account for all the fiber in this 3-bite bar. Turns out, all the fiber comes from added sources like chicory root extract and maltodextrin. While they're still good sources, they do lack some of the powerhouse nutrients that come naturally packaged in whole wheat and bran - the kind of fiber you get from the Fiber One cereal. Plus, these added fibers are notorious for causing bloating and tummy rumblings - eek! Next, we found some frightening junk ingredients like ethanol (what the heck?); hydrogenated coconut oil (a.k.a. trans fat - the worst of the worst!); high maltose corn syrup and high fructose corn syrup. Can you say yuck? And then come the filler additives like tricalcium phosphate and soy lecithin. Seriously, are these unpronounceable ingredients really necessary to mold together a breakfast bar? Final Analysis: These Fiber One chewy bars are pretty tasty and a good source of added fiber, but are they worth the side effects of bloating and an upset tummy? Couple that visual with a handful of junk ingredients and added fillers, and this product is no friend of ours or yours. Instead, it's officially a Healthy Food Imposter!
They pretty much knocked down my Fiber one Honey Clusters cereal too.. while I realize neither of these are ideal choices I thought they were better choices.. bottom line.. I can have these but... maybe I should look for other choices.. lower in sugars, lower in chemicals but just as satisfying.. for now.. I finish what I bought..
Though I hate to say it.. I know I should work on eating clean.. but right now.. I am working on just getting in charge of myself.. and if I choose the foods that have those chemical issues.. well.. though it may not be a wise choice its the choice I make for the moment.. I guess we can not worry about every thing .. every aspect in the beginning...

I should be getting my HUNGRY GIRL COOK BOOK IN THE MAIL any day I am so excited about that and plan on reviewing and sharing this book with you.. it might be a purchase you want to make..

Wish me well

Wish you well too

WEIGHT WATCHERS AND ME DAY 1

Sunday we did a lot of prep work.. Steve.. boy I tell you .. he is the most wonderful support system.. not to mention husband in the world..

Look what he made for us..

OHHH GUESS YOU WANT TO SEE WHATS IN THE POT???

This is after 2 hours of cooking.. it does cook down a bit.. but it is SOOOOOOOO GOOD! Sprinkle a little freshly grated romano cheese on this.. and its SOOO YUMMY...

Not only did he make that Sunday morning .. but he also did this for Saturday night..or rather us..

Meanwhile while the veggies were simmering I was cutting up carrots for the week.*** Weekends unless we are biking it..( thats motorcycling) will be our food prep time for the week. It seems to work so much better for me that way..

Preping is very important.. for now.. and really if you think about it for any healthy program.. one must prepare.. If you do not have choices and options available then you set yourself up for easy excuses.. I was too tired.. I did not want to cook... etc... but this way.. when you prep.. its done and it just has to be put together. Menu planning can be a huge pain in the tush.. it is time consuming and you end up feeling like all your thoughts revolve around food.. So lets strip it to the bottom line.. to become obese.. wouldn't you say one is a bit food obsessed anyhow? I mean folks that do not think about food usually do not have a weight issue. Folks that use food as fuel and thats it.. well.. perhaps they have other issues.. in fact most probably they do. However for those of us.. who have been weight loss warriors all or the better parts of our lives.. We are food obsessed.. I am going to stand up proud and say that.. there is nothing wrong with it.. what is wrong is when your focus is glued to unhealthy choices.. when the swiss roll looks better than the angel food cake with strawberries.. when the Ben and Jerrys Pint looks better than a single serving of a lower calorie option.. When Fried chicken looks better than broiled or grilled chicken... When Wendy's overrules Subway or a similiar place.. For people that choose to live in the real world these are real decisions... knowing your weaknesses and your strengths are great tools for success. If you know you are a sweet eater.. have choices for yourselve..( IF you look at most successful weight loss programs .. not just WW they allow for all of these venues....) everything from fruits to even single serve portions of treats.. Plan those in the program... If you are a meat eater.. figure out a way to include it with out over including it.. For example. Steve and I plan to divide the weeks menu up.. 1 night Fish.. it can be sushi, it can be talapia , orange roughy, shrimp.. whatever.. ( NOT FRIED THOUGH) One night is meat night.. Steak or lamb.. Steve likes pork.. I am not a big fan unless its BBQd.. 2 nights its chicken.. 1 night is left overs or pot luck...1 night its veggies or pasta and one night is open for going out to dinner. It is really lovely to have a partner is this.. though Steve won't be following WW he will be in a sense because I am .. and since we both do the cooking.. well.. he benefits a bit by losing weight too.. We also decided on Sunday mornings that we would alternate gym nights with walking the dogs.. So tommorow night I will go the the gym.. (Steve might come too) either to swim or walk on the track.. ANYTHING TO GET STARTED and in the HABIT then the following night is a dog walking night..so for now thats 2 nights dog walking and 2 nights gym.. eventually we will boost it up..

Thats it for a Monday

Time to go to WW and log my stuff.

Wish me well

Wish you well too

PS.. I am so excited my HUNGRY GIRL COOK BOOK IS ON ITS WAY HERE...

GETTING WEIGHT WATCHERS READY

STUFF WE DID SATURDAY ...

I got a hair cut.. looks the same just cleaner..

We went to a WW store front and I got these 2 things.

We went to the grocery and loaded up on goodies.. and my sweet husband stopped at another store while I was getting my hair cut and found weight watchers english muffins and bagels on sale for a dollar each.. so he bought those and I like this oatmeal and gotta have my Fiber one bars..

OUR fridge is full

We are fruitful

These are some of the oranges from the citrus guy.. remember looks can be deceiving.. while they might not be the prettiest of fruit.. just cut them open and boy are they heavenly...

The farmers market was a bust so we went to the grocery and got some fresh corn, brocoli, zuchini, tomatos, salad, I bought some deli turkey slices shaved 5 slices 50 calories or 1 point, bought some light cheese for my sandwiches and light string cheese so i can make my famous tomato salad. I plan to alternate a frozen meal for a sandwich during the week.. so thats 3 sandwichs and 2 frozen meals during the week days for lunch at work.. plus fruit, dairy and a snack and veggie. I get 23 points a day plus 35 flex points..my goal is to save the flex points for the weekend in case we want to go out..I plan on using between 5 and 6 points per meal so that will leave me some extra points for treats/ extra fruit or veggies if i so desire. On sandwich days the 6 points will include bread, protein, veggie, fruit and if i can diary..on frozen food days the 6 points will include meal and hopefully a salad if i can make that work .. I love that little points calculator and used it Saturday to help purchase items... we have everything from desserts to meals to snacks covered.. Sometime today we will cut up the carrots and celery and keep them in a bin in the fridge for snacking and lunches.. Steve is an awesome support and I love him for that..

Today we are also making Gagutz ( an Italian veggie mix served hot, zuchs, yellow squash, sweet onion, fresh tomatos , diced tomatos, and a little tomato sauce.. You basically stew it) It is wonderful over Pasta, or by itself with a sprinkle of Romano cheese.. Will have pictures of that too either here or on tommorows post..

Here is an experimental dessert that was Steve's idea.. He had some samples of Angel cakes left.. so here is what I did ..

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We are already trying to figure out how I can have a little falafel at the big Party at the Jewish Community Center next Sunday celebrating Israels 60th bday.. I got part of the menu already.. so I might use some of my flex points for that.. I want to see if I can figure out how many points are in falafal too.. Susie if you know let me know.. Oh and Susie I just had my last piece of Matzah with light cream cheese and strawberry jelly.. lol I laughed when I was eating it.. because I thought of you.. Thank God the Matzah is gone.. whew!! the Matzah itself is not bad .. its just what you do to it that might not be favorable... for example you can melt cheese on it.. you can make pizza with it.. you can put peanut butter and jelly on it.. you can put cream cheese on it.. you can eat it with chopped liver, you can eat it with matzah ball soup ( thats the best out of the whole lot) you can make matzah brie ( fried matzah) you can make matzah toffee, you can make matzah toffee with melted chocolate.. You can even make Matzah lasagna.. you can be really creative with that stuff when you have to be ..

Looking forward to Monday...

Starting the day with Oatmeal

Lunch will be a WW bagel with sliced turkey and a little mustard

a Jello 60 calorie pudding or a light yogurt ( not sure yet)

carrots and celery with light dressing

and dinner I am not sure about yet..

Well ,,,plan on lots of food photos and recipes in the near futureEvery Friday I will post my stats.. and I might figure a way to link you to my WW log.. not sure yet.. You can bet you will read a lot about WW and me.. SO .. OFF WE GO ...

Here is to a rocking Monday

Wish me well

wish you well too

IPOD FUN

The rules are simple: Hit the shuffle on your iPod then answer each question by hitting next. I ALLOW CHEATING WHEN U HIT THE NEXT BUTTON IF IT TOTALLY DOES NOT MAKE SENSE HIT THE NEXT BUTTON AGAIN..LOL
Q: What does next year have in store for you?
A: Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy lol ( I have a confession the first song actually was Don't Fear the Reaper but that was just tooooo weird .. Steve later said to interperete it has you have nothing to worry about rather than something to worry about GOOD POINT)
Q: What does your love life look like next year?
A: HIGH HOPES
Q: What do you say when life gets hard?
A: IT DON'T MEAN A THING
Q: Song that reminds you of good times?
A: DRIEDEL ( thats funny)
Q: What do you think when you get up in the morning?
A: ELEANOR RIGBY ( lol)
Q: What song will you dance to at your wedding (or silver wedding anniversary?)
A: THE MAN I LOVE
Q: Song that reminds you of your first kiss?
A: MOTHER FREEDOM (lol)
Q: Your favourite saying?
A: HELLO , I LOVE YOU
Q: Favourite place?
A: FREE RIDE
Q: Most missed memory?
A: FOR MY WEDDING ( thats freaky lol)
Q: What song describes your best friend?
A: LADY MARMALADE ( roflma)
Q: What song describes your ex?
A: HEARTBREAKER
Q: Where would you go on an important date?
A: TOGETHER
Q: Drug of choice?
A: WHEN I AM 64
Q: What song describes yourself?
A: ROCK AND ROLL ALL NIGHT
Q: What is the thing you like doing most?
A: GETTIN' IN THE MOOD
Q: The song that best describes the President?
A: LOVE ON THE ROCKS ( LOL)
Q: Where will you be in 10 years?
A: CARNIVAL
Q: Your love life right now?
A: HELTER SKELTER (LOL)
Q: What is your state of mind like at the moment?
A: THE JOURNEY
Q: How will you die?
A: COMMUNICATION BREAK DOWN
THAT WAS HYSTERICAL.. THANKS HANILEE
AND NOW FOR THE BAD NEWS THAT YOU KNEW WAS BAD
ANYHOW : FAST FOOD BAD FOR YOU!!!!
OFF TO THE FARMERS MARKET,
WEIGHT WATCHERS TO SHOP FOR MY ARSENAL...
AND HAIRCUT TIME..
Wish me well
Wish you well too!!

FRIDAY LINKS AND THINGS

SO yesterday the citrus guy stopped by the office.. it was just me.. here so I was not sure who the guy was .. but he was holding oranges so I thought must be the citrus guy.. I listened to his shpell and when he said he was from Vero Beach I thought I okay I like this guy.. going to by some fruit from him.. ( Vero Beach was right by my boarding school ) I tasted one of the Honey tangelos and oranges OH MY GOD why dont they sell these in the grocery!!!!!! .. they are wonderful.. I talked him into selling me a half of box of mixed tangelos and oranges and he gave me a couple of grapefruit..it was 30.00 and its a LOT of fruit for 2 people.. .. I could not do the whole box that would be way too much.. I am telling you this stuff is good.. will have to take some pictures and post those..Since i was at the office alone I would not go out to the truck with them.. so they bought the truck to me which told me he was on the level... so at least I was not kidnaped by being tempted by oranges lol.. just a kid trying to make some money.. I saw he had a lot of checks with him.. local folks so I wrote him a check too.. for half a box.. and right now I am eyeballing some might fine fruit.. perfect timing with starting weight watchers and all I thought.. We are going to the Farmers Market tomorrow too so that is good.. will get some veggies since we are pretty stocked in fruit for now..

Here is your healthy tip from BESTLIFE.COM :

HEALTHY TIP
Eat Your Vegetables!

Having trouble hitting your daily veggie goal (at least 4 servings)? You can use snacks to up your intake. Try these tasty ideas:

•Dip baby carrots, grape tomatoes or celery in plain yogurt. For extra flavor, season yogurt with dill or mix with salsa
•Spread hummus on chopped raw veggies and pair it with string cheese.
•Have a cup of vegetable soup (like Progress 50-percent-less sodium garden vegetable) with a dollop of plain yogurt on top.
•Have some salsa on top of a WASA crispbread.

NUTS NUTS NUTS if you like ALMONDS and have decent self control:

check this out.. now plain almonds are the best.. but nothing like a little zing in there too.. just watch your portions ALMOND INFO , HISTORY OF THE ALMOND,

SPECIAL RECIPES FOR ALMONDS

I have tried both the Vanilla Bean and Cinnamon and brown sugar.. both are great.. just a handful is both satisfying and filling... if you have big hands you might want to amend that to 24 almonds here are the nutritionals on the Vanilla Bean flavored ..

CLICK ON NUTRITIONALS FOR LARGER VIEW

its the same for the cinnamon ones.. the Sea Salt and plain for some reason have 10 more calories not sure why..

A cool place to peruse on a Saturday morning in Birmingham, Alabama ~

PEPPER PLACE

FARMER'S MARKET

Have a fruitful and relaxing weekend!

Wish me well

Wish you well too

*****UPDATE I JOINED WW ONLINE TODAY AND AM STARTING OFFICIALLY ON MONDAY BUT MY OFFICIAL WEIGH DAY IS FRIDAY~ THIS WEEKEND WILL BE DEVOTED TO GATHERING MY WW ARSENAL , AND BEING PREPARED. WE ALL HAVE CHOICES TO MAKE AND CONSEQUENCES TO PROCESS . HERE IS TO GOOD CHOICES AND POSITIVE CONSEQUENCES.

THE GREAT DEBATE

For me, the great debate is about over. Since this is an election year I am holding my own internal elections.. The title of this campaign is : Where does Honi go from Here? Does she stay on the path she is on.. where change just is not happening but the status quo is the same. Does she release control and not do anything.. last check there that was a extremely bad strategic move or lastly does she totally go with a different party... So far she has explored several options and is leaning towards Weight Watchers.. in fact more than leaning.. she plans to join that party Somewhere between Friday and Monday with the Official super delegate vote being decided by Monday the 28th of April 2008. IS this a good choice for this candidate? She knows just by recent events ( a patient yesterday over heard me discussing my next move and pardoned herself for listening... but strongly recommended Weight Watchers and gave me all types of information and things to do that just seemed like... well Kismet.. because the words Weight Watchers had not even been mentioned at all by me.. she just knew.. She even told me about a WW store front to go buy some tools with and told me what to buy and that is was far less expensive to buy those products ( flex points calculator) at the actual store front than order it online.. she pulled her FP calculator out to show me what it looks like ...she was right too.. it looks like a a very handy tool.. better than the slider cards of old... I found a FP calculator for between 28.95 and 59.95 online if I go to the actual store front it will only cost me 10.00 ... I prefer the 10.00 ...

So it looks like the great debate is soon to be internally ending.. PLEASE IF YOU ARE IN THE WEIGHT WATCHERS PARTY OR HAVE DONE SO WITH IN THE LAST YEAR OR SO.. PLEASE GIVE ME YOUR INPUT... ..so far Everything I have read and heard about this Flex points and Core program seems really good. I like choices but with a guide... so the new ( TO ME ) programs sound interesting.. This candidate now realizes she does much better following a program to lose weight .. because she has the maintainence thing down to a science.. with out following anything... time to finish what she started. She being me of course..
For a sunny Thursday sending good thoughts your way....
Well wish me well
Wish you well too..

WHAT'S OUT THERE IS ALWAYS GOOD FOR A CHUCKLE

WHEN I started this adventure January 22, 2007 this was totally about myself.. in the course of the year I got married.. lost 30 pounds.. and so far have held my own.. but now.. I need to get back to finishing up what I started... For the past few days I have been perusing the internet.. and I keep coming back to Weight Watchers online.. I love my Mayo Clinic program.. I love seeing the nutritionist.. but I am wondering if now.. would be a good time to switch things up.. I have been reading about the Flex and Core plans and want to do a combo of that. Its pretty similiar to what I am doing now.. Everything would be online and I would also purchase one of those points calculators as well.. I would be tracking and logging food and exercise in my weight watchers online journals.. the cost is 65. and some change for 3 months then 16.95 every additional month I am on the program. it is very affordable.. So you might say to me .. Honi why not go to the meetings.. I found the meetings boring and not helpful.. and I found myself either feeling good or poorly depending on what the scale would say.. and I do not like group weigh ins.. my weight is my business.. and if I choose to share it with others.. like you guys.. well thats my choice.. but to have to weigh in a group.. and others know wether I lost or gained.. well.. not my way to go.. aside from that the meeting is a lecture .. and the conversations are not usually anything I need. I get my support from you guys and my family and friends..Besides all I have to do is call my cousin who was a former WW leader and has kept all her weight off for years..if I really want some advice and help... .. but while out on my wanderings on the net I cam across some ads and ideas .. that .. are not.. shall we say cohesive to making smart choices and getting healthy... take a peek
: DIET GENIE found this one on Anne Collins ( she has a great website too )
FTC WARNS FALSE AD THE WEIRD AND THE WACKY

and some plain just crazy diets and ideas:
Found this in IVILLIAGE :
Diets through the ages
I had to laugh at some of them...
here are some of the highlights
please click on the link above to browse the whole thing:
500 B.C: Fruit and vegetable diet
The Ancient Greek Mathematician Pythagoras and his followers practised one of the first recorded diets, known as vegetarianism. Although Ancient Greeks did have a penchant for the athletic look, Pythagoras’ abstinence from the heartier foods in life had little to do with becoming a perfect size ten. Vegetarianism was, in fact, the only way to ensure you were not eating your grandmother or another relative, whose soul could have transmigrated to your neighbour’s pig (remember, reincarnation was a popular belief in the Ancient world). The great mathematician was so passionate about his diet that he is said to have met his death defending a bean field.
45 B.C: Vomitorium vulgaris
Romans in the time of Caesar had special rooms in which to expel their feasts, but this was for the sake of gluttony rather than wanting to be thin. They would purge between courses to make room for every dish on offer.
1 AD-2000 AD: The Jesus Diet
One of the oldest diets in history – if you believe the Jesus diet website (www.jesusdiet.com). The proponents of this eating regime claim that almost all diseases and pains can be healed by prayer and fasting. You are only allowed to eat raw food (excluding meat) and, even then, dine only twice a day at the most. These two meals have to be restricted to one or two pounds (there seems to be no biblical justification for this restriction, however). To top it off, fasting completely for at least one day a week is recommended. The rationale being that if you have the energy to feel anything at all (including pain) after eating like this, then you must truly be touched by the Lord.
1910’s: The Mega-Bite Diet
San Francisco art dealer, Horace Fletcher, earned his title, ‘The Great Masticator’ – a reference to animals that ‘chew the cud’ – through his publication of a best-selling diet book. In it, he recommended chewing each mouthful at least 32 times until it became a thin, liquid paste, and that any food that couldn’t be broken down to a gruel consistency had to be spat out. Fletcher claimed to lose 65 of his 217 pounds through his remarkable method.
1980s – 2000s: The breatharian diet (also known as the air and sunlight diet)
The Bretharian Institute of America (www.breatharian.com) explains their philosophy in this statement: ‘When humans reach the purest sense of harmony with the surrounding world as well as a complete understanding of each individual’s role as a function of God to create the universe, they will have reached a vibrational frequency on this material plane, where they no longer require food, water or sleep’. Spin-offs of this interesting programme are still in practice today. Ellen Greve, an Australian who practices this particular brand of madness, has 5,000 disciples and charges more than £1000 per ticket for her seminars, where she attempts to liberate people from the ‘drudgery of food and drink’. More sinister, one Australian couple who led a similar group that advocated living on air alone were convicted of manslaughter when one of their disciples died of dehydration.
SIDE EFFECTS MAY VARY WEIGHT LOSS SUNGLASSES
Well that wraps it up for a Wednesday...
what ever you are doing as long as it is working for you and promoting good health.. then that is your ticket!
Wish me well
Wish you well too.
UPDATE: Remember the weird guy at PUBLIX that I told you about last week.. turns out he works for the builder of the shopping complex.. so he is suppose to be there.. when I talked to the one of the store customer service reps.. he said to me.. yeah that guy creeps me out too. He gave me the number of the builder if I wanted to say something.. I dont want to cause someone their job.. but it is so weird.. this guy looks like the UNABOMBER.. he had the hooded jacket on today.. and I am telling you its HOT here.. or at least hot enough where you do not need a jacket.. and once again he was watching everyone in the lot including me.. I looked him in the face today... and with that hood on .. and sunglasses he really did remind me of the UNABOMBER .. remember that guy? not sure if I am going to call the builder or not....