M-m-m-m-monday

Another M-m-m-m-monday is done. Thank goodness!

For me Monday is almost always the toughest day of the week, not only am I right off the weekend, but it is most often the busiest, most intense and most demanding day of the week for me so I am always glad when monday's are done and I have gotten through the bulk of my to do list and still gotten greens on my HabitCals.

Of which now I have three.

One for No S.

One for my PROJECT.

And one for Oxycise.

Oxycise www.oxycise.com is a a deep breathing/stretching exercise that I love to do and feels great but since I learned of it several years ago I have never been able to string together a very long stretch of doing it daily.

Thus the creation of a HabitCal for Oxycise.

I got my first red square yesterday.

I didn't want to do ANYTHING ...

including breathe deeply.

But I got greens across the board today and the to do list is done and I am going to bed early as I like to be able to do on Mondays.

Apologize for the fact that the photo today includes a big thumbprint on the camera lense.

It is all wiped up so won't be seeing that again!

Have a good one!

Photo: Raneir Cherries and Pear and Gorgonzola Salad from Z Pizza www.zpizza.com

Lovely Italian Dinner

One of the wonderful things about S days is being able to go out with my husband on Saturday night and have a lovely multi-course italian dinner at Il Fornaio http://www.ilfornaio.com/!

First course for me was the Minestra alla Siciliana Swiss chard and root vegetable soup. Yum!

First course for him was Pumaroru cu Piacintinu Ennese Heirloom tomatoes, Piacintinu cheese, onions, caperberries, olives and Sicilian extra-virgin olive oil. I myself cannot speak directly to the deliciousness of this dish, but my husband raved about it.

Next up for me was the Risotto cu Formaggi di Piecura Caranoli rice with asparagus, artichokes, fava beans, peas and pecorino cheese. This was good. But the BEST risotto I ever had was the risotto we had the last night we were in Rome, in a little restaurant on the outskirts of the city. Unfortunatley, since it was so good, ANY risotto I have had since then has not quite measured up. Oh. Well. It seems that risotto really is an art! I ate about half of it. It was VERY rich!

My husband's second course was Barilotti au Fornu Barrel Shaped pasta with fried eggplant and tomato-basil sauce, baked with scamorza and caciocavallo cheese. He also liked this dish very much.


For DOLCI my husband enjoyed the Cosi Duci. Cannoli and profiteroles with chocolate-hazelnut gelato. Sorry did not get a picture and I had a couple of pieces of Godiva chocolate and three squares of my bittersweet almond bar from Trader Joes. VERY RICH INDEED!

I just love S days!

CIAO!

Photos: Italian dinner, see blog for details

Smooth Sailing upon the Stormy Seas of Life

Another good No S day.

Smooth sailing. Somehow all this nosing keeps me on an incredibly even keel.

How does that work?

I don't know.

All I know is that it does.

With food in its proper place and having a proper place, it seems like its easier for everything else to find and have its proper place as well.

There must be something metaphysical

Or holistic about this.

Possibly both.

The inner peace of food and eating now permeates my life rather than the inner chaos of binging, restricting and obsessing.

I would love to give this to everyone I meet.

Smooth Sailing upon the Stormy Seas of Life.

Photo: Arugula Salad from www.zpizza.com and Baked Tofu

Another Good, Busy, Productive No S Day

Another good, busy, productive No S day.

It never ceases to amaze me how eating my three one plate meals a day with nothing in between keeps the rest of my day on track.

Had a chance to spend time with a good friend AND get my work done on my PROJECT and will probably also manage to get to bed at a decent hour!

It's looking like tomorrow will be a more slowed down day, so after this hectic week, that will be a nice way to end it!

I got out of my food rut today.
May fall back in tomorrow, but that is OK!

My training sessions with my personal trainer are going really well. I have dropped down to exercising three to four times a week and I like that A LOT!

Photo: Lemongrass Delite Tofu with Brown Rice and Steamed Vegetables ... from www.sipz.com

I Think They Call It Life

This is my sweet kitty!
And she is so pretty.

She keeps me company when I work on my PROJECT!

Sometimes when I want to snack I get down on the floor with her and pet her and play with her.
It does me a world of good.

She seems to like it too!

I ate the same thing today that I did yesterday.
That would be leftovers and a food rut.

I am so stuck on that curried egg salad sandwich. I finish eating that and I feel like I have been completely nourished. I feel so good. Hard to explain.

I am also stuck on my ezekiel cereal, with fresh blueberries and organic plain yogurt. YUM!

The past three nights I have been drinking a large glass of Monavie for dinner. I started Monday a bit nauseous and then my husband joined me. I am not sure I will keep doing that although it is so nice to have no dishes and no clean up.

I have been sleeping pretty good.

This has been ANOTHER full week.
WHEN WILL THINGS SLOW DOWN?
Hopefully next week. But I said that last week.
I think they call it life.

Photo: my sweet little kitty!

THIS IS YUM!

Today for lunch I had my Curried Egg Salad Sandwich with Carrot Sticks.

The recipe is from the book Cook Right For Your Type, by Peter A'damo and Catherine Whitney, with a few of my own personal embellishments. It is DELICIOUS!

Curried Egg Salad Sandwich

4 hard boiled eggs

2 Tbsp Vegannaise (allright you can use mayo if you prefer!)

1 tsp. good curry powder

1 tsp. salt (preferably celtic sea salt)

sprouted whole wheat bread

romaine lettuce leaves

slices of red onion

Crumble the hard boiled eggs and mix and mash with Vegannaise, curry powder and salt.

If you have time allow to chill.

Serve on toasted sprouted wheat bread with romaine lettuce leaves and red onion slices.

THIS IS YUM!

Photo: Curried Egg Salad Sandwich with Carrot Sticks

Still Yakking About Mondays

It was Monday. Certainly not the worst Monday I have had on No S. But I did have to ease up on my expectations for myself to get through the day without going NUTS!

I had quite a bit to do and yesterday's eating left my tummy not feeling too good this morning.

But I it has defintely turned out to be a good day and a success.

It is weird how the rhythm that NO S creates with food and eating spills over into your life. Well, at least spills over into mine.

Before No S I was like on accelerate to high or hitting the brick wall. Somehow with NO S it has become simpler, easier, more natural? more apparent that I need to? modulate my activities and appointments so that they are more manageable.

It's this rhythm it creates.

Like today, Monday, my least favorite day of the week. I would experience severe spillage if I had indulged over the weekend before No S. Why? Well, who really wants to deal with Monday morning every Monday morning?

Sometimes would just rather not leave that relaxed weekend groove. But No S doesn't let me fool myself. NOW if I want to use food to stay in the weekend groove it is VERY APPARENT.

So I don't. And that puts me in a whole other space.

A good one.

Photo: Pear and Gorgonzola Salad from Z Pizza www.zpizza.com