Mikey Likes Everything, But Jason Doesn't

There isn't a whole lot to report these days about my diet, menu, food plan (as you can tell from the derth of posts), but I am making some very gradual progress.

I pretty much eat spinach and mixed lettuce every week now. I regularly try others veggies that I get through my Dishalicious meals, some (edamame) I like better than others (carrot & orange salad).

Mainly, though, I am trying to make a balanced, healthy menu fun, so I am trying some new non-diet things as well just to spice up my life. I've been eating goose eggs instead of chicken eggs for three or four weeks now. I don't taste a whole lot of difference; I'd probably just say goose eggs are eggier than chicken eggs. They just taste & smell more eggy. I love to get them, though, as they are huge (I'd say three times the size of a chicken egg).

Here are two pictures of my latest goose egg. The first is in comparison to a medium sized onion. It would be easier to tell its size if I had a regular egg to compare it to, but the onion will have to do. The second picture is the plate of scrambled eggs that comes from just one goose egg.





I've also been trying a few other things from local farmers, such as strawberry cheese spread (from Full Quiver Farms in Kemp, TX), beef jerkey (from Indian Hills Farm), fresh tortillas (from Margarita's) and plums.

I really am trying to make it fun because that's the best way for me to stick with something.

Garden Growth

Here it is, the second day of Summer, and I can already pretty much conclude that my garden is yet again a bust. I'm not sure what's up. Is it me? The soil in my yard? The unrelenting Texas weather where it either stifling hot and dry as a bone (as in 2006 and 2008) or it is soaking wet (as in 2007)?

I think it is all of the above. I'll never quit trying because I love it, but it does get disappointing. I am finally getting some edible produce, but compared to where I should be, it is pretty pitiful. And the plants themselves look pretty beat down, so I doubt they'll last much longer without a change in weather.

Regardless, for your viewing pleasure, here's an update focusing on the few things that are producing.

Garden Growth

Although it sure would be nice to get a little rain, my garden, for the most part, is looking good. I've been watering every other day, and I'm beginning to get little tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, and watermelon.


It is really illuminating to look back at the previous pictures I've posted here and see just how much the garden has grown.

100th Post (or, All or Nothing)

Yes, this is my 100th post since I started Something to Lose nearly a year ago. And on this momentus occasion, I'm returning to a theme I discussed in my entry from a couple of weeks ago -- the all-or-nothing approach I have toward many things in life, but most particularly diet and exercise and health.

I've struggled with that attitude over the past week. As I mentioned previously, I went with the "all" approach and scheduled every single meal I was going to have over the past week. I placed three separate orders (with Diet Gourmet, Dishalicious, and Greenling) & planned a trip to the grocery store so every meal last week would be ready and waiting with a minimun of effort on my part.

As usual, life got in the way. My Greenling delivery on Friday was missing some of the items I had ordered (nothing untoward going on; they simply didn't have some of the items and credited my account). I had planned my grocery store trip for Monday, but ended up having some kind of stomach bug and stayed in bed almost all day. Then because of Memorial Day, my Diet Gourmet ordered was delivered Tuesday afternoon instead of Monday afternoon.

So ... my beautiful schedule was thrown all out of whack. Some meals I didn't have at all, other meals were missing certain parts, some meals were a day or two later than I had scheduled.

I tried my best to adapt and not go with the "nothing" approach of "Screw this, I'm ordering a pizza!" I would put my success rate at about 75%. I still ate most meals in a complete & healthy way with the food I did have. On two occasions I just skipped a meal (not the best thing to do I know) & and on two occasions I did eat something unhealthy instead. So that's 4 out of 21, which is actually about an 81% success rate. I'm moderately happy with that.

The same issues are already popping up for this week as Dishalicious has decided to take the week off from delivery, but again, I'm going to try to adapt. I do need to learn how to do that!

So there you have it -- I'll report more on how this is working as the weeks progress. I do think Dishalicious is going to be a help to me because it is pretty good food that is well-balanced & healthy, but not really diet food. That makes it much easier for me.