My tomatoes are starting to bloom just a bit and they've been caged. The watermelon and summer squash vines are beginning to run. The peppers are getting taller. And the eggplant is exploding in size.
Without further ado ...
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Garden Growth
Well, it has been two weeks since my last garden update, and much has changed. Everything has gotten bigger (surprise, surprise).
About that time again ...
I don't know if I'd use the term goofing off, but I do think I have been pointedly unfocused (non-focused) on healthy eating for the past many months. I've made small strides I guess as I do regularly receive organic food from my delivery service and I eat slightly more fruits/vegetables than I did six months or a year ago.
However, I have not at all concentrated on healthy eating. I've had more than my share of crap so far in 2008. It is about time to start up again with deliberately trying to eat healthy.
What should I try? WW worked for awhile, but then I quit. Diet Gourmet worked for awhile, but then I quit. Eating healthy on my own and exercising every day worked for awhile, but then I quit. Hmmm ... I am sensing a pattern.
I am wondering if maybe my all-or-nothing approach is part of the problem. When I tried Diet Gourmet, I had to order every single meal from them, even though I hated a lot of it. When I tried eating on my own, I had to prepare every single meal myself, which was a huge burden and got very old very quickly. When I exercised every day, I had to exercise every single day (sometimes twice a day as my friend Allison can attest to), which really wore me down. When I was on WW, I didn't eat a single sweet, not one single Life Saver or jelly bean or drop of anything.
I've mentioned before that I have some OCD-like tendencies (some people believe me; others don't), but I really think that's what is behind my all-or-nothing attitude. Maybe I can give that a rest. It is a struggle to do, but it would be helpful.
So I'm thinking about combining solutions. There's nothing that says I can't order my breakfasts from Diet Gourmet (the one meal I really enjoyed from them), then order some dinners from this new delivery place my friend D told me about, then prepare some of my own lunches and dinners. There's nothing that says I can't exercise every other day. There's nothing that says I can't eat a piece of candy now and again and include that in my WW points. That's actually the point of points -- to be able to have something you really want as long as you account for it.
There's nothing to say I can't do any of that, right? Right? The only thing that says I can't is my own attitude, which I can overcome.
So maybe I'll give this a try -- this hodge-podge of healthy eating.
Wish me luck (for the zillionth time).
However, I have not at all concentrated on healthy eating. I've had more than my share of crap so far in 2008. It is about time to start up again with deliberately trying to eat healthy.
What should I try? WW worked for awhile, but then I quit. Diet Gourmet worked for awhile, but then I quit. Eating healthy on my own and exercising every day worked for awhile, but then I quit. Hmmm ... I am sensing a pattern.
I am wondering if maybe my all-or-nothing approach is part of the problem. When I tried Diet Gourmet, I had to order every single meal from them, even though I hated a lot of it. When I tried eating on my own, I had to prepare every single meal myself, which was a huge burden and got very old very quickly. When I exercised every day, I had to exercise every single day (sometimes twice a day as my friend Allison can attest to), which really wore me down. When I was on WW, I didn't eat a single sweet, not one single Life Saver or jelly bean or drop of anything.
I've mentioned before that I have some OCD-like tendencies (some people believe me; others don't), but I really think that's what is behind my all-or-nothing attitude. Maybe I can give that a rest. It is a struggle to do, but it would be helpful.
So I'm thinking about combining solutions. There's nothing that says I can't order my breakfasts from Diet Gourmet (the one meal I really enjoyed from them), then order some dinners from this new delivery place my friend D told me about, then prepare some of my own lunches and dinners. There's nothing that says I can't exercise every other day. There's nothing that says I can't eat a piece of candy now and again and include that in my WW points. That's actually the point of points -- to be able to have something you really want as long as you account for it.
There's nothing to say I can't do any of that, right? Right? The only thing that says I can't is my own attitude, which I can overcome.
So maybe I'll give this a try -- this hodge-podge of healthy eating.
Wish me luck (for the zillionth time).
Sunday, May 4, 2008
Movie
Young at Heart - Small little documentary about a group of senior citizens who tour around the country and world singing rock songs. So moving and beautiful, sad and uplifting. You'll never hear some of those songs the same way again (and that's good).
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