Boy, girl, boy, girl
The unheralded arrival of my period this week, a full 8 days late, and the coinciding drop of 3+ pounds from my daily weight, have reminded me of some questions and thoughts that I’ve had for a long time regarding weight loss and gender. I mean, I find it kind of amazing that, for 10 (or more, in this case) days of the month, my body is totally and utterly hijacked by a complex biological function. This function is beautiful, miraculous, ancient, mysterious, feminine, tidal, and blah blah blah… but the fact is that for a huge chunk of my life, it doesn’t matter what I eat....
Read MoreRecipe: Spiced Almonds
Meanwhile, after wishing for some happy medium between the super salty “dry roasted” almonds available for purchase, and the bland-but-meaty raw alternative, I found this recipe in my Eating Well magazine. Over the weekend, I made a version of delicious spiced almonds which is only very loosely based on that recipe. What can I say? A girl doesn’t always have specialty paprika and imported Spanish Almonds on hand. Still, I think they turned out well. I added lime juice to the egg whites (a coating liquid) and TrueLime crystals to the spices to give the nuts a more citrusy,...
Read MoreWeek 12: 313.5 (-22.3)
Starting weight: 335.8 Last week: 313.8 This week: 313.5 Change this week: -0.3 Overall change: -22.3 Next milestone: 25 pounds gone These past few weeks, I am considering myself lucky with maintaining my weight, give or take a pound, each week. This is not something that I anticipate will go on forever, but it is important to me for now to consider what capital-H Health means, and to be flexible as I go through some health and employment challenges. Meanwhile, we took a poll and survey says that my period (now one week late) will arrive tomorrow. Clap your hands if you believe in...
Read MoreBento
My psychiatrist friend is fond of musing, “Mal likes little things, like purses and dogs.” Well, who can blame me? I like to counter his wiley, psychological ways by stating that I’m living out an unfulfilled fantasy of being tiny myself. An as yet unfulfilled fantasy. But, I digress. Last year, when I was getting really serious about packing my lunch for work, I found some websites about bento boxes. Apparently1 there is a tradition of Japanese mothers carefully packing compact lunches for their children, with cute little touches and flourishes to encourage their healthy...
Read MoreSigns of change: High average
Today I need to focus on the positive — on progress that I’ve made. Something happy. Something good. Since I bought the awesome Overblown Scale, I have a bit overwhelmed by the ridiculous amount of information that is supposedly provided by the Innerscan™ Technology. Each morning, I dutifully fill in the cells on my fancy spreadsheet to record the data. Then, I walk away and try to forget it. One of the things that the scale claims to measure is Visceral Body Fat. Whether you believe that this type of thing can be measured by a bathroom scale or not, you have to agree with...
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