Warning! This post includes descriptions of delicious food...if this triggers you, read no further!
Saturday was beautiful, and I spent the day planting my tomatoes, peppers, sugar snap peas, leeks, green onions, and some herbs. The weather was almost hot, so I wore shorts and a tank top to work outside. Well, the minute those tomatoes were in the ground, it started to rain, and has rained hard almost non-stop since. And it is cold! I am so mad…my tomatoes WILL NOT grow if it rains and is cold and there is no sun. We had that kind of weather last summer...in fact, our summer sucked. So I'm hoping for better weather this year, and the sooner the better.
We went to church Sunday morning (I ushered), and then we went to my mom's house for Easter dinner. All my relatives noticed that Hub and I have both lost weight since they last saw us at Christmas. Hub and I used Easter day as our 4HB cheat day (instead of our normal Saturday). So…I ate and ate...and ate some more...and didn't feel guilty. This was really a first for me, to eat with abandon in front of people, especially in front of my mom.
I ate ham, scalloped potatoes, jello salad, rolls with butter, deviled eggs, and a piece each of 2 different kinds of cake (pineapple-upside-down and carrot), both with real whipped cream. Plus 3 glasses of champagne. I ate until I almost felt sick. Hub and I kept laughing and telling everyone that our diet requires us to eat like that. My relatives were shocked, especially my mom. She kept asking…how can you eat like that and lose weight? I said, I don't know. But I guess if you only eat like this once a week, the program works.
Normally I only weigh once a week on Friday. But out of curiosity, I weighed on Monday, just to view "the damage." I had gained 3 lbs, but no worries. I'm right back on the program, and the 3 lbs will be gone by Friday morning.
This morning, I went to a meeting and there were donuts. I passed them up without a second thought (except briefly it crossed my mind that I might have a donut on Saturday). But one of the guys said…How come you're not having a donut? I told him I was on a low-carb diet. He just looked at me, shook his head, and said…Why the hell are you on a diet?
I was flattered of course, but it is a good question to ponder in the larger sense. I've spent my whole life on a diet...the question is WHY?
We went to church Sunday morning (I ushered), and then we went to my mom's house for Easter dinner. All my relatives noticed that Hub and I have both lost weight since they last saw us at Christmas. Hub and I used Easter day as our 4HB cheat day (instead of our normal Saturday). So…I ate and ate...and ate some more...and didn't feel guilty. This was really a first for me, to eat with abandon in front of people, especially in front of my mom.
I ate ham, scalloped potatoes, jello salad, rolls with butter, deviled eggs, and a piece each of 2 different kinds of cake (pineapple-upside-down and carrot), both with real whipped cream. Plus 3 glasses of champagne. I ate until I almost felt sick. Hub and I kept laughing and telling everyone that our diet requires us to eat like that. My relatives were shocked, especially my mom. She kept asking…how can you eat like that and lose weight? I said, I don't know. But I guess if you only eat like this once a week, the program works.
Normally I only weigh once a week on Friday. But out of curiosity, I weighed on Monday, just to view "the damage." I had gained 3 lbs, but no worries. I'm right back on the program, and the 3 lbs will be gone by Friday morning.
This morning, I went to a meeting and there were donuts. I passed them up without a second thought (except briefly it crossed my mind that I might have a donut on Saturday). But one of the guys said…How come you're not having a donut? I told him I was on a low-carb diet. He just looked at me, shook his head, and said…Why the hell are you on a diet?
I was flattered of course, but it is a good question to ponder in the larger sense. I've spent my whole life on a diet...the question is WHY?
I enjoyed this post! It's fun to have one day a week to not only be normal, but to be able to eat the things that most normal people would feel guilty about. And we don't feel guilty! :) I hope you and yours had a happy Easter.
ReplyDeleteYour Easter dinner sounds wonderful, like a little piece of heaven on earth. :) The fact that you ate in front of people is a huge accomplishment. Something I need to strive for myself.
ReplyDeleteMe too, on a diet ALL my freaking life. So tired of it. Unlike you though, I need to be on a diet!
That was a lovely description, I enjoyed reading that almost as much as you enjoyed the real thing.
ReplyDeleteI have planted some vegetable seeds already too. One day of sunshine; then the cold. When I took my daughter-in-law home yesterday, saw snow on the hill just across the road from her house, about 200' up from where we were. Yikes! Hail, snow, and even a small tornado was spotted over along I5 in Burlington yesterday. Can you believe that? Crazy weather.
ReplyDeleteOoh. That was a great compliment, I have to say. When people say things like that about me, I just look at them and wonder what planet they've just come from. I've never been able to get used to hearing things like that. Sounds like you're having a great Spring, Grace!
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