Psst...Can You Keep A Secret?

I think I found the perfect anniversary gift for my husband. Our 6th wedding anniversary is coming up soon and the "Traditional Gift" is candy! I recently found this bar of chocolate and thought it was perfect! It's a "Marital Bliss" bar, showing the even distribution of assets within the marriage. Or, at least the distribution of chocolate. ;)


I feel OK posting this because I'm pretty confident my husband doesn't read my blog. Or if he does, he doesn't let on that he does. :) So, what do you think? Anyone know of some other really good candy that would be a nice gift?

Looking at that bar of chocolate is making me hungry. I'm getting ready to eat soon - just completed an Eat Stop Eat lunch-to-lunch fast. Whoo-hoo!

Eat Stop Eat Part 3

Today is my third Eat Stop Eat fasting day. I had been fasting on Thursdays, but this Thursday the boss wanted to take us out for lunch for Administrative Professional's Day. So I decided to fast today, and then the lunch got rescheduled for another day. But I'm sticking with my plan. Even if that means giving up the chocolate peanut butter pie that was brought in today. Yummm...Let me wipe the drool off the picture....OK, here it is:

Last night I combined two different recipes into one yummy meal. I used the Garlic Barley Risotto recipe from Gourmet Nutrition and paired it with the Spicy Chicken recipe from Jillian Michaels' Making the Cut. I haven't actually gotten a chance to try her workout yet. I've been very happy with my Turbulence Training workouts. But the recipes in her book are fantastic. Everything I have made has been delicious. All in all, it was a very tasty dinner. I'm counting all the tomatoes as my vegetable serving.

I'm Not Neurotic - Really!

My second Eat Stop Eat fast went well yesterday. Only one little snag. There was an event here at work that had "refreshments". Which meant lots of yummy gooey so-not-good-for-you treats. I decided that I would allow myself 1 or 2 small pieces but would take them home and have them after dinner so that I woudn't ruin my fast. So, my co-workers already think I'm nutters. Then, we got back up to our desks and I started logging the treat into fitday. I chose a peanut bar that had a cake-like crust, a layer of caramel, a layer of mini marshmallows and then peanuts on top (a very small piece). I had my ruler out to measure the size and then was literally counting the mini marshmallows when a co-worker walked by and stopped. Dead in her tracks. And gave me the "what-the-heck-are-you-doing look". I always say, "I'm not neurotic, really, just go with me on this!" And now you know where the title of my blog comes from!

Eat Stop Now Eat

Yesterday went pretty well. I went home after work and made supper. (Classy Chicken from Gourmet Nutrition - see picture - yum yum yum) I didn't binge and go crazy with food. This morning I was down 2 pounds - which I know is not fat loss and is most likely water weight, but it's still good to see the scale going in the right direction. I will continue my Eat Stop Eat experiment for another couple weeks. I have 2 weeks remaining in my current 4-week TT program so I will fast 2 more times at minimum. Stay tuned!

In Case of Emergency, Break Glass...

...and bring a protein bar to work! I'm 19 hours into my fast and I have to admit I'm not near as hungry as I thought I would be. I'm not shaky, and I'm in a pretty darn good mood. Missing breakfast was no problem, even missing lunch was fine. I went to the cafeteria to get a diet soda and didn't dive headfirst into the condiment bar. But now it's that time of day when the afternoon munchies can creep in. This can be a hard part of the day even when not fasting. I still have my protein bar in my bag, just in case. There's something psychological about just having it there. It's power and control over food. It's saying, "I have it, but I choose not to eat it". It's the same way when not fasting. You can choose to eat the blueberry muffin, or not. Perhaps fasting will teach me to be more disciplined with my nutrition in general.

OK, OK, I'm gonna try it!

Everyone on the TT Member Forum has been raving about Brad Pilon's Eat Stop Eat Program. I never thought I would try it because I get irritable and shaky if miss just 1 meal, so fasting for longer than that seemed impossible. My husband thinks I'm crazy because he knows how I get! I read the Eat Stop Eat promo that came as a bonus when I ordered Turbulence Training and I like how the author has references for everything. I went to PubMed and looked up some of the articles to make sure a) they existed; and b) that they said what he said they did. As far as I could tell, they did! Some of the texts were a little dense, but I think I got the gist. So I'm going to give it a try...starting after dinner tonight! Stay tuned tomorrow for how it goes...