Today’s weight: 144.2, down 1.0 pounds of clean eating. YesterdayI sipped on my Goopish Glowy Skin Crap Cleanse smoothies for breakfast and snack. For lunch I had a delish shrimp-cilantro cake on a bed of lettuce made by a friend. And for dinner we had shrimp with a touch of homemade pesto. No White Devils, not even at poker, where I was perfectly fine with seltzer. And you know what? I woke up feeling better.
Okay, what is the deal with “young coconut?” One of the recipes called for it. The last time I made the smoothies, I couldn’t find it in the store, so I subbed in unsweetened flaked coconut. This time I spotted one in a Korean market and spirited it home. It didn’t have the brown hairy shell, so I figured it was all edible. I hacked–and I do mean hacked–off a fibrous piece and tossed it in the Vita Mix. And drinking it was like drinking tasty sisal; I kept coming upon chewy lumps that I had to disgorge and put in a polite wad, in case the Queen was dropping by. This cannot be right.
Butchered young coconut: tasty sisal
Oh…wait. Just did Google Images. Apparently I was supposed to hack through all the tasty sisal into the center. Sam actually had a go at that yesterday, but I was so terrified that he’d cut off his thumb (en route to his First Responder Certification!) that I made him stop. Ken is busy chopping away at it now WITH AN AX and OMG, now I get it:
Well, this makes MUCH more sense
Today I am grateful for: 1) Men in my family willing to hack into coconuts. 2) Nora Ephron. I was so sad that she died yesterday, so young, so amazing. 3) That the fire that spread in my friend Janet’s house spared every personal item, musical instrument, and computer!
Today’s gym monitor gleanings:
* Let us pause to remember great women: RIP Nora Ephron. This morning NPR played one of my favorite lines of hers, from “Julie and Julia.” Julia Child’s husband, played by Stanley Tucci, asks her, “What is it that you really love to do?” Julia (Meryl Streep) pauses, then answers, “Eat. I love to eat. I do. I love to eat.” Stanley pats her hand and says simply, wonderfully, “I know. I know.”
* Real moms: Real bellies.
* Another reason: To make your own salad dressings.
* Jennifer Hudson’s advice to Jessica Simpson: “Get paid multi-millions to do Weight Watchers–SCORE!” Oh, wait, no. What she said was, “Don’t snack with the baby.” Z-z-z-z-z-z.
* Roll your own: ‘Cause those pre-made hamburger patties have more fat rolled into ‘em.
* Aw of the day: Refrigerraiders. Hey, they cut the cat out of the video they showed live!
xxoo,
Betsy
10 minutes! Epiphany!
The last two days I’d failed on doing the 20 minutes of Protected Time. I couldn’t find or make those 20 minutes. So a friend said, “Try 10.” Well, duh. I should have thought of that myself. But this morning, I grabbed 10 minutes before departing for work and did: nothing. Stared at chirping birdies in my yard. Okay, so I’ll start with 10 minutes and work up from there.
Today I’m grateful for: 1) Smart friends; 2) Sympathetic colleagues; 3) An effort made yesterday to tidy up the office–the clutter was astonishing, and now it’s all in one pile, waiting for the dumpster to arrive.
xo
Janet
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So sad about Nora. What a loss. I love the moment in Julie & Julia when Julia says to her husband, “What if you hadn’t fallen in love with me?”
158 today, down 1.6 since Monday. Yay! Almost back down to my lowest weight.
Gratitude:
- Two girls who play so nicely with mine that having them over is easier than having my kids on their own.
- A good first educational testing session for Sarah. She likes the guy and said some of it was fun. Also, she got a donut afterward, so.
- Sarah’s pride at having read three chapters of her book yesterday.
And yes: RIP Nora Ephron. Too funny to die so young. I cried.
Yes, RIP Nora Ephron. I love, love, love her. “When Harry Met Sally” is one of the greatest relationship movies ever and I couldn’t even count how many times I’ve watched it. Nora was so damn funny.
Also, love the dog in the fridge. This just happened to a co-worker (Dave) of my husband’s, so I’m having Mark send Dave the link.
Today: 126.8 – down another 0.8. This is the lowest I’ve been in awhile and I ate well yesterday. The one change – I’m still not eating after dinner. Could that be the key to the kingdom? Seems too simple, but I’ll take it.
Gratitude:
- Nice weather still.
- A helpful offer from my Mom.
- “Steering by Starlight” – finished it yesterday and it gave me so many great ideas and tools. Betsy – it is just too cool that you get to work with Martha.
Just had to share something else about Nora Ephron. I remember seeing her interviewed when “I Feel Bad About My Neck” came out. The interviewer asked her about how people say things after the fact like, “So-and-so had a very beautiful, peaceful death.” Nora said something like: “Oh no, my death will be ugly. I will fight it kicking and screaming the whole way and be a nightmare.” Cracked me up! I hope her death was peaceful, but I loved how she always blew the lid off silly things people say about aging, death, etc… and said what a lot of us are thinking.
Betsy, also once you get your young cocoanut open the liquid is cocoanut water. Ulrika, my favorite Yoga teacher, swears by both. (she’s a raw food gal)
151 +2 from crapping candy eating on the flight home and yesterday. Okay, sadness eating is over, the candy is gone. (can’t recommend M&M dark chocolate mints, get junior mints instead) Today will have water and veggies in decent quantities.
My southwest points have arrived! I may make another trip in October for Alix’s birthday. I wish I knew if she will be willing to fly by herself next time, then I would know weather or not to save them.
Today will have a house cleaning and )hopefully) yead/garden work. Plus hooping. *:)
I’m snacking on the tender young coconut at this very moment–not at all sweet, but hey, also not at all fibrous! Amazingly, that lil thing yielded a cup of coconut water, which I’ll toss into my next smoothie–way cheaper than Zico! Did you know that during WWII in the Philippines, they actually used coconut water in a pinch to sub in for plasma during blood transfusions? Don’t try this at home….
I did know that cocoanut water was close to human plasma. Freaking weird!
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