Today’s weight: Dunno; I jumped into my gardening clothes without weighing in. The news couldn’t be bad, though, because I ate fairly clean yesterday and spent three hours prepping my garden beds and then installing seedlings: Insta-garden!
Today I am grateful for: 1) Eating Indian food with the man and the boy; the last time we ate that cuisine was at “Big Bite” in Arusha, Tanzania. 2) The satisfaction of weeding a garden bed and working in homemade compost. 3) Ibuprofen; my aching back!
No gym today, so no gym monitor gleanings, but here’s some fun stuff:
* Stop washing your hands!: All those bacteria could be good for you!
* Size 10, not size 4: Hooray for Jennie Runk, plus-size gorgeous model, and her message for girls.
* Thanks for nothing: The guy who invented the fish stick–bane of my Friday nights during my Catholic-inflected youth–has sailed his last sea at 96.
* Aw of the day: Let’s hear it for the good guys!
* Emergency back-up Aw of the day: Stop dressing your Corgis up like pandas.
xxoo,
Betsy
Today’s weight: 139.0, down 1.2 pounds, post-clean eating. Ah, that’s more like it!
Today I am grateful for: 1) The heavenly birdsong this morning. 2) The old lady with that beautiful pure white ponytail I saw on the street this morning. 3) The sight of a man’s arm in a carpal tunnel cast with his fingers furiously keeping the beat while he paused his truck at a red light.
Today’s gym monitor gleanings:
* “Fight for your life”: Good on Mo’nique, who’s lost 80 pounds, down from 300 and still going strong–literally.
* Hold the pepperoni: A healthy pizza? Avec seaweed and red peppers.
* Department of What Could Go Wrong?: Howzabout a toothbrush that injects caffeine into your piehole?
* “Lose weight or die”: How one man relearned how to eat to save his life and marriage.
* Yoga for old folks: The NYTimes continues the series.
* Aw of the day: Two grads with caps and gowns!
* Emergency back-up Aw of the day: I will never, ever tire of these.
xxoo,
Betsy
Today’s weight: 140.2, down 0.2 pounds. You mean I can’t eat clean-ish for a single day and drop the stupid pounds I put on? You mean I shouldn’t have had that glass of Devil’s Lemonade and shot of tequila? Well, I’m not loving your tone.
Today I am grateful for: 1) The chance to run boring errands with my boy. 2) The chance to watch stupid TV with my boy. 3) That my daughter would turn to me for support; I’m not always embarrassing!
Today’s gym monitor gleanings:
* I’m thinking of getting me one: Susan Orleans on the treadmill desk. “I talked to him for about a mile.”
* People are going bat-shit crazy: Because a magazine mentioned Zoe Saldana’s weight on its cover. “I have a thin frame.”
* If you’re gonna be an identify thief: Maybe refrain from posting on Instagram? The steak did look yummy, though.
* Apparently today: Is National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day. I’m gonna celebrate by not eating one.
* Aw of the day: C’mon, get happy! Seriously, c’mon, get happy!
xxoo,
Betsy
Today’s weight: 140.4, up 1.4 pounds of utter nonsense. I’ve detected an old pattern. I was losing badly at poker last night, so I just fell onto the snack table like it was Ryan Gosling, because I “deserved” crappy food to make up for my chip losses. Not helpful. Clean eating today!
Today I am grateful for: 1) Another precious day with my son before he leaves for Africa. 2) A fascinating book to read: Going Clear by Lawrence Wright, about Scientology. 3) The Martha Beck tribe, always so helpful when I need advice!
Today’s gym monitor gleanings:
* Spinach omelets in your panini press: And other breakfast hacks, including some genuinely healthy ideas.
* Just pass me the shaker: So which is it, guys, salt or no salt? Sheesh.
* And they’re high-protein, low-cal!: Eat more insects and save the world!
* Something else I won’t be eating: BK is burping out its own rib sandwich. Take that Mickey D!
* THANK YOU: To this mom, for helping her daughter channel heroines, not princesses.
* Aw of the day: The squirrel is eating the potato chips so you don’t have to!
* Emergency Back-Up Aw of the Day: Emo corgis!
xxoo,
Betsy
xxoo,
Betsy
Today’s weight: 139.0, down a tinch from last weigh-in, and I think maybe I accidentally sold a piece of my soul to the devil to achieve that, considering the three days of ridiculously unclean eating in which I partook. Yesterday was quite abstemious however. Maybe my body is achieving its new old set point? Or was today an outlier? Answer cloudy, try again later.
Today I am grateful for: 1) A goooood night’s sleep; my eyes shut themselves before 9:00 pm. 2) A fun, albeit brief, road trip with the kiddles; we dropped Sam off at a train and drove Kate up to campus. Goofy road trips en famille are my fave. 3) Cuddling with my sweet man.
Today’s gym monitor gleanings:
* Dept. of Duh: OF COURSE we need more yoga clothing in plus sizes!
* Girl meets grill: How to grill fish without flaking out.
* Half the calories: Because photography!
* “Lunchtime lipo”: That’d be a pass.
* Visiting the doctor: Take this checklist.
* “The Power Paunch”: How come the dudes get to have them and we don’t?
* Hell-NO-mann’s: Someone’s just a tad tetchy about mayo.
* Aw of the day: Now I don’t feel so bad that I don’t have a dog.
xxoo,
Betsy
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