Hot Potato, Hot Potato!

This is what I had for supper. It was delicious. I had one tablespoon of full-fat sour cream and one tablespoon of the Smart Balance Omega-3 spread. How about I needed NO SALT! AND I COULD TASTE ALL OF IT. I'm convinced that my tastebuds are now being awakened after years of being overwhelmed and blitzed by sugar. I also had a bowl of Uncle Sam Cereal (toasty and delicious) with rice milk. As Quincy says on Little Einsteins, "I cannot believe it!" It's taken essentially two weeks for my 'buds to come back to a full life of tasting. No wonder I ate and ate, never really feeling full. I couldn't taste anything. I know that some of y'all are out there going, "No joke, Columbo." I knew this, but I didn't KNOW this. Seriously, this almost-veg thing has been very good.

BONUS: The grant thing is crystallizing. I feel LOADS better about it today than I did yesterday. I've got to work on it tonight, so it's off to www.getstuffdone.com (not a site, but a state of mind--Actually, it's probably a site, but I don't know what it is!).

Things I Have Learned this Week

Wow, this week has been pretty fun. It's been a little trying, after the big two weeks off, but I'm gonna be okay.

I got up at 7:15 and went to the gym at 8:00. It's nice to get in early on Saturdays, because there's an onslaught at around 10:00. Mrs. C. and I ellipticized. Then we coffeed. Supermom brought The Child to the coffee house.

Then I came home and piddled around doing whatever, mainly getting ready and watching You Are What You Eat on BBC/America (The link is to Gillian's web site because the show site is kinda lame). This show is AWESOME. Gillian is part of the reason I have been making different nutritional choices. (After I wrote this, I found some info online that Gillian has used the "Dr." title somewhat erroneously. This is the article. I still think that the gist of what she says works.)

Okay, for what the title says.

1. Eating almost-veg is not nearly as difficult or crazy-making as you would think.
2. Exercising six days a week will not kill you.
3. Something in all the fat- and sugar-laden foods I was eating was making me sleepy, very, very sleepy.
4. You can be nicer when you aren't abusing your body with not-as-nutritional foods.
5. I really like the eating fruit until noon. The first day I was REALLY hungry, but the next day I just added an extra piece of fruit.
6. A smoothie of frozen mixed berries, blueberries, and banana with 1/2 cup of orange juice for the blending is DELICIOUS.
7. A person can go to a pizza buffet and NOT eat four pieces of pizza.

Did I mention that the exercise/nutrition plan I've been following this week has helped me lose nine pounds?!? Yep, that's right. I know that's really a lot, but considering the drastic change and the level of my working out, I think it's appropriate. I feel GREAT.