I started earlier with an entire “woe is me” post (the rain! incline pull-ups? a leak in the house! a workout interrupted! my bands haven’t arrived yet!). Blah, blah… I felt doomed and the quitter inside me taunted me a little. But, the day turned around. So I had to push back my workout… I got it in before lunch. After 200 highly unsuccessful jumps on the carpet inside (at 7:00 am at which point the interruption occurred) the sky cleared and I did the other 400 outside. The house leak is drying. I used the hacked up bits of old bands we have (with no handles) and it all worked out just fine. And I will find a place to do incline pull ups (I had found more of a chin-up bar at the local school but was ill-prepared for the INCLINE).
Anyway, the day’s almost over, and I did it. I even managed an unexpected lunch guest and explained why my homemade vegetable soup had no salt and why my toasted tomato sandwich had no mayo. And then I ate ANOTHER sandwich. Tuna this time. I rinsed the tuna first (water-packed tuna still has sodium!) and then gave it some lemon juice and pepper and smushed it between two pieces of bread. Do you know why they really put mayo in the tuna sandwich? Its’ like glue, you see. Without it, your sandwich looks like this:
Anyway, I hope everybody else made out ok today. I have to find some protein for my supper. This requires a shopping excursion for fish and shrimp (the two things I didn’t buy yesterday). And I will enjoy my fish with my leftover pasta and tomato sauce from last night.
On another note:
Patrick, I’m so happy that the PCP philosophy is the Michael Pollan way! I’ve read this article many times (and yes I read it again!) and this has been my food philosophy for years. We reviewed his book “In Defense of Food” in my book club last year. It’s a great, eye-opening read. Also, I happened to watch the documentary “Food, Inc.” last night, on the eve of the PCP diet change. It’s a great film and I highly recommend it to anyone looking to eat more consciously.
Pollan's the man!
ReplyDeleteI said this on someone else's blog, but you can use homemade guacamole as part of your veg--it's delicious and binds tuna/chicken together. I'm super impressed with the way you triumphed over a difficult day!
ReplyDeleteKim! That's a great idea... thank you for the tip!
ReplyDeleteAlso try balsamic on your tuna. It won't hold it together any better, but makes it taste so my better (I think). Then again, I think pretty much everything tastes better with a little balsamic on it. I've had it for every meal so far.
ReplyDeleteDidn't think about making veggie soup. That's a great idea. Balsamic would taste great with soup:)
Glad the day got better for you!
Kim - awesome idea! I wonder if the avocados will still show up as the 90 days move along...
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