The only things certain in life are death and taxes… – Ben Franklin

… and that I can’t control my greedy appetite around delicious food. - Adi

Sunday’s sushi gorging is a perfect example – put me in a situation where I can eat a lot of something delicious, and I will.  I don’t have the off switch… or it’s permanently jammed in the “on” position.

This is the same as having treats in the house.  If I have a bag of dates in the cupboard, I will eat them.  Right away.  At once.  So, I stopped buying them. 

My general rule of thumb now is if I can’t stop eating it, I can’t buy it.  It’s a pretty harsh commandment, but one day, I’m sure I’ll be able to control my date-ing and won’t consider AYCE sushi a physical personal challenge.

I think Heather posted about this ages ago, specifically about having sugar around the house.  If it wasn’t your blog, my bad!  Some witty blogger posted about it and I remembering agreeing whole heartedly.  Some of us lack control, that’s all.

I Eat

As a direct result of the sushi chaos on Sunday, breakfast on Monday was packed up and brought to the office so I could eat it when I actually felt like there was room in my stomach again.

I had (1/3 c.) overnight oats soaked in some pomegranate applesauce and topped with half a nan + + peanut butter + trail mix.

The oats are buried under the topping bonanza.

Bananza?

Tuesday’s oat bran was topped with alien brains + snow (read: pecans + unsweetened coconut).

I also had some pumpkin seed butter for the first time.  It’s alright.  Didn’t rock my world but I’ve had worse butters.

Today’s oats did make my day off (happy Remembrance Day!) even better.  Yep, another old peanut butter jar saved for this one.

Smelly gym shoes make for great scene setting.

New oats addition today – the great cacao nib.  Why I thought they would melt, I’m not sure.  They stayed kind of crunchy, and with the almonds, there was a lot of chew going on.  And yet, I was loving this 1/2 c. oats + almond milk + cinnamon + 1/2 nan + peanut butter galore.

If anyone wants to send me their used nut butter jars that have just a bit of the good stuff in them, I will gladly take them off your hands.

Work lunches have been boring salads + chicken + chickpeas and various snacky stuff.  One of these days, my work lunches will be brilliant, it just won’t be any day soon.

Today’s lunch was good though, because I got to eat at home and not at my cubicle!  Wooo!

Shaking things up with an open-faced avocado + bacon (!) + toms sammy and a side of carrots.

So scrumptious.  Then I made a big apple crisp for my church peeps for tomorrow, but decided that every apple needed to be sampled.  I taste-tested each apple core for quality control.

Quality was controlled.  I got a tummy ache.  Too much apple.

Monday’s supper was awesome.  Yes!  Curried cauliflower + chickpeas.

Here’s what I did:

• sautee a diced onion in extra virgin olive oil
• add half a cauliflower head, broken into small pieces
• add 1 tbsp. curry powder (my curry powder is old, so it’s not very strong – this may be too much for some!)
• after about five minutes, add 1/2 c. chickpeas and a handful of raisins
• squirt in a couple squirts of lemon juice and add a sprinkle of sea salt
• let everything warm through, then serve on brown rice

Mmmm.  And I have leftovers!  This was tasty.

Last night`s supper was thrown together fast because I was starving after yoga.  It was a basic baked chicken + stir fried veggie + basmati rice meal.

Yes, I was really hungry.

Tonight’s supper starts with an S.  It ends with an I.  It’s an addiction that’s costing me my life savings. 

Yes, you guessed it, so let’s move right along!  (Ohh but it was fabulous.  I love Sushi 88, really.)

I Move

Monday – Jim did not call me, so I did a home workout instead.  Sometimes the thought of being in the gym just won’t cut it.  I did an upper body workout with some free weights.  It was a good half hour of hurting my muscles.

Tuesday – sweat fest.  I missed hot yoga.  Last week, the fevers were all the heat I could handle, so I was excited to get back to the studio.  It was a new teacher and her style was a bit different, but in a good way.  Good stretching all around.

Wednesday – with the day off work, I started the morning with the gym – okay, oats, then gym.  I just did the elliptical and about five minutes of weights before I had to chase down the bus.

Back to work tomorrow for two days and then the weekend!  A mid-week holiday is really, really weird.  I keep think it’s Saturday but it’s only the worst day of the week.  But now it’s over!  And tomorrow I donèt have time to squeeze in any exercise, so it’s a rest day, too.

Be back soon…

Adi

PS – thanks for all the congratulations on the Zesty makeover!  I’m pumped to see how it will turn out…