Shut the Front Door!!!

13 Sep 2010 4 Comments

by blissfuleater in Healthy eating, Nutrition, Organic foods, Weight loss

9/10/2010

Man, exciting stuff happening!  I actually cooked something that made me do my happy food dance.  For those of you who haven’t had the joy (okay, maybe not joy) of watching my happy food dance, I pretty much wiggle around and hum while I eat.  Up to this point in my life, only one other thing has made me do the happy food dance-that is Alladin’s Café’s Lentil soup and Hummus and Gyro.  (Wiping drool from my chin)  Anywho, what did it this time you ask?  The simplest of things!  I sliced an eggplant like patties, basted them with olive oil and a little salt and white pepper, and then roasted them in the oven.  When they were almost done, I sprinkled the tiniest bit of an Italian cheese blend on them.  SOOOO delish!  Ironically, I went to Alladin’s the other day and ordered my hummus and gyro and the weirdest thing happened-wasn’t so keen on it, no happy dance.  What the fetch?!  Although it was just as delicious as always, I wasn’t diggin’ the meat.  Too much meat and not enough veg.  Especially in the past few days, I find that I just don’t dig meat much at all anymore.  Not to mention, ate some beef last night and lived in the frickin’ bathroom.  The body no likey!  I will spare you any more of the hideous details.  I am pretty much about at the point where I am just about going to go vegetarian.  Yes, a former meatasaurus and McDonald’s addict is riding the veggie train!  Gotta love it!  (At one point I considered doing a bikini shot with all the dimples and rolls showing in their full glory and having “Body by McDonald’s” printed under it to discourage consumption of such crap but I chickened out.  A bikini ***cringe!***  I considered it a public service not to do so.)  

So what else has been happening?  Wowie wow!  SOOOO much.  Ya know, I spend a lot of time writing about food, but this process is about much, much more.  Sherree has this awesome food pyramid (modified from the standard issue FDA one) and around this pyramid is a circle.  That circle encompasses your mental and physical well-being.  (Jump in here Sherree if I am off the mark.  Loves my food Yoda!)  Basically all of these elements have to be present in a good way for us to function-if your nutrition is poor and your physical well-being thus suffers, everything caves in, and likewise if you are eating good food but are an f’d up mess emotionally, it caves.  I’ll make no bones about it folks, and this is true for everyone, but with all the balls I have in the air right now, it is a MAJOR challenge to keep it all together.  For me, the physical and the food aren’t such a challenge, but the emotional/mental health aspect of it is an ass kicker!

9/12/2010

I wanted to note the dates here so folks could see that I wrote part of the blog on one day and part on another.  I was one cheery chick on Friday and here I sit ol’ Betty Bitchy Britches on Sunday.  I am SOOOO frickin’ cranky.  I’m not going to lie to you people-you get it all, the good, the bad and the ugly.  I am just grumpy.  Like the kind of grumpy where you’d rip someone’s arm off and beat them with it just for shits and giggles.  Hmmm…perhaps I should go spritz a little holy water on myself.  All dark and nasty-yikes!  That is SO not my usual scene.  I don’t feel that well today.  Some seasonal funk is trying to get its grubby little mitts on me.  My neck and shoulders are achy, throat is sore, and my sinuses are stuffy.  And did I mention that I was bitchy?  Hey people, I believe in fair warning.  On top of that, the monthly “gift” decided to pop in for a visit yesterday.  Bummer is that I didn’t keep my receipt, so I can neither return that gift nor can I regift it.  Lame.  So what is up you ask?  (Besides being a massive grumpy butt, that is)  I find myself, yet again, fretting about money again (who isn’t these days?).  For those new to the program-I am newly divorced, self-employed and have a little boy that is almost three.  It’s a whole different critter when it is just you to take care of, but when you have a little person counting on you, things can get real and scary quick.  This is something I struggle with and I’ve gotten better at handling, but I’ve got a long way to go.  Bottomline is, if the shit hit the fan, I have a wonderful support structure-amazing family, awesome friends.  It’s not like I’d end up in my minivan down by the river (Chris Farley, anyone?).  That wouldn’t happen even if no one had my back.  That isn’t my way.  I’m a suck it up and make it work kinda gal.  You can sit on the pity pot all you like, but all you will get is a sore red ring on your ass. 

It is SO critically important to send positive energy out into the universe and focus on the things you want-NOT the things you don’t.  If you spend your time focusing on what you don’t want (i.e., I don’t want to be broke), then you are going to get back what you put out.  (It is just like if you look for the ugly in the world, you will find it or it will find you)  This is always at the forefront of my mind, but sometimes I find difficulty in trusting that the universe will provide me exactly what I need, exactly when I need it.  I know this to be true-it always has been, but sometimes it gets tiring beating down that negative little voice in my head.  I am sure that the emotional part of the circle crashing this weekend is what led me to not feel well.  We must always be mindful that one of the parts will always affect the whole-positively or negatively-and we must always strive for the positive.  So, my challenge tonight is to visualize a hunter (Elmer Fudd pops into my head) hunting down that negative voice (i.e., the “wabbit” but not a cool Bugs Bunny rabbit, but a gnarly horrible rabbit) and capping its ass!  Negative energy is not and will never be welcome here!  I must recall my positive affirmations and put out into the universe the wonderful, happy, loving energy that is me. 

It isn’t always an easy road, but then seldom does something really worth having come easy.  You’ve got to keep a smile on your face, a happy song in your heart, and just keep on keeping on.  Life isn’t something you watch pass by-you jump on that crazy train and ride it until it takes you where you want to go, or it crashes.  For me personally, I have no intention of letting that train crash.  My life is awesome and I will rock it out!

Love, peace, and gratitude to you all,

Shelley