Food is effective

Have you seen those articles, "Wonder why you're so tired after a meal?" Take it seriously. I think Snyder is right to go light to heavy during the day. I had a crave so I thought it would be okay if I took a new de-stress multi-vitamin then I can have an Amy's light frozen spinach lasagna, an iced coffee with almond milk, and the last 1/4 of a frozen hot chocolate. Getting tired, I ate a slice of orange bell pepper. That isn't the cure, for you should stop eating completely after you had too much or if the food makes you sleepy. It's night and day. I had veggie sticks with hummus for breakfast and I felt great. Then I just ruined the energetic feeling. Oh la la.

Well last night was a completely different story. I actually had 1/2 of a frozen hot chocolate for dinner! What's wrong with you woman? Then I made a lavender and chamomile iced tea and drank about 20 ounces of it. I was feeling sloth, so when "Don't Worry, Be Happy" popped up on my itunes I did legs in the air pose on a block, something I did in yoga boot camp to that song. After that, to the energetic music that followed I did a 30-minute yoga practice and felt amazing. My endorphins sky-rocketed. Then I woke up at 8:30 instead of 5-7:30 most mornings for the last two months. I wonder if eating to much too late makes you wake up earlier. Because I ate close to nothing last night. I don't endorse it, but I noticed a difference and felt more energized also.

I have bought a box of 2 mg nicotine gum instead of my usual 4. Cutting down to wean off.

It's day three of mot buying anything material in the appreciate what I have month. I have an idea to organize my necklaces on one side of my necklace stand, and each day wear the one on the far end and put it back on the other side at the end of the day. This way I wear all of them and nothing gets neglected.

Smobergirl

Back in biz

Woo hoo. Okay my speakers blew their woofers, both of them! See the beauty in everything: My trusty sales man at the audio place I've been going to for 18 years gave me a speaker lesson, plus I wouldn't had thought to use sub-woofers for my next gig because it's in a gigantic warehouse so that would be a must. I'm such a dork I just know how to segway awesomely and play the hits. I will be a tech master soon enough now. So, the speakers are in the ER and we'll see if they survive the surgery.

I also landed two more part-time gigs up my alley. One is vacation fill-in radio-broadcaster at a hit station. Hey I'm back in radio at least, and the team is non-competitive and the APD is like my big brother. Good news. Good karma. I have day jobs and evening jobs, so now I'm set for staying out of trouble. Back in bid-ness.

Snyder would be so proud of me today, well minus my morning iced coffee.

Breakfast: Tangy lemon spinach (told ya I'd try it), cucumber, yellow pear, green grapes, lime, kale stems, chilled water, and Thai basil leaf smoothie. Winner winner.

Lunch: Kale salad

Now: Snyder's Delish Squash Bisque


That's not enough food is it. Being back on the regular dose of bupropion is curbing my appetite again.

However I'll try harder for dinner, and besides that my spirits are quite high today.

It's another 'appreciate what I have' month and going shopping in my closet! No clothes buying all month.

Love,

Smobergirl

Appreciating what I have

It's a fun game, really. I thought I wanted to try a $10 lunch for Dine O' Round today (last day) but got invited to Dad's to swim and have brunch. Then I thought I wanted an iced mocha on my way home (damn you coffee and sugar) because I had a 20% coupon at this downtown joint, but I went home instead and I made a chocolate 'milk' of cocao powder (useless trivia: cacao and cocoa are the same thing) and almond milk. Use the blender, it doesn't mix with a spoon. Watched the premiere episode of Dexter Season 7 (They are making up for the last two by a landslide! So far.) Then made some fat Italian noodles (1/2 cup) in olive oil and sea salt. I saved about $13. Sweet.

Then this morning I pulled out a pair of hardly worn Tarina Tarantino earrings about seven years old. They are a gem. I should wear them more often. Plus TT is kinda a big deal. I really do have every fashion item I need. Last night at the wedding I had only paid for my Nordy's Rack $25 flats and Kate Spade (on sale last year) purse. I just went naked. No I had an outfit from several shopping trips with my mother. Gotta love moms! A black blazer, gold cami, and black with gold brocade pants. She's quite the bargain hunter herself! Blazer from The Rack, H&M top ($4.50), and TJ Maxx pants. I got a boat-ton of comments on it. Dangit I don't have a photo. Well I kinda do but you just see the blazer. I also managed somehow to do a bang-up hair and make-up job. I never looked more professional nor elegant. I'll post it manaña. Plus I am in bed, it is after midnight, and this time I may very well be naked.

I also went a little freaky last week and donated my cheap-material jewelery (except for one pair of earrings) because I read an online article how toxic some of those materials are. Dangerous or not, my jewelry box was over-stuffed and it needed to make some sacrifices. It was pretty liberating actually.

I also thought I wanted Vamp, the famous-20-years-ago Chanel nail polish (It's like $26 now or something insane like that), but I have a deep purple Dior one (only about insanely $23 which I got about a year ago. Again, hardly worn.) You never know what gems you may have lying around, even like my grandmother's flower pin or my great-grandmother's felt and straw hats. Oh I have to show you my gram's little black dresses I inherited. She was a hot tamale in the 40s and 50s! I don't need no stinking lbds, I have two of the best, and ones no one else will have. So go shopping! In your closet! Or your storage unit! Go.

And just eat what's in your fridge and don't let those veggies spoil. Geez!

;)

Love,

Smobergirl

Internal alarm

I had a gig last night and went to sleep around 2 am, which I woke up at 7:30 like clockwork! Oy, well I'm a little tired but the lemon spinach I found at the farmer's market this morning perked me up. That's the best stuff, and a little hard to find for me. Now I made a kale salad with yellow heirloom tomato, avocado, and leftover mock chicken salad. I hope it's still good, there's a ton left. I squeezed a lime on it and added pepper and sea salt. I have Amy's Indian food in the oven.

Last night I received so many compliments on the way I looked, and I noticed my skin is a lot clearer and more olive-toned, like my last quit. Two months seem like forever to get to, but just after a month my belly bloat went down and I lost a lot of fat in my face. Eat your salads, kids! And healthy fats like green olives keep your skin hydrated, not fat. We need healthy plant fats for our skin, hair, and nails, and iced coffee addicts like myself. Just pace yourself with the olives. I'll have 2-5 a day. A handful of nuts. 1/2 to 1 avocado. It's also important what you eat the rest of the day. I'm making all kinds of creative salads and soups. Then I don't feel guilty eating healthy fat snacks. If you eat crap all day then have these snacks, that's not a good sign.

With my lovely lemon spinach I have a brilliant idea for a smoothie. It's excellent in smoothies. Okay how's this: Limes, celery, lemon spinach, pear, cucumber. I'll report back.

My only downfall this week is not exercising, and craving sugar. I was good yesterday and this morning. Gotta do some hip hop or something today. I look good, I feel calm, but I feel ecstatic when I work out. It makes sense! Even after not doing yoga for a week I've stiffened up. Tisk, tisk. The sugar I'll allow for the wine craves, but I gotta work out for my spirits.

Love,

Smobergirl

Day 65

Don't give in. Do something else.

Distract yourself, and Drink water. Three outta four ain't bad. Iced coffee and a milk shake uh covered the water part? Well, I craved fiercely around 6:30 this evening so I popped a piece of nic gum and got an iced coffee. Then I did some retail therapy, I bought a hot neon green top that makes my boobs look awesome for the price of a binge night. Wearin' that to one of my new quiz gigs. Then I grabbed a frozen hot chocolate which I drank half of and now I have this brilliant idea to blend the rest with the tiny strawberries tomorrow. Whew! It was a close one and I almost risked not knowing if I'd pass out after two glasses and go crazy on Wellbutrin like some of the stories I've read online. The horror is I don't know what kind of 'crazy' they were talking about. I just feel so much better, then there's my bloody shoulder...

This is actually a huge synchronicity and hil-arious. I had a 'feeling' to call my dermatologist on Friday because it's been about a year since I had my moles checked (and they aren't just on my face man) and I had an appointment today which I also found out my father had one later in the afternoon! I go once a year at that. So after my appointment in the morning I told him, and he said he was going in at four when I was told his was actually at 2:15 by the doc's office manager. So I saved him from being late. It's a miracle in disguise. Then he called me later and said the doc cut a mole out. Hey me too! However I was so excited to practice guitar for an hour and ripped the scab off with the medical bandage. Ow. So I'm still bleeding and I put this nifty bandage on. Then after my shopping and shake rampage I take it off and it's still gooey. Ew. So I slather Neosporin on it and my Yeti Attack bandage. If you see above on one of my other brilliant bandages the horn is pointing to a spatter of dried blood on my shoulder. Completely unintentional. Well here's to no melanoma and I think I'd get a call my now if it was malignant, same with my dad. What a crazy day.


Breakfast: Berry and kale smoothie, one hard-boiled egg

Lunch: Tabouleh, mock tuna salad, and my healthy rainbow bell pepper slaw

Dinner: Treat! Seared scallops and risotto with steamed veggies, Italian herbed olives, sauteed garlic on crusty bread, and the best tiramisu on the planet with the biggest blackberry I've ever seen.

Snack: Iced coffee followed by 8 ounces of frozen hot chocolate

I still ate light to heavy. I will do ANYTHING but drink or smoke if it comes to eating two desserts and buying a hot tank top. Porsche Design. $39 on sale. Thank you very much.

Love,

Smobergirl

Sloth

Why...am...I...so...tired....?...

I'll just roll with it. I did watch Sherlock for four hours. Then I did some power yoga and felt more relaxed and a tad more awake. I'm hanging with the neighbors tonight which will be fun but I hope I live. I'm such an old lady.You know what could add to the problem is me waking up at 6:30-7 in the morning. It is awesome that I'm waking up smober early than 9-1 hungover and miserable. So really I'm not complaining. I'm still eating well. Kale salad and popcorn for the PBS mystery. Maybe that's not enough. I'm planing on the rest of my slaw or mock chicken salad, a veg burger patty, and baked sweet potato wedges for dinner.

Lates,

Smobergirl

Good substitutions

I feel morally sound, and I was bounding with energy from 7:30 am until 10:00 am when I made a pineapple-grape-kale-ginger smoothie and performed a self body-slimming mud wrap while burning music for a wedding. Then I had a 1/2 avocado, muhammara with flax crackers, and an iced chai and I want to fall asleep! No coffee.That could be it unless the crackers and/or muhammara were too heavy. Or cleansing, or the mud sucked a lot out. Dunno! Yawn.

I still feel proud of myself taking the Wellbutrin, although it's half the dose now by my and not the doctor's choice. However the heart murmurs are gone, I feel better in the morning, I have no anxiety, I'm still calm, and I still can't drink or smoke. I don't even attempt it. Well at least it's Sunday. I washed my couch (I did. It's a Love Sac sectional couch and I can wash the covers.) and cushions so I can lay down in a chocolate brown cloud of clean. Sherlock did come in the mail. I can watch that then do my hip hop or yoga or both. Yawn.

Love,

Smobergirl

Day 58