Zezty!

I admit, I've been eating greasier and sugarier than usual for a week. It's my first Christmas and NYE smober, so I kinda expected as much. However I'm keeping the sizes small and I don't feel sick or sleepy. One example: That's salted caramel gelato (from Vinto) with maple syrup and blackberries. No breakfast. For lunch I met a friend at Bambara and had a grilled cheese with apples and a salad with blue cheese crumbles and arugula. So, good with the bad. just now I had the gelato preceded by a small bowl of sauteed brussels sprouts, chantarelle mushrooms, apple cider vinegar, cumin, curry, tumeric, and hazelnuts with zested ginger root and lemon. It was terrific!

Smobergirl

Feeling good!

It's either the guava juice or the fact that I just watched "Get Him To The Greek" that's making me giddy. There was also a part in the movie where Aldous Snow (the rock star) announces on VH1 that he's 6 months sober. It was awesome. It's really awesome. I feel pretty cool right now. If you are thinking of quitting a bad habit, just do it now. The first three days are usually the worst. Eat everything you want for a month, or if you want to quit overeating, shop and watch all the funny movies with craploads of mineral water that you want. Month three is hard. Month 6 is easy. I'll be 8 months sober and smober (smoke-free according to Quitnet) on January 17. I feel pretty damn good. Look how skeeny I got. No more bullfrog chin. No more Homer face tummy. Bandit's not breathing my smoke. I don't wake up throwing away the bottle and pack in disgust, saying, "never again". No hangovers, no hate facebooking or emailing. I just feel good. Guava is my favorite thing in the world, and this Spring I found a juice not made with sugar or corn syrup. Something about the smell is intoxicating. Maybe I'll go on a guava juice fast.

Like my Christmas jams? Paul Frank is my homeboy.

I'll do the sans coffee starting on the first. It's happening. Dr. Oz says I'll lose 10 pounds if I switch from coffee to tea because the acid in coffee raises your cortisol levels, the stress hormone, and somehow that increases fat, apparently. But I don't necessarily want to lose more, I'm doing it for my mood. Earlier today after glass #2 of iced coffee I started getting irritable. I didn't like that so much. I know coffee is published as beneficial, but so is wine. And I want to see if tea makes me feel better. Honestly I think it tastes better.

Okay night. Sweet dreams and happy bunnies and all that stuff. Oh yeah a boy who I've been crushing on for three years just asked me out. That could be it.

Smobergirl
Day 225 I think.

I'm going to quit coffee on NY's Day. Wish me luck!

Good last day with my mom before her car finally arrived. Ate too well the last 2 weeks. Time to cleanse!

Fondue: A good test for me.

That's because it's made with WINE and kirsh. The alcohol gets cooked out, but I think in the alcoholic's world that's temptation. In AA there's been talk about "Once an alcoholic..." but I was fine with the whole thing. My mom came over, we made it, it was amazing, and I didn't freak. Well just a tad actually when she told me to keep the kirsh because it was terribly expensive. Then I had a second thought. I'm not stupid enough to drink kirsh as a drink. Have you had the stuff? So yeah, I don't want to get drunk for the sake of it. And I don't want a new bottle of Brancott or a 'good red'. I even saw Sideways for the second time at my father's last night and I didn't excuse myself early to drink at home. I didn't even think about it. This is very good news. And the thought of smoking has completely grossed me out since I started the yoga teacher training. I did have to to unbutton my pants after having fondue for dinner and I hope I maintain the weight at 130, but I want to believe that after quitting my metabolism shot up, and that shows that being healthy is beneficial in multiple ways. It's great not to see the scale at 155 anymore. Portia Di Rossi commented in a fashion magazine recently, about her memoirs of being anorexic, that she became really fat before her anorexia at 140 pounds. 140 pounds? Fat? I'm not going to comment. Okay I am. When I was 155 I was a size 7. Oh what a fat-ass! I am yes much happier now, but a size seven is usually not considered fat. Unless you are a famous actress I suppose. The imagery of American women has got to improve.

So the fondue is an occasional treat. I will maybe have it 1-3 times a year. It's addictive while you are sitting in front of a pot of stinky wine-cheese soup. Gah. Danger Dr. Smith. But like I said I didn't want to go to the bottle from there.

Anyone want to buy a spendy 3/4 bottle of kirsh?

Smobergirl
Day 223

Merry Christmas! Just got knickers online, lasts longer than wine. ;)

Huge car update.

#1, my guilt disappeared the next day just because it was something that just happened to both my mother and I, and nothing is worth beating yourself up for, unless you steal a 2010 Mercedes Benz.

#2, the Salem, Oregon police found it two days later abandoned on the road out of gas. The car is scheduled to be towed here tomorrow. Everything is in the car including my mom's cell phone, and the car isn't damaged. Everything is the same except for an extra 815 miles.

#3, the thief appeared at the impound yesterday with the spare key (it was under the seat, that's how he got away in the first place) claiming the Mercedes was his and he bought it in California for $20,000. He was arrested.

This should totally be in News Quirks.


Happy time.


Smobergirl
Day 219