Die-T Another Day

Sorry for the delay. My laptop stopped functioning.

Die-t Another Day:

I was very nervous when I posted my first blog entry this Thursday.  But thanks to everyone who commented and liked on FB, I was so thrilled that husband and I opened a bottle of Red Wine soon after we reached home . And we had creamy pasta on the dinner menu.

We decided we’d tuck my daughter in bed and celebrate post that. By the time Anika was fast asleep my stomach was growling . So to assuage hunger pangs I bit into a thick cube of Gouda Cheese as I sipped my red. The combination worked beautifully. The heft of the Gouda , kept hunger at bay.

My husband had two glasses of wine, as we talked about the blog and my upcoming book. So excited was I that by the end of the night I finished the whole bottle of red…

…And, woke up the next morning feeling like shit. I was hungry for I had skipped dinner, I was grouchy because I had no energy. And there was work to be done. I had to get Anika ready, drop her to school and then edit my novel-in-progress. And who would take the Bikini Project seriously if I, right after my first blog-post,  guzzle down like silly.

As I plodded through the day, I promised myself- no more alcohol. It saps me off energy. I could not even think of exercise, as I was ready to hit the sack by seven in the evening . But Anika was full of life and wanted to play building blocks.We had dinner by 8:30 pm and buckled down to play.

Though I will not go on a diet, I plan to follow Bob Greene’s Five Simple Eating Rules mentioned in his book Total Body Makeover ( 2005, Simon&Schuster). Bob Greene is Oprah Winfrey’s trainer and has featured on Oprah very often . Here are his five rules

1)      “Have an eating cut off time”.  This means that you let 2-3 hours pass between dinner and bed time. So, I had to wait till 11:30p.m before I hit the sack.

2)      “Eat a nourishing breakfast”.

3)      “Drink a minimum of six -8 ounce glasses of water a day”.

4)        “Eliminate Alcohol” ( Hmm…ahem… cough …cough..But then wine …its not alcohol. Its fruit juice, it should be had for breakfast ;))

5)         “Make eating a conscious act”. While this may sound like a no-brainer , this tip is of utmost importance to me. I dunk my head into a bag of chips every time I am anxious. So I promise myself I will only eat at the table – breakfast, lunch, tea  and dinner.

And now it was past eleven . I was proud to have stuck to the first rule. But slowly hunger crept in. Very slowly. How could I sleep on an empty stomach? And one mini-modak of Hershey’s Kisses would not hurt. However  nuts, chips and chocolates and even children – its difficult to stop at one. Surreptitiously , one mini-modak went up to two, then three, and finally stopped at 4. I have no recollection of how 2 chocolate-chip cookies were gobbled up post that.  Maybe it was the exhaustion of the day catching up.  Anyways, l will end my post as dramatically as Scarlett O Hara in Gone with the Wind – tomorrow is yet another day.

Till then,

Have Fun!

 

Coming Up Next – The Exercise Battle.