I’m feeling kind of chatty tonight, so bear with me. You get several blogs in one this time!
Right now I am feeling incredibly blessed. I hope this feeling isn’t exclusive to Spring, because that does seem to help! I am finally at a place where I am enjoying living in Huntsville again. (Houston’s pretty awesome, ya know??) I am having so much fun in my classes this semester and am still very proud to be a Bearkat…whatever that is! Moving back to Huntsville has turned out to be one of the healthiest things I have done for myself, and not just academically. I feel like I have been growing so much as a person, and I am definitely learning more about myself, who I want to become and remain, and where I want to go in life. I have hope again, and I am really excited for the future! I have big dreams and I hope I can make at least a few of them reality.
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This morning I had a sad surprise waiting for me when I got on the scale. I had an “official weigh day” today and it was not pretty. I cheated badly yesterday and my body did NOT look the other way. Moral of the story: don’t give up on going out with friends, just put some thought into what you are putting in your body. I made it a cheat day by neglecting my food tracker. If I had just logged things in as I ordered or ate them, I know I would have done better for myself. And I don’t believe in cheat days!!! I will not reward myself with food, and I want to learn how to make healthier choices when I’m out. Dang Mexican food + dollar margaritas!! I love you, but you kill me. In other weighty matters, cheese and eggs are NOT your friend. 1/4 cup of shredded cheddar = 9 GRAMS OF FAT!!! Do you know how little cheese that is? Is that worth it? NO. And eggs are so saturated in fat and cholesterol it’s positively disgusting. When I food-logged an omelet, I swear it felt like my arteries were clogging up right then and there. I try to stay away from these things, as I am very very slowly weaning myself off of them, and this just gives me even more reason to stay away. I have turned into the fat nazi this past week. I am not a fan, unless its in nuts and avocado.
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Tonight a few of us went to Udipi Cafe, which is a vegetarian Indian restaurant. Most amazing food I have had in a looong time. I haven’t had Indian food since my ex and I split up, so I was pretty much in heaven rediscovering the awesomeness of curried everything. We started with an appetizer tray, which had a ton of fried vegetables/samosas/patties and a lentil donut! We thought that was awesome, but after trying my wonderful main course I will probably skip the appetizer next time. SO much food! My main course was seriously delectable. I forget what it was called (except for the number 10) but it was curried potatoes, peas, carrots, and nuts in a cashew cream sauce. It had the consistency of La Madeleine’s tomato basil soup and it was fantastic. With it, we had 2 different kinds of bread and long grain rice. Really thin puffy blowfish shaped bread, and the softest yummiest thick bread which tasted like a more exotic tortilla. I wanted to try a dessert, but after all that food (most of it now in to-go containers) there was no way. This could very well be a new favorite.
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Life is just a bowl of cherries. Don’t take it serious, life’s too mysterious.
You work, you save, you worry so – but you can’t take your dough when you go.
So keep repeating, “It’s the berries.” The strongest oak must fall.
The sweet things in life to you were just loaned. So how can you lose what you’ve never owned?
Life is just a bowl of cherries. So live and laugh, laugh and love. Live and laugh at it all!
Aren’t those just lovely lyrics? That song is what inspired my blog title. When I was a teenager, I listened to that song (on the Fosse Original Broadway Cast Recording) whenever I felt overwhelmed, stressed, and upset. It still speaks to me to this day. That song releases me and lifts me up. I suggest you check it out sometime.
Blowfish Bread!
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