And In The Beginning, There Was Food… And Holiday Weight Gain + RECIPE: Stir Fry with Avocado over Cous Cous

(Intended to be posted on the 2nd)

Parental Guidance Warning: This blog entry contains two pieces of foul language on account of eating terribly over the holidays. I think you’ll understand.

I stepped on the scale this morning, and I was really disappointed with myself. I gained 5 pounds in a week and a half.

::Shakes fist angrily in the air:: I let the holidays fuck up all my hard work for a month and a half.

Never has it been more clear to me why I need to maintain eating healthy food and exercising.

The Day Before the Day Before the Day: Re-Motivating

Dear January 2013,

I just completed a half hour walk with my partner, and we said something to eachother we haven’t had a chance to say for the last three weeks: “Hey, can we talk about my life?”

Day 6 & 7: Volunteering Is My New Favorite Thing

On Saturday September 29th, I volunteered at CitySeed (http://cityseed.org/) for the first time. I spent three hours at the Wooster Square Farmer’s Market helping Nadine Nelson (http://about.me/NadineNelson) with her demonstration on tomato curry chutney.

While working with her, I learned a few really awesome techniques. She said with chutneys, it’s all about just putting everything in the pot together and letting it boil down and get thick. The portion of produce can be substituted out with other produce. For instance, we made tomato chutney, but you can make plum by substituting in the same amount of plums as you did tomatoes. Below are the photos I took while helping her:

Day 3&4: Compromise, But Not Too Much

I have maintained eating a plant-based diet, and I met some of my new goals with exercise. Today, and yesterday I walked for the full hour over my lunch break. It was invigorating, and I was happier after. In fact I even felt more productive at work!

But after I got home, and helped my partner through a difficult day, I spent an hour making a salsa from scratch, sour no-cream (tofu), pitted and sliced two avocados, and shredded pepper jack almond cheese. And then, because I had forgotten to preheat the oven, I microwaved two bake potatoes to put all of my toppings on. After I did, I took a big bite… and almost threw up. It tasted disgusting. I thought, at first, it was the sour cream. Then, I took a bite of the potato, and realized it was the potato. It was totally disgusting. It was too late to take it back to the grocery store, so I didn’t really have anything to eat.