Posts under ‘Diet’

Cracked open a bag of apricots, and this is what you get:

This whole New Year’s resolution to challenge myself even more with workouts has finally taken off. I am now truly a Lady who Lunches because surely all ladies who lunch buy themselves workout DVDs! Yes, it’s true. I have succumb to the good housewife’s saving grace of the workout DVD.
Which ones did I buy after [...]

God. Christmas was good…despite my PMS hitting right on Christmas day and the subsequent moments of emotional outpour due to missing friends and family. It hits at the darndest times, doesn’t it? Christmas was really really good. Jock’s mom outdid herself another year, and since this is the last year Jock will be with his [...]

After reading Mid-Atlantic English’s blog, I realized I have way underestimated the task I am about to partake in.
Michelle has actually ordered things online! Shit. How am I possibly going to make pumpkin pie?
And she ordered a Turkey! Am I supposed to do that?
This is the list of menu items I sent out to my [...]

Dinner Party #3 (I think)
I’m just stuck on these themes, I tell ya! (Sorry, Grampy (aka Sir John), I have not yet tried the meatloaf recipe you so kindly emailed me. First of all, I would need to try it on myself before I push your (I’m sure) flavorful recipe on anyone else. Perhaps, American [...]

“Murder is always a mistake – one should never do anything one cannot talk about after dinner” – Oscar Wilde
Dinner parties successful! (mostly…)
I remember living in LA, having dinner parties was something I would dream about. No, literally. I would have actual dreams about throwing dinners, and inviting actual people over. I would also have [...]

English Baking Attempt #1
My lovely wonderful mother sent me a birthday package with most of the ingredients (with the exception of eggs, sugar, etc for obvious reasons) for my favorite Lemon Jello cake (amongst other favorites that I believe I mentioned in a previous blog – Butterfingers, Baltimore’s best Berger cookies, and Victoria Secret thingy [...]

Birthday week has thoroughly ruined my running and dieting. Isn’t that what it’s supposed to do?!
We have a system. Call it what you will – OCD, controlling, anal – but it works and we have lost weight from it and are maintaining it, and still are able to eat what we want.
If I eat under [...]