Kale Chips= Bad, Kettle Chips= Good

It's been a rough week, folks. Rough. Between the detox diet, PMS'ing, and being broke just in time for J's birthday, I've been pretty much moping around the house feeling hungry and a lil' depressed. I've stayed offline in an effort to not spread my poison. But here it is now for your enjoyment.

Let's start with what I've learned about detox dieting: It's stupid.

Okay, maybe not stupid. Just not for me and Mr. C. We were supposed to do 4 days of smoothies/soups for breakfast & dinner, with a small meal at lunch that consisted of a protein and vegetables. It sounded easy enough, but we discovered something important about ourselves. We don't like to be hungry.

The day just dragged, our energy was low, and when it finally came time to eat an actual meal at lunch, everything in Mr. C's expression when he looked down at the 4 oz. salmon and greens echoed my sentiments exactly: "Please sir, may I have some more?".

After crawling through the rest of the day and dragging ourselves through the kids' dinner, bath, and bedtime, I whipped up our cold beet soup and handed it to Mr. C. That's when he put down his glass, pinned me against the counter, looked deep into my eyes, and said, "I don't want to be hungry. I just want to be healthy."

And that's about as romantic as Mr. C gets.

We waved the white flag.

We decided to do something for the next four days that was a little more common sense for us. We started eating when we were hungry, but made sure we ate only fruits or vegetables. We still cut out alcohol, sugar, dairy, caffeine, red meat, and oh yeah, did I mention alcohol? We started exercising again together (which totally brought back memories of how we used to run sprints together at the local high school when we were dating- is it wrong that I associate romance with sweat and fierce competition?).

We also cut out alcohol.

Or did I mention that already?

Anyway, I guess the detox worked in that it gave us a jump start on a healthier lifestyle, even if we do have those nasty toxins still floating around our bodies. I'm going to be cooking vegetarian for the next month or so- it's an adventure in cooking for me, as well as part of our attempt at better health.

Also, I feel skinnier, though I don't know if I lost any weight or not. I don't keep a scale in the house because my therapist mother, who counseled many a young girl with an eating disorder, taught us to go by what we see in the mirror rather than what the scale tells us. I am wondering though, after spending yesterday at a water park and seeing many a heft lady walking around in a bikini, if perhaps I shouldn't just work on my confidence issues instead.

Allright, so I'll eventually post the FFF Part 2, Pizza Party Edition, though I decided I'm just gonna do it when I want to. (Don't blame me, blame the lack of sugar and carbs. I think it's made me more obstinate. )

I've also got a certain almost-4 year olds birthday post to plan. You know those are special to me, so stay posted.

You all have a great day!

P.S.- One last thing. This last week I read in a health magazine about a lady who lost a lot of weight blah, blah, blah. What caught my attention was that she said she was passionately addicted to chips, and that she found a perfect replacement that satisfied her cravings: Kale Chips.

I tried it.

They were disgusting.

That lady may be skinny on the outside, but on the inside she's a big, fat, mean, liar.

That's all I'm going to say about that.