It's very hard dealing with my sister, while trying to get in better shape and change my life. Yet, she thinks I am the bad influence on her. In fact, we are both correct.
Earlier today, she tried to talk me into going and getting Cup O' Gold candy bars and finally I told her that I will not enable her by going into the store and getting them. She said "Thank you."
Later, she mentioned cupcakes and such as that. We did not go and get them. However, later than that, we did go get them. Now, this made her feel bad, as she feels like she has caved in, failed or something else negative. I, however, made a conscious decision that I wanted a cupcake and I would have a cupcake - just the one, just because it is delicious.
If I had gone for the Cup O' Gold, though, it would have been wrong to do, as I didn't really want them, but, they were more convenient and she was going to pay for them, but, one of those would not have satisfied me, today.
For lunch, I made us turkey sandwiches with tomato and zucchini slices, mayonnaise and a little horseradish. We had an apple a little after that.
For dinner, I cooked the steaks I had purchased the other day, and onions, green onions, green pepper, zucchini and mushrooms, all seasoned with garlic, cumin, lemon pepper, chili powder and cayenne pepper and sauteed in a mix of olive oil and lime juice. It was really good, too. Plus we had fresh spinach leaves and avocado for a salad and one of those whole grain rolls that I bought at the same time as the steak.
She had used my honey mustard and some vinegar and spices to make a dressing for the salad.
So, mostly vegetables and mostly satisfying, was the dinner. Actually, the steak turned out amazingly tender and not a lot of water cooked out of it. They must have forgot to pump water into it, this time around.
Did a wee bit of marching in place and such as that when I took her dogs out. I also suggested to her that maybe we should take her dogs to the park every week, so both they and we can get more exercise walking around there.
Don't know if that's going to happen, but, at least the seed is planted.
At the store, I saw one of my favorite magazines had something about a thyroid cure on it, so, for the first time in a wee while, I was intrigued and I purchased it.
Turned out to be another diet plan. Strangely, it is almost entirely the diet plan I was considering writing up for myself, except that it involves such things as whey protein and Greek Yogurt to eat every day, which would make me go crazy and, possibly, die.
Now, I'm not maligning the plan or saying it wouldn't work. I suppose it has the same chance of success as most, for those who can afford them and digest what they tell you to eat.
There's the main difference between their plan and mine. Their plan is written for women who are at the grocery store, after a hard day's work or are decently retired, and have at least a few dollars a month to fiddle around with.
One of my sisters is on the HCG diet, I believe it's called, and she likes it and is doing fairly well. She also did the lap band thing before and lost weight with that.
I can't afford to do those things. Either can my other sister who has a better paying job than I do and can pay all her own bills. So, where is the solution for those of us who can't afford whey protein, surgery, hormone shots, to buy special meals, etc?
You've heard this before, I know. You'll probably hear it again, too, before I am done. Sorry, but, it's a subject that is so important that it bears repeating questions and information about.
The plan I shall devise will be fun, fairly simple and fairly cheap. It will be mostly pleasant or at least not horrible (different people have different reactions to any amount of apple cider vinegar, after all) and it won't demand too much specificity.
IE: If it says "eat vegetables" it does not mean eat arugula that's been hand tended by Bedouin monks. Nor does it mean not to. It can mean canned, cooked, frozen, fresh, raw and mostly any type.
Got to get on that and start getting serious. xx
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