Short and Sweet

Worked on getting the house and cake ready for Joshua's Coming of Age party tomorrow. He's turning 14.  We're excited to have a houseful of some of our favorite people to join us in celebrating this new journey to manhood Joshua is taking on.  He's elated.

He requested a Pizza Feast and root beer floats for his party.  Knowing this, I stocked up on the goodies he requested and also have the fixin's for a big salad.  When people asked what they could bring, I suggested vegetable trays and/or watermelon.  We'll have healthy to balance out the not-so-healthy.

I've been thinking of this pizza party for a couple of months now, wondering how I want to deal with it. I feel very good about having a half or even full slice of pizza as a treat. I really do love pizza and I've resisted it several times now when it was served as a simple dinner for leisure.  This time, because of the special occasion, I don't feel that it's necessary to restrict myself from it. However, I felt so awful after having that bison burger a couple of weeks ago, I'm not sure I want to give it a chance.  I'm also thinking of David, who is still juicing and not eating at all.  I just feel awful eating in front of him.

So, my plan, for now, is to load up on salad, vegies, and fruit and see if I even have room for a bite or two of pizza. And, I am going to try to do that out of David's view. ;) I guess you'll have to tune in again to see if I eat the pizza or not. :-P

I stayed up late tonight decorating Joshua's birthday cake. It's a compass cake in honor of the gift David bought for him, a compass. It's connected to the bible we also have for his gift.  Both follow the idea that when you use them often and well, you will stay on the correct path and keep from losing your way. I'm so excited for my boy's special day tomorrow. :)

 

 

I didn't get in a workout today. I decided today would be a break day since I was up and moving with all the cleaning chores we did. I did fine with food, though. No snacks, ETL all the way.  Tossed in some diced kale with the stir fry we had tonight.  I was noticing that, while I used to serve my stir fry over brown rice, I didn't even notice the difference as I crunched my way through my dinner. It's interesting to me that I was eating so many more calories just for the simple reason that stir fry should be served over rice.  Oh, my silly brain!

 

So far, David is down 13.5 pounds. He looks so great! You can SEE a major difference already in less than a week. AMAZING!! 

 

We watched this movie tonight and it was super.  Fantastic information on nutrition and plant-based diets.  There was some discussion on the history of the government food pyramid. I have been talking about that for a week or more. I loved learning how it all came about.  We rented it from Amazon.com and the whole family enjoyed watching it. Great stuff, and, again, I didn't even know Dr. Furhman would be featured in the film. Honest! ;)