What I ate Tuesday…..letting go.

Posted on February 8, 2012

There has been a situation in my life, personal one, that I haven’t written about here. It has been consuming my brain for the past few weeks, part of why I’ve been down on some days. Everyday I’ve been getting these emails from this website called “The Daily Love”, they are inspiring but to be honest I usually delete them. Yesterday’s email was about letting go. Mastin Kipp, who writes a letter each day started the letter with “I am very present to the idea that if you let go, it all gets done.” I was sitting on my couch reading this on my iPhone. I finished the letter, put my phone down and just told myself I was going to let it go. If the situation was meant to be then it would be. Literally ten minutes later the phone rang. Strange.

You know how they say “the road to hell is paved in good intentions”, that’s how I felt with my eating yesterday. I intended to drink just juice and water for the whole day. I actually did very well until this evening and I was starving. So I had some sweet potato fries, a piece of Tuna and a salad. I also did my Wii Fit. I find that if I do some sort of work out I feel better about myself. The night ended with having one drink at the bar! Yes, I successfully had one drink!

Have a great day everyone!

What I ate Monday

Posted on February 7, 2012

Today was one of those days that I just didn’t want to get out of bed. For a change, it wasn’t because I drank too much the night before. I’m beginning to realize that I might be starting to sound like Chelsea Handler in these posts. I don’t drink every night, do I?

Yesterday was supposed to be a day off but I spent a few hours at my desk at home working on work stuff. I’ve had a horrible time concentrating and just sitting at my desk here with no stimuli seemed to help. I plan on doing the same thing today. My goal today is to work, drink juice (only juice) and then I might be doing an interview on a friends web show. I’ll let you know as soon as it is up.

Yesterday, even though I had a craving for pizza I decided I would eat the food that I had purchased the other day at the grocery store. I spent $100 at the store on Friday and all I want is pizza! So I made a turkey burger and a salad for lunch. I find that if you put a little honey mustard on top of a burger it doesn’t even need a bun.

For dinner I made a sausage, onions, peppers sauté with some barley. I boiled the barley and sautéed everything including garlic and put it in a bowl. I felt like I wanted the starch and I’m loving barley lately for some reason. I used a sweet Italian chicken sausage I found at the grocery store.

Did any of you watch the new show SMASH? I loved it. It made me long to live and work in New York again! What did you think?

What I ate Sunday….a drag queen, wieners, Madonna and football.

Posted on February 6, 2012

Does it come as a surprise that I’m not a very big football fan? So when I was asked to cater, think simple not lavish, a Super Bowl party at my favorite bar I was psyched that I wouldn’t have to go to the endless parties and cheer for a game I despise. The reason why I despise it? The hours and hours and hours of time spent being dragged to the football stands having to watch my brothers. This would prove to be a more interesting Super Bowl party, a party where the crowd, mostly gay, would be more interested in Madonna’s half time show (or intermission) than they would be in the game. So I sent a lovely assistant to the store to pick up all the fixin’s. Hot dogs, lovingly referred to as wieners from here on out, chili, cheese, onions, relish, sauerkraut etc.

The evening was hosted by our lovely local drag queen, Taffy Darling. She pranced around making jokes, clearing tables and being an all around delight. During the game most people were on their iPhones checking their Facebook account to see what their friends were doing but as soon as the commercials came on we all put our phones down and watched.

As all of you know, Madonna was AMAZING during the half time show. I wish I could move like that and she’s got a few years on me. Who ever threw Madonna into the mix of the Super Bowl was brilliant. All in all it was a great night. I wish there was more wiener innuendo’s, can you ever really have enough? I ate about 6 wieners myself, which is a record. I know what you are thinking, and it’s disgusting.

Today and tomorrow I’m sitting at home and working on a project. Have a great day everyone!

What I ate Saturday….bar night.

Posted on February 5, 2012

I know, I know, I should be taking care of myself and not going out to the bar. I really did intend to have one drink last night and then go home. One of my friends showed up and my good intentions went out the window. The next thing I know I’m dancing, in my chair, with said friend to ‘Last Dance’ at 1am. Our arms were flailing around,and we were singing at the top of our lungs. I finally got to sleep at two this morning, of course waking up every two hours to go to the bathroom but it was worth it!

Tonight for the Superbowl I’m catering free hotdogs at the bar, nothing fancy just putting them out with all the condiments and then probably drinking! It should be the perfect night a drag queen is hosting the Super Bowl, Madonna is performing during half time (I almost typed intermission) and we are serving wieners! What could be better than that?

What are YOU doing for the Super Bowl?

By the way, yesterday I drank a juice for breakfast, my soup for lunch with a banana and some chicken thighs and a sweet potato for dinner!

What I ate Friday…..alone.

Posted on February 4, 2012

Have you ever been in a room full of people and felt alone? I was hanging out at a bar last night and this overwhelming feeling of being alone came over me. Not sure where it came from but I came home, had a little breakdown, in private, and fell asleep. I’m not even sure why I’m choosing to share this with you all but there you go. I also realized how out of control my eating is getting again. Yesterday I had a bag of chips and a sandwich from Subway. Then for dinner I had a Caesar salad from a chain restaurant. It was kind of gross.

I woke up this morning and went to the grocery store at 8am. I spent $100 on fruits, veggies, some meat and NyQuil. I desperately want to sleep today but instead have to work all day.

Anyway, thanks for listening. Time for a shower and work! Have a great day!

What I ate Thursday…

Posted on February 3, 2012

I was tired, loopy and just wanted to sleep yesterday. Work got in the way of that, not in a bad way. I worked all day, then went to dinner with friends and went back to work to watch a dress rehearsal for a show that starts performances tonight. For dinner last night I was bad and had a bacon cheese burger but it felt so good.

I also discovered that if you just say the word ‘stairs’ my amazing dog will go up them. This dog never ceases to amaze me. I’ll take a picture of the stairs to show you or maybe I’ll film her doing it.

Have a great day!

What I ate Wednesday, the story of an unfit father

Posted on February 2, 2012

I’m an unfit parent and I don’t mean because of my weight. My doggie daughter fell off a barstool last night. She had one too many pieces of popcorn and next thing I know she’s on the ground. I had to swoop her up in embarrassment and leave. Ok, I made that up, I wasn’t too embarrassed about it. Geez, what does THAT say about me? In all seriousness she is fine, sitting on my lap right now as I type.

We have to go back to that bar anyway because she got asked to co-host the Grammy’s and the Oscars later this month. Yes, that’s right folks, my dog gets more gigs than I do!

Food wise yesterday I had a smoothie, soup and a banana for lunch and then a burrito for dinner with too many cocktails. What have you all been eating? Have a great day!

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