BLT ...who doesn't love bacon?

Hi folks,
I know it has been a while, I don't want to bore y'all with my day to day routine!

Here I am again ...with some insightful thoughts....


I ate a BLT for dinner the other night. Yes, this is insightful.
One BLT and no sides. Ya know, good 'ole bacon, lettuce, tomato.
I felt amazing after eating; healthy and satisfied!
Normally I would have chips or something with it.
I am so proud of myself. ONE BLT.

While eating my perfect BLT, I flashed back to when my Mother and my Oma (grandmother) would order sandwiches from this little ma & pa deli up the street. We are talking roughly 20yrs ago.
I fell in love with the BLT then.
I've been living without my Oma for over 10yrs.
I enjoy every Oma related memory bubble that gurgles in my mind.
She was an amazing, active, independent, self sufficient women; a total inspiration.

My point is food should be enjoyed. Everything in our lives should be as enjoyable as we can make it. We don't control a lot of things in our worlds but we DO control the food we eat.
Of course to keep our lives going long enough to see our grandchildren, the food must be healthy.
Healthy food IS enjoyable and delicious! Healthy food doesn't have to be bland, boring or expensive.

"Unhealthy" food can be enjoyed in moderation. "Unhealthy" is left open to interpretation of course.
Things done in moderation are more enjoyable anyways.
Be 100% genuine with yourself right now, you know I am correct.
Think of Peeps, they are grand to eat every Easter.
Eat them every dang holiday or every week and it loses the indulgent factor, no more flash backs to Easters past, AND makes you freakin' fat!
(Play along, if you don't like Peeps or jelly beans ...plug in big chocolate bunnies or candy corn for Halloween or ....)

Seriously, who doesn't love bacon?

I told y'all I want to eat healthier, yet I have not explained what that means to me.

*Eat less processed food. I want to eat straight from the Earth as much as I can.
Cutting out soda was the first (hardest) step. I am not doing this cold turkey.
Step by step... oh baby ...step one, we can have lots of fun. Step two, there's so much we can do.
Step three, it's just you for me.... oh wait.. are those NKOTB lyrics? My bad. Is that plagiarism?
Small step: No candy bars. It hasn't been as hard as it may sound.
I plan to INDULGE on Peeps once a year and a Cherry Dr Pepper at the movies and...

This will eventually include eating happy food. As in before it's death, it was happy.
I'm not a spiritual person. Two of the blogs I follow are Christian based. I love the blogs because they are full of good messages. You should check them out! I am not Christian. 
That said; I do think that eating meat from an animal that lived a miserable life is unhealthy.
I live in the country, no reason why I can't buy my meat from local farmers! The catch is paying for a whole cow up front. Not $50 worth of meat every week but $500 for 6 months up front.
Another part of the goal is for a good portion of the vegetation to be home grown.
Possibly eggs too! I've got to build a chicken coop!?!!

This is also learning how to reproduce some of our favorite foods at home. No added chemicals.
We will know exactly what is in what we are eating! One of my goals is "Fritos Bean Dip".

*Eating smaller portions, which means listening to my body when it says it is full.

For the time being I'm not listening to my body. I have distorted it's ability to judge when enough is enough. I'm hungry after quite a few meals and I know I've eaten plenty of food.

Small step: One serving, I do not go back for seconds.

I use to know my body very well, we were best friends, as should be. We had a few disagreements over the lack of water consumption and such. We are repairing our bond. I'm pretty darn excited!

*Eat well balanced meals with nutrient packed foods.

Protein, veggie, complex carbs, dairy, fit in fruits where I can. Foods that are naturally nutrient packed.
Not "enriched with vitamin D".

Small step: We, as a family, have switched to brown rice instead of white.

I like learning about which foods work well with each other to get the best nutrient kick. Did you know that iron absorption is increased markedly by eating foods containing vitamin C along with foods containing iron?

My goal is to fill my little tummy with delicious, nutrient packed foods; with a dash of indulgence.
(I want the little tummy!)

I made a delicious, well balanced salad for lunch the other day: romaine lettuce, tomatoes, onions, cilantro, green cabbage, carrots and BACON. Do you see a trend? Who doesn't love bacon?

I feel like I should have more points for my "healthy eating". However I do not, I think it is pretty simple.
At least in words it is simple, in action it is of course more difficult.

So last blog I promised you something. Who is paying attention is class? Raise your hand. 
Did you really raise your hand? Okay well ummmm... Yeah.

I promised you a photo and measurements. You shall receive! I want you to know how difficult it is to put a half naked photo of all your jibblies hanging out. Yet it must be done.

Here are the #'s:

Women's dress size: 24/26
Waist size: 54 inches
Bust size: 46 inches
Hip size: 58inches
Thigh size: 29inches (one leg)
Bicep size:19 inches (one arm)
Head size: 21inches (will this change?)
Height: 5'5"
Weight: 269.6

I shall make a chart as soon as I have a few more measurements so we can track the progress. I believe I've already lost weight, but it isn't "official". I normally weight 275-276. The only time I've been below this weight in the last 5 years is #1 when pregnant (yes, I lose weight when pregnant) and when I tried out the HCG diet.
You may ask yourself? HCG? Is she doing that now? The answer is no. I just didn't feel right.
Although I loved the food portions (weird, right?) and it helped me with blood sugar levels, it wasn't for me.
I am not judging the diet or anyone who uses it.
Talkin' about MYSELF only - it wasn't rewarding. I didn't feel like I had accomplished anything.
I'm a stubborn one, I need to do everything the hard way.

Well that ends the evening. Huh? What did I forget? What am I missing? Oh the dang photo. Here we go.

Remember the ogres previously mentioned in Jenious's story? 

Here is one also named BLT; Baneful Leviathan Torso
(Not to be confused with the delicious, harmless sandwich)

- The End ...for now.
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