So first I say I am doing a poverty eating challenge, living off $1.50 of food a day for five days. Then I post four days of reports for that and then…disappear.
"What up with that, Nik????"
Yes, that is very me. But this time it wasn’t.
I live in Maryland and you might have heard we had severe storms late last week. While I did not lose my power (although everyone in my immediate family and social circle did!) I am just getting back my cable and internet. Frankly, while I am hesitant to complain about not having these services, I can say my personal idea of hell is being trapped in a house with my own thoughts. Ack!
So anyway, I have bits and pieces of stuff that I was going to post that no longer make any sense outside the context of the 4thof July or the poverty eating challenge, but I wanted to post them just the same, so here goes:
Look for my final report on the poverty eating challenge, including what parts of this strict plan I’m going to try to incorporate into my everyday life. I'll post it both here on the blog and on Facebook. It was done on Saturday but I want to be accountable for having done this challenge!
Ok, so one of the things that kept me occupied while the cable/web was out was the fact that I am helping my stepdad with these guys:
My late mother’s Basset Hounds – Leroy and Loretta – became the proud parents of 9 (yes, 9!) puppies just two short months ago! I’m taking one – a girl we’ve named Nana (which is what the divas used to call my mom). This is her.
I imagine she’ll become a Bariatric Foodie too as she’ll probably get ahold of some of the scraps from my mad food experiments. There are three runts in the litter and she is the runt of the runts, poor dear. I love her very much already! (By the way, if you live anywhere remotely near Baltimore and have room in your heart and home for a Basset, hit me up! The other 8 puppies are for sale!)
My Independence Day was fairly chill. I did five laps around Lake Montebello, a man-made lake near where I live. Each lap is a mile and some change. I wasn’t going for speed demon. In reality I was bored as hell and just didn’t want to go home. With walking to and from the lake (3/4 mile each way) and the five laps, that made for over 6 miles of walking! I came home and refueled with this patriotic treat:
It’s just some sweetened cottage cheese in between layers of blueberries and strawberries. Sigh. Strawberries are going out of season, blueberries are in. I have been trying my best to only get produce from the farmer’s market so no more strawberries for Nik after this carton! I have also begun getting my dairy from the farmer’s market from a place called South Mountain Creamery, who extends an open invitation for folks to come see how they raise cows. I think I’m going to take them up on that. Stay tuned for a report!
Lastly, from the “announcement department” several things:
- If you’d like to receive the SECOND issue of the Bariatric Foodie email newsletter, be sure to use the form right above this post to get signed up. But it is important that you look out for an email confirmation and respond to it or else you won’t get the email! For those that missed out on the first one, the little “gift” I included will also be in this one.
- I’m still looking for folks for “I’m a Bariatric Foodie and…” I’ve done two great profiles so far. Do you have a unique or quirky angle to your post-op life? Perhaps you’re vegan or a Zumba instructor. Perhaps you’ve run a marathon or…I dunno, you have Sister Wives or something. Whatever it is, share it with the Foodie Nation! Email me to submit your story. I swear it’s easy!
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Ok, I’ve rambled on enough, Foodies. I’ve got a few experiments going in the lab…er, kitchen that I’ll be reporting on soon. One has to do with the all-important subject of HYDRATION.
Until then!
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