My life is often crazy. The best thing I learned in life was from Girl Guides "Be Prepared" and that I am to the best of my ability. It was always hard to diet because of my lifestyle. Now I have to work particularly hard to be prepared about what I eat as well as everything else. Tonight I have one function after the other. In two and a half hours, I will have to leave... and maybe sooner. I just picked out the clothes I am going to wear for tonight. Part of the suit is a skirt and the dry, flaky skin on my legs and feet needed a good creaming. I chose a Hawaiian Tropic one with a tint of colour but it is sticky and needs to dry. I chose the coconut Bee product for my feet. Same thing, that needs to dry too!
The plan was to let it all dry before I put my pants on. Meanwhile back at the ranch, my pants have been up and down like a toilet seat. Don't get too many weird ideas. I came back downstairs with my pants over my arm. I can see my phone rang. It was my gardener and he wanted to know if the bushes he picked up at the nursery were the right ones and he was right outside the back door. The pants went on and I went out to take a look. Tetley, our dog, joined me. I came in and the pants came off again and I went to my office with pants over my arm once more. Woops! Tetley is still outside and barking. The pants go on once more and I let her in. The pants came off again and I am back in my office once more.
Okay that is only one preparation for tonight's soirees. My hair is done! My makeup is on! I need only to slip on the little black suit. But that isn't all, now that I have made a deal with the devil to lose weight. We will have to eat before we go for sure. I have been on the go from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. I really don't want to start cooking now and definitely don't feel like cleaning up. My go to dinner is often some kind of pasta. Earlier in the day I bought a lasagna with meat in it. That was something I wouldn't have done years ago thinking the meat was the fattening part. It turns out the cheese is the worst culprit.
Pasta used to be considered fattening. I remember one year 4 couples went to New York to see La Cage aux Folles which was later called Birdcage when it hit the movie theatres. I was on the pasta diet but perhaps didn't have all the rules in place. The ladies all joined me. We all gained weight and every once in a while my friend, Carole reminds me of it.
Since then and since joining Weight Watchers I learned that pasta isn't evil and doesn't have to be fattening. It is about portion control, the amount of fat you eat and you also have to have some tricks up your sleeve.
These are my PASTA RULES:
1. Lasagna: 3" x 4" and 2" high and if you don't have a ruler use the size of your palm.
2. Pasta generally: one cup
3. Penne ala Vodka: I haven't ordered it in years because I knew it had cream in it. So what? It has about one tablespoon per person and ... 2 tablespoons of half and half cream (10%) is only 1 point. So we are only talking 1/2 point.
4. Spaghetti and Meatballs: 1 cup of spaghetti and 2 golf ball size meatballs and hope like hell it doesn't taste hard like golf balls. Skip the parmesan cheese.
5. Restaurants Suggestions :
A. Put away the leftovers and take them home or leave them there. Your choice.
B. Ask for a clean second plate to portion out what you want to eat
C. Ask for a paper napkin to sop up too much oil on it if needed
Let's see if that pasta diet works. There is something to be said about not getting caught with your pants down.
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