ONE-ARMED PAPER HANGER

There are times when I don't know where to begin.  I made it through last night's fundraiser well enough by sticking to the protein, veggies and fresh fruits and ignoring the rest.  Today, I was busier than a one-armed paper-hanger.  It was non-stop but I did get a mini zucchini wheatgerm muffin I made and had it with my iced latte this morning . 

On the way to the hairdresser, I bought another iced latte.  Lunch was on the fly in my car.  I took my little go-to sack with me with a couple of cheese strings, an apple and a bottle of water.  I ate that on the way to my meeting but when I left there at 3 p.m. I was famished.  It was lucky that I couldn't park on the main street past 3 p.m. or I might still be there.  I thought I really needed to go grocery shopping but I know it is bad form to do that when you are hungry.  I took the high-ground and decided the groceries could wait.  I still wasn't sure what I was going to eat when I got home. 

As I stood pondering in the fridge, the phone rang.  I quickly grabbed some sliced turkey breast which was the first thing I saw in the fridge and some mustard and the phone in the other hand.  I literally stuffed my face with it while talking on the phone and followed it with another mini zucchini wheatgerm muffin. 

Then it was back to work on my computer. This time I stayed there until the dog bugged me for her dinner.  So I went to the laundry room and fed the dog and cats but not to each other.  I turned on the oven and fired in some chicken drumsticks that I doused with a light Italian dressing, some garlic and some more Italian seasoning and no other fat.  The old mini carrots that my housekeeper wanted to throw out  earlier in the day were perfect for boiling and actually quite tasty when cooked and no longer had the white, dry haze on it. 

I was so late at getting started that by the time my husband, Paul, came in I threw together a salad with the thought that I might not eat the main course.  So I stuffed that salad with feta, cooked corn off the cob, tomatoes and mixed greens.  The dressing was 2 tablespoons of pumpkin seed oil to 3 tablespoons of Balsamic vinegar plus some more garlic and Italian seasonings. 

It all worked out well enough.   The truth will be in the pudding tomorrow when I weigh in if I am now secure enough to handle this diet without too much thought.  I would prefer otherwise, but it is what it is.... sometimes.