Happy Friday, August 17th, and What I Ate.

Friday, August 17th. 2012.


Breakfast
Coffee (instant, which I'm SURE is worse for you than regular drip), a banana, granola bar (it was a rushed morning).
Mid-morning: special K bar in chocolate drizzle flavor. A few raw baby carrot sticks.

Lunch
A salad of romaine lettuce, cherry tomatoes, shredded carrots, cucumbers, broccoli, and croutons. A half pastrami and lettuce sandwich on whole grain bread.


SO I have always been a firm believer in eating healthier, and just cranking up the exercise when getting back into shape - all diets seem to just be temporary and transient in results.  BUT my old system (eat alright, exercise more) hasn't been proving to be successful, since apparently my metabolism has gone to shit, I think. 

Anyhow, am going to give the no starch, low-carbohydrates business a go of it - you've probably heard of it.  Cutting out the processed foods and refined sugars, included in the exclusions will be: rice, pasta, bread, pastries (gasp!), granola bars, crackers and such.

Some of the deets include that you're supposed to cut out the caffeine. So, considering the instant coffee packet (with already mixed in sugar and creamer powders), the granola bar, special K bar, and the handful of M&Ms I just ate, today is kinda shot. Not completely: see LUNCH above, but kinda.

Living in Los Angeles, on my own, this is a daunting task.  I loooooooooooooooove food. I anxiously anticipate the moments when I splurge (dietetically speaking) on In-N-Out burgers and fries, Village Pizzeria's pesto pizza (positively soul-satisfying), garlic fries (anywhere), banh mi sandwiches (on French bread, ahem), heaping bowls of pad thai, berry blossom cakes from Susina, and the green tea and honey cupcake from Yummy Cupcakes, Martino's teacakes, all pies in the greater LA area, ho dduk pancakes, all waffles and all pancakes, croissants, om(elet) rice, mouthwateringly spicy and crispy Mandarin orange chicken, Kogi burritos with sriracha sauce.  AND, paired with the ever-growing list of delicacies that I plan to try: Sharlene Fong's bacon maple doughnut (or anything from Semi Sweet Bakery), Joe's Pizza, Baco Mercat's many distinctly flavored dishes, Starry Kitchen's new venture at Tiara Cafe, everything I haven't ordered yet at Jitlada, et cetera, et cetera.

Will have to learn more about this diet - although the concept is quite simple, and makes sense: eat more natural foods, that grow from the ground, instead of stuff that's been manufactured and chemically altered to be packaged into a "food item."

I've decided to call it: Operation: Fit Back Into My Clothes (OFBIMC). Or maybe, Operation: Lose My Ass (OLMA).

Will have to remember to take more pictures of what I'm eating.

Never been on a diet.

Yikes.