. . . February?

Tuna melt and Disco fries at the Atlanta Diner on N. Druid Hills

I went grocery shopping today and felt both free and lost.  I can eat whatever I want! . . . but what do I eat?  I felt like I should celebrate the end of NDJ by eating one of the things I've missed, but I found I didn't miss them enough to eat the local versions, or enough to completely hose myself for weight watchers this week. 

After band rehearsal last night, I went out with one of my dairy minions.  I ate a tuna melt with Disco Fries, or fries with gravy and cheese.  There's ranch dressing in the photo, and I ate a tiny bit of it, but I'm not one of those people who eats ranch on everything.  I took a picture of the sandwich and fries, but once again the photo uploader isn't working.  I posted the pic on Facebook last night, I think most everyone who reads this is on my Facebook.  (If not, feel free to chime in on the comments...)

**Update February 6th - got the photo.  Obviously.**

Incidentally, I felt kinda gross last night.  I was bloated and just yucky after eating that stuff--my nose was sniffly, though it could've been the weather.  The bloat could very well have been because I ate a huge sandwich and fries, not because there happened to be cheese.  Probably a little of both.

I had to come back home last night (to put salve in Fleck's eye) instead of staying up in the city, so I didn't get to eat awesome pizza or mac and cheese today.  For dinner tonight I had one of my favorite frozen entrees: Amy's Cheese Enchiladas.  Other than that, I stuck to my now-usual peanut butter, clementines and non-dairy ice cream with fruit.  I did eat a tomato with salt and pepper at lunch--just doesn't taste the same as summer tomatoes.

While I was at the store, I picked up some things to pack my lunch for tomorrow.  I have to rehearse with my accompanist at ten, and then I'm free till my lessons start at three.  I packed a peanut butter sandwich, some clementines, a banana, apple, celery sticks with hummus, hardboiled eggs, and two camelback bottles of water.  I figured some of the fruit will last till Friday, since I have to stay overnight tomorrow. 

So I got a few suggestions about where to go with this project in February, and I decided to help out my husband, who has to get really good at sit-ups.  It's a military thing--in order to defend democracy, our troops have to have great abs.  John is perfectly healthy and he can do push-ups all day, but his new PT test requires a minimum number of sit-ups.  I was giving him a pep talk and he mentioned that it would be easier to do his sit-ups if I did them, too.  So we're doing Every Day Sit-Ups February. 

I'm not afraid to tell you that I am...well...I'm not the sitting-up type.  I'm soft.  And weak.  I don't like sit-ups or crunches--they're so awkward; what do you do with your feet, etc.  I hate the way my lower back/tailbone digs into the floor when I try to sit up.  Last night, I laid out John's old yoga mat (he took the good ones with him), stuck my toes under the edge of my recliner, and did 20 full sit ups.  Then I did 20 crunches and called it a night.  This morning I did 20 more sit-ups, 21 crunches (just felt like improving the number), and 10 oblique crunches on either side.  I'm not winning any prizes, that's for sure. 

Anyone feel like joining in?  Just do some ab work every day, and post your results or numbers here, or on the No Dairy January facebook page.