Some extra tips

I'm getting back on track with the whole diet thing.  Yesterday was a good day.  Not a great day, but better than drowning in cheese.

I was hoping to get a double workout in as I've decided that excessive exercise is definitely where this party needs to head.  I got an elliptical workout in the morning and was very much looking forward to doing a class called Bodyflow at 7 after hubs got home.  Everything was on track until....dum dum dum....2 extras gigs came across the screen.  Must apply, need new pictures, panic, frenzy.   This bring me to my first lesson in booking extras work in ATL:

1--ALWAYS have good pictures ready to go at all times.

Booking a gig is dependent mostly by the speed to which you apply.  Taking new pictures, downloading, and posting all takes time.  It is best if you can keep some good shots on the cloud so they are ready to go with no trouble.  Hubs has the best pictures going (thanks to the good photog work of our nanny), and I can just forward previous submissions to the new address--the best thing is that he has both bearded kinds and clean shaven which definitely comes in handy (particularly since halt and catch fire which is currently filming wants a more bearded man.)  Just take out the dates, make a more relevant joke with some kind of emoticon, and press send.  The kids and myself have had a more difficult time as all of our pictures have been taken in a frenzy of wanting to submit quickly.  I need to arrange time to gussy up and get some good outside shots for posting in the future.  I will say that this is not always true in that the pic I submitted for Bruiser for D&D2 was a pic of him covered in green paint.  I think what got him the gig in the end is that I submitted quickly, and he had long hair.  I also sent the link to his wildly successful DumbandDumberToddlers youtube video (and I am saying that tongue in cheek.) If that tipped the scales his way, then we are totally awesome...like for real.

Anyway, the frenzy of submitting the pics caused me to miss my class.  Oh, well.

One of my fave meals of all time is a veggie Moe's burrito, particularly on Moe Monday.  No cheese, believe it or not.  In the cup is tea.  I think I've beat the coke addiction down.

For dinner, I was inspired by our good friends.  I finally made spaghetti squash! It was great, but you can see my crackbread all lined up like little soldiers ready for battle of my caloric intake.  I really just need to be hypnotized to not like bread.  I think that will be the only way. 

Day 3--Weight Confessional

The hits just keep on coming!

As promised, I said I would put a weight confessional out there today.  So, here it goes, cyber space.

At the beginning of the Sibling Weight Challenge 2014 ('cause Lord knows we'll have gained anything back that we've lost by next year, so we might as well make this an annual occurrence), my weight was 148.2.  That 0.2 is very important, as I am now down to 148.0.  I've lost 0.2 pounds!!  Hey, I'll take whatever I can get as my sister has lost a whopping 5 pounds on some kind to ketogenic diet (which as Fancy Nancy would say is fancy for Atkins.)  So, I've got some stiff competition to collect the pot.

With that being said, here is my log.  Breakfast:  Oatmeal, surprise, surprise

I went to work on Monday when I should have been eating bon bons at home; therefore, I indulged in some dark chocolate covered blueberries to keep me going.

I made it home in time for lunch, so I had leftover "Heaven" from last night.  You can see our ever present oatmeal stain on the cooktop in back.  I do like to stir lots of pots, but that is not one of them.  Followed up lunch with exactly 5 chocolate covered pretzels (not pictured.)

Dinner, I will have to admit was definitely short of heaven.  It was supposed to be biscuit pot pie.  We just ended up smothering it in BBQ sauce and choking it down.  It wasn't my worst vegan recipe ever. That is reserved for the Italian "Eat" Balls.  Here's your juicy tip for the day, if a recipe tries to make a pun in its name, avoid at all costs.  That also goes for any vegan recipe called Cheesy--just run far away and don't look back.

Ended the day with a few snagged apples with a bit of caramel sauce that the kids were enjoying and a little dark chocolate to ease my nerves during our final episodes of Breaking Bad.  Truly, if you haven't watched that show, then do it now.  I spent a good portion of what should have been sleeping looking up Lily of the Valley berries vs ricin.  Good stuff, I tell ya.

Day 2

Yesterday was a great day all around, except for the pesky change to daylights savings.  Beautiful weather, and we even made progress on our next youtube project.  Of course, that means that a million more important things didn't get done, like laundry and cleaning house...but, youtube is so much more worth it.  Sadly, my editor is not a teenager who can edit in 5 seconds.  He is a middle age man who is easily cast as a zombie, so we work a little more slowly around here.

Of course, yesterday's eating all started with my typical oatmeal.

I choose to have my smoothies at lunchtime.  They really do pick me up.  If you haven't heard us sign the praises of our vita-mix enough, then just you wait.  It truly is my all-time fave kitchen appliance.

This is what I call my vegan junk food lunch.  An Amy's burrito and chips with gauc.  It's awfully good, but not that light on the calories.  Of course, I had to use our Darryl glass since it was TWD night (not that we get to watch it--no cable, no Darryl.)

 My downfall in the afternoon came when I let myself get ravenous before dinner.  I got my favorite loaf of bread from Bi-lo and chowed down.  Now, you'll understand why I can't lose weight.  The problem with this vegan stuff is that you are pretty much hungry all day.  I must do better about keeping ahead of it.

And, for dinner, we had what the Princess calls "heaven."  It's the Happy Herbivore mini meatloaf with homemade mashed potatoes with BBQ sauce.  It's super easy to make and tastes great, too.

I finished up the night with 5 chocolate covered pretzels whilst watching another Sunday night show we couldn't watch on cable, Breaking Bad. Thank goodness for Netflix. 

So, I'm doing ok on the vegan, but awful on trying to be a Forks over Knives vegan.  Oil really is awesome after all.  I totally failed to weight myself this morning, so I'll have to update that tomorrow.

We spent a lot of time yesterday trying to book another extras gig for the Hubs.  He is oddly in hot demand.  Sadly, they really wanted him for 4 days which is a no go for us.  As much as he does enjoy making minimum wage, we have to be a little more choosy about how he spends his time.  Otherwise, our youtube video will really never get made, and we keep our priorities straight around here.