"lemony lentil" is really fun to say.

I'm on a really good roll lately -- both eating-wise and general productivity-wise. Is it just me or do those two things always seem to go hand in hand?

Yesterday for dinner I made 'twice-baked' potatoes, with fat-free sour cream, goat cheese, onions, and parsley. I also cooked up a can of lentils with onions, garlic, lemon juice, and parsley, and then dumped a huge spoonful of it on a bed of spinach, and topped with goat cheese. It was basically the Weight Watchers "Lemony Lentil Goat Cheese Salad" except I cooked the lentils first. It was tasty -- I always forget how much I like lentils.

I also managed to hem three pairs of pants last night -- something that's been on my to-do list for, oh, months. I actually have a reasonable amount of wearable pants now.

I bought this crazy water yesterday called MetroMint. It's just regular water with a bit of mint flavour -- it was kinda nice actually. Although it gave me that feeling that my teeth were freezing -- you know when you chew minty gum outside on a cold day? That's how I felt every time I took a drink. I definitely had to sip it rather than drink it down. Oh well, at least the bottle is super pretty. :)

other people say the smartest things.

For those of you who don't read Scale Junkie's blog, I wanted to point out this great post she wrote called Learning To Stop At Just Enough. This is one of those posts that hit me in a big way, that made me want to say ARE YOU INSIDE MY HEAD OR SOMETHING?

The things she mentions are things I struggle with a LOT: feeling angry and even scared when you feel you aren't getting your 'share' of the food; treating every meal/treat like it's THE. LAST. TIME. you are ever going to get to eat that and therefore you need to stuff yourself, never thinking your portion is big enough, eating what you DO have until you are far past full.

I don't know why we do these things (though I genuinely believe there's some brain chemistry thing involved), but I think being aware of them is really helpful. Sometimes just recognizing those feelings can give you the clarity you need to power through them.

a quick update, plus a shout-out.

Well, so far 2009 has been going pretty well for me. I took yesterday off and bought lots of healthy groceries, did a 20-min cardio DVD, and had points left at the end of the day to split a pitcher of beer with my sweetie. We went to our 'local', and we sat near the window and watched the snow come down outside. It was a perfect evening. 

In other news, I was pretty excited to get a mention on Does This Blog Make Us Look Fat? yesterday. I like that blog a lot because it's sensible about weightloss, but not too serious. Plus it generally makes me 'LOL', as they say.