SubscribeSummer’s here and the time is right for dancin’ in the street drinking creamy, frosty beverages. Seriously, it’s wet-blanket, poor air quality, crap-I-developed-asthma hot and humid down here. It’s gross, and I’m trying not to eat my weight in ice cream as I do every summer. I was not made for heat. I was made [...]
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Egg Salad
I have never been much of a fan of egg salad, or hard-boiled eggs, or even eggs, really. Eggs are something I want rarely and in rather small quantities.
However, eggs are little protein-powerhouses and have built-in portion control, and most dudes I know love eggs, especially boiled ones, and especially especially deviled ones. The man [...]
Challenge Wrap-up
So that was a hot mess, no?
I kind of gave up/gave in this last week — Mr. B got into the swing of cooking dinner for me while I worked late and was eaten alive by an all-consuming tired. It’s been a week of forcing myself through dance classes I enjoy but can’t bear because [...]
And then…
Purchases
Costco ~$1.50(Half and half)
Fresh Market ~ $9 (three sausages and veggie kebabs)
Kroger ~ $4 (AP flour * cilantro * lemons)
Thursday
Breakfast: Banana and peanut butter
Lunch: Oatmeal
Dinner: Mr. B dragged me out the door to PeiWei while I offered to make him pimiento cheese for dinner. Ploy to not go out to dinner so much — not [...]
Onward!
Purchases
Costco~$12 (3 lbs cottage cheese * 3 18 oz containers Duke’s mayo [the egg salad/pimiento cheese habit has gotten out of hand] * paprika)
Harris Teeter~$11 (1 gallon Almond Breeze (cheap and had dollar off coupons!) * 4 cans Campbell’s Select Harvest (BOGO!) * bananas * strawberries ($1.50/lb!))
Kroger ~$20 (2 lbs cottage cheese [4 half-pound containers [...]
It’s Not a Challenge, Really…
it’s an exercise in documentation. That’s our decision as of tonight.
Mr. B quit smoking, changed his eating habits, and has lost 25 pounds since January. If I keep a tight budget and he can’t feed his all-day cucumber habit, he will revert to bad habits. I’m not having that. I’m willing to spend more money [...]
Challenge, Day Eleventy-Four
Or Day 9. Whatevs.
Tuesday
Breakfast
Me and Mr. B: Smoothies
Lunch
Mr. B: Cucumber and hummus
Me: Half a banana, bites of restaurant leftovers, and an awesome new concoction I’ll post soon — curried black beans with cucumber and tzatziki
Snack
Me and Mr. B: Sex brownies (I baked some for a friend who came up with a CD we’ve been looking [...]
Challenge: Start of Week Two
Howdy! We’re still here!
Purchases for Week 2
Kroger ~$25 (1/2 lb each of sharp cheddar and colby jack (only $2.55 altogether!) * bananas * apples * small eggplant * almond milk * peanut butter * all natural white bread * spicy mustard * relish * eggs * cornstarch * grits * pears * and… um… I [...]
The Challenge, Revised
Nothing like crashing and burning on a challenge to cause readership to dwindle. So…
Hi! We totally went offtrack this weekend and are in the process of getting back on track.
You know how when you try to diet and restrict yourself from certain foods, it always seems to make you end up binging on them? That’s [...]
Week One Challenge Wrap-Up
Friday:
Breakfast: Green smoothie
Lunch: Quinoa and Black Bean Salad, grapes, scraping of PB from cleaning out the jar
Snack: Oatmeal
Dinner: Eff the challenge — I wanted cheap mexican food and a margarita
The Damage
We spent about $85 on groceries and household products this week — well over the $50 we had allotted. I’m not happy about this, but [...]
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