Harry Potter | The Fotographing Fat Kid

Happy Almost New Year!

I can’t believe 2010 is finally coming to a close. It’s been quite the year to say the least and I’ll do a huge recap tomorrow of everything that went on. It should be a doozie. Anyways, on to food.

Breakfast: The other day we bought some Wal-Mart brand Grape Nuts because they were considerably cheaper than the regular brand. Usually off name brand cereal is pretty good, but the bowl I had tasted like they were burnt. I’m hoping it was just a few of them and the rest of the box is better. Anywho, that was 4 points and then Megan Ninja’d (the latest verb added to our vocabulary) a smoothie made of strawberries, banana and orange juice which was only 3 points. It was really light and delicious.

Lunch: I just had some leftover rice concoction that we had made a few days ago. It was only 3 points.

[This period between Lunch and Dinner was dominated by Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. I’m plowing through this sucker.]

Snack: We had one waffle left so I took the bullet and ate it with some peanut butter and half of a banana. It was awesome and 5 points.

Dinner: So we got a little Ninja crazy and made some salsa and guacamole. We used some serrano chiles and jalapenos. It was more flavorful than hot and we were impressed for our first batch. Anyways, we had chips, salsa, guacamole and leftover Tex Mac Chicken Soup. Overall, dinner was about 13 points.

Dessert: We had a cup of Edy’s Vanilla Frozen Yogurt Ice Cream mix. It tastes so good and it’s an essential for any dieter with a sweet tooth. A cup was only 4 points which is a lot of ice cream.

So overall I’m at 32 points and I think we might do the Jillian Michael’s DVD of Death here in a bit and then it’s back to HP (there are only 150 pages left!!!!!!!!!!!!!) See ya tomorrow.

Harry Potter Midnight Showing!!!!!!

I am soooooooooo stoked. It’s going to rock.

So right now I’m watching Man vs. Food for the first time I have been losing weight. I use to watch it religiously, thinking that one day I would try all of those challenges (at one point, that’s what this blog was going to be about. No joke.) It would also make me hungry for terrible foods, which also created problems. As I’m watching it, it makes me a little grossed out. Don’t get me wrong, the food looks great, but it sends the wrong message to people that it is okay to gorge yourself beyond measure. I’m sure some of you are thinking that I’m over reacting a little bit, but I really think that shows like this pseudo-subliminally send the message that Food=Happiness which is why I am in this mess to begin with. The only way I have made any progress is that I have changed my mindset: it’s eat to live, not live to eat. Do I still eat well? You betcha. Do I over indulge sometimes? Yes, then I gain 4 pounds in a weekend. I still haven’t found that middle ground yet where I have the control not to go nuts. Until I reach that point, I’m going to stay cautious and stay close to my points. What do you think about shows like Man vs. Food? Am I over reacting? Be honest.

Breakfast: My super awesome wife made some toast with peanut butter. Peanut butter is awesome, and that is all there is to it. The breakfast was 7 points which is high but pb in the morning really holds you over.

Lunch: I met up with Megan at Pitaria to grab some lunch. I had the super awesome falafel pita (13 points) and their unique pita fries which are fried pita strips with Greek seasoning. With the Tzaziki sauce it was about 6 points. A 19 point lunch is pretty high also, but it’s worth it.

Dinner: Instead of going out for Chick-Fil-A college night, we made some awesome chili but this time with rice. We use to always make it with rice but it has been a while. It was fantastic and it really hit the spot. For 2 cups of chili was 5 points and a cup of rice was 4 points.

So today was a meatless Thursday. I like these vegetarian days. I think I might try to have a meatless day once a week. It wouldn’t be a goal or anything just something to try to do. Today I got to 35 points so 3 points over. That will do Pig. That will do. (That’s not a fat joke.) See ya tomorrow.