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Well it's Tuesday but it feels like Monday and I'm sleepy because I stayed up too late painting. I definitely won't make that mistake tonight; I like my sleep. I'm totally enjoying painting and now find myself looking at things in a whole different way. I'm still playing with different textures. Making deviled eggs Sunday I nearly saved a couple of the boiled yolks to see what would happen if I painted with them but then thought 'yeah, just what you need - fruit flies swarming your makeshift studio.'
I've been in such a mood for cooking lately and wonder if it's not some unconscious excuse for mindless grazing under the guise of taste testing. I spoon sampled my way through far too much this weekend including banana wafer pudding, two different potato salads and deviled eggs. I can't even think of a logical excuse for the spoonful of Ben & Jerry's ice cream as I dipped up a bowl for my husband. I think the only thing that saved me from total self destruction was I did not have any baker's yeast to fulfill hubby's request for homemade cinnamon rolls, thank goodness. Put me around fresh hot baked goods yesterday and I think that would have pushed me off the wagon and under the wheels as I was already trying to decide if I wanted to do a caramel or cream cheese icing.
So I sit here drinking the third of four liters of water I'll have today in effort to maybe put the brakes on the taste test train but moreso rehydrate my brain so I can remember what I'm supposed to be doing.
Bella
Diet Calendar Entries for 28 May 2013:
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1887 kcal
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Fat: 76.56g | Prot: 155.85g | Carb: 159.18g.
Breakfast: Dry Roasted Pistachio Nuts (with Salt Added), Schwan's Triple Berry Blend, Cottage Cheese, Beef Top Loin (Trimmed to 1/4" Fat), Flour Tortilla, Apples, Cheddar Cheese, Potatoes (Flesh, with Salt, Boiled), Egg, Olives (Jumbo-Super Colossal), StarKist Foods White Albacore Tuna in Water, Onions, Banana Pepper, Tomatoes, Cucumber (with Peel). more...
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I'm right there with you in being unable to resist the taste test and don't even get me started talking about cinnamon rolls! I'm glad you were able to apply the breaks on the runaway train before things got out of hand. Great job with water - something I need to focus on more often. Maybe we can drown the calories! Worth a try ;)
28 May 13 by member: evelyn64
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I guess that's another good reason not to cook... as if I need one! It's so great to see how much you're enjoying your painting! xoxox
28 May 13 by member: Ruhu
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Painted yolks! Now that is something new! I have not been able to put the breaks on my eating for the last 2 days. Working out is making me really hungry but I think it is the sugar/carbs that have crawled back into my system that won't let me forget to keep eating them. sigh. :( Glad you are loving your new art!
28 May 13 by member: Neptunebch
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Those stinking tastes sure do add up quickly!!
28 May 13 by member: erika2633
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Water .....why do I always forget water? ? Its amazing about the way those tasting spoons work. They seem so small and insignificant. Have one or two or three....shop counting. Excellent work using your brakes .
29 May 13 by member: sharonfriz
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Now I've painted with some strange things...but never egg yokes.
29 May 13 by member: MN2SC
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Good idea to drink the water Bella, because it also fills your tummy while cleaning out the plumbing. Its funny how we get distracted from our goals. I think we think we are in control and that a bit of this and that will be okay but from personal experience I know that control is just an illusion. We truly need to be on guard around food all the time which kinda sucks but it is what it is. People with addictions have to be mindful of their substance of choice. Just another day in paradise :)
29 May 13 by member: sarahsmum
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I have to agree..while painting I forget the time..and you do look at things in a different light..with how to shade one side of a tree and make sure it all has the same side shaded..or ruts in a dirt road..its amazing how we can use color on a brush and make it look like what we want...so glad you like art..your making me itch to get my paint and brushes out..thanks...I had to quit taste testing..or wouldn't be hungry at supper..:O)
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Don't feel bad Bella. We all get in those modes some days.. It is a shame how those tastes add up though. I am finally home and starved...waiting for Steve...he has a late night tonight... I am being bad drinking some wine...lol So happy you are enjoying your painting. Hope you have a great night.
29 May 13 by member: chattycathy1955
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It is hard not to sample your way through everything while cooking. Grab a pinch of shredded cheese here, a spoonful of this or that and those dang calories add up fast!
30 May 13 by member: Bkeller1023
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Hi Bella: As you may know, until 1500 and before oil painting, egg yolks were commonly used in painting. The method's called "Tempera" or "egg tempera", and it's so long-lasting that examples from the 1st century AD still survive. You could re-invent it by incorporating yolks and even other foods in your paintings too, not just combining dieting and art but also redefining the "still life"!
30 May 13 by member: *Starshine*
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Hi Bella, hope your doing good today. I like your new avatar pic - make peace with food. You got that right. I have been doing lots of thinking about food lately - I think I think about food all the time actually - what I can eat what I shouldn't eat, blah, blah blah. I tell you, those berries I had last night were like nectar because I don't eat fruit regularly. That is going to change. Berries, real food, mmmmm for sure. Hope today is awesome for you.
30 May 13 by member: sarahsmum
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Sometimes I get behind responding to the comments you are all kind enough to make as you visit my journal - for that, I apologize. Please know I do read them and again, just like to sit quietly waiting to see what others will say without me steering the course with responses. I really hate that I crave and lack any logical control with baked goods; I'd like to blame gluten or processed carbs or something - hate having to take responsibility but it's just there. Had 1/4 of a waffle (belgium) yesterday and the rest of the day was spent trying to stave off the munchies. Mental or physical - not sure - but HATE it and the cinnamon rolls would be a killer for me. I don't feel 'bad' about it, just frustrated that of all the foods there are, some seem to challenge me more than others. I'm sure there's a 'that's life' analogy in here. The yolks - haven't done it yet - still worried about the flies - but still considering it. I know a lot of food/fruit has been used in things other than eating - berries for makeup and clothing dye, etc., I went through a 'brown' phase at one point in my life and dyed my cheap white sheets with TEA to give them a soft brown color ... Thanks again everyone. Your comments and interaction are very much appreciated.
31 May 13 by member: FullaBella
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