THE HYPOCRITE’S GUIDE TO HEALTHY

Still on my DASH DIET .... down 16 lbs !!!

THINGS I REALIZED THAT WORK FOR ME THIS WEEK ... Quit eating salad! Yes, you read that right .... QUIT EATING SALAD!!!! I have not had a side salad all week. Side Salads are boring. If you are like me you can not eat a dry salad. You need dressing and your crunchies ...i.e., croutons. CRUNCHIES + DRESSING = ALL YOUR FATS FOR THE DAY!

I 'd rather use my fat allowance in cooking my food/sauce or in the sprinkle cheese I'm going to have to use to make everything taste better. Of course, there is no way around it ...... you have to get your veggies!  This week I took my cup of fresh spinach leaves, threw them in the pan with one quick stir to steam them just as I was done cooking my meal. It was still crunchie .... okay it isn't a nice buttery crouton ..... and had enough flavor from the other food/sauce to cover that "raw" taste  .... apologies to Carol Alt .  

BOO

I am very into the reality TV ghost series.  It started with MTV's "FEAR" .... which was a hit show yet they strangely canceled it ......  then "Scariest Places on Earth" and more recently "Most Haunted" ... always hated when the hostess started screaming when something happened. Missed some of the video evidence. How annoying!!!  ....... "Paranormal State" ... every Monday ..... "Ghost Hunters" ...every Wednesday ..... and "Ghost Adventures" .... every Friday! Ghosts must be a hot commodity because of the many other shows that have cropped up .... Celebrity Ghost Stories, Ghostly Encounters,  My Ghost Story...  but some of them are getting tired. Never "FEAR" SYFY has a new crop starting up these last/next few weeks:

• Haunted Collector ... ok its the second season but for some reason I didn't watch plus the first season was only a few episodes. Makes you want to bag  your collectible antiques! 
• School Spirit ... School hauntings = Sorority ... need I say more! This is spooky but after the first episode I have to ask "WHY DOES NO ONE TURN ON A LIGHT?" 
• Haunted Highway .... this could be fun with Jack Osbourne .... sorry to Jack for his recent diagnosis .......... 

Now I would never knowing go into a haunted location and "investigate" unless ... you guess it ... have it well lighted and an entourage of oh .... maybe ten .... then Ghosties I'll look you. Till then I'll look for you from behind my couch pillows!

Happy Birthday Laurie Metcalf

I wanted to find a pretty picture of her since she always seems to be cast as the homely girl. She's not. She is a little cute actually. Daughters and I got close to her once in New York. She was in the play NOVEMBER on Broadway with Nathan Lane in 2008. I bought the tickets to see this play ... we're more musical fans ..... for Nathan Lane and talked the daughters into going to see it based on that fact. However, Nathan bowed out that matinee in favor of his understudy Richard Kline ... you know .... "Larry" from 3's Co. ......  daughters were like "Who?"!  I felt myself losing the support to see this play fast but turned out it didn't matter. They were more interested in seeing  the scene stealer Laurie Metcalf.

Afterward, daughters wanted to wait  outside the stage door to meet her and they did. She appeared to be a tiny thing and was nice enough to talked to my daughters for a while. The play stunk by the way but, at least we met the best part of it ..... Laurie Metcalf!

THE HYPOCRITE’S GUIDE TO HEALTHY

After almost five months of following my New Year's Resolution and changing my diet over to more healthy eating,  I was at the stand still of a tired old 5 lb weight lost. Ho Hum  ……. I HAD  to get serious …AND I did!!! I found the DASH Diet …. The answer to what I was trying to make-up on my own.  Now I am down another 8 lbs in 8 DAYS!!! YEAH!!!

Things I realized that work for me:

STRUCTURE – I NEED STRUCTURE!!! The diet has to be written down on what I have to eat each meal. I can’t be making up my own stuff: Lemon cooked Salmon w/ a side spinach salad followed by a quart of Baskin Robbins Pralines & Cream didn’t do it. Imagine that!

DON’T WEIGH YOURSELF EVERYDAY – Some days your scale says you lost nothing. Nothing after making yourself eat quinoa.  Losing nothing makes you depress. Being depressed makes you say: “WTH?”  and you go eat a Quart of  Baskin Robbins Pralines & Cream . Weight yourself every other day OR GO LONGER!!! Be delightfully happy with that 1 pound then.

I ordered some daily menu and recipe books ... they better get here soon  ....  I've already figured out the nearest Baskin Robbins is 15 miles away! You would think after a lifetime of dieting I would get better at this!

ANOTHER Old TELEVISION TRADITION GONE ASTRAY

Tonight set your TiVO for Miss USA! Another pageant no one cares about .... hasn't Trump cut his losses on this one yet!  Can you name A Miss USA by the way ....... other than the "girls gone wild" contestants of recent? No? Of course, this pageant never reached the height of popularity that Miss America had ... I can actually name a few of those winners. Oh,  Wait a minute .... Summer Bartholomew Miss USA 197?, close enough ....

Apparently, someone at the Miss USA organization thought it a good idea to go with a "Goddess" theme in the photogenic category. These poor girls! I don't think anyone in the organization knew  where to go with this ... High Fashion .... Hilarious .... Histrionic ..... Ho Hum ....... Hot Mess ..... Or Havarti .... you know CHEESY ... it didn't begin with "H" okay! Remember these are probably their best photos!

THE HIGH FASHION 

or I could see this in Vogue

Miss Georgia

THE HILARIOUS

or Is it about the awkward girl arms or the jewelry sponsor?

 Miss Kentucky

THE HISTRIONIC 

 or the girls that got too serious!

 Miss Montana

 THE HO HUM

or these are 2 different people? I hope I label them right!

Miss Missouri

Miss North Dakota

THE HOT MESS

or what did you do to the stylist before? Maybe you want me to label wrong!

Miss Colorado

Miss Massachusetts

THE HAVARTI

or this is what I expect from a Miss USA goddess

Photo Credits: Photo By Fadil Berisha/Miss Universe L.P., LLLP