Wondering...

Why does it always end up with extremes? Its always no-fat, no-sugar, no-cheese, nothing that had a face... or the other extreme, whipped cream on top of high sugar, high fat, high calorie, manufactured crap.

Contrast these two websites:
veggies, veggies, veggies..

lard-o-rama

(The first one was apparently done in response to the second)

But then we have things where Paula Deen's (the butter lady) son tries to 'slim down' her gooey butter cake. So you can just have a bigger piece of the cake?

But it just seems like there are so many many many things that go from one extreme to another. Its either a recipe with three sticks of butter (Hello Pioneer Woman), or one with imitation margarine (which isn't that great for you either).

And everything is just too sweet. EVERYTHING seems to have sugar or artificial sweetener in it. Bleah.

When I started watching tv again, I was amazed by the number of food ads there were... And its all high fat, high sugar, low quality.

And we've lost the idea of a cookie as a yummy treat. Cookie monster always loved cookies because they were yummy and special. Veggies can be yummy, yes, but it just seems wrong to have cookie monster pushing veg... Have a veggie monster. Have a big giant rabbit come trying to eat everyone's veggies.... and show the veggies not covered in dip, please.

Why I need this blog...

I've decided I need some accountability. Jillian Michaels or Kathleen Daelemans are never going to come to my house, make me work out, make over my foods. The FitTV Housecall folks are never going to magically show up at my door and help me use all the equipment I have in the house...

I keep sinking into food as comfort, into stress eating. Not to mention that gluten-free food has more calories per serving (the frozen stuff, the commercial stuff) and less fiber than conventional food. So, therefore, I'm going to turn over a new leaf now. I'm going to blog my baby steps. Its not going to be a total food and life makeover, because, lets face it, most people can't do that. Its going to be small goals, like eating all the wonderful produce that seduces me at the grocery store and farmers market, that I then forego because its easier to eat chocolate or cheese and crackers (g-f crackers. Unfortunately, I've found ones I like.)

I'm going to at least walk around the neighborhood at least once, if not twice, a day, or do some other form of exercise. I'd like to find a gym for the winter...

So here I am:

Me