It's been a while...

Princess Rotound-a returns after a brief vacation.

Sorry to leave the blog for so long but PR was going through some major life (and food) changes. New job, newly single in the new year. This, of course, means a new diet.

Which crazy crash diet did I choose to ring in the new year, you ask? Remembering the mantra- "moderation is not your friend"- I chose the "Maker's Diet" (NO! It has nothing to do with Maker's Mark!), for all intents and purposes a crazy, crash diet billed as a transition to healthy eating. http://organicfanatic.blogspot.com/2007/06/makers-diet-how-to-get-started.html

For the first two weeks, you cut out most all fruits excepts berries, most beans, carbs, and pretty much anything Satan tells you to eat. I continued to eat shrimp because quite frankly, I never real understood the whole bottom dweller thing. I realize rebelling on this small point while not questioning why I can only eat berries makes no sense but I digress.

I also promised myself not to fall off the wagon if I cheated. So for the first week, I definitely ate small pieces of candy, a cookie crumb, etc. to get me over the initial shock. But by the second week, I was looking forward to my yummy breakfast of hard boiled eggs, strawberries, and almonds. I didn't actually want to cheat. I moved the bread off the table at dinner and learned to love olive oil and vinegar on salads. Salmon is now my best friend. And I may now account for .5% of California almond sales.

I lost 8 pounds in the first two weeks. It was awesome. The only drawback is that I was also attempting to exercise and with no carbs in your body...good luck. There were also some unfortunate GI side effects but no one wants to hear about that. Let's just say I think I might have cleansed out that cheese stuck to my intestinal walls back from the third grade.

Oddly enough, I am having more trouble adhering to the diet now that I have more options. Could it be I only respond to deprivation and rexie-like* tendencies?

*"Rexie" is my shorthand for simulated anorexia because let's be honest, a big girl like me ain't ever really gonna pull the real deal anorexia. Not to make light of a very serious disease though.