6/01/2017

Weight
155.5 today
After some soul searching, a revelatory epiphany, and a volley of emails with my mentor Adele, I have accomplished a rather major change in my diet.  I have, drum roll please, stopped eating bacon.  I'll allow you a moment to let it sink in, friends.  My weight loss momentum had stalled and I was ready to do something about it.

You have to realize, I have been eating bacon and eggs every single morning for breakfast since 2005.  I had convinced myself that my body didn't have a problem with bacon...and I never considered bacon a "processed" meat, which (clearly) my body has a problem with.  So last Friday I said goodbye to bacon and started eating broccoli with my morning eggs.  I was afraid I would get hungry; I did not.  I was afraid I would run out of energy; I did not.  If anything, I felt lighter!

I also upped my vegetable intake and eased back on the protein.  It's important, too, to make sure you're getting plenty of fat in your diet.  With these changes, sure enough, the weight has started dropping again.

Other
I am an anglophile; I love all things related to Great Britain.  So when I read an article this week about the queen's nail polish, I had to give it a whirl.  (She's been wearing the same brand/shade since 1989!)  I don't wear nail varnish all the time anymore.  It's not often I have enough downtime to sit still for that amount of time.  And when I do give them a polish, I use Sally Hansen's Xtreme Wear line.  I discovered a few years back that it is THE best varnish around...wonderful colors, dries fast, long lasting, and a steal at around $2.50 a bottle.  But I thought I'd give the queen's brand a go (Essie) because, well, she is the queen and she ought to know.

So yesterday off I went to my local Target store, found the brand/shade (same as the queen's, thank you), and actually had time to paint up my nails when I got home.  I'll cut to the chase and admit my extreme disappointment.  I always do 4 coats of varnish; 1 base coat, 2 coats of color, and 1 top coat.  And yes, I realize that "ballet slippers" is a sheer shade...but at $9.71 it should not appear streaky and cheap.  So this morning I returned that stuff and, with my refund, promptly chose two bottles of the Xtreme Wear (fuchsia power and pep-lum**), and still had money left over.  Still I'm glad I experimented a little because, hey, you never know until you try.

**I already have a bottle of the mah-velous shade "black out" at home.  Black really does go with everything.