Week 2 (Actually week 1. I'm good at counting.)

So, we survived a week of the 4hb. It was not terrible, but by the end of the week we realized we needed to be a little more careful about reading labels and when we eat out. We had thai food one night, and I'm pretty sure the curry was full of sugar. It was yummy though. We also had green papaya salad, which I didn't really think about because it tastes like a vegetable but oh right, papaya is a fruit....

Anyway I'm a little tired of having beans for breakfast. The rest of the day is fine, but beans in my eggs every morning really isn't that exciting. Cannelini beans are the best though, you don't notice them quite as much.

We made some really good dinners all week though! First was that chicken fried fakerice, then these lettuce wraps/tacos (my favorite)



Wednesday nights Jason works late so I wasn't in the mood for cooking. I had chicken (chicken, olive oil, salt and pepper) and roasted veggies from whole foods' deli, and some tj's premade curried chickpeas thing.



I think Thursday was just steak and veggies, nothing exciting. Friday we had thai food - green curry w/ beef and no rice, tom kha soup with chicken, and green papaya salad.

And then it was cheat day!! We started off with some Pine State Biscuits. I had to have the McIsley. It's a delicious biscuit, fried chicken, pickles, honey, and mustard. So delicious. Also, hash browns.
(pic from carinny , random flickr user...)

I had King Cake for lunch. Yum. We went to my friend Troy's wedding and had lots of wine, and they had a little cheese plate buffet so I got to eat plenty of blue cheese and brie. Mmm.

Sunday we were back on the diet and had the eggs, veggies, sausage, bean thing for breakfast. Dinner was chili, made by Jason, and it was delicious :) We also had a mix of kale/collard/chard sauteed with shallots and garlic. Yum.

I lost five pounds last week, but I think Jason said he lost either a couple pounds or nothing. He did eat a bunch of trader joes chili for lunches though, which had sneaky starch and sugar in it I think. So we're going to be a little more careful about that this week, and see how it goes.

Oh and this was breakfast today - I wanted it to be like the veggie hash at Bakery Bar. It's diced onions, mushrooms, carrots, cabbage, radish, and celery, with sausage and lentils, topped with two eggs over medium.

Yum.

Four hour body.

Today we started the the four hour body diet.

Basically, it's five rules.
1. No white carbohydrates, or anything that can be white (i.e. brown rice, ww bread)
2. Eat the same few meals over and over again
3. Don't drink calories (except red wine :)
4. Don't eat fruit
5. Once a week "go nuts"

There's more to it, obviously but that's basically it. Lots of beans and eggs and meat and veggies.
Some friends of ours are doing it and think it's the best thing ever - my mom is even doing it and said she lost 8 pounds in 6 days.

Anyway I'm going to blog about it since I never blog anymore.

Here's what I ate for breakfast:
2 scrambled eggs, 3 slices of turkey bacon, a couple handfuls of spinach, and about 1/2 cup of cannelini beans, all scrambled up together with a little salt and pepper.

coffee with cinnamon in it
lots of water (one .5 liter bottle and 2 pints so far)

lunch, because I'm lazy:
some baby carrots
trader joe's punjab eggplant (eggplant, tomatoes, onions, sunflower oil, pumpkin, garlic, salt, coriander, chili, cumin, turmeric, ginger, cloves) with cannelini beans thrown in

dinner is going to be chicken fried faux-rice.
- 1 med head White Cauliflower
- 1 large boneless skinless chicken breast
- 1 egg beaten
- 1 tsp olive or favorite oil
- 2 Tbls Soy Sauce (low sodium preferred)
- 1 Tbls Fresh Grated Ginger
- 1 Green Onion chopped including the green
- 5 spice
- 1 cup water

except I'll probably double that and I'm adding some chopped cabbage and other veggies.

**Update!**



I used three chicken breasts, three eggs, and added celery, carrots, shallots, cilantro, crimini mushrooms, a ton of garlic, and a little fish sauce. it was awesome!

Soccer Ben!

Ben loved Spring Soccer so we signed him up for Fall soccer, too. Fall soccer is less laid back and more "real" and he's doing great! He had his first game on Saturday and he was awesome. He's into it and plays hard, stole the ball a few times, and even made a goal :)

Summer went fast.

I know it's not actually over yet, but tonight we did Ben's school shopping (online, thanks Old Navy!) and I just realized Ben starts school again in 22 days. 21 now, since today is basically over!! yikes.

Ben is going to be a first grader. That's exciting. Liam's 1 1/2 and saying all kinds of things.

Video from tonight..... In case you don't speak Liam, he said the baby is sad because it's outside, he doesn't know where the airplane went, and the dog went nightnight. Also, Pppplbbbht.

Our neighbors had a baby a couple weeks ago, and whenever she is outside and makes a cute little newborn noise Liam LOVES to talk about the sad baby.



Ben at his first real baseball game


It's been a pretty laid back summer. Jason has been busy with his new company (11 Bridges! Awesome! Yay Jason!) and I've been busy with the lawyering, and it's been going by way too fast.

Laura is getting married this weekend. And then we get to go see Bob Dylan and John Cougar Mellencamp at Edgefield, then we're going to try and squeeze in one more beach weekend before it's school time again. Fun times....

Oh right, blogging....

Hello blog. How are you? I've been busy and have neglected you. So first, here's a cute dancing baby video.


Update on life - I started my own law firm! Fun! Also, why I haven't blogged. Jason made me a fancy website because he is awesome... and I'm getting busier and busier.

Also, we moved in March! We love the new place, and the boys love their new (shared!!) room and fun bunk bed.



The boys have grown a ton since I last blogged, and it's funny to see that picture of them in Liam's first b-day video below looking so little!!! Ben's almost done with Kindergarten, they get out June 15. And Liam is 1 1/2 now. Crazy!

Aren't they adorable?


Ben played soccer this spring and loved it


See that cute little red scar on Liam's head? He tripped and cut his head open on the coffee table :( 5 stitches, and it was very sad!!!! He's a little bam-bam, and climbs on everything.


Actually, they are both pretty crazy. and weird....


Random picture of the cousins watching a movie together.


Monkey.


Ben does not want a haircut. He's a skater now. Or Justin Bieber. Or something :)


So cute.
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