Jackie: Two weeks done

In my first two weeks, I lost about 15 lbs. Today is the first day of the last two weeks.

I think I lose faster than Dawn does because I'm hyper! I'm sure as hell not doing hard labor, but I am always up and running between grading papers or writing emails.

I cheated a tad this morning...I had about 3/4 of a cup of rice left in the pan, so I just finished it off rather than eating the 1/2 and saving the 1/4. Greedy! I could be put into the torture chamber for that, you know. Don't tell Kim Jung-Il or I'm TOAST.

I shouldn't be glib. But in the real world, that is EXACTLY what would have happened if I were in a N. Korean prison (ie., slow murder farm).

Lentil Salvation

by DMC

Yesterday I cheated -- almost. Let's just say, I was in a foul, stressed mood due to external circumstances, and I wanted copious amounts of alcohol and decadent cheesecake--or at least a glass of wine! On my way home from work, I almost stopped someplace. God knows, I had ample opportunities with all the food joints littering the sides of the freeways.

Instead, Jackie and I went swimming, and then to the co-op and another grocery store. We picked up some lentils and she told me how she had made those fabulous lentils to go with our rice (basically onion, a smidge of vegetarian broth powder, and a bay leaf). Okay, so technically they don't get onions and broth and bay leaves in the camps, but considering last night I was so unhappy that I actually skipped my dinner of rice and beans, the lentils are a necessity! Yesterday I subsisted on a tiny square of polenta. Before going to bed, I ate a small tomato. That's it. Not exactly healthy -- I think yesterday ended up being a total of 100 calories. So this morning, I'm dragging. My brain feels like mud and my limbs like mush. I have the lentils simmering on the stove now. Soon, I'll be able to bring my blood glucose level back up to a somewhat salvageable level... in about 25 minutes or so when, hopefully, the lentils finish cooking.

As for my weight, the scale is down 12.5 lbs since we started 2 weeks ago. The first week I dropped a pound a day, and now the scale tells me half a pound a day.

Jackie: Add your own title

Here's a drawing of an American watching one of those annoying spots about the starving people in Africa from the comfort of his/her own living room.

Same applies if you put a tiny shriveled N. Korean in the box.

Jackie: Suffering

If we weren't suffering, it'd be pointless. Good for you, Dawn, for feeling like crap! Me too! I just want to taste something different. I don't even care if it's a LOT! I don't need to eat a whole cake, just a couple spoonfuls, please!

Maybe we aren't suffering enough. If we were, we'd just be grateful for what we have.

My days are turning out to be this: Wake up, take FOREVER to get ready for work, suddenly get really lively, get to school and teach for 4.5 hours, and struggle to make it home at 1 pm without falling asleep at the wheel. I can do my job, but I run out of energy rather quickly. I do not know what I would be doing if I had to do 12 hours hard labor. I just couldn't do it, that's all. I'd be shot.

Almost two weeks

by DMC

God, I can't wait until this food strike is over. I'm hungry, but at least I'm finding my energy evening out, though I still get bone tired around 9 p.m. The weight loss has slowed, but it's still fairly steady at about half a pound a day. I try to keep active, but I'm not working out. Jackie and I are supposed to be going swimming later today.

I'm not grumpy like Jackie claims to be, but eating nothing but corn, rice, and beans has gotten incredibly boring... and the constant state of hunger is starting to get to me. Today I read an article about the worst fast food bombs... things like the Carl's Jr. Kentucky Bourbon Burger with almost 1,000 calories and a Burger King burger with two pieces of cheese and fried onion strings.

God, that sounds good. The genius that thought to put fried onion strings on a burger deserves a culinary Nobel prize.

Hell, I crave anything other than rice and beans and corn. Even a humble salad sounds like heaven right now! Heck, the strawberries growing in my planter out back keep beckoning me with their ripe, red goodness.

DAMMIT!

It's Day 12, and I just ate my wretched cabbage soup, and I WANT COOKIES! or GRAPENUTS! Holy cow! I'm getting so sick of this stupid food, I can't express it without shrieking! Bleah bleah bleah bleah bleah!

Here is how my daily food ritual takes place.

1 small triangle of polenta in the morning, 75 calories

Tea with MILK! Yes, MILK! I'm Irish, I can't help it! So there are 75 more calories!

For lunch, some sorry cabbage slop, 0 calories, near as I can tell. Not enough to count!

For dinner, 1/2 cup brown rice, 100 calories plus some beans, maybe 1/3 cup, roughly 80 calories.

Total for any given day? 330 calories.

Had to quit quinoa, so I added milk. Quinoa is disgusting unless you add a bunch of stuff to it, such as oil.

I WANT COOKIES!

I'm showing an 8 out of 10 on the bitchometer today, because I want cookies!

LiNK

This is a great website one of our commenters turned me on to:

http://www.linkglobal.org/index.html

Be sure to have a look at it!