A month and a half into Buy Nothing Year and I really haven't stated how my Diet-Nothing-Year (not a good name at all) is going. Well, I have to say, I'm not doing too badly, but not goodly either.
- Booze (excluding wine), ... I've taken to having a little rye and ginger or gin and soda lately. About on a week average
- Potato Chips ... well, the in-laws gave us a huge bag of leftover tiny bags of Hallowe'en chips which I divulged myself in on New Year's Eve. Also, succumbed to a craving two weeks ago.
- French fries, only two breaks here, one forced upon me while shooting the show, the other voluntarily ordered in a moment of weakness.
- Chocolate, hard to avoid sometimes as it sneaks itself into various loaves of bread or granola bars. I've stayed away from chocolate bars, but again, the in-laws provided us with a tray of chocolates and, well, I'm weak okay.
- Hamburgers, eaten with voluntary fries above. But just that once.
- Fast food, I've actually been able to stay away from this. It helps that most of it is indigestible tripe.
- Mayonnaise, the occasional sandwich has arrived with mayo on it, and Aden recently bought some Miracle Whip which has made it onto one slab of bread or another, but we're stingy with it.
- salad dressing, I only have it if it comes on my salad without me asking
- candy covered nuts, done and done... we went the other way and have been buying nuts in shells, leaving the nut bowl on the coffee table between the couch and the tele, meaning we snack on nuts more than anything else, and the additional effort to get at them means we eat less. Knowledge.
- anything with trans fat (Yoplait Yoptimal yogurt, pogos), been about 95% successful. Every now and again I wind up eating something only to read the label while eating it (a cereal or granola bar, yogurt, cheesies[ahem])
- donuts, with the exception of the occasional Timbit that gets thrust into my face, yup
- Cinnabons, love the smell, not the bloated uncooked dough and obscenely sweet icing that sits in the stomach after ingesting, so yeah, it's easy to stay away.
- Swiss Chalet, success!
- chicken wings from Pizza Pizza, ditto!
- onion rings, tritto!
- packaged cookies, we got a tin of cookies from somewhere that I dove into in one or two of my weaker moments. I'm not proud of myself.
- ice cream, belly remains unsullied by ice cream, thank you.
Overall, I'm not doing too terrible, as I don't consume any of the above on any basis that could be determined as "regular" but also, do break the moratorium quite frequently, more than I think I should. I mean, Aden and I eat quite healthy for the most part, making nearly everything from scratch as opposed to buying something premade or frozen, but at the same time, we do indulge our cravings every so often which isn't good. Every time we indulge a craving, it resets the crave-o-meter back to zero, and we have to start again. Because, you know, when your crave-o-meter reaches 110, you've broken your craving. Really.
On the budgeting side of food-related things, we've reduced eating out for lunch about once every two or three weeks (chile, stew, sandwiches, lasagna and soup are our regular lunch fare these days) and our eating out is about the same, once every two or three weeks. We don't count the occasional pizza into "eating" out, since it's a nominal expense ($10 - $13 feeding three plus one additional lunch, value!).
the Rundown
- Pop , normally not a problem for me but...- Booze (excluding wine), ... I've taken to having a little rye and ginger or gin and soda lately. About on a week average
- Potato Chips ... well, the in-laws gave us a huge bag of leftover tiny bags of Hallowe'en chips which I divulged myself in on New Year's Eve. Also, succumbed to a craving two weeks ago.
- French fries, only two breaks here, one forced upon me while shooting the show, the other voluntarily ordered in a moment of weakness.
- Chocolate, hard to avoid sometimes as it sneaks itself into various loaves of bread or granola bars. I've stayed away from chocolate bars, but again, the in-laws provided us with a tray of chocolates and, well, I'm weak okay.
- Hamburgers, eaten with voluntary fries above. But just that once.
- Fast food, I've actually been able to stay away from this. It helps that most of it is indigestible tripe.
- Mayonnaise, the occasional sandwich has arrived with mayo on it, and Aden recently bought some Miracle Whip which has made it onto one slab of bread or another, but we're stingy with it.
- salad dressing, I only have it if it comes on my salad without me asking
- candy covered nuts, done and done... we went the other way and have been buying nuts in shells, leaving the nut bowl on the coffee table between the couch and the tele, meaning we snack on nuts more than anything else, and the additional effort to get at them means we eat less. Knowledge.
- anything with trans fat (Yoplait Yoptimal yogurt, pogos), been about 95% successful. Every now and again I wind up eating something only to read the label while eating it (a cereal or granola bar, yogurt, cheesies[ahem])
- donuts, with the exception of the occasional Timbit that gets thrust into my face, yup
- Cinnabons, love the smell, not the bloated uncooked dough and obscenely sweet icing that sits in the stomach after ingesting, so yeah, it's easy to stay away.
- Swiss Chalet, success!
- chicken wings from Pizza Pizza, ditto!
- onion rings, tritto!
- packaged cookies, we got a tin of cookies from somewhere that I dove into in one or two of my weaker moments. I'm not proud of myself.
- ice cream, belly remains unsullied by ice cream, thank you.
Overall, I'm not doing too terrible, as I don't consume any of the above on any basis that could be determined as "regular" but also, do break the moratorium quite frequently, more than I think I should. I mean, Aden and I eat quite healthy for the most part, making nearly everything from scratch as opposed to buying something premade or frozen, but at the same time, we do indulge our cravings every so often which isn't good. Every time we indulge a craving, it resets the crave-o-meter back to zero, and we have to start again. Because, you know, when your crave-o-meter reaches 110, you've broken your craving. Really.
On the budgeting side of food-related things, we've reduced eating out for lunch about once every two or three weeks (chile, stew, sandwiches, lasagna and soup are our regular lunch fare these days) and our eating out is about the same, once every two or three weeks. We don't count the occasional pizza into "eating" out, since it's a nominal expense ($10 - $13 feeding three plus one additional lunch, value!).