on track

I'm back on track with breakfasting. I attempted to make another batch of baked beans over the weekend and mistakenly used dry soybeans rather than what I thought were small white beans. My room mate pointed my error out rather too late, just as I had added the molasses and vinegar. So, committed to my recipe, I baked the soybeans overnight. They came out just like you'd imagine soybeans baked in the style of Boston: slimy, greasy, shiney. Yuck. I ended up donating the whole lot to a drop-in centre for the homeless.

I visited my Chinese doctor on Tuesday afternoon and rather than treat me she persuaded me to buy some diet pills. Not the usual diet pills but some herbal magic that:

"-Dramatically increases the metabolic rate, suppresses the appetite, scorches hundreds of fat cells and turn them into energy.
-Burning away years of stubborn stored fat on belly, thighs, buttocks and arms while not sacrificing foods."

and so forth.

The doctor got very upset with me. I have gained a total of fifty pounds since the summer of 2006. That's an average of 2-3 pounds per month. If I keep this up, my middle age spread will be seriously gargantuan. I've been trying halfheartedly but with good intention to halt the weight gain and even lose pounds. I started running in September and consistently continue to increase my distance, time and am also trying to have intense workouts whenever possible. I began to eat breakfast in an attempt to control my appetite. I am taking measures, but they have not been drastic enough even to put a stop to my incredible rate of expansion.

So it's go-time. Dr. Shi made me commit to the pills at a cost of $80.00 and one hour of strenuous activity a day for the next thirty days, as well as a very rigourously sensible protein-rich, low-carb diet.

I had lamb korma for breakfast yesterday. The day before, I had deer chili. This morning I ate a tofurkey sausage and a pile of lettuce and cucumber. The exercise has been surprisingly easy to do because of the energy these pills are making out of the scorching of hundreds of fat cells.