March 28, 2007
Distracted by lunch... and other things
I've been a little distracted from blogging and producing web content for the last few weeks. I joined Weight Watchers two weeks ago and that is going well so far. I've lost about 4 pounds (which is about their expected 1 to 2 pounds a week) and on the whole I'm optimistic about it. I've been in a place where my tummy wanted less which matched better with the fact that my body needs less (being short has a few disadvantages in the era of 32 oz sodas). Now I just need to find that place again before all the point counting drives me bananas.
I do have to say that I partly agree with my boyfriend about the sad state of Weight Watcher's online presence. I think I'm a little more positive about their tools, because the "recipe builder" they provide has actually been quite helpful to me (once I actually found it in their mishmash website!). It sure made figuring out crepes way easier anyway.
On the up side of all the measuring and counting, I'm gaining an appreciation for foods I never bothered about much before. Grapes, blood oranges, cherry tomatoes, granola, and sushi are yummy. Well, I knew sushi was yummy, but now it's a bit easier to convince my boyfriend to go have some. (A small roll with 6 pieces is only 2 points! So happy! Yay for tuna!)
I've also been a bit distracted by the world of adorable Japanese lunches. Bento (or the slightly more polite obento) are apparently far more popular outside of Japan that I expected. You can buy the adorable little boxes in various places, including eBay and JBox and you can buy a hoard of accessories and tools to help you make the cutest lunch imaginable. I bought some molds for making rice balls (yay triangle mochi!) and for turning hard boiled eggs into weird shapes. You just wait until you're starring down a pumpkin shaped deviled egg and see who you call crazy then!... er...
Anyway, so with all this joyful (but more healthier) food I haven't been feeding my website as much as normal. I've still got lots of things to work on, including: sewing for a Victorian LARP event later this year, finishing up various sewing that was being pinned or stapled at the last minute, taking some pictures of my regency outfit, putting up some scanned Victorian photos I've collected, and scanning the volume of Beeton's Book of Needlework (published in 1870) which I recently acquired.
All of that will probably take me a while, but hopefully at least a little will make it on to my website soon. I also pulled out a very old (ie. my college years, not 1900's) photo album that I want to go through and scan for my own amusement. I'm a little sad I didn't pay much attention to GenCon's photo contests as I'm sure the picture of me with "Sailor Bubba" would have made someone out there laugh.
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