Small Slice

As it is Thanksgiving week here in the US, I'll be keeping our menus low-key, and hopefully low-calorie, as well.  I'm looking forward to spending time with family and friends, but I'm also apprehensive about sitting down to a table full of foods that I adore.  How will I control myself? 

After stressing about it, it dawned on me that I just have to go small, and focus on enjoying every bite that goes into my mouth, and I'm less likely to overdo it.  If I pile my plate and start shovelling, there is no hope.  But if I put my fork down, sip some wine, enjoy some conversation... I can do it.  I can keep from over-eating.

I'm not going do an actual menu this week - we'll be eating from the pantry and fridge, since I've got a bunch of stuff to work from.  I can tell you that tonight we'll be having soup and salad.  Lunch was a bell pepper and half an onion, sauteed with garlic and half a tomato, with a scrambled egg poured over the top and cooked through.  It was really warming and perfect for a cloudy day. 

I'll be updating my sidebar with whatever I cram in my mouth eat sedately over the course of the day.

I pulled out one of my bellydance DVDs today, and had a good ole time while my youngest was in preschool.  I try my best, I really do, but my limbs are not long and lithe.  Not even close.  From my chubby shoulders to my bitten fingernails, I'm not exactly making snake arms look sensual.  But it is a hoot, and what I lack in willowy, I make up for in the hip and shoulder shimmy. 

I love that part.  Heh.

Although it is a great workout for isolating body parts, I still need to get some mini-trampoline time in.  I'm off to do that now.