The other day I thought that I would attempt to eat the five servings of fruit and vegetables recommended by the government. It turned out to be much harder then I thought it would be, because I also stop eating when I am full.
Breakfast: 1 banana, one small orange, a cup of tea, and 1/2 liter of water.
Lunch: 2 pita pockets in which I inserted half of an avocado into each pocket.
Dinner: About one cup mashed sweet potatoes, and about half a pizza that I cooked. Mr. M ate the other half. The toppings were fresh tomatoes and fresh chopped basil. So I had about half a tomato and some basil thrown in.
Note that I didn't even eat any meat that day. So how realistic do you think the 5 a day plan is? I really believe that Americans should eat more fresh produce, but a little overwhelming to someone just starting out. (I eat a lot of fruits and veggies, so this wasn't that hard for me.) Maybe we should start people out on the 3 a day plan, so that they wouldn't feel like failures and continue on the crazy x a day plan.
Thursday, January 25, 2007
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
Happy Anniversary
Happy anniversary to myself and Mr. M two days ago. We didn't really do much the day of, but two weeks ago, we stayed at this bed and breakfast in this room. Quite nice.
So many people talk us before we got married that the first year is the hardest. We were supposed to fight all the time and drive each other crazy. We had a chat about this a few days ago. Both of us agreed that the hardest part of being married this year, was not the being married part, but the moving and starting over part. Trying to make new friends, work crazy jobs, and just adjusting to a different way of life up here.
Of course, we both have things about us that drive the other one crazy from time to time, but it hasn't resulted in any huge fights. So it turns out that both of us have been pleasantly surprised that the marriage part of this year has been so nice. (My personal opinion is that it helps we married later in life.) And lest anyone is too concerned about our fiances from the last post, we could afford to buy a sound system for our anniversary present to ourselves. We were also very proud of ourselves that over the past year, we have put over 8 grand toward debt repayment (mostly left over from grad school and having to buy a "new" used car.)
So many people talk us before we got married that the first year is the hardest. We were supposed to fight all the time and drive each other crazy. We had a chat about this a few days ago. Both of us agreed that the hardest part of being married this year, was not the being married part, but the moving and starting over part. Trying to make new friends, work crazy jobs, and just adjusting to a different way of life up here.
Of course, we both have things about us that drive the other one crazy from time to time, but it hasn't resulted in any huge fights. So it turns out that both of us have been pleasantly surprised that the marriage part of this year has been so nice. (My personal opinion is that it helps we married later in life.) And lest anyone is too concerned about our fiances from the last post, we could afford to buy a sound system for our anniversary present to ourselves. We were also very proud of ourselves that over the past year, we have put over 8 grand toward debt repayment (mostly left over from grad school and having to buy a "new" used car.)
Thursday, January 18, 2007
$2
After balancing our checkbook the old fashioned way, I have determined that we have $2 in our account. I don't know that our going to Quicken is that much better. Fortunately, I get paid today, and Mr. M gets paid tomorrow.
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