Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Surprise!

Guess what - my two favorite grandparents in the world have arrived four days early. I'm very excited and pleased to see them... but shit. A weekend of covert food avoidance just transformed into nearly a week. Time for some strategic planning, methinks.
  • Avoid all possible meals: arrive late, decline leftovers
  • Be sneaky with the snacks: fill up a non-translucent cup and pretend to munch every now and then
  • Fake enthusiasm: get super excited over traditional family dishes, mention "favorites"
  • Mealtime=battlefield: load up on veggies when possible, choose smaller dish so tiny portions are less obvious, leave at least half uneaten, chew slowly
  • Stay focused: no mindless munching, no consumption of unknown calories
  • Excuses, excuses: fake hangover (thanks Bella!), period cramps, chew gum (too good/expensive to spit out), wisdom tooth pain, already ate
  • Shake that ass: keep moving, burn maximum amount of calories to compensate for that homemade macaroni and cheese
  • Project illusions: 1: do some chores, play with the kids, just keep busy so no one has time to wonder why I'm not eating, 2: bring along a to-go cup from any restaurant to make it seem that I already ate
If anyone can add to that I'd really appreciate it. At my mom's house it's very hard to be sneaky because of all the people, so I need to seem as realistic as possible.

CW: 165.2

Intake:
  • 5 fishsticks with ketchup (190 cal.)
  • 1 bite of a cookie (20 cal.)
Walked 3 miles (-250 cal.)

Total: -40 calories

4 comments:

  1. AnonymousSeptember 1, 2010 at 5:12 PM

    wow that sounds like an amazing plan/routine- pretty much fool proof (:
    and how many people are at your moms house because the more the merrier! the more people there are the less attention she will give you right?
    Try get out as much as possible, walking, shopping anything! every little thing burns some cals.

    offer to do some chores, the more active you are the less she will be noticing your eating habits compared to if you were just siting around not eating :D

    x

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  2. SarahSeptember 1, 2010 at 11:41 PM

    Thanks for sharing this. It's great.
    <3

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  3. AnonymousSeptember 2, 2010 at 5:23 AM

    That plan sounds good too me :) hope it goes well! Keep us updated lovely, stay strong x

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  4. AriaSeptember 2, 2010 at 1:38 PM

    Family adventures are always tricky!!

    que the theme song for Mission Impossible.....

    da da dada dada da da DANANA DANANA DANANA DA DADA!

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