My lovely sister, who is going through a divorce, is down to 107 pounds. That’s high school weight, or maybe junior high. While she wouldn’t recommend the Pull Out Your Still-Beating Heart And Allow Your Spouse Of Seven Years To Stomp On It diet, she is looking good.
I think she’s too skinny now but maybe I am just jealous, only not of the misery part. Next to her, I am the jolly fat lady. This lardy feeling is compounded by my recent surgery. You might be surprised to learn that when you have shoulder surgery your legs stop working too, and you can no longer go running. Odd, but then medical science doesn’t know EVERYTHING.
Also surprising is that in order to lose weight you have to eat less and exercise more. I KNOW. But it’s true: I once won a weight-loss challenge by switching to Coke Zero and sugar-free hot chocolate. So I’ve decided to resume running because it’s more likely that my legs will start working again than that I’ll go back to a sugar-free existence.
Luckily, Andrea’s bucolic town has a 5k Run Through the Lavender this month. Once I pay the entrance fee, I’ll be motivated to start training, since the race is two weeks from Saturday and it wouldn’t do to collapse under a lavendar bush. (If you’re in Utah and want to run, send me an email!)
I don’t even like the smell of lavender, but it sure is pretty.
Exercise more: check. Eat less: hmm.
I love French fries, but maybe they’re not the best nutritional choice. Or are they? Potatoes are high in potassium, which your heart needs almost as much as it needs to not be stomped on. In fact, a well-rounded diet might consist of ice cream for your bones, fish sticks for your brain, and French fries for your heart.
Some French fries are even more beneficial, having beta carotene for your eyes. We recently discovered sweet potato fries at Rumbi Grill. At home, I’ve tried chopping sweet potatoes like regular fries and then either skillet-frying or tossing in oil and baking. These methods work pretty well, but the resulting fry isn’t as crisp as the unifrom crinkle-cut. Then I found (and modified) a Sweet Potato Wedge recipe:
Dick says these are even better than Rumbi’s. They’re not very crispy, but they do absorb much less oil. Don’t forget the fry sauce!
I’m entering these puppies in Randi’s Recipe Box Swap and The Natural Mommy’s Recipe Swap. I would enter my sister in a divorce carnival, but I don’t know of any. I will tell her that “A Day Without French Fries” comes from Nora Roberts, who writes formulaic yet satisfying (and racy) romance. In the romance novel world, divorce is but a stumbling block on the road to meeting a virile-yet-sensitive, sensitive-yet-macho, macho-yet-cute-with-kids Prince Charming who will love you for who you are and also give you incredible connubial bliss. Amen.
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Very very sorry for your sister’s situation.
Good luck with your run!
“virile-yet-sensitive, sensitive-yet-macho, macho-yet-cute-with-kids Prince Charming”
Bring it on!
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Those fries look soooo good, but Brad hates sweet potatoes.
Now you’ve got me feeling all anorexic, I’m up to 123 pounds at 24 weeks pg. I started out at 102 though, so looking at it that way, I’ve actually gained about twice as much as most women at this stage.
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My heart goes out to your sis. Here’s hoping things start to straighten out soon.
My heart goes out even more to her beautiful children.
Best wishes,
Jane
I make neary fat-free fries by shaking the wedges in an egg white in a zip lock, then in the seasoning, then baking on a pam-covered cookie sheet after spraying the top of the fries with pam. They crisp up ok. I have never tried it with sweet potatoes, but I will.
I had to look up bucolic–”pertaining to an idyllic rural life”. What a perfect word for Mona!
I’m kind of scared of the Young Living Farm, so I don’t think I’d dare run a race there.
I LOVE the rumbi fries so I’ll have to try that recipe. Every time I eat them I think I’m eating healthier, but with all that fry sauce I am just fooling myself.
I’m sorry about your sister’s situation.
If the fries are sweet potato fries, you don’t need to curb your intake. They’re like vitamins, except for crispier.
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First things first: however svelte your sister is, you are NOT fat. Not even close.
But thanks for the sweet potato fries recipe. I’ve been looking for one.
Andrea — Egg whites is such a great idea. I think I’ve heard of that before, but will definitely try next time.
Julia — I hear you on YLF. I’ve been curious about it for awhile — is there anything really creepy? Are you close by?
Carolina — I am all over the “don’t need to curb your intake”!
Bill — Thanks. Any pics on my blog are a couple (fattening) months old, but you have put a smile on my face!
Hope you enjoy the fries. (And really, don’t forget the fry sauce!!)
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I have been where you sister now is…I got down to 98 lbs..now after 25 years of a new marrige I have certainly found those lost pounds…and Rumbi Fries! Good luck with your race and thanks for the recipe…off to make them right now!
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