skinny food-a-holic
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Unfortunetly they don't really go hand-in-hand since chocolate cake and alfredo sauce on a daily basis lead to clogged arteries, not a sleak physique.
I once told my friend that "I think, I think about food more than a guy thinks about sex." That being the case, here are some of my ramblings about trying to be a skinny food-a-holic.
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Sick-o
So last week I was horribly sick. NO FUN AT ALL. I know that when I am sick all I crave is comfort food. Unfortunately I was the kind of sick where you can’t move and all you do is eat.
Not a good week for me. However I did make some awesome vegetable soup, but we’ll get to that later. Even after I started to feel better I still never made it to the gym to get some miles in because I was crazy busy at work. In addition to being a lazy piece of lard, I also felt getting Taco Bell for dinner would make me feel better. Not only Taco Bell, but pizza and take out too. It was like a free for all! That left me feeling totally down and tired all day today. I so did not want to work out, feeling as I did, but I forced myself to go to my Monday night dance class (because I had paid for it already and I’m cheap) and then to the gym.
OMG. I felt so much better afterward. Not hungry, slightly sore, but in such a better mood. Its amazing what exercise can do for your body. Thank goodness for endorphins I guess! So, my lesson learned, is that I am going to try and do even just a yoga tape the next time I’m sick. No way do I want to repeat that horrible, yucky mood I was feeling this morning. Exercise is my savior!
Now on to that soup. You can make really good soup with simple ingredients. I sauteed some onions and leeks and mushrooms in a large stock pot. Used some vegetable stock to deglaze the pot, and then filled it up with diced sweet potatoes, regular potatoes, peas, carrots, and some white beans. You can add whatever seasoning you want by I like oregano, rosemary, and white pepper. Be creative with your combinations! If you like creamy style soups, that doesn’t mean you have to add cream either! Just puree half of the soup after you are finished cooking and it will thicken the broth. (this works best with tomato, squash or other soups that do not have lots of big chunks in them, for example you probably shouldn’t try this technique with chicken noodle…) You can do this in a blender, in batches, or if you have an immersion it only takes a minute or two to blend and entire pot of soup!
Happy Eating!
