Vanity

[clevermanka]

We braved two blocks of downtown yesterday after brunching at Aladdin Café, whose lunch buffet I successfully navigated for the second time while on Whole30 (fattoush, baba ganough, and shawarmah chicken--GO!). Enticed inside by The Etc. Shop's multiple SALE! signs, I found two pairs of My Favorite Sunglasses, which I've worn since 1996 (two pairs, same style) on sale for $10 each. I snapped up the last two pairs since I figure this means either the style is being discontinued or the store isn't carrying them anymore. In any case, I've got the next two decades covered as far as sunglasses go.

I. Love. These. Sunglasses.

Because I haven't noticed how shitty I feel for a couple weeks, I'm going to take that as an indication that the Armour thyroid medication is working well. It's after two o'clock in the afternoon and I don't have the overwhelming need for a nap today. That's pretty awesome. I've even had enough energy to do my exercises after work the past couple weeks. Amazing! Whole30 continues to go well. Last night I made coconut-crusted chicken breasts, zucchini noodles with sun-dried tomatoes, and the butternut squash puree (again). Man that butternut squash puree is good. Good thing, since I'm not used to cooking chicken breasts (I'm more of a thigh girl) and they came out a little dry. The puree was Very Necessary. Overall, things are going well on the body front, but I'm having a hard time not stepping on the scale. It's so tempting to want that Validation of Progress, but weight loss isn't shouldn't be my goal here. What I need to do is get my food and thyroid issues under control. Vanity should take a back seat to that. Right? I just wish I wasn't putting vanity in the back seat so close to my KCRF bellydance gig.

Comments

[mckitterick.livejournal.com]

That's fantastic - congratulations!