Day 73--In the kitchen AGAIN--

Day 73. I like how that sounds. Day seventy-three. I like the way that rolls off the tongue.
Did my full walk with my friend last night. And you know, it was easier. For the longest time I would ask 'when is it going to get easier?!' and it never was. Well now it is. Weird. I used to come home and just collapse on the bed for about 20 minutes. Now I collapse for about 5 seconds then I'm good to go.
So she said she had SO MUCH to tell me. She went to a big doodah with a bunch of ladies from her church, it was a new diet they were all panting to try. It's called the Michael Thurmond diet, or the six week body something. They had to take this test to find out if they were body type A, B, C, D, or E. (the letters are also divided into male and female--this is an all inclusive diet). They HAVE to eat every 2 hours, and drink absolutely ZERO milk. That's right. And there are certain combinations of food they have to eat and in specific portioned amounts. Hmmm. Oh, and ABSOLUTELY NO EXERCISE. It is not needed.
I asked her if she was going to do it. She said no, it sounded ridiculous, but all the other ladies were just lapping it up. See, this is the SECRET METHOD for losing weight that they have been looking for their ENTIRE LIFE. It has to be. It is super complicated and detailed and nit picky so this just has to be the way.
I said, 'BFF, you know I am doing none of those things. I eat exactly what I please in portioned amounts, walk daily, and I've lost 27 pounds. Without all that silly stuff. Without the 'good' and 'bad' foods.'
And SHE said, 'Well, I'd really like to look at your cholesterol count.'
WTH. (what the heck)
What does THAT mean?
It means that even though I'm successful and HAPPY, I'm still not doing it the right way. Aren't I supposed to be eating disgustingly healthy foods? Where's the suffering? Dang this just irritated me to high heaven. Why why why can't people just leave me alone and let me lose weight without all the criticism.
So I just cleverly directed the conversation to other lines of topic and let it go. I mean seriously. I could care less what my cholesterol count is. I am eating less than I ever have in my life, I'm more active than I've ever been in my life. If it IS high, it's bound to go down now right? And who really cares? My mother (I miss you Mom) was always trying to lose 15 pounds as long as I can remember and ate absolutely zero fat, and I mean ZERO fat. Always watched her calories whatever and her cholesterol was THROUGH THE ROOF. Yes, shocking I know. And my Dad and I who ate everything under the sun had extremely LOW cholesterol. She just really felt that was unfair. I think her dying of pancreatic cancer is unfair but nobody asked me my opinion!
Pretty much the entire walk was taken up with talk about losing weight, and I just tried to be supportive because she is just not there yet. There has been no click. And if you don't know what I'm talking about, it's the click that happens when you 'get it', and everything finally falls into place and there is no turning back. So I just listened and was careful to not tell her what she was supposed to do because by gum if she doesn't know by NOW with all the nattering on I do then she has to be a moron.
I have spent more time in the kitchen in the last two days than I have in a long time. I think I've been a bit afraid of the kitchen. I'm this smashingly good cook, see? You have to be with a husband and 8 hungry kids to feed. And I've been scared that I would just go NUTS, literally NUTS and devour madly the food I am making. So we'll see what tonight holds. I made chicken spaghetti http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2007/06/chicken_spaghet/

rolls http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2007/11/pw_dinner_rolls_-_no_kneading_required/

I am having a devil of a time figuring out how to do these pictures right. I can never get the text for the pic exactly where I want it to go.
Oh, btw, none of this food is low calorie. Just a heads up. Also veggies and a salad to round out the meal and yum does it all look and smell good.
Cross your fingers that I eat the small portioned amount I plan to eat and am completely and totally satisfied and don't make a pig of myself.
Oh, and the pioneer woman whose site I got these recipes from? She's someone I wish I knew in real life. And how does she stay so stinking thin making food like this! Because she says she eats this stuff. Maybe she only has a couple bites or something. Well, no use being jealous eh?
Other than that my kids are driving my bonkers, the kitten keeps throwing up (but will not take the medicine the doc gave us I wish she had just given us liquid I mean seriously why would you wrap little bits of pills in 'kitten treats' because after she ate one NO WAY is she going to eat another no matter how I try to disguise it cats are so picky), my laundry has reached monumental proportions and I hate loathe and detest sorting socks. With so many people in this house you would not BELIEVE the many different kinds there are. I wish socks came attached to clothes I really do. And where has this week gone! And even more so, where has this YEAR GONE because it's already the end of July.

I'll leave you with one of my favorites. I wanted to have it be at the END of my post but well I'm unable to figure out how to get it there so here it is. I'm off to pop stuff in the oven like a good little housewife. You all be good. Toodleooski!