Fridge Door, Silverware Drawer, Heart Sore

The late night sounds in my house should not bother me. They should be accepted by the 21-year-old daughter living at home for the summer before she heads off with her boyfriend to Beijing for 12 months.

But every night is the same. My mom heads to the kitchen, no, she lingers around the kitchen, and then the refrigerator opens. Containers open, silverware rattles, maybe the TV turns on, bowls are left asunder on the sofa so there is cottage cheese or peanut butter caked on them the next morning. And it's like "that's great there's your substitution for a happy marriage or any form of sexual romantic love for the past 20 years, that's great. Enjoy your snacks". But it's worse than that because that enjoying-of-snacks she indulges in every day, every evening also strikes me through and through and makes my heart yearn for spoonfuls of ice cream and peanut butter too, bowls and bowls of Cheerios or just a shit-ton of whatever-the-fuck-is-in-the-cupboards.

As if food was a logical or viable substitute for ANYTHING. IT'S FUCKING FOOD YOU PUT IT IN A MOUTH HOLE SO YOUR SKIN SACK STAYS UPRIGHT AND YOUR MUSCLE CALLED HEART BEATS ON

but then I guess that's why we have so many of these folks in American, soon-to-be all over the world:

because it has become acceptable to solve your problems and "reward" yourself with eating
to waste your life on eating
to substitute living with eating and food

I was under 500 today because of exercise and lots of veggies. I made a great carrot purée baby food with steamed carrots and a spritz of onion powder, blended together for yumtasticness.
I'm feeling good other than having the Mom-binge-ED on my mind.
Hope you all are having good nights/mornings/daytimes.
xxxooo Eva

Camping Shlamping--I Missed Y'all!

OM-GEE!
Hello ladies and gents! I'm back from the gorgeous North coast of California and BOY does it feel good to check up on your lively lovely and lascivious posts and comments!

I had a great time and the eating was pretty under control (500, 1000, 700) with the exception of a hot dog and tempeh on the first night. I have to say the iPhone/iPod app, "Lose It" has really been saving me day-to-day. I have an iPod touch that I got free as Apple's student gimmick-"buy a Macbook get a free iPod bla bla bla"-and its transportability is great for keeping track of intake/exercise/calories in general.

Mom and I stopped at American Apparel on the way home and squeezing into a potential-buy bikini was NOT so much fun as lounging on a sandy, pebbly beach with no mirrors within a 20-mile radius, I have to say. Mom was also verrry offended by the presence of many butts, and also Butt in Am Appy though. C'mon mom, it's BUTTS! Silly BUTTS! Although I don't know how I feel about their advertising schemes myself, I feel like the unisex/androgyne/butt-tastic appeal is OK.

I am going to the beach with friends tomorrow. I am KEEPING INTAKE DOWN AND JOGGING ON SANDY BEACHES HIGH

also NO S'MOREZ Y'ALL

also HI! new followers! thanks and nice to meet you!
xxxooo Eva

Fermenting is superFly!

Does anyone engage in the crazy, risky and fun process of fermenting food?

There are many examples of this practice:

yoghurt

kombucha

vinegar

sauerkraut

miso

honey wine

tempeh

kimchi

beer

making kimchi in Korea

basically a lot of dishes that are kind of "weird" foods by American standards, haha.

The thing is, most of these foods are better for you fermented than they are as their original products because the process creates really awesome little bacteria that eat up carbohydrates. Like, for example, when making Kombucha you add a lot of sugar to black tea, but then add the kombucha culture which proceeds to EAT all the sugar until the caloric content is tiny!

I make a lot of kombucha and sauerkraut. They take a few weeks but hey it's a "reward" goal to have your kimchi or kombucha ready after you check your scale for the most recent weight loss.

Wiki has some good info on uses/benefits...

But for me the biggest benefits are:

fermented foods are LOW CALORIE

fermented food is good for your digestive system

fermented food is fun to make when you're restricting

MISO! sip it up.

--Kombucha recipe (you can just buy a bottle at the store and use it for your first batch, instead of getting a "mother)

--gorgeous Kimchi instructional

--Sauerkraut tutorial: I make mine in littler glass jars covered with a plastic bag, usually works fine.

--some health site on the benefits of fermenting

--great miso soup recipe; just take out the tofu and it's way low cal.

--"what to eat after a gluttonous meal?": detox

I have also read that eating fermented foods before/after fasting is like the very best thing for your system.

Any questions? What's your favorite fermented food? What's your least favorite?

xxxooo Eva