So I am sitting here dressed as Dorothy…there is a conference room filled with foods that are downright frightening to a food junkie. Yeah, today is a day I am going to be bad. Tomorrow will be about redemption and getting back on task.

Now, will someone please make the Wicked Witch of the West stop giving me the evil eye…you would think I dropped a house on her sister or something.

OK, I was really excited about Halloween…but I think I’m ready for it to be over because I want the candy to go away…at least until it comes back at Christmas.

sigh, I feel like I hate candy.

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Sometimes I forget exactly how easy it is to eat right and to get simple exercise.

Today, a friend asked me to tag along on a hike near New River. Even though I was tired from working the night shift, I thought a 9 a.m. walk would be a good thing. So we went, and for an hour and half hike. She is a fast walker and a fat girl like me had to have a break half-way through, but it was  good walk. My heart rate certainly got a-goin’. It didn’t really help that I kept talking a lot…I felt sorry for my friend because I’m a talker…

Once I got home, I was hungry and wanted breakfast. Part of the conversation with my friend was about food. Surprising, right? She mentioned the McDonald Egg McMuffin and it is low cal, fat content and how that was partly because they used Canadian bacon. When I got home, I jumped in the car and headed to the grocery store. I decided that good breakfast — that was kind of light but filling — would a couple of scrambled eggs, some Canadian bacon and a slice of sourdough toast. And it was good, and I didn’t feel guilty.

Sometimes it is so simple, so obvious…I don’t understand how I missed it!

Ugh. I hate this feeling. I have a school post due in about 50 minutes. I have nothing. I don’t know where to begin or how to piece together an answer.

I’m stuck. Generally, in these situations, I eat. I know, big surprise.

Trying to be good tonight…had my Smart Pop corn and some juice…but now, I feel like prowling around the kitchen for something else.

Sigh. I just want to get my work done.

I know I haven’t written much this week, but it has been busy and I am behind. But to sum it up, has been a bad week for food.

Will have more tomorrow. I promise

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This week’s Food Junkie Discovery is more of a question..what do you think about beer as a healthy or diet beverage. There is a post floating around talking about Guinness and that has prompted this question.

We see the ads for light beer with only 64 calories…but is beer the best choice we have when we are watching our weight and want to indulge with an adult beverage?

I overslept this morning…really overslept, missed my coffee and by the time I got to work, I realized my neck was more than a little sore.

 I needed something with a little bit of sugar and it was cold so I could take some pain reliever.

When I went to the vending machine, I thought about just grabbing a soda that way I could have sugar and caffeine. But it isn’t the way to go…so I opted for juice. I know it is high in sugar, but it has a few more vitamins that might help me…and it won’t give me the quick burst of energy like the soda.

I like Guinness…it is nice smooth beer and is really good in the fall. But, it is beer and alcohol generally isn’t something a person trying to shed a few pounds should drink…a lot of…

At least that was my thinking until I cam across this food blog from  Tulsa.  Elliot Nelson owns McNellies and it is one of my favorite places to go when I go to Tulsa. They have a great patty melt and sweet potatoes fries in addition to a very wide selection of beer. Guiness is one of their more popular ones, and I love to get it when it is from a tap.

Sorry….I’m off subject, Elliot wrote about Guinness and implied in  not so many words that it might be a health drink as he pointed to the vitamins that it has and that it has 10 calories per ounce….

Hmm…a health drink, I think I need someone to pour me one right now! It sounds figure friendly…

OK, maybe not …but a food junkie can dream.

If you want to read what Elliot wrote about Guiness because you don’t believe me, here is the link to that blog post:

http://www.tulsafoodblog.com/downtown/guinness-the-drink-that-opened-my-eyes

Yesterday, seems so far away, but I can still taste the butter. I can still hear the crunch. I can still recall the lasting sweet from each bite.

Last night, we had corn on the cob. I thought, OK, this is a reasonable choice. However, as we finished dinner, I noticed there was one lonely cob left. I just couldn’t let it sit there by itself. It looked so sad and I knew it was so tasty.

So I broke the rule about portion size, but it was worth it.

And for the record, I use the smart balance instead of good old butter.

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