Oh You Canadians...

In honor of my bestest Canadian Hawk, I post for you a Meloripe Bananas box and lighter.
Apparently this company was based in Ontario.
Ew lalaa.... eat bananas and burn things. Sweet!

Although I am not sure what to make of this dish on the cover of one of their receipe books.

Is that a fish and bananas? Apparently I am not an up-to-date hostess...

Hawk, is this what you plan to serve me when I come for a visit?

Burping Bananas

Helloooo Bananas.
This morning I totally forgot about the banana. Well, I wouldn't say I FORGOT. I did remember to grab one before I left the house.. I just forgot that I had it in the bag, got to the office and went off to make my regular breakfast with Wendy. Not until I was done eating did I realize I had not eaten my banana FIRST. As if this were crisis, I quickly ate my banana hoping that the banana fad gods would not unleash some unholy banana madness upon me. Banana devoured. I am safe.
Ah crap...forgot water. I have water, but its not room temperature. Its not luke warm either. Its cold. But I like my water cold. I guess at some point today this bottle will be room temperature. I think I'll be alright. Tried a new MorningStar veggie patty today - Mushroom Lovers. I didn't think I'd like it. I like it. I've also been burping banana flavored burps all morning. I'm very lady like.

10:30am...Wendy and I took our 15 mins stair hike. Why we never think otherwise than to walk the stairs in heels is beyond me.
As we walked out towards the stairs - I said something like Lets go fall on the stairs.
Sure enough, 5 or 10 minutes into the walk, I'm walking unsteadily around each stairbend worried that I'll fall over, and Wendy slips and nearly falls face first down the stairs. We laugh and say we should bring sneakers next time. I think we said that every other time too.
10:45am...chugged some water.

Lunch - Kabob House. Mmm... I cannot get enough of the chutney. Sooooo freaking delicious. Overly stuffed I return to the office, followed by my "incident" (see post below).

3pm. Banana time followed by a 15 min walk. This afternoon's banana was pretty good. Not so raw tasting anymore, but still somewhat that it was kinda chalky feeling in my mouth. From here on, I think this bunch will be sweet and not the rawness the banana diet plan says I must eat. Banana diet fad gods don’t strike me down now...

I'm thinking dinner will be minimal, if at all - I'm still feeling bloated from lunch..then had the nerve to add that 3pm banana and not to mention all the water I've been drinking. Bedtime by midnight? We'll see.

Marilyn Moment.. not quite.

John and I decided to try the new kabob place today - good stuff. After lunch he dropped me off in front of my office building and as i'm sliding out of his car - which is no easy feat - my underwear rides right up - but no big deal, its hiding under my dress, nobody can see it, right? WRONG.
This HUGE gust of wind attacks me! My dress flies up over my head in the front. I push it down, it flies up in the back. I have no idea who saw what, aside from John. The shame.
Every time I tried to push my dress down, it flew up in another direction.... I just ran into the building, laughing and praying that nobody else saw and that nobody was walking into the building behind me....John's in the car yelling THANK YOU!!!! WOOHOOOO!
There is this print shop on the ground floor - windows that you can see out of, but not in. No doubt someone in there saw. .. . . and somehow I don't think I looked quite as sexy as Marilyn did. . .

Banana Day

Eating bananas. Eating bananas. Nom Nom Nom.
This morning's banana was yum. Sweet enough but not too sweet or mushy. Good banana. I had one on the drive into work. I can do this.
When I got to work, I ate my regular breakfast followed by my regular morning coffee.
Around noon, I had a salad. It was pretty huge as I am fairly greedy when it comes to food and yet a few hours later I was starving again despite feeling extremely stuffed after I had eaten. I didn't opt for a salad because I was thinking ew lala healthy.. I opted for it because I love Giant's salad bar and am addicted to the oh so bad for you macaroni salad. Oink.

(<--- the bunch)

At 3pm something.. I walked for 15 minutes up and down the stairs of the office building with Wendy (yes, we ARE doing this again!! I so proud), followed by my 2nd banana of the day. Banana 2 sucked. I bought a bunch at Giant when I got my salad. They weren't too raw, they weren't too ripe. This 2nd banana was so plain and tough I could barely peel it. It wasn't even THAT green! Stupid banana. Drank almost a quart of water... and while I felt extremely bloated I was still hungry. 4pm, I made a chocolate protein shake. Sooo yummy. Followed by soooo sleepy. And pukey. And headachy. Bah.
I need more substance.

The Banana diet says to eat dinner before 8pm and be in bed before midnight. Tonight I managed dinner by 7:30pm. Scarfed it down while Khai was eating some fruit for dessert. Rice and a tofu burger - with ketchup, naturally. Bed before midnight IS do-able. My face is looking haggard these days.. I need my ZZZ's.

(<-- banana 2 remains)

Japanese Banana Fad

So there's this new Japanese Banana Diet craze going about... banana sales in Japan flew thru the roof after some actress lost 26 pounds on it. Blah blah blah.
Now everyone is thinking its some miracle diet.. ohhh ahhh.
Not that I do, but I could stand to incorporate some fruit into my daily diet.. prolly would do me a world of good. My problem is that while I do like fruit.. I am far too lazy to get it, peel it, cut it up, etc. If it is done for me and placed right under my nose, I'll eat it. I am going to make it a point to eat some fruit dammit. Banana's here I come.
Tomorrow I go to the store and purchase some raw bananas per the diet plan. Let me make this clear though.. I am NOT on a diet.
I do not diet. I am simply trying to eat better.
I think I eat fairly well WHEN I eat. I just rarely have the time to eat - mainly dinner. And still while my weight on the scale is reasonable, having this baby has left me with a floppy belly. Boo hoo. And considering I'm tired all the time, I should make some changes.
SO... tomorrow begins Banana Craze. Or an attempt at least...in some shape or fashion.
I will also exercise more. This is key. I was all gung-ho in January and some of February - then I got lazy. I was doing sit ups and that plank pose every day at home - multiple times. And Wendy and I would walk the stairs at work at least twice daily. Somewhere along the way we forgot to walk them.

The rules of this banana thing are pretty simple:

1) Banana for breakfast - you can have as many as you want until you are full. Drink with room temp water. Or is it warm water? See, i already forget!
Then depending on what site i'm reading from, it says nothing more until lunch OR eat a regular breakfast roughly 15 mins after your last banana.
Well, considering i'm not dieting.. and simply trying to eat better, I will eat a banana or two and continue along with my regular morning breakfast which i've always eaten - MorningStar veggie patty w/toasted oatbread and a slice of cheese.....and ketchup. A must.

2) Lunchtime you are supposed to be able to eat anything you want.
I think what they neglect to mention is ANYTHING you want doesn't include stuffing your face with every item on the McDonalds menu and then some. Eat sensible.

3) Around 3pm or so you can have a snack - but not cookies or junk. Fruit maybe? Banana??

4) Dinnertime - should be eaten preferably before 8pm minus dessert. This is going to be tough. I get off work at 6pm, pickup Khai from school, get home and get him situated and fed and before I know it its 8pm and i'm having to get him ready for bed which takes forever. By the time thats done, and IF I don't fall asleep with him.. its at least 9 or 10pm.

5) Bedtime - by midnight. Shouldn't be too hard since i've been falling asleep with Khai almost daily for the past two weeks!

I think overall, just eating better, sleeping better and incorporating some form of exercise will do the trick. I don't expect to "lose weight". I really don't care if I do or don't. I'm not seeking to. I just feel so worn and lethargic after having Khai (2 whole years ago!!) and need to make some adjustments in my life. I'll use the banana as some form of I dunno (lack of word here) to get me going.
GO BANANAS!