Blog Award & Wrap Up

I feel like I am coming “home” by writing a post on this pleasant Sunday evening. Well, it is soooo good to be back indeed. I had a fantabulous weekend with the boyfriend and his friend who drove him up. I am proud of the challenges I faced this weekend because we ate at non-specific times based on proximity and “what we were in the mood for”, which was not always the most convenient. But I am proud because I savored every moment of his company and food was not the main focus. His school is about 2 1/2 hours away, so this was a very special occasion to have him up here in Phillllyy!
Some food highlights:

• Friday night they arrived later than expected, so we ordered in Pizza. I ordered a small BBQ Chicken pizza and ate about 3 slices! It was pretty good…I was just so elated that I was with my boyfriend I just enjoyed the pizza and digested until we met up with some friends later.
• On Saturday we went into Center City Philly (where there was a gay marriage protest/parade–Yayyy!) and ate at Qdoba on Walnut.. I ordered a Chicken burrito like the guys (sans rice) and split a portion of guacamole to put inside..hmmm!
• Saturday night we ate a Hermy’s Deli in Merion. I ordered a glazed chicken panini with provolone cheese, roasted peppers and a portobello mushroom cap. Came with sweet potatoe fries on the side..HMMMMMMM!!! Does this count as a BSI?!!
• And the most exciting part….I MadE THE BOYFRIEND A BOWL OF MORNING OATS!!! I cooked him up a portion with milk, 2 tbsp Peanut Butter (he could only eat one tablespoon because “peanut butter is hard to chew and gets stuck on the roof of his mouth”, brown sugar, cinnamon and almonds on top! We ate our morning oats in bed with a cup of Pumpkin Pie Spice coffee and were full for hours after that. Hah! Yes! It made me so happy to see him eat my favorite meal ever!!!!!!
• On Saturday night we went to a party hosting a “beer Olympics”. I played about 3 rounds then I was done drinking beer for the night…it was fun and all but my tummy was feeling to full to chug another Solo cup of cheap generic college beer!!!

Overall, I am happy I was able to enjoy the weekend and did not stress about food. In fact, I followed my hunger and really honored it to the best of my ability. I ate defensively (when I knew I would not have a chance to eat in the coming hours I’d eat a little more than usual) and really took good care of myself. It helps to think of my life as an ongoing process..not something that will abruptly end when I “slip”. I want to look back at this weekend and 10 years and know I genuinely got the most out of it, not spending the whole time thinking and being consumed by negative, obsessive thoughts, or going on www.Qdoba.com to check up the calories of the burrito .

To start, I was given my very first blog award by Foodie at Fab and Delicious Food!

Yayyyy! Thank you so much for thinking and honoring me. So encouraging!

The Rules:
1. Post the award on your blog
2. Link to me for giving it to you
3. Link the originating post here
4. Pass it on to five deserving people
5. Post these rules for your recipients

I would like to give this award to the following bloggers:

1. Amy at Coffee Talk

2. Megan at Health, Fashion, and Happiness

3. Jenny at This Winding Road

4. Heather at Hangry Pants

5. Tina at Carrots ‘N’ Cake

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To wrap it up, I want to share this really special excerpt from the book Gaining, which I did a review on here:

“Thanks to an abundance of other joys, my eating disorders are behind me. I sincerely doubt I will ever succumb to their lure again. Curous as it may sound, one reason is that I now respect the traits that make me vunerable to these disorders. Developing the skills, strategies, and regimens to manage these traits is a lifelong process. Yet I would not want to be “cured” of these qualities, any more than I would want to be cured of my heritage or my memories. The fact is, everyone’s past contains both wonderful and awful memories….

In reaching this conclusion, I’ve changed the way I think about recovery. I no longer define it in relation to illness but as an going process of REstoration and disCOVERY. I see now that I am continuously restoring the essential individual I was born to be while discovering my unfolding connection to the world around me.” (259-260)

I believe this can be related to by all people, around the world: eating disordered or not. We are who we are, and cursing our faults will only hurt us in the end. For those who are trying to reach a goal, whether it be recovery, the all-time career, or a perfect marriage, try viewing it not as a set in point, but as an ongoing process. This way, it can be respected, absorbed, appreciated and looked at for what it is worth: a journey-not a destination!!

Be back tomorrow for some pictures of eats–I lost my camera cord for now . Have a good night everyone!