how can we be more crazy for 2010

Chris O and I are going on a lifestyle change. I ate a million things over Christmas but now I have joined my work “Fat Off” and I had to pay $20. Whoever loses the greatest percentage by February 12th wins all the $20s. My starting weight on Monday was 141.9. That includes all my shoes! But the winner in the last round only lost 4.7%, so I only have to lose 7 lbs! I wish to lose 10. On The Biggest Loser they lose that in five minutes!

Chris O is going on a diet because his Mii is so fat:

Ha haaaaa!

Anyway I think we are going to do the 6-week regimen of Eat to Live. The Eat to Live guy seems like a sell-out based on his recipes which include Butter Buds and how he sells soup on his website for $4.80/can but the diet is supposed to be based on The China Study which sounds to me like it might be a real thing. Basically it is vegan, with limited grains and starchy vegetables (1 cup per day) and fats (1 oz nuts or 2 oz avocado) and unlimited fruits and vegetables. The challenge is going to be cooking things without starting with a giant glug of olive oil like I always do and giving up tofurkey sausages and pancakes. We have ordered the book but it is not here yet so in the mean time we have to eat up all our bad things including our stash of Sweet & Sara S’mores.

Tonight we ate the Tempeh Bolognese from the January Vegetarian Times (only $5 for a year!) (coconut creamer instead of evaporated milk and way less oil) on cauliflower puree.

The point of cauliflower puree is that it is better for you than potatoes, but if you look at the vast majority of recipes on the internets people are all adding butter, heavy cream, and cream cheese. I can’t believe you dummies don’t know why you are so fat! Anyway I just added some Smart Balance. We will wait until official Eat to Live time to see how it is without…