So far... mediocre.

One of the toughest things about changing your diet is that you can't change everyone else's along with it. You can try, if you have children, to change their diet, but even then you face challenges. My challenges don't come along when it's just me, deciding for myself what to eat. They come when I go out on a date, and when I serve a family meal.

Yesterday was Easter. All in all, not the most awful food holiday there is. Fresh vegetables, ham... nothing too bad. But then again, what's a holiday without dessert? But a little planning goes a long way.

Now, I promised that this wouldn't be a rant about food, but I just have to say that the leftover ham is my favorite part of Easter. I boiled down the bone and then used the ham broth to cook up some barley. And boy was there a ton of leftover ham! What to do with it? Ham and barley, ham polenta, ham and pea soup, ham sandwiches, just plain ham... So much to do...

Super Easy Awesome Breakfast

3/4 cup water and a pinch of salt to a boil on the stove
          Reduce to simmer
1/4 cup polenta (the uncooked kind)
2 oz diced ham
1 oz diced swiss cheese
           Cook until no liquid is left, stirring frequently

So that was my low cholesterol breakfast today. And it was super yummy.

But I digress. I'm finding a big challenge to be jumping from event to event. Date night, potluck at work, kids birthday party, holiday, coworkers birthday, date night... Is it really enough to "be good" on the in between days? In my experience, there has to be a balance in making the right choices, and not feeling guilty to participate in a celebration. I have a lot of coworkers. We have at least one birthday/month on the sales floor, but really more like three or four. That's three or four slices of birthday cake/month. What the hell?
Yoplait would have you choose a yogurt instead. I think it's rude not to enjoy birthday cake on the sole principle of diet. Really, I mean, if you're vegan, ok, cool. If you don't like that flavor, aw, bummer. But no, I won't celebrate your birthday with cake because I've made poor life choices up to this point and now I'm trying like hell to reverse them.... Lame.

Anyhow,