Constant Craving......

Food and Exercise Update- I've been doing pretty well lately. I continue to "Tap and Track" my calories and grams of fat on my IPod. It has definitely helped. I also set a personal goal of going to the gym seven days in a row. I made it! I took two days off, and have done eight more in a row. I definitely feel like "I'm back". Now the challenge will be keeping all of these plates spinning in the air when I go back to school.....

Now the title of the post is a nod to my current obsessions, not all of which are food.


1. Sex and the City repeats- In an effort to trim the fat in my life (and save some $), I cut down my cable and lost several key channels including my beloved "SoapNet". TBS shows sanitized versions of Sex and the City at 1:00 a.m. Since I've been looking for new things to watch, I've set the old TiVo to record them all. I actually saw an episode that I had never seen before! Don't you love when that happens! I had never had the pleasure of the one when Trey buys Charlotte a paper cut-out of a baby because they haven't been able to have one. Yikes- I don't know how I ever missed that one! When I say sanitized, there are definitely episodes you watch and realize that cut out great lines, and even better sex scenes. Both usually belonging to Samantha.


We're just coming up to the "Berger" episodes. Some of you know of my "Berger" that I had hanging around this year. It's so funny to watch/listen to Carrie's thoughts after she asks him to be her Plus One at her book launch- and suddenly he has a girlfriend- "I have a girlfriend, BOOM, We live together, BOOM, this whole flirtation is in your head, BOOM!"


Having a couple of these to watch when I get home from school should help me transition back into the year!


2. Bravo- I think Bravo is now my new VH1. I used to watch a lot of shows on VH1, but it's a network that I've apparently aged out of- or something. I watch just about anything/everything on Bravo. Kathy Griffin- I adore her! Top Chef (kind of boring this season) but I've learned a lot from. I also finally committed to watching/trying "Flipping Out" and "The Rachel Zoe Project". Mommy Esq loves crazy, anal Jeff Lewis. I have to admit, I kind of love him now too. Some of his befavior has to be an act. Although on the flip side, I now see what some of my rigid/spectrumy kids will grow up to be. I'm puzzled by the fact that he has pets. I think I'll stick longer with Jeff then with Rachel. Her teeny tiny frame, and old looking face are kind of tough to look at. She seems like a genuine person, needy al beit, but nice. Seriously though, her health issues- her headaches, etc and she can't figure out what the problem is, "stress" apparently. Rachel, if you can't eat anything more than soup and always have headaches, you have a MAJOR eating disorder. Get yourself some help, stat!

3. Tzatziki- Whole Foods got me one day with their free sample tub and some pita chips that they left out right in my view at the store. I definitely enjoy different aspects of Middle Eastern Food- falafel, yum. I will eat this creamy, Greek yogurt with garlic and cucumber, on anything it seems. One of my favorite things to eat it on right now are.....

4. Olive Chips- these chips are not cheap, but their packaging makes me think they are practically a "health food". They are marketed as tortilla chips/crackers that are made with Black, Green, Kalamata olives, garlic and sea salt. Usually I pick olives out of everything, but recently I ate a few that were in something. And....they weren't too bad.....do I actually like olives? Oh my god, am I officially a Jenkin?

I wonder how long my obsession with these things will last, especially the food. Do you ever find something that you like, and then you basically OD on it, or is it just me?