Outfit:

Mossimo black tee

Levis

Black velvet French Sole ballet flats

Vintage Mexican silver choker

Menu:

Breakfast: Homemade bread toasted 1/2 slice with butter and peanutbutter and 1/2 slice with apricot Bonne Maman preserves, cafe au lait

Snack: string cheese

Lunch: Salad inspired by a blogger I can’t recall. (If you know who I’m talking about can you let me know. I didn’t bookmark the blog and don’t remember it) She was visiting a friend in Belgium and they had a salad for lunch with green beans, radishes, slices of olive, avocado and hard boiled egg with a honey/mustard/lemon juice/olive oil vinaigrette. I added romaine and salami to mine. I also had a mini Rice Krispie Treat.

Snack: I usually try not to snack, but did twice today. I had more string cheese and another mini Rice Krispie bar

Dinner: Chicken Scallopine with a white wine, lemon and italian parsley sauce; red potatoes boiled and then dressed in a viniagrette; fresh bread with butter; wine

Walking

Now that I feel better this week, I’m trying to walk as much as I can. I walked to the library on Monday, my daughter’s school yesterday and to the wine store today. It feels great to be outside again.

More from Style Beauty Trimness

Marsi mentioned earlier she hoped I would post more about this book and I am very happy to do so.

One section I found interesting was the one on “Trimness” which really talked about eating habits.

The first thing the author says is make sure you think long and hard about whether you truly want to/need to lose weight or whether you are just being too hard on yourself.

Now, if you do want to lose weight or maintain, here’s what she says:

“The first and foremost secret is to eat. Yes. I did say eat. Eat everything you love. Dine as though you were royalty. Be luxurious. Enjoy real creme in your coffee. A glass of wine with meals. Real butter, cheese, bread, sweet fruits, luscious desserts. Do not consider yourself to be on a diet. Consider it to be a glamorous lifestyle, a means of self care, maintenance of yourself, anything, but not a diet. You will not encounter a Parisian who is “on a diet.” Parisians think the idea is crazy. Life is too short. That coupled with the fact that being “on a diet” simply provokes one to cheat. Just try teling yourself that you cannot eat something and you will become obsessed with the longing to have that very something! Which means you will cheat, over-eat, feel awful and never accomplish the weight loss goal that you may have. Therefore do not deny yourself your favorite foods. Have your favorite things to eat often. The real secrets are not what you eat, but how you eat.

Staying slender comes from valuing oneself and taking good care of oneself. Things like a spritz of perfurme, beautiful lingerie, clothing and shoes, and a pleasant demeanor all say that you care for yourself. That you value yourself. That you are willing to have good daily habits in order to be the best you can be. This attitude enhances slimness. If poeple do not like themselves very much, slopping around in sweats and uncombed hair on the weekends, they are not very likely to be slender either. An appreciation of overall beauty definitely causes an appreciation and awareness of the figure.”

The author goes on to say that it is crucial to eat on a schedule. Here’s her typical menu for the day:

9 a.m. breakfast: coffee with real cream; 2 slices toast with real butter and preserves; Yoplait yogurt; fresh blackberries

12 p.m. luncheon: pizza slice;  fresh greens with garlic, oilve oil, walnuts and fried potatoes; fresh cherries; miniature cupcake; red wine; evian water

4:30 p.m. afternoon snack: something pleasant to drink. today it is my family’s special recipe of creamy hot cocoa made with 8 oz skim milk, 1 tbl of real unsweetened cocao and 2 tbl honey; fresh Kiwi fruit; 1 raspberry creme filled cookie

7 p.m. dinner: mushroom pasta in creme sauce; bread with real butter; cheese; fresh strawberries; red wine

I’ll post more from the book on another day.