sarea | diets suck

I watched two movies last night. And I didn't even get kicked out of a theater. Unlike some people of my acquaintence.

In America - So bloody sentimental, and not in a good way (because God knows I like being sentimental). The kind of movie that tries too hard to be deep. Loved Djimon Hounsou, though. The youngest daughter fluctuated from being really cute and really annoying.

Girl with a Pearl Earring - Loved this. I don't know what it is w/ Scarlett Johansson making movies where she's the Pretty Young Thang attracting older men, but between this and LiT, GwaPE gets my love and thumbs up. Hated the stupid wife. And the stupid kid, who I couldn't even tell whether s/he was a boy or a girl.

I am attempting to be more healthy in my eating choices, mainly because the high cholesterol thing frightens me. I just picture my veins getting all blocked up with fat and it freaks me out. Poor little red blood cells, it's getting harder and harder to navigate through the ever-narrowing passageways, isn't it? *sniff* When I was poor, working on the Hill for a measley $23K/year, I was soooo healthy. I couldn't afford red meat, so I didn't eat it, and I had to walk everywhere because I couldn't afford a car (plus D.C. is v. pedestrian friendly). Now I eat way too much red meat because I lurve it so. It must stop. *weeps* So here is the meal plan:

* Breakfast: Either 1) this instant tomato basil pasta soup that has 0 fat and thus, 0 cholesterol; OR 2) 19 cereal w/ vanilla soy milk, again 0 cholesterol
* Lunch: Salad of spinach, beets, egg whites, cucumber, corn, w/ balsamic vinaigrette dressing (according to many nutritional informatin site, this dressing has 0 cholesterol, but I don't see how that's possible. I mean, it has oil in it, doesn't it?)
* Snack: Fruit, veggies, or dried seaweed (which is yummy but unfortunately not at all filling)
* Dinner: Either 1) a boring chicken breast or something, that will be so dry it will be a chore to chew, and/or a veggie of some kind; OR 2) seafood, either steamed or raw (mmmmsushi)
* Dessert: Single serving of chocolate chip ice cream from Baskin Robbins. (What? You didn't expect me to give up dessert entirely did you? Besides, I have two quarts and can't let them go to waste.) 55mg of cholesterol

So we'll see how this works out in the next 3 months or so, before I have to go back and get my blood cholesterol checked again. Of course, all of this would also be improved if I could get my lazy ass out of the house early in the morning or evening to take a 30-min walk, but everything in due time. Everything will obviously have to be ramped up if there's little to no change in the results.

Gawd, I hate actually being on a health-enforced diet, rather than me just wanting to be skinny. There's so much pressure.