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The Healthy Indian Diet

I've been more and more interested in trying and making Indian food lately. I make Mark Bittman's dal and even the neighbor kids like it. But I don't know much about the cuisine and all of the recipes I've cooked actually come from old white guys (Bittman, and Andrew Weil.) Indian ...

I have a great way to stay in budget at the grocery store while losing weight.

First, ~~escape while you can~~ go to the store. Then, shop. Load up the cart. Notice a great sale on tuna (get a free can if you purchase a box of whole wheat pasta) and go crazy. Buy 15. Stock up on milk, which weighs 8 pounds per gallon. The cart is full to the brim now, so steer carefully. Push 200 pound cart all over store for an hour. Decide you want to buy a pineapple after all and push that cart all the way to the far side of the store for good measure.

Go to the checkout line. Take every last thing out of the cart and place on conveyor belt. Work those arms, baby!

Get ready to pay. Realize your husband has your card.

Oops.

See? A workout and an exercise in restraint, all in one fell swoop! How many calories does blushing sheepishly burn, anyway?

(And I still don’t have my dinner menu for the week planned, since I didn’t buy any new groceries. We had taco salad tonight with black beans and ground chuck from the freezer; tomorrow will be some kind of chicken, which I also have in the freezer.)

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The Saved Quarter February 10, 2010 at 1:07 am

Oh, man, how frustrating!! Any way your husband was able to bring the card to you?

Milehimama February 10, 2010 at 9:46 am: No, unfortunately. We are a one-car family -and I took the car to go shopping!

Wendy February 10, 2010 at 6:53 am

ROFL! I’m not laughing at you, I’m laughing with you. I’ve done that before. Thanks for pointing out the upside!

Birdie February 10, 2010 at 11:43 am

I did something like this two weeks ago! I am SO glad that I am NOT the only one! On second though, maybe it would be better if I were…

SandwichMom February 10, 2010 at 1:48 pm

Wow! you have me beat!

I shop with my debit card, and for over a week, the function that allows you to put through your order as a credit transaction, which saves a bank fee was not working right. I had a limited amount of cash on me when I found out they still had not fixed it, (and did not want to hold up the line to try it yet again on debit) so I removed a 10 pound roast from my order. I felt so bad for the person who would have to pick it up and haul it back to the meat department, and even worse if they let it sit there – for the person who eventually bought it!

Jenny February 12, 2010 at 5:49 pm