hello sweet sorrow, goodbye fair nuts.

the long awaited results of my food allergy test came back, with a few unpleasant surprises.

of the 42 foods tested, i only tested allergic to 2: kidney beans (eh, no big loss there) and almonds. almonds. as in my preferred granola addition, my favorite evening morcel, my SECOND favorite nut!

once i recovered from the initial shock, the doctor went on to tell me i was mildly allergic to walnuts and pecans. there goes delicious pecan pie, delicious apple-walnut salad.

here goes the next 4 weeks almond-pecan-walnut free...

when the goings get tough (read: SNOWY), the tough get eating (read: FAT).

this past week spent victim to the infamous snowpocalypse saw no boundaries. no limits. no food was too fatty, too greasy, too unconscionably unhealthy. i'd like to think im more in tune with nature, preparing to hibernate by building up fat stores for the cold months to come. what's that? we don't need to do that anymore? stores you say? nonsense.

i believe my diet consisted of popcorn, cookies, brownie mix, fried chicken, rice, beef, bagels...i may have just had a heart attack just thinking about it. not to mention the hours spent sitting around, "working from home," watching movies, tv, the snow fall. most of my physical activity consisted of my going to the grocery store to buy MORE food (brownie mix. you know, the essentials).

sigh. healthy eating plan FAIL.