UPDATE: I suggest reading entries with photos in
Full Journal view since the formatting is off with the pics. I have no way to edit pictures on my phone. So sorry! To see the full photo, go into individual journal entry. Ok, enough technical info :)
just erased my last entry...GRRRRR! I shall try this again. WARNING: I am typing on a phone keyboard and can barely see anything, so please pardon my typos. And I can't read joirnals to comment, I am so bummed! I don't get reception at Kaloli Point, where the house is located, so I am currently sitting in the Safeway parking lot, frantically retyping everything I already typed. I figure most entries I manage will be photos so I can share my adventures with you all. I just figured out how to do this on a phone app on Photobucket, so I really hope it works.
So far my trip has mostly consisted of getting irritated with my mother as we race around and try to get everything pulled together for the luau on Sunday. I have eaten horribly, my timing totally off. I forgot how difficult the first few days are as you grocery shop for all of the basics, like salt & pepper and oil and eggs, etc. Even water since the water in the house isn't potable. Needless to say, my first few days have been a total bust from a weight loss perspective. I finally broke down and bought a scale at WalMart today (ugh, consorting with the enemy!). I knew if I didn't get a mode of weiging myself, and fast, it was going to be much too easy to get out of control. Already I am unable to log my food daily on FS so it's not in front of me the way it should be. Hope to be back on track soon.
Went to the Hilo Farmers Market yesterday and went wild. Oh, can I just tell you how amazing the fruit is? Pineapples so sweet; rambuttans (the red, spiky things & the brown things that look like nuts in the photo below) are perfect (they taste like lychee); the papaya are sun-ripened, pink & fragrant; the mangoes are drippy and golden; the bananas are like custard; and the tangerines are like a burst of sunshine in your mouth. Delicious, tropical, succulent.
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<center><b>Hilo Farmers Market</b></center>
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<center><b>Market Haul</b></center>