Friend of Julie: No Heat No Electricity No Problem Still on Program

October 29, 2011 snowstorm

I'm blogging from Whole Foods in Hadley, MA. It's day two of no electricity or heat. Yesterday was a challenge at the grocery store where no meat was for sale. Aside from a lousy cup of coffee at noon, I didn't eat anything all day, so I worked up an appetite by late afternoon. Fortunately I cooked and pulverized chicken two days earlier, so I made chicken salad at 5 pm.

At Whole foods today, pork sausage was added to the hot self-serve while I was in line. I have a couple sausages and eggs, grilled onions and orange peppers, a bit of broccoli and a nice tall bottle of Italian Sparkling Mineral Water. Oh and some butternut squash soup. I'm not as hungry as all that and have already abandoned half of my plate and am focusing on the soup.

Yesterday I was in a panic about what to eat and I guess it carried over to today, causing me to pile my plate bigger than usual. All my choices are on program and I don't overeat anymore, so the worse of this is that I wasted money. I don't like to waste money either, but when one is in a panic state of mind this happens sometimes.

Looking at the photos makes it easier to understand my state of mind. I wasn't crazy, the situation was insane. I'll post my photos of all those empty shelves yesterday at the grocery store, but I can't do this from my iPad or iPhone. I'll add them when I can get to a desktop (note: on 11/17/11 I added the photos to top and bottoms of this page).

I'm happy to report I did not indulge in the package items or baked goods I saw fill everyone else's grocery carts. Just for a moment, a fear filled me and I thought "I'll starve to death if I don't eat that stuff, that's all there is to eat. Just a bananna or avacado or... No, they have beef jerky. I won't starve!" I bought bought a pack of beef jerky to suffice my fears. I never even cracked the package open.

10/29/11 Snow storm photos: The stores didn't have food after the power was out 24 hours.