Rolling with Tomato

Try as I may, it just won't work. Over my Christmas trip to Vermont, I brought Tomato with the small amount of yarn left in the skein and my new project the Tube Toporini. My plan was to crank out the new project to give me a final 2007 FO. Did not work. So now that I'm back home in San Diego, I'm back on Tomato and loving every minute. It was a slow start, but has picked up momentum. I have knit past the bust and am now on the color work. It is a fun pattern. I'm just finishing the first 4-row pattern. Once I complete the final 2 sets of 4, I will post a photo. I'm working on this bad-boy during my work break and lunch today. I'm determined to have this be my 2007 FO!

Tomato Project & Diet News

I've been doing the Master Cleanse 10-day detox. Today is day 5. I have lost a total of 7 pounds so far. I have a Tanita body fat scale, so it shows that I have been loosing fat and not muscle. Between my 100+ days of raw food and the master cleanse, I've lost a total of 37 pounds. I have only 8-12 pounds to lose to reach my ultimate goal. Sad thing is, I've been really wanting to get back to working out, but just haven't felt the drive to go. I want to do Bikram yoga, which I typically love as well as a spinning class which give me a nice muscular tone. I have talked with a few friends about the book Eat Right 4 Your Blood Type and so I went to the lab at my Doctor's office and had my blood tested. I'm O+ which is fairly common. It means I can donate blood to any of the + blood types but can only receive blood from other O+s or the rare O- blood types. I've just started reading, but so far it says that I should eat RED MEAT! Uggggh. I like a good steak and all, but come on. No dairy. Avoid Lentils and Kidney Beans - of course my favorite. I really want to give it a try for two weeks before the holidays to see if it does work for me, but as strange as it seems, I'm more nervous about this than going raw. I might be able to go back to raw, which didn't have dairy or my favorite beans either and just keep with a lot of sashimi for the high protein my body needs. I'll keep you all posted. In the meantime - I do feel like I look good at my thinner weight. Even though I suspect the skirt is made bigger, I'm actually wearing a size 2 today. Quite a change from the 14s I had on this summer!

Knitting news....I have cast on for tomato this week and am really digging it. I'm contemplating making the herringbone pattern below the bust like Sandi from Knitting Daily. By having the herringbone design knit below the bust, I can use the contrasting color on the neckline, arm bands, and hem. I took a progress pic, but it's not coming through to my email. I'll add it once it comes through.