it's an ongoing issue. every day is a battle. i go to bed at night and hope that when the sun rises again, i will have a deep love for all things green.
still waiting.
i hate hate hate hate hate eating vegetables. i don't look forward to them. they are a pain in my ass. when 2:00pm hits, i don't want to eat a bag of fucking carrots for the umpteenth time. i want a bag of doritoes and maybe a couple cookies...
but for real, i talk about this a lot and i want to drive the point home again. you can't have your cake and eat it too - literally! if you want to maintain a low weight and still feel like you're eating and NOT starving to death, you must eat your vegetables. right now during my detox i am allowed to eat...let's see...16+32= 48oz of vegetables...1 frozen bag of veggies is 12oz...so that means i can have 4 bags of frozen vegetables in one day?? YUP. and that's the only way i can get up early, go to bed late, work, go to school, exercise while only eating my alloted protein and fat. soooo this is why i want to hang my own self every day. EVERY single day i'm trying to figure out how to enjoy those green fuckers. i have yet to attain this goal. that's why we take it one day at a time. i can do in 12 hours what i couldn't possibly do for a lifetime.
happy eating! xo
Saturday, July 31, 2010
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
detox is a bitch
so i kinda think i might die a little. i'm detoxing for 30 days and i swear if i poked myself in the eye with my pen, my head would feel better than it does right now. i'm detoxing because i had a little slip with sugar.....ok, i'm a liar...i had a big fat enormous binge like no other. like, if you think you're an awesome binger, move aside and let me have the big king chair. so here we go...30 days of detox which i find to be very very difficult considering my love of fats and grains and my hatred for all things vegetable.
this is my plan today:
2oz cheese
banana
4oz beef, 12oz V8, 6oz carrots
4oz pork, 8oz salad, 16oz squash, 2 tbsp dressing
the one cool thing though is that there are at least 5 women i talk to almost every day that are doing the same thing. it helps to know i'm not alone...and i'm probably not gonna die.
happy eating! xo
this is my plan today:
2oz cheese
banana
4oz beef, 12oz V8, 6oz carrots
4oz pork, 8oz salad, 16oz squash, 2 tbsp dressing
the one cool thing though is that there are at least 5 women i talk to almost every day that are doing the same thing. it helps to know i'm not alone...and i'm probably not gonna die.
happy eating! xo
Monday, July 26, 2010
what are you doing in the closet?
are you struggling to lose weight? can't get those last 5 pounds off (ME!)? feel like you're working your ass off and making sacrifices but nothing is happening?
well, i am a fucking genius because i know why.
do you really want help? do you reeealllly wanna know what the fuck is wrong? are you ready to come out of denial? are you really ready to give up your yummys and do something about your unhappiness with self? if you are, this is what you need to do...
i dare you to write down everything you put in your mouth for a week. EVERYTHING.
it's easy to blindly look at your GOOD meals while forgetting about that picnic you went to this weekend. it's easy to forget about that extra super large coffee drink from starbucks that had 6,000 calories in it. it's easy to forget that when you eat out and get a piece of cake, it's about 1,000 calories.
and don't forget about what you do in the dark. if you're anything like me, you can consume a whole box of granola bars in the kitchen while someone is working out in the basement and another person is watching t.v. in the living room. or how about this one - stuffing food in your mouth while making dinner and then sitting down to a full dinner with the rest of the family. telling yourself you had 1 glass of wine when really you had 2 fish bowl size glasses of wine...and a beer. grabbing a candy bar at the grocery store and throwing the wrapper out the window so no one knows. have you ever done that one? i can go on and on and on about the skeezy-ass things i have done with food. if you struggle with your weight, come out of the dark and into the light. really shine a flashlight on what you're doing and then you'll see the changes you need to make.
happy eating - in broad day light! xo
well, i am a fucking genius because i know why.
do you really want help? do you reeealllly wanna know what the fuck is wrong? are you ready to come out of denial? are you really ready to give up your yummys and do something about your unhappiness with self? if you are, this is what you need to do...
i dare you to write down everything you put in your mouth for a week. EVERYTHING.
it's easy to blindly look at your GOOD meals while forgetting about that picnic you went to this weekend. it's easy to forget about that extra super large coffee drink from starbucks that had 6,000 calories in it. it's easy to forget that when you eat out and get a piece of cake, it's about 1,000 calories.
and don't forget about what you do in the dark. if you're anything like me, you can consume a whole box of granola bars in the kitchen while someone is working out in the basement and another person is watching t.v. in the living room. or how about this one - stuffing food in your mouth while making dinner and then sitting down to a full dinner with the rest of the family. telling yourself you had 1 glass of wine when really you had 2 fish bowl size glasses of wine...and a beer. grabbing a candy bar at the grocery store and throwing the wrapper out the window so no one knows. have you ever done that one? i can go on and on and on about the skeezy-ass things i have done with food. if you struggle with your weight, come out of the dark and into the light. really shine a flashlight on what you're doing and then you'll see the changes you need to make.
happy eating - in broad day light! xo
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
that sweet tooth you're experiencing is a manipulative, lying bitch! don't listen to her!
if you find yourself craving something sweet, i dare you to try this experiment.
drink a shit ton of water.
i shit you not, every time i find myself wanting something sweet, 9 times out of 10 i'm actually dehydrated and just plain THIRSTY.
try it. i dare you. if it doesn't work, i'll give you a dollar.
happy eating! xo
drink a shit ton of water.
i shit you not, every time i find myself wanting something sweet, 9 times out of 10 i'm actually dehydrated and just plain THIRSTY.
try it. i dare you. if it doesn't work, i'll give you a dollar.
happy eating! xo
food plan for thursday
this is what i'm eatin thursday, july 22nd
breakfast:
1 cup milk, 1oz cheese (protein)
1/4 cup dry, flourless cereal (1 grain)
1 cup grapes (1 fruit)
2 tbsp half and half (1 fat)
lunch:
4oz turkey breast, 1/2oz cheese (protein)
1oz triscuits (1 grain)
16oz bag baby carrots (2 vegetables)
2 tbsp dressing (1 fat)
1 tbsp mayo (1 fat)
1 cup blueberries (1 fruit)
dinner:
2.5oz cheese (protein)
1oz triscuits (1 grain)
8oz salad (all vegetables), 8oz V8 (2 vegetables)
2 tbsp dressing (1 fat)
1/2oz almonds (1 fat)
**if i were eating meat at dinner for protein, i could have 5oz. when you use cheese as protein, it needs to be cut in half due to the fat content.
**most packages will tell you that 1oz of nuts is a fat. in my group, we only get a 1/2oz.
**hot and cold cereals all have different serving sizes listed on the box. some are 1/4 cup, some are a whole cup. in my group, we keep it straight across the board. you get 1/4 cup dry cereal or you can weigh it to be 1oz.
happy eating! xo
breakfast:
1 cup milk, 1oz cheese (protein)
1/4 cup dry, flourless cereal (1 grain)
1 cup grapes (1 fruit)
2 tbsp half and half (1 fat)
lunch:
4oz turkey breast, 1/2oz cheese (protein)
1oz triscuits (1 grain)
16oz bag baby carrots (2 vegetables)
2 tbsp dressing (1 fat)
1 tbsp mayo (1 fat)
1 cup blueberries (1 fruit)
dinner:
2.5oz cheese (protein)
1oz triscuits (1 grain)
8oz salad (all vegetables), 8oz V8 (2 vegetables)
2 tbsp dressing (1 fat)
1/2oz almonds (1 fat)
**if i were eating meat at dinner for protein, i could have 5oz. when you use cheese as protein, it needs to be cut in half due to the fat content.
**most packages will tell you that 1oz of nuts is a fat. in my group, we only get a 1/2oz.
**hot and cold cereals all have different serving sizes listed on the box. some are 1/4 cup, some are a whole cup. in my group, we keep it straight across the board. you get 1/4 cup dry cereal or you can weigh it to be 1oz.
happy eating! xo
richard simmons is a fucking genius
aside from his AWESOME afro and little flamer shorts, no offense, he had this BRILLIANT idea called the deal-a-meal. do you remember that? you'd get so many cards a day and once you used them up, you were done? i pretty much live that every day. because i have low blood sugar issues, i split up my meals as i need to in order to keep my sugar stable. so i don't necessarily look at each meal but rather a whole day...every day i get this much food...
14oz protein
3 grains (when i train, i get 4)
32oz vegetables
2 fruits
5 fats
i do balance out my food throughout the day - if i used my allotted food at breakfast, by dinner time i will want to rip all your faces off. i recommend you balance your food too BUT it's also a very cool thing to know how much food you need to live in a day. i think a lot of people's food looks like this:
20-25oz protein
7-8 grains
0-1 vegetable
1/2 fruit
600 fats
so what the hell am i trying to say...? i think what i'm saying is that you CAN eat out and eat yummy burgers and tacos and shit but just keep in mind that once you eat that fat-laden, high calorie lunch, go easy at dinner. get an angus burger at mcdonalds but know that you just ate 2 starches, 1.5 proteins, and at least 3 fats. so don't get the fries with it, drink a V8. don't eat another sandwich at dinner, get a salad. when you want a snack later, get your veggies in and eat carrot sticks.
i'm not talking to health freaks and "let's go green and never eat at mcdonald's because it takes too much energy to make a burger hippys" (no offense). i'm talking to normal people that want to live a fucking life and enjoy eating and also NOT be a fat ass. my favorite meals include cheese, mayonnaise, hotdogs, and whole milk. just use a little common sense and create balance. it's worth it.
happy eating! xo
14oz protein
3 grains (when i train, i get 4)
32oz vegetables
2 fruits
5 fats
i do balance out my food throughout the day - if i used my allotted food at breakfast, by dinner time i will want to rip all your faces off. i recommend you balance your food too BUT it's also a very cool thing to know how much food you need to live in a day. i think a lot of people's food looks like this:
20-25oz protein
7-8 grains
0-1 vegetable
1/2 fruit
600 fats
so what the hell am i trying to say...? i think what i'm saying is that you CAN eat out and eat yummy burgers and tacos and shit but just keep in mind that once you eat that fat-laden, high calorie lunch, go easy at dinner. get an angus burger at mcdonalds but know that you just ate 2 starches, 1.5 proteins, and at least 3 fats. so don't get the fries with it, drink a V8. don't eat another sandwich at dinner, get a salad. when you want a snack later, get your veggies in and eat carrot sticks.
i'm not talking to health freaks and "let's go green and never eat at mcdonald's because it takes too much energy to make a burger hippys" (no offense). i'm talking to normal people that want to live a fucking life and enjoy eating and also NOT be a fat ass. my favorite meals include cheese, mayonnaise, hotdogs, and whole milk. just use a little common sense and create balance. it's worth it.
happy eating! xo
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