Food Journal:

Meal #1 – 7:30am Egg Veggie Scramble w/ a side of Arugula Salad

“I was full, but real hungry at about 10am. Had a glass of organic chai tea w/ unsweetened almond milk. Very tasty. Went to fridge to warm up my lunch and it wasn’t there! WTF!!! It turns out our cleaning lady tossed it. She thought it was part of the old “party food’ from the week before. Damn it! Another cup of tea it is. I will not fall off the wagon on day one.

Meal #2 – 2:30pm Quinoa and Black Bean Salad w/ a side of Arugula Salad

So, I left work half an hour earlier than usual just so I can get home and eat a little over 6 hours. (Cambiati programs requires us to eat every 4-6 hours.) Whoa. That was hard. I could have stopped somewhere to pick up something fast, but I am determined.

Meal #3 – 6:30pm Broccoli Slaw and Crab

Not a fan of this dish. I got the recipe from the cambiati program. It’s technically supposed to be “Pasta with Creamy Crab Sauce”. There was nothing creamy or saucy about it. All the sauce was absorbed into the crab, and the sauce was organic unsweetened coconut milk so it left the crab with a weird bland taste. BTW, there also was no pasta. The broccoli slaw was the pasta replacement. Very misleading. Never making this again.

Summer’s here!

Starting Weight – 240.4

Week One – 236.4 (-4)
Week Two – 231.4 (-5)
Week Three – 229.8 (-1.6)
Week Four – 227.8 (-2)
Week Five – 224.0 (-3.8)

Total Weight Loss: -16.4

This weekend was so busy, that until I did the math just now, I thought I’d only lost 2.8 pounds. How fun to find out it was actually 3.8! Yay, bonus pound!

The last couple days have been a whirlwind of activity and emotion. To start with, this past week, I was having some issues with a new coworker that upset me. He was continuously speaking to me in a very condescending way, which is annoying, but to add insult to injury, I get the feeling that part of it is because he looks down on me for being overweight. Now, I feel fortunate that I have very rarely encountered mean people or bullies about my weight, in fact I can’t even think of an example at this moment. But, I’m a fairly intuitive person, and while I’m willing to admit I could be wrong, my gut tells me I’m right. In any case, I felt angry and embarrassed, and this being the issue I’m obviously most sensitive about, I couldn’t help but obsess about it. In the end though, my wise boss told me not to take this guy’s crap and push back, which I did, and I think he’s starting to realize he better tread a little more carefully.

I couldn’t have been in a more lazy mood on Friday, and skipped the gym, but with each passing hour the guilty voice in the back of my mind grew louder and louder, until finally I slapped on my sneakers and went for a two mile walk. Seeing as how I was down 3.8 the next day, I’m glad I did!

Yesterday I went to a wedding. It was really fun and I had a great time. I’ll admit there’s always a certain sadness, being the fat, single girl at a wedding, but on the other hand, I also, honestly don’t want to date right now because of the size I am. I know there’s tons of layers to that complicated issue,  and I’m by no means saying that fat people shouldn’t date, but I guess I can sum it up by saying that I want to be able to present the best version of myself, and right now I’m really not comfortable. Overall though, the night was so nice, and just served to strengthen my resolve to change. I’m a month in, sixteen and half pound down, and doing better every day. There’s so much to look forward to if I can keep going down the right path, (not all of it superficial, although, getting to wear better clothes is definitely one of them. I love fashion!) Once I get below the 200s, I can’t wait to take up running again. I’ve gone through different periods of doing it, and I truly do enjoy it. The reason I’m waiting right now, is that I don’t want to put too much strain on knees and risk injuring myself.

Today was another busy one with errands, but I still begrudgingly prepared my weekly food, which reminds me of another fun positive change in my life – my food bill. I am saving so much money now that I’m not eating out every night. Even under the guise of this anonymous blog, I’d be embarrassed to admit how much money I’ve spent. Today I went to the grocery store, and all I needed for the week was spinach, some apples, pears, carrots, bananas, garlic and eggs, total bill: 25$ (I do buy mostly organic, probably 95%). Obviously that’s not all I’m going to eat for the week, and I have a lot of frozen soups/stews I’ve made, and bulk beans and nuts on hard already, but trust me, the savings are evident.

And finally, it’s been a few days since I’ve been on the record so, here’s what I’ve ate so far today:

1. 750 ML of Green Tea
2. Carrots
3. 500 ML of Protein Shake w/Almond Milk, Spinach, Blueberries, Banana, Raw Cacao, New Zeland Whey, Sprinkle of Cinnamon & Ginger
4. 1 Hard Boiled Egg
5. Bowl of Homemade Lentil Soup (Tomato Based, Sardines Added)
6. 1 Pc of Homemade Spanakopita (Gluten-Free Phylo, Kale/Spinach Filling Combined w/Tofu and Small Amount of Goat Cheese

Hope you had a good weekend too!

Today was pretty good.  The weather has me down again.  Enough with this grey, rainy, snowy crap.  Gimme some sun!  Thankfully it is coming tomorrow, so I’m hanging in there.  We went over to my in laws house today.  I knew they would have things that I don’t want right now food wise, so I had a salad right before we left and that definitely helped.  They were having salad when I got there, but it was full of feta cheese so I couldn’t have had it anyway.  But the big temptation was the mini-cupcakes.  They had two packs.  One of chocolate with chocolate icing and one with red velvet.  I know, right?  I wanted one SO bad, but I just stayed on the other side of the room and ignored them.  The real kicker is that Josh brought home the chocolate ones.  So far so good.  If it had been the red velvet ones, I’d have been in real trouble.

Today was my rest day on exercise.  I don’t really care for these days, but I know my body needs a day to rest.  I feel better on the days I exercise, especially on the days I run.  I’m glad tomorrow is a running day!

Food Journal:

Breakfast:
Spinach Banana Almond Butter and Cocoa Smoothie

Lunch:
Salad with 1/2 Avocado and Salmon

Snack:
Apple and Almond Butter

Dinner:
Tacoless Taco Salad
Dark Chocolate Almonds

I think my body has reached the limit on processing spinach.  My poo is green.  Guess I need to mix up my greens a bit more.  I love spinach, but I guess there can be too much of a good thing.  When I was kid, my mom had a friend who was a vegetarian and ate carrots all the time.  Her skin was actually tinted orange.  I sure don’t want to go there with the spinach!  Can you imagine?  I’d either be mistaken for an alien or I’d look sick all the time.  So I’m going to mix it up this week.

Hope this all going well for you and you are striving to reach your health goals too!

I decided to keep a food journal for three days to keep track of what I was eating and how much. What I’ve discovered is that I’m really good at being raw vegan until dinner time, when things seem to fall apart for me.

So, I guess I would have to label myself raw vegan/vegetarian until 7pm…then all bets are off. Not to say that I’m indulging in burgers or steaks every night for dinner. I’m still eating healthy, just having cooked meals like pizza with non-vegan cheese, vegetable won ton soup, tofu stir fry, etc.

Below is my food journal for the past three days. I didn’t include water but I generally drink 84 fl. oz of water a day.

Day 1

> Breakfast:

• Green Smoothie – spinach, kale, celery, banana, apple

> Snack:

• Yakult Probiotic Drink
• 3 Brazil Nuts

> Lunch:

• 3 Fresh Vietnamese Spring Rolls with Tofu and Peanut Sauce from Freshroll
• 1 Large Can of Coconut Water

> Dinner:

• Large Handful of Spirulina Super Chips
• 1 Large Slice of Vegan Carrot Cake
• 1 Cup Organic Prune Juice

Day 2

> Breakfast

• Green Smoothie – spinach, kale, celery, banana, apple, mint
  

> Snack:

• Yakult Probiotic Drink
• 3 Brazil Nuts

> Lunch:

• Large Spinach, Strawberry, Walnut Salad with Poppyseed Dressing

> Dinner:

• Trader Joe’s 3 Cheese Organic Pizza
• 1 Cup Organic Prune Juice

> Snack:

• 1 Trader Joe’s Lightly Sweetend Rice Roll
• 1 Organic Fuji Apple

Day 3

> Breakfast:

• 1 serving of Vega Sport Recovery Accelerator (after morning workout)
• Green Smoothie – spinach kale, celery, banana, apple

> Lunch:

• 3 Fresh Vietnamese Spring Rolls with Raw Tofu and Peanut Sauce from Freshroll
• Yakult Probiotic Drink

> Snack:

• Handful of Spirulina Super Chips
• 1 Sliced Avocado with Black Pepper and Balsamic

> Dinner:

• 5 Watermelon Slices
• Trader Joe’s Won Ton Soup

> Snack:

• Handful of Banana Chips

I don’t know if I’ll ever be 100% raw vegan but for right now, I’m happy being vegan until 7pm.

First, a question…  Can you see the actual title of this post and not just the extra one I stick in before this sentence?  I’m using the “aside” format to do my journal entries and the main title doesn’t always show up on my end.  Let me know.

As I said in my Weekly Wrap Up, Saturday is usually my cheat day (or freebie day), but I didn’t use it today.  I did use my freebie dinner last night as Friday night is our usual Family Pizza Night, so maybe that helped me today.  Not that I even wanted to go off plan today.  That’s the thing.  Once I start eating healthy, I start feeling healthy and I don’t want everything that I shouldn’t have.  I’ll have my days when I’m really craving chocolate or sweets, and generally I will go ahead and have whatever it is that I’m craving because in the long run I’d end up completely overdoing it if I don’t go ahead and have that smaller amount.  So I feel great today, but who knows, in a couple days I may be going crazy wanting to eat everything in sight.

Today was the first day in the C25K program that I ran for 20 minutes straight.  I was kind of nervous starting out since I wasn’t sure how my knee would react to that long of a straight run.  Then, after my 5 minute warm up walk, I was probably 5 steps into my run and my knee popped.  Usually it hurts on the lower inner side but this was more like the upper outer side that popped.  That had me worried for a little bit, but it didn’t hurt when it popped and it didn’t hurt afterwards either.  I kept on running and just tried to stay mindful of how it was feeling so I could stop before it ended up hurt worse than before.  Two hours later and it still feels good, so hopefully it was just one of those random things.

When I got home from my run, I sat down to look at the other training plans that RunDouble has.  They have a limited time unlimited plan in which you can purchase all of the plans for the cost of 2 of the plans.  I’m really sold on on the C25K plan and knew that I would want to do the 5K to 10K plan once I’ve completed this one.  It was a good deal, so for $3.20 I got all 8 or 9 plans.  Once I finish the C25K for time, if I’m not actually at the 5K distance, I’m going to pick up the distance plan part way in and get the full 3.1 miles done.  Then I can do the 5-10K, and then the Half Marathon Event Training.  You guys, that means that realistically, I can be ready for the Kansas City Marathon (but doing the half) this October.  That’s huge.  That’s been a goal of mine that I really never thought was attainable.  I’ve said I’d like to do it, but there was always some quiet excuse that kept me from really trying it.  Right now, it feels like I could do it.

Wow.

Food Journal:

Breakfast:
2 Scrambled Eggs
3 Pieces of Bacon (did you see the Bat Signal Bacon picture I Instagramed?)
2 Cups of Broccoli
1 Small Apple

Lunch:
Apple Cranberry Spinach Salad

Snack:
Archer Farms Dark Chocolate Almonds (these are SO good.  Target has them in the aisle with the other bagged nuts.  In our store, it’s the same aisle as the chips.  You should try them.  They are awesome.)

Dinner:
Double Spinach Banana Strawberry and Almond Smoothie

Exercise Journal:
Week 5 Day 2 of C25K
5 minute warm up
20 minute run
5 minute cool down
2.52 miles total

Food Journal:

Breakfast:
Spinach and onion omelette.
1 orange.

Lunch:
Salad w/ tuna, egg and avocado.

Snack:
Celery w/ almond butter

Dinner (freebie):
Pizza
Cinnapie
WhoNu cookies

Exercise:
Housekeeping

How is everything going for you?

One month!!!

I was going to skip blogging tonight until I realized it was my thirty day anniversary. What did I do to celebrate? I ordered sushi. Actually, I did before I even knew. Sigh. How bad is sushi really? If I’m skipping the mayo and anything fried? The sugar in the rice is my concern… and maybe mercury. How often can I eat it safely? Anyone care to comment?

Okay, but back to the celebration. I also hit the gym today. I was a little pressed for time, but I did some treadmill and then weights. It was so annoying, when I started the circuit, every machine was free, and within seconds, like ten more people descended. I’m like, outta my way people! In any case, I hope I do it again tomorrow.

Here’s what I ate today:

1. Glass of Water w/Lemon Juice, Scoop of Organic Cleanse, Scoop of Flax, Sprinkle of Tumeric
2. 500 ML of Protein Shake w/Almond Milk, Spinach, Blueberries, Banana, Raw Cacao, New Zeland Whey, Sprinkle of Cinnamon & Ginger
3. 500 ML of Kale/Swiss Chard/Apple/Hempseed Smoothie
4. 500 ML of Green Juice w/Spinach/Kale/Green Pepper/Celery/Parsley/Flax Oil/Spirulina
5. 1 Hard Boiled Egg
6. 500 ML of Black Tea
7. “Major Lazer” Oatmeal w/Quinoi Base, Bran, Flax, Chia Seeds, Hemp Seeds, Unsweetend Shredded Coconut and Coconut Oil, (Raisins & Almond Milk Added)
8. 4 Pcs Salmon Sushi, 2 Pcs Ebi Sushi, 1 Avocado Roll
9. 500 ML of Water w/Lemon Juice
10. Glass of Water w/Lemon Juice, Scoop of Organic Cleanse, Scoop of Flax, Sprinkle of Tumeric

On to month two!

For Lunch:
For lunch I had a tortilla topped with the last bit of chicken I had, some cheese, romaine lettuce, cilantro, tomatoes, and chipotle salsa. I also had steamed edamame with chili garlic sauce. This meal was so filling and spicy!

For an afternoon snack/beverage:
Since I loved how my iced coffee turned out the other day I decided to make another one. As you can tell I made way too much and yes I finished it all.

For dinner:
So I completely forgot to take a picture of my smoothie for dinner but here is a picture of my fiance’s. His smoothie has kale, mango, some walnuts, and water. My smoothie had kale, raspberries, banana, and some walnuts. My fiance also had nachos (we are talking about a huge plate of nachos!) and cajeta empanadas (caramel stuffed empanadas, the last picture on this post fyi. it is a Mexican dessert). So I only had a few nacho pieces and I also had a string cheese. This was the most random dinner and not a very good one I may add. Next time I need to have a better meal for dinner because later I munched on…

This! Another bagel thin but with chocolate peanut butter.

For dessert:
Umm an empanada… I guess the bagel with chocolate peanut butter wasn’t dessert??

Who doesn’t check themselves out as they are walking by a car? I sure do, no matter what size I am and this morning I thought I saw a smaller me. Could it be? Could I be getting smaller? I sure hope so. I don’t think that you can tell yet especially since it has only been 15/217 pounds. It is a drop in the bucket for sure. I just don’t want to be putting all of this effort into this in vain.

So, it has almost been a month since I started this journey once again. I restarted on April 3^rd . I feel as if I have been doing this for years and in a way I have. It is like second nature and it was really easy to get back to it. It was easy to get back to it because I was craving this. I just felt like I needed a cleanse and I was tired of looking and feeling fat, tired and slow. The thing is, though, that this isn’t as easy as changing your clothes or taking a shower. It takes time and I have to remember to focus from day to day so that I can achieve that goal. With this goal, you can’t live in the moment. You can’t be fickle and change your mind… then you won’t get to that ultimate goal. There are days when I think “______ this! I want a burger!” and spend the day feeling sorry for myself. Then there are those days when I am just so ecstatic to be doing this and am dreaming about the things that I will be able to do once again. It takes patience and lots of persistence. Lately, I have been finding pictures of myself from when I got to my goal weight and I kick myself for not staying there. Then, after wallowing for a bit, I get inspired and really look forward to looking that way again.

I have a ways to go and I know that this time isn’t going to be any easier. I think that I am ready for that, it has already been a month and I am still standing strong. I am holding my head up high because I am back on my journey to find my true self and know that I will get there. I have had obstacles stand in my way but I have been able to overcome them and come out stronger. Yes, I gained most of the weight back but that doesn’t make me any less me… and it doesn’t mean that I have to put myself down or have others look down on me. It happens. I just need to move forward and get back to that place that I know makes me comfortable (if there ever was such a place). Don’t give up… Don’t give up… you’ll be smaller soon… and you’ll feel much better. It is a battle worth fighting.

And so, I sit here cheering myself on knowing what the future has in store for me BECAUSE I will not quit!

Between the weather turning colder and the general overcast of the day I felt like I could have slept all day long.  I didn’t get to do that at all though.  I was planning on it after my run, but I got a phone call from my staffing recruiter with a possible position so I needed to complete my online testing.  If all goes well, I might have a phone screening tomorrow and an in person next week!

I made sure to head out early to get my run in before the snow showed up.  It was windy and cold and rainy, but I did it!  And I felt great about myself for sticking to it.

Physically I felt good too.  I wasn’t as hungry as I was yesterday and had no problem sticking to the plan.  This evening I’m really wanting some chocolate, but thankfully there’s none in the house, so I can’t have it.  I am going to get some dark chocolate of my own to hide away so no one else eats it.  I have to be sneaky like that.  Not only are the boys little thieves, but if Adrian finds out I have some, he’ll join in the plundering.

Today’s Food Log:

Breakfast:
Almond Milk, Banana, Spinach and Strawberry Smoothie
2 Hard Boiled Eggs

Lunch:
Baked Chicken Leg Quarter
Salad w/Oil and Vinegar
Apple w/ Almond Butter

Snack:
Handful of Pistachios
(While making dinner so I counted them as my healthy fat with dinner.)

Dinner:
1/2 a Spaghetti Squash
6 Meatballs
Tomato Basil Sauce

Exercise:
C25K – Week 5, Day 2
2.5 miles total – 31 minutes

I’ll be right with you.

Today’s been a total blur. It’s was so busy at work. Sometimes I got so overwhelmed I had to take a moment, and just sit at my desk paralyzed. That’s mentally health right? Hmmm.

I guess, I should take small solace that through it all I wasn’t at all tempted to go after junk food. Not even when everyone couldn’t stop gushing about how delicious the cookies in our kitchen were. I honestly can’t remember the last time I had a real craving. I’ve sort of fallen into a routine and it’s stuck. I’m actually pretty excited by that realization. I know this is perhaps a controversial thing to say, and I’m still early in process so who really knows if it will stick, but I just can’t be successful if I’m trying to eat “balanced”. And by balanced, I don’t mean nutrition wise, what I mean is, I can’t eat bad one day and healthy the next, or have a big lunch and then take it easy at dinner. If I’m having it, it becomes out of my control. I can’t stop. Only when I follow a very strict, healthy diet, can I succeed. I have a few “safe” junk foods I treat myself with on weekends, but I’m telling you, one chip, and I’m done. Does this make me a food addict? I’ve seen familiar bingeing behavior in other members of my family, although they’re disciplined enough not to let it get out of control. Or maybe it’s all just psychological, and been going on for so long I believe it’s true. Of course I fear slightly that living so strict will push me to a breaking point where I can’t control myself, but for now, I feel pretty comfortable.

No exercise today, and yes, sushi again. Random funny story, the first sushi restaurant we called for take out, told us they ran out of rice. How is that even possible?

I have no excuse not to exercise tomorrow. We only have a half day at work. I’m going to try and go the GYM. Not just a walk.

Here’s what I ate today:

1. Glass of Water w/Lemon Juice, Scoop of Organic Cleanse, Scoop of Flax, Sprinkle of Tumeric
2. 500 ML of Protein Shake w/Almond Milk, Spinach, Blueberries, Banana, Raw Cacao, New Zeland Whey, Sprinkle of Cinnamon & Ginger
3. 500 ML of Water w/Lemon Juice
4. 2 Hard Boiled Eggs
5. Handful of Almonds
6. 500 ML of Green Juice w/Spinach/Kale/Green Pepper/Celery/Parsley
7. Carrots
8. 500 ML of Water w/Lemon
9. 2 Pcs. Salmon Sushi, 2 Pcs. Ebi Sushi, 1 Avocado Roll
10. 500 ML of Kale/Swiss Chard/Apple/Hempseed Smoothie
11. Glass of Water w/Lemon Juice, Scoop of Organic Cleanse, Scoop of Flax, Sprinkle of Tumeric

For lunch:
I had leftover chicken from the chicken tacos last night but I did not want to eat chicken tacos again so I made a chicken taco bowl! I added chicken, romaine lettuce, some iceberg lettuce, tomatoes, avocado, some shredded cheese, avocado, and some salsa to substitute a dressing. This was very filling! I was full for hours and I am talking about 3-4 hours of my stomach not asking me for more food. Which almost never happens!

Taco salad all gone!

Afternoon snack:
Since I wasn’t hungry for a snack, I made myself an iced coffee. I heated up some water, added a teaspoon or two of instant coffee, some sugar and then I let it cool a bit. After it cooled down I poured the coffee into a glass filled with ice and then I added some milk.

For dinner:
I got kind of lazy around dinnertime and just heated up some frozen pizzas. I ate a margherita pizza by Kashi, which fooducate (an app on the phone) rated a B-! My fiance ate a pepperoni pizza, of course. I ate a little less than 2/3 of the pizza. They are not big pizzas and 1/3 of the pizza is just 290 calories. I don’t feel bad at all!

I recommend this pizza, it is so yummy!

I am so full today that I didn’t want a treat or dessert! That almost never happens!

im trying really hard to keep my carb count down and protein up and adding in more exercise to my daily schedule which i did effectively today..

breakfast: egg white omelet with mozzarella; high antioxidant berry drink

lunch: salad with vegetables, grilled chicken, and lite italian dressing

snack: cheese stick

dinner: turkey sandwich

exercise: cardio intervals; arms; [plus im up to 3 sets of 12 pushups]

i know pcos is not going to go away after one successful day, so im going to work hard to keep this pattern going. while weight loss is going to be difficult for me, its important to remember that slow progress is better than no progress

Today I felt hungry.

Usually when I feel the slightest bit of hunger, I’m grabbing a spoonful of Nutella, but today I practiced waiting a bit to make sure it was real hunger and not just boredom.  Waiting definitely helped.  Those times that I was actually hungry, I either ate my next meal, or had a healthy on plan snack.  When I was bored, I found something to do.  I need to remember that waiting is good.

Today I felt committed.

After having felt a lot of apathy toward what I have been eating lately, committed felt good.  I feel like I can do this and make this a permanent change in my lifestyle.  There were a couple of emotional humps to get over today.  I finally got a job offer, but at a ridiculously low salary.  It wasn’t fun having to turn it down and I was bummed for quite a while.  I’m still vacillating toward bummed, but I’m trying to see the fact that I was actually offered a job as progress.

Today’s Food Log:

Breakfast:
Almond Milk, Banana, Spinach and Strawberry Smoothie
2 Hard Boiled Eggs

Lunch:
Tuna with Horseradish Mustard
Raw Broccoli and Carrots
2 Small Clementines
Handful of Pistachios

Snack:
Handful of Almonds
Handful of Grapes

Dinner:
Baked Chicken Leg Quarter
Big Salad w/Oil and Vinegar
1/4 Avocado
1/2 Apple

Exercise:
1/2 Mile Walk with Gwennie (20 mins)
Arm Workout

keeping carbs on the lower side should really help spark some weight loss so im going to try and keep it around 100 grams a day, filling up with protein instead like chicken and fish

i also know that i need to step up my exercise game. i only have a week and a half left at college, meaning that when i return home i will have more exercise opportunities which will hopefully lead to building muscle and burning fat.

i have created a calendar for the month of may including my exercise schedule which i am determined to stick to throughout the whole month. as you will see, i have both a detox as well as insanity listed, both of which i will talk about as they get closer. just as a warning: do not jump into some detox diet you see on the internet as those can be extremely harmful to your health. during my detox [which i will talk about later] i make sure to get the proper nutrients daily and lay low on exercise as the body is detoxing and should be in a relaxing mode.

as for insanity..no i did not go buy some expensive workout video. im borrowing it from my sister to give it a test run to see if its worth going through the two months. shes told me it involves a lot of interval training, something i have talked about  which has proven to be very successful with fat loss.

i will keep you all posted and here is my calendar!! [note i forgot to add the rest of the pushup challenge for the rest of the month, but i will be keeping up with it]

Forgive me!

Remember yesterday, when I said I didn’t eat enough, and then I promised today I totally would? Nope. I basically did the opposite of that, starting with forgetting my lunch at home. It was all downhill after that. It wouldn’t have been so bad if I didn’t have to work late, in fact I was already planning what I would eat, but a last minute assignment came through and I had to stay late. I ended up eating two pieces of toast with (natural) peanut butter, but it definitely wasn’t my first choice.

I was incredibly tired when I woke up today, but  I quickly became the energizer bunny. I got so much done at work and was bouncing all over the place. The thing about eating healthy is that you almost take having energy for granted. You just assume that’s the way you always are, and quickly forget all the lethargic afternoons you’ve spent in a coma, after eating fried, starchy foods. I just don’t crash anymore, I’m even all day, and I’m completely alert. Part of me still thinks, who cares? Bring on the french fries, but I admit, this is a nice perk.

I have a small sliver of time to get a walk in before work tomorrow, and I just don’t know if I’ll actually make it happen. I’ll probably cave and catch some extra zzzzs, but maybe by putting it out there, I’ll feel a little more pressure to make good.

Here’s what I-didn’t-eat-much-of today:

1. Glass of Water w/Lemon Juice, Scoop of Organic Cleanse, Scoop of Flax, Sprinkle of Tumeric
2. 500 ML of Protein Shake w/Almond Milk, Spinach, Blueberries, Banana, Raw Cacao, New Zeland Whey, Sprinkle of Cinnamon & Ginger
3. 500 ML of Jasmine Tea
4. Handful of Almonds
5. 500 ML of Green Juice w/Spinach/Kale/Green Pepper/Celery/Parsley
6. 500 ML of Jasmine Tea
7. 2 Slices of Organic Spelt, Chia & Poppyseed Toast w/Natural Peanut Butter
8. 500 ML of Water w/Lemon Juice
9. 500 ML of Kale/Swiss Chard/Apple/Hempseed Smoothie
10. Glass of Water w/Lemon Juice, Scoop of Organic Cleanse, Scoop of Flax, Sprinkle of Tumeric

Exercise and food tomorrow

]]> http://kyree90.wordpress.com/2013/05/01/wiaw-the-spotty-edition/ Wed, 01 May 2013 10:30:26 +0000 Arlene Hittle http://kyree90.wordpress.com/2013/05/01/wiaw-the-spotty-edition/ It’s Wednesday, and you know what that means: It’s time for another What I Ate Wednesday post. As always, thanks go to Jenn at Peas & Crayons for hosting the WIAW link-up.

This week’s post is pretty hit-or-miss. I started off Tuesday with good intentions of snapping photos of everything I ate … and it wasn’t that I scarfed a lot of foods that’d embarrass me to admit eating. I simply forgot to fire up the camera, leaving a fair amount of the day’s eats undocumented.

Reminds me of that age-old question: If a tree falls in the forest & no one’s around to hear it, does it make a sound? If I eat something and don’t photograph it, is that like not eating at all?

I wish!

Without further waxing philosophical, here are the photos I did manage to take.

A Banana/Coconut/Kale smoothie brought to you by Carrots N Cake, courtesy of Chicklets in the Kitchen‘s Kale Week. (I’ll be blogging all about it on the Chicklets’ site Thursday.) Such a pretty green! Where was this in March, when WIAW went green? Oh yeah — it was hanging out on my Smoothie-palooza Pinterest board.

Starbucks skinny caramel latte with the sour cream & onion PopChips I packed to eat with my sandwich.

Chicken and veggie sandwich on a Bagel Thin with a wedge of Laughing Cow light white cheddar. Unpictured: A second single-serve bag of PopChips (of the sweet potato variety. I stopped at Safeway to get cash to pay my fee to play softball, and picked up a few more bags. Then I felt the need to eat one of them. Come to think of it, maybe that is slightly embarrassing.)

After dinner, I dug into a Chobani Flip. This time, it was the Almond Coco-Loco flavor I’ve been looking forward to trying since I first spotted it on Twitter. Delicious! It didn’t disappoint.

Wait. That’s not entirely true: I was disappointed to discover a serving has 6 WW PointsPlus. Seems a bit excessive, especially when the Key Lime is 4. Ah well. I’ll probably treat myself once in a while. 6 Points worth of Chobani will last longer than 3  jelly-filled Munchkins from Dunkin’ Donuts.

An ounce of Emerald Dark Chocolate/PB mixed nuts and my WW SmartOnes chicken enchiladas dinner went unphotographed, as did a 2-Point mini bar and the giant iced coffee I picked up from DD on the way in to work. (That could become an expensive habit, so I should put a stop to it now.)

In non-food news, I got in a 20-minute walk and received my room assignment for Blend Retreat. Can’t wait to get to know Becky at OlivesnWine. She has a beautiful website. As I’m looking for someone to redesign my author website, I’ve been paying more attention than usual to blog design.

Don’t forget to stop over at Peas and Crayons to see what everyone else is eating.

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breakfast: safslim, yogurt

lunch: cheese stick, carrots with hummus

snack: cashews, mini fiber bar

dinner: natures valley peanut protein bar, sunflower seeds, crasins

What just happened? AKA, me leaving work today.

Well, I just wanted to whip up a quick blog to sum up my day and realized it’s Day 27. That’s basically a month. That doesn’t thrill me. I feel like I should have lost more weight in the first month. I don’t want to be discouraged so I’m just going to put a pin in this for later. It’s late, I just worked fifteen hours and I need to sleeeeeeeeeeep.

Today was busy and long. There was no way I was going to fit in some exercise. I want to start getting to the gym and doing some circuit stuff. Lol, just typing that made my eyelids droop. It’s really time for bed. An okay day food wise, sigh, I succumbed to the sushi again, and I’m not even going to apologize. It tasted amazing. I want to stuff my face with it again right now.

Here’s what I ate today:

1. Glass of Water w/Lemon Juice, Scoop of Organic Cleanse, Scoop of Flax, Sprinkle of Tumeric
2. 500 ML of Kale/Spinach/Pear/Hemp Seep Smoothie
3. 500 ML of Green Tea
4. 2 Hard Boiled Eggs
5. Handful of Almonds
6. Carrots and Hummus
7. 500 ML of Green Juice w/Spinach/Kale/Green Pepper/Celery/Parsley
8. 500 ML of Green Tea
9. 4 Pcs of Salmon Sushi, 2 Pcs of Ebi Sushi, 1 Avocado Roll
10. 500 ML of Water w/Lemon Juice

So not enough. Tomorrow, I eat!