Showing posts with label food. Show all posts

Nutsy's: Kate Moss Teaser

Finally the secrets of Kate Moss's figure revealed?

[Previously on... Kate Moss at Unscathed Corpse]

Mocha Chocolata Ya Ya

So I am still trying to be on a diet and I actually think me clothes are a bit looser (I just typed that with a cockney accent mate)

My thought is that the SB Diet just wears you down so you just give up on eating all together. Do I want another boiled egg or string cheese? Hell no. I will just starve.

There is one little glimmer of happiness though. I have created a masterpiece that I love, love, love.

So what I do is I heat a small amount of water and then take two teaspoons of this:


(mine does not have hieroglyphics on the jar; btw)

then, I add two tablespoons of this

then I fill the rest of the cup with ice cubes.

then I take a large glass and fill it with ice and add my cold coffee mixture over it and then top it off with this.

and then, I dollop on this

BTW do you ever "dollop" anything but cream?

IT IS DELICIOUS!!

I was going to take a picture this morning, but I forgot until this is what I had

Oh, and two weeks ago I tried to take some "before" pictures with my cell phone.

This was the result.

this is cracking me up here, because my arms look fat and my middle parts look ok, which is the opposite in real life.

ok, this is a more accurate portrayal of me two weeks ago.

That is all.

Oreo Cameo by Judith G. Klausner

Judith G. Klausner has an ongoing project called From Scratch in which she carves classic cameos out of Oreo cookies!

Broccoli treehouse

quote [Brock Davis made this delightful thing].
(via Boing Boing)

There’s things that keep popping up in my dash, y’know? Things i don’t enjoy!Let...

Lots of Uni work to do today so not completely focused on my goals :/

I went way over on carbs I think :(

Food

Daily Milk 3

B. Beans 4

Brown Toast 4

Scrambled eggs 4

D. Haddock 2

Potatoes 2

Vegetables 0

Rice 8

Snacks

Shredded wheat 4

Fruit salad and natural yogurt 1

Slice of Brown Bread 2

Slice of chicken 1

Total 35

Exercise

Day 7 of the 30 Day Shred

Moo

Sweats for t-t-t-todayyyyyyy!!

Body Attack was a KILLER! I think that I work harder when the class has more people (i.e. not SO many people that I’m bumping into broads left and right, but enough that I wanna show off). And considering the routine was almost the same as yesterday, I was pretty accustomed to the moves and could just work it.

Today, for dinner, we’re making a BBQ chicken pizza!! Whole wheat dough, BBQ sauce, baked chicken, and 2% fat cheddah! Mmmm. Can’t wait to try it.

ALSO: weighed myself today and was 174, 2 lbs down since my initial heart attack of a weigh in yesterday/Wednesday so I feel like that’s at least reasonable.

Things are looking up, with no major MEAL related events this weekend (when things revolve around eating, I tend to join in on those things…)

Tomorrow: Farmer’s market early in the AM, pancake saturday, and BodyJam followed by the POOL! Glorious.

From 325lbs (5/4/07) to 187 (6/3/11). Still 20% body fat. BUT Traps showing up nicely. Same with shoulders. But my head looks huge in this picture, no?

I won’t be able to finish these 30 days because I’ll be in Korea in 20 days, so I’m going to cheat and answer some questions ahead of time.

Day 01 - Your stats

Day 02 - How tall are you? Do you like your height?

Day 03 - A picture of your fitspiration. What features do you like about this person?

Day 04 - Your greatest fears about weight loss.

Day 05 - Why do you really want to lose this weight? Are you doing it for you?

Day 06 - Do you binge? If so, explain why you think you do.

Day 07 - Do your friends and family know you’re trying to lose weight? Do they support you?

Day 08 - Your workout routine.

Day 09 - Did people ever make comments about your weight in a negative way?

Day 10 - What was the hardest thing you gave up during your weight loss journey?

Day 11 - Your favorite fitspo blog and why?

Day 12 - What food plan do you normally follow each day?

Day 13 - Are you losing weight in a healthy or unhealthy way?

Day 14 - What is your ultimate goal weight/look?

Day 15 - Are you vegan or vegetarian? If so, has this helped you lose weight? If not, would you ever consider turning vegan or vegetarian?

Day 16 - When did you first decide to lose weight?

Day 17 - What is your favourite treat meal?

Day 18 - What food is your weakness?

Day 19 - When is your favourite body part to work on? Why?

Day 20 - What is your favourite form of cardio?

Day 21 - What is your favourite resource for healthy living info?

Day 22 - Quick! What are the 5 things you like best about yourself?

Day 23 - Did the media play a role in your wanting to lose weight?

Day 24 - When did you first notice your hard work paying off?

Day 25- When you reach your goals, what do you plan on doing to maintain your results?

Day 26 - What excites you most about reaching your goals?

Day 27 - How do you stay on track in tempting situations? (e.g. BBQs, Birthday parties, out with friends, etc.)

Day 28 - Have you had any setbacks you’ve had to overcome? How did you do it?

Day 29 - Your definition of beauty.

Day 30 - 10 facts about you! And now, what are your stats?

Tonight Im doing my Coach plan run from Nike+

so I only have to do .64 miles. which is cool cause my feet really hurt.

I have to run for 1:00 and then walk for 5:00, relatively easy. Im on the Walk to Run program so,

and then after I’ll probably do some Yoga err something./

i wanted to get up and run a mile before getting in the pool, but my feet were still sore from running the past few days (high arches are a bummer), so i took a short nap before getting in the pool and swimming 100 laps. i’m so tired, like i feel like i’m about to fall asleep typing this, but it felt absolutely amazing.

afterwards i was starving, so despite my binge earlier i made myself a bowl of whole grain wheat penne pasta. i normally just kind of estimate what i put in, but i actually measured out everything this time. i’ve been really overestimating the amount of pasta i eat. i measured out 1 cup, like i figured i normally eat, but it turned out to make a HUGE bowl. and i always thought i used a full cup of sauce, but 1/2 a cup was plenty, even with the extra pasta. the bread was more calories than i thought though (150 calories for a medium sized piece of french bread, extra 30 for the tsp of butter…so worth it though). so dinner ended up being 517 calories. oh well.

food journal:

breakfast- whole wheat bagel with ~1 tbs butter (170 calories…i remembered the calories for butter wrong. whoops.)

lunch- pb&j on whole wheat (270 calories)

snack- fudge (400 calories), 2 pieces of taffy and a few tortilla chips (100 calories)

dinner- whole grain wheat penne pasta with mushroom red sauce and french bread (517 calories)

desert- skinny cow ice cream sandwich (140 calories)

total- 1,597

exercise journal-

swimming (100 laps-45 minutes)

yikes. weighing in tomorrow, let’s hope it goes well. if not i’ll have to stick to a strict 1300 calorie a day food plan…

I’m 5’3” and I’m fine with my height. I wouldn’t complain if I was an inch taller, but I’m really cool with what my height is right now because when I wear heels, I look about 125908125 feet tall.

That’s a lie, but heels > no heels but I’m still a good height.

…was a bad day. I only made it to the gym for half an hour and totally binged after dinner…like 500 calories worth. I don’t feel too bad because I did work my ass off this week, but the thing is I’ll be away all next week and my routine will be all messed up!! Just need to work out a little extra tomorrow and try to stay on track the rest of the weekend. I need a hug.

thepictureofhealth replied to your post:CalorieKing is telling me to lower my intake to 1230 calories per day.

How many do you eat now? 1230 isn’t that ridiculous. And your body can still function on that if you keep it as your net calories.

I was eating 1250 calories but the problem is I never have that as my net calories. I need to start eating back my exercise calories. I used to do it, then I stopped and had great results but now it’s slowed down heaps and I need to fuel my body. I’m more active than “light” but less than “moderate” thanks to my job. I’ll go back through my study notes today and work out my BMR and go from that. I think I can trust my own career change over a website that doesn’t give inbetween options.

jess-nelsonreblogged your post:CalorieKing is telling me to lower my intake to 1230 calories per day.

That’s the calorie intake…by daily…It’s not that bad if you eat light frequent meals.

No, it’s not bad but my problem as I mentioned above is that I don’t tend to eat back my exercise calories. I think 1230 is too low for me, because I’m more active than CalorieKing says I am because they don’t have an “inbetween” option from light to moderate like it does when you calculate your BMR. So I’ll be doing that today and working out my calorie needs for myself.

What good is learning this stuff to become a Personal Trainer if I don’t practice what I preach? I need to work these things out for myself before I can work them out for anyone else.

There’s things that keep popping up in my dash, y’know? Things i don’t enjoy!

Let me post the picture and i’ll explain why it pissed me off.

Now, before i begin, i am NOT promoting anorexia or bullimia.

Anyway.

You guys do realize that not all insanely skinny girls are Anorexic, right? There are some with extremely high metabolisms who cannot control how skinny they are. Now before you go off saying, “Well there’s a difference from someone with a high metabolism and someone who is Anorexic and a bag of bones,” I’d like to dissagree.
My stepmother has a very high metabolism and is just as skinny as that girl on the right. She eats A LOT but never gains a pound. Because of people saying things like that picture above she has a low self esteem. She tells me every day that she hates being this skinny and wishes she could gain some weight. People approach her and tell her that ‘there’s help out there’ so many times, and it makes her feel horrible. She feels disgusting. She hates it. But she can’t control it. How do you think it makes her feel when people say things like this? It’s horrible.

Why is it that when you call a fat girl ‘gross’ everyone hates you and calls you a monster, but when someone walks up to a skinny girl and tell her to eat a burger, everyone praises you and agrees? Double standard much?

Not all skinny girls want to be that skinny. Many can’t control it. But yes, there are girls who are anorexic and bullimic as well.

But just as there are issues with weight in America about how so many are overweight and unhealthy, there are girls who feel so horrible about theirselves that they actually stop eating and lose mad amounts of weight. To me it goes hand in hand - they are both eating disorders. Why should a girl with such a low self esteem that they are actually putting their life at risk get so much hate? It’s not going to make them eat, let’s face it. It’s going to lower their self esteem even more. Instead you need to offer them advice, talk to them, and help them seek professional guidence or they will die.

Same with overweight individuals, they need professional help, you can’t tell them to go eat a salad.

So why are overweight individuals easily sympathized with while Skinny girls are treated like demons? Like its their fault and they oughtta be ashamed, when its also the overweight individual’s fault for being bigger?

It’s ridiculous.

So i’d be really interested to hear your opinion on this matter, but please refrain from insults or i will not answer you. I want an intelligent conversation, not a fighting match, because i wont deal with it.

Again, i am not promoting Anorexia/Bullimia no more than i am promoting overeating. I’m simply trying to have my say on the matter. They are both disorders that should BOTH be sympathized with instead of ridiculed.

Thank you.

Day Sixteen- When did you first decide to lose weight?

The Shake Cleanse uses Shakeology® in creating multiple day cleanses to jump start you in your fitness, break a plateau or shred pounds fast & effectively in a healthy way.

The basics are as follows:

3 Shakeology® Shakes a day 2 Cups of Green Tea a Day 1-2 piece(s) of fruit a day 1 Salad for dinner- You can load up on greens and vegetables. Only Low Fat DressingsOnly white grilled protein in salad - Poultry or Fish!

NO: DAIRY or EXTRA SUGARS, diet soda, Almond, Soy, or Rice milk

You can put your 2 snacks before/after any of the MAJOR MEALS - Breakfast Lunch & Dinner

The 2nd piece of fruit is optional. Some of you will need the calories where others will not. Power workout participants (Super Conditioned- not the weight challenged) are recommended the greater calories.

REPEAT all 3 Days

BREAKFAST:

Shakeology® 140 calories, 1 scoop

add ice and mix in blender

10-12 oz of water

SNACK (85 calories):

1 piece of fruit

1 cup of green tea (I used Lipton mixed berry or cranberry pomegranate green tea)

LUNCH:

Shakeology® (140 calories), 1 scoop

Add ice and mix in a blender

10-12 oz of water

SNACK:

Shakeology® 140 calories, 1 scoop

add ice and mix in a blender

10-12 oz of water

DINNER:

Salad Grilled white fish or poultry (~340 calories)

2 T low calorie/low fat dressing (I used plain red wine vinegar and extra virgin olive oil)

1 cup of green tea (I used Lipton mixed berry or cranberry pomegranate green tea)

Workouts should be LIGHT during the cleanse: moderate walking and/or light weights

Participants have reported weight loss between 3 lbs and 9 lbs!

What does the Medical Community think of Shakeology? Just watch:

Goal: Stop eating things after dinner just because I still have calories left on MFP. If I’m not hungry, don’t eat!

This is easy enough to say, but let’s see if I can accomplish it all week. For some reason, when I see that I have calories left in the day, I automatically assume that I must still be hungry. I need to remember that it’s okay to stop eating when I am full even if I’m under calories.

seeing real live people’s progress and struggles with fitness and healthy eating. It’s so much more real to me to be able to read about someone’s journey than simply seeing a before/after.

Lifestyle changes are not easy, and I know I’ll make mistakes, hit plateaus, and get frustrated…but with the support and encouragement of this community, I will reach my goals.

Keep up the good work, everyone!

http://findingthinagain.tumblr.com/

http://a-fitspirational-blonde.tumblr.com/

http://justbreathe11.tumblr.com/

http://matchstickmolly.com/

http://undressedskeleton.tumblr.com/

Your workout routine

Whatever that Insanity calendar dishes out at me for the day.

And I just looked at the calendar for the first time to see what I’m doing today and had my heart skipped. This week is RECOVERY WEEK!!!! I do Core Cardio and Balance every day for 6 days. Not exactly sure what that workout entails, but at least I’m not going to kill myself with Pure Cardio or Cardio Power and Resistance! WOOOO!!

Off to do some Insanity!

Hey S1C (Square One Challenge) Posters,

I have some good news and some bad news. The good news is I am back and going to start posting and updating this week. Bad news is, I’m still at Square One. My neck, shoulder and back got messed up again putting me on the side line. I just woke up last week and it was all messed up. I’m really paying the price for this injury last October and it’s starting to frustrate me. I did have a realization this weekend that I am just not ready for P90X. It is putting to much strain on my physically and mentally. When I do P90X I remember where I was before my injury, what I could do, and now that I am back to the beginning and I keep straining an old injury it is frustrating to me so I’m switching to a program that I know works, that doesn’t put excessive strain on my neck, back or shoulder, but I have yet to complete. That program is RevAbs.

I have started it about 3 times and every time I get to day 30 I catch the P90X bug, doubt WHY am I doing RevAbs when I should be doing P90X, I make the switch then a few weeks later, I’m sidelined. My goal is to complete a full 90 days of RevAbs starting today. I’m going to post a video today about this too. Thanks for being there for me and thank you Jillian for texting me this weekend and calling me out. I appreciate the support. Talk to you all soon,

Joey

I lost 4.9 pounds this week.

4.9!

SW: 247.6

PW: 219.4

CW: 214.5

I wish I knew exactly what made the difference this week. I’ve actually been a little bit looser with my calories- going over by 100 or so some days. But, I’ve also been trying out different kinds of exercise. I did a ton of dancing this week, and I’ve been adding in short workouts during the day when I have a spare 10 minutes or so. Whatever it is, I hope to keep it up (sans the crying during workouts. That’s not fun)!

Green Tea: It also helps in weight loss by preventing bloating.

Dairy Products: Just choose the low-fat variant though.

Oatmeal: The high fiber and low-fat oatmeal is a good choice.

Hot Peppers: The capsaicin chemical found in chili is known to give metabolism quite a kick.

Protein: When going for protein, lean turkey meat and chicken breast are fine choices.

Broccoli: The broccoli is a great choice with its 20-calorie per cup rating. Also, it is rich in calcium which has been linked by numerous studies to weight loss. It is also rich in vitamin C which aids better calcium absorption.

Grapefruit: Chemicals found in grapefruit actually helps lower insulin levels which are helpful in facilitating weight loss.

Mangosteen: This fruit is known to improve the function of the excretory system and thus rid the body of toxins.

Coffee: Drinking about two cups of coffee everyday can jumpstart your metabolism. Any more than three cups though is not advisable.

do i wake up at 6 and go.

it opens at 7am and i like being early as possible because then there won’t be people there (the odd one maybe) and im really really self concious

and i have a big scar across my leg from my burn

so its all very difficult hm i really want to go though its so good for your muscles and things

I first decided to lose weight years ago.

And I tried. I’d start working out, and eating smaller portions. But I’d always end up going all out, then taking a day off. A day would turn into 2, then a week, and before I knew it a few months would have passed, and I wouldn’t have had a single workout.

Then last year something just clicked. I did what I could, and didn’t feel guilty when I had to take breaks. If I needed a day off, I’d make sure I took one, then start right back up the next day. And eventually I just learned to love working out. And now I’ve reached a level of fitness that I will not give up. I want to keep getting better. I’ve worked way too hard to let all I’ve achieved slip away.

I’ve also learned so much about how the food I eat affects everything from my skin, to my workout intensity, to how I feel throughout the day that I could never go back to just eating junk.

I’ve gone off on a bit of a tangent here, haven’t I? lol All in all, I’ve been trying for years to lose weight, but I didn’t succeed at it until about the last year and a half or so. And now there is no going back. :)

Band Wagon

Your body on Coke

Food

i had a bowl of special k cereal, and coffee

snacks: i had a ceral bar

snacks: one string chesse

and lunch i had a cearl bowl

dinner: not yet aten, ill post later.

Activites

I cleaned the whole house, thanks to that coffee

and did some jumping jacks, and probably look up some exercise online. i’ll update soon

“So before you say, “I could never give up meat,” realize that nearly every single vegetarian on the planet said those same words. Then shut the fuck up, look at an inspirational picture of a skinny bitch, and clean out your freezer.”

- Skinny Bitch is becoming my new favorite book.

I couldn’t resist weighing myself today…..it seems I am back down to 255.2, which is fantastic because at the end of the week I want to be out of the 250’s. No, I WILL be out of the 250’s. It’s my plateau that I have been unable to pass since last summer. 253, to be exact. I will pass it. Once I pass it I think it will all go very smooth. That dress I tried on at my starting weight (260) isn’t as snug!! I think it will fit at 245. At 230 I will post another photo of myself.

i’m over weight, 10lbs off being obese :(

but you know what? i’m gonna do it anyway.

STAYING STRONG.

Fell off the healthy band wagon for about a week there…and the vegetarian one too :( BUT I’m getting back on both and figuring out my new lifestyle. It would be easier if it wasn’t just me and my boyfriend living together while he eats meat like it’s his job and him also cooking the majority of the meals. I tried to cook the other day and I overcooked, but undercooked the rice if that makes any sense - I burnt it on the bottom from cooking it at too high of a heat and mixed it too much while it was cooking so it didn’t actually cook so it turned to a mushy, burnt mess. Bah. I also managed to break a wooden spoon while waiting for my rice to burn.

Seriously need to get a veggie cookbook so that I can make some legitimate food instead of drinking all of these protein shakes and scrambled eggs.

The term band wagon also made me really miss playing the saxophone - I should see if I can get my old one back from my aunt and uncle :)

How to lose FAT and not MUSCLE (super important info)

feels good!!!!!

I’m going out tomorrow night, in exactly 24 hours, and I feel SO bloated right now. Like, I feel so so so fat and unhealthy, it’s not even comprehensible. But I wanted to wear this fitted top when I go out to party tomorrow night, do y’all think that my bloat/fatness that resulted from the binge will be gone by then?

This is probably stupid, but I feel so down because of it. Where has my self-control gone off to?

welcome to my health blog. This is kind of an online diary for me. I will post about food, recipes, health, exercise, tips, my experience and lifestyle. I exercise about 5 times a week. I would like to exercise ideally every day. I eat healthily but I also allow treats, generally good treats, but still very yummy treats. Don’t get me wrong, I’ll have the odd blow out, but I am terrible with guilty feelings afterwards so I prefer to be healthy about my treats rather than naughty and suffer with guilt! So I have begun this blog to help me get to stage where I am completely satisfied with my lifestyle and health. I sometimes struggle with acceptance, therefore I have to be at a zen with myself in order to accept myself. This I truly believes is achieved through my diet and exercise regime. But this is a personal thing I know. I do not have any sort of eating disorder, nor do I agree with all this pro-ana, pro-mia thing. I am happy to listen to anyone with a problem, I too hope my followers will be around to help me :) But I am healthy!!! So please, respect that! Anyway, I think this is a good enough introduction. Follow, if you please. x

Extra Easy Day:

Brekkie: 28g porridge oats (HEX B), skimmed milk (part of HEX A) 1 tbsp golden syrup (2), strawberries
Lunch: Jamaican chicken casserole
Dindins: wholemeal pasta, red & yellow pepper, red onion, tomato, chicken, herbs, garlic, egg, mozarella (rest of HEX A)
Snacks: 100 cal M&S mini popcorn cakes (4.5), mini milk (1.5), strawberries, cherries, fat free vanilla yoghurt
Drinks: water, chai tea, redbush vanilla tea, options belgian hot chocolate (2)
Syns: 10 = Great day :)

Stressful day. Revision in morning. Modern French Thinkers exam in afternoon. First question was excellent…second was not bad…third was atrocious…hopefully this balances out. :/ Then I was starving and had dinner, cleaned the bathroom and kitchen so they’re habitable again and my room. Now chiiiilled. Debating whether to do some exercise before bed. Was gonna start off the shred again but my ankle is sore and twinging for some reason… (it does this every so often :( )

So tired. Gonna at least read through my Baked and Delicious magazines and plan out the rest of the week and my reply to my german schools. The internet’s been SO super frustratingly slow that I haven’t got round to it yet. :( Been trying to have a ‘quick’ look at Tumblr for the past 5 hours but everything keeps freezing. Booo.

‘Cupcake’ x

I was always very slim, up until my twenties, but even back then I thought I was “big.” When I met my husband, I was 16 and weighed around 105 - 110 pounds. It’s so strange how I was self conscious back then but now I would be in heaven if I weighed that.

My weight started to creep up after my junior year when I quit my dance/flag line group. I got a lot of exercise with it and since I didn’t march my senior year, I got no physical activity. I’d always been more interested in books and art than anything and I devoted myself to that for a long time. When I got married and moved in with my husband, it got worse because we cooked big meals every night. But the real problem began when I was working three jobs and lived on fast food. One of my jobs was in a bakery, which didn’t help either. Let me tell you, I don’t care how much willpower you have. Christmas time in a bakery kills. Fresh cookies and cinnamon rolls straight out of the oven… that “just one” will add up if you do it every single day.

Anyway, I told myself that I had it under control and that I was ok as long as I didn’t gain anymore. I was fine at 130. But then 130 became 150. And 150 became 175. And then I looked at my closet one day and decided my clothes were looking kind of ratty and I needed to buy some new ones. My financial situation as well as my lack of free time had stopped me shopping a long time ago. So I went out to get a few things.

It was a shock to realize exactly how many sizes I had gone up. I had to keep going back to the racks and getting the bigger size until finally I realized that I would need to go to the plus size department. So I went home and cried instead.

I still haven’t bought new clothes and that was about four years ago. I rely on t-shirts, hoodies, and jeans on the rare occasions I do leave my house. I don’t like going out with friends, or even to family functions. Worse, I very seldom do any of the things that used to make me happy. I’ve turned myself into a social outcast and I’m pretty sure I have mild depression.

I’ve tried almost every diet you can think of. I’ve done low carb, high protein, high fat, low fat, no fat, gluten free, dairy free, veganism, juicing, raw food, cleansing and anything else you can think of. At one point I was on this thing where I was cutting out anything that could possibly be an allergin and then adding it back in slowly, just to see if I had any reactions. I forget the name of the diet, but it was a book written by some kind of doctor who promised miracle results. And I got them. I lost about 30 pounds. But man, was I sick and tired of the food.

The thing is, I know that the only thing that will work for me is a diet that’s convenient and full of variety. So I’m opting for calorie counting this time around. I’m going to allow myself to eat whatever I want but to keep my overall calories within a budget of around 1200 -1600 a day, depending on if I exercise or not. Eventually I hope to move into other phases, like cutting out processed food and drinking only water. But too much too fast is what’s ruined me in the past so I’m going slow. I hope to use this tumblr as a daily food diary to track what I eat, and also to list any goals or triumphs or thoughts I have along the way. Basically I’m hoping this will keep me accountable and I’ll stick to it this time.

Wish me luck!

Breakfast:

3/4 cup of Kashi Toasted Berry Crisp cereal - 210 calories
3/4 cup of skim milk - 70 calories
1 small banana - 90 calories
Coffee with skim milk - 20 calories

Snack:

Coffee with 2 creams and 1 sugar (it was given to me by one of the people I work with and I didn’t want to be rude and just throw it out..) - 40 calories

Lunch:

1/2 salami sandwich with mustard and spinach - 275 calories
Baby carrots - 30 calories
Red grapes - 60 calories

Snack:

Fiber One bar - 140 calories
Red apple - 95 calories

Dinner:

Greek salad with vinaigrette - 160 calories
1/3 chicken breast - 95 calories

Total: 1285 calories

not exactly hungry, i just feel like eating. it’s a difficult habit to break.

i’ll go for another walk instead.

The change I was doing with P90 and eating more calories obviously didn’t work at all. I was trying to get up to losing 8lbs a month, instead of 5lbs (what I normally lose) but I’ve only lost 1lb in the last month and a half so blah. That’s the problem with losing once a month instead of once a week. I have to try a diet for a whole month just to see if it works. Gr.

Anyway, I’m going back to what I usually do! Which is every other day switching between doing the 30 Day Shred, and the treadmill (or the stationary bike I just got! $40!). And hooping everyday. Along with eating 1,200 calories.

Though I might still screw around with eating more some days, I don’t know. Every BMR calculator gives me a different calorie consumption! I’ve gotten anywhere from 1,600 to 2,800. It’s ridiculous. If anybody has any ideas, I’m all ears.

This was all rambly I’m sorry, haha.

“Losing weight” is insufficient terminology. It’s too vague, too unspecific. When a person sets out to lose weight, just what are they trying to lose? Bone density? Muscle mass? Organ weight? Of course not – they’re generally looking to lose adipose tissue. People want to burn body fat, and they want to do it without negatively impacting the more beneficial sources of (corporeal)gravitas. Simply put, you want to lose fat, not muscle. The only problem is that the popular methods for shedding weight often result in excessive (but really, any amount is excessive) muscle loss, too. I’m talking, of course, about precisely the practices I rail against in the Primal Blueprint – Chronic Cardio, ultra low-cal/low-fat ascetic dieting, and other trappings of Conventional Fitness Wisdom. Granted, adhering to any, individually or in concert, will probably help you lose weight, but a ton of it will come from yourlean mass (not to mention bones and organs). That said, if you’re going for skinny-fat chic or the waiflike, undernourished look, feel free to run fifteen miles a day and live off canned tuna and rice cakes. The scale will drop, and you won’t be weighed down by that pesky musculature any longer.

But you don’t want that (do you?). You want a strong, lean body. You want to maintain your agility, your power, your strength, and your agreeable appearance. You want to burn fat while maintaining (or even building upon) your existing muscle. Heck, if you’re mostly interested in burning fat, you need the muscle. Muscle is a hungry, wasteful thing. It craves protein and fatto run effectively, along with a bit of glycogen every now and then to fuel up. Next to the organs and the brain, your muscle mass is one of the biggest consumers of energy in the body, and the more you have, the better your fat loss. It’s a delicious cycle – the right kind of exercise spares muscle and burns fat, and more muscle with reduced body fat allows you to do the right kind of exercise.

To make sure you’re losing the right kind of weight, you have to chart your progress. It’s a little more complicated than just watching your total weight, though. In fact, you don’t even really need the scale anymore. Well, you can keep it around, but don’t get too comfortable; your meetings will be fleeting and infrequent from here on out. Spend a little quality time alone, if you must. Get your fill of each other, because you’re going to be using an entirely different set of barometers to monitor your weight loss: eyes, ears, belts, and weights.

Eyes

Check yourself out. Don’t hover in front of the mirror, though. Strip down to the bare essentials and take full body snapshots, making sure to space them out every few days. A lot of people tend to obsess over minor daily fluctuations, but you’re not going to see a whole lot of visual differences that quickly. Five days, six days, or definitely a week, however, can be enough time to notice a difference in a direct comparison. Look out for misshapen lumps, sagging chests, flabby underarms – all signs that you’re losing muscle and maintaining fat.

Ears

If you’re doing it right, you should be getting noticed. Whether it’s a significant other, a co-worker, or friends, people will compliment you. Heed their words. When people say, “You’ve lost weight!” (and they’re not your grandmother clicking her tongue in disapproval) and, “You look stronger and healthier!” it means you’re on the right track. Take it as a sign.

Belts

Losing fat and maintaining muscle means dropping pants sizes. Using an extra notch on the belt is good. Having to buy an entirely new belt is better. Using a hole punch to create new holes because you can’t afford a new belt is pretty bad – but at least you’re still losing fat.

Weights

The best way to ensure you’re maintaining muscle mass is to chart your progress in the weight room. Muscle loss is accompanied by a reduction in strength, so if you find yourself failing to hit the marks you used to destroy with ease, you’re probably eating muscle. It’s a bad sign if you’re dropping weight and doing fewer pull-ups than before.

(You can also use body fat testing to get actual numbers, but I’m a big fan of the above methods. How you feel, look, and lift is going to be enough of a marker for most people.)

Okay, those are a few ways to monitor your progress (or lack thereof), but what about actually doing it? What should we be eating, and how should we be exercising? Short answer: follow the PB way. Eating a high-fat, moderate protein, low-carb diet is pretty crucial in our everyday life, and it’s no different now. Minimizing our insulin load while filling up on fats, meat, and veggies is just as important. Likewise, lifting heavy things and running really fast every once in awhile are keys to promoting fat mobilization and muscle maintenance. You could even just check out the last post I did on building muscle and for the most part all that stuff will apply, too.

But there are a few specifics that bear repeating, and a few areas where today’s advice differs slightly from that of the previous muscle-building post.

Intermittent Fasting

IF is perhaps your greatest tool when losing weight and maintaining muscle. It increases insulin sensitivity (good for mobilizing adipose tissue), promotes the secretion of growth hormone (a muscle sparing, fat burning hormone), and reduces body fat. What’s not to love? It’s almost like the human body’s response to IF was designed specifically for our current predicament. Hmm, I wonder if Grok ever found himself in a situation where food was scarce and muscle mass was precious… For extra benefits, exercise in a fasted state and wait at least an hour before you eat something.

Avoid Excess Chronic Cardio

I know, I know, those words probably still sound like sacrilege to a few of you, but it’s true that constant, Chronic Cardio is catabolic – it retards muscle growth, interrupts protein synthesis, and can even reduce existing muscle mass. Too much exercise (especially highly stressful long distance steady state stuff) releases cortisol, a vitally important “flight-or-flight” hormone that can be incredibly damaging in unnaturally large amounts. In Grok’s day, cortisol would have kicked in when he needed it to jog his senses and get him focused on surviving a momentary threat; nowadays, we’re pelted with stress from all angles, and our body doesn’t differentiate between artificial stress (like work, traffic, or money) and “real” threats. Chronic Cardio is just another unnaturally stressful situation we subject ourselves to, and cortisol is happy to help – except all that help packs on the pounds and eats away at our muscles.

Make Sure You Sprint

Besides, sprinting (or really, any exercise that stimulates lactate production) is a great way to increase growth hormone production and burn body fat while maintaining fast twitch musculature. GH, fasting, sprinting, fat mobilization… it all seems to fit together, huh?

Lift Heavy Things

You fail to move it, you’ll lose it. You can’t forget about lifting, whether it’s with a heavy barbell or your own weight. Resistance training increases bone density, which is an important factor in healthy body weight, and it (obviously) also increases (or maintains, depending on your diet/intensity) muscle mass. Oh, and I probably don’t even have to say it, but heavy lifting (especially compound exercises like squats and deadlifts) also stimulates growth hormone production.

Don’t Go Overboard on the Food

You’re not trying to pack on weight – even if it’s muscle – so there’s no need to stuff yourself. When you’re not fasting, just eat normally. Eat your fill, and stop when you want. Just keep those carbohydrates low, no more than 50g or so for most people, and don’t obsess over calorie counting (in either direction). Focus on saturated and monounsaturated fats (with some fish oil to supplement) and take in about a gram of protein for every pound of lean body mass.

Again, you’d be pretty safe just following the normal Primal eating and exercise plans, getting plenty of rest, minimizing stress, and fasting once in awhile, but I figured a quick and dirty guide with a few clarifications would help ensure you achieve fat loss without sacrificing muscle mass. It’s just too bad that most of the mainstream assumes muscle loss accompanies weight loss – if they even consider it. Let’s hope a few outsiders stumble upon this and realize weight loss doesn’t have to be a compromise.

Source: http://www.marksdailyapple.com

sooo sweaty.

Lunch time!!!! Yummy :)

Any suggestions?

Starting: 252

Last Week: 248.5

This Week: 247.5

I’ll take it! It’s been an icky week.

For my peanut butter and jelly sandwich I have been using Buddy Fruits strawberry apple for my jelly! It tastes really good, it is not too thick, and the entire pouch is just 60 calories!!!! Of course I do not use the whole thing for one sandwich so really it is roughly 15 calories per sandwich!!! Think about it… 1-2 tbsp. Regular jelly is 50 calories and this whole entire pouch is just 60!!

every. single. day.

I’ve calculated all of my calories for the day, and I can easily have pancakes, a piece of non-buttered toast, a Morningstar maple sausage patty, and 2 Morningstar Bacon strips. I love breakfast for dinner!! (Morningstar is an all-vegetarian brand, btw).

And wanna hear the best part? I also have room for an oreo. That’s right- I’m gonna put oreo bits in my pancakes.

~~I’m so excited for dinner that I’m counting down the hours I have left: 3.5~~

2 slices of Pepperidge Farms Light Style soft wheat bread is just 90 calories!!!

sooo sweaty.

walked dogs at the animal shelter for an hour this morning.
then did insanity interval training.

me so tired!

time to find some food to eat

girls night tonight! ~~may contain pizza and ice cream~~

…because I’m doing it the healthy way.

from tomorrow I’m gonna start logging my food on here.

yay accountability.

also, my workout logs.

I used to do it on my prog blog and it made me super determined not to cheat so much just cause it’s embarrassing to post all day about how healthy and great and fantastic I’m making myself and then be like..yeah I ate all this crap today, om nom nom.

I’ve been using this small bowl for my cereal lately to...

I’ve been using this small bowl for my cereal lately to make sure my portions don’t come out too big. So far it’s worked quite nicely.

Brain freeze dog

Brain-freeze or smiling dog? (original photo). And here there's an extensive discussion about it...
[Previously on... animals]

Week 1 down.

Okay so it’s officially been one week since I started this diet. I have to admit, it has been really hard even though I’ve only been doing it for only one week. I think the most important factor that has helped me keep going is inspiration. I have a friend who is also trying to lose weight as well, though she doesn’t weigh as much as I do haha. We work out over the phone (it sounds funny but it works, trust me). I do have to admit though towards the end of the week, I sort of crashed on the “healthy eating”. I would blame my family for taking me out to eat buuuuuuuuuuuut it is my fault, because I could have chosen to eat a salad or soup instead of a bacon cheeseburger (sigh….). But oh well. I worked out like crazy the day after and I think it paid off because I LOST WEIGHT!.

Ha. I don’t mean to get so excieted but just seeing that slight difference in the scale really made my week and made me think what I’m doing is worth it. SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Ready to know the final number as of today??????

As of today I weigh.

177

It’s not that big of a difference but it still makes me happy. I’m going to keep going

Oh and here are this weeks pics

front

side

side I really saw a slight difference here from the side. kinda happy about that :)

back

back look! my nasty fat rolls got less nasty and fat! yay!

You can’t really tell but my arms are a little tighter too. I did ALOT of upper body work this week. I need to do some more running and lower body stuff.

Anyways this is my progress so far, not much but it is something. What I want to do is make like a slideshow of my progress so you guys can watch me shrink.

This week I plan to work out more and control my mouth more. I know I can do this. If I can, anyone can!

So, see you guys soon or whenever I get the chance to post :P

I refuse to be fat and I’m out.

My mom made me 2 grilled cheese sandwiches for lunch

Why would I ever ask for 2 grilled cheese sandwiches, diet or no diet??

Autoerotique Explode Cakes

Turn Up The Cake. The official video for Autoerotique "Turn Up The Volume".  

I am probably going to be inducted into the Hall of Fame

I don't know if it is a full moon or what, but I was feeling pretty wacky today.

Yesterday, I bought a new front door that I found on craigslist . I actually have two front doors; one on the ground garden-level (which is my office door) and one on the main house level. We put the office door on 6 years ago and I have yet to paint it (lame I know). Then I found the exact same door on craigslist, so I bought it and ~~I acted like a big brat until I got my way~~ asked sweetly if Matt would hang it on the main level on his one and only day off.

So while my wonderful husband was doing this,

I was painting my identical office door . . . . . . orange.

That is right, I said ORANGE.

orange paint job in progress

Orange you glad I didn't say banana? That would be just wrong.

(oh, and I am going to paint the other door tomorrow).

Matt and Chase were teasing me that I was painting the door Bronco orange. So Matt put John Elway's number 7 on the door with blue painter's tape.

Well, at least John will feel welcome when he drops by for dinner (which he is prone to do).