Stomach full of bees.

Bacon Ranch Pringles, my three favorite things in one...well, they don't make Boobies Facebook Pringles but this is good enough.

2010-08-05T20:24:00.000-04:00

It's hot! That's all I'm going to say about that.

Breakfast!

Smoothie (with frozen blueberries, 3 tablespoons yogurt, 1/2 cup skim milk and one scoop of Amazing Grass berry flavor drink powder)

and

3/4 cup Raisin Bran with 1% milk

My workout for today was 30 minutes on the cross trainer, a 45 minute spin class and 1 hour of vinyasa yoga

Lunch:

Grapes, a whole wheat wrap (with brown rice, salsa, white beans and grilled chicken) and MORE SALSA :D

After work snack:

Banana!

and

One of the peanut butter cookies I made the other day. Superrrr.

Dinner:

and

Turkey burger on a whole wheat bun with fresh spinach, tomato, ketchup, avocado and bacon!
I'm not even going to try and kid myself, I love bacon. The only thing I love more than bacon is more bacon. It was amazing.

fin.

I just built a working catapult. It's designed as a chair, which tends to throw a lot of people.

2010-08-04T19:47:00.002-04:00

Oh hellooooo! Long time no... food blog? Yeah.

I think the main reason I stopped food blogging for a bit was not only was it time consuming (and I am super lazy), but I was afraid of being pretentious. Or seeming pretentious. Which is crazy because I thoroughly enjoy reading food blogs (especially Rebeccas, I read hers daily and enjoy it so much!) and think they are a fabulous concept. But I doubted my own food blogging, I guess. I think I have this person in my head that's constantly screaming WHO THE FUCK CARES and she's a pain in my ass.

WELL, I care about what I eat and I'm going to give this food blogging thing another go, and I hope I stick with it because it's a huge motivator and really helps me keep track of what I'm eating.

ANYWAY

I guess I should give a quick update?

-I've still been losing weight and I'm hovering around 140 now (typically between 139-142). I like the fact that it's taken me around 3 years to lose 43 pounds because I know I've done it through lifestyle changes that ensure I'm not going to gain it back.

-I started working out daily. I don't go all out every day but I feel that it's important to get my butt moving for at least an hour every day. Right now I'm logging around 8-13 hours a week at the gym, including non-aerobic classes like yoga and pilates.

-I start the Undergraduate program in Speech Disorders at Mercy College in the fall. WOO!

-I am being weaned off Metformin after taking it for 4 years. Which is a really big deal to me! That means I've managed my weight enough to have control over my PCOS symptoms.

Best

Thing

EVER.

ONTO FOOD!

Breakfast:

1 egg, 1 egg white, 1 medium tomato and 1/4 cup of oats with 1tsp of honey

More like BESTfast, amirite???

I then drank a gallon of coffee and headed off to the gym for 1 hour of kickboxing, 30 minutes on the cross-trainer and 30 minutes on the stair master.

Lunch:

Small whole wheat burrito (with black beans, brown rice, salsa, avocado and grilled chicken) lettuce and MORE SALSA (yay!)

I feel that shoving things I enjoy into a burrito is the best and easiest way to make a meal.

My after work snack:

It's a blurry nectarine because I absolutely could not get my camera to take a not awful picture (it was totally drinking Hennessy while I was at work) and I got fed up so there ya go.

Dinner!

Lasagna (made with whole wheat pasta, skim ricotta cheese, spinach, basil, garlic and tomato), garlic bread and some salad.

I should probably note that I began taking calcium and multivitamin supplements every day, although I won't be including pictures of them in my posts.

I believe that meat is murder. I also believe that fish is rape, bread is assault, and veggies are grand theft auto.

2010-02-22T21:00:00.001-05:00

A few days ago something terrible happened...

Holy shit that's tragic :(
My smoothie maker kicked the bucket (and took others down with it... meaning my super amazing smoothie!)

But lucky for me I was able to get to Bed Bath and Beyond on sunday and get and awesome (and really inexpensive!) smoothie maker...

And I was able to have this for breakfast this morning!

This glorious smoothie was composed of a banana, 1 container of chobani greek yogurt, frozen strawberries, almond milk, and a scoop of vanilla Biochem Vegan Protein.

I woke up fairly early (and had breakfast pretty early) so I had a mid-morning munch:

Whole wheat veggie pizza. Try to not be too jealous.

I also had a Wellbeing be-HOT Exercise Enhancing Turbopak

My workout was 1 hour of step aerobics, 1 hour of definitions (weight training), and 2 miles on the treadmill at 5.1 mph.

Serious business.

Lunch:

Grilled chicken on a slice of whole wheat bread with tomato slices, lettuce and guacamole. I also had a slice of grilled potato.

Snack:

Green apple with peanut butter (peanut butter not pictured)

Dinner

Grilled chicken salad stuff!

I had some of this as a side:

It's some kind of cheesey pasta dish my mom made. I had about three bites and kinda wasn't into it. Oh well.

I also had two calcium chews because apparently I'm not getting nearly enough calcium.

So this morning I woke up and was all "holy shit dude, I'm going to be in college forever!". There is no punchline there whatsoever.

2010-02-18T21:16:00.000-05:00

So woah, it's been a while.

I have to say that while I've been slacking as far as blogging is concerned, I've been doing just the same (if not even better) in terms of food and working out.

Breakfast was some leftover dinner from last night:

Whole wheat pasta with sun dried tomato sauce, roasted mushrooms, zucchini, eggplant, red and yellow peppers, asparagus, brussels sprouts and shrimp.

My workout for today was 45 minutes of Spinning (cycling class), and a 20 minute run on the treadmill.

Post-workout snack was a banana and a little bit of almond milk.

At work I had some hummus and carrot sticks, but I forgot my camera at home.

When I got home I had some more almond milk (that stuff is amazing)

Dinner:

Salad and tuna fish!

Dessert

Awesome peanut butter chocolate cookie my mom and sister made.

And then I did homework FOREVERR

I saw that PETA is protesting groundhog day because it's harmful to groundhogs, but come on... PETA is harmful to everyone.

2010-02-10T19:49:00.001-05:00

So, woah at the snow!

I woke up this morning and saw this:

I think we've got about 8 inches of snow now. Good stuff.

Breakfast went something like this:

I don't care what the health nuts say, Bisquick biscuits with jelly are the bees knees.

Lunch was this:

Gardenburger veggie medley burger with cheddar cheese and tomato on a piece of a whole wheat wrap

Snack:

A piece of Lauren's leftover bacon egg and cheese

Then Lauren and I went outside and played forever

We went sledding for a while, walked up the hill to my neighbors to walk their dogs...

Oh... and we built a disturbing-looking snowman because I'm an asshole?

Terribly amusing, I know.

Christ I'm such an artist...

Anyway.

When we got inside we made some pizza!

And then I did some floor workouts for about 20 minutes.

Dinner:

Chicken soup!

I just bought seven mascaras from Sephora for $18, god bless america.

2010-02-05T20:17:00.002-05:00

I had school today and I'm exhausted so this will be quick.

Breakfast

A little different today: made with one banana, 2 teaspoons of instant coffee, one scoop of chocolate Metabolic Reset, one scoop of strawberry Metabolic Reset, a cup of ice, some skim milk and a teaspoon of almond butter.

Lunch:

I love Amy's soups so much, and they were on sale at Mrs. Green's so I went kinda nuts.

I also made this:

Gardenburger veggie medley burger on Mestemacher Fitness Bread
with a slice of cheddar, lettuce and tomato.

I have to say something about this: this bread was straight up fuckery. It was so nasty ... It was dry, spongy, stiff and tasted like... something that doesn't belong in my mouth. SUPER DISAPPOINTMENT. I wound up throwing the bread away and eating the burger, cheese, lettuce and tomato with a knife and fork. Unnecessary.

On the train home I munched on some Happy Herbert's Zany Corn

This stuff is AMAZING. It's like corn nuts, but better. And I love corn nuts. If I ever find these in barbecue flavor I will be very happy (and incredibly obese, eventually).

Dinner was a repeat of last night:

Happinessssss

I'm getting lazy with this.

2010-02-04T20:47:00.000-05:00

And I'm so sick of winter.

Breakfast:

egg on half of a whole wheat wrap with cheddar cheese, a slice of turkey and sliced tomato

Snack:

Kettle Cooked potato chips

I had seriously been dying for some of these and after seriously contemplating their existence in my cabinet (thanks mom), I decided to get the fuck over it and have a small bowl. Worth it.

On my way home from the Endocrinologist (sarcastic yay) I stopped at Starbucks for a strawberry banana smoothie w/green tea.

Well... there was a smoothie in there at some point.

I was planning on working out after my appointment but by the time I got home it was nearly time for work. Woe.

Then I made this to eat at work:

Gardenburger veggie medley burger on a whole wheat wrap with tomato, ketchup, mustard and lettuce

Usually I'm really skeptical about overpriced veggie/vegan burgers but this was really really good and totally worth the money, just sayin.

Dinner:

Stuffed red pepper with some pasta on the side.

Most excellent.

Late post again, sorry.

2010-02-04T09:59:00.002-05:00

I need to say this: I don't feel too terrible about my body. I think it's pretty okay. Doing good here :)

Good news, also, my weight has been stabilizing around 144-145, as opposed to 147-149, so hooray for me!

Breakfast was a small apple, a handful of Kashi Go Lean cereal and aWellbeing be-HOT Exercise Enhancing Turbopak. (no picture, sorry!)

I went to the gym and did 1 hour of kickboxing, a 25 minute run on the treadmill (at 5.3 mph), and 25 minutes on the cross-trainer.

I would have ran more but my shins were killing me. Actually, my entire body feels pretty sore/exhausted. But not in a "yay, I've been working out" way, more like a "maybe working out 7 hours a week isn't such an awesome idea".
Also, I love when people who barely work out (or don't work out at all) tell me that 6+ hours a week isn't that much and go "awwww why not!" when I say I'm taking a day off from working out. Like they're disappointed I haven't decided to camp out next to the treadmills.

/end rant.

Lunch:

Tomato soup with chunks of eggplant and red pepper.

Snack:

I also finished off the other half of my soup:

That looks pretty gross, actually. Not a fan of that shiny-looking stuff.
When I got home I had this:

Hummus with sea salt chips and some wheat thins

Dinner was:

Broccoli Rabe with turkey sausage, white beans and pasta

The sea is my only love. Please do not submerge yourself in my boyfriend.

2010-02-02T20:35:00.001-05:00

This is going to quick because I am absolutely exhausted (7 hour school day, so awesome!).

Breakfast:

Usual smoothie made with a banana, 2 teaspoons of instant coffee, two scoops of chocolate Metabolic Reset, a cup of ice, some skim milk and a teaspoon of peanut butter

Lunch:

Some type of vegetarian chili they had at school. It was decently filling and pretty awesome. The cafeteria at Hunter has a sushi bar (!) every time I walk past it I want to barf.

By the time I got home I was absolutely starving so I made a quick bowl of pasta and tomato sauce:

My camera wouldn't focus for some reason but I was way too hungry to care about taking a non-blurry picture.

Dinner:

Pizza with broccoli and tomato!

Dessert:

Strawberry ice cream with a banana and whipped cream. Sweet.

I need to remember to bring more lunch to school, because starving is not cool, but neither is paying $6.50 for a turkey sandwich.

Oh it hurts to always have to be honest with the one that you love. Oh, so let it go.

2010-02-01T20:42:00.001-05:00

I need to make this quick.

Breakfast:

2 eggs with cheddar cheese, a slice of turkey and black pepper on a half of a whole wheat wrap.

Followed by aWellbeing be-HOT Exercise Enhancing Turbopak

And then I went running! I jogged the entire 35 minutes I was out, which was awesome. I'm still amazed at how much more difficult it is to run outside versus on a treadmill. Also, the road I run on outside is loaded with hills. yuck. And it's cold. Later on I went to the gym and ran for 25 minutes on the treadmill at 5.5 mph, then I did 20 minutes of weight training (free weights), then I went on the cross-trainer for another 25 minutes. And now I feel like I am going to dieee.

Lunch was this!

Snack at work was this:

and this:

Dinner was this:

Dessert was a cup of sads because today was my 7 month anniversary (of dating) with Johnny. Let's just say I need to lower my expectations when it comes to this relationship. With romance and thoughtfulness, anyway.

Back to the future. heh.

2010-02-01T11:09:00.000-05:00

I have a habit of not updating my blog when Johnny sleeps over. Soo this is yesterdays post!

Breakfast:

(smoothie made with a banana, 2 teaspoons of instant coffee, two scoops of chocolate Metabolic Reset, a cup of ice, some skim milk and a teaspoon of peanut butter) I also had aWellbeing be-HOT Exercise Enhancing Turbopak.

My workout was 1 hour of kickboxing. I seriously look forward to this class so much, and it's not just because the instructor is completely gorgeous. There is just something about kickboxing that is really satisfying.

After my shower I decided to experiment with smoothie-making. It turned out better than last time.

Ta da!

This smoothie is made of 1/4 cup Welch's Superjuice (grape, acai and blueberry), 1/4 cup acai daily cleanse, 1/4 cup lemon juice, 1 cup frozen blueberries, 1 packet of Miracle Reds, 1 cup water and ice.

I can not express how amazing this smoothie was.It was sour and refreshing and left my teeth caked with blueberry skin and it was THE BEST.

A little later I had a Chobani yogurt:

And then I got super busy and didn't eat again till dinner:

Whole wheat pasta with tomato sauce, baked veggies and turkey sausage.

Later I ate an apple and shared some goldfish crackers with Johnny. No pictures of that sorry!

pug momma

2010-01-31T09:37:00.001-05:00

This is what happened to yesterdays post:

It got fake-stepped on.

No for real, I got way into cleaning my room (for FOUR HOURS) and by the time I was done I just kinda passed out.

I hope the picture of me fake-stepping on my pug (with my filthy goddamn foot) will be adequate compensation. She's adorable, no?

Someone buy me season 4 of The Office. There's no punchline, I'm serious!

2010-01-29T22:04:00.000-05:00

Have I mentioned that I have the best boyfriend ever? Well, I do. He just saved my computer-illiterate butt.

Anywhoo,

Breakfast:

Overnight oats! With chopped almonds, apple, raisins, cranberries, skim milk, honey and cinnamon

Before I left for school I had a banana with peanut butter. I didn't take a picture because I was in a super rush, but I assume you know what a banana and peanut butter look like.

I had an apple and a few whole wheat pretzels while waiting for one of my classes to start, but felt incredibly self-conscious about taking a picture of my food, so I didn't. I don't know why I felt so weird about it. Maybe I'll get over it soon.

When I got home I had a quick pre-gym snack:

A Chobani Greek Yogurt, sliced banana and a Wellbeing be-HOT Exercise Enhancing Turbopak (which I actually remembered to take a picture of)

I was craving bananas a lot today, but now I have a serious case of the sads because I don't have any for a smoothie tomorrow morning.

At the gym I ran on the treadmill for 45 minutes, I jogged 4.4 mph for about 5 minutes, but most of it was done at 5.6 mph. Yay me. I just bought the album Catalyst by New Found Glory (shut up, I know it came out in 2004) so I'm pretty sure that's what kept me on the treadmill (more like dreadmill, amiright guyz??) for so long. Then I went on the cross trainer for 20 minutes before heading to 15 minutes of Awesome Abs. My abdominal muscles certainly feel not-so-awesome at the moment.

Dinner:

Tuna salad and tuna on a whole wheat wrap with cheddar cheese, mustard, and a pickle.

What has two thumbs and has cereal for dessert?

I do, apparently.

Oh god I have school tomorrow.

2010-01-28T20:11:00.000-05:00

It's no secret that New York woke up to a ton of snow. So not only did I not get my hair cut, I didn't have time to go to the gym before I had to drive my dad to physical therapy. Sweet.

Onto breakfast!

(whole wheat pumpkin pancake with blueberries and honey)

Lunch!

(lentil soup with two saltines)

PUDDING :O

Then I was hit with an extreme headache that kind of knocked me on my ass. Other than making me a miserable person, it made me nauseous enough not eat again until dinner:

(whole wheat pasta with roasted veggies and chickpeas)

Wanna know whats awesome? The package I got in the mail today:

Yessss Lush Cosmetics.

What's your problem, can't you see it and you go and blow it like everyone knows you will.

2010-01-28T09:09:00.000-05:00

Breakfast:

(a banana, 2 teaspoons of instant coffee, two scoops of chocolate Metabolic Reset, a cup of ice, some skim milk and a teaspoon of peanut butter)

and a Wellbeing be-HOT Exercise Enhancing Turbopak

Workout for today was 1 hour and 30 minutes of kickboxing (I failed at making it through an entire second class, but no big deal)

Lunch:

Mixed salad, slice of whole wheat bread with tomato sauce, a slice of cheddar cheese, a slice of turkey, and sliced cherry tomatoes.

2 1/2 hours later I had some lentil soup.

I forgot to bring my camera to work sooo I'm recycling this one.

My dad had just gotten home from surgery so we ordered pizza:

I put salad and chopped cherry tomatoes on top of mine :)

I made smoothies for dessert:

I couldn't sleep because my stomach was growling so at 11:45-ish I had a small bowl of Special K, Fruit Loops and Cheerios (a palm full of each)

Farmageddon, let the light in.

2010-01-26T20:06:00.003-05:00

I just realized I have no followers. Depressing.

Anyway, I go back to school Friday and I can't believe how fast winter break flew by. I'm looking forward to it because there's something about the Spring semester that is awesome, and I'm only going two days a week! Which means I only have 2 days of commuting to the city per week! *serious fistpump*

But... I hate the city (yes, the beloved New York City). I always have. I think I'm too anxious of a person to enjoy the city. I don't know why I assumed that going to a CUNY school would automatically make me overcome my dislike for the city, or at least force me to tolerate it.

To me NYC is like dating a really obnoxious but incredibly attractive person. You try really really hard to love them and make it work but you want to hurl yourself off a bridge every time they come near you. And then you find out they were bangin' your best friend (dramatic!)

But I'll tolerate him for now because he is affordable and has a great masters program (heh).

Okay, enough of that.

We finally got bananas, and you know what that means!

Mothafuckin' smoothie time!!

(a banana, 2 teaspoons of instant coffee, two scoops of chocolate Metabolic Reset, a cup of ice, some skim milk and a teaspoon of peanut butter)

I also had a Wellbeing be-HOT Exercise Enhancing Turbopak)

My workout for today was 20 minutes on the cross-trainer, 20 minutes on the treadmill (jogging at 4.5 mph) and 1 hour of cardio pump (30 minutes of high & low impact cardio, 30 minutes of weight training)

When I got home I made this!

I mutilated a loaf of multigrain bread attempting to cut a slice soo... some pieces had peanut butter and honey, and one piece had tomato sauce, cheddar cheese, sliced turkey, and cherry tomatoes. And then a mixed salad with Lite French dressing and some Lite creamy cesar.

I made some oatmeal to eat at work

(Rolled oats, chopped apple, pumpkin puree, honey and cinnamon)

Dinner was...

tuna salad! uhhhhhmazing.
I was starving 2 hours later so I had this:

Are you doing anything good for Valentines day? What should I get my significant other? I have no idea :( blehhhh.

I need to either stop wearing white t-shirts, or improve my hand-eye-chip-salsa coordination.

2010-01-25T18:52:00.004-05:00

Ok, I was really busy yesterday so yesterdays post died, sorry guys.

Breakfast was this:

Chobani greek yogurt, a chopped apple and some peanut butter

A little while later I had some pulled pork and dirty rice

(my dad catered a New Orleans themed party and he brought home some leftovers)

And then my house lost power for about 2 1/2 hours!

Lauren and I went to Dunkin Donuts (because we still have coupons!)

we got a box of doughnuts

Which I cut up so we could have a little of each.

I had 4 small pieces

At work I had an apple (not pictured, sorry!)

and dinner was chinese food! Which I am currently regretting.

I also had a piece of an egg roll.

I ate really terribly today, but I'm not very surprised considering I'm expecting a visit from Aunt Flo soon.

Yeah, that was necessary.

title hurr.

2010-01-24T00:49:00.000-05:00

It's Saturday, and I'm a busy woman so this will be quick.

Breakfast!

(It's not really soup, I'm a liar)

Lunch!

and

snack?

Dinner!

*fistpump*

I was lying when I said I knew what a euphonium was.

2010-01-22T19:07:00.002-05:00

I made overnight oats for the first time!

Last night I put oats in a bowl mixed with chopped almonds, apple, raisins, cranberries, and skim milk.

I covered it and let it sit overnight and in the morning I heated it and added some water, more chopped apples, honey and cinnamon:

It was seriously the best. I made it through my entire workout without getting hungry.

Speaking of which...my workout for today was 15 minutes of Awesome Abs (abdominal workout) 1 hour of multi-impact cardio and 1 hour of definitions (weight training).

For lunch I made Pinto Bean Burgers! I stole the recipe from Heather:

They were AMAZING!

(I covered my with ketchup and mustard of course)

I ate a yogurt and a piece of whole wheat bread with peanut butter, honey and flaxseed at work:

When I got home I had some artichoke hummus and rice works sea salt chips

And dinner was some more pinto bean burger!

I put a small piece of cheese on two small pinto burgers, and put avocado, broccoli and baby spinach on top. I put all this on a slice of toasted whole wheat bread.

I was absolutely starving an hour later so I made this:

1/2 turkey burger, 1/2 bubba burger and some leftover mac&cheese with chicken and veggies.

I admit this isn't the best food choice I could have made but it was already in the fridge and all I had to do was pop it in the microwave.

I think anyone who drives a car with an automatic transmission is a shiftless bastard.

2010-01-21T20:22:00.002-05:00

Car jokes, heh.

I actually woke up at 5:15 this morning because I was so hungry I had trouble sleeping. So I munched an apple while watching Adult Swim and fell back asleep. Awesome.

I have to say that I am incredibly sore today, especially in my legs/thighs and abdomen. Yay kickboxing.

By the way, have I mentioned that I have a habit of accidentally punching myself in the face during kickboxing? I'm completely serious. When we're doing uppercut punches or speed bag motions (without the speed bag), I routinely hit myself in the face... because I'm a terribly klutz, obviously. Also, I get lazy/fatigued and then I start punching wrong. I've never punched myself hard enough to really cause any damage but it's still a little silly.

This is me, pretty much.

Heh.

Anyway...

Breakfast today was a repeat of yesterdays second smoothie, except with a little more instant coffee:

(a banana, 2 teaspoons of instant coffee, two scoops of chocolate Metabolic Reset, a cup of ice, some skim milk and a teaspoon of peanut butter)

Lunch was a repeat of last nights dinner:

Except I put hot sauce on the mac&cheese. The hot sauce made it taste terrible so I actually only would up eating about half of it.

I made this wrap to bring to work:

(whole wheat wrap with artichoke hummus, two slices of turkey, some plain/drained tuna, mustard and baby spinach)

It was exquisite :)

My sister and I were feeling kinda hellbent on having Planet Wings so I attempted to order what I thought would be the "healthiest" thing that wasn't a salad (they use iceberg lettuce in their salads... ew)

So I got a grilled chicken wrap with lettuce, tomato and onion. It came with curly fries, but I resisted the urge to scarf all of them and only put about 1/4th of them on my plate. The rest I gave to Lauren. We also ordered some BBQ Teriyaki chicken wings, and I had two.

I pretty much mauled my wrap, it was pretty impressive.

smoothie time!

2010-01-20T23:17:00.005-05:00

I decided today that I'm going to stop bullshitting myself with the assumption that healthy eating = weight loss. While eating healthy is certainly good, my real goal is to lose weight and I'm not getting anywhere eating a lot of calories worth of healthy food every day. I do great with the working out, but I really need to start restricting a bit. That's why I have a hard time losing weight in the first place, I'm all "ohh, I work out a lot so I can eat whatever", when most of the time I snack because I'm tired/bored/sitting around/just because and I don't watch my calorie intake as much as I should.

I'm in a smoothie kinda mood today (haay ladies)

With that in mind, breakfast was this:

(frozen blueberries, chobani greek yogurt, a banana and 1/2 cup of skim milk.)

I also had a Wellbeing be-HOT Exercise Enhancing Turbopak before heading to the gym.

My workout for today was a 30 minute jog with 5 two minute sprinting intervals, 20 minutes on the cross trainer and one hour of kickboxing. I actually felt pretty great and had a lot of energy, but my lower back was feeling very tight/achy from what I'm assuming was the level 3 30 day shred video.

I was in the mood for another smoothie at lunch so I made this masterpiece:

(a banana, a teaspoon of instant coffee, two scoops of chocolate Metabolic Reset, a cup of ice, some skim milk and a teaspoon of peanut butter)

I can not rave enough about Metabolic Reset (or this smoothie in general), I would drink this stuff every day if it wouldn't cause me to die a sweet low blood sugar death. Yessss.

I wasn't really hungry before work so I made a wrap to bring with me:

(whole wheat wrap with two slices of turkey, artichoke hummus, and baby spinach)

'Twas yummy.

My dad is still in Georgia so I assigned myself the task of making dinner for everyone.

I made not one...

but TWO

sexy ass pizzas.

(yes, that is a heart)

This was my plate:

(I also made mac&cheese with mixed veggies and chicken)

I also ate a few small handfuls of golden grahams cereal while watching King of the Hill with Johnny :)

(The only reason this is getting updated tonight is because he fell asleep)

I feel really good about what I ate today, and surprisingly I didn't feel deprived or sluggish at all.

'night!

I'm going drunken sledding. Minus the snow and sledding part.

2010-01-19T20:24:00.001-05:00

I'm running out of 'interesting' ways to start my posts... bleh.

Breakfast was going to be a repeat of yesterday, and I started off well:

(rolled oats, mashed banana, pumpkin puree, peanut butter, honey, a spoonful of flaxseed, cinnamon)

I actually only had a few spoonfuls and then tossed the rest. I don't know if I added too much pumpkin or something but I just wasn't feeling it.

I did level 2 of the 30 Day Shred

and then had a different breakfast:

Last nights leftover pizza. Amazing even when re-heated.

Lunch was this:

(Turkey breast with tomato, broccoli, and baby spinach, topped with ranch and artichoke hummus)

I'm not going to lie, I ate about half of this sandwich and wanted to barf. I think it was the ranch.

I decided to try level 3 of the 30 Day shred because I'm a masochist, I guess.

That video, much like Teatown, is no joke. I routinely do very intense workouts, and when this video was done I laid on the floor and did not get up for a few minutes. I thought I died. BUT I feel very accomplished soo thank you *takes bow*.

I wanted to eat something before work so I grabbed a quick yogurt and added frozen blueberries!

and at work I had soup

I was on my own for dinner tonight so I made some quick tuna:

I am going to type the ever living CRAP out of this here keyboard. Stand back everyone. SCIENCE.

2010-01-18T19:51:00.003-05:00

I realized that I haven't had oatmeal in a while so this morning I decided to go crazy. I have to admit Jenna

inspired today's breakfast.

(Rolled oats, pureed pumpkin, pears, peanut butter, some honey, some whole grain trail mix with cherries, cranberries and almonds, with cinnamon on top.)

Probably the best oatmeal I've ever made. I actually split this bowl with my mom because I wanted her so see how amaaaazing it was... and I was in a huge rush to get to work

I went to the hospital with Katelyn today (she had a physical), so by the time we got back to her house it was 12, and with a little over an hour of work left I snacked on what I had in my bag.

One of these suckers:

this

and

(that's right, another mothafuckin' orange!)

Once I got home I had a real lunch:

(broccoli rabe, white beans, grilled chicken, garlic and tomato)

After lunch I went walking with my mom at Teatown for almost 2 hours. That place is no joke, it's full of hills and rocks you have to climb over, but it was so much fun. And really muddy.

Snack when we got back was this:

and I made this sexy pizza for dinner:

(whole wheat pizza dough with meat stuffs for Lauren, tomato stuffs for me & my mom, and plain cheese for my brother (Ricky)

This was my plate

(Two small slices of tomato pizza and some salad)

Dessert was some pudding pie :)

Spectacular!

I want to start a firm that combines delivering legal summons with dance choreography. I'll call it "You Got Served Twice".

2010-01-17T19:03:00.002-05:00

By the time I got Johnny out of bed it was about 9:30 (I woke up at 7) so late breakfast was this:

(nonfat banana chocolate smoothie with two shots of espresso)

and this!

(Reduced-Fat Turkey Bacon, Egg White Breakfast Sandwich)

I didn't realize the flash absolutely killed the picture, so here is another one that Johnny took of me eating said breakfast sandwich:

Ahh! That's a terribly flattering picture, right?

Anywhoo.

Lunch was the other half of last nights wrap!

I got home and wanted to try and make chocolate chip cookies with white flour substituted with whole wheat flour. Johnny helped <3

Twas a success!!

snack was this!

Artichoke hummus and rice works sea salt chips.

and dinner was this!

My dad's friend came back from Philadelphia today, so of course he brought us back philly cheesesteak... and I had to at least try a piece. I had about half of the sandwich pictured and all of the side (sauteed eggplant, onion, garlic, mushrooms, tomato, brussels sprouts and breadcrumbs. I put a few random whole wheat spiral pastas on the side but I fed them to the dog)

Woahhh, no cuss words in this post? Must be a holiday.

(This is actually yesterdays post, which is being posted today because I slept over Johnny's last night)

2010-01-17T16:04:00.003-05:00

So... college girl here just figured out that not only can you get stretch marks from gaining weight, you can get stretch marks from losing weight as well.

What

The

Fuckity-fuck

I went to the doctor yesterday and I've lost 16 pounds since spring. Which is sort of a big deal for me. It's not that I didn't know I was losing weight, it's just that stepping on the scale at the doctors and having her give me the side-eyes, and congratulatory hooray-you're-losing-weight--but-are-you-doing-it-safely? speech.

Which I am! So hooray for me, obviously.

Since this is a post for stuff I ate yesterday I don't really feel like putting too much thought into it.

So.

Breakfast!!

(toasted 100% Whole Wheat Bakery Light bread with one tablespoon of peanut butter and some honey...and then scrambled eggs with spinach, tomato and feta cheese)

Lunch!

(sliced turkey, avocado and lettuce on 100% Whole Wheat Bakery Light bread)

Snack!

(yeeeeeuh orange!)

Dinner!

(Wrap with grilled chicken, sun dried tomato, lettuce, mozzarella and olive paste... I ate half of this because it was HUGE)

and this!

Oh my goodness, if you are ever in Mahopac you need to stop by Gino's Trattoria at on 597 Route 6. You will not be disappointed.

And this is coming from an Italian so.. yeah, I know my pizza n' stuff.

Soo I've been officially food blogging for 1 week!

2010-01-15T20:04:00.004-05:00

I woke up this morning with a smoothie craving sooo I made this!

It consists of of 1/2 of a granny smith apple, a banana, 3/4 cup of frozen blueberries, skim milk (sadly, we didn't have any yogurt) and.. a secret ingredient...

It was instant coffee, and it was a bad idea.The first sip was just awful, but the more I kept drinking it the more I tasted banana and not so much bitter coffee. But next time I'll keep my smoothie and coffee's separate.

I went to the gym and did 1 hour of multi-impact cardio and 1 hour of definitions (weight training)

I picked Lauren up from school on the way home and we got Dunkin' Donuts. Because we had coupons! Yesss.

I got an Egg White Turkey Sausage Flatbread

and she got a bagel w/ cream cheese. Once we got home she covered it in lox.

(AWW)

The Egg White Turkey Sausage flatbread was actually really good, but I wound up taking off and throwing away a lot of the flatbread part because I don't know... too much bread.

I have got a serious case of the hungries today because over the course of the next 3 hours I ate:

this:

(apple w/ peanut butter)

and this:

(one slice of 100% Whole Wheat Bakery Light bread with tomato sauce, a slice of turkey and some cheddar cheese)

and this!:

(half of a cinnamon raisin bagel with peanut butter and honey)

I was seriously still hungry after all that but I decided to wait to eat anyway.

I made some veggie soup and ate it at work 2 hours later

By the time I got home I was absolutely starving and since dinner was nowhere near done I snacked on an orange

and dinner (finally!) was whole wheat pasta with broccoli rabe, white beans, grilled chicken, garlic and tomato

bangin.

I'm going to start buying stock in fake tanner companies.

2010-01-14T20:29:00.001-05:00

I just got home from work 5 minutes ago and realized I didn't write anything for today. UGHHHH.

But I've been taking pictures so crisis averted!

I was in a semi-rush to get to the Danbury Mall this morning so breakfast was a quick bowl of Strawberry Special K

I tried on shorts (oh, holla)

I spent $53 on shampoo, face scrub and deodorant at Lush but somehow couldn't justify spending $4 for a freakin' slice of pizza in the food court. Yeah, I don't know either.

I probably looked classy as hell scarfing an apple while going 85mph down the highway (I suck).

Yes, I realize I've eaten the same apple like... 9 freakin' times but all I eat are Granny Smith apples so it works.

Once I got home I ate a bowl of chicken and vegetable soup with rice

and some Blue Corn Chips with salsa!

Enter text here.I more or less used the corn chips as a makeshift spoon to eat an unnecessary amount of salsa.

I went to work forever and had some Rold Gold Honey Wheat Pretzles (picture very obviously not taken by me)

I swear to jesuzz I probably ate half the bag, they're incredibly addicting.

Once I got home dinner was a turkey burger with avocado, lettuce, tomato and some ranch dressing.

I also had a small salad and some chick peas. Yums :)

I'm debating on whether or not to sleep in tomorrow...

We know I can't construct a poem 'cause words, like girls, get bored and run.

2010-01-13T09:14:00.058-05:00

I woke up this morning feeling supremely craptastic so I did what most people would do...

Had a hearty breakfast: (two pieces of 100% Whole Wheat Bakery Light bread french toast, one slice with peanut butter, chopped apple, cinnamon and honey, and one with peanut butter, banana and honey. And then a coffee, and a pack of Wellbeing be-HOT Exercise Enhancing Turbopak)

(The slice with apple on it was soggy by the time I got to it, so I took 3 bites and tossed it. DISAPPOINTING.)

And then I went to the gym for 1 hour and 30 minutes of kickboxing

(that is totally a picture of me)

Yeah I'm curious as to why I'm not getting over this cold, why do you ask?

Post-workout lunch was a repeat of last nights dinner:

For real lunch 2 hours later was a can of Progresso High Fiber Creamy Tomato Basil soup

...which looked, smelled and tasted exactly like tomato sauce. Not even necessarily healthy tomato sauce, it tasted like Spaghettio's tomato sauce. What The Hell.

I added a ton of vegetables and felt better about my life.

I have to admit I feel completely nose over tail for this soup. I really really really loved it.

I was working much later than I thought last night so all I had during that time was this:

By the time I finally got home dinner was this!

Leftover chili and blue chips.

I'm going to call my kids Ctrl, Alt and Delete. Then if they mess up I will just hit them all at once.

2010-01-12T20:17:00.001-05:00

I'm always at a loss concerning what to eat for breakfast. Sometimes I get it right though...

I made French Toast! I used 100% Whole Wheat Bakery Light bread, one egg and one egg white to make this. And way more cinnamon than necessary, because I love cinnamon. I made three pieces but put the other two away for later.

I cut up a granny smith apple and put some on top of my french toast... with peanut butter, honey and more cinnamon.

om nom nom

A little while later I went for a run. I did a lot of intervals (3 minute jog, 2 minute sprint, 2 minute walk etc...) and I stayed out for about 35 minutes.

Lunch was a bowl of barf AHHHHHH!!!!

No, I'm kidding of course. I tried the Progresso Light Zesty Santa Fe Style Chicken again and I loved it!

and I couldn't resist doing this!

sillyface. I got semi-dolled up to go to Sportime with Johnny (<3) during his lunch break sooo... there ya' go.

We went to some Pizza place, and since I wasn't terrible hungry I got a bottle of diet Stewart's cream soda. (Picture found on the internet because I didn't have my camera).

On my way home I stopped at Starbucks and got a nonfat banana chocolate smoothie with two shots of espresso:

Dinner was some Annie's Shells & Real Aged Cheddar with some grilled chicken and mixed veggies.

It was so so so so amazing. My sister (Lauren) always makes fun of me for drowning everything I eat in veggies but she thought this dish was amazing.

Lauren made chili inside Grand Biscuits, and mini hot dogs inside Grand Biscuits so I couldn't resist having some..

I split the chili-thing with Lauren and scarfed the hot dog thing. And then I ate two more hot dog things, oops.

I felt like having dessert so I made a bowl of Vanilla bean ice cream, with caramel sauce and whipped cream.

I took about two bites and gave the rest to my Dad.

When you get an intense craving for something specific, do you try to substitute with something you feel is healthier or do you give in and eat exactly what you want?

I bought a seven-dollar pen because I always lose pens and got sick of not caring.

2010-01-11T19:52:00.002-05:00

I felt like having something different today so I made myself a bacon and egg sandwich on 100% Whole Wheat Bakery Light bread.

Bacon is something I'm not terrible used to eating, which is probably why my stomach started feeling a little yucky 30 minutes later. I ate half and kinda picked the rest apart. I also had a Wellbeing be-HOT Exercise Enhancing Turbopak (not pictured)

My workout for today was one hour of step aerobics and one hour of definitions (weight training).

I wasn't terribly hungry when I got home so I snacked on a slice of toasted 100% Whole Wheat Bakery Light bread with one tablespoon of peanut butter and some honey.

Anyone else notice that I eat way too much bread?

I'm feeling seriously run-down today so I'm craving weird snacks instead of actual meals.

Before work I had a half of a small cucumber and one tablespoon of Lite French Dressing

and then a container of blueberry Chobani Greek Yogurt.

I made a bowl of Progresso Light Zesty Santa Fe Style Chicken to eat at work, but when I had a spoonful it kinda tasted like bile, and I lost interest in it very quickly. When you aren't feeling well do some foods you usually enjoy taste weird/different? I usually go crazy for any kind of soup but I just wasn't feeling it today.

I cut up two carrots with steroid issues before work (pictured whole next to a quarter for size reference)

I don't know how I feel about these...

I shared my carrot sticks with Katelyn because she loves her veggies :)

2 hours later I felt like a snack so I had...

an apple with peanut butter!!

Dinner was some awesome veggie dish my mom made: It has zucchini, white beans, black beans, grilled chicken, tomato and mushrooms. I added some grated cheese and ate all of it.

My conscience drifts and sleeps in shifts, trading off between my open hand and swinging fists.

2010-01-10T22:21:00.005-05:00

When I woke up today (after 10 hours of sleep, WOO!) I was feeling a bit better.

Breakfast was one slice of 100% Whole Wheat Bakery Light bread with peanut butter and honey.

Chicken and vegetable soup, coffee and a Wellbeing be-HOT Exercise Enhancing Turbopak. And yeah, I drink my coffee with a straw because I am a super classy lady.

My eyes are bigger than my stomach, but I finished everything except the soup, I ate a little more than half of that.

My workout today was an hour of Kickboxing at the gym. The gym I go to has classes every day ranging from all different types of cardio, step aerobics, kickboxing, pilates, yoga, weight training, swimming etc... It's pretty awesome but costs $105 a month. Yikes. Thankfully, the money I make walking my neighbors dogs 3 times a week covers that.

I was feeling upset about something today, and my appetite suffered (as it usually does when I'm upset or stressed).

I didn't have lunch, but went to Starbucks with my sister around 3:15 and got a nonfat banana chocolate smoothie with two shots of espresso

(inspired by the super amazing Rebecca after she let me try a sip of hers when we went to the Palisades mall)

Dinner was a bowl of chili, a small amount of rice and about 5 blue corn chips.

Dessert was this! One cup of Strawberry Special K and 1/2 cup of skim milk.

I split the apple with my boyfriend, who is sleeping over and is why this post needs to be cut short. Goodnight!

Does your appetite change when you're feeling stressed?

I often listen to Cat Stevens when I go running and it makes me feel I'm in some cheesy indie film.

2010-01-09T19:58:00.004-05:00

Soo I woke up sick this morning! Which pretty much sucks but whatever, I'll get over it.

I chugged a cup of Theraflu and munched on this muffin thing!

Bran & Whole Wheat muffin with orange, walnuts, almonds and dark chocolate.

Also, this lovely apple!

At work I had one slice of Double Fiber Whole Wheat bread with peanut butter, honey and banana. (this is not a picture I took, but whatever)

Lunch was a half-sandwich of Double Fiber Whole Wheat bread (shocking!) with two slices of turkey, 1/4th of an avocado, some baby spinach, 3 chopped cherry tomatoes, and two teaspoons of creamy cesar dressing.

Katelyn's sister laughed at the idea of taking pictures of everything I eat, but I'm pretty sure she's just jealous of my bangin' birdie pajama pants.

Snack about 2 hours later was some blurry leftover tuna from last night.

It amounted to about two tablespoons, and I was kinda disappointed that I didn't have more :(

By the time I got home I was feeling pretty terrible so I made myself a large drink combination of Theraflu and Airborne.

I then proceeded into my bedroom to watch The Office and feel sorry for myself.

Oh, but not before I had a slice of this chocolate pudding pie I made last night. Mmmmmm.

I ate a little less than half and kiiiinda felt like barfing. The pie was really good but my tummy was feeling really bleh so I didn't enjoy it as much as I should have.

Dinner was this awesome chicken and vegetable soup that my dad made (yaay!)

I'm still feeling pretty sick so I'm about to take some Tylenol PM and watch more of The Office. You're totally jealous right?

Around 9:00 I had this immense craving for a mountain of popcorn, soooo:

AAAHHH! I ate an entire bag of Newman's Own Lite Popcorn. This stuff is the best, I want to lay face-down in a huge pile of this stuff and eat till I can't move anymore.

I'm not sleeping, there's a bug in my eye and I'm trying to suffocate him.

2010-01-08T18:53:00.004-05:00

So, I wasn't sure if I should talk about my job, but since it does have a certain affect to how I eat (I guess) I think its necessary to include. I babysit a girl named Katelyn who has Angelman Syndrome, I've been babysitting her since 2007 and she's 13. And just because she can't talk doesn't mean she isn't twice as sassy as an average teenager, trust me.

Due to the crap-ton of snow today, she had a two hour delay and her mother had to drive her two (non-disabled) siblings to school, because they had no delay and missed their bus.Which means I had to get Katelyn on her bus. Which means I got a phone call at 6:45 this morning (to be fair, I told her to call me if she needed help with school delays and whatnot).

So, breakfast was the same as last nights dinner: A whole wheat pumpkin pancake with a ton of blueberries and a tablespoon of honey. I ate the fork as well, it was delicious.

So, shock of my life: and hour into being at work I'm absolutely starving and didn't bring anything with me so I grab the most available (and seemingly not-terrible) snack:

Goldfishiess! I had about 1/2 cup of these around 7:45am

I had planned on going to the gym today, but my car is a super suck machine in the snow, so I decided to play it safe and work out at home. I did level 1 of Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred, but I was feeling completely exhausted so I kind of half-assed most of it. Since Sunday I've spent 7 hours working out at the gym so I didn't feel too bad about it.

I wanted coffee and hot chocolate after my shower so I compromised: I mixed two teaspoons of instant coffee with two squares of Lindt Excellence 99% Cocoa Bar (because this stuff tastes like butt when eaten alone). And I added 6 mini-marshmallows because it's snowing and I felt like being festive.

Lunch was this salad: It consisted of baby spinach leaves, Earthbound Farm Organic Salad, sliced cucumber, several cherry tomatoes, chopped mushroom, one chopped artichoke heart, a few chopped olives, 1/4 cup of grilled chicken, 1/2 cup of black beans and two tablespoons of Lite Cesar Dressing.

It was obviously amazing and I ate all of it.

My tummy was growling an hour or so later so I finished up some leftovers: A tiny bit (seriously added up to barely 1/2 cup) of zucchini, onion, chick peas and chicken.

I went back to work around 3, and around 4:30 I had 1/2 cup of Jalapeno Sunflower Seeds (measured with the shells on). No picture of this, sorry!

I got home from work at 6, and at 6:45 I had this! Tuna fish on two slices of Double Fiber Whole Wheat bread. I cut up and added about half of a huge deli-style pickle, some baby spinach, chopped up cherry tomatoes and mustard.

It was completely fantastic! I'm feeling kinda crappy right now (headache) so I'm pretty confident that this is all I will be eating for today.

I have a really bad habit of eating just because. Because I'm bored/unoccupied/there is yummy food around me. This usually happens when I'm not actually even hungry. This is my biggest downfall. To my one or two readers out there: Do you have this problem? What do you do to control these urges?

Soo hey, first post!

2010-01-07T21:02:00.011-05:00

Testing, one two three.

Heh.

I'll start officially posting pictures and whatnot tomorrow (maybe tonight!)

So, a little more about me: I was diagnosed with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome in 2006, so not only is it a bitch and a half to lose weight, it is very important to maintain a normal weight to decrease the chances of and prevent things such as diabetes, infertility and heart disease.

I have a total Fat Girl Complex and it's completely obnoxious. At 5'4" and 147 pounds I'm not considered terribly heavy, but for some reason I still imagine myself as being huge/ very overweight. I'll catch myself out of the corner of my eye in window reflections or store mirrors and not recognize who it is for a second. I think "aw...she looks nice" but then I realize "oh damn, that hot bitch is me!"

Even when I go shopping for clothes, I'll still pick out sizes that are far too big. I'll go to try on size 12 jeans and then be like "wait, no, that's not right".

You would've thought this shit happened overnight.

Also, a warning (I guess): I have a crude sense of humor sometimes, and I'm a fan of the occasional cuss word. I'm going to try and keep this blog as clean as possibly but we're all adults here so it won't be anything too bad.

This will just be a blog consisting of things I eat and activities I do during the day. I won't be posting intake of fluids such as water and plain brewed tea but I'll post liquids such as coffee,shakes, any drinks with calorie content, and vitamins I take. I'll also be posting what I do for workouts, I typically try to work out 5-6 days a week.

I'll try to keep it entertaining but, you know, no promises.

My goal is to lose weight, I'd like to get down to 135 pounds, but if I can just become more mindful of what I'm eating then that's good enough. I'd like to start trying new foods, and a wider variety of dishes.

Also, if you have any sort of comments, criticism, suggestions, or anything of the sort please feel free to comment and let me know!