I'm the pickiest eater ever so forcing myself to eat healthier was definitely not an easy task. Luckily I came across EatingWell.com. It's jam packed with great recipes for practially anything you can think or to every day dishes with a slight moderation. You can pick from categories like "Easy recipes for two" or "Cheap quick dinners" to searching specific ingredients. Just check out the website and you'll see how awesome it is.
I've had to chance, or courage, to make a couple of dishes off of the website (with many more pending ha ha) and I just wanted to share with you my absolute favorite so far. Gnocchi with zucchini ribbons. It's not only delicious it's also low in calories and super easy to make! I rave about this dish to anyone who will listen. Until I find another favotire, this is my numero uno!
I'll keep you posted on any other "delicious-nesses" I come across :)
Moi
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Double stuffed
Oh holidays. You can't live with them and you can't live without them... A dieter's nightmare. How on Earth are you supposed to be eating well portioned, healthy meals when there's a plethora of yummy, sodium and calorie filled goodness less than an arm's length away from you at the dinner table? It's rough, I tell you. Now, I don't consider myself to be on a diet, per say, it's more of a lifestyle adjustment. I've never seen holidays as an issue, but since my New Year's resolution I've begun to see where I've gone wrong. lol Luckily, I've only encountered 2 holidays before realizing, "Hey, you've got to think this through. This is just the beginning of the year."
Easter and Mother's day, two of the holidays which require a family meal, are the only ones that have come and gone thus far. With, now, two family dinners to attend, mine and Matt's family, I'll have to come up with a master plan so that my work thus far can escape unscathed. The thought of holidays and the sheer amount of food normally consumed at these events didn't really sink in until I was 2 seconds away from unbuttoning my jeans during dinner #2 this past Sunday. FAIL We had gone over to my parents' house for a late brunch (called almoço in Brazil) and since we sat down to eat later than scheduled I had worked up quite an appetite. As I always do when I'm famished, I filled my plate with a little bit of everything there was to eat. To top it all off I even had desert. Before I could even finish stuffing my face with the "smallest" portions of desert my mom served me, Matt informed me that his family was just waiting for us to arrive in order to go out to dinner. Eeekk! I shoved the 2 remaining pieces of flan left on my plate and we said our good-bye's.
The ride over to the buffet where we were meeting them is approximately 30 minutes so I took some refuge in the thought that I would be able to digest a portion of the food I had just consumed. Even if it was only 5% of it. ha ha. Unfortunately 5% turned out to be diddly-squat! I placed what would probably hold the world record as the smallest amount of food ever consumed at a buffet on my plate, I made my way to the table and consumed it ever so slowly. I'm still quite unsure how I managed to then squeeze in some dessert. I must have had a serious sweet tooth that day. That day was the closest I've been to a food induced coma in a while. I would rather not do it again, though. ha ha
The following day I woke up with a heavy conscience as well as a heavy gut so I decided to pop in the Turbo Fire 30 minute workout. Since this is my last week of P90X it's just a recovery week and quite frankly wouldn't give me the burn that I'd like. When I got home at night I put in another Turbo Fire workout video. I think I managed to burn off at least 70% of the calories I ate the day before. Yikes!
So armed with this experience I will now have an idea of what I need to work on for the holidays throughout the rest of the year.
#1 MODERATION: if I choose to eat a little bit of everything I'll have to scale down on the portions of each.
#2 Do not place food on the plate while hungry: I'll be sure to regret every bite of it come the second dinner.
#3 Digestion: I'll have to realize when it's time to stop eating my first meal in order to fit the second one just a few hours later.
Those are my rules so far. I can't think of any more right now, especially with my stomach growling. :-/
In conclusion... Holidays are the dieter's kryptonite! ha ha
Easter and Mother's day, two of the holidays which require a family meal, are the only ones that have come and gone thus far. With, now, two family dinners to attend, mine and Matt's family, I'll have to come up with a master plan so that my work thus far can escape unscathed. The thought of holidays and the sheer amount of food normally consumed at these events didn't really sink in until I was 2 seconds away from unbuttoning my jeans during dinner #2 this past Sunday. FAIL We had gone over to my parents' house for a late brunch (called almoço in Brazil) and since we sat down to eat later than scheduled I had worked up quite an appetite. As I always do when I'm famished, I filled my plate with a little bit of everything there was to eat. To top it all off I even had desert. Before I could even finish stuffing my face with the "smallest" portions of desert my mom served me, Matt informed me that his family was just waiting for us to arrive in order to go out to dinner. Eeekk! I shoved the 2 remaining pieces of flan left on my plate and we said our good-bye's.
The ride over to the buffet where we were meeting them is approximately 30 minutes so I took some refuge in the thought that I would be able to digest a portion of the food I had just consumed. Even if it was only 5% of it. ha ha. Unfortunately 5% turned out to be diddly-squat! I placed what would probably hold the world record as the smallest amount of food ever consumed at a buffet on my plate, I made my way to the table and consumed it ever so slowly. I'm still quite unsure how I managed to then squeeze in some dessert. I must have had a serious sweet tooth that day. That day was the closest I've been to a food induced coma in a while. I would rather not do it again, though. ha ha
The following day I woke up with a heavy conscience as well as a heavy gut so I decided to pop in the Turbo Fire 30 minute workout. Since this is my last week of P90X it's just a recovery week and quite frankly wouldn't give me the burn that I'd like. When I got home at night I put in another Turbo Fire workout video. I think I managed to burn off at least 70% of the calories I ate the day before. Yikes!
So armed with this experience I will now have an idea of what I need to work on for the holidays throughout the rest of the year.
#1 MODERATION: if I choose to eat a little bit of everything I'll have to scale down on the portions of each.
#2 Do not place food on the plate while hungry: I'll be sure to regret every bite of it come the second dinner.
#3 Digestion: I'll have to realize when it's time to stop eating my first meal in order to fit the second one just a few hours later.
Those are my rules so far. I can't think of any more right now, especially with my stomach growling. :-/
In conclusion... Holidays are the dieter's kryptonite! ha ha
Friday, May 6, 2011
Aw, snap!
Here it is folks, my 60 day progress photos:
Truthfully I'm surprised by the difference from day 1 until now. Let's hope that the progress continues in this manner and not in the other direction. Haha
“If you want to be successful, find someone who has achieved the results you want and copy what they do and you'll achieve the same results.” -Anthony Robbins
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Oops!
I'm not entirely proud of the past 1 1/2 - 2 weeks. Not only have I not been exercising in the morning, but I skip exercises and never "get around" to doing them. To make matters worse, I haven't been eating well at all. I've been indulging in pretty much anything I'd like. I'm sure this will be a major setback when it comes time to getting back on the scale. And speaking of which... last week, Thursday, I decided to weigh myself and see if I've gained any weight as a result of my piss poor judgement. Luckily, I didn't gaing anything, but I also didn't really lose any weight either.
Coming into this exercise and new outlook on food consumption I knew that I would lose weight. I never imagined I would lose as much as I did and so quickly, though. I quickly realized that at one point I would stop losing weight. As I've seen happen in many episodes of "The Biggest Loser" and from previous knowledge of weight loss in general. At a certain point your weight loss begins to dwindle and seeing as how I'm of a small build I knew that my weight loss would cease all together. Which, in truth, is fine for me. Losing 8 lbs has made me realize that my body is fine just the way it is. Right now. I don't need to lose more weight, but definitely not gain any more. I've put all the hard work from the past 60+ days in jepordy due to my gluttony.
What makes matters worse is that my bad decisions in the past week haven't really affected me emotionally. I'm so close to the end of P90X and it almost seems like I've already given up. I've become content, not happy, with the results and in a way I'm kind of saying to myself, "Ok, you've done enough. This is good enough." But if I plan to start an all new workout regimen after my trip to Punta Cana I need to maintain the workout mind set. Not to mention that Warrior Dash is 11 days away! Oh, and it's also the same day as my birthday party. I hope not to get too seriously injured that I will be prevented to enjoying the night :( I guess that means I need to shape up, no pun intended. Put my laziness aside and stop indulging in salty, fatty foods.
Maybe it's the warm weather. Sweating bullets at home with no fan or air conditioning isn't quite appealing. I don't know. I may just be looking for excuses to give up. It's always easier to just give up. But I've come too far in the program to just give up now. *sigh*
I'm not looking forward to the photos this week, but I'll put them up anyway. Who knows, they may be a reality check . If I visibly gained weight in them it'll probably get me back on track for the next 2 weeks. I sure hope so...
Coming into this exercise and new outlook on food consumption I knew that I would lose weight. I never imagined I would lose as much as I did and so quickly, though. I quickly realized that at one point I would stop losing weight. As I've seen happen in many episodes of "The Biggest Loser" and from previous knowledge of weight loss in general. At a certain point your weight loss begins to dwindle and seeing as how I'm of a small build I knew that my weight loss would cease all together. Which, in truth, is fine for me. Losing 8 lbs has made me realize that my body is fine just the way it is. Right now. I don't need to lose more weight, but definitely not gain any more. I've put all the hard work from the past 60+ days in jepordy due to my gluttony.
What makes matters worse is that my bad decisions in the past week haven't really affected me emotionally. I'm so close to the end of P90X and it almost seems like I've already given up. I've become content, not happy, with the results and in a way I'm kind of saying to myself, "Ok, you've done enough. This is good enough." But if I plan to start an all new workout regimen after my trip to Punta Cana I need to maintain the workout mind set. Not to mention that Warrior Dash is 11 days away! Oh, and it's also the same day as my birthday party. I hope not to get too seriously injured that I will be prevented to enjoying the night :( I guess that means I need to shape up, no pun intended. Put my laziness aside and stop indulging in salty, fatty foods.
Maybe it's the warm weather. Sweating bullets at home with no fan or air conditioning isn't quite appealing. I don't know. I may just be looking for excuses to give up. It's always easier to just give up. But I've come too far in the program to just give up now. *sigh*
I'm not looking forward to the photos this week, but I'll put them up anyway. Who knows, they may be a reality check . If I visibly gained weight in them it'll probably get me back on track for the next 2 weeks. I sure hope so...
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