Where IS everybody??

I'm here, I promise. I have just been swamped by a new job and the ability/desire to exercise this week.

Here's a brief summary:

Day 9 (Tuesday) :
B - 2 halved deviled eggs, 1/4 cup beans/zuchinni
L - small ceasar salad w/ 1 oz chicken breast, plain yogurt w/splenda and vanilla, hummus and broccoli, 1/4 cup beans/zuchinni
S - individually packaged hummus
Work Out - 1 hour biking, 2 hours rowing (whew)
D - Tomato soup and an overdose of sugar free candy

Calories Burned: 1600 (awesome!)

Day 10 (Wednesday)
B - 2 halved deviled eggs, 1/4 cup beans/zuchinni
L - leftover tomato soup
S - 2 individually packaged hummus
Work Out - PT for 30 min
D - SBD "creamy cauliflower soup" (recipe to be shared as soon as my camera works)


Calories Burned: 400

Day 11 (Thursday)
B - 2 halved deviled eggs, 1/4 cup beans/zucchini
L - garden salad with sliced turkey lunch meat (stolen from deli sandwiches)
S - hummus
Work Out - PT for 30 min, biking 15 min
D - Take out from a Mexican place, I got steak fajitas and ate the meat, onions, peppers with FF sour cream, lettuce, and a little guac.


Calories Burned: 550

Day 12 (Friday)
B - 2 halved deviled eggs
L - leftover fajita meat, onions, peppers (late lunch, I worked all day in my classroom)
D - Went out for sushi, I got a salad with seaweed, cucumbers, tuna sashimi, and a wasabi vinigerette as well as 6 baked mussels. It was a great dinner.

Day 13 (Saturday)
B - 1/2 cup of beans and 1/2 cup of leftover cauliflower soup
L - garden salad from Burger King (eek, fast food)
D - 12 piece chicken nuggets and a garden salad from Chick Fil A (eek, double fast food!)

Calories burned in the week (including monday): 2, 940

Day 8

So this morning I woke up and weighed myself.  I know I shouldn't get hung up on numbers, but honestly it is a motivator for me.  Today, however, I discovered that I was under 190! Woo! ::happy dance::  I haven't been under 190 in MONTHS!  I felt that this deserves a present, so I ordered myself this fancy new watch:

I'm in love.

Anyway, this got me thinking.  Good work deserves rewards, and rewards mean that I can't spend mindless money on frivolous presents without working for them.  Thusly, every 5 pounds I decided that I'm going to reward myself with something special.  It's nice to meet you, Mr. 189

Here's today's recap:

B - 4 halved LF deviled eggs and an heirloom tomato

S - some almonds

Work out - 30 mins running/elliptical

L - leftover fajitas from last night

D - 2 bratwursts and some gazpacho, except I wasn't such a fan of the gazpacho and ate a block of LF cheese instead.  FAIL.  At least I'm honest about it, right?

Dessert - the rest of the delicious flan.

And now I'm putting together a lunch for my first day at my new job!  I cooked up some beans and shredded zucchini and will be eating that along with some broccoli and hummus and some FF plain yogurt with 1 splenda and a dash of vanilla.  Not bad. 

Day 7

One week down! sweet!

First thing in the morning I treked downtown to our local farmers market which is held under an overpass in the city.  It is, hands down, one of my favorite things I love where I live, and in my opinion, is made even that much better by the presence of a thunderstorm.

$15 bucks at the FarMar got me: 3 huge zuchinni, 1 giant eggplant, 6 heirloom tomatoes, a big bag of baby spinach, 2 groups of green onions, and about 5 multicolored peppers.

Also, a delicious omelet.  Oh yes, I walked past the delicious donut and pad thai stands, even the coffee stand (which I'm sure wouldn't have splenda or FF H&H) straight to the omelet man, who made me a mushroom, asparagus, roasted red pepper, and spinach omelet with a pinch of cheddar cheese.  Perfect.

By the time I got home it was just about lunch time, so I had a bit of the SBD flan I made earlier for lunch.

Dinner consisted of shrimp fajitas, without the shell.  Shrimp, heirloom tomato (so good!), romaine lettuce, peppers, onions, guac, LF sharp cheddar, and FF sour cream.  Amazing.

It was a good day.

Weigh In Day

With a begining number of 197, here are my stats after 1 week on SBD.


Weight: 191.6

Natural Waist: 35"
Hips: 45"
Arms: 14"
Thighs: 28"
Calves: 17"
Bust: 40.5"

Workout times: 1

The Results: 5.4 down, not bad!  All my numbers are the same from my pre-sbd days, but I have a feeling that those will shrink soon.  I'm not happy with my workouts this week, but as I keep saying, I have felt pretty lethargic.  Next week I'm going to shoot for 5x. 

Day 6

My face looks thinner today!!

I peeked at the scale, and while I wont tell you what it said just yet, I will tell you it was good news.  But better than numbers is that really, truly, my face looks thinner!  I am still feeling pretty lethargic (in fact, I slept until noon today) but I am going to say that that is probably due to my stomach dealing with less food, because even though I can eat a wide variety of foods on SBD, I'm finding that I want to eat less.

Anyway, here's what I ate today:

Breakfast: leftover stuffed mushroom cap from yesterday (just as delicious for breakfast!)

Lunch: Went to Chevy's before a movie and I had the fajita salad, with lettuce, steak, avocado, fresh veggies, in a light vinaigrette.  

Snack: 1 tbs of light peanut butter and a stick of celery

Dinner:  Currently making chicken breast stuffed with shredded zucchini, yellow squash, and olive oil, topped with spaghetti sauce and fresh mozzarella.  

And for Dessert I am making the SBD Phase 1 almond maple flan, sans almonds.  But who knows when that will finally set, much less be chilled!  So maybe it's better to post it tomorrow instead of today!

Day 5

After having an internal lecture on how I really truly wasn't eating enough vegetables, I tried to amp it up today and feel pretty darn successful.  It's weird that before SBD my plate consisted of probably 60%  veggies, but that while on Phase 1 vegetables are the chore that I just really, really don't want to eat.  I would much prefer bacon wrapped ham.

Maybe I should have done Adkins.  joke!

Breakfast: black beans and shredded yellow squash cooked in smart balance.  (weird, but an amazing alternative to eggs)
Snack: Miso soup
Lunch: Portobello cap stuffed with leftover bean bean breakfast mixture and LF cream cheese.  (delicious)
Snack: Chocolate PB "milkshake"
Dinner: Salad with romaine lettuce, cucumbers, red peppers, homegrown tomatoes, and grilled chicken with a mustard vinagarette.

After dinner, we had some people over for game night where we munched on sliced veggies and homemade hummus.

Yes! I made hummus for the first time!  I forgot to take a picture, unfortunately, but in the blender I mixed:

1 can of chickpeas
1/4 cup olive oil (we couldn't find tahini!)
the juice of 1 lemon
1 tbs of minced garlic
1/2 tsp of cumin

It was pretty good, but I have grandiose plans for the next humus making, which will hopefully be this week.

SBD Phase 1 Cheese Stuffed Chicken Meatballs

You Need:

1 lb ground chicken

LF shredded (or fresh) mozzarella cheese

parsley, garlic, onion powder

an egg

1  jar of spaghetti sauce

1.  Mix ground chicken, egg, seasonings, set aside.

2.  Take your mozz and squeeze it into about 20 or so small balls, about the size of a nickle.

3.  Carefully, because ground chicken is weird, form a ball of meat around your cheese balls.  When I made this it made about 20 meatballs.  

4.  Put however many you plan on eating in a skillet with about 1/2 the jar of spaghetti sauce.  Lid it, put it on medium, and cook for about 20 min or until they are done.  

* When I made these I froze about half of my raw ones.  Do not, I repeat, do not, just put the meatballs in a bag in the freezer.  They will stick together and make a nasty mess.  Instead, line a cookie sheet with wax paper and spread them out, stick them in the freezer for about half an hour.  Then you can remove them and put them in a freezer back.  This method freezes the exterior so that you can separate them easily when you want to cook them. 

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I served this atop eggplant "pasta".  I wish I had a picture, but it's pretty simple and amazing tasting. 

Just peel an eggplant, and slowly cut it into thin slices.  Slice each slice into strands, like pasta.  Once cut, sprinkle with salt and let sit for 5 minutes.  Squeeze the moisture out of the strands (and really, squeeze).  Then sautee them in a pan with some olive oil until they are cooked.  Really, really good. 

Day 4

While not quite a superwoman day, it was a much better day.  Even though I woke up very alert, I still felt physically sluggish.  However, this could have been a result of my eating choices.  I grazed a lot today.  Here is the rundown:

7:30 Wake up, ate 1 egg, 2 slices canadian bacon, and 1 slice FF american cheese.


8:30 Work out, 30 min PT and 30 min cardio.

10:20 Ate post work out; 1 cup miso soup and my beef and broccoli leftovers from yesterday, probably around 1.5 cups.  I didn't mean to eat all my leftovers, and I felt like crap after I did.  fail. 


1:00 a couple pieces of imitation crab dip with a luxurious 1 tbs of melted butter


3:00 small salad with tomato, balsamic, and fresh mozzarella. 


5:00 5 almonds


7:00 cheese stuffed chicken meatballs with eggplant "pasta" (see recipe to follow)


8:30 yogurt for dessert


All in all, it wasn't an awful day.  It doesn't seem like a TON of food, but I think it was more than I was used to eating, or at least more meals.  I was just HUNGRY.  Anyway, that was today's scoop.  Stay tuned for meatball recipe. 

Checking In

Its 10:00pm, on Day 3 of Phase 1 of SBD, and I am alert and awake even though I haven't had caffeine since the morning. I also realized that I never hit the 4 o'clock slump today!

The bottom line: I feel amazing.

Peep this

Look at the new beaut I picked up for my tea addiction. Earl Grey, you've never tasted so good!

SBD Phase 1 Chocolate & PB "Milkshake"

omg, best dessert ever.  Please forgive the wacky lighting.

You Need:

1 package SF chocolate pudding

2 whopping tbs of low sugar PB

2.5-3 cups of reduced fat milk

1/8 cup water

about 6 ice cubes

Mix everything in a blender on high.  Makes 3 servings.  Tastes just like a frickin milkshake.  amazing.

Day 3

So, so far it is seeming like day 2 was the worst of it.  I feel slightly better today, but I can tell I still need to take it easy, which sucks because I think all my running muscles are just disintegrating. 

Upon getting up, the thought of eggs still made me want to vom, so I mixed up some leftovers and heated them up.  Black beans with chili powder and cinnamon, and cauliflower with FF american cheese.  It sounds revolting, I know, but it's actually good!  A great alternative to eggs oh phase 1.  Veggies, protein, "dairy", check. 

This was SUPPOSED to have been followed by a cup of coffee, but seeing that I'm out of splenda and H&H, I might have to make a trek to my favorite bagel place to score a cup of Jamaican Me Crazy.


Eating plan for the day:

L: imitation crab, raw broccoli, and LF ranch for dipping; green tea


S: pb/chocolate "milkshake"


D: chinese order out!  2 cups of beef and broccoli and one cup of miso soup.


Dessert: tea with 2 packets of splenda



I'm really hoping that I'm feeling like superwoman tomorrow, because I promised my PT I was going to be at the gym to meet him.  yikes.

Day 2

So you know how everyone always says that phase 1 of South Beach Diet is rough?

Well, it's not.


It is so, so, SO much worse.

It's day 2 and I feel sick to my stomach, nauseous, hungry, angry, and extremely fatigued.  Why do we do this to ourselves?  Because after 3 days of this crap, I'll feel better.  I'll feel so good that I can go out and run a marathon, because I'm not longer addicted to snickers.  Thats the thought that keeps me going.

So far today, I've eaten:

B - 2 slices canadian bacon, 1 slice american cheese, a V8, a yogurt, and a cup of coffee


L - a small piece of fish, 1/3 an avocado, 1 tomato, 1 small slice of fresh mozzarella, and balsamic dressing.  Oh, and a cup of milk. 

I have no idea what's for dinner, because everything I can think of makes me feel like I'm going to vomit.  So for now, I'm going to stomp around and be angry that I can't eat the following things:

helps to look at it, doesn't it?  NOT.

Like Spinach For Popeye

 Wanna know what my favorite pick-me-up is?  Okay, so obviously SF redbull is #1, but when that's out I absolutely love...

I know chances are likely that it doesn't do anymore more than my daily B Complex vitamin does, but boy is it fizzy.  And regardless, it makes me FEEL like I've got more energy, and isn't that what it's really about?

Day 1

So, here is a serious confession:

Everybody is NOT on a diet.
Or rather, as of yesterday Everybody was not on a diet.

Today is Day 1 of the South Beach Diet.  Fad diets have such a bad reputation, but I think that SBD is really just a fancy way of saying "stop eating crap".  Granted, there is the fabulous 2 week cleanse period, but I'm still eating good food during that time.  pfft, whatever.

Anyway, today is Day 1!
For breakfast I had a 2 egg omelet with spinach, smart balance, and 1/3 of an avocado, topped with (a little too much) 2% cheddar.

Currently, I am sitting at my kitchen, drinking coffee (with FF half & half and splenda, thankyou) and printing out all sorts of paraphernalia for this "lifestyle change".  I need to buy groceries like nobody's business, but here is the general plan for the day:

Breakfast: duh, I told you

Snack: handful of almonds

Lunch: Tomato, spinach, and balsamic salad.  Morningstar mushroom burger.

Snack: green tea and steamed broccoli

Dinner: Lean pork chops, and grilled veggies (zucchini, squash, eggplant, red onion)

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Around 5 I'm planning a 2 mile run with the pup.  Have I shown you my new Saucony Kinervas? They're boss.

"Hey lady, sweet kicks" "yeah, I know"

AMENDMENTS:
No, I did not go running.  No, I did not eat my planned out meals.  What I did do, however, was stick to allowed foods and be a miserable, miserable person.  

A little about me

So, heres the skinny...

I am:

• in my twenties
• female
• a teacher
• technically "obese"

I love:

• my dog
• planting things
• sewing
• running (don't get your hopes up)
• FOOD

I hate:

• being measured and weighed at the gym
• correct portion sizes
• doing the dishes
• feeling like a blob

 For the sake of this blog (and you, dear reader) I am going to try:

• to like lentils
• to not have seconds
• to run to the ends of the earth
• to get my booty into shape
• to document all of this nonsense on the internet for you to poke and laugh at.

Intro

Hello, I'm Everybody and I'm on a diet!  Well, not yet.  I've struggled with eating my entire life, and am most recently quitting a two year long adventure with Weight Watchers to try something new.

Here is a snippit of me from last Tuesday.  ew.

I mean, better than it was, but still.






Just like anybody, I - Everybody - have been unhappy with my body for a long time.  The purpose of this blog is to present my eating and running around adventures and brainstorms in an anonymous, easy to relate, manner.