Carnival of Temptation

Today at work we had our semi-annual Spring Fling and it inspired me to write a mini-post.  A few weeks ago I was excited by the fact that they had chosen a carnival theme with all of the cotton candy, sno-cones, corn dogs, cheese curds and delicious nachos, but weeks later with my new menu in hand I turned into a major party hater.  My lunch of fish and quinoa sounded inedible next to a giant tub of popcorn and a hot dog.  (This is especially compacted by the fact that I really don't think I know how to cook quinoa, so if you have any recipe ideas...send them my way.) To make matters worse, I had volunteered to make cotton candy cones so I was right in the belly of the beast.  Cone after Hello Kitty colored cone I wished diabetes on all of the takers while they stuffed their mouths with cloudy goodness, but then something weird happened--I got totally disgusted by the idea of chomping down that much sugar.  And it wasn't just because my cotton candy cones were lopsided and a sickly colored mixture of the pink and blue sugar.  I thought about how strong I felt having kicked that temptation in the ass!  I don't usually take a lot of time to be proud of myself, but today I felt like I earned a few moments of silence for the tiny bit of cellulite on my bum (or bedonk if you will Mary)  that died due to my healthy choices.  So, if you are out there like me and you are trying to make better choices just think of how good you are going to feel when you just say no.

I look forward to updating all of you on Tuesday with my camping adventures!  On this Holiday weekend kick back and enjoy some wine because it has less carbs than beer.  (Not drinking would be the best choice, but that is just craziness.)  (Also, Arbor Mist is technically not wine.....you know who you are.) Until next time...............

A New Beginning

The following blog is a firsthand account of me kicking fat to the curb.  I hope to have weekly updates of my progress as well as tips and ideas for all of my beloved readers (provided I have any).  And because it wouldn’t be MY blog without them, I will have plenty of entertaining stories to help it all go down. So, onto the good stuff……….

 At times I feel like I am being water boarded whilst trying to down a gallon or more of water in my waking hours, and it makes for many heated dashes to the restroom, but I have yet to wet my pants.  (Those of you who know me well recognize what a master accomplishment this really is.) I have also decided that I can count this sprinting as 15 minutes of exercise per day, so that is certainly a plus.  On the food side of things I feel like I have really been succeeding. Keeping a daily food journal is kind of a pain in the butt, but because I know I will have to produce it every week to Dr. Allen I feel like I should do it.  I have even been telling the truth, so a turkey burger = a turkey burger instead of a Big Mac and a protein bar= a protein bar instead of a cupcake.  Admittedly, it is probably this kind of faulty math that contributed to at least one of my back rolls, but I am here to change things around. I have even begun to like the taste of plain yogurt in place of my strawberry cheesecake Yoplait extravaganza yogurt.  My only real complaint comes in the protein shake department. Allow me to set the scene……..I am driving up 35W on my way to the gym while trying to get in some pre work out protein.  I pull the top off of my Atkins Strawberry Protein beverage (what was my first clue that it would be nasty right?) and begin to drink. The first sip seemed a bit chunky, but I convinced myself that it was probably because of the delicious chunks of strawberries.  The second sip seemed equally as suspect and left me with a strange aftertaste.   Since I was driving and it was in a paper container I couldn’t actually see what the consistency was, so I took a mouthful and then looked at it with my mouth open in the rearview mirror.  It was that inspection that cinched the fact that it was in fact curdled and not delicious chunks of strawberries.  Now came the real moment of suffering.  I couldn’t very well spit it out seeing as I was zooming down the freeway, so I plugged my nose and swallowed it.  And in case you were wondering……3 sips of protein shake did end up in my food journal!  Until next time here is my quick pick list:

Best Food Option of the week:

Jack Links Turkey Jerky….even if you eat the whole bag you are only looking at 240 calories! 

Worst Food Option of the week:

Atkins Protein Shakes (See above story)

Best Exercise of the week:

Shadow boxing in 1 minute sprints while holding small weights, or if you don’t have weights you can use bottles of water or those cans of creamed corn you are NEVER going to eat.  

Best Workout Jam of the week:

Born This Way by Lady GaGa she's like Madonna only weirder!

Becky Today: 

This isn't actually from today, but I am wearing the same shirt, so I am counting it as my week 1 photo.

Have any good ideas or tips for me?  Please comment!