Eating is going really well today! I’ve had a plain croissant, a few pieces of dried mango, and a glass of Emergen-C. Plus lots of iced tea, and cold water, of course :)
Total is about 300 calories. And I’m not hungry. At all. I feel totally full right now! I think it’s all the drinks. Iced tea filled me up, and Emergen-C was extrememly filling, and only 25 calories (and put it in a huge glass, so there was more to drink).
We’re having sandwhiches for dinner tonight, so that’ll add up, probably. Potato salad is my weakness! But it’ll probably add up only about 400-500 if I skip the chips (which I hopefully will!)
Feeling really good today! I’ve done a few squats (50), and I actually did a lot of walking today—amazing how much you walk around when going on a shopping trip!
Totally optimistic about all this :)
I don’t fear losing weight. I fear gaining weight.
Hmmm no…The other day someone said he like this one picture of me two years ago because I was ‘busty”. No, I never have been- you can credit my supposed bustiness to a good bra and flattering shirt.
Oh and then he said I’m going to feed you so much so you can look like that again. So yea I took that in a negative way. I was ticked.
I went vegan out of pure disgust for what I was eating, and for what I’d eaten all my life. The truth of the matter is, I think cannibalism is fucking unbearably gross - and eating animals is not different. Whether it’s a product of an animal, the eggs, or the flesh itself, it’s all the same. I went vegan because I no longer wanted to be a speciesist hypocrite contributing to an industry that commits genocide on hundreds of thousands of harmless creatures with the same natural right we have to not be made to die prematurely or be exploited. As it says in my sidebar, the vegan lifestyle is devoid of murder, cruelty, speciesism, and contribution to the rape the dairy industry exists from.
Beyond that? Veganism is the cleanest way to live (besides raw veganism, but that’s a step I cannot take yet). All the dairy you consume contains an incredible amount of fat, drugs, and not to mention byproducts you don’t want to be consuming (pus, blood, radiation from Japan…) the list goes on. I don’t want that in my body at all. We’re not meant to digest dairy or flesh - why do you think like 90% of the population of the world is lactose intolerant to some degree? That’s an insane amount.
See my Dairy, Milk, Meat, and Animal Cruelty tags for more reasons why I’m vegan.
Bike: 1 hour. Throughout the day. I did about 15 minutes in the morning and 45 at night.
Chest Press: 3 sets at 37.5 lbs of 15 reps.
Rows: 3 sets. 2 at 50 lbs for 15 reps. 1 set of 62.5 lbs for 5 reps!
Stretching
Food:
Breakfast: Kashi go lean with a banana.
Lunch: Yogurtland froyo :D
Dinner: Stew… again.
Snacks: Beef jerky.
I feel like I almost didn’t eat enough calories today. It wasn’t terribly healthy :) I went realized I was pretty hungry when I went to bed but I was too tired to think much about it.
So the video said to drink lots of water before eating anything and before you start your day. 1 to 2 liters. Now I don’t know about you, but 2 liters is a looott and before I even drink that to get to breakfast it will be 3 in the afternoon.
So, I will drink a lot of water, maybe half a liter and start there, then take a vitamin or two and begin the day.
:)
A new report published by the Environmental Working Group (EWG) might make you re-think that “apple a day” — if it’s conventionally grown using pesticides.
Dirty Dozen 2011
Apples
Celery
Strawberries
Peaches
Spinach
Nectarines (imported)
Grapes (imported)
Sweet bell peppers
Potatoes
Blueberries (domestic)
Lettuce
Kale/collard greens
The “clean fifteen” are also included in the report - these are fruits and veggies with the lowest levels of pesticides so there’s no need to waste your money on organic versions. Some popular items include watermelon and avocado.
The EWG points out that if consumers simply chose their daily recommended five servings of fruit and vegetables from the least contaminated list over five from the dirty dozen, they would reduce the amount of pesticides ingested by 92% - without having to shell out extra money for organics.
Clean Fifteen 2011
Onions
Sweet corn
Pineapples
Avocado
Asparagus
Sweet peas
Mangoes
Eggplants
Cantaloupe (domestic)
Kiwi
Cabbage
Watermelon
Sweet potatoes
Grapefruit
Mushrooms
Excerpt from The New “Dirty Dozen” List of Produce by Sarah B. Weir. See more from Green Picks Blog.
But it will be filled with cleaning, working out some, gymnastics and relaxing a little. Just no running! Gotta rest these legs after the race! For breakfast:
1/2 cup of Kashi and some hot chocolate (made with water)
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Dr. Llalia Afrika & Che’ Nazzerith - The book then never wanted you to read DVD!
Food
Breakfast: Muesli with Yogurt
Lunch: Strawberry Smash Boost Juice + Trail Mix
Dinner: Fruit Salad and some Blueberry Yogurt (I wasn’t really hungry after my traumatic plane journey- in shock!)
Exercise
1 Hour Body Pump Class
By Cari Nierenberg(MSNBC)
Feeling drowsier during the day because you didn’t catch enough ZZZs at night may make it easier for you to give in to temptation, suggests a preliminary study to be presented at the 2011 meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies.
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When you don’t get the rest you need, “you might not have the ability to say no to that extra cookie or dessert,” points out Killgore, and you’re a little more likely to take in a few extra calories a day.
