skinny bitches

I think of myself as skinny.   I lost a bunch of weight that I hated for years and now I get to enjoy the figure I always wanted.  But I also consider myself a normal person that gets to complain about skinny bitches.  I think I'm allowed, feel free to think differently.  Maybe some of this is haterade is just trapped inside from my years of being unhappy in my skin - but in my defense I only hate way too skinny bitches.  Not because I want that figure or to be 100 lbs (well OK maybe a little - but seriously I think my size is best for me - and I don't like anorectic whispers from my grandma! LOL)  But I think women have a responsibility to keep the rest of sane.  Lea Michele I'm talking to you.  Way to have a normal body that some women can relate to - and then drop 30 lbs rapidly.  It weirds me out that because you are on TV or in films you must fit into this very small bubble of people who don't eat.  Seems really unfair to the rest of us! and what about all the teens out there, unhappy in their own imperfect skin.  You were a role model for a second.  Way to get scooped up into the fame.  I dont blame you - the skinniest bitches get the most screen time. But I feel like the VERY next article I read will be about her battle with anorexia.  I think you need to eat to have a hit show?


OK so she is pretty skinny from the get-go, and looks great I think

Here she is a few months later, obviously with a new trainer added to her entourage.  And I get it, she wants to be like all the other skinny bitches in Hollywood.   ...and was trying to bag her costar??  I think she looks OK here, but I noticed unneeded weight loss.  Message I got: former body was not red carpet worthy...  I wonder if her fans noticed.

Now these next ones just make me sad!  You didn't need to go there Lea, but now that you did - DONT LOSE ANYMORE (I sound like my grandma? SI!)

80% of women opt for surgery - yikes

How do people have a few thousands lying around?  Weight Watchers is only like $13 a week and will crack your food abuse - not crack you open.



http://www.thatsfit.com/2010/03/15/surgery-the-weight-loss-method-of-choice-for-80-percent-of-wome/?icid=main|main|dl9|link6|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thatsfit.com%2F2010%2F03%2F15%2Fsurgery-the-weight-loss-method-of-choice-for-80-percent-of-wome%2F

The Aftermath

Not sure what it was.  Probably the great tan.  Makes you think you are super hot and you can eat all day without a care in the world!  Well 7 days of being home from Cabo and pigging out is an appropriate word for my behavior.  I crept onto the scale, first time in about 2 weeks and BAM the aftermath.  I blame 2 things.  1 Cabo aftermath - 10 cocktails a day and buffets a plenty will do wonders to the tummy pooch.  and 2 - the pigging out I did when I got home in celebration that there was no vacation pics in the future! Both of these monsters created a gain of a full 9 lbs.  might as well be 10 right? geez.   Well if that's not a slap in the face, what is??  How was I running around in Cabo about a week ago and feeling GREAT in a bikini??  Now I'm looking at a number I have not seen in MONTHS!  Needless to say I NOW have motivation from the scale to get back to normal asap.  Also there is a pool party on sat!  Salads for dinner please!

WOAH - Getting back on track

It has been a minute!  I blame the candy in the stock room. It has been there all 5 years I have worked here, but for some reason it took until bikini season for me to listen to the evil little voice.  When I think about it, the fact that it took 5 years to start snacking on the 100% pure CRAP goodness is someting to be proud of! But now what do I do?  It's there! and Airheads have never tasted so good.  Work got a little slower around here a while back, which caused boredom and one day a tip toeing into the kitchen for SOMETHING TO DO.  Not sure why that happens but it does.  That's why normal people should never keep boxes of candy at  home (or at work for that matter?!)  So after a few days of candy indulging and why I'm at it, what does a soda hurt?  I felt HUGE.  Well not huge but FULL and BLOATED and it was not going anywhere (even after the usual "2 day relax it will go" away period).  I put myself into gear, mostly because of a bikini bound vacation in the horizon.  THANK GOODNESS I was able to recognize the vacation is near and now is crunch time.  LITERALLY  I should be doing crunches and squats and making my body ready for all inclusive eating and drinking!  Sadly, since I had a pooch in the works, it was hard to get motivated and I already felt like had taken a step backwards.  Back to the basics I guess, eat well and all will be well.  I was able to STOP THE MADNESS. hah.  NO candy, didn't even look at it and swore off sodas and even coffee until the vacation in a month.  

(I just want to note that scarfing on candy and sodas is the exact reason I was not writing about skinny jeans hah - that was probably obvious?)

Well, vacation came and went and there were 300  bikini pics involved!  Not too shabby, and a great tan to show off.  I should start another entry now on how to eat and drink all inclusive and still wear hot dresses every night, not an easy task but someone has to do it!

WW + McDs?

After seeing this headline, I admit I jumped excitedly on the info.  How can McDs include points on their menus???  What the heck are they promoting?  The one sandwich (hold the mayo) that is WW friendly?

False advertising anyone?  Poor defenseless new zealanders...  Aren't they known for being healthy people?  Maybe if they scarf down a lot of nuggets and fillets Americans can get a better rap!


http://www.dailyfinance.com/story/company-news/mcdonalds-and-weight-watchers-numbers-dont-add-up-but-pounds/19381721/?icid=main|main|dl5|link3|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailyfinance.com%2Fstory%2Fcompany-news%2Fmcdonalds-and-weight-watchers-numbers-dont-add-up-but-pounds%2F19381721%2F

FIBER-NOMENAL!

Love this article I just found about the #1 weight loss supplement.....

FIBER!

TOTALLY AGREE!   and where oh where has my fiber content gone?  One of my super skinny aunt's swears by this fiber-nomenon bread...  

I'm not a vitamin/supplement user, I just CAN'T figure out the "take one a day" thing.  BUT, I will keep an eye out at the grocery store and I'm stocking up on fiber STAT!

Read the article here:
http://www.thatsfit.com/2010/03/08/fiber-the-number-one-supplement-and-nutrient-for-weight-contr/?icid=main|main|dl5|link4|http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thatsfit.com%2F2010%2F03%2F08%2Ffiber-the-number-one-supplement-and-nutrient-for-weight-contr%2F

WTH = WTF!

Waist to Hip(WTH) ratio, not a big deal right!  hmph...  I just plugged in my numbers, please see below:

Your Waist to Hip Ratio is 1.32 and appears to indicate an increased risk for heart disease and diabetes. You may wish to talk to a doctor about losing weight. Or you can get started on your own by eating right and getting regular exercise.

WTH = WTF!  This can't be right.  I'm checking my numbers now... how can I be a risk?   yikes...



5 mins later:
*** OK so I pulled the measuring tape (USB cable) tighter this time - and turns out I DID mix up the numbers... but sadly I'm still a risk!

Your Waist to Hip Ratio is 0.81 and appears to indicate an increased risk for heart disease and diabetes.
You may wish to talk to a doctor about losing weight. Or you can get started on your own by eating right and getting regular exercise.


I think this calculator sucks, but feel free to try haha =   http://www.healthcalculators.org/calculators/waist_hip.asp

and to make us all feel better.... A hippy shot of JLo... at least we aren't plastered on mags!

Weekend Recovery

My weekends pretty much consist of eating out and trying to find a cocktail somewhere...  So you can see how there is a need for a weekend recovery tool.  My favorite tool is a Monday AM bowl of oatmeal.  Something about staring at that goupy stuff really makes me re-evaluate my diet choices.  I used to have it everyday for breakfast - GREAT WAY to fill your tummy and keep the hunger thoughts at bay until lunch time.  But like chicken noodle soup, I got sick of it after a few years.  Now oatmeal sits in my bag-o-tricks for a rainy day OR for a weekend recovery!   =)

PS  Damn margaritas!

PSS  A sugary oatmeal is a great way to kick a sweet craving too  (for when there are a million donuts at the office and you need SOMETHING to distract you.  I recommend the brown sugar or maple syrup ones)

Did You Know?

Did you know that is bright blue color that I changed the blog to, is supposed to suppress hunger thoughts?  Cool huh.  Obviously run and paint your kitchen or fridge!  unless you rent like me - wah wah....  I need to find a huge blue tapestry! STAT!

The Fast Food Diet

Did everyone see that girl on those taco bell commercials?  She's preaching about how she lost weight while eating off their "fresco" menu?  Well, I think the topic is definitely worth discussing and the diet strategy is not a bad one!  When I first started Weight Watchers (WW), for me it was a 2 part system.  Part 1 was eating better at home and Part 2 - restricting all the crap I ate now.  At the time I was a 21 year old college student.  Fast food was pretty much my fortay.  Luckily for me I discovered this website by week 2, DWLZ.com (Dottie's weight loss zone).  If you haven't met or heard about Dottie, go check out her full story on the site.  I used Dottie's daily as a tool in molding the way I ate.  For me, the most impacting part of the site was the knowledge you gain on the things like the Chili's "awesome blossom"being 70 points.  =O  For me, there is no ifs ands or butts about it - NOTHING is worth that much calories and fat grams (or points!) - not to mention what all that salt will do to your heart!  If you are not familiar with the WW system, they work with a points scale where all food has its own assigned points and I was allowed like 22 a day.  So 70 points for an appetizer?  I don't care how many people are sharing it - I need NONE of that horrible mess.  So I say go check out the site and find yourself a nice list of things you can eat.  (and take notice of the things you should BAN) In college I made myself a one page cheat sheat (both sides) of every fast food place in the vicinity.  Nothing over 10 points even made it onto the list, which means it never made it in my belly!  After a few months, I didn't have to use the list and it started to become mechanical to me.  And still is.

** when you go to Dottie's site you want to look for the restaurants link at the top, then scroll down to select from the alpha letters

3 Almost Bikini Time Tips!

1 - FAST!  but hold onto your grapefruit diets ladies...  not fast completely.  Take one delish, anti-bikini food that you love and ban it for the month.  Mine is usually cheese, or lattes! =(  I love you lattes but you are anti-bikini and you cost me $15/week.  When I started WW I banned french fries for a few YEARS.  Pretty sure that choice has A LOT to do with my rate of success.  Don't fret, you can have your delish food of choice again next month. (wait, just to clarify I'm keeping the lattes :/ but ditching - ice cream!)


2 - SUCK IT IN!  All day long, as much as you can, and as often as you remember.  Here is what I do. Sit up at straight as you can, now take a deep breathe in and squeeze your tummy as much as you can. If you can, continue to hold your abs in while allowing yourself to continue breathing normally.  On evey inhale, you should try to squeeze your abs in just a bit more.  FYI, this does tend to get me a bit light headed, LOL, so I only do about 3 breaths before I get over it.  And, I'm not a doctor, this is just my easy tip you can do at home, work or in the car.

PS  Please don't hyperventilate and also please don't sue me!  ;)


3 - SOUPER SOUP!  My #1 all time fail proof way to lose the bulge and get bikini ready rests in these two powerful words.  Vegetable Soup.  TAH DAH!  Sorry if you don't like veges, get used to them ;).  I overloaded on chicken noodle soup about 5 years ago, so my soups are always tomato/chicken based.  (I actually haven't made one in a while so bare with me)
The basic ingredients I use are:

Fat free chicken broth 
canned tomatoes, crushed or stewed
chopped onions and some garlic, maybe a bay leaf
any canned veges you can tolerate: corn, ? ? ?  ya, I'm not good with veges either.
any frozen veges: broccoli, carrots, cauliflower mixtures work well... (fresh works too)
cabbage - as much as you can stand!
green beans?
celery
potatoes (if you need a more filling soup.  And get the tiny ones, they cook faster)
chicken (it will give you some nutrition and comes in handy if you aren't using a lot of veges)
beans!  I love all beans but I bet garbanzos would be so good!  And they are a great source of fiber and protein.

 I think you get the idea...  Put all the veges in you can stand and enjoy!  I usually would take some soup with me as a snack before lunch.  Or as half of my lunch with a sandwich or lean cuisine.

This same idea applies to salads and they work much better on hot summer days!  (just be extra careful that you pick a delish LOW CAL dressing!)

JUST SAY NO!

JUST SAY NO!  Take it from me.  They are not worth it.  I figured since I was pretty good at this weight loss thing by now that one little box wouldn't hurt right?

WRONG! It doesn't matter if you are 1day, 1year, or 10 years at your goal weight - there will always be those things like Girl Scout cookies to remind you that you do not, in fact, have self-control.  those damn cookies are in control!! 

Samoas and Thin Mints arrived on Tuesday and I got this sudden calm feeling that cookies probably shouldn't give you.  I decided NOT to open them until the evening when joe got home - mainly because I know that if I open them now, there is a slight chance he will not see them at all.  And then what man can respect a woman who inhales 2 boxes of cookies in one sitting?

I did manage to save them for a while, but when my super long appointment with the Gas company was all in vain due to a lock with no key - I figured it was NOW ok to dive right in.  Being that I was saddened and needed a samoa pick me up?  Sadly, I  reverted back to my childhood instincts of SHOVING 2 or 3 in my mouth in a 3 minute span of time.  Luckily for me samoas come in those tray thingys.  Its easier to stop after you've eaten the whole row.  I think I just had 3 and headed back to work.  Just goes to say that the battle with food or weight will never go away!  There will always be things like Girl Scout cookies in the way of your skinny jeans.  I recommend a big HELL NO to the cookie pushers!  (even if they are actually cute little scouts)

JUST SAY NO!


Update for those who care:  There is still one tray of samoas left and there are still 1/4 of the thin mints.  OY VEY

A little pudgy lately? AHA!

Hello friends!  and sorry blog for neglecting you lately..

I wanted to jump in for a minute on an AHA! moment I just had.  (dont sue me oprah) 

Have you been feeling a little pudgy lately?  I know I have.  That little voice inside saying "work out, work out!" has been harassing my mind for weeks now!  While I still plan on filling my bike tires Saturday AM, I think I figured something else out.  AHA! I know why the pudgyness feel - Probably the 2 sodas I have been tossing back daily like water!  Enough of that, not only do carbonated drinks make you feel bloated... but Coke and Diet Coke are known contributors of the deadly cellulite disease. 

So instead of listening to that voice and feeling bad for not working out - I will sip on waters and give dirty looks to the cold sodas in the fridge.  I bet in a week I will feel less pudgy in these jeans!  WOO

Join the Club

Greetings!

In this blog I will be rambling on about my daily ventures in food, eating and keeping off the weight.  6 1/2 years ago (to the day!) I vowed to lose the weight - and I did.  Even better, I kept it off!  Here, I will share my journey and secrets of the Ms. Skinny Jeans club. 

<3  nins