Day 3 - My Mom is Evil

Day 3

I did it!  I made it the whole diet without cheating once.  I'm always really pleased with myself when I accomplish something like this.  Now if I could get my ass in gear for a round of Insanity and I would be really happy.

Let's review Day 3:

Breakfast was really filling.  I know it doesn't deem like a lot, but going from never eating breakfast to eating something every morning is jump for me.

I found the best thing to do since the portions are small is to take a bite and put the cracker/apple/cheese down work for a few minutes then take another bite.  It makes the food last longer.

Remember you get no more food until lunchtime so make it last!

Yep.  That's it.  An egg and a slice of wheat bread.  

Try not to eat too over eat.

I can't drill this in enough, eat slowly.  I made this meal last my whole lunch break (30 minutes).  That's insane because I am typically a really fast eater.  Like if you didn't know any better you would think I had been in the military when it comes to food consumption.  I'm finishing my plate while others are still cutting their food.  If I can do it, you can do it.

1 cup of tuna (8 oz) is pretty much the equivalent of 2 cans of tuna....FYI, that's a lot of tuna.

My mom is evil.  The night before she was cooking meatballs.  Meatballs are hit or miss with me, I have to be in the mood for them and apparently this week was one of those times.  I laid in bed trying to convince my tummy that we have will power and that we could survive 72 hour diet.  I mean we consumed half a hot dog!  Quitting now is NOT an option.  After some arguing we both fell asleep.  Angry.

Now fast forward to last nights dinner of tuna and 1/2 a banana.  I come home and my aunt and her daughter and 3 grandchildren were over AND my nephew were all over the house.  It had been a few hours since I had eaten so I was getting hungry.  As soon as I open the door I'm greeted with the delicious fragrance of carbs, carbs and more carbs.  I immediately started bitching because 1) I got my period that morning, 2) I was hungry and 3) I couldn't eat any of it.  

There was a mound of chicken nuggets and fries along side of the large colander of pasta. which was accompanied by a pot of meatballs and some freshly toasted garlic bread.  And the cookies!  Ooh, the cookies!  Chocolate chip, chocolate chocolate chip, and cremes...I mean were 3 different types of cookies really necessary???

I stood in the kitchen doorway eating my 1/2 a banana glaring and mumbling under my breathe about how this is bullsh*t.  She should really be more nice to me because I get say in which nursing home she'll go to.

Over all I really liked this diet.  It was easy to follow, I was allowed ice cream once a day and it really opened me up for better eating habit.  I'm not going to eat something for breakfast everyday.  Today is one of my off days and know what I had for breakfast?  The other 1/2 of my grapefruit, a cup of tea and a slice of toast.  And for lunch I had a hard boiled egg, a slice of cheese and 5 saltines.  I'm saving a bulk of my available calories for some pasta and a couple of meatballs.

I'll weigh myself  when I get home tonight and let you know the results in an update.  even if I lost nothing I'm much happier knowing that I'm taking control of my diet.

I hope you all have a gorgeous holiday weekend!

~ xoxo ~

Day 2 - I Gagged a Little

Day 2

Day 2 was way harder than Day 1.  It took a lot of mental preparation and a lot of ridiculous facebook statuses to get through Day 2.  Let's review, shall we?

Breakfast was very filling.  I NEVER eat breakfast unless its on the weekends in which case I go to the diner and order myself something like a waffle ice cream sundae or eggs with bacon AND hash browns AND pancakes.....all that food is not necessary.  I'm learning this now.

I hard boiled the egg that way I could just grab and go in the morning.  I think I might make that a habit.  Hard boil some eggs at the beginning of the week for easy breakfasts or maybe make some breakfast sammiches and freeze them for later use...

Lunch was ok.  I don't eat cottage cheese so I opted for a slice of cheddar cheese instead.

This really isn't a lot of food and if you choose to try this diet I have 2 suggestions for you,

1) Eat slowly.  Take your time chewing because I promise you will be sads when food is over.

AND

2) Drink LOTS of water.  If you're hungry, drink.  It'll help give you a false "I'm full" feeling.  If you prefer, chew on some ice.  It's just as good as drinking water plus you get to pretend you're eating.

Here's the meal I've been dreading....the hot dogs.  Oh, the indignity.  

I don't and I mean DON'T eat hot dogs.  I haven't had one since I was probably about 5 years old.  They are the epitome of disgusting and now I have to ingest not one but TWO of them.

I had it all planned out, I would swallow the hot dogs like pills.  My teeth were not to graze the squishy meat.  So I grabbed myself a bottle of water cut the hot dogs as advised by my handy dandy facebook minions and I sat down to "do this".  

First one down the hatch "SUCCESS!"....second one down "I'M REALLY DO THIS!  I'M BRILLIANT"....sixth one down "OH GOD!  F*CK THIS!!"....aaaand half way through the first hot dog I quit.

I'm glad I ate my banana, broccoli and carrots prior to this sh*t show and I lost my appetite.  Below is the video of me swallow the first piece and some pictures taken throughout the event.

Day 1 - Military Diet Review

Day 1 was relatively easy.

I'm the kind of person who during the work week I may only eat once a day.  Not that I'm busy at work or anything and have to skip lunch, I mean I'm blogging right now...anyways, I just don't have a strong desire to eat all the time.  I almost always eat dinner or at least a snack (primarily junk food) after work if I'm hungry.  Long story short, I get a bulk of my calories in at dinner time.

Here's what I ate on Day 1:

Breakfast was super filling and took me about an hour to consume it all.

Lunch was fine.  I'm not a huge fan of tuna.  It's something I have to be in the mood to eat but I ate it.

This is A LOT of food to eat, a whole lot.

I don't really like apples in their raw form.  I much rather have them smothered in a cinnamon-e syrup but since that's not an option I ate it plain.  I'm also not a fan of banana's.  I had an incident with 99 Bananas when I was younger and lets say I never got over it.  But I'm an adult so I set our differences aside and suffered through it.

Tonight is a real test of will power.  I have to eat hot dogs.  This is unheard of.  "Nicole" and "hot dogs" don't belong in the same sentence.  I HATE squishy meat.  I'm not looking forward to it.

At. All.

I've already devised a plan to avoid teeth on meat contact.

Stay tuned to see how this ends.

Happy Tuesday!

You're So Vain

Like most people, I am a bit vain and feel the desire to look certain way.

I really prefer to not hear "you look great" or anything like that, I'm not fishing for compliments here just venting my thoughts.  

This is something I feel I need to do to make MYSELF feel better and feel more secure about MYSELF.

And in enters the crazy 'lose weight quick' diets and workouts.

I'm lazy, plain and simple.  I'm not going to deny it, but the pain of constantly feeling like I am fat is far worse than the pain of working out or disciplining what I eat.  So I'm lacing up the sneakers and eating things I loathe for the sake of vanity.  Ideally I want to drop 50 lbs.  I weigh 176, that's 6 pounds shy of how much I weighed FULL TERM PREGNANT.  Not. Cool.

The diet I'll be using is the 3 Day Military Diet as seen on Pinterest.  People claim to shed up to 10 pound in one week.  I'll be reporting my findings, my struggles and my thoughts along the way.  Who knows I might even take some before and after shots....unlikely but ya never know, I might be feeling feisty.

Wishing you a beautiful day!

Love,

Less Sleep Than Usual

We'll start this post off with one of my recent favorite pictures of B.  If you're friends with me on facebook you've already seen this but for the rest of my BBFF's I had to share the nerdy cuteness!

Though cute, B has had the devil in him the past few days.  Not listening, temper tantrums, laughing at me when I tell him 'no', etc. On top of that add in a lack of sleep due to him waking up halfway through the night and being all bright eyed and bushy tailed for hours before being coaxed back to sleep and you have yourself one frustrated mama.

Sunday night B woke up at 2:30 am and stayed awake until 6 am....needless to say I called out of work that day because I was exhausted with a headache.  Last night he woke up at 1:40 am and didn't go back to sleep until almost 4 am!  What's that all about?!  At least he's at his dad's for the next two nights so I can get a full nights sleep.

Other than that I'm doing great!  I recently got my first tablet and I upgraded my iPhone after my previous one had a fatal fall a few weeks ago.

Life is good, can't complain :-)

Hope you're doing just as well!

Happy Birthday Wishes

My best friend turned the BIG 3-0 today.  She deserves all the finest things life has to offer.  If it weren't for her I don't know if I would've made it to where I am today.  Lots of people think I'm the strong one but truth is I am who I am because of her.

She is my rock.

She is my constant.

She is my best friend.

She is my SISTER.

Happy birthday Kristin!  Here's to another 30 years of friendship!!!

I'd also like to send a bloggy shout out to our cousin Lauren who was kind enough to share her birthday with Kristin :-)  Happy birthday Lauren!  Love you too!

Other Old Folks Would Look Up To You And Give You Their Pudding

I received an email for my cousin/best friend today and she possesses the essence of awesomeness.  No matter what is going on with me or how silly my irrational thoughts are she is right there helping me out.  She's one of those people that can just make you feel at ease.  Needless to say she perhaps knows me the best which why she came up with a pro's and con's list (you know how much I love making lists) on tattoos.  Below is an excerpt from the email she sent me.

"....here is my two-sided argument for you:
 For tattoo:

• The design is tasteful and pretty

• It would be covered 99% of the time so only the people that you want to know about it would

• It’s a simple design so it really would be easy enough to cover up if you ever got to that point (which I don’t think you would)

• The design is meaningful to you

• The design won’t look odd if stretched or shrunk

• It’s not a neck tattoo or face tattoo. Please never do that.

• It’s black so if you at any point really did not want it (don’t think would happen) black is the easiest color for tattoo removal

• It’s not going to be placed somewhere that you will always see. Back tattoos are more like “oh yeah, I have a tattoo back there”

• We would be getting tattoos together so you would have some comrades in the process

• We are awesome and should have tattoos together

• You would be a total badazz 90 year old. The other old folks would look up to you and give you their pudding

 Against tattoo:

• Yes, it is truly permanent. You won’t be able to wash it off or anything. Till death do you part

• Tattoo removal would be more expensive than the tattoo

• Tattoo cover would have to be big

• Yes, it hurts (but you are super tough so don’t think that’s too much of a problem)

• You have to research to make sure that the artist you choose does well in the type of tattoo you want

• Yes, it will wrinkle when you wrinkle and expand and shrink with your body

• It’s not free. A really good artist will charge at LEAST $200. Expect $500 for a high-demand, really talented artist (but I would say it’s worth it as it WILL be there forever)

Thoughts??  I mean… you know I would do it. In a heartbeat. Honeybadger don’t care. I’ll do it....."

My thoughts are still on the line about this.  She did make a good point about other old people looking up to me when I'm 90 and giving me their pudding.  Who can pass up worship pudding?  That would just be ungrateful.

My apologies for so much talk on the subject but it's a big decision and I hate making decisions.  My issue is I think too much.  It's a gift and a curse.  I have no regrets because I think things out before acting on them but on the other hand my drive to think of every possible outcome causes me to take minutes, hours, days or years to make a final decision.  It's just part of being a Libra, I guess.

Can you think of any pro's or con's that we're missing on this debate?