I must update my diet plan as of right now. This GM thing is nuts... I'm already shaky, dizzy and have a headache. I didn't feel bad doing my last diet, nor did I feel hungry. Tried and true is the way to go. I'm going to find that dedication and wrangle it by the horns.
Portion control, fresh produce mixed with a healthy amount of protein and carbs, followed by exercise.
Let's do this instead of fad diets. There's a reason I feel like poo only 7 hours in.
Monday, May 7, 2012
Hi, my name is Lindsay and I've fallen off the wagon
I've fallen off the wagon so hard that part of the ground embedded itself into my skin... I mean, that's the only reason that I've gained 10 pounds... pavement is really heavy, so yeah...
I have been an adult for almost 5 years now and there is one thing that I've noticed, time flies. Literally. As the time flies, my ability to overindulge in yumminess has increased and my diet minded self took a vacation. She must be in France, or Italy, maybe even China, because those dishes have made quite the appearance in my daily meals. It's so frustrating to know that I am addicted to bad food (it tastes so good).
All that dedication and ability to focus solely on making the right decisions has fallen by the wayside. I've been telling myself its okay because I'm slightly stressed and lonely. But again, lonely calories don't make for an attractive person, it sets me back in my goal of feeling attractive.
I knew stepping on the scale this morning wouldn't make me feel like a good person. I knew that it would make me want to crawl into bed and just cry my eyes out... instead, I'm attempting a crazy diet. Yep. Why not start back in an insane and untested way?
The GM Diet. Yep, General Motors felt that their employees needed a way to cleanse their bodies and lose weight to enjoy work better :::crickets::: I'm not going to lie, I didn't hear about this idea from a friend, coworker, trainer or anyone that I know. I saw it on Pinterest... and since Pinterest is all knowing and truthful, so here we are.
Day 1 consists of eating only fruit, excluding bananas. The site suggests eating mainly melons. Kristy and I decided we would do this together. We went grocery shopping and I bought watermelon, cantaloupe, honeydew and apples. I'm not a huge fan of fruit, so I think today will be the most difficult for me and so far it's proving true. I'm not satisfied with my cantaloupe nor my apple. With every diet plan, water plays a large role. So I have to hit ten cups, easy breezy.
I think lunch will consist of my watermelon and tons of water. Snack will be apples and the honey dew. Dinner... well, you get the idea.
I don't think this is unhealthy for those of you thinking this is crazy. Yes, I'm not eating any carbs, but everything is fresh and good for me and I get to eat as much of it as I want. I'm not limited to 500 calories and if I'm hungry I just eat more of my daily allowance.
I think this is more of a test of my ability to say no to my cravings. I need to regain my steel backbone that can withstand temptation in the form of cupcakes, mac and cheese, pizza and crab rangoon. I need my fitness drive back, I need it back so I don't feel guilty and horrible. I liked in shape Lindsay, she was fun and confident and hot. Hopefully her vacation is over and she's ready for this, cause it's on!
I have been an adult for almost 5 years now and there is one thing that I've noticed, time flies. Literally. As the time flies, my ability to overindulge in yumminess has increased and my diet minded self took a vacation. She must be in France, or Italy, maybe even China, because those dishes have made quite the appearance in my daily meals. It's so frustrating to know that I am addicted to bad food (it tastes so good).
All that dedication and ability to focus solely on making the right decisions has fallen by the wayside. I've been telling myself its okay because I'm slightly stressed and lonely. But again, lonely calories don't make for an attractive person, it sets me back in my goal of feeling attractive.
I knew stepping on the scale this morning wouldn't make me feel like a good person. I knew that it would make me want to crawl into bed and just cry my eyes out... instead, I'm attempting a crazy diet. Yep. Why not start back in an insane and untested way?
The GM Diet. Yep, General Motors felt that their employees needed a way to cleanse their bodies and lose weight to enjoy work better :::crickets::: I'm not going to lie, I didn't hear about this idea from a friend, coworker, trainer or anyone that I know. I saw it on Pinterest... and since Pinterest is all knowing and truthful, so here we are.
Day 1 consists of eating only fruit, excluding bananas. The site suggests eating mainly melons. Kristy and I decided we would do this together. We went grocery shopping and I bought watermelon, cantaloupe, honeydew and apples. I'm not a huge fan of fruit, so I think today will be the most difficult for me and so far it's proving true. I'm not satisfied with my cantaloupe nor my apple. With every diet plan, water plays a large role. So I have to hit ten cups, easy breezy.
I think lunch will consist of my watermelon and tons of water. Snack will be apples and the honey dew. Dinner... well, you get the idea.
I don't think this is unhealthy for those of you thinking this is crazy. Yes, I'm not eating any carbs, but everything is fresh and good for me and I get to eat as much of it as I want. I'm not limited to 500 calories and if I'm hungry I just eat more of my daily allowance.
I think this is more of a test of my ability to say no to my cravings. I need to regain my steel backbone that can withstand temptation in the form of cupcakes, mac and cheese, pizza and crab rangoon. I need my fitness drive back, I need it back so I don't feel guilty and horrible. I liked in shape Lindsay, she was fun and confident and hot. Hopefully her vacation is over and she's ready for this, cause it's on!
Monday, April 23, 2012
Lost in Time
Well, as my cousin Becky has pointed out multiple times... I haven't updated in quite a long time. I lost my drive, interest and frankly, I've lost a lot of time. I've recently started training to take the next step in my career and while it's not a TON of new information, my responsibility and my visibility in the company have grown by leaps and bounds. I'll soon be held accountable in driving a small portion of ICC's daily business. Eek... scary! But I'm ready for the challenge as I was growing a bit stale. I have noticed my wine intake having jumped a bit, but I think that's just cause I love an excuse to drink that delishious feet smushed liquid.
I've been horrible in watching what I eat, how often and how much. I know I've gained some weight back and I feel more slow, tired and overall unhappy. I looked in the mirror and lectured myself on how far I've come, it's not fair to me to stop now. I lecture really well (just ask my little sister) and convinced myself that the bandwagon was still waiting out back for me to jump on. To start my renewed "skinnybitchskinny" plan I portioned out my veggie straws into seperate bags. Again, we all know you can eat whatever you want in life as long as you keep it on the small side and/or account for those calories in your daily allotment. I also packed myself a hardboiled eggwhite, low fat string cheese, Chobani greek yogurt, a baked sweet potato and a Morning Star California turkey burger.
In my defense, I've made half good choices and half bad choices during the past few weeks. I've ate some pretty yummy and bad for you things like mac and cheese (REAL mac and cheese), Chinese, Pizza, Beer/Wine, Chips and Dip... you get the idea. I've also become obsessed with sweet potatoes. Well, I've been obsessed for a while but only recently felt brave enough to prepare them myself. I've made fries and baked potatoes... please add this orange spuds of delight to my list of amazing low calorie/good for you foods! 1. Spaghetti Squash 2. Sweet Potatoes 3. Fat Free Ranch :)
Please observe my new found sweet potato culinary skills and a few other items I've consumed :)
I have my first 5k on Sunday and let me tell you... I haven't been "training" aka running for longer than 5 minutes like I should have been. Mother Nature is dead set against me participating in outdoor activities. She's sent her silent killers out to attack my eyes, nose and throat so badly that when I attempted to run at the metro parks, instead of running I was flinging snot left and right. I will NEVER run without a fanny pack full of tissues EVER AGAIN. Since I'll never run with a fanny pack, I guess I'm back to my slogan of not running unless someone is chasing me.
le sigh.
I told Becks that I would run at least one mile every day this week and randomly choose one day to shoot for the whole 3.1 miles. Does this outlook seem remotely good for being outside and making your lungs work overtime?
No, I didn't think so! I will push through, but I'm not sure how happy I will be about it. This week is a test. I must not cheat, I must not over eat, I must not skip my workout. Here we go!
I've been horrible in watching what I eat, how often and how much. I know I've gained some weight back and I feel more slow, tired and overall unhappy. I looked in the mirror and lectured myself on how far I've come, it's not fair to me to stop now. I lecture really well (just ask my little sister) and convinced myself that the bandwagon was still waiting out back for me to jump on. To start my renewed "skinnybitchskinny" plan I portioned out my veggie straws into seperate bags. Again, we all know you can eat whatever you want in life as long as you keep it on the small side and/or account for those calories in your daily allotment. I also packed myself a hardboiled eggwhite, low fat string cheese, Chobani greek yogurt, a baked sweet potato and a Morning Star California turkey burger.
In my defense, I've made half good choices and half bad choices during the past few weeks. I've ate some pretty yummy and bad for you things like mac and cheese (REAL mac and cheese), Chinese, Pizza, Beer/Wine, Chips and Dip... you get the idea. I've also become obsessed with sweet potatoes. Well, I've been obsessed for a while but only recently felt brave enough to prepare them myself. I've made fries and baked potatoes... please add this orange spuds of delight to my list of amazing low calorie/good for you foods! 1. Spaghetti Squash 2. Sweet Potatoes 3. Fat Free Ranch :)
Please observe my new found sweet potato culinary skills and a few other items I've consumed :)
I have my first 5k on Sunday and let me tell you... I haven't been "training" aka running for longer than 5 minutes like I should have been. Mother Nature is dead set against me participating in outdoor activities. She's sent her silent killers out to attack my eyes, nose and throat so badly that when I attempted to run at the metro parks, instead of running I was flinging snot left and right. I will NEVER run without a fanny pack full of tissues EVER AGAIN. Since I'll never run with a fanny pack, I guess I'm back to my slogan of not running unless someone is chasing me.
le sigh.
I told Becks that I would run at least one mile every day this week and randomly choose one day to shoot for the whole 3.1 miles. Does this outlook seem remotely good for being outside and making your lungs work overtime?
No, I didn't think so! I will push through, but I'm not sure how happy I will be about it. This week is a test. I must not cheat, I must not over eat, I must not skip my workout. Here we go!
Monday, March 26, 2012
Hunger Games & More!
Yes, I am a fan of The Hunger Games series. So I've been eagerly awaiting the release of the first movie. Friday rolled around and I watched that movie was noshing on some popcorn with butter :::gasp::: followed by chicken fingers and a baked potato :::heave::: and topped it with a handful of jelly beans :::womp:::
The movie was great despite my horrid behavior :)
I ate pizza for two meals out of my three on Saturday. Does that give you ANY idea as to how the rest of the weekend went? I own up to it. I was craving pizza so bad as I am a firm believer that Columbus pizza sucks, so while in Sandusky I needed real nom nom pizza.
So overall, I was bad Friday and Saturday. Sunday we made some red skin mashed potatoes, baked chicken and broccoli. I might have had two biscuits. Sue me.
I've been extremely good today, back on the boat... (I prefer boats over wagons personally, smoother ride). I welcomed the day with my toast and sugar free jam, snacked on some carrots and hummus, indulged in a lean cuisine for lunch and snacked again on a turkey, lettuce, hummus wrap in the afternoon.
The challenge of the day is my cupcake decorating groupon class that Kelly and I will be participating in tonight. I have 6 cupcakes I'm responsible for learning to frost and decorate... and NOT EAT. I plan on taking them to work tomorrow to show off my mad skill and to pawn the calories off on some unsuspecting soul :) After cupcakes I get to dominate in volleyball. I'm very excited about this round of indoor as my sister is playing and I know together we will wipe the court... if not with the other team, then with each other ;)
Update on ICC Biggest Loser... since I so frustratingly gained and not lost this round, I've opted to push my weigh in out to July. I want to meet my personal goal of 5% fat loss or 5% muscle gain. I know that I haven't put my foot down and I know that that has to change! I still have weight and inches to lose, and damned if it doesn't happen by July.
The movie was great despite my horrid behavior :)
I ate pizza for two meals out of my three on Saturday. Does that give you ANY idea as to how the rest of the weekend went? I own up to it. I was craving pizza so bad as I am a firm believer that Columbus pizza sucks, so while in Sandusky I needed real nom nom pizza.
So overall, I was bad Friday and Saturday. Sunday we made some red skin mashed potatoes, baked chicken and broccoli. I might have had two biscuits. Sue me.
I've been extremely good today, back on the boat... (I prefer boats over wagons personally, smoother ride). I welcomed the day with my toast and sugar free jam, snacked on some carrots and hummus, indulged in a lean cuisine for lunch and snacked again on a turkey, lettuce, hummus wrap in the afternoon.
The challenge of the day is my cupcake decorating groupon class that Kelly and I will be participating in tonight. I have 6 cupcakes I'm responsible for learning to frost and decorate... and NOT EAT. I plan on taking them to work tomorrow to show off my mad skill and to pawn the calories off on some unsuspecting soul :) After cupcakes I get to dominate in volleyball. I'm very excited about this round of indoor as my sister is playing and I know together we will wipe the court... if not with the other team, then with each other ;)
Update on ICC Biggest Loser... since I so frustratingly gained and not lost this round, I've opted to push my weigh in out to July. I want to meet my personal goal of 5% fat loss or 5% muscle gain. I know that I haven't put my foot down and I know that that has to change! I still have weight and inches to lose, and damned if it doesn't happen by July.
Thursday, March 22, 2012
I suck at basically everything right now!
Posting, following my diet, acting normal and being nice to not just people in general, but my co-workers. Ugh, it's awful. I'm awful. I suck!
It started with St. Patty's Day, went downhill and I'm still trying to recover. I had a lot of beer, a lot of alcohol, fried food and no exercise. Boom, two pounds of bloated, awful feeling me on display for the world.
I also have been so busy the past two weeks, living the life of a childless mother. The dog has been with the parents, enjoying tennis ball heaven and I've been out every night. I'm exhausted. I consider myself social and people oriented. I like telling funny stories and being the center of attention sometimes ;) I've changed my mind on being a social butterfly that goes out on the town every night, because I'm tired and cranky. I'm so sick of having to talk that at work all I do is put on my headphones til I have to make calls and... you guessed it, talk!
I'm gonna lay it out for you, because I know you're thinking 'It can't be that bad!'
Tuesday the 13th - Conference Planning meeting til late in the evening
Wednesday the 14th - Dinner at this fabulous Indian restaurant in Grandview (Aab) and shopping with Katy and Amber.
Thursday the 15th - Happy Hour and more shopping with Katy, Kristy and Kelly.
Friday the 16th - CYP Social & Happy Hour at Fado with Kelly and other random friends I've made in Columbus (Stacey, Scott and one of my friends from Dusky, Maggie C!)
Saturday the 17th - Dayton trip with Sarah to celebrate the awesomeness of the Irish
Sunday the 18th - Irish celebration number 2 with Amber, Katy and other friends (I now love the corned beef, cabbage and dumpling combo).
Monday the 19th - Ran errands out and about that needed to happen
Tuesday the 20th - Annual Meeting for ICC (allll night, so tired the next day).
Wednesday the 21 - Cancelled my plans because I was super grumpy and not in the mood to mingle.
Thursday (today) - Going out for drinks ;)
Friday (tomorrow) - HUNGER GAMES!
Saturday (two days from now) - Bridal Shower.
The end. I'm done, I need a nap.
I will show you my delicious dinner from last night, yesterday I got back on the healthy band wagon by eating lots of protein, and strictly counting my calories. I made some spaghetti squash topped with balsamic vin dressing, cherry tomatoes and fat free mozzarella. I paired all that with my favorite summer protein, Morning Star California Turkey Burgers.
Nom Nom Nom!
It started with St. Patty's Day, went downhill and I'm still trying to recover. I had a lot of beer, a lot of alcohol, fried food and no exercise. Boom, two pounds of bloated, awful feeling me on display for the world.
I also have been so busy the past two weeks, living the life of a childless mother. The dog has been with the parents, enjoying tennis ball heaven and I've been out every night. I'm exhausted. I consider myself social and people oriented. I like telling funny stories and being the center of attention sometimes ;) I've changed my mind on being a social butterfly that goes out on the town every night, because I'm tired and cranky. I'm so sick of having to talk that at work all I do is put on my headphones til I have to make calls and... you guessed it, talk!
I'm gonna lay it out for you, because I know you're thinking 'It can't be that bad!'
Tuesday the 13th - Conference Planning meeting til late in the evening
Wednesday the 14th - Dinner at this fabulous Indian restaurant in Grandview (Aab) and shopping with Katy and Amber.
Thursday the 15th - Happy Hour and more shopping with Katy, Kristy and Kelly.
Friday the 16th - CYP Social & Happy Hour at Fado with Kelly and other random friends I've made in Columbus (Stacey, Scott and one of my friends from Dusky, Maggie C!)
Saturday the 17th - Dayton trip with Sarah to celebrate the awesomeness of the Irish
Sunday the 18th - Irish celebration number 2 with Amber, Katy and other friends (I now love the corned beef, cabbage and dumpling combo).
Monday the 19th - Ran errands out and about that needed to happen
Tuesday the 20th - Annual Meeting for ICC (allll night, so tired the next day).
Wednesday the 21 - Cancelled my plans because I was super grumpy and not in the mood to mingle.
Thursday (today) - Going out for drinks ;)
Friday (tomorrow) - HUNGER GAMES!
Saturday (two days from now) - Bridal Shower.
The end. I'm done, I need a nap.
I will show you my delicious dinner from last night, yesterday I got back on the healthy band wagon by eating lots of protein, and strictly counting my calories. I made some spaghetti squash topped with balsamic vin dressing, cherry tomatoes and fat free mozzarella. I paired all that with my favorite summer protein, Morning Star California Turkey Burgers.
Nom Nom Nom!
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
40 Days of Honor - Day 20 Kmae
Dearest Kmae,
I honor you on the 20th day of Lent because you are a rock star. You are the reason I started to believe that I could lose the weight, you were my original inspiration. I wanted to be active and happy just like you. I saw your posts about training for marathons and being out and about. I knew that it would be hard, but reading your blog and seeing that you faced the same trials, it helped knowing that I wasn't alone. I was able to run 3.1 miles the other day without stopping, and while that is not a half marathon or a full, it's that much closer to being like you!
You are so very brave for putting your emotions and feelings out where the world can read. It's hard to share the depth of yourself that you have, and I honor you for doing it. I know it's got to have helped others just like it did me.
Thank you for you! May God continue to bless you in life with friends and family that are supportive and caring :) You've got places to go and I'm excited to follow along!!
I honor you on the 20th day of Lent because you are a rock star. You are the reason I started to believe that I could lose the weight, you were my original inspiration. I wanted to be active and happy just like you. I saw your posts about training for marathons and being out and about. I knew that it would be hard, but reading your blog and seeing that you faced the same trials, it helped knowing that I wasn't alone. I was able to run 3.1 miles the other day without stopping, and while that is not a half marathon or a full, it's that much closer to being like you!
You are so very brave for putting your emotions and feelings out where the world can read. It's hard to share the depth of yourself that you have, and I honor you for doing it. I know it's got to have helped others just like it did me.
Thank you for you! May God continue to bless you in life with friends and family that are supportive and caring :) You've got places to go and I'm excited to follow along!!
40 Days of Honor - Day 19 Terry & his Mom
For the 19th day of Lent, I'm honoring two people who came into my life recently and quite randomly. It was a Saturday lunch shift at the OG and I was sat a table of two. An older gentleman and and even older woman. She had a walker and instantly reminded me of my Grandma Connelly. They ordered a bottle of White Zin and he had the spaghetti with sausage with a side of zuppa soup while she had the salmon and a salad with ranch and extra olives only.
Terry and his Mom continued to visit every Saturday and soon become known as Lindsay's regulars. Not many servers at the OG have regulars other than Chris, so I felt special. Terry always left my $15 for my tip even if I wasn't able to stay and talk with them as much as I had the week before. They were always kind and it was nice to see their familiar faces at my table.
They made my Saturday shifts more pleasant and for that I thank them. They could have easily come in and just had any other server take care of them for that day. I wanted to honor Terry and his Mom for being caring and honest folk who understand the joys of working in the service industry ;) May the Lord continue to bless her with good health and Terry with the growth of his family.
Terry and his Mom continued to visit every Saturday and soon become known as Lindsay's regulars. Not many servers at the OG have regulars other than Chris, so I felt special. Terry always left my $15 for my tip even if I wasn't able to stay and talk with them as much as I had the week before. They were always kind and it was nice to see their familiar faces at my table.
They made my Saturday shifts more pleasant and for that I thank them. They could have easily come in and just had any other server take care of them for that day. I wanted to honor Terry and his Mom for being caring and honest folk who understand the joys of working in the service industry ;) May the Lord continue to bless her with good health and Terry with the growth of his family.
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