Back on the Wagon

I am back on the wagon and have decided to give my belly and my liver a rest as well. The pride parade was this weekend which means that I drank my way through Chicago and then had to eat in order to not throw up. I am actually shocked that I didn't go over my allotted calorie allowance and ended up losing weight this week. I am down to 141.6 as of this morning so let's all do a happy dance and hug it out.

I decided to give my liver a rest though, and try not to drink for the next two weeks. Quite frankly, going two days without anything to drink is a miracle (I am fairly certain I don't really have a problem) so two weeks is going to be hell. It's summer time, there are parties and festivals and days off, I'm going to want to drink. I will force myself to be good and hope that when my stomach bloat goes away and some poundage sheds, maybe it will motivate me further to get my ass in gear and calm down with the cocktails while in order to see my toes when I look down.

Wish me luck folks, there might be a lot of swearing going on in the next few posts.

Long Time No Blog

The summer has officially started and I am in the midst of ten million weddings, festivals, pride parade, concerts...so basically lots of reasons to drink my face off and not exercise. I am trying to make a vow RIGHT NOW to not let that happen. The drinking will continue but I must force myself to exercise and actually get into the habit of sticking with it. Then I can drink and not feel guilty.

So, today is the first day of my mission. I weighed in this morning at 145.2 pounds (I'm sure there's some bloat from the booze-filled weekend on top of the ten pounds of pasta I ate at dinner last night).

For breakfast I am eating two packs of apples and cinnamon oatmeal for 240 calories, I'll be going for a run in 45 minutes and then will be treating myself to a $5 footlong veggie sub from Subway with no cheese but added hot peppers.

Why Do Crackers Have To Taste So Good?

I think it was Monday that I went to Whole Foods to pick up some seitan and ended up with a few extra goodies. They've got these damn crackers I love, the 365 rice crackers. I got three different flavors and for some reason when they're at my desk I'm unable to stop eating them. The question is, can I bring them home, portion them out and then take them to work? Yes, but the better question is can I trust myself to not binge on them at home? Probably not.

I have this problem where I recognize the fact that I'm overeating but then continue to do it anyway, almost as though I'm saying "F-You" to the man (the man being my desire to be thin). I'm not sure why this is, but it's a consistent feeling.

Now, I must convince myself to get my ass on the spin bike to get rid of the extra calories I just ate.

On my way home

I totally feel like I could poop my pants at any second. I have a sneaking suspicion it was the apple I scarfed down just before leaving the office, and now I'm stuck on a bus hoping my ab muscles are strong enough to take me home safely.

Today was a highly productive day and I got not 1 but 2 workouts in and ate a delicious meal I made all by myself last night.

I've been hearing a lot about how soy products really aren't great for you in large quantities, especially since soy is a hidden ingredient in most products to begin with. As a veganish eater (I eat eggs sometimes) it's hard to find foods that aren't soy based proteins so I went to Whole Foods and got some seitan. Last night a stir fried up some veggies, added some seitan and spices, put a little couscous on top and damn it tasted good when I heated it up!

Not sure what's for dinner tonight but I need to keep the calories low in an attempt to get rid of my alcohol-induced bloat from last week.

Hope you're hanging in there too.
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Fatty Friday

Of course I am tired and hungover today. Mostly tired - but I find that that effects my eating just as much as being hungover if not more. So, in lieu of exercise any time soon, I'll be following this plan today:

Today on OPRAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

I have to assume today's Oprah is a rerun cuz the Biggest Loser contestants from a few seasons ago are on and looking good! They're talking about food and I have to say, I am STARVING right now. There is something about watching fitness and diet programs that brings out the inner beast in my stomach. 

Today is a WITHOUT FAIL gym day. I need to stay downtown for a bachelorette party which means lots of booze even if I do well with my food. Because I need to stay here, I have some extra time to go to the gym and I need to kick my ass while hopefully not hurting my groin any further.

For meals:

Breakfast: Protein powder (but I might need to dip into something else since I am ravenous)

Snack: Apple and maybe an orange

Lunch: Couscous, salad, boca vegan patty, broccoli

Dinner: BOOOOOOOOOOOOZE

So yeah this is why I'm fat. Forget the shit you find on this site. Booze is what keeps the pooch on my belly and I'm not really interested in giving that up. So I need to pump up the workouts - that should at least help, right? Right.

I'll be listening to Jillian Michaels' latest podcast while trying to run 20 minutes, bike 20 minutes and do some strength exercise for 20 minutes.

I Passively Aggressively Pulled My Groin

Last night I went to the Yeah Yeah Yeahs concert which, as per usual, made me fall in love with the group all over again. Karen O has got this energy to her that no one can rival. The crowd though - I could've done without. The teenagers and just-turned-21-year-olds made me want to claw my eyes out with used needles. 

I'm not sure if it's because I'm short, or because people think their shit doesn't stink (or a combo of the two) but these whores kept trying to push past me as they turned their noses up. It took everything I had not to waste my beer on them by pouring it down the back of whatever Project Runway shit they thought they were wearing.

Later in the night, towards the end of the set, a girl led her boyfriend to stand right in front of me where they hadn't been the entire show. This left me without the ability to see even the slightest glimpse of Karen O or her outfit. This made me mad. So, I did what I always do: get passive aggressive. I don't think it should take me saying something for these idiots to move - so I dance pretty much on top of them. The girl looked at me like I was crazy but damn they moved so quickly I felt really good about myself. Plus, I was burning lots of calories and getting my calve raises in. The problem is, I totally pulled my groin, to the point that it hurts to walk today. I'm sure some of you will be all, "Well that's what you get for jumping around on top of those people." Don't make me slap you, those fools deserved it.

So here I am in pain. But I bring you good news, my hard work paid off last week and I lost 2.2 pounds and am down to 142.2. This week, I haven't been working very hard and I sure as hell have been drinking a bunch so if I break even I'll be happy.

In some cool news, I bought the new EAS Active game and started playing it today. It's way better than the Wii Fit for an overall workout even if I don't find it as strenuous as I would like. I need to play around with it a bit but I love that it has a flowing workout instead of needing to pause after each exercise to select something else to do. You can create your own workout or you can select a pre-made workout they put together. Kudos to the peeps who put it together. 

In honor of the show last night - here is the Yeah Yeah Yeah's adorable video for "Zero"