More C please :-) .........

Fun Fact Wednesday: Vitamin C is Amazing! It has been shown to improve the look and feel of your skin, is associated with lower stroke risk helps out with the common cold, may help people whose immune systems are weakened by stress, improve macular degeneration, reduce inflammation, reduce the risk of cancer and cardiovascular disease. Sign me up!!!!! Unfortunately, according to research, Most people don't get enough vitamin C, but especially smokers and Black men.

In order to help you keep up with the C's :-P Web MD, listed the following foods as having the most Vitamin C: citrus fruits, green peppers, strawberries, tomatoes, broccoli, white potatoes, and sweet potatoes. Other good sources include dark leafy greens, cantaloupe, papaya, mango, watermelon, brussels sprouts, cauliflower, cabbage, red peppers, raspberries, blueberries, winter squash, and pineapples.

This morning I made cranberry relish to go on LA's turkey sandwich , and my Tofurky sandwich . It was very easy, and high in Vitamin C. YAYYYY!!!!! Here's the recipe:

http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,1955,143162-225201,00.html


* Addendum* Because I couldn't find fresh cranberries I chose canned cranberries. After I made the cranberry relish, I read the ingredients list. On the back, I found my archenemies: HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP AHHHHHHHHH!!!! This goes without saying, I canned the leftovers. Please stay tuned for my rant on why I personally 86'ed high fructose corn syrup.


On another note: If you don't have time to spend in the kitchen buy a bottle of Zamu. It contains Pinapple, Mango and the Camu, Camu berry - nature's most concentrated source of vitamin C. I personally drink it every morning, and I love it. You can buy it from my Amazon website: http://sking.amazonherb.net/Zamu_Zamu.aspx

'Til next time,...

I almost forgot!

WiiFit weight: 176.6
Goal weight: 175.7

UUUUGgggghhhhh....

Wii fit weight 180.6. What happened ?1?! Fourth of July, not working out.... NO pity party here though :-) I tried on the dress that LA got me and I looked smoking hot. I'm off to move my body and try to get below 180. Wish me luck.

Monday blues.....

It's funny, because with self awareness comes with the power to watch your emotions, turn them over and really consider the root. Once a month, it's usually the kind of sadness that really can't be healed by food, although I try time and time again. Today was no different lol.

Hmmm lets see 1 mini snickers, 1 mini twix, 2 fulls sized doughnuts, grits, tomato soup - all before 1 pm. Yet surprisingly, or not so surprisingly, I still felt like crap. What would have really helped would have been being laid out on my couch covered with a blanket, a hug, a hot cup of tea, a nap, a massage without feeling the pressure to talk. But because I was at work, I reached for the most accessible form of comfort - food.

Well, at least I walked this morning.... Since I'm in dire danger of gnoshing hardcore once I get home, I'm going to treat myself to one of the options above.

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2hours, a nap, and and an order of fries later:


WiiFit weight : Shit..... 178.4

Goal weight: 171

Okay people, I'm off to redeem myself.... Elliptical style. Take that Snickers!!!!!

GOAL!!!!!!!!!

My goal to lose 8 pounds was achieved in 1 week.

Goal wight 176

current weight: 175.5

New Goal: To weigh and maintain 171 lbs by July 23, 2010.

My sister likes my blog.......

Finally Saturday. 14 women working in one house. 11 energetic, complaining 5, 6, and 7 year olds, 5 am mornings, a dysfunctional Macbook and 8 new brackets cemented onto my teeth. Oh and did I forget to mention that I was also PMSing?

This week has been busy, but all my weeks are busy. This week was hectic, it began at a fervent pace and ended watching drag queens perform ballads on Friday night. My brakes were not fully engaged until sometime early this afternoon as I watched King of Queens while laying in bed. Wheeeew! One would think that because my week was so busy that my plans of world domination, oops I meant weight loss, would have been squelched, but nay.... :-)

I have lost 8 pounds in the past six days. Several factors helped me out along the way:

1. I exercised 5 out of the six days since I started this challenge,
2. Boredom after work, I barely saw or spoke to any of my friends
3. Work stress - I hit the elliptical HARD this week
4. Eating a vegetarian diet heavy on the fruits and veggies
5. Getting Braces again (My teeth hurt so bad I've pretty much stuck to a liquid diet)
6. My dad, boyfriend and several other friends have started to hit the gym hard.
7. And most important I set a realistic and attainable goal.



Setting a goal of losing just 8 pounds in 5 weeks pounds (a little over a pound and a half per week), exercising only 20 minutes a day ensured I wasn't stressed about losing a crazy amount of weight so that made it easier. I also didn't beat my self up to hard if I messed up, *flashback to the french fries with hot sauce and ranch drizzled on top yum!*, I just did my thing in the gym the next day. I'm super proud of myself.

Anyway, here is a list of some healthy food that I ate this week

- ALOT of H2O
- "Zamu" when I woke up for that early morning boost (check out www.sking.amazonherb.net)
- Almond milk mixed with blackstap mollasses to keep my minerals up
- Fruit: Bananas, mangos, apples, red grapes
- Black beans
- Guacamole
- Salsa ( I made a dip and then burritos with all of the above)
- $ 2.99 pre-package salads at Safeway for lunch - all under 300 calories
- Peanut butter sandwiches
- Soup - Blackbean, butternut squash, and tomato
- "Recovazon" when I went to bed so that I wouldn't be too sore after working out (www.sking.amazonherb.net)
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Current Weight: 176.1
Goal 176. (I'm going to set a new goal once I lose that last .1)
The Wii say that I will be out of the dreaded pink over weight range once I'm below 169 lbs
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Shout out to Danielle for saying that she likes my blog, I really didn't think anyone read it. And a shout out to LA for hooking up my Wifi - I'm writing this in bed :-)

Healthy Eating everyone!

YYYYAAAAAWWWWWNNNN!!!!! 1st day of summer camp.

That had to have been one of the best naps that I've logged in recent weeks. I got home around 4:06 and passed out until about 6:06, by 6:25 I had finished dinner lol. Today was the first day of summer camp and the last day for me to turn in all of my benefits documents into my job - all in all very busy with a lot going on.

I learned 2 things today. #1: Working with little kids is suuuuper challenging #2: If I don't have a healthy snack sitting around, I'm liable to eat just about anything. I can't do anything about the first except make the best of the next 4 weeks and 4 days, but I can DEF do something about the accessibility of the healthy snacks. Here's what I ate today:

1 packet of instant oatmeal - just mediocre, but I had to eat something

1 stale piece of Melba toast that I swiped from cabinets between groups - I was hungry and desperate - that instant oatmeal held me for like 20 minutes.

1 light and fit yogurt. What ever sweetener they put in the yogurt gave me a headache and made my stomach feel funny. The same thing happened this weekend- yet again, I was hungry and desperate :-/

11:30 - Lunch Walnut, cranberry, chicken salad from Safeway. I gave Leshia the chick, but had the rest over field greens. Pretty delish.

6:20 - 6:25 Pesto over 1 cup of whole wheat linguine. Very yummy - here's the recipe. http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Easy-Pesto/Detail.aspx But 10 minutes later I'm plotting on 1/2 of a PB and J.

Tonight's exercise - Either Yoga or 20 min on the elliptical.

Wii Weight: 182.2 (-2.2 lbs) Woohoo. Approx 6 more lbs until I hit my goal.

Starting over / Beginning again

Sounds like a melodramatic title huh? Yeah it is. But that's what I'm here to do, no matter how long it takes. Yesterday I resolved to eat better - I got the soup, fresh fruit and veggies until 8pm - when I hit the bowling alley. Uggggh french fries with ranch dressing and hot sause ( damn my stomach is growling right now) and then I washed it down with a beer.

No matter, I'll do better today. My new plan is to exercise for at least 20 minutes a day and to eat a healthy vegan/vegetarian diet each day. The latter shouldn't be a problem b/c I'm really not digging the oil situation in the gulf coast, and I'm REALLY not interested in eating gasoline filled surf and turf.

Anyway here's the plan

Exercise 20 min a day (at least)

Continue with healthy vegetarian diet

Starting for 5 weeks. 5 weeks is the duration of LSW's summer program. The goal is to have healthier skin, and body, as well as to fit into that little dress that LA got me. I'll also set a weight goal.... Hmmm lets shoot for 8 lbs.


Current weight:183.9
Goal Weight: 176.