TCTBTF: Week 1 Goals

How’d you do on your first Too Cute To Be This Fat goal?

Remember, mine was to eliminate all soda for a week. I slipped up twice. Once, we got some Italian take-out and I instinctively ordered a Sprite. Don’t you hate it when you slip up on your diet and it’s not even worth it. I was halfway done with the Sprite when I realized that 1. I was drinking something I had no business drinking and 2. it tasted like ass. Then, later in the week Kali asked if I would buy some Apple Fanta because she’d never heard of apple soda. Neither had I, so I did and I tried one. It was like fizzy apple juice.

I’ve lost 3lbs this week just by cutting out down on soda. This week my goal is to continue with the no soda and only water challenge and incorporate a no fast food challenge.

I’m about to head to the market and do my grocery shopping for the week. I’ve made a dinner menu and everything.

Chicken Tacos

Fish Tacos

Southwestern Cilantro Lime Mango Grilled Chicken Sandwiches

Chili

Sage Pork Chops w/ Parmesan Rice

And one night we’re going out to dinner for an assignment I have.

So, how’d you do this week? What will your week 2 goal be?

P.S. Need some extra motivation? Try going in your closet and looking at all the cute clothes you can no longer wear. That’ll set your ass straight real quick.

TCTBTF: This Is The Remix

OK. I’m not playing. You people better help me. You better be involved and accountable. I want tips, recipes, and motivational tools. I want participation! If you guys slack on me, I will never, ever, ever, speak to you again. I mean it!

The first order of business is to vote on whether or not we’re gonna be disclosing sizes and weights. I’m torn. On the one hand, I think it might prove to be helpful if we’re open and honest (at the very least it will shame us into action) about our numbers. On the other hand, who the hell wants the whole internet knowing what a fatty they are? I sure don’t. Also, the numbers may prove to be a distraction in the beginning.

Here’s my vote: I think everyone should mark their weight, measurements and garmet sizes down starting Sunday morning. For the first few weeks, let’s just focus on changing habits one at a time. For the first month, each week, we’ll set a goal and incorporate it into our lifestyles. Like, your first week you may decide to concentrate on cutting out soda. Week two you may decide to incorporate a walk every day. Week three? Cutting your carbs.

Each Sunday we can share how we did meeting that goal and announce our new one. We won’t be replacing the goals, but adding them. After two weeks you’ll have made two changes, three changes after three weeks, etc. Also, everyone will be responsible for sharing one tip, piece of encouragement OR healthy recipe each week.

We’ll begin this Sunday, November 1st. So eat all the halloween candy you’re gonna the night before. Also, if you’re like us and do your grocery shopping on the weekend, you can do your shopping for the first week on Saturday so you’ll wake up with the right ingredients in your house on Sunday and not be tempted to hit up IHOP or Dunkin’ Donuts.

That said, we will not berate each other for slip-ups and since we’re taking it slow (remember, you didn’t gain the weight in a week so you won’t lose it in one week either) you should make your goals realistic. If your first week’s goal is just to take a walk everyday, so be it. Don’t beat yourself up if you miss a day. You took more walks than you did last week.

Hmm, my first week’s goal will be… no soda. At all. I’m a soda fiend and I need to stop. And not just no soda, but I need to drink more water. In addition, I’m going to incorporate my normal changes when I get serious: limit carbs, sugar, fried foods, more fish and veggies, etc., but my main goal for the week is to eliminate the soda.

What about you? What’s your week one goal?

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TCTBTF: Week 14 – Healthy Breakfast and Hoop Dancing

I have been so good this week! Let’s see:

1. I removed the skin from the fried chicken Donny bought before eating it.

2. I had two big bowls of grilled chicken salad while everyone else had Wendy’s.

3. When I realized that I left for class last night w/o my dinner (salad), I didn’t stop at fast food. I did; however, get a yogurt parfait from Starbucks.

4. I’ve worked out every day this week. Yoga, step aerobics, light boxing, and crunches up the butt. Well, not up the butt literally.

I’m down….. *drum roll, please*… THREE POUNDS this week. As my white friends say, “Woot!”

That’s -10lbs in 14 weeks. I’m over thinking about how much more that would be if I were on track the whole time. It is what it is.

My dedication to working out is thanks to www.socialworkout.com which I talked about last week, but more on that in a bit.

Today I want to talk about breakfast, my favorite meal of the day. In fact, we probably have brinner (breakfast for dinner) once a month at our house. It’s also usually a good indication of the kind of day I’m gonna have. When I have a good breakfast it keeps me from being so hungry by lunchtime that I have no patience or will power to make good decisions. (Lunch is usually my worst meal of the day.) What I love about breakfast when eating healthy is that there are so many good things you can eat, and lots of it!

Some of my favorite breakfast items/combos are:

1. Whole wheat toast w/ ICBINB, scrambled egg whites, juice, yogurt.

2. Fruit, multi-grain Cheerios, tbs of peanut butter

3. 1 cup of oatmeal with a  little sugar and butter.

What are some of your healthy breakfast ideas?

I mentioned last week that I’m doing this April Workout Challenge at Social Workout. You have to work out 26 days in April. I’ve decided I’m only resting on Sundays. So far, so good. I really love reading the blogs of the other people taking the challenge. I’ve found lots of interesting and motivating information.

This one girl mentioned hoop dancing in her post, and when I asked her what it was, she linked a few of her performances. I want to share one with you now. Unfortunately, she hasn’t been on since sharing the links so she hasn’t seen my request for an interview. If she does, and agrees, maybe I’ll feature that in an upcoming TCTBTF blog.

She’s so great. Her name is mARTa. Ladies, doesn’t that motivate you to keep at the crunches and keep the fatty foods to a minimum? It does for me.

TCTBTF: Week 12

People often comment, “I don’t know how you do it all!”

I multi-task like a mofo. If I didn’t, I’d go insane. I am incapable of doing just one thing. If I’m studying or doing homework, I’m also watching shows off the TiVO. If I’m going to the bathroom, I’m also reading or on the laptop tweeting and blogging. If I’m playing a video game with Donny, I will stop to read a book when new scenes are “loading.” Even when I’m falling asleep, I’m writing. I’m thinking about the next chapter of my book, or my next blog, of a school project. For someone so lazy, I honestly can’t sit and do nothing.

For the past 12 weeks I’ve made changes to my eating habits, fallen off the wagon, and climbed back on again. I’d yet to make a committment to working out though. My excuse had been, “I’m too busy.” And I am! Between Jack, Kali, schoolwork, the site, and my book, I’m swamped. I couldn’t figure out a way to work out and get other things done. The thought of sweating away on the elliptical and just… well, sweating away on the elliptical seemed boring and a waste of time.

Until last night…

I came home from class, nursed the baby, and changed into work-out clothes. I got on the elliptical and while I worked out…. I played the X-BOX. I know, I know! But it worked! The time flew. I’d been saying for months now that I wish I had freetime to play video games like I used to. Well, now I have a way to get my gaming on and do something worthwhile.

Last night it was Uno Rush. I don’t think I can handle anything as involved as sniping people in the head in Halo 3. I’ll just stick to card games for now.

Breakfast today: Yogurt and cranberry juce. After I post this I’m gonna make some egg whites, whole wheat toast, with a tbs of peanut butter and more juice. Dinner will be pasta with meat sauce and a green salad.

I’m down 2lbs this week. Bringing my 12 week total to …. -4. I’m getting back on track, folks. And when Donny gets home and takes Jack, my Mom and I will do the Wii Fit.

How have you been?

TCTBTF: Week 4

I am happy to report, yes happy, that I have not lost nor gained any weight this week. This is perfect because it allows me to address something. I don’t believe in quick fixes! I don’t believe in magic pills, and magic creams, and magic food combinations (try the corn salsa chick pea diet!) that will suddenly make the pounds disappear. It took me awhile to get to this point, because I wanted to believe. I wanted to believe that just three small payments of $19.98 and one jar of fat burning cream later, weight loss was possible.

Bullshit.

We all know the key to weight loss and being healthy: Eat less, eat better, and move your fat ass around every now and again.  For the past month I was proof positive of that and I think it’s fitting, and accurate, that this week I maintained. Why? Because I only did two of those things (eat less, eat better… and even then I half-assed it) and the third… yeah, not so much.

I guess I’m also taking this week’s status quo so easily because normally when I diet, I’m also getting my period. So, there’s that one week out of the month where I either maintain or gain a pound or two (but the next week I always lost a good chunk.) Of course, I’m nursing and not getting my period now, but I can still live with one maintaining week out of the month.

So, what did I do (or didn’t do) to not lose weight this week? Well, for one, I had an inside out burger. Donny took ground sirloin and seasoned it with course salt and ground black pepper. Then he chopped up a shallot really fine and mixed it all together with some Worcestershire sauce. Next, he chopped up about six slices of bacon into tiny bits and cooked it on the stove and then added to that mushrooms. While that was cooking, he sliced up some swiss cheese into cubes. He made one large patty with the ground sirloin and pressed a well in the middle into which he put the cooked bacon, mushroom, and some of the cheese. Then, he covered that patty with a smaller patty and sealed it together. He cooked those on the stove for a few minutes on each side, then put them in the oven.

So, it’s Donny’s fault.

When he had left for the store to get the ingredients, we’d seen it on a cooking show we TiVo’d, I went to the show’s site. I noticed it listed grapeseed oil which was not mentioned on the show. So, when Donny came back and had already been preparing them downstairs, I told him about it.

“Oh, I just cooked the burgers in the bacon grease.”

“Um, why don’t you just sprinkle some sugar on those bitches and then come rub them directly on my ass.”

So, yeah one night I had an inside out burger with a green salad on the side. And I didn’t keep one pledge to work out! Between working on this site, Jack, perfecting my query letter, massive amounts of school work and quizzes, and finishing my book, I just haven’t had the time.

Other than that, I did really well. I mean, at least I didn’t gain, right? This morning’s breakfast was:

-         A bowl of multi-grain cheerios

-         One strawberry banana yogurt

-         1tbs of peanut butter

-         a banana

-         grape juice

Week 4 weight loss: 0

Overall: -7lbs

Next week’s pledges:

-         Workout!

-         Try cauliflower mashed “taters”

What about you? How’d you do? What are your pledges for next week? Did you keep any this week?