5'7" 140: Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Snack Attacks: What To Do

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A Nutrient Packed Breakfast

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Stop Getting Angry

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Giving Up is Unacceptable

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Love This Nike Commercial

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Push Yourself

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Homemade Healthy Froyo

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Banana Fro-YO!!!!

Take 2-3 frozen bananas (cut them up and freeze them in ziplock bags or in tupperware)
throw them in your food processor. Then turn the processor on and let it run for about five minutes, stopping every now and then to scrape it down. The bananas should get increasingly light, fluffy, and smooth. By the time you’re done, they’ll resemble a creamy bowl of soft serve!

It tastes like ice cream but it’s just bananas, so you can do the calorie counting there.

Enticing Isn't It?

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The Benefits of Fruit

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Before & Afters

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On Friday, I bought tons and tons and TONS of fruit. This is just a snippet snapshot of the fruit covering the WHOLE center island in the kitchen. Thank goodness these guys are in season! Makes for a more nutritious and less expensive fruit party.
Lots of “research” and creative thinking had to go into the preparation of the FRUIT BBQ. I want to thank my popsters on my facebook fan page for helping me come up with some of the recipe ideas. After lots of back and forth discussion, we came up with the KEY PLAYERS in the FRUIT BBQ. These were fruits that were versatile enough to transform into all types of “meats” and “veggies”.
- cantaloupe = carrot sticks, lollipop shapes
- honeydew = celery, green pepper, lollipop shapes
- cherries = cherry tomatoes
- kiwi = relish, guacamole when mashed, snap peas, onion in sour cream ‘n onion
- lychee = scallop
- pink grapefruit = jumbo shrimp
- dried mangoes = cheddar cheese *WIN*
- bananas = hot dog, refried beans when mashed
- apples = potatoes
- strawberries = red pepper, salsa when diced
- blueberries = olives
- watermelon = lollipop shapes
And now, without further adieu, I present to you FRUIT BBQ - the photo story!

This was my #1 fave food substitution of the whole FRUIT BBQ. Whoever knew that sliced dried mangoes could look like real cheddar cheese!??

1. APPETIZER: 5 LAYER DIP (Parfait)
Banana mash refried beans, kiwi guacamole, chunky strawberry tomato salsa, lowfat vanilla yogurt sour cream, and blueberry olives topped with dried mango cheddar cheese.
This was soooooo good!!!! You don’t even need the granola!!!

2. SIDE DISH: Potato Salad
Apples and lowfat vanilla yogurt.
The apples stayed white because I let them sit in a bath of cold lemon water as I was chopping. This also kept them very crisp. I also left the skin on so that it would look like unskinned potatoes. Also, very very yummy!

3. NO PARTY’S COMPLETE WITHOUT: A Veggie Platter
Cantaloupe carrot sticks, kiwi snap peas, strawberry red pepper, honeydew celery sticks, and cherry cherry tomatoes <—that one was kind of obvious. The dip is made from lowfat vanilla yogurt mixed with mini kiwi chunks for a sour cream ‘n onion look.

4. MAIN COURSE OPTION #1: Banana Dogs
Banana hot dog, kiwi relish, lemon jam mustard, and strawberry jam ketchup. Sorry, I couldn’t find a decent sub for the bun. But the bun DID make downing a dog a lot easier.
I am still laughing from memories of that contest. I must look like such a freak randomly laughing in front of my computer every 10 minutes. Oh well, good ab workout! You know it’s true!

5. MAIN COURSE OPTION #2: Jumbo Shrimp & Scallop Kabobs
I was so excited that peeled pink grape fruit actually resembled shrimps! Then I went on a roll and was like let’s add lychees for scallop! Strawberry red pepper, honeydew green pepper, and cherry cherry tomato.

6. DESSERT: Fruit Lollipops
I literally have not played with a cookie cutter FOR YEARS! I just don’t eat cookies. But have you ever thought of cutting melons into cute fruit shapes like hearts, moons, stars, and teddy bears!!?? Well, I hadn’t though of it either but man, when you make fruits so pretty and easy to eat, they’re gone like THAT!

-http://www.blogilates.com/post/8331529673/foodbuzz-24x24-fruit-bbq-banana-dog-eating-contest

When the Number Doesn't Change, Keep Going

The strongest person is not the one that loses weight every week, but the one who sees no change in the scale or mirror, yet they keep going.

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Frank Sinatra: Dust Yourself Off

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Before & Afters

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5’7. Before weight: 197 After:157

Iron

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Ladies, especially after your period, you want to make sure you have enough iron so you don’t feel fatigued. Vegans and vegetarians, make sure you get enough iron as well; your diet tends to be iron deficient. You don’t want to become anemic. If you get iron from non-meat sources, be sure get vitamin C as well to help with absorption.

Before & Afters

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Height: 5’4”
July, 2010: 170lbs
July, 2011: 140lbs
I don’t have the exact weight because I am studying abroad and our apartment doesn’t have a scale :)
The before photo is from July of 2010, but I only started working out in January of this year.

5lb loss hopefully :)
Complete 30DS Level 2
1000min exercise challenge…and actually complete it.
Work on more core, back, and stretching.
Incorporate more toning such as pilates exercises.
Combine HIIT swimming with LI swimming.
Limit one LI swimming session per week for destressing.
Work on form when lifting weights. Lift smoothly with control.
Move around more during work so I’m not just sitting around.

Diet

100g protein daily target
Find a better multi vitamin to take daily.
400-500 calorie breakfasts. Eat when blood sugar drops, don’t be a procrastinator.
Less sugar. Less sodium. Less eating out.
Eat 1600-1800 calories on workout day.
Eat 1400-1600 calories on non-workout days.
More water. 2L daily, no excuses.

Personal

Less eating out, less spending money.
Save money. Save money. Save money.
School work > everything else. Must discipline yourself to get school work done first before anything else.
Be open to more people.
In bed by 12:00 (this is going to be hard)
End of summer clean out (sort through everything). And keep it clean!
Dress less casual. Experiment!
Do laundry more often. You lazy bum.
PROCRASTINATE LESS (impossible but it’s worth a shot ahaha)

This is a really GOOD idea!

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