Day 21... 02/25/2012
Whoo! Craziness of life! But definitely time for a quick update. GGFSC. Twas nephew's 3rd year birthday party last night, and the red velvet cake, giant chocolate sheet cake, macadamia nut pie, mochi, jiggly jello didn't phase me. I was content with my plate of shrimp, sweet-sour spare ribs (that had sugar I think but don't really consider it a sweet,) beef, teriyaki (more sugar in the sauce but not a sweet) chicken, broccoli, asparagus, etc...I am trying to stay away from the more processed meats though and the ones with wheat batter...So when the time comes, I will have to abstain from Panda's Express Orange Chicken. Oh well, better for my health anyway. :O) There are so many great things I CAN eat. Got another new roommate. So I have two male roommates, one in his 20s, the other in his early 30s. But so far so good. Fortunately I have my own bathroom and the dudes get to share their bathroom. I love how laid back and low maintenance guys are; they don't ask for much and are nice and independent! :O) Gonna do a short hike up Manoa Falls today with a friend visiting from Seattle...The hike will be a very green and perhaps muddy one...but will be beautiful! :O) Then volleyball. Then dinner to celebrate a friend's birthday at a super pricey restaurant that I've never been to. Add Comment Day 20. 02/24/2012
Didn't really get to my first two Gs today/yesterday! :O( But visualized playing guitar and met the remainder of my goals. :O) Was another crazy hectic day trying to finish up assignments last minute, meet and negotiate with a potential roommate, class, then another class, and then dinner, scheming with friends, then continued the scheming at Starbucks...funness! And finally home! Today (Day 21) will mark my 3rd completed week of being unsweet! I feel really good! I think I'm coming down with something...BUT I still feel really good! And gonna hit the hay. Day 19. 02/22/2012
God, guitar, fam/friends, sugar, core foods (ggfsc). These are my "musts" for this year up until February 4, 2012...been doing ok on all four except the last. So I am publicly going to report on these five daily as an accountability thing. I have realized once again that I loathe calorie counting because it takes up too much brain energy that I really need for other things right now, and I despise how restricted I feel when I do it. Instead I am going to focus on eating core foods -- foods that are basic, essential, whole, and without the added junk, whether that be additional oils, preservatives, etc. So what will my diet consist of? Fruits, veggies, unprocessed meats, whole grains. I will allot myself 2K/week of uncore foods though so long as it's unsweet. Hold me accountable to this; I must not go overboard here! :O) This shouldn't be too hard, since I have been weaning myself off of the white processed crap for the past 19 days, and I do enjoy the taste of fresh food very much! :O) I feel this is much more do-able...and funner...and will be a more creative endeavor...than tediously calculating numbers in my head all day! :O) Day 18. And Farewell, Natural Peanut Butter. 02/22/2012
Still unsweet. :O) For Lent, I'm saying good bye to eating any of the all natural peanut butter in my house because I go nuts with it. No pun intended. Day 16 and 17. Sorry I missed ya yesterday! 02/21/2012
Was another super hectic day yesterday and today and didn't get a chance to get on here! But I did meet my goals...I think! Didn't quite count them cals super strictly. I decided that I am going to stay away from peanut butter once I am done with this jar...and also for Lent. Whichever comes first. The beginning of Day 15 02/18/2012
No wonder I felt so ravenous yesterday. It's that time of the month! Not that everyone needs to know that...but makes more sense. I tend to PIG OUT on junk food right before it comes, and yesterday I so felt like pigging out and ended up eating a LOT of Barbara's brand cheesy puffs as well as part of an amazing Hawaiian plate lunch (steamed white rice, laulau, kalua pork, beef stew, and salty chicken long rice.) I guess for now, that's a healthier alternative than sweet bread ensemadas, butter shortbread cookies, malasadas from Punahou Carnival, snickerdoodle cookies homemade by Aunty, a large bucket of Kentucky fried chicken, greasy pizza, Mounds, Kit Kat, and Reeses Pieces. (All of those items happen to be sitting in my, well my parents', fridge by the way.) But still met my goals...stayed a few hundreds under the 2K but still more kcals than usual. And this morning I woke up, craving fruit. Thankfully in addition to the junk food, my parents also had fresh blueberries and strawberries patiently chilling in the fridge for me, too. And did I enjoy the pure simple sweetness of these berries! :O) Now that I am pretty much off of sugar (except those instances when trace amounts are added to main courses and alcoholic beverages,) fruit all by itself is beginning to taste so good. I'm enjoying and appreciating fruit in its natural state so much more! My mouth never used to water over tangerines and strawberries, but it sure does now. I no longer drool over cookies, cakes, and candy because I know I'm not having any. My tendencies to eat exorbitant amounts of food still compel me to chow down like there's no tomorrow, but I hope that within one month's time, this will get easier. That eating unsweet, and especially eating less -- will become an ingrained habitual MUST that comes more naturally. Below is a picture of a Hawaiian plate lunch -- what I ate for dinner yesterday, sans the laulau (green leafy looking thing) because that wasn't included in the meal...but I definitely would have grinded that, too, if it were.  Day 14 02/17/2012
Whoo. Met my goals today but by the skin of my teeth! Was so "hungry" or so I thought. So sleepy and busy day tomorrow! Day 13 02/16/2012
Met my goals today. :O) It wasn't easy as pie. It took some self-discipline. Also got a new roommate! Day 12. Met. 02/16/2012
Met my goals today. It's been awhile since I've measured out my food. I realized today that I eat A LOT of food. I mean I always knew I ate a lot. But measuring something out and seeing how tiny a single serving size actually is made me realize that I eat WAY TOO MUCH! Normally I'd sit with the whole bag of cheesy puffs and go at it mindlessly before realizing I've eaten most of the bag. Or slather goops upon goops of all natural peanut butter onto my whole wheat bread without thinking about what my body really needs, versus what it wants or what it's accustomed to. This morning on my way back from work at Kapolei, I decided to make a stop at Down to Earth to buy some Valentine's goodies for my mom/dad/sisters/and me! I bought two bags of Barbara's Cheesy Puffs, and as soon as I purchased it, I proceeded straight to my car, and popped open a bag. But I didn't do this in a crazy-ravenous way that I normally would have if I were hungry. Keeping my newest MUST in mind, I was happy to happen to have a small paper cup on me, in which I measured out an estimated 3/4 cup of cheesy puffs (one serving). I was shocked at how few cheesy puffs it appeared to be. But I savored each cheesy crunchy bite, chewed more slowly, knowing that today, I wouldn't be having the entire bag. Surprisingly though, I was truly satisfied with my snack! When I was done with that little cup of cheesy puffs, I folded the cheesy puff bag over, and ended up giving the rest to my Mom (along with a new, unopened bag) for her Valentine's Day snack. Keep in mind, I'm also making sure to drink lots of water in between and during my meals to stay healthily hydrated, and to help with "hunger" pangs when it probably isn't necessary to eat. Today I met my 1200 calorie goal. :O) Oh, and Happy Valentine's Day! :O) Spent a decent portion of my night at the Sand Island Access Ace Tow Lot...hehe...'coz my car got towed tonight! But I was with a great and silly friend, so that made everything better...we considered this just another one of our shenanigans. Got a special rose that was made of weaved bright green ti-leaf, met some lovely, drunk people at the Tow lot who generously shared their sunny life perspective and adorned us with cute little charm necklaces as we waited in line to pick up our cars. And my Dad saved the day. My Dad is so awesome. He didn't even act upset when he came to bail me out. :O) Even though the towing could have put quite a damper on my day, I must say tonight was incredibly memorable! A GOOD way to spend V-day. :O) | AuthorAloha! I'm Just a girl trying to live a whole life in more ways than one. If you're like-minded, please join me on this journey! ArchivesCategories |
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