Carb Overload

I love me some carbs!!!

That’s bolillo (aka mexican style french bread), its freakin’ amazing!  Not so amazing is the aftermath.  Anyone and everyone I talk to who has successfully lost weight tell me they did it by cutting/reducing the white stuff (aka sugars and carbs).  I know its true, its worked for me.  But I hate partying with my fluffly friends.

The BF is away for a couple of weeks on a business trip to Asia so this is the perfect opportunity to go carb free.

No extremes here, just want to reduce the amount of carbs I eat daily (which is lots).  I’ll keep you posted on my progress!

Any personal experience with the above?  Am I going to go into serious withdrawal? No, for real…

Frozen Yogurt Craze

Ok I kinda get it.  This is good stuff, is it $7 worth of good stuff?  I wouldn’t go that far.

I saved half of it to go home, no not because I couldn’t eat it all.  Because I felt the need to make my $7 last at least two days.  Go ahead and laugh.  FYI, this was the small size.

Love how we get suckered into paying ridiculous amounts for “reinventions”.  Milk & sugar; water & coffee beans…

Hey, I didn’t say I wasn’t one of those suckers.

Anyways, they tell me this frozen yogurt is a much healthier alternative to ice cream.  I’ll take it.

Calories In Calories Out

Hi all, hope you’re enjoying the weekend!  I started my Friday with some of this:

I used to travel a bunch and would have Starbucks at least once a day, sometimes more.  Until I got a yearly summary of my credit card transactions (OUCH!)…so I had to wean myself off the $4+ drinks.  I still treat myself at the end of the week.

I’ve been making small healthy changes (like giving up soda), but I feel like I need to step it up a bit.  I absolutely despise calorie counting, but I know it works!!!

I found this handy app MyFitnessPal

I love how easy it is to use.  I tracked my food this past week and ummmm yeah I thought I was eating very reasonably…NOT so my friends.  I can’t believe the amount of calories I’m eating each day, specially on the weekends.  So for this upcoming week, I want to aim for my  recommended calorie range.  I want to start seeing some progress!

Do you calorie count?  I know some people really love the control it provides or are you like me and can’t stand it?

Back to it

How is it already Monday?  My week off work flew by, even i I was studying having a flexible schedule was so nice!  Now back to this:

My office looks so depressing (hydration is key people!).

To say I am stressed is an understatement.  I’ve got school, work, and now the dreaded GRE to worry about.  When I’m overwhelmed, all I want to do is curl up on the couch with some ice cream and watch trash reality t.v.  But I’m trying to change that!  I did not have time for they gym today but I was able to go a nice long walk (with my flashcards of course).  Small changes right?  This took some serious coordination, clearly I need to master the self-portrait.

How do you balance life/work/fun when things get hectic?

I am Addicted

The first step to recovery is admitting you have a problem right?

Yes, I know how bad it is for me.  I know all about the bone and dental issues it causes and what it does to your insides.  Lets not even mention the high fructose corn syrup (gasp), accompanied with who knows what chemicals, and the gazillion calories.  So why the heck am I still drinking it…ummm because I am addicted.  I’ve gone long periods without it but I’m always thinking about the next time I can have a nice big cold sparkling refreshing coke.

My #1 “getting healthy” goal is to end my relationship with coke.  I WISH I could do the whole moderation but I know one little sip and all I want is MORE MORE MORE.  Goodbye mr. coke, I know it will be hard, but its for the best.

Is anyone as addicted as I am?   Did anybody see that TLC episode about the lady that drinks 20+ coke cans a day?

Birthday Celebration

Happy Birthday to ME!!!  Okay so I’m a little late…my birthday was actually last Monday, Valentine’s Day!  Sadly, I spent the day studying/working but I made it for it in the days to follow.  There was a little of this:

Yes that’s two cakes, is there a problem?  Just kidding, one of them is my brother’s (His b-day is two days after mine so we always have a joined celebration).

And then there was some of this:

And finally lots and lots of this:

I promise this is over a couple of days (maybe…)  Side note:  What’s going on with that random pamphlet next to my drink?  Pilates, Body & Soul hmmm maybe that’s a hint?

Well, I made a bunch of birthday resolutions for my 26th year!  This being one of them:

So here’s my attempt to write my first blog post!  (hopefully next time it won’t take me 3+ hours, ouch!)