Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh…………..

Seriously – it’s quite aggravating and I mentally understand it but cannot emotionally detach myself.  I just love Coke.  Original Coke, no diet, no zero, no caffeine free.  Good, old fashioned, original Coke – okay, minus the actual cocaine, but with 100% calories, sugar and caffeine. 

This is not helping my diet efforts.  However, since I don’t really eat a LOT of junk, I allow myself this indiscretion.  Yesterday, twice.  I’ve begun keeping a food diary so I can review my intake and compare it with what I should be eating.  YES, I understand that this is pretty much a trial run and that I don’t eat enough of the good stuff and too much of the bad stuff. 

For instance:  yesterday’s total intake was this – 6 fig newtons, 1 blueberry Activia yogurt, 2 – 20oz bottles of water, tuna salad in a spinach wrap, 20 oz Coke, 1 small biscuit, 2/3 of a chicken breast, 1& 1/2 cups of spaghetti with alfredo sauce, 20 oz Coke, and another 12 oz of water. 

While this combination of food was yummy to my tummy, it was not nutritionally balanced.  While I may have consumed enough protein, there is a severe lack of fruits and vegetables….. 

TIP – it can be especially helpful to keep a food diary and track your food intake.  It allows for a comparison to nutritional guidelines and lets you know just how bad your diet may be for your efforts to lose, and can enable you to make adjustments where necessary to maximize your intake.

It’s almost Thanksgiving folks, and I’m flat lined right now.  I’m not mad, and I’m certainly going to eat me some turkey and all the fixin’s with the Pash clan, but I will definitely be hitting the gymand getting some great day-after exercise.  Enjoy yourselves, try not to over-indulge, and if your family’s making you crazy, leave.  Hard enough to do, but honestly, it’s possible.  Traditionally, I check out a movie or something.

Ciao!! 

I find Halloween to be all about the candy.  I don’t know about you guys, but I’ve never been big on all the dressing up so much as counting the loot when we got it back to the house and then making trades with my brother to get as much chocolate and candy bars as possible.  It was always a score when we hit the rich neighborhoods up to get the BIG candy bars……

This year, I’m abstaining from the holiday.  My office has gone nuts with a football theme and a “tailgate” potluck.  It should be great, calorie-filled fun for them, and I think it’s great.  It builds the team atmosphere and people are able to put aside their differences for just one day and focus on creativity.

I am contemplating a juicy, cheesy hamburger for dinner, and possibly some french fries.  I couldn’t even begin to tell you when the last time I partook of such a delicacy, but I’m craving one like I don’t know what.  AND – if I don’t indulge myself now, I don’t know what I’m liable to do later, like steal my daughter’s candy-loot and shovel the sugary-sweetness into my face, but I will make an effort to refrain.

ACTUALLY, I probably will behave myself food-wise, but I AM considering heading out to party it up with my fav’s, Ash & Pash – so stay tuned for whatever alcoholic binge tonight may bring.  NO, I’m not going to count calories, and I probably won’t count drinks, though I DID have a 2-drink maximum, I have waived the limit for the evening.

SO – enjoy this wonderful holiday folks, and try not to put yourself into a diabetic coma from over-sugar consumption.  It’s okay to slide here and there.  There are really no rules to eating ONLY good stuff ALL the time.  Once in a while, we have to feed our inner fattie to stay happy.  I don’t see that as something wrong.  I’m holding steady at 20lbs gone, and I plan on upping the workouts and pro-weight loss goals very soon, but for tonight, it’s game on – let’s rock this MF’er!!!