New weird obsessions

I've recently gotten into some weird eating habits.

For starters, I never really liked apples all that much. Probably because my mom always bought those dark red ones. Occasionally she would buy granny smith apples, which let me have some small faith in apples. Anyway, the other day I was offered an apple slice and it was sooooo yummy. It was a fuji apple. I ate like 2 apples that day. Now I'm actually starting to buy them. Im eating them all the time. Yay for fuji apples : ]


Next, I have become obsessed with peanut butter. I can always find something delicious to mix with the peanut butter. Bananas. Apples. Jelly. Cereal. Honey. I like to just eat a spoonful or two when I want a snack. I bought Skippy Natural... It was the lowest in calories and fat that I could find. I also bought low sugar fruit spread. Put the two together on some whole wheat bread and you've created my new favorite snack! : ]

I think I've been eating too much or not working out enough these days because my weight is going back upppp! : [

I think I'm going to start walking in the mornings or something.

yum

Certain foods just go so well together. Its amazing.

Peanut butter and jelly

Frozen fruit and vanilla yogurt

Bananas and peanut butter

Pasta and cheese

Avocado and tomato





MY GOODNESS. Anyone who reads this:

name some more!
: ]

OH EM GEE

It's only about 3pm and I've eaten way too much today. I woke up really early. That may have something to do with it. I had a banana in the morning and a bowl of puffins cereal with frozen berries and some honey. Then... I had a special k protein bar. Those are stupid. Well, I'm stupid for buying it. Its supposed to fill you up or something with fiber and protein but after I read the ingredients I kind of regretted buying it. It has high fructose corn syrup in there and a bunch of other stuff that I try to avoid. I guess its one of those not so healthy things targeted towards people looking to become healthier. It was yummy though... : ]

Thennnnn.... I had another bowl of cereal with berries and a banana in it and sweetened it with Truvia [a naturally zero calorie sweetener. Think Splenda, but not artificially made]
Then, I had a peanut butter and honey sandwich on whole wheat. Oh and I drank a sugar free caramel light frapp. from starbucks.

So yeah, basically I've already eaten breakfast, lunch, a snack, and dinner. All before 3pm.
Not too sure what I'll do tonight around dinner time : /
I think I need something light like a salad and some veggies. BOOOO!

Oh btw, this is the best dressing in the entire universe:

Eating healthy pays off.

So I've been eating nothing but healthy food and trying to get at least some form of exercise in each day, whether it be walking or bike riding. Today is day 16 of only eating healthy. I bought diet pills 3 days ago. They give me this random boost of energy and put me in a really good mood. So weird. They're supposed to suppress your appetite too... so I get full really easily these days too. Ohhhh and I bought a scale! It tells you your fat and water percentage. Pretty nifty.
Sooo I weighed 115 this morning. Happy happy me. : ]
Then later I had a doctors appointment and was 114. Weird? I went to Trader Joes and bought frozen berries, broccoli, soy cheese slices, and this yummy cereal called Puffins. Its only 90 calories per cup, high in fiber, and low fat. I guess I can alternate between having oatmeal and that each morning... oh and I've been having egg whites and turkey bacon for breakfast for the past few days with a homemade berry smoothie. Right now I'm going to clean up the house and cook dinner for me and Angel. I'm thinking turkey burgers and a salad... but we'll see. : ]

Meals

Every morning I have oatmeal with a very small amount of 2% milk or nonfat soymilk with a banana and berries (strawberries or blueberries) in it.

I snack on fruit, nuts, and sometimes veggies with light ranch. Occasionally I have organic tortilla chips with salsa or handmade guacamole (avocadoes, tomatoes, seasonings, and a tiny bit of reduced fat vegan mayonaise)

for lunch I have an egg white sandwich which consists of whole wheat bread, avocado, and tomatoes. On the side I have a spring mix salad with a light dressing, tomatoes, and avocado.

for dinner I have the same thing as lunch or sometimes I have grilled chicken breast and broccoli instead of the egg white sandwich.

for dessert I either have some fruit or I have a banana with a little peanut butter on it.

I only drink water, no sodas or juices.

I havent been working out but I walk tons at work because I'm a hostess and have to show people to their tables and its a huge restaurant. Oh that reminds me... sometimes at work I get 2 small pieces of whole wheat bread and put honey on it....

I just bought some turkey burgers, so I can also have some of those for lunch too.

My very 1st blog!

I tend to NOT go online obsessively. I work and do other things outside of the computer world. This is my very 1st blog ever so please forgive me for the lack of creativity in the layout and all that fun stuff.

Alrighty... so as I write this I think of the reason I started this blog which is because of the stupid weight I gained over the holidays. I was eating pretty healthy before Christmas, mainly just small portions throughout the day. I was working out. I started at 120 and dropped down to 114!! Then my great idea came into play. I decided that my new years resolution would be to eat only healthy foods, mostly vegan kind of stuff... high protein, high fiber, low calorie, low fat, lots of fruits and veggies... and no sweets! (which is hard with my sweet tooth haha) Soooo around christmas I decided to eat WHATEVER I wanted, as much as I wanted because I knew I wasn't going to be able to after new years. Oh Mandee, you genius you, you're not as clever as you think. I swear I was eating a slice of cheesecake every day... and thats just one bad thing I ate. I can't remember what exactly I was eating, but just try to imagine anything fattening and yummy and thats basically what I ate for like a week or so. Anytime I craved anything, I let myself eat it... and as much as I wanted too! Now, I dont own a scale... so I wasnt aware until recently but I gained all the weight I lost back, plus more! January 1st came along and I've been eating very healthy. (I'll go into meal details later) Today is day 8 of eating healthy and I havent touched a single unhealthy thing. (woohoo!) For those of you wondering, I weighed 124 yesterday! Ewwwww I know. I gained like 10 pounds since my lowest weight. Time of day weighed and water weight and stuff are not counted into this so the accuracy could be off... but still. Its horrible. Now I have to work all that extra weight off. The only good thing is I pretty much killed my appetite for junk food by overdoing it. Next time I'm around a scale, I pray it drops significantly!