Thursday, July 23, 2009

Little Girls....

Okay....this is not really "constructive" but I feel it must be said. "Little" girls who hang out in the work bathroom with their 1 year of work experience and 22 inch waist circumfrances have NO BUSINESS whining about how fat they are getting. You heard me....the girl used the word "fat" and I'm not making this up.....she probably weighs 100 pounds even and was 5' 5 inches tall!!!!!! What the hell must she have thought of me then, when she "body checked me"?? (I love that phrase...heard it on my new favorite show "Drop Dead Diva".)

For a minute a started to buy in to the whole show. I started to feel self conscious. I felt what little self esteem I do have draining from my body. The self loathing was working it's way in and I had to scream STOP!!! Don't you dare go there!!

You are making an effort. The results may not be totally visible to her little eyes yet, but you KNOW the results are coming. I walked back to my desk, chanting over and over....6 pounds gone. Blood pressure better. Skin looking good. Bloat feeling gone. Etc. Focus on the positive.

Don't let some little girl I've never even seen in the building before make me feel bad about myself. I heard a line somewhere that I love...."Why do we always compare our worst to everyone Else's best?".......that's what I was doing. Gotta stop. Can't let mini girl win. (Did she even know she was playing??) ;O)

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THE WEIGHT LOSS PLAN

Here is the plan if you would like to follow along:
1. figure out how many calories a day you should be consuming
in order to lose weight. (7 calories x your current weight)
This is the net amount per day you should be eating.
Net amount = calories eaten minus calories burned
through excercise.

Example: 2200 calories eaten minus 450 calories burned on
treadmill= 1750 net calories.

2. Try to eliminate or drastically reduce the "white foods" you
eat. White bread, rice, pasta, flour, sugar or anything made
with these ingrediants.

3. Work out 1 hour a day, 7 days a week. No excuses.
(This does NOT have to be done all at one time.)

4. Keep Track of your calorie intake and your exercise and
weigh in only once a week.

That's it. It's just that simple and just that hard all at the same time!! Good luck to us all.

Also- if you would like a template of the Excel spreadsheet calorie and food log that I use, Just send me an email at WeighLessLiveMore@yahoo.com and I will be happy to send that to you.

Coupon Kitchen

A Tasty treat made with this weeks coupon finds:

This week I had a dollar off of Duncan Hines Cake Mix. Last week I had a dollar off of Cool Whip. I bought both.

The cake was on sales for 1.66, so I paid .66
The Cool Whip was on sale for 1.25, so I paid .25

I purchased the Duncan Hines Spice cake mix (It had fewer calories) and instead of making a cake, I made cupcakes. The box said it made 12 servings (based on the cake) at 270 calories per serving, so I did the math. 270 x the 12 servings per box = 3240 for the whole cake. I made 24 cupcakes. 3240 /24= 135 calories per cupcake.

When we're ready to have one I "ice" the top with the cool whip for a cool 10 extra calories. I get a great tasting cupcake treat for only 145 calories! I think kids would love these and not really miss the heavier icing version. :O)