roll the bones...

im going to direct you to kimberly snyder's site.  this is an interesting look at dairy, calcium and the truth about osteoporosis.  ive heard this side of it before and i think theres something to it.

STOLEN PIC BELOW!!  from kimberly snyder's site.  and if you havent' read her book yet, do it.  you wont think of food in the same pattern again...

ways to combat osteroporosis!

thankful for the right to pig out...

so, my big idea Project Sans Queso is so far a failure!  :p

not only have i had cokes and queso a LOT lately, but Thanksgiving is coming up and we all know what that means - nutritional fail overload.  Times 10.

however ive come up with a side addition to Project Sans Queso...  the detox.  i dont eat much on t'giving anyway, at least not in comparison with the average American.  but for me personally, it is a lot and it makes me mad because ive always said one thing about t'giving eatings - we all do it because we're "supposed to". 

that's what you do on thanksgiving
we have to make 6 pies... we need 1 pie per 2 people
you have to have gravy with the potatoes, potatoes with your stuffing, stuffing with your turkey.

thanksgiving is not meant to celebrate that we're a bigass fat country.  but we act like theres no other way to do it.  one year i made my own pumpkin pie to put out with the others.  the difference is that mine was made with cottage cheese.  yes, you read that correctly.  and no, i did not make a typo.  and without telling anyone what was in each pie, mine was the first one that was completely eaten. 

i wish i could find that recipe today but i havent been able to find it in years.  but BACK TO THE POINT,  we have about a month plus or minus from t'giving to christmas.  im breaking out the juicer and returning to kimberly snyders blog and glowing smoothie thing. 

im also going to google 'thanksgiving detox' because im not the only one out here that thinks we eat like pigs on tgiving...  thats the way ill be thankful for being American this year, not making a pig out of myself :)

revamp your diet...beauty detox solution

for a fast food addict, the book "the beauty detox solution" hit a nerve.  i know that fast food is not good for you but i dont want to know exactly why.  i did take some nutrition classes though and have an interest in food vs disease so i read this book.

if you dont know kimberly snyder, look her up.  
if you dont know the book "the beauty detox solution", look it up.
and if you like fast food, read this blog post.
also try her green smoothie - really really good!

you will look at food differently and you will think of eating differently.  

F***ing up all around...

Not only did i screw up project secret, i strayed on project nutrition

This weekend saw fast food, coke & queso. The deadly trifecta im supposed to avoid. It was however a fun weekend so i gave in to the weekend & decided to restart monday

After tater tots & a patty melt on monday i figure restart tuesday.

Tuesday is restart day apparently... But just because i screwed up doesnt mean i give up. You just get back on track :) no worries

i cheated...

being that this weekend was my sister's birthday, i strayed off my plan of food exclusion.

i ate potato skins, hot dogs, a mcchicken, a chocolate shake and a sprite.
and although i checked in with my food exclusion check-in person, i still did it.  which concerns me...

even though i had to tell someone that i cant control myself, i didnt care & did it anyway.  will i do it again?

im going to chalk this one up to the b'day celebrations of the weekend.
thing is, i STILL dont feel any different at all from cutting out all this bad food.  and i ate it on a very regular basis so i should be noticing something at this point.

ok, bday weekend celebration cheating over... im back on track.  

queso no!!

so i went to a fundraiser with my mom last night.  with lots & lots of snacky food.  and there it was...

the hugest tray of queso dip ever!!  and i said, "no, queso!  i shun you!"

and i walked past it.  :)

i also passed up a cheeseburger/fries/coke lunch with my mom in lieu of a club/grapefruit/unsweet tea. 
i know, i dont recognize myself either.

the one & only saving grace is that i am responsible to answer to someone if i eat this stuff.  that is the only way i can get this done.  to answer to someone.  it keeps you honest.

back when i used to work out, i did the same.  i had a friend that i worked out with every day.  we never skipped a workout because we answered to each other for that very reason.  makes you feel like big brother is watching you if you eat that bowl of queso...

i would like to report that i feel so different/better/lighter/energetic at this point but i dont.  however, i have skipped the following since monday...

*cheesesteak
*8 cans of coke
*cheeseburger combo meal
*bacon/egg/cheese croissan'wich
*checkers burger
*hugest tray of queso dip!!

"project: nutrition"  lesson of the week:  cheesesteaks are considered fast food  :(

no mas queso...

i'm doing it again.. i'm giving up.

i tried this in may and ended up eating a bowl of queso and downing it with 2 cokes at the end of the week.  but this time i have someone to answer to.

and its only been since sunday, which as of today makes 4 days, but i haven't cheated...

* no queso
* no fast food
* no soft drinks (except for jack & cokes)

i already had to get permission to have a philly cheesesteak & was denied.  :(
and im wanting a coke soooo badly, its ridiculous.

but i have way less desire to give up & have one of my "forbiddens" because of this monitoring system. 
let's see how long i can go this time.  she...may...go...all..the...way......

and as of today, 7/25/12, im at 120.8 lbs.