Where we last left off, it was my anniversary! The boyfriend and I had a nice Friday night out at Outback. I don’t know if you’ve ever been to Outback, but delicious doesn’t even come close to describing how tasty this place is. From the Bloomin’ Onion to the Caesar salad to the filet mignon and loaded baked potato… my mouth is watering as I type this, good lord. It’s fantastic! But as anyone with the reading comprehension of a six year old can tell, it’s a little rough on the diet.
You may have noticed my previous and mostly futile attempts at losing weight and getting in shape over the past few months. I’ve really been trying to step it up recently in the diet and exercise department with a few friends. Our first project was to read the infamous Skinny Bitch. (It was very Clueless… the whole time I thought about the scene where they alternate between Cindy Crawfords ‘Aerobicise’ and ‘Buns of Steel’ and read one non-school book a week. “Mine is Fit Or Fat.” “Mine is Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus.“ You are welcome for that interlude.)
While Skinny Bitch is a bit of pro-vegan terrorism — and yes, I had to skip over the chapters that talk about animal cruelty, because as much as I enjoy eating meat, I have such a weakness for animals — it did show me I could change some things, I need to change some things, and I didn’t have to uproot or overturn my whole diet to do it. Namely, I changed my yogurt. The one I was eating was yummy but full of aspartame, and while I did enjoy poking fun at my friends for my love of aspartame, I could kick that habit easily. Now I’m eating Chobani Non-fat Blueberry Greek Yogurt and I’m obsessed. Seriously, if I could, I’d eat it three meals a day. I was a little weirded out by Greek yogurt at first because of the difference in texture, but after a few tries, I was hooked.
The other thing I’m loving are Steamfresh Singles for veggies. It is a great, fast, easy way to get in my helpings of peas and corn. And I deduced a great recipe for poor college kids (or the poor kids who have graduated college but pretend they haven’t). Take your favorite Ramen flavor (I’ve been using Beef because it’s what my roommate had, and I’m totally hooked), cook the noodles and drain out the water, then add only half of the seasoning packet (because apparently it is death and so much sodium you’ll be salty in places you didn’t know existed) and then add a packet of peas! I am about to fix mine right now for lunch, and I kind of can’t wait.
I get really excited about food. It’s kind of sad.
I’m doing push ups for my workout routine, and I had lost three and a half pounds before Outback week, but I think my weight loss from the shift in my diet is starting to slow, so I’m going to have to hit the gym soon. My goal is to mimic the walking I was doing in college and get about a mile a day done. Any health tips you swear by? Or impressions of Skinny Bitch? Or favorite Clueless quotes? Let me know!
you've got to grow up sometime 
Eggs. I have to say, I’m a big fan of the egg. They’re really cheap, comparatively; they fill you up and keep you full; you can cook them a thousand different ways, including with veggies; they don’t have any scary non-food chemicals.
My favorite right now is to get a light coating of butter on a teflon pan and just let it heat up to medium heat, then crack an egg in. Once it’s got the bottom layer cooked, put a big handful of fresh spinach on the other side of the pan (use a fork to nudge the egg into taking up less space if you need to), and sprinkle a little lemon juice on it. Add a little water and cover the pan with a lid from a big pot and the spinach will steam while the egg poaches. It takes about a minute to over-easy level runny. Then you can stick both on some toast with a little cheese or some turkey bacon, and you have a delicious breakfast sandwich that’s way better for you than anything you’ll get at a drive-through. :-D
Oh my god, I WANT TO LIKE EGGS SO BADLY! I have such a texture issue with eggs, unless it’s in like, fried rice, and then they’re amazing. (And also, not healthy at all.) But I’m interested in fried eggs? And scrambled? I think? But this breakfast sandwich you just described sounds AMAZING, so I just might have to try it!
Oh I love me some Chobani yogurt! Although I went to have some today and it had expired :(
I was thinking about getting an app that helps you count calories and try that so I become more aware of what I am intaking everyday. It has worked really well for my roommate.
I have also just tried eating healthier, which is vague but I believe has worked pretty well when I practice self control haha
Boooo. But yeah, it took me a few days to deal with Greek yogurt, but now I can’t go a day without my Chobani. I’m hooked.
I have a friend who does the app as well, and she lost fifteen pounds in three months or something ridic. I tried calorie counting, but eh.. I’m with you on the eating healthier bit. It’s vague, but hey. I like vague.