Shannon’s BodyBlog

• I burned 534 calories in 30 minutes by 6:10 a.m.

• I lost another 2 lbs. last night.  It was still gone this morning.

• I’m at a 12 pound loss now at Day 21.

• I was 141 and made a goal to be under 140 by Monday 9/22.  I am now 139.  I haven’t been at that weight since I did the tri last year.

• WTF is up with the spam??  Clomid, Viagra, Vicodin, A bunch of Crazy Drugs, etc.

• It makes me get my hopes up when I see so many emails in my AOL account (Yay!)……only to see some a**hole is sending out all this crap (Boo).

• I’m seeing a personal trainer today.

• I have to make a Teddy Bear for my daughter which is now going on 3 days late.  Why the HELL couldn’t the teacher just tell them to bring in a store bought bear for story time??  She’s the only one without a bear.  I’m a terrible mother.  I’m not crafty.

• That’s all for now.

Breakfast:  1 whole egg, 3 egg whites

1/2 c oatmeal

2 cups coffee w/ skim

Snack:  almonds

Lunch:  Too much london broil

Tomato salad

Snack:  Apple

Snack 2:  almonds

Dinner:  cottage cheese

3 whole eggs

1 slice whole wheat bread

One of my BB friends, Tickingheart, likes to brag about how he gets up at 5 a.m. and greets the butt crack of dawn with a workout.  He jogs around his neighborhood and waves at his neighbors and has a fun time getting it all done so early!!!!!! (I’m totally teasing Mr. Perky….all in good fun).

So I thought it would be a good idea to get up early too to at least get my cardio done because I leave it for late at night after the kids are in bed and sometimes I just don’t want to do it because, well, it’s late and I want my day to actually be over with so I can relax.

This morning I woke up at 5:30, realized how unprepared I was, and again realized I have to prepare the night before because I can’t see in the dark and I don’t want to wake my husband.  I managed to find a workout tank, socks, and undies.  So I did my cardio half nekked.  And I was finished by 6:15!
What I like about working out early is that

A.  I started brewing my coffee before I went down to start my workout and so it was ready for when I was finished.

B.  No one is awake yet and so it’s nice and quiet.

C.  I burned 522 calories in 30 minutes with time to spare before I have to start getting everyone ready for school.

D.  My night is totally freed up now, so I can catch up on my DVR’d shows.

E.  Uhhh….I lost my train of thought.  I can’t think of what E was going to be.

Anyway, there it is.  It’s done and I plan do it tomorrow and the next day and the next day and the day after that and that and that.

Breakfast:  1 whole egg, 3 egg whites

1/2 cup oatmeal

2 cups of coffee w/ skim

Snack:  greek yogurt

Lunch:  chicken

rice

broccoli

Snack:  I can’t remember….but I did have a few pieces of cantaloupe

Dinner:  London broil

vegetables

Two peanuts were walking down the street.  One was assaulted.

I was going to write a rant about the men’s photo gallery and how some of the guys will crop their photos so that their Hungry Man portion of meat and potatoes packed in a banana hammock is front and center.  And then they entitle their picture "Legs", "Thighs", or "Abs" when most of their legs or abs are cropped out and what they should really be entitling their photos with is "My Dick.  Check it."
You know what?  If they want to make themselves look like fools, let ‘em.

Breakast:  1 whole egg, 3 egg whites

1/2 cup oatmeal

coffee w/ skim

Snack:  Apple

Lunch:  2 trout fillets

Steamed broccoli raab and swiss chard

Snack:  Banana sans the hammock

Dinner:  Chicken

rice

broccoli

Snack:  almonds

OK, I thought of something to write about.

This weekend I felt like a total slug.  I just wanted to nap and not do anything.  So, that’s what I did.  I had a short cardio workout last night, but because my iPod was dead, I couldn’t bear to be on the elliptical for that long.  I made it for about 10 minutes before I got off.

The weather affects my moods big time.  If it’s dark and rainy, like it was this weekend, I get so tired and sluggish (hence, me feeling like a slug).  And I was thinking of day 31.

I began to think of all of the things I’d cram into my mouth on Day 31.  All of the bad, sweet, gooey, cheesy, salty food I’d eat.

But today, with it being sunny and warm and dry and my mind is clear and bright, I thought what a crazy idea that was.  I know how my body works and it would absorb every bit of sodium and extra calories and hold on to them tight.

I never caved over the weekend as much as my brain was telling me to eat all the off limit food I had in the house.

But now I know to just ride out the wave.  It will pass and I’ll be right minded again.
Breakfast:  oatmeal mixed with mashed banana

coffee w/ skim

Snack:  almonds

Lunch:  Leftovers (chicken breast with chopped tomatoes)

1 cup mixed vegetables

Snack:  1 cup pineapple

1 banana

Dinner:  6 oz. trout fillet

steamed spinach

Snack:  almonds

Calories burned:  542

On of the challenges of eating clean for 30 days is finding something to blog about every.  single.  day.

Luckily, I can rip material from emails I’ve gotten:

25 SIGNS YOU HAVE GROWN UP
1. Your houseplants are alive, and you can’t smoke any of them.
2. Having sex in a twin bed is out of the question.
3. You keep more food than beer in the fridge.
4. 6:00 AM is when you get up, not when you go to bed.
5. You hear your favorite song in an elevator.
6. You watch the Weather Channel.
7. Your friends marry and divorce instead of "hook up" and "break up."
8. You go from 130 days of vacation time to 14.
9. Jeans and a sweater no longer qualify as "dressed up."
10. You’re the one calling the police because those %&@# kids next
door  won’t turn down the stereo.
11. Older relatives feel comfortable telling sex jokes around you.
12. You don’t know what time Taco Bell closes anymore.
13. Your car insurance goes down and your car payments go up.
14. You feed your dog Science Diet instead of McDonald’s leftovers.
15. Sleeping on the couch makes your back hurt.
16. You take naps.
17. Dinner and a movie is the whole date instead of the beginning of
one.
18. Eating a basket of chicken wings at 3 AM would severely upset,
rather than settle, your stomach.
19. You go to the drug store for ibuprofen and antacid, not condoms
and pregnancy tests.
20. A $4.00 bottle of wine is no longer "pretty good shit."
21. You actually eat breakfast food at breakfast time.
22. "I just can’t drink the way I used to" replaces "I’m never going
to drink that much again."
23. 90% of the time you spend in front of a computer is for real work.
24. You drink at home to save money before going to a bar.
25. When you find out your friend is pregnant you congratulate
them instead of asking "Oh shit what the hell happened?"
Bonus:
26: You read this entire list looking desperately for one sign
that doesn’t apply to you and can’t find one to save your sorry old
ass.

Breakfast:  1 whole egg, 3 egg whites

whole wheat toast

coffee w/ skim

Snack:  almonds

Lunch:  tuna w/ mustard

steamed broccoli raab and swiss chard w/ garlic and red wine vinegar

Snack:  grapefruit

Greek yogurt
Dinner:  Chicken breast with chopped tomatoes

Potato sliced and tossed with olive oil, salt & pepper, sauteed until browned

Peas

Snack:  almonds

For the record, I didn’t eat the pizza.

OK, here is something strange and I don’t know if any of you have experienced this.  Before I started eating clean, my sense of smell was really strong.  If food was being made or take out was brought in, the smells would overwhelm me and I’d become famished and want to eat right away.  And I couldn’t resist a dang thing.  I’d have to eat it.
Here’s the strange part:  my olfactory system is on total underdrive now.  I noticed this after I started eating clean and I made chocolate chip cookies for the kids.  I could barely smell anything baking which allowed me to not even want a cookie at all.

On other occasions, I was able to resist being tempted because I really couldn’t smell the food as strongly.

Last night, I didn’t remotely crave the pizza once it came into the house because if I couldn’t see it, I wouldn’t have known it was there….because I really didn’t smell the delicious aroma that usually causes me to rip into the thing.

Hmmm.  It’s a curious thing.

Breakfast:  (Brace yourself now)  2 WHOLE eggs and 1 egg white (whooaa)

Whole wheat toast

coffee w/ skim

Snack:  almonds

Lunch:  Rice with salsa (I was lazy….)

Snack:  almonds and banana

Dinner:  Grilled chicken fajita without the tortillas (just chicken and peppers and onions)

My husband just called saying he’s picking up a pizza to bring home.

I’m not going to eat it.

There’s nothing in the house though.  Need to go shopping.

I do have boatloads of canned tuna and a vat of hummus.

Guess what I’m having for dinner tonight :S  And a baked potato.  Perhaps spinach or maybe broccoli.

The choices are enticing :S  Ugh.

Remembering the Fallen on 9/11.
*EDIT* I weighed in this morning and dropped another 2 pounds.  I’ve lost 10 lbs in 15 days.
It’s jeans and sweater weather up here.  Just when I was getting hot!!  Dammit!  (J/K).

I can’t believe it’s been 15 days.  Yet, at the same time, I can’t believe I have 15 days to go.  Last night I was fantasizing about my favorite treats:

Milkduds

and

Buttery, salted air popped popcorn

Those are the only two cravable items that when actually eaten are precisely as good as I always imagine they’ll be.  Usually if I crave something like a pastry or some other snacky item, it never seems to be as good as I thought.  But those two favorites never let me down.

I’ve always heard that when you crave something and want to avoid eating it, you should wait 5 minutes for the urge to pass and then you’ll be good as gold.

Well, last night I found a 5 minute distraction and because I can’t get the damned thing to embed, I’ll have to provide a link to it.  There is an extra 35 seconds on it for good measure.  Enjoy!

What the mother F is wrong with this BB blog!!!!!  Even the link is malformed.  Go to Youtube, search Drunk History, and click on the one featuring Michael Cera.  The videos with Jack Black are funny as hell too, but beware that F-bombs fly througout.  Beware of that if you’re at work.

Breakfast:  1 whole egg, 3 egg whites

I needed to switch things up, so I folded my piece of whole wheat toast in half and put the yolky part of my eggs in the middle.  It tasted like a whole other new meal.  OMFG I need to find a new breakfast.  Don’t mention oatmeal.

Coffee w/ skim (That will never ever change)

Snack:  nonfat Greek yogurt with a squirt of sf maple syrup (do you say see-rup or sir-up?)

Lunch:  Tuna mixed with chopped red onion and hummus (’cuz hummus is YUMMUS)

steamed spinach

1/2 cup jasmine rice
Snack:  almonds

Dinner:  Chinese take-out.  Plain steamed chicken with vegetables
Snack:  apple

When I look at myself in the mirror, and then look through the view finder on the camera, I notice a difference.  I look thinner in the mirror, but when I look through the view finder, I look thicker.

I mentioned this to my mom as she was looking through my progress pictures.

"I look so much thicker in the pictures than I do in the mirror."

"No, sweetie.  You really are that thick."

Tha-a-a-nks, Mom.

Breakfast:  Oatmeal mixed with almonds and mashed bananas

Snack:  baby carrots and plain hummus

Lunch:  Tuna mixed with salsa

cauliflower with a little bit of olive oil and salt

Snack:  I remember putting almonds in my hand, but don’t remember eating them.  Chaos in the house.

Dinner:  Tilapia

leftover cauliflower…plain plain

Snack:  The tongues of two little boys and a little girl.  J/K.   5 dried apricots.

….for my uniceps to turn into triceps.

Breakfast:  1 whole egg, 3 egg whites

1/2 cup oatmeal

coffee w/ skim

Snack:  1 cup grapes

Lunch:  tuna mixed with hummus (next best thing to mayo)

1 cup baby carrots with more hummus

Snack:  almonds and protein bar
Dinner:  3 eggs (didn’t feel like cooking something elaborate)
Snack:  probably more almonds