Progress Update

Four Weeks On Program....

Weight

So, I just weighed myself and I'm down a lb (thank you Zumba class). Sups happy to be going down again. But I'm not going to dwell on it because I feel great and that's what matters...speaking of... Zumba Class Dudes, why is Zumba like a night out with my best friend Rocio? The whole time I was like "Man I wish Del as here! Shaking our ass, hips, and thighs is what we do!" I was just waiting for the teacher to drop it like it was hot. I will say this...why is it that in 2011 older women still feel the need to wear leotards and leggings to an aerobics class? lol....And i'm not hatin on the skinny girls it's just that....dude I don't want to see someone's aqua green camel toe while I'm working out that's all I'm saying (yes that happened...)! The teacher was a latina with hips and thighs so that made me feel better right away. I want to get an aerobic workout and firm up but I'm not trying to loose the good stuff! Speaking of good stuff... Rhianna So, I was watching the all Star game with my girl Becca, and I mentioned that Rhianna, who has taken up a penchant for brief-like bottoms with fringe, was "thick". Becca misunderstood that to mean fat. Then I proceeded to very badly explain what thick meant lol. First of all Rhianna is like all legs and like many black women all her plumpness is in her hips, thighs, and ass. And let me just put it out there, as a straight black women, even I'd do Rhianna! Her legs are, excuse my french, fuckin amazing! Jennifer has the booty but no thighs, Beyonce got the hips and thighs but her butt is so so lol, Rhianna has a round bottom, muscular thighs and rounds hips AND SHE STILL HAS SOME SPACE BETWEEN HER THIGHS! She is like 5'10 so that helps too...Heffer....lol I guess the stockings help with the "firmness" (middle pic is from the All Star game), but tell me you wouldn't want her body! I think most minority women would love to have her body (I know I would) though many white women might consider her fat. I think it's a cultural difference because white men don't like a too much of the good stuff (at least what I've seen). Surprisingly, the one thing black men actually do like is hips, thighs, and ass! They want something to HOLD ON TO. Yet....I still can't find one who wants to hold on to my goodies....but that's a whole nother' blog lol... The more I look at her pics, the more I'm starting to wonder if Rhianna is trying to pull a Beyonce? I though Beyonce had cornered the market on the hourglass shape....hmmmm yes the hourglass is still my bar of comparison because no wants a hammer...a straight body with a big old head lmao! Curves are the word baby!....

Best Ear Hustled Conversation Ever....

Paramedic 1: ...Dude I did what I do with every other girl. I ignored her (laughs). Paramedic 1: What? You look like you wanna say something. Paramedic 2: No, no... Paramedic 1: Okay...(2 seconds later). Dude you wanna say something, go ahead! Paramedic 2: ...I wanna hit you in the face with a baseball bat (laughs)... Thank you Random Paramedic 2 for NOT excepting Paramedic 1''s douchebaggy behavior. Women around the world are unconsciously thanking you. :) -E

Soup DOES NOT = A Meal!

Dudes, I totally forgot to write about the catastrophic lunch I had the day before yesterday. Probably because I was too busy eating lol. Okay so when I went on my "I'm not going to eat like crap" rampage Monday night through Ultra foods, I grabbed some Progresso soup. Hey it's supposed to be low in points right? A lot of WW's swear by it and WW endorses it...but you know what...I guess it would be low in points if over 2/3's of the dam can is BROTH! I had this Italian Meatball soup and it was like these tiiiinnny meatballs (like the ones they but in Spaghetti O's lol), lots of chunks of carrots, and smaller chunks of unidentifiable vegetable like stuff, all floating in a tomato flavored chicken broth......Ewwwwwww! Dudes I am chili, stew, and chowder girl through and through. Something hearty because in my opinion soup and salads are not meals they are starters! Because they have no substance they don't hold me so I have to be creative. Like this winter I've made at least one soup this winter. I just made a 6 can soup the other day but I had to throw a cup of rice in there to give it some substance. And because of that yes the points are higher but now I can get a filling meal for 7-10 pts (depending on how much I eat lol). It still has all the nutrients the broth based version has but now it has some substance. Yes it adds carbs but dam we do need some carbs to produce energy! I'm not gonna be wolfin down bowls of pasta like Michale Phelps anytime soon but, I feel like the swap is worth it cause after I ate that Progresso soup I continued to eat for the REST OF THE DAY. Candy, nuts, licorice, anything all because I wasn't sated (I even tracked it all too...I know yay me...yay for the tracking not the constant eating lol). I had a belly full of this broth crap and I guess I was full but again, it was like as soon as I peed that was that lol. I have a can of Progresso Sante Fe Chicken soup which is exactly like my 6 can soup. So, I will hold off on that but when I do eat it, I will cook some rice or whole wheat pasta to throw in it! And I know this all sounds like an excuse to eat more carbs or "unhealthy" but my first and foremost habit I need to break is distorted portions. But that means that whatever portion I eat has to be filled will filling foods that will keep me sated so I don't binge eat like I did Wed! One step at a time, one step at a time...! Phalbs-o fun! Earl

New Food Find: Subway Breakfast Steak Melt

Dudes...I had to do the points twice! But for 5 points you can get a supa tasty steak and egg white 6 inch sandwich! Mine had onions and green peppers and was SUPA good I couldn't believe how low in points it was! I guess when all you need to point is the bread cheese and meat it helps lol....

Okay stop the celebrating...I started thinking about the bread alone (4-5 points) then the cheese and I knew that sand which wasn't no 5 pts lol. The sand which is 10 points...but that's pretty dam good if you add a piece a fruit and some water...you got a whole meal for 10 pts. With these higher point values it's hard to tell what's a good number for a meal. I meal I could eat five 10pt meals a day and still have one pt left over. Hell my breakfasts now are ten points and all I'm eating is brown sugar malto meal (with lite margarine)!

Ugh...Enough of This!

Soooo...I've had my blog page up since 8am but I just feel that it's time to right. Probably because I've skip to the worst part of wight loss in just 3 weeks lol! I'm at the I'm bored and this is tiresome part. Of course these are excuses which is why I'm bleepin writing but I need to get myself in check. The only way I can do this is just to make time to both go grocery shopping and to my Zumba classes (that I have already paid for mind you!). I was going to list pro's and con's of this past week but I think my 3 lb gain says it all lol. So, I am back where I started (hell I'd only lost 3 lbs lol). So, I am not going to panic yet. I have a long time till July and I am convinced (and this is not lying to myself, I've proven this) that once I start moving my metabolism will wake the hell up and help me out! I think it's also a matter of just doing without thinking... Okay just reserved my spot for THIS Sunday's Zumba class. I guess I just had to put it on here for a little accountability....probably why I was avoiding my blog to day lol. I knew what I HAD to do but it didn't change the fact that I still didn't want to do it. Let's just see if I actually make it. Gonna put it on my calendar and everything... Feeling more motivated, -Phleezy (I know I'm stretchin it on that one lol)....

Dude!

Dudes I haven't tracked since Tuesday...yikes! And guess what else I just realized about my tracking...I'm still acting like I don't have internet on the go lol. I track everything up untli 5pm then I'm so used to tracking the rest of the day the NEXT day I have a lot of empty dinner entries lol.

Also, I feel better about the eating crap thing. Yesterday I ordered mongolian beef with shrimp friend rice and hot and sour soup...sounds like a lot? Well, I was able to successfully only eat have my lunch and I saved the soup and the other half of food for dinner! See I haven't totally lost all of my healthy eating scrooples.....dude I just wrote the word scrooples lol.

Yup Self Detructive Fat...

Dudes I have been eating like absolute CRAP for two days. I mean white castle!, pizza for two meals, veggies have become few and far between. CHOCOLATE...yeah a really stressful project at work sent me straight to the candy basket I've avoided for like 2.5 weeks straight! I just finished a Reese peanut butter cup....AHHHHHH! lol. It's not that bad. At least I am cognizant I am doing this. I knew the stressful project at work was just an excuse for me to validate not having willpower. Well, my strategy is to just give in to each and every impulse now----WAIT there is some logic here. Instead of feeling like I'm failing everyday for trying then not jumping back on program, I think the more glutinous I feel and the heavier I feel (this kinda food does not make one feel energized) I will be forced to change. I mean I am fighting a cold and not getting enough sleep and I need fuel not crap. It will get to me after a while. Okay this still sounds like bullshit...okay it's like if you ate steak everyday. Eventually it'd loose it's appeal as a treat and well eating steak all day would get boring right? So, if I can with stand this storm I'll be on the good foot. Or I could have a hugetastic gain and be F*cked lol. Not literary fireworks but I was honest and blogged about it so there. :)