Every day this weekend/week I have had a fruit smoothie. All included peaches, blueberries, strawberries, and ground flaxseed. I used up the black cherry juice and switched to 100% white grape juice on Monday. Today I put carrots into my smoothie, but they didn't juice that well in the blender. It wasn't bad but I'm not sure how often I will do that.
I started taking wheatgrass shots this morning. I got the individually frozen wheatgrass shots from wholefoods. I'm hoping to detox/help my stomach issues. I am extremely bloated a lot of the time, so I am always looking for something to help.
The weather hasn't been that nice in the past few days. Monday was snowy, Tuesday was windy and slightly cold, and today is rainy. Tomorrow and Friday are both supposed to be in the 50's-60's. I plan to try walking to the gym tomorrow. I hope that I will actually get there tomorrow.
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Friday, March 11, 2011
Goals: Day 2
So after my post yesterday, I did not have corn pasta, meatballs, sauce, and a fruit and veggie. I ran out of time before I left to go to a friend's house. I did have a great dinner of saffron rice, chicken with onions, carrots and a sundried tomato sauce. When I got home I read for a half hour or so then went to bed. I started That's Another Story by Julie Walters. Very good so far.
Anyway, this morning I got up at 8am. I ate a pear around 9am then I made a smoothie and ate half of a banana. The smoothie had frozen strawberries, blueberries, peaches, and spinach, half of a fresh banana, black cherry juice, ground flaxseed, and a little bit of water. So far I can taste mostly bananas, but that might change. I like adding the banana because the consistency is much creamier, but this is the first time I have tried a banana since I was told it was a sensitivity. I'll see how I feel later. I also warmed up the frozen fruit/veg this time and it blended better than just throwing the frozen fruit/veg into the blender.
It is raining today so I will not be walking down to the gym to start the 2 week trial. I will try to go on Monday.
After I finish my smoothie, I will probably eat the corn pasta and meatballs and sauce. Tonight I am going into Boston with a few of my friends to celebrate one of their birthdays. Should be fun, but I will get home late and B will be getting up early for work tomorrow. I hope that I can sleep in tomorrow, but it seems unlikely.
Hope you all have fun plans tonight/this weekend! Have a great day.
Anyway, this morning I got up at 8am. I ate a pear around 9am then I made a smoothie and ate half of a banana. The smoothie had frozen strawberries, blueberries, peaches, and spinach, half of a fresh banana, black cherry juice, ground flaxseed, and a little bit of water. So far I can taste mostly bananas, but that might change. I like adding the banana because the consistency is much creamier, but this is the first time I have tried a banana since I was told it was a sensitivity. I'll see how I feel later. I also warmed up the frozen fruit/veg this time and it blended better than just throwing the frozen fruit/veg into the blender.
It is raining today so I will not be walking down to the gym to start the 2 week trial. I will try to go on Monday.
After I finish my smoothie, I will probably eat the corn pasta and meatballs and sauce. Tonight I am going into Boston with a few of my friends to celebrate one of their birthdays. Should be fun, but I will get home late and B will be getting up early for work tomorrow. I hope that I can sleep in tomorrow, but it seems unlikely.
Hope you all have fun plans tonight/this weekend! Have a great day.
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Goals: day 1
Since I just posted the 5 goals I have for myself, I thought that I would let everyone know how I did so far today.
For breakfast:
poached eggs
some Cape cod salt and vinegar kettle chips
smoothie **
water
**[fruit/veggie smoothie consisting of:
frozen strawberries
frozen blueberries
frozen spinach
frozen peaches
ground flaxseed
Just Black Cherry juice
Water
It tasted good and because I had a straw I actually finished it. Usually I only get about halfway through it. With a straw I can mix it, take bigger gulps, and not have the freezing cold drink hit my teeth. It makes it more enjoyable.]
Soon I am going to eat some corn pasta, homemade meatballs and homemade sauce for lunch. I need to pick a veggie/fruit for that meal too. I have carrots, green pepper, apple, pear, or banana to choose from.
For breakfast:
poached eggs
some Cape cod salt and vinegar kettle chips
smoothie **
water
**[fruit/veggie smoothie consisting of:
frozen strawberries
frozen blueberries
frozen spinach
frozen peaches
ground flaxseed
Just Black Cherry juice
Water
It tasted good and because I had a straw I actually finished it. Usually I only get about halfway through it. With a straw I can mix it, take bigger gulps, and not have the freezing cold drink hit my teeth. It makes it more enjoyable.]
Soon I am going to eat some corn pasta, homemade meatballs and homemade sauce for lunch. I need to pick a veggie/fruit for that meal too. I have carrots, green pepper, apple, pear, or banana to choose from.
Time to face the facts!
I have been putting this post off for a long time. I haven't wanted to/known how to do it. But here I am.
I was fired from my job in early February. It was completely unfair and I was definitely bullied after the fact too. I don't want to focus too much on that though. I am now on unemployment and selling the jewelry I make at a bar in ME. I am trying not to stress about anything and just let things happen how they are supposed to. I thought I would explain what stress has done in the past to me and what it is doing to me know.
Stress has been the hardest part of my life. It is what caused the eating disorder to get worse. The more stressed I got, the less I ate. It continued like that for years until I decided to let myself slip fully into an eating disorder and let that control my life. It still controls my eating habits. It doesn't affect me as much as what it used to be, but there are definitely days when I think about how I could easily slip back to where I was and how I felt then. Luckily in the 3 years since I left treatment I have very rarely skipped more than one meal in a row. Getting fired definitely brought me the closest to the struggles with stress that I previously fought with. I ate very little in the first few days, then I ate what made me feel the best emotionally, but made me feel pretty bad physically. Now I am back on track, for the most part. I still need to be much more careful with the different sensitivities that I have or I have new ones that are affecting me too. I have been snacking constantly and I need to fix that.
So here are my 5 goals for the next few weeks:
1) only eat what I should be eating
2) incorporate a smoothie into my diet: boosting my fruit/veggie intake and hopefully making myself feel better
3) get wheat grass and take a shot every morning
4) take advantage of the 2 week free trial at the gym that I can walk to and use the gym at least 8 times in those 2 weeks. Hopefully the gym isn't too expensive and I can continue using it after 2 weeks.
5) eat 3 balanced meals a day, but only eat when I am hungry. No constant snacking.
It is time for me to take more responsibility about what I do to my body instead of allowing myself to feel like crap daily. I am hoping that boosting fruits/veggies and going to the gym will help me feel better.
Anybody else have goals that they want to work on this week?
I was fired from my job in early February. It was completely unfair and I was definitely bullied after the fact too. I don't want to focus too much on that though. I am now on unemployment and selling the jewelry I make at a bar in ME. I am trying not to stress about anything and just let things happen how they are supposed to. I thought I would explain what stress has done in the past to me and what it is doing to me know.
Stress has been the hardest part of my life. It is what caused the eating disorder to get worse. The more stressed I got, the less I ate. It continued like that for years until I decided to let myself slip fully into an eating disorder and let that control my life. It still controls my eating habits. It doesn't affect me as much as what it used to be, but there are definitely days when I think about how I could easily slip back to where I was and how I felt then. Luckily in the 3 years since I left treatment I have very rarely skipped more than one meal in a row. Getting fired definitely brought me the closest to the struggles with stress that I previously fought with. I ate very little in the first few days, then I ate what made me feel the best emotionally, but made me feel pretty bad physically. Now I am back on track, for the most part. I still need to be much more careful with the different sensitivities that I have or I have new ones that are affecting me too. I have been snacking constantly and I need to fix that.
So here are my 5 goals for the next few weeks:
1) only eat what I should be eating
2) incorporate a smoothie into my diet: boosting my fruit/veggie intake and hopefully making myself feel better
3) get wheat grass and take a shot every morning
4) take advantage of the 2 week free trial at the gym that I can walk to and use the gym at least 8 times in those 2 weeks. Hopefully the gym isn't too expensive and I can continue using it after 2 weeks.
5) eat 3 balanced meals a day, but only eat when I am hungry. No constant snacking.
It is time for me to take more responsibility about what I do to my body instead of allowing myself to feel like crap daily. I am hoping that boosting fruits/veggies and going to the gym will help me feel better.
Anybody else have goals that they want to work on this week?
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