6/8/2011

Tips to help me not eat off my schedule…

NOTE: I do not intend these to be substitutes for not eating; these are simply things that help me NOT to cheat on my meal plan (eating between breakfast and my AM snack). 

• Paint your nails. If your nails are freshly painted and wet, you’re not going to want to mess them up by eating
• Brush your teeth. A lot of food tastes gross when you have the minty toothpaste taste in your mouth.
• Wear lip gloss. If you’ve got something sticky on your lips, you will be super conscious of what you put in your mouth
• Drink water-it fills up your stomach. However, don’t drink too much at once, because it’s not healthy. 
• Chew on ice cubes. This helps me a lot because my mouth is tricked into thinking that chewing = food, plus you’re getting water.
• Chew sugarfree gum. Once again, this is a chewing thing, plus it tastes yummy. If it’s mint (peppermint or spearmint-spearmint is my favorite, though) it serves the same purpose as toothpaste
• Have a cough drop. Once again, these leave a strong taste in your mouth that will turn you off from food. Just make sure you get the sugarfree ones. Also, my dentist told me that sucking on cough drops increases saliva flow in your mouth, which reduces bad breath!

Full of sickness and pain/ trying to erase the stains on my memory/ leaving me to falter through the misery you’ve caused/ see through sickness and health I promised to be there/ but I broke that vow months ago/ only to chase the happiness I had/ leaving the past ills in the past they perpetuated/ ad grew into things unseen/ and some days I just want to spill it all but my pride wont let me/ see my health is just one of my problems/ and to e healthy is a goal/ but to be healthy is to be happy/ and the outside things glisten/ my insides can be dark/ and now it is my time to embark on this journey of life/ to gain happiness & health.

Fast Food + Coffee = Worst Combination for Our Health

I am finally at a stable healthy weight.  I’m proud to say that I look healthy and fit, and work hard at it.  It took a long time to get better… and my body is finally working on my side recently.  Even in sickness there is always the seed of health.  Don’t fight to destroy the sickness, but strengthen the seed.  Nurture it and feed it and keep it well.  It will grow and the sickness will diminish.  The sickness will become the seed that can, but won’t, because the environment doesn’t permit it.

For a week I will be doing a low-carb diet.

Hopefully it gets me to my 1 gw. If not then oh well… I want to be healthy & I’m only willing to do this for a week every once in a while. 

If you want me to post my meals for this diet just leave me a message so i know.  :)

I will update my weight as it changes!

Song of the Week

“Die Slow” by HEALTH, from Get Color

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So, it’s been about a week since I started over.  I actually didn’t start hardcore exercising/’dieting’ until the 5th. And with the exception of chinese takeout last night for dinner, I’ve been doing SO well.

I’m eating right, and my stomach is finally getting over the constantly starving stage that happens you’re not as eating as much as you used to. I’m usually pretty hungry in the late morning, but I have a schedule for eating that helps me stay on track. I get hungry again in the afternoon, but it usually goes away after I exercise. Half the time after a workout I’m not even hungry anymore! (I still eat though… gotta keep the metabolism going and NOT push myself into starvation mode).

I had a REALLY good workout today. I’ve been doing comcast OnDemand ten minute workouts.. one for abs/back and one for legs. So I did that, and 30 minutes of jogging/walking, and 10 minutes of yoga to stretch after my run.

I weighed myself this morning, which I shouldn’t have done, and saw that I’ve gained two pounds. I should not be so hung up by a number on a scale. I should be focusing on how my body is changing. It’s only been 4 days and I’m already noticing changes. I have more muscle definition in my thighs and upper arms… the little flabby bits on my body are getting tighter/disappearing… my slight double chin is much much smaller, and I just feel better in general, until I remember that damn number. I wish I could get over the weight and focus on the good things.

So.. good things. I’m doing awesome at eating, exercising is going well and I think I’m starting to really look forward to pushing myself, it’s nice enough to run outside (which means a tan!!), and my flabby bits are disappearing!

Age Is Just A Number

Toyo Shibata's book "Kujikenaide - Don't Lose Heart"

I don't know about all of you very successful writers out there, but I often have this feeling that one is so stuck up with no change and so many logical questions. I mean seriously, some of the things I questioned and longed for when I was sixteen or eighteen, I still haven't gotten the answer for them. Apart from the fact, that I am genuinely quite an unlucky person, most people I know are not born with such a luck. But still, sometimes, this feeling really sucks.

Anyhow, hopelessness comes and goes. For the longest time I did think I am a pessimist but actually I was not. I am just not very enthusiastic and chirpy perhaps but there is some hope somewhere. Hope is like a bitch that just doesn't stop loving you and so never leaves you.

Here is a story for all who do feel hopeless at times and yes for all those who think they are so old they cannot do anything new in life. 

In Tokyo, there is a 99 year old woman - Toyo Shibata who didn't start writing 50 years ago. She actually started writing poems when she was ONLY 92 years old and when she could no longer focus on her life long hobby of classical Japanese dance due to back pain. But guess what, even when she started so late her writings are actually quite popular amongst the younger generations.

Toyo Shibata

Toyo writes in a simple manner with simple titles. She has a huge experience behind her and has seen decades of changes in her country and around her so she pens them down and that has what made her a success today. Her anthology Kujikenaide  "Don't Lose Heart" is quite a success since 2009 and has sold over 1.5 million copies. It was among the top 10 titles of 2010. 

She also sometimes confesses secretly in her poems about love and her feelings. Some of her poems have titles such as "Everyone's Dreams Are Equal" and "Take It Easy, Don't Try Too Hard". She says she thinks about her current life,past, family and memories...words then come to her and writes her poems. She is compiling another anthology before her 100th birthday in June.

Well after reading about Toyo, I certainly feel age is just another number and that there is hope somewhere yes. I will try to work some more on publishing our book :P

Lost Treasures

They told me

that to truly find something,

you must first loose it.

So I lost myself,

and what I found was

you.

They were right.