To Market, to Market, to Buy a Fat Pig

Home again, home again, jiggety jig.

Turning of the new year has come and gone. So has my drive and intent.
I have to lose.
I gained back all 15 I lost, due to terrible eating and a complete lull in activity.
I just eat. And eat bad.
And I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE!!!! WHY IS IT SO HARD TO EAT RIGHT?!?!?!?!?!?
I have to thaw the chicken, and if I don't have the veggies, I'll have no side. Might as well eat pizza, right?!
Just when I'm going to exercise, Aidan starts fussing, or the dryer is done, or its dinner time and my job to cook...
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tips?
Can someone just call me a fatty so I can be driven to do this right?
Oh, who am I kidding.. if anyone calls me a fatty I'm going to eat a pizza and bucket of ice cream. :)

But seriously... I JUST WANT SKINNY JEANS!!!!!!!

:)

Live well, eat well,
Gordita Blanca

Oh, 2011, Good Tidings and Lost Inches You'll Bring...

Oh, to be fat again. I'd lost a stellar 15 pounds, then with weddings and holiday and holiday and holiday, ten of it crept back. Bugga! Beginning tomorrow, I'm back on the fat saddle, again, and my horse is oofing under my weight!

I'm not making a resolution to lose weight in 2011. I am, however, making other resolutions.
1: Take better care of myself.
2: Become more active with my children.
3: Eat healthier.
4: Read more.
5: Lose a TV.
6: Be a better friend.
7: Fit into skinny jeans.

Resolutions 1 - 5, and 7, will undoubtedly help me reach my goal to lose about 50 pounds this coming year. Yes, I said FIFTY! However, I'm starting with the intent to lose FIVE. Five pounds at a time. :) That should be cake, figuratively speaking, of course.

Tomorrow, January 1, 2011, begins a serious life food change. And I'm ready, willing, and excited to find a pair of skinnies or jeggings to work toward! Happy new year! Can't believe its been another year already!!!

Live well, eat well, love well,
Gordita Blanca

Back in the Fat Saddle Again

Aaaaah, Thanksgiving. How I loathe the. I do not loathe thy basis, nor thy tradition of gathering dear friends and families... but I loathe thy comestible foody goodness.

I'm in a baaaad way! I believe I most likely gained back several pounds over the Thanksgiving/Laurita la Gordita Wedding weekend. I felt, and looked, great in my dress, but the back-to-basic lifestyle has caught up with me!

Soooo, in the spirit of the Advent season, I must again begin a fast. Apparently I did not form well enough of a habit. I'm right back where I started, eating-wise, and I am NOT okay with it. I'm a glutton. For food, and for punishment (of myself). Just when I start to fit into a size 12, I gotta go get some hot Cheetos.


Jesus didn't die so I could eat myself into diabetes. He died to save me of my sinful eating habits (among other much, much worse things). Sooo, here's to Advent, and preparation to look my best at the birth of my Lord! This is His temple, and I've GOT to start polishing this gold. I mean, fo real. :)

Back on track. Day 1. :)

A Little Less of Me...

My body's a little achy and weak,
But my waist is getting smaller.
The only way this could go better
Is if I were growing taller.

:) Not really. I don't want to be taller. But my waist IS getting smaller. Two inches, actually! I'm slowly working in more foods, as my body is telling me "it's time!" I'm getting tired easily, my back is achy, and I've been feeling a little woozy (mainly when I wait too long to eat). In the interest of healthy living, I've started working up.

I began by eating an ice cream sandwich, a foot-long sub, and a Cesar salad with extra Parmesan and croutons.


Just kidding.


:)


Eat well, live well!
Love,
Gordita Blanca

At the beginning of our fast, I was eating chicken twice a day. Ga-ross. A girl can only eat so many grilled chicken tenders with salt and pepper before she’s looking for something to binge upon. A 3oz serving is about 3 chicken tenders, or the size of my palm (I have regular sized hands, not small, not huge). We can’t eat any fats or oils, so there is NO cooking with butter, or even pan spray.

I was all cluckered out. I needed meat. My body was craving meat protein, so I grabbed some extra lean burger meat and whipped up the following concoction.

Mission: Garden-ish burger

Raw.

3 oz extra lean hamburger meat (ground turkey would also work, but would probably need a little extra seasoning)

½ yellow squash, grated

About 2 stalks of green onion, green part only, chopped

And a couple dashes of each of these:

Salt

Pepper

Garlic powder

Worsheshire sauce (about 3-4 shakes)

I mixed them together, but it was a little too juicy, so I squeezed out the excess juice and shaped the burger. Tossed it on the George Foreman, and in a few minutes I had a delicious smelling burger.

Cooked.

I put the burger on an iceberg lettuce “bun”, and topped with a little mustard.

I balled some cantaloupe as a side and sat down to enjoy. (Side note: One of my favorite kitchen purposes has been my melon baller. It gives everyday melon, or pineapple, a cute little serving twist.)

Grade: PASS!

This burger was delicious!  And, a couple hours later, I was still full. I’ll be doing this again. And again. And again. But not twice a day, every day, like that gnarly chicken. And next time, just to spice things up, I’m going to throw in a diced jalapeno. Mmmmmm….

Eat well, live well!

Love,

Gordita Blanca

Raised the white flag

Well 13 pounds later I ended my 'fasting' endeavor. My body couldn't handle anymore of this crash diet. I started feeling weak, dizzy, nauseous, and just weeeeird. It started Tuesday night. I just felt 'off' right after school and I still had to drive the 40 miles home! I hated driving like that. I can't drive that well as it is... much less feeling weird. Anyway, I figure 13 pounds is a good chunk to kick me off. I made soup last night because it's sooo cold and this morning I had small bowl Cheerios. I'm going to continue eating healthy, just snacking more throughout the day on healthy snacks of course. I really wanted to reach 15 pounds but doesn't look like it's going to happen on this diet.... BUT now that I'm off this crazy diet... I can start working out!! I have this monster of a treadmill staring at me and it needs to be used. The thing about that diet... you shouldn't exercise on it. Who would want to?! I ain't workin' off the measly 500 calories I've eaten. No way Jose! So goodbye crash diet, hello healthy lifestyle! I'm stoked.

Laurita La Gordita

You might be a gorda if....

....you just found out they opened up a Chipotle Mexican Grill in Lubbock, TX and got really excited!