The Fit Cartoonist

The knitting cartoonist gets healthy! My personal blog: Knittingcartoonist.tumblr.com My art blog: Pencilsandyarn.tumblr.com My portfolio: RachaelLeighAnderson.Com

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My Meal Plan for 1/24-1/31

Goal is to stay between 1400 to 1700 calories a day. I tend to zig zag my calories a bit to keep my body from going into “Starvation mode” and to give myself some flexible days. :)

Monday

Breakfast: 2 Banana Muffins 2 Tsp Almond Butter 2 slices turkey bacon 1 egg coffee ¼ c half&half 1 piece of chocolate

Lunch: Green Smoothie

Snack: Graze Snack Tea

Dinner:

Moo Goo Gai Pan ½ C Quinoa

Tuesday: Breakfast: 2 Banana Muffins 1 tsp Almond Butter 1 Tsp Royal Jelly 1 Egg 2 Slices Turkey Bacon Coffee ¼ C Creamer 1 piece of chocolate

Lunch: Italian Chicken Soup Snack: Chocolate Chia Seed Pudding Tea Dinner: ¼ CE Shrimp Tomato Flatbread Beet & Sweet Pitatoe Orange Medley

Wednesday:

Breakfast:

Whole Grain English Muffin 2 slices Turkey Bacon 1 Tsp Royal Jelly 1 Cup spinach 1 tsp mined garlic 1/8th Cup Swiss cheese 1 egg coffee ¼ c half&half 1 piece of chocolate

Lunch:

Moo Goo Gai Pan ½ C Quinoa

Snack: Tea Chocolate chia seed pudding Dinner: Shrimp Flatbread

Thursday:

Breakfast: ½ an avocado 1 whole grain English muffin 1 tsp Royal jelly egg Coffee ¼ C Creamer 1 piece of chocolate

Lunch: Orange Banana Green Smoothie Snack: String Cheese Apple Tea Dinner: 2 tortillas 1 serving Josh’s “Chicken Bruchetta Wrap fixin’s”

Friday:

Breakfast: Whole Grain English Muffin 2 Slices Turkey Bacon 1/8 th Cup Swiss Cheese 1 Cup Spinach 1 tsp garlic Egg 1 tsp Royal Jelly coffee ¼ c half&half 1 piece of chocolate

Lunch:

2 Chicken Bruchetta Wraps

Snack: Tea Graze snack

Dinner: 1 Serving Clean Eating Magazine’s Chichen Fried Rice Sweet Potatoe & Beet Orange Medley

Saturday:

Cheat day!!!

Sunday:

Breakfast: Banana Blueberry Protien Oatmeal OR Blueberry Greek Yogurt Scone 1 Tbsp Walnuts 2 slices turkey Bacon 1 egg Coffee 1/8 creamer

Lunch: Green smoothie

Dinner: CE Chicken Fried Rice 1 serving Oven Toasted Asparagus

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Food and exercise for the day!

Not pictured for my post-workout green smoothie(lunch): A tsp of Royal Jelly(for fertility and hormone balance) and ½ Tbsp fresh ginger root.

Did P90X3 Agility X today. I’m in my third week and this workout is still a killer! My butt and thighs still hurt, but I love it. :D Did a tiny bit more jumping and tried to do a few push-ups on my toes….they weren’t pretty, but at least I tried!

[fitcartoonist]

Total caloric Intake for the day: 1485

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this is what i just picked up from the grocery store. it cost $32. Thirty. two. dollars. for 1 pineapple, 2 bags of grapes, a small container of raspberries, 1 soft drink and 2/$1 nuts…. 

do you know how much junk food i could have for $32? do you have any clue how much McDonald’s you can get for $32?

stop shaming fat people poorer than you or people poorer than you in general for not eating healthier. stop lying about how cheap it is or how it’s comparable to fast food. just stop.

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[fitcartoonist]

Healthy food you could have gotten that would be a lot cheaper: Bananas(a dollar a pound), apples(80 cents each), loose Carrots(14 cents each. 80 cents each if you get organic), celery(99 cents per stalk, brown rice( two or three dollars a bag), black beans or lentils(2 dollars a bag), Fresh chicken(2 pounds for ten bucks), Whole Grain bread(3 dollars).

Honestly, what you listed is not only expensive, but full of sugar. You don’t need that much fruit—one or two servings a day, but you do need plenty of veggies, whole grains, and lean meats.

I manage to feed two people for two weeks on about 140$. You have to learn HOW to shop healthy: buy generic, in bulk, on sale, and unprocessed. And you have to learn how to cook and make a dollar stretch: lots of soups, vegetarian or low-meat meals, and cooking in large batches. Cooking homemade healthy meals is FAR cheaper than eating fast food in the long run. Most people highly underestimate how much they spend when they eat out.

I am one hundred percent against fat shaming. You are beautiful no matter what size you are. While eating junk or being morbidly obese WILL hurt you in the long run, your health is no ones business but yours and your closest loved ones.

But I am tired of this excuse to not eat healthy. It’s misleading and is discouraging to those who want to get healthy. It cost more than eating processed crap, sure, but it doesn’t have to be astronomical if you shop and cook smart. Pineapples and berries are luxury items in my household that are only bought on sale or when attained through Bountiful Baskets(where you can get an entire laundry basket full or fruits and vegetables for FIFTEEN DOLLARS!!! Do yourself a favor and google them! They might be in your area!) or when there is enough money to add them on. Look around for yourself and explore your options. Also try getting a copy of clean eating magazine. They have a whole section in their mag about cooking on a budget!

[shikonneko]

I still have a hard time with ups.

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[fitcartoonist]

Another Sunday Yoga Contemplation...

I did Baron Baptiste-Style Power Vinyasa Yoga for an hour and a half today. Showed up to my mat angry and scared and frustrated. I still feel all of those emotions, but I accept them for what they are: fear. It feels selfish to be afraid right now, but I realize it's okay to feel whatever I need to feel... as long as I acknowledge other's feelings and needs as well. I realize I have no power or control over ailments or disease, over other people's decisions, or over outside forces. I have to give all of that up to my higher power, to God. And that's so hard for me to let go and do right now, but in return I can receive strength: I can be strong enough to be vulnerable, strong enough to be here for loved ones who need me, and strong enough stay present. All of my power ls in this present moment--through how I choose to act, what I choose to say, and whether I choose to flee or fight or just stay. .

[charlieofthedulac]

Did Sunday Yoga at home today. Even on my own, with all of my resistance to showing up, being on my mat is enough to remind me of my worth. For me life is about Seva, or service: To readers, to my family, to my husband… But I often forget to show service to my own needs. To be honest… most days...

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[fitcartoonist]

Starting Over Again and Again and Again

I've been on an emotional over-eating binge for the last two weeks and haven't been out to exercise once until Yesterday. I felt miserably depressed and scared about what the future may or may not hold and, instead of dealing with those emotions in an sort of productive way, I'd let them get the best of me until my self-esteem was a at a zero and didn't even want to exist anymore. It's been a rough month, but I let myself play the victim. I let myself become so attached to the way things are that nothing else mattered...

Yesterday, I turned a corner though...I went to yoga class. I was anxious and self-conscious and was scared others would see how much fitness I lost, but I went to yoga anyways. And it was tough. Muscles ached and limbs shook. I struggled to keep my mind focused on my breath and my mat when all I wanted to think about was all the stress going on in my life outside the gym. I even had a mild anxiety attack during pigeon pose and didn't realize how much I was tensing up and how panicky I was until my yoga teacher placed her hands on my back until I released my muscles.  But I went to yoga all the same. 

I've started over so many times in my health journey. A journey to health and weight loss isn't always a straight path. It's not always, and usually isn't, done perfectly. When I fall off the band wagon, I now know that I've changed my lifestyle too much to never get back up. No fall is final. The journey is actually a set of micro journeys-started again and again and again.

I've gone back to yoga so many times after "giving up" or "failing" in this journey and it's always the most important class for me to get back to. Through yoga, I learn acceptance. Acceptance of my fears and emotions. Acceptance with my limits. Acceptance for where I am at this moment. I don't have to push away the low self-esteem or anxiety. I don't act like it doesn't exist....I just sit and breath with it. I acknowledge it. I forgive myself for "failing", for over-eating, for not being as strong emotionally or physically as I desire to be. I accept these things, stay present, and flow through into the next step instead of running away and shutting down. 

Yesterday I went to yoga. And made a meal plan. Today I plan to go for a run.  I plan to do Jillian Michael's Extreme Shed and Shred tomorrow, I have recipes I plan to cook, and work that needs to be done. But for now i focus on today. 

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I’ve heard of people doing it before. I did it myself twice when I had almost no food in my place but wanted to have a balanced meal, so I put it in my oatmeal for the protein obviously and had a glass of juice to make it balanced. The first time I used vanilla protein powder, and the second time…

[fitcartoonist]

I make a three-serving batch of vanilla protein oatmeal:

1 C of Oats

1 1/2 C Water

1/4 C Almond Milk

1 Tbsp Vanilla Protein powder

1/2 tsp Vanilla Extract

Bring water to a boil in small pot and cook oats in it for 5 minutes. In the meantime, whisk together milk, protein powder, and extract until lumps are removed. 

Once oats are done and water has been absorbed, add the oats to the milk mixture. 

It can be a bit bland, but I almost always add fruit which makes it VERY tasty! This is based on an existing recipe, but I use it as a base a lot for other recipes.

My variations:

Banana Split Oatmeal(From clean Eating Magazine, makes 3)

1 Banana(diced),1/3 C Pineapple(diced), 1/2 C sliced Strawberries, 1 oz Dark Chocolate, 3 Tbsp chopped Walnuts 

Mix fruit into oatmeal and top individual servings w/ 1/3 oz of chocolate and walnuts

Blueberry/Banana(1 serving)

1/2 C Blueberries, 1/2 Banana, 1 Tbsp Chopped Walnuts, 1/2 Tbsp real Maple Syrup(only 25 calories for the syrup)

I will usually simmer the blueberries in the maple syrup in a small saute pan until they become bubbly and then add the bananas until the mixture is thick like jam. Top oatmeal with mixture and sprinkle with walnuts,

  I plan on trying strawberries and almonds next and perhaps cherries with fresh squeezed lemon juice and dark chocolate. I haven’t done so, but you can absolutely add more protein powder and have it taste fine. The key is just to whisk it beforehand to keep it from clumping and adding enough milk to dissolve it. 

  Enjoy!

[battlechicken]

FC Online Marketing hired Tara Costa to be a fitness representative. They are now suing her, claiming that she gained (yes, this is a quote): “in my opinion, about 45 pounds." They also claim that they had to cancel fitness appearances because she had gained too much weight. 

This is the picture she took today at the NYC Triathlon, which you can verify through event listings and the Triathlon’s Twitter page. 

She posted on her Facebook page a little while ago that she broke down today, saying “The words that have been spoken about me have hurt."

This is ridiculous, and while it sounds like her lawyer is handling this well, I think Tara could use a show of support. 

What do you say, Tumblr? Can we tell FC Online Marketing that we’re not buying their load of crap? 

Links: 

NY Daily News story: http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/tara-costa-biggest-loser-hit-lawsuit-gaining-weight-article-1.1395138

Tara’s FB Page: https://www.facebook.com/TaraCosta.BiggestLoser

FC Online Marketing’s homepage: http://www.fconlinemarketing.com/index.php

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1. “Relying on crash or fad diets Perhaps your plan calls for nothing but grapefruit or cabbage soup each day. You slash your daily calories to fewer than 1,000 and the pounds melt away. “But what those diets do is slow down your metabolism,” Dr. Art explains. “So once you get off the diet,...

[live-better-live-fitter-deactiv]

as I look around the big old world of tumblr particularly, I am struck by the awfully sad perception that such a lot of (usually) young girls on how they want their bodies to be.

The other day I was on the fitspo tag, and was really amazed to see a post by someone. It was a planner for their day,...

[fitcartoonist]

I totally agree with you but at the same time I think these girls need some compassion and understanding. Nobody harms their body like that without an intense amount of self-hatred. In order for them to change how they treat their body and in order for them to nourish themselves, many of them need therapy, need reinforcement, and need to be empowered. 

Whenever I see a Thinspo tag or a girl who's is at a healthy BMI or under complain about how fat and disgusting she is...I just pray that their parent discovers their account, recognizes the warning signs, and gives their kid the help they need out of love. 

Loving oneself and accepting/appreciating your body no matter where it is. That's the first step towards health. That's the first step towards nourishing your body and giving it what it needs. Empowering yourself, choosing to fight and be strong, recognizing that it's okay to ask for help, and deciding to work towards good for yourself and your life is what it takes to truly live.

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