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Day 1.
No vape. Going to get hypnotized at 10:00. Letās go!
Not feeling super great about this because I have failed so many times in the past to quit, but supposedly this guy is going to preform some Jedi magic on my brain, and Iāve got nothing to lose so I am excited. I just reached for my vape and it is gone. No more nicotine. It is going to be ok.Ā
Dinner for this evening.
New York steak for breakfast!
Dinner tonight, rib eye steak and asparagus.
Tonight's dinner, slower cooker braised oxtail with broccolini. So good.
You're so sick
So I'm day 4 into my keto adventure/no drinking and I am as sick as I've ever been. I hate being sick and feeling useless and gross. I'm typing this on my phone from my bathtub. I'm taking a bath. I never take baths ever. But I feel as if the hot water might help. I haven't been on my bicycle all week and I hate that. I attempted to do some yard work outside because I wanted to at least do something outside. I actually got quite a bit done and my boyfriend is super happy with it. This morning I woke up with a cold sore on my upper lip which really puts a damper on my zest levels. I really feel terrible when I can't make out with Curtis. But hey, shit could be so much worse. One valuable lesson I learned in AA was this too shall pass, as it shall.
Got oxtails in the slow cooker so dinner will be easy peezy tonight. Go keto go!
Dinner tonight, Walnut crusty dark chicken with broccolini and a side of cauliflower dipping sauce.
Lunch today is š eggs. Each half has about 61 calories, 4.5 grams of fat and .01 carbs, if you can even consider that amount of carbohydrates anything at all. My favorite way to eat eggs!
OH, and COACHELLA! I want to be feeling so fit and so good about myself by April 20th.
133 Isnāt too bad.
I finally got the nerve to get onto the scale today after my gluttonous holiday and Iām at 133 pounds. I was mentally freaking out because in my mind I was back to where I began a few years ago at 142 pounds, but I guess that is just crazy thinking. At this point, I have gained a solid 7 pounds. My goal is to get down to 125. I have been sick since the start of the new year which has really put a damper on bike rides, but Iāve stuck to a pretty solid Keto diet. I think Iāve managed to stay under 20 carbohydrates per day over the past 2 days. I know that people say that the numbers on the scale really donāt mean much, but I think that is a load of bullshit. Iām at 133 pounds, the heaviest Iāve been in almost 4 years, and I donāt fit into my favorite pair of jeans, so putting two and two together, the numbers on the scale do matter. Today Iām going to keep recovering at my home and get some things done around the house. I think that this cold has me the sickest Iāve been in a really long time.Ā
Breakfast this morning. Simple and delicious. Iām super sick today which totally sucks but is not so bad because I now have a legitimate excuse to binge watch something.
Here we are again 2018
Lots has happened since my last blog post FOREVER ago. I finally made it to Cal State LA, transferring from Pasadena City College, one of 4 community colleges that I have attended in my journey into education. Since transferring to Cal State I have really let health go by the wayside. I have gained weight and my eating habits are a little out of control. I also have been drinking. Iām trying to find a balance with alcohol but Iām wondering if I simply need to exclude it from my life. I believe that alcohol + bad foods is what has gotten me back to this point with my weight. Since it is the first day of 2018, and since the New Year is all about broken resolutions, Iāve decided to come back to my blog to keep myself accountable. I started this blog when I did the Whole 30 and it proved to be a really great tool for me.Ā
This time, Iām not going to start with the Whole 30. Iām going to start living Keto, which is almost like paleo but with dairy. Iāve started my morning off great, with 4 ounces of left over rib eye and a cabbage and blue cheese salad with some coffee. Iām going to be vigilant. My goal for the next year is to ride 70 miles per week and spend 3 days per week in the gym lifting weights. I think this can be accomplished while going to school and working. Itās going to be a busy year and I need to keep my health on the forefront.Ā
For good measure, I took my body measurements (harhar).Ā
Arm: 11.2ā²ā
Belly part of waist: 32.5ā²ā
Waist: 29ā²ā
Thigh: 22.5ā²ā
Okay, that is it for now. Super excited to get this year started with a bang!
Good morning world!
Say What?!?
Okay, this is going to sounds CRAZY, but Iāve gone down from 500 - 600mgās of caffeine per day to about 200mgās and I actually feel like I have a ton more energy. I feel just better in general. Have I been just over doing it on the caffeine front for like the past I donāt know how many several years?? I cut down last Thursday and I swear Iāve never felt better. Sometimes I would be so exhausted iād actually feel achy. All over achy exhausted where just the thought of getting up to brush my teeth would make me cringe. My tiredness was always chalked up to my super busy life and I would think to myselfĀ āhow do people do this AND have kids?ā It must be too soon to tell if itās actually the caffeine but I think Iām onto something.Ā
Bringing it down down down down.
Today is day 1 of my process to cut down on my caffeine intake. I usually get up and take 200mgās of caffeine so this morning I took just 100mgās of caffeine. Iām really determined to get my health dialed in. Now that Iām not drinking anymore I really want to focus on other areas of improvement. Later this afternoon Iāll take another 100mg caffeine pill and that will be it for the day. No more rockstars, no more energy drinks. I would really like to be able to be completely caffeine free. I imagine myself being one of those all-natural, yoga pant wearing women who sips on matcha tea in the mornings. I think my caffeine intake has definitely attributed to my stress level. The past few months Iāve been plagued with herpalicious-cold-sores all over my mouth and I think a lot of that has to do with stress. This will be a good change.Ā
Iāve been vaping now for about 2 years. I used to be a heavy smoker and switched to vaping because I thought it would be better for me. I think it has been better for me. I noticed a very real change in my lungs when I stopped smoking. Iām an advocate for vaping but it is still very much a vice that Iād like to remove. When I began vaping I was buying bottles of 24mg nicotine juice. Iāve ever so slowly come down to 3mg bottles of juice. A year ago I didnāt think I could even get to 12mgās and now Iām sitting comfortably on 3mgās. I think this is progress. I have 2 bottles of 1.5mg juice that Iām planning on tapping into soon. After that who knows. It will be so amazing to be free of this device. The money I will save! So many changes! I think Iām getting ready for motherhood, although that isnāt right around the corner, its good to plan ahead.
Caffeine Buzzed Out
The past 6 months or so has brought on some unwanted pounds around my waistline. Itās somewhat of a shock to me. About a month ago I figured it was because of my alcohol consumption. My daily routine consists of a whole lot of biking and mostly eating healthy as fuck and Iām a bar tender so Iām on my feet all night at work. On paper its like, WHY on earth am I gaining weight??? I literally exercise more than 99% of the people I know. A month ago I quit drinking and when I did I was like, oh yay, Iāll probably drop a few pounds without the extra 700 calories per week that I had been consuming in liquid form, that and no more late night McDonald binges now that Iāll actually be able to maintain some self control, so fast forward a month and here I sit with my waistline still expanding. It makes absolutely no sense, I bike at least 80 miles per week, I eat healthy, I take care of myself, there is no reason why I should be gaining weight. NONE. Except... one possible reason. I was googlingĀ āwhat is making me fatā and came across a pretty generic article entitledĀ ā6 of your favorite things that are secretly making you fatā. The first fat causing favorite thing.. Caffeine. This article comes from a website that doesnāt appear to be so reputable, cracked.com.. So I read it with some apprehension. It basically outlines how over consumption of caffeine causes cortisol levels to spike which could result in the body storing fat around your waist.. This actually sounds pretty spot on though. I take caffeine pills, roughly 500 - 700mgās per day, and sometimes I throw a rockstar in there. Actually, I often throw a rockstar in there. Every chance I get. Iām probably consuming more caffeine than anyone that I know. I did a little more googling on the topic and it seems as if I might actually be onto something. I mean I literally donāt know what else could be causing it. Iām not one of thoseĀ āhealthy eatersā who is in complete denial about all the closet shitty eating I do. I donāt just say I work out a lot, I donāt have a car so just getting to and from school, that plus my long rides, Iām biking 6 days a week for at least 1 hour and 15 minutes at a time. I stopped drinking a month ago and I would have thought that I might see a decrease in my weight over the past month. Nope. So Iām going to give this no caffeine thing a try. Letās see if this human experiment will work. Either way, Iāve been wanting to stop taking caffeine for a while. So win win.Ā
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