Okay after last night’s episode which involved lots of crying, wailing, thinking and going to a movie (YAY Harry Potter)? I have come up with an outlined plan for going back to school on Monday. I have been whining and complaining about the weight I have gained. But in all honesty, I have been eating like a madwoman. I could blame it on my exercising but how does eating 20 cookies make a better runner ha. I have constantly said oh yes-I’ll change and stop eating them and has it happened?
No, no it hasn’t. I sound like a smoker that just can’t quit. To think I always thought it would be so easy. Go cold turkey and you won’t miss it. Well-I enjoy cold Thanksgiving turkey for one and two I need to let go. Food shouldn’t control your life, it should make you happy without worry. Here are my goals revisited:
1. I will weigh myself every day. For now this is what will get me back on track. Having 10 pounds glaring at me (just like when I was running and my legs were rubbing together.)
2. I will try something new at least 3 times a week. Experiment-live a little, new recipe new something.
3. I will have a different breakfast once a week that does not include French toast, waffles or PANCAKES. I will not have any of them for lunch or dinner either. I really do need to learn my life will go on if I don’t have the food at all during the day. I will name it weird Wednesdays. Which brings me to my next objective, please share your favorite breakfast recipe. Advertise it here and I promise you, I will try it.
4. I will also stop complaining like it’s my job. There is no one to blame and make excuses for. And who enjoys complaining blogs? Not I.
Goal time: January 1st. I leave for Puerto Rico with swim team. We go on a yearly training trip and will be in a bathing suit all day everyday for 7 days. I will be confident enough to rock it. Since I have gained this weight, I have been stressed and not confident in myself and I have been having low self esteem.
It isn’t because of the actual weight that I put on but more of how fast It happened and how I did it.
But that isn’t the only reason believe me. Feeling very full all the time isn’t the most pleasant feeling in the world. So I have changed my time frame to lead into January 1st.
Day 1:
So I thought I was doong well by going to the pool…I wish I had actually looked at the practice beforehand.
1000 warmup
4X200Kick-Swim-Drill-Swim
800 Pull
2X1000 Free Interval (12 minutes)
(400-300-200-100 IM)
400 Cooldown
Those timed 1000s actually weren’t as bad I thought. We hadn’t done any the entire season so I knew it was a matter of time. Now just weight for the 2 mile swim we will have sometime this year.
Anywho-I’m up on the eastern shore of VA at my parent’s other house. My mom is doing a craft show so we decided to haul our butts up with her and visit the other house. I shall post a blog tomorrow or sometime soon of all my delicious eats up here. I love love love seafood and the Eastern Shore of Va/Maryland has some of the best Seafood in my opinion/.
What is your favorite type of seafood?
I like salmon, flounder, crab and scallops. I also really enjoy imitation crab at Chinese Buffets which really bothers Aram. I find it delicious.
Today I have done really well and avoiding any situations that have put me in danger of binging. I also been out of the house for a good portion of the day though. J
Seafood<3333 I like just about EVERYTHING! Raw oysters are amazing along with scallops and mahi mahi. My favorite breakfast is chex cereal with soy milk, an apple w pb, and any kind of muffin or bread
Oh man I totally forgot about Mahi-Mahi. I could really eat seafood for all my dinners and be content.
I love shrimp, imitation crab, salmon, rainbow trout (does that count as seafood? must since they serve it at Red Lobster right??), I think I like real crab because I think I had it once but have been too afraid to try it some where again. Uhhh yea I think that’s all the seafood I like. I need to find a friend that loves different types of seafood to try some different things. I would hate to order something and then not like it and go hungry and have a full plate in front of me.
Way to set some goals for yourself! I need to set some December goals, one of them being a fitness minutes goal, but I struggle with setting goals for myself because I never seem to achieve them. Maybe you could help??
Looking forward to your blog about your good eats up at the other house!
Rainbow trout is seafood, or lake food. Well fish is fish I suppose. I like rainbow trout a lot too., I had a seafood platter tonight and holy moly was that tasty.
I’m jealous!! I want me some seafood now lol
Breakfasts:
Omelets made of egg whites are delish and simple. Egg’s benedict, which is really just poached eggs with sauce and english muffins is to die for. I sometimes also make an english muffin sandwich with egg whites, canadian bacon and cheese. Yum!
And I love seafood too! Scallops are by far my favorite, but then again I do love crab legs and crab cakes. Ugh! I want some right now!
Hope you had a wonderful thanksgiving!
hey girlie!
favorite breakfast=tofu veggie scramble, i’m not really a sweet lover so most of my meals tend to be savory! If I do crave sweet I usually have a bowl of cereal and a sliced apple. I’ll be in VA in two weeks!!! will you be there then!?
I hope you continue to have an awesome weekend!
xoxo!
I am getting back to VA from finals Dec 16th.
Where are you traveling too in VA?
I’m a fan of all seafood, especially shrimp, crab, and almost any fish. If it comes from the ocean, I’ll eat it
For breakfast I try to not go too heavy on carbs or it will screw up my blood sugars (just until about 11am, diabetes is so freaking weird), so I like omelets with 1 egg, 2 egg whites, and any vegetables I want to add – usually dried minced onion, spinach, tomatoes if we have them. And a lot of times I’ll put a slice of Velveeta in there or eat it with ketchup. Wow, that really sounds like something a kid would eat haha… but I love it! I’ve also tried omelets with peanut butter, sugar-free syrup, and cinnamon (not as bad as it sounds).
Eggs are sooo good, so I make them quite often!
I don’t mind. Aram says with the amount of ketchup I eat-he feels like he is dating a 5 year old.
Sounds like you’ve come up with a solid plan. Hope it gets you the results you want, Hollie.
I have several egg-based breakfasts that I enjoy. Here’s how to make them and their nutritional info. Hope you don’t mind the links.
Veggie Egg Scramble & Eggy Avocado Hashbrowns- http://thetreadmilldiaries.com/2010/10/02/friday-breakfast-double-header/
Eggs in the hole, Dill Scramble, and Eggs a la marinara – http://thetreadmilldiaries.com/2010/07/20/recipes-eggs-three-ways/
Enjoy.
I’m going to have to try those thanks so much! Your recipes always look so good.
Favorite breakfast is alway cereal plus granola and a protein shake with a big apple- Call me boring haha.
I’m going to e-mail you my thought on your goals. Have an amazing day!
Nice post.
Good luck with changing your eating habits. I find it hard also. I want to eat sweets and junk food whenever I can but I know it’s not good for me.
Lucky for my body (Iguess), I have moved to a place that doesn’t have french toast, millions of cookies and no cheese fries. How I’m still functioning I don’t know (lol).
My favorite seafoods are: Scallops, shrimp, king crab legs, and fried whiting. I miss good seafood. I like the imitation crab legs once in a while or if I’m broke. They don’t compare to the real thing though!
If you have been to Baltimore Harbor, don’t you just love Phillip’s?!
I am vegetarian, so I’ll pass on the seafood question. For breakfast I love oatmeal!! I dump in frozen blueberries, cinnamon, pb, and greek yogurt. Its so good!!!! Millions of combos too. Hope you try it
i had a really yummy smoothie for breakfast today – vanilla protein powder, frozen cherries, half a frozen banana, spinach, unsweetened soy milk and cardamom all blended up and topped with some ground lfax and kashi go lean. yum!
i am thinking about you as you try to figure out your eating habbits. i recommend talking with someone about it. i have a friend who also struggled with food issues that i still call whenever i am feeling a little stressy (an emotion that would trigger a binge for me). just knowing that he knows helps calm me down. i also try to think about how uncomfortable i feel after a binge. i HATE that rumbly super full stomach sensation with a passion and the farts i would get after that….. GROSS!!!
Give me a day ill come up with a good breakfast recipe! I can not wait to pick you up from the airport it has been way to long sence i seen you! i also came to the conclusion that i hate Leman all that place does is make you eat bad and come up with bad eating habits. I love you and cant wait to see you!
Girl you dont need to lose any weight! your so tiny, even if you put on a few pounds! Do you feel sick after you eat or content? Because if your eating sweets to the point of feeling not so good, thats bad but if your eating them and your body feel fine after – i wouldnt WORRY! I’ve been eating tons of sweets lately, I just have restricted them for so long I feel like I need them back in my life! haahaaa but anyway, I just wanted to say that dont beat yourself up for having extra cookies, life is to short for deprivation! Plus, you exercise so much I bet you burned all those cookies off anyway!
Dana xo
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It isn’t the fact that I have gained ten pounds, that aspect I don’t mind too much. It is the fact that I have gained the ten pounds in the last month (which a gain or loss of ten pounds in a month isn’t too healthy…eek.) I have been eating to the point of being way to full and it’s been hurting my athletics actually.
awesome goals ms hollie!
You can do it. You are the most inspirational friend I have. And look at all the support you have here!
Great goals, and you get to go Peurto rico with your swim team. LUCKY GAL!
we can kick this emotional eating in the butt- We can do it!
I do not like any seafood except for clam chowder. And this is somebody who was born in southern cali and lived just a few miles from the beach for years! lol.
I do not eat a wide variety of things but as I’m sure you read on my blog today, I love cereal with chocolate milk! Honey nut cheerios, normal cheerios, corn flakes, honey bunches of oats, so many kinds taste good chocolatey…
The only other things I eat for breakfast are pancakes and oatmeal. Haha I think your blog is the only reason I started eating (making) pancakes again! 
Pretty darn sure you don’t have 10lbs to lose, but I know it’s more about feeling good all around. I too want to lose about 7lbs because I’ve simply been neglecting my body and that’s just no bueno. Good luck with your efforts — just be healthy!