Eat the Rich

Apparently I need to make the title of this Fat Girl Trying to Make it in a Rich and Skinny World...

Eat healthy? Would love to. $9 for a package of three chicken breasts? Eesh. With as tight of a budget as I have right now, sometimes that just isn't an option. The last time I went shopping I bought a package of three large chicken breasts, a huge package of stew beef that made 5 portions, and a package of 3 giant steaks which will be enough for 6 meals for me or 3 meals for Steve and I. So that is well over a week of meals for about $15 which isn't bad at all when you think about it, but still, sometimes that $15 needs to stretch a lot further. Sometimes I have to opt for a few containers of deli meat, cheese, and a few loaves of bread instead. Ramen is cheap and highly accessible but is awful for you. But then again, living on a tight budget, sometimes the good stuff is out of reach for the moment.

The other day I had a soda and I realized just how long it has been when I took a sip and it tasted funny. I have never in my life not wanted to finish a soda. I am going to put that down as a score 1 for me. I have been drinking tons of seltzer, which 1. is water, and 2. has nothing in it but flavoring and carbonation. No sodium, no sugar, no aspartame. Nothing. And it tastes good! Thank you Polar Beverages and Hannaford Bros. (I raise my can of Hannaford brand raspberry selzter that I am currently ingesting to you) for helping me to kick my soda addiction. Although it's funny, I have kicked the soda and still have not lost anything. Grrr. Have had a lot less heartburn though!

Exercise...yeah. Non-existent at this point. Far too much work to do to make the extra cash I need to keep going. I will get back at it at some point, but taking care of bills is far more important at this point. I told Steve that I was thinking about getting weights that you strap on your arms and feet and wear them while I was doing housework to give me a little bit more exercise when I am doing stuff I normally do anyway.

I have been doing well on eating breakfast. I have had raisin bran the last few days, pancakes and scrambled eggs one day, and today had toast with a piece of cheese and fried (in extra virgin olive oil) eggs on top. It was really really good. A little less salt next time. I put some pepper and cinnamon on top and voila! Yummmm.




I weighed myself yesterday but with the scale I have it's hard to tell if it's right. That is on my shopping list. It appears that I had lost five pounds, but I am sure it will tell a different story if I step on it right now. Let's go see shall we?

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Yup, back up another two pounds. I can't say I really trust that scale at all. Time for a new one I suppose.

I guess that is all I have for now, time to get back to transcription. At least my fingers are getting exercise!!!

2 Scoops of Goodness

Ok, so I have been slacking. I haven't wanted to post in a little while due to some issues that came up and put me in stress-mode, and I didn't feel like writing 'pity me' entries. So now I am over it. Positive changes will come with a positive attitude so that is how I am going to look at my situation right now.

On that note, I have not been eating well the last week or so. Still skipping breakfast and most days lunch too. I don't know why I can't just get something to eat. Over the last few days it was because I had nothing in the house but Ramen Noodles and let's face it on a 100 degree day, there is no way that is happening. Could have had a peanut butter sandwich, but I am not as fond of those as Cody is, and it was too hot for hot dogs too. But now I have food. Sad to have to feel guilty that I spent $90 on groceries, but Cody and I need to eat so oh well. I bought all good things too. Steak, beef tips, boneless and skinless chicken breasts, Raisin Bran, Cheerios, pretzels, fruit, veggies, seltzer. Yum. I even substituted low fat frozen yogurt for ice cream. We will see how long that lasts though!!

I have not been to the gym in a loooooooooong time. I just don't have the time to. When I get out of work I come right here to hop on the computer and do more work. Once money issues become less constraining I will get back in, but right now electricity, food, gas, and rent are far more important.

I think that my push to cook more for Steve is really helping me eat better foods at dinner time since he is a meat man and I usually don't like to cook meat. But for him it's worth it. (Insert awwwws or ewwwwws as you see fit)

So I guess that is about all I have for today. I am going to finish my Raisin Bran, have a turkey sandwich for lunch, and cook some Hot and Spicy Shake N Bake chicken for dinner. Yum.

On the Back Burner

So I really haven't posted in a while. All my time has been spent working. I am wicked strapped for cash so every little bit of work that I can do is needed. I am tired. I have not been eating well at all. I have been skipping breakfast and most of the time lunch for the last few days. The threat of eviction and everything else has taken over everything. I haven't sleep much either. I am going to hit a breaking point at some point, but hopefully I can get the bills paid before that happens. It sucks, but this is how it has to be for a while. Cody is my first priority which means I need money to get food for him. I will make it through to the other side, always have. If I can manage to land that position I am going for at work things will be much better, much faster. I think I have a good chance, and last night I was given a chance to prove that I can handle heading a department meeting (even though it was only for about five minutes lol) which is one of the responsibilities of this job. There is a bright light in the future, I just need to make it there.

I made the Southwestern Chicken roulade the other day. I was not a fan of it. Steve thought it was pretty good. I am going to tweek it a little. There was bacon and Southwestern rice inside the chicken with bacon, shredded pepper jack cheese, and pico de gallo salsa on top. I liked it except for the rice inside. I am going to give it another go, but next time, just the bacon and the cheese inside of the chicken, and I am going to cook the chicken in taco seasoning with crumbled corn tortilla chips on top. Hopefully that will be a little better.

I have a steak in the freezer and still have yet to decide what to do with it. Hopefully this steak will not end in disaster like the last. (No more stitches for me!!!!)

Don't DJ Tanner on me, lady!

Don't worry, no DJ Tanner passing out at the gym for me. I did not go. I really should have eaten something yesterday, but sometimes I just don't have the time! I know, I know. Make the time. I am going to try, honestly, I will give it a little effort. I managed to eat lunch and dinner today. I had pizza for lunch even though I really shouldn't have, but dammit it was good. I haven't had pizza in a while. For supper I had my ever popular turkey flatbread sandwich. Delish as usual. I had a snack of reduced fat Wheat Thins with Cracker Barrel sharp white cheddar cheese on top. MMMMMMM. I love that cheese. So all in all, aside from the couple of mint Oreos I just had, not too bad of a day nutrition-wise.

Tomorrow I am going to get up, pour Cody a bowl of cereal, pour myself a bowl of cereal and if I am feeling ambitious, which I can almost guarantee I won't, I will make eggs too.

I was walking around the grocery store today and kept thinking about that chicken roulade I am going to make and finally came up with a game plan:

For the filling I am going to have a mildly spicy Mexican rice and corn mixture along with pieces of bacon (I know, not really Southwestern/Mexican, but Steve has to have bacon), and some shredded pepperjack cheese. Then the chicken is going to have Hot N Spicy Shake N Bake on the outside, topped with a small smattering (fancy word huh??) of Goya's pico de gallo salsa. Sounds amazing right? We will see if I can really get what I want from it since I am just throwing stuff together with no recipe. I am sure it will be delicious.

I still have yet to figure out an interesting thing to do with the steaks that I have. I am just sick of teryaki, I don't like BBQ at all, and all the rubs out there have garlic in them. I suppose I could throw together my own rub, but I am willing to bet Steve wouldn't like it because it would have cinnamon in it (I put cinnamon on my chicken all the time.)

Well boys and girls, that is all for me tonight. I am utterly drained. Hopefully I will actually get to the gym soon. We will see. Goodnight all. Until we meet again.

Suiting Up

So this week I am becoming more and more nervous. I have an interview for a promotion at work. The interview itself is not the part I am worried about, but more my clothes that I will wear for the interview. The person that I will eventually interview with if I make it past the first round is a very professional person, pants suits and such, and I just don't have those. They don't make flattering business casual clothing for fat people. It just doesn't happen. So everything I have in my eyes compared to what she usually wears is just not going to cut it, but that is all I have. I don't have the money to go out and buy one outfit that will be uncomfortable and that I will NEVER wear again, just for one interview, but I am praying that my lack of business style savvy is not going to halt my spot for this position. No matter what I wear, it's either too tight, or too loose. There is not happy medium!! So I am just really nervous about that.

Yesterday was great. Had a really fun time at the Fishercats game with my dad, Steve, and Cody. Skipped breakfast yet again yesterday, had a turkey flatbread for lunch, and nothing for supper, but had a small amount of ice cream when I got home. Tsk Tsk. Today I actually ate breakfast!!! Granted they were pancakes, so it's not like they were super nutritious, but at least I ate something. That is a start. I am about to eat lunch and guess what it's going to be? That's right! Turkey flatbread. And for dinner? You got it, turkey flatbread. Sigh. It's the only thing that is cheap enough where I can buy enough to last quite a while, and has protein and spinach in it so it's pretty healthy. I wish I could get into the swing of making breakfast.

Made a delicious Italian chicken meal for supper the other night, it was fantastic. It was only chicken with Shake N Bake on it, but it was so juicy and delicious. YUM. My next adventure with chicken is going to be a Southwestern Chicken Roulade. (Something featured on Hell's Kitchen that looked amazing). I promised Steve that I would start cooking for him if he moved back in, so I am trying to get the hang of it now and not view it as such a daunting task. So far I have done pretty well. Hopefully I can keep it going.

Well, I am off to eat my healthy lunch now. Depending on if I have work waiting for me at home tonight when I get out of work, I may or may not hit the gym. We shall see. I wish I could type on my laptop while on the treadmill. That would be some awesome multitasking. But right now will bills as far behind as they are, I need to concentrate more on making money. Unfortunately that means I stay just as fat another day, but in the end I would rather have a roof over my head and food for Cody.

Beach Bummin' It

I have to say, Friday was one of the best days I have had in a long time. My dad let me borrow his convertible and we took it out to the coast for the day. The weather was amazing, the drive was relaxing, the company was perfect. I did have a horrible first part of the day diet-wise however.

I ate nothing for breakfast, I was too much in a hurry to get to that convertible! For lunch I had a hot fudge sundae, but it was worth it. Dinner at work was good however, another turkey flatbread sandwich. I didn't snack or have any sweets at work. Yay me! I did not however hit the gym like I should have after work. Instead I took a LOOOOOOOOOOOOONG drive home. There is almost nothing better than a mild summer night with the top down and the music up. It was simply amazing. I didn't want to go home. I stopped at Taco Bell however the line was fortunately so long that I turned around and did not get anything. It was a sign from the universe telling me to turn back. Lol. When I got home I was tempted to cook up some Ramen but decided against it.

Yesterday, skipped breakfast again. Tsk tsk. I really need to start eating breakfast more. I have eggs in the fridge, it's not that hard to scramble them up, I just don't feel like eating when I wake up. For lunch I had nothing either. Again, tsk tsk. For supper I had a turkey flatbread sandwich. I am totally not getting enough protein in my diet or calories for that matter. No wonder I am so tired all the time.

Today, starting off the same. I had no breakfast. Chunky Monkey for lunch :( But only because I had such bad heartburn and nothing was cooling it. (Yes that is my excuse and I stand by it) Tonight is going to be a very healthy and protein filled dinner that I am actually excited to make. No gym today again though.

Tomorrow I will probably not get the chance to hit the gym either, but perhaps I will do some Zumba from the comfort of my bedroom thanks to Youtube. There is one that is done to OMG by Usher and another to Boom Boom Pow that I like. The Boom Boom Pow one is pretty hard and fast paced, so I am still working on learning it, but the OMG one is pretty easy for beginners. I don't think I would ever actually go to a Zumba class until I was a little thinner. Fat chicks just don't look good dancing. Or I don't anyway.

So that is what I have been up to for the last few days. Not a whole lot of anything. Now off to get a little exercise by cleaning.

A Cut Above The Rest

Finally Blogspot is back up!!! I have a few days to catch up on now.

So this is from 6/29/11

Nope, no gym tonight. Definitely not. As I am sure you have seen already, this morning I tried to cook my own healthy meal instead of going out to eat and wasting money, and this is what I get for it!!

I went to get a George Foreman grill last night to make this steak I had an idea for. Teriyaki Hawaiian steak with grilled pineapples and mandarin oranges, with coconut mashed potatoes and corn on the side. Oh yum. Protein, veggies, and fruits all in one. So today when I went to set the grill up and there was a plastic zip tie on the end of the plug. I didn't have scissors so out came the larger serrated bread knife. Well, the battle of the bread knife and my finger began. Needless to say it ended as Knife: 1, me: Absolute Zero. I just looked at it and went, "Steve, I need to go to the hospital". Lol. Fortunately it did not hurt until they put the Lidocaine in it. Now that the Lido has worn off, I am in a ton of pain, hence why I am writing this with one hand!

We got back and I finished the meal, no sense in wasting good steak!

This is what I came out with and it was delicioso!!!



Here we have a filet of steak marinated in teryaki sauce, Pepsi, triple sec, lemon juice, and some spices. On top of the steak is grilled pineapple and grilled mandarin oranges with almond crumbles. The potatoes are infused with coconut cream instead of milk. And then there's corn. Boring old corn. The dish went over pretty well from what I could see. :)

Went to work and tried to make it through the whole night, but ended up leaving two hours early because it just hurt too much. Leftover dinner was great though! I was bad and bought a Ben and Jerry's Chunky Monkey, however, I barely ate any of it.

6/30/11

No gym today either. I am a lazy lazy person I guess. Had to get home and do a transcription job and it needed to be in by morning, so I had to stay up until almost 4am finishing that. Good thing I didn't go to the gym or I wouldn't have gotten any sleep. Didn't have the best dinner at work tonight, apples and peanut butter. While it's a great, healthy snack, it's not exactly a meal. But I didn't have time to make a lunch to bring, and I didn't want to go get fast food, so considering the other option, I think I did pretty well. My snacks for the night consisted of Saltine Goldfish, four Twizzlers, and reduced fat Wheat Thins. Not too shabby.

And that brings us to the now, 7/1/11. I will be getting plenty of exercise today! It's time to go pick up my dad's convertible and cruise over to Odiorne Point for a fun day of beach walking, animal picking, and going to the science center. I think it's going to be a great day with a lot of exercise involved. Not to mention I get to take photos along the way!!!

For lunch I am packing turkey and cheese sandwiches with spinach and honey mustard on the side. Yum!