Not Your Average Fat Kid

Feel free to start here for some context to this post….  Mike Jeffries, CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch We're all still fairly new friends here, so there's a lot we don't know about each other. I won't bore you with details, but I'm a girl that's grown up with zero to little self-esteem, which eventually blossomed into bulimia when I was about 16. It ravaged my mind, and I still have the scars from it that plague me regularly. Don't get me wrong, I've got a healthy self-esteem these days and actually think I'm a pretty girl, but saying that makes me cringe inside as I have a hard time accepting it... Not to mention I feel acca-awkward saying it out loud for fear of sounding narcissistic. Fat Amy is my soul sister... So anyway. Reading the above article naturally struck a few nerves in me…       Clearly it was an emotional minute or two for me. I started to call this post "Idiocy of a melty faced man" and was goin...

Did I eat ice cream or not? Tummy roll please: I did not! woohoo! Did I open my freezer to put bananas in and see my ice cream stare me in the face? Yes. Did I succumb and shove my whole face into that container? I did not! I didn't even have a spoon! Someone on Fito suggested I make frozen banana "ice cream", which I've done several times and love, but hadn't even thought of this time. It didn't even occur to me that I could do a healthy substitute to an otherwise potentially unhealthy craving. I think I was blinded by a desire for caramel and magic shell (am I the only one with embarrassing food cravings?). I ended up forgetting about my chopped up frozen bananas, because I found one of these guys in the freezer: OK it didn't look quite so designer and proportionally massive in my freezer, whatever... It's a Dreyer's mango fruit bar . That's right. Mango. Deeelish. The marketing on the website is kinda silly, because those ar...

You guys. I am not  eating ice cream tonight. Uh-uh girlfriend! I'm hoping if I post it here then it'll keep me accountable. I'll feel like a big dork if someone asks and I admit that I did. <3 A Redhead

So the Bearded Wonder and I went to Indiana this weekend to celebrate his cousin's graduation. He's ½ Filipino, and the side of the family we were visiting was full Filipino, so you know what this meant, right?   And that's just to name a few! Sweet Lord. I think I'm still full. Filipinos know how to party! I managed to exercise quite a bit of restraint, though I did have 2 of those fried plantain goodies up there. I have nooooo regrets. Not a one. So. Darn. Good.  As we were out of town until yesterday afternoon, today was my first day back in the gym. My arms feel like the noodle dish up top there. Or like this kid. It's a good burn though. I'm making progress with my weights, which is encouraging. I'm thinking of bumping in some cardio because I have 4 months and 1 week to tone this motha up! Please don't think I plan on going all crazy gym rat with the scary tan and dark eyeliner. You know who I'm talking about. Go on, ...

One thing I know is that diet actually IS a ginormo part of losing weight. When I say "diet" I don't mean the Jenny Craig factor; I mean what you eat and how much of it on a regular basis. If I work out and burn 400 calories but then eat 1000 calories of food "because I can", that's still  600 calories  of extra food.  And I said I can't do math. Give the girl a medal! So some more things I'm learning…  It is OK to eat ice cream .  Heck, it's OK to eat french fries. The important part here is moderation. If I know I'm going to eat ice cream, or if I decide on a whim that I want some FroYo in the afternoon, then I'll cut back in other places. I'll eat a healthier dinner, or more importantly, I'll eat smaller portions of ice cream. If I grab a tiny bowl that holds ~½ a cup of whatever, and I fill it up, then hot dog look at me eating a FULL bowl of ice cream!  I don't know if this simple trick w...