Food for Thought

Today my friend Steph raised a really great point. Something probably many of you know and I'm just getting clued in.

Food is to fuel the body, nothing more.

That's not to say you can't get enjoyment from food, but I enjoy it way too much. For me, it's a process.  My best friend R once said I get takeout a lot b/c i can come home, sit in front of the TV and tuck in to my spread of goodies. It's an evening of relaxation.

Yep, then somehow dinner turns into 3 hours in front of the tv, now I'm full of sugar and fat and carbs and it's bedtime.

However I need to remember it's just food and I'm spending way too much time enjoying food, buying food, going out for food when I should be doing other things- like working out, reading, writing, job hunting, but less-food-centered activities.

Today is a prime example.

I don't feel all that great, but had a small amount of scrambled eggs and veggies and tea for breakfast, then roast beef and salad w oil/vinegar for lunch.

I also got shot down for a job i was really hoping I'd get, and a part-time job where I had worked for years just cancelled the entire program.

Right now, is prime eating time. i'd love to pig out on ice cream to feel better, but i won't. 

still not making the right choices

So I am doing this b/c for most of July I feel as if I've had a stomach bug. I feel as if i am not eating the right foods or getting enough nutrition, or working out enough. Working from home/job hunting means I'm just noshing on what is in the house!

...and what i have in the house isn't great. Luckily I shopped at Wegman's yesterday and bought a ton of protein, eggs, pork, chicken, lean beef.  Looks like I need to spend a bit more money and a bit more time on preparing decent meals.


So, day four. Yesterday I had a lot of fiber, and a cheese sandwich, so now, whaddya think is happening?! I'd really like to eat without having immediate icky results. Something is going on, so obviously had too much to eat yesterday and too much of the wrong stuff.


Today, no fiber bars, no cheese, no wheat (i ate honey nut cheerios for breakfast and I'm sorry).


I guess the only way to feeling better and losing weight is trying out various foods and diets and see what works!


i got a massage the other day and i usually would stop at Wendys on the way home. i wanted fries and a frosty! but, i didn't, i went a different way home and ooh me i was so proud of myself!!


Soooo, yesterday my fella took me to get a pedicure and then i had a coupon for Qdoba, buy one get one. He wasn't hungry, so I got chicken quesadilla on whole wheat and the nachos w groundbeef and black beans (sure, im healthy, right?) right!?


it tasted ok. and i am sorry today.


will i never learn?

Engchik Eats...healthy?? REALLY!!!!

So, im trying to eat better because i dont feel that great anymore, i know im eating too many carbs, and writing about it on my blog keeps me accountable to my readers who follow along to see my successes and failures!

started off good today- S brought me wawa coffee in bed w a splash of milk, awesome. im not that hungry. until i walked downstairs to his kitchen with some farmers' market goodies. how'd i miss the the pumpkin whoopie pies!??!!?

so i took 2, for later.

and ate one on the way home. BUT NOT HELPFUL!

S walks his dog a lot, so 

this is the kind of thing i need to learn to give up, or at least don't start my day with!

serious pumpkiny yum. i also stopped by PJ and got three dozen eggs, which will drastically help in the cutting of the carbs. quiches, crockpot egg casserole, all good things!

BUT- i dumped out the last of the diet coke, finished my coffee and am drinking water, and lunch is going to be homemade chicken salad!

AND signed up for the November Zombie Run!!!

Okay- i just went food shopping at Wegmans and i did not buy one carb! bought pork, chicken, veggies and some greyure for flavoring.

And when i say i am trying to cut carbs, i dont mean like, oh ketchup has carbs, cant eat it, i mean hey engchik, dont eat perogies for lunch, rice for dinner and snack on pretzel rods!

okay, so now that i have written this, you all have read it...kinda makes me accountable huh?

okay.

also today I ate/drank:

skinnygirl blueberry lemonade
water and more water
went to the movies, had small popcorn and water
homemade meatloaf for dinner
skinnycow ice cream sandwich bar

So, the small changes I made today was a small popcorn w water, not a large one w diet coke
made chicken salad for lunch w a drink that i made, not picking up Qdoba or something.

Just stuck my meatloaf in the oven, first ever! side note:
to pay attention to labels like many of my friends told me. the recipe calls for BBQ sauce, cool, i got some honey sauce from kraft. first ingredient... HFCS! that high fructose stuff is bad. i did only mix in two teaspoons but still.  im going to be ever mindful!!

I am also making a crockpot egg scramble!

Stay tuned folks, i hope to have better news to report in a week! Like I'm down a pound or so!