SOC Week 3

bump--bedtime, but I'll be back to post after I sleep on it

Baaaah, I'm messaging you with my weigh in last week.

Healthy foods I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE:
Baby carrots.
Blueberries, Raspberries, Blackberries.
Apples
Bannanas (Especially when you freeze them, yumm!)

Unhealthy foods... I'll probably eat over summer:
I'm addicted to Peanut Butter and Nutella.
Its a problem, haha.

My "vacations" generally consist of extensive hiking and backpacking, and I eat a lot of granola, nuts, and veggies. Every summer, though, I return to my redneck roots for a long weekend of Midwestern lake camping, which is a health disaster. I'm definitely having s'mores, but I'm going to bring special dark chocolate for the "grown-ups." I will also drink--a lot--but this year I'm going to try to cut some of my classy boxed wine with sparkling water. I'll take along a soccer ball, my wiffle ball set, and some frisbees, as well as swim as much as I can. A plus is that the nearest bathroom is usually about a mile away through sand and the drinking makes for many a sprint--that counts as exercise, right?

5 healthy foods I eat:
plain, nonfat Greek yogurt (yum!)
berries (all kinds--so good!)
spinach
whole grains (I'm very picky about this!)
green tea (ok, not a food, but it's amazing iced!)

5 unhealthy foods:
cheese
chocolate (some is fine, but my day usually includes chocolate milk, dark chocolate, and Nutella)
tortilla chips (10 is so NOT an adequate serving size!)
alcohol (le sigh)
My biggest problem is that I eat too much of everything!

Healthy Foods
SOUP! Haha - winter hereee :P
Egg Whites
Whole wheat bread
Home-made Muesli (Granola)
Veges

Unhealthy Foods
Going to be honest here and say that I haven't eaten anything I would consider 'unhealthy' in almost a month.
Stayed away from chocolate, ice-cream, desserts, and my copious amounts of baking - not even licking the bowl!
I love sugar-free jello though - really high in protein! And eat tinned fruit (the no-added sugar kind). So if those are unhealthy, then those :P

Going away this weekend (Queen's Bday Weekend), to Rotorua, NZ for a youth leaders training weekend. Which should be good. Food is being provided, but I'm taking all my meals down. Pre-packaged and pre-decided food is the best. Not eating whatever they'll be serving.
I'm too picky atm. What with being vegetarian, and dairy free. And also mostly gluten-free. It's just a lot easier if I take down my own food!

Healthy Foods:

Old Fashioned Oatmeal
Carrots
Spinach
Raspberries (and whatever fruit is in season really!)
Fish (Tilapia)

Unhealthy:
Treats of all kinds (mostly chocolate and ice cream... but cookies have been my weakness lately too)
Wine and well a lot of alcohol really
Chips and salsa and margaritas!

My main problem is just binging on the weekends. I can do really well during the week when I am at work all day and on a tight schedule, but its harder on the weekends for me. I really need to work on that!

Vacation-wise..... just weekend trips here and there. Going to a white sox game in July. Can't wait for my hot dog at the ball park. I decided on only a hot dog and an italian ice, and maybe some peanuts. Kind of sad I have decided this over a month in advance haha! No nachos, churros, giant pretzels, funnel cakes, ice cream bars, cotton candy, or margaritas! Well maaayybe a churro...

July is going to be rough for me especially. 4th of July, White Sox Game, HP7 Release, my Birthday, and trip up to Minneapolis... My favorite month but I'm almost dreading it!

My goal is to not drink any alcohol until June 15th (going out to a fancy dinner that night and I'm going to have as much wine as I please ).

Haha, what an appropriate post. The reason I didn't make it to weighing in for this week is because I was on vacation. Spent a few days in Boston visiting the family and exploring the city, and going to the beach! It was a lot of fun, and yes, I slacked off and didn't eat all that healthy, but I feel like that's allowed on vacation. That's my only vacation planned so far

I don't really make a plan for vacation eating. On vacation I try to just enjoy myself, and I'm usually eating foods I don't get to experience often. I'm all for being healthy, but part of that is knowing when to just let yourself relax. As for working out, I definitely walked a LOT this past weekend doing sightseeing things, and that tends to be the case for a lot of vacations. Hotels sometimes have fitness centers that are convenient though.

Sooo, healthy foods:
-healthy life bread/english muffins
-asparagus (its crazy in the garden right now)
-grilled fish
-yogurt
-LOTS of water, haha

unhealthy-
-peanut butter... though I do eat the natural stuff, its still pretty calorie high
-alcohol
-cheeeeeeeeeese

That's all I can really think of at the moment... I eat crappy when I'm on vacation or taking a break day, but I don't really count those days in comparison to my normal days.

I'm glad a few of us are are sticking with the group! It seems like a lot of people have disappeared

sorry i haven't been very consistent about sticking with this group... I've been a bit busy

ANYWAY.

healthy:
- eggs - basically my brunch/lunch every day
- brussels sprouts and other greens - throughout the day
- walnuts - epic snack food
- butter (yes. butter is healthy: it contains vitamin A, D, E, and K; fats such as butter are essential for absorbing nutrients from vegetables)
- strawberries - epic dessert or snack food

unhealthy:
- hershey's dark chocolate bliss pieces - I eat a few each day, and I probably shouldn't...
- cereal, my binge food - I don't eat it most of the time, but I had a bad binge yesterday, and that was basically all I had
- clif builders protein bars - okay... they aren't that bad because of the protein, and they're less processed than most, but they're kind of high in sugar
- bread, also a binge food - again, I don't really eat it on normal days, but when I binge, I go for this, too
- coffee - well, it's not that bad for me, but I drink a cup of decaf of caf. nearly every day, i should probably cut back

Basically I'm pretty good except on binge days, in which I shovel cereal and bread into my face at like... midnight... and then can't sleep for two hours because I feel like poop.

Healthy Foods
Apples
Watermelon
Cantaloupe
Cucumbers
Spinach

Unhealthy Foods
Mini Muffins
Cake
Chocolate Chip Cookies
Chips
Mishti (This is a type of desert common among South Asians and is ridiculously beyond sweet)
pasta


I don't plan on going on vacation anywhere this summer but it's been hard trying to stick to eating healthy either way. My neighbors have a lot of get togethers at their houses. It happens very often as we all live so close to one another and all of them are housewives so when summer comes around these gatherings become a weekly thing now that their kids have no school. Also, everyone in the neighborhood loves sending over food and snacks to each other most of which is very delicious and may not be so bad in small portions but since I'm the only person in my house who can eat any of it, I usually don't eat it in portions. My biggest problem used to be soda but I've been able to give that up for the most part.

sorry i haven't been very consistent about sticking with this group... I've been a bit busy

ANYWAY.

healthy:
- eggs - basically my brunch/lunch every day
- brussels sprouts and other greens - throughout the day
- walnuts - epic snack food
- butter (yes. butter is healthy: it contains vitamin A, D, E, and K; fats such as butter are essential for absorbing nutrients from vegetables)
- strawberries - epic dessert or snack food

unhealthy:
- hershey's dark chocolate bliss pieces - I eat a few each day, and I probably shouldn't...
- cereal, my binge food - I don't eat it most of the time, but I had a bad binge yesterday, and that was basically all I had
- clif builders protein bars - okay... they aren't that bad because of the protein, and they're less processed than most, but they're kind of high in sugar
- bread, also a binge food - again, I don't really eat it on normal days, but when I binge, I go for this, too
- coffee - well, it's not that bad for me, but I drink a cup of decaf of caf. nearly every day, i should probably cut back

Basically I'm pretty good except on binge days, in which I shovel cereal and bread into my face at like... midnight... and then can't sleep for two hours because I feel like poop.

Same here, I haven't been able to be consistent as well but mainly because I didn't have internet. Wish my excuse was that I was busy as well lol but I've been bumming it out at home, trying to find a job.

I know exactly what you mean. I'm usually good except for the binge days. I don't know why we do it especially when we end up feeling horrible after it. The few pieces of dark chocolate actually isn't that bad. I heard there are a lot of benefits to dark chocolate and if you can chalk it down to one piece a day, you can most definitely eat it without any guilt.