Yo-Yo Dieting is a big No-No!

Ever play with a yo-yo? I looked up the definition on dictionary.com to assist you:



–noun
1.
a spool like toy consisting of two thick wooden, plastic, or metal disks connected by a dowel pin in the center to which a string is attached, one end being looped around the player's finger so that the toy can be spun out and reeled in by wrist motion.
2.
something that fluctuates or moves up and down, esp. suddenly or repeatedly.
3.
Slang. a stupid, foolish, or incompetent person.



Used as an adjective, a yo-yo diet is the worst and most popular kind of diet everyone aims for.



"But I want to loose weight!" ... well sorry to break it to you, but skinny is a way of life, not a temporary thing.


Popular yo-yo diets include the detox and cleansing diets. The most popular is the master cleanse which consists of canyenne pepper and lemon juice. There have also been success stories with liquid diets, raw diets, Atkins Diet, the Special K Diet and the Kaiser Permanente 3 day diet.

I'll let you in on a little secret. The reason why these "diets" work is because they've helped you cut out calories! The Special K Diet, which boasts its success on its website, has you taking in about 110 calories for breakfast and lunch with a snack of about 90 calories in between. You can eat normally for dinner though. Umm. Sorry to break it to you sisters and brothers trying to look skinny and amazing, but anyone who cuts out 500 calories from their diet will lose weight!

The Atkins Diet? ... cutting out carbs.. DUH. The Kaiser Permanente 3 day diet - keeps you full and satiated with its mix of protein and alternative liquids.. but mainly, it just eliminates the water bloat from 3 days of regulated meals.

I challenge you to eat healthy. Take out one type of devil food from your diet such as fried food or sweets. Don't try to nix both. This little change will help you tremendously reduce your caloric intake. Or, go without desserts during the week and give yourself a treat during the weekend. It basically all boils down to portion control as Nutrisystem so boasts but unfortunately, most of us don't have enough discipline to only eat what satiates our body. We tend to overeat, over indulge and continue munching despite our brains and stomachs being complete. Part of it can be blamed on society but rise above and be better than that.

Egg Whites Are Powerful

The art of boiling eggs is simple enough - yet until about a month ago, I knew not how. Armed with the knowledge of running them through cold water immediately after boiling, I know have 2 egg whites for breakfast everyday! Surprisingly, these eggs keep me satisfied until around 11, at which point I have a banana or some other fruit to keep me satiated until noonish. Try them! 4 egg whites if you are a male as you consume more calories throughout the day. That's eggs-trodinary! Egg-tastic! Eggs-xactly!

It Can Bloat You...

but you still need it! H2O is imperative to your body being at its best. Not only does it supplement all that fiber you will take in daily (see earlier post), but it will keep you satiated and occupied and you won't feel as hungry if you're constantly drinking water. Water does flush away vitamins so don't drink it sooo excessively that you pee out everything healthy in you! There's no technical guidance on how much water you should drink in a day - although some think it's 8 glasses, some think it's more or less, it's really your body and how you react to it. So I'd suggest drinking a lot and seeing how clear your urine becomes. Once it becomes a little too light, you've had too much... hold back and that should be about right.

Drink up!

To water that is!!

Avoid Mindless Eating

We all do it. We aren't even hungry .. we just feel like putting something in our mouth(avoid sexual comments here please) so we eat. And snack. And devour. And soon enough, our stomachs are in pain (LISTEN to your body) and we're bloated and disgusted with ourselves.

Eat when you're hungry! Don't eat for the sake of eating. AVOID mindless eating. Occupy yourself with work, an activity, gum or water.

MINDLESS eating is NO BUENO!!

Being Skinny is Not Temporary ... It's a Way of Life

Get off your fat butt and get to the gym!

Endorphins feel good. Eating well gives you energy. Staying active keeps you alive longer. Protein and fiber are good for you and fat in moderation is also great.

The purpose of this blog is to remind all the skinny girls who never had to worry about working out or eating right (because metabolism was on our side and we were young and never gained weight from ANYTHING) who are a bit older now, have had their metabolism slowed down a bit, aren't active because of sitting on your backsides 12+ hour days and just want to feel beautiful again (we know it all works from the inside out but if the outside is crap, your inside feels like crap).

Trust me.. I gained about 20 pounds - nobody noticed because I'm tall .. except for my mother who immediately noticed and wouldn't stop nagging me about it. Thanks mum.

Today's Lesson:
25 grams of fiber. That's how much fiber you should be taking in a day. Fiber keeps you regular (you shit out whatever you put in your body) because it is easier to process than all the other crap you put in your body. Check it out - see how much you take in. Typically, strive to poop two times a day! Ewww.. that's gross man.. yeah, but it's a reality. What goes in.. must come out. And to make matters worse..most people don't even crap once a day! CRAP! Think about it.. we can discuss in person if you wish.

obsessed again

I keep looking at photos of when I was skinny. I keep remembering what it was like to wear pants where your stomach didn't hang over. I keep pulling my pants down as it rides up and into the fat of my tum-tum. I keep wanting to lose weight. I keep eating. I keep gaining more weight.

Today, I have decided once and for all, to get skinny.

I am not eating ANYTHING fried. I can have ONE dessert per weekend. I am only drinking ONCE a week and no more than 1 - scratch that, 2.5 drinks. I am only allowed to eat carbs once a day.

I will starve a bit when I go to sleep. It will be good for me to decrease the size of my stomach.