Transcending Limitations

Lately I keep hearing about how people are trying to get more antioxidants into their diet but don’t realize that a great way is by adding in spices and herbs. Not only is it a great low calorie way to enhance the taste of your food but you’re also adding to the health properties. Of course your meal may not taste great with an entire 1/2 tsp of one of these on just your portion of food (unless you really love that spice) but it gives you an idea of how these spices stack up against popular fruits and vegetables.

1/2 teaspoon Cinnamon = 1/4 cup blueberries
1/2 teaspoon Chili powder = 1/2 cup cantaloupe
1/2 teaspoon Crushed red pepper = 1/4 cup honey melon
1/2 teaspoon Cumin = 1/2 cup pineapple
1/2 teaspoon Oregano = 3 cups freash spinach
1/2 teaspoon Paprika = 1/4 cup green beans
1/2 teaspoon Thyme = 1 medium carrot
1/2 teaspoon Turmeric = 1 cup broccoli

All of my junk food is gone. My brothers have apparently been sneaking the sweets a little at a time whenever no one was around. I know I should be glad it’s gone but it really pisses me off when they do things like this. At the very least they could have asked before they ate it, I would have let them have it. They’re constantly taking things that are mine and then wonder why I have a problem with possessiveness, let alone binge eat. With them around you can either take everything that’s yours or you get nothing. I ended up eating what little was left even though I didn’t even want it. I feel horrible. I crashed from the sugar high and have a horrible headache. I think that from now on I’m send it off with them or giving it away afterward. Being gracious isn’t worth this crap.

Samoas cookies, oatmeal cream pies, chocolate almond bars, and all within one week. This place is a diet landmine just waiting to blow up in my face. I currently have them in a plastic grocery bag at the bottom of the freezer. I just have to keep pushing them deeper and further back and try to forget about their existence.

This month started off really rocky after I had a major upset in late December. My one main goal for the future was more or less derailed thanks to a close friend. I was trying to lose weight while feeling aimless, highly stressed and fighting to keep out of a depression. It’s hard; I’m still struggling to realign my future and to quit filling the void with food. Unfortunately all of this started showing on the scale. My weight slowly crept up over the first three weeks before I managed to get my head on straight.

In the meantime I’ve cast the scale away…again. I don’t want to think about the number right now, I just want to do my best. I bought Jillian’s Blast Fat Boost Metabolism and Yoga Meltdown. This woman is amazing, I don’t think I’ve sweated this much in a while. I even have muscles throbbing that haven’t ached in a long time. I’m making this my do-over toward my very achievable March goal.

I adore a lot of you girls but I had to delete some accounts off my list that were highly triggering. I just can’t follow people who proudly post about purging, abusing pills, and other destructive habits. What makes me more sad is that all of them claimed to not be pro-ana/mia. I hope you all eventually realize how dangerous what you’re doing is and decide to continue on in a healthier and safer manner.

I finally had to go out and get a couple new smaller pairs. I’m so happy about this, I haven’t been seeing much of a difference in the mirror lately so this was a huge boost. I made sure to buy them a bit snug so that they’ll stick around for a while. 

I’ve been wanting to get my hands on this game since it first came out. I have no idea why I waited so long to finally get it. I’ve been playing it every day this week for at least an hour on the intense level. It’s so much fun and doesn’t even feel like a workout, at least not until the next day. I’ve been adding it to my strength training and regular jogging circuit so we’ll see if it aids with my over all toning or if it’s just something fun.

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Tall girls??? 

5’11

5’10.5”

I need more! Preferably with healthy goal weights and more then just thinspo pictures.

This was a fantastic gift from my mom. I learned a lot of new information and had many of my personal theories validated. I may type up some of the information for future posts but for anyone having trouble losing weight on a normal healthy diet this book my give you some new insight and different methods to try. I’m tempted to buy a bunch of copies, highlight key passages and hand them out to family and friends.

I decided to go to bed early last night so that I’d be ready to start today. I’m not making any resolutions this year, just plans.