I Love Healthy Food!!

Y'all! I did so good today food wise! I will never cease to be amazed at how delicious healthy food can be! I am still recovering from my utterly obscene weekend, so I knew I had some making up to do in the food department. I felt better at boot camp this morning than I did on Monday, but I want to feel even better tomorrow! 

I started my day after boot camp with some yummy special k with a banana! 

It sounds simple, but it's really a great way to get in protein, fruit, and some healthy (organic skim) milk to start off your day! I had cottage cheese for a snack before I headed to my 11 o clock class, and then I was on campus until 3:15! I stopped by the Russell House to pick up some sushi in between classes. I'll admit it wasn't the best sushi I've ever had, but it's still good protein! 

I had a long day today: tons of school work, a trip to the DMV, and babysitting. I knew I wouldn't survive without my favorite thing in the whole wide world- sugar free red bull! Now, I am well aware that red bull is horrible for you. What is it y'all say is in it? Rat poison? Well what-EVER! It is my vice and it gets me through long days and makes me happy so I'm sticking to it! 

I think everyone should have one little vice that they don't give up when making a change in eating habits, and caffeine is mine! If you can get through a day without a skinny latte or a red bull, then more power to you! I cannot. 

I had 6 slices of turkey (50 calories and TONS of protein) and some Yoplait yogurt when I got home from the DMV. I got a new license, woohoo! :) 

I went to babysit at 5:45 and was planning on just eating a Kashi granola bar for supper, but when I got there the mom had eaten a salad for dinner and left the ingredients out for me! I wish I could say I was creative enough to make this beautiful salad, but alas, I stole the idea from a precious mother of two. 

CAN WE JUST TALK ABOUT HOW BEAUTIFUL THAT SALAD IS?!

It consisted of baby arugula, zucchini, marcona almonds, a few pieces of steak, and lemon drizzled on top. Oh. My. Gosh. Delicious! I've never had arugula before and I didn't absolutely love it, but my sweet friend Adam: 

(is he not literally the cutest thing you've ever seen?) recommended I try it with romaine sometime, so I think I shall! The marcona almonds were also super delish, they were olive oil-y with some salt on them! I actually went back for more after I was finished with my salad. The serving size said 23 almonds! I had about 15. Noms :)

I just had a bedtime snack with a little bit of protein in it to get me through boot camp tomorrow! It's one of my very favorite snacks- Kashi waffles! I absolutely love waffles and I know my buttermilk Eggos are not so excellent for me, so I'm glad Kashi has a great alternative! You should try them sometime!

The moral of today's story is that healthy food really can taste delicious! I no longer feel like I am making sacrifices to eat healthy. After this weekend and feeling so crappy afterwards, it is truly a relief to get back to eating foods that are great for my body AND taste good! 

Thank y'all so much for reading this, I'm really enjoying writing for you! Have a great night!

XO- Abigail

Back on the Grind

In an effort to get back on the wagon that I fell so very far off over the weekend, I'm blogging twice today! I ate really well all day, woohoo! I also worked out twice and boy am I feeling it! I had boot camp at 5:45 and Zumba at 9! I am struggling just to keep my eyes open at this point! 

I knew I had to eat well today to attempt to make up for this weekend, so I started out with some granola for breakfast! I had one small serving of low fat cottage cheese around 10:30, and had some yummy Publix sushi for lunch! 

According to the calorie counter I have been using online, this meal has 600 some odd calories! Say whaaat?! That kind of threw me for a loop, but sushi is so full of protein and yumminess that it's worth it to me to be by far the biggest meal of my day!

I went to Publix in the middle of the day to get my sushi and decided to do a little grocery shopping while I was there. Revamp my fridge. If there's nothing unhealthy in your fridge, you're way less likely to go out and get something you shouldn't really be eating. Look at all this yummy fruit Publix had just for me!! 

I was in skinnygirl heaven! I got some bananas, apples, and peaches (my newfound love) to snack on during the week! Nomnomnom.

Mondays and Wednesdays are my crazy days of classes, so I was on campus for most of the day after my trip to Publix. I needed a snack around 3:45 and had packed a Luna Bar to munch on. I'd never tried this particular kind, but oh-my-gawd, y'all. SO GOOD. 

It literally tasted like I was eating candy! I can't even explain how good it was! Just go get one! Right now! It made me not want to waste calories on a burger ever again- that's how delicious it was.

I mentioned I have been using a calorie counter online- I signed up for myfitnesspal! I have been absolutely loving it so far. You can scan a barcode of any food you eat and it enters it directly into your food diary! You can also enter your weight loss goals and fitness goals, and it helps you keep track of it! I'm loving it! Thanks for the recommendation, Adam and Brittany!

I'm so happy to be eating healthy and feeling good again, although I must admit I'm pretty excited to get in bed in a couple hours! School and workouts are exhausting, especially when your body isn't happy with you!

Get back on the wagon with me!

Get fit!

Get healthy!

XO- Abigail

Lesson learned!

Y'all. I really don't even have anything of validity to say, because truth be told this weekend I ate like CRAP! Total and complete crap. I'm not kidding. Judge me. Yell at me! 

Friday wasn't so bad, but I didn't eat enough! I was in bed until like five, oops. But I went out on my DATE and had some awesome sushi at a cute restaurant in five points! 

My date had never tried sushi (crazy, right!?!) so we split a California Roll and his roommate's recommendation of the rock n roll! The rock n roll was crab, avocado, cucumber, the usual- wrapped in squid and then fried. Pretty tasty, I won't lie!

I went to the lake on Saturday and consumed approximately 814170 calories in beer and APPARENTLY had some really awesome cheeseburger... I'm so ashamed! It was the first time since boot camp started (July 12th I think?) that I've really cheated. We get a "free day" with boot camp but we're still required to write down what we eat so our trainer can scold us appropriately. I wasn't so bad for the rest of the day, I had a subway sandwich for dinner. 6 inch ham on wheat with lettuce, provolone, and lite mayo. In comparison to the burger, it was an upgrade for sure!

We were supposed to come back to Columbia on Saturday night but the lake was so fun we wanted to go out on the water another day! This wasn't the best decision for me food wise though! Since I was a visitor in someone's home, I wasn't really in control of what I ate! (Not to mention we were in the deep south and everything is deep fried!) We went to a hole in the wall restaurant off the lake for breakfast on Sunday morning and I seriously had chicken fingers. Seriously. Chicken fingers. Like WHAT? Where were all of you to yell at me when I was making these poor decisions?!

As if I hadn't eaten badly enough all weekend, we went to Gilligan's for lunch and I had a steak and some steamed oysters. And a few bites (okay, a lot of bites) of the most delicious hush puppies I've ever eaten. Meanwhile, my phone was dead for the duration of the weekend, so I have no pictures to show you of the delicious fattening food I ate all weekend!

While it was all pretty darn yummy, it was NOT WORTH IT. I had boot camp this morning at 5:45 and I have never felt so sluggish or gross! I was dying. My body is so used to eating healthy organic food that this weekend really messed with me! I feel bloated and nasty :/ I need to do a cleanse or something! I probably still have hamburger grease and beer emanating from my pores. Ew. I have Zumba at 9 this morning and I am 100% back on the grind! No more fattening bad foods for me. If you ate like crap this weekend too, don't let it discourage you! You just have to let today be a new day and don't fall completely off the wagon! All is not lost! 

Getting healthy is not about a diet, it's a lifestyle change! We all know it's not easy to cut things out of your life, whether it be a toxic ex, a crappy friend, or fattening food. We are ALL going to fall off the wagon sometimes. But you have to realize that you should be the number one priority in your own life, and whatever is bringing you down has to go. Only allow things, food, and people in your life that make you feel better, and make you want to be better all the time. I know it's easier said than done, but if you make the conscious effort to better yourself every day, the realization will come to you. Be the most important thing in your life! Make yourself happy! 

Happy Monday, y'all. 

XO- Abigail