After the overwhelming popularity my Shame Squad challenge on facebook (seriously, you people have to be bored), I agreed to move it to a blog. So here we are.
The Shame Squad started when my friend Kyle (a girl) asked my friend Geoff (a girl in spirit) and me (also a girl) to publicly shame her if she didn't clean out her car. Happily (sadly!), Kyle cleaned out her car, so she went un-shamed. I also went un-shamed, and I found reporting on my eating and exercising habits strangely motivating, as well as a good forum to get help and advice from my friends.
So without further ado, the first entry of The Shame Squad Blog!
For Sunday, July 1st. I didn't eat breakfast. I know, I know. But Chris had just come back from New Orleans and brought me a book about New Orleans food. What followed yesterday was a full day of eating Cajun and Creole specialties, which we all know are not known for their healthfulness. So I didn't eat breakfast because I was still full from dinner the previous night.
But I did get up and drink some water--two glasses. After that we headed to the grocery store, since we had to throw everything in the fridge away because of the power outage due to Windpocalypse. By the time we got home, we were starving, so I whipped up some healthy Tex-Mex dip. It was fat free beans (Andrew--protein!) with green chilis, a little bit of queso blanco, and then lots of lettuce, tomatoes, and cilantro. Serve with tortilla chips (whole grains!) and you have a bowl full of yum. Plus two more glasses of water, bringing the count up to 4.
Snack was tomatoes, fat-free feta, and the new love of my life: lemon olive oil. I got it from a cute store in Fredericksburg (they also have one in Culpeper) when I went to visit Debbie & Greg.
Dinner tonight was pretty awesome--a spicy chicken breast (Andrew--protein!), some watermelon, and farro based off of this recipe. If you've never had farro, you owe it to yourself to try it. It's kind of like a cross between brown rice and orzo (and it is higher in fiber and protein). I don't like couscous or quinoa--I suspect I'm cooking them wrong--but I do like farro. I omitted the onion and peppers ('cause we don't like 'em) but added extra tomatoes and cucumber ('cause we do). I also had two glasses of lemon water (this would make my extremely hippie yoga instructor proud), bringing the total up to six.
So the plan for tonight is to do 20 minutes of cardio, followed by some strength training for my arms and back (a plan put together by my awesome friend/coworker Kelly), take my vitamin, and drink two more glasses of water. And let's be honest--I'm gonna eat some cheese. But not too much. Because that would be shameful.
Coming up tomorrow...another foray in to the scary world of chia seeds! Thanks for reading!
The Shame Squad started when my friend Kyle (a girl) asked my friend Geoff (a girl in spirit) and me (also a girl) to publicly shame her if she didn't clean out her car. Happily (sadly!), Kyle cleaned out her car, so she went un-shamed. I also went un-shamed, and I found reporting on my eating and exercising habits strangely motivating, as well as a good forum to get help and advice from my friends.
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| Here's Kyle (a girl). Isn't she lovely? Also, please note I'm wearing my Kate Middleton earrings. |
For Sunday, July 1st. I didn't eat breakfast. I know, I know. But Chris had just come back from New Orleans and brought me a book about New Orleans food. What followed yesterday was a full day of eating Cajun and Creole specialties, which we all know are not known for their healthfulness. So I didn't eat breakfast because I was still full from dinner the previous night.
But I did get up and drink some water--two glasses. After that we headed to the grocery store, since we had to throw everything in the fridge away because of the power outage due to Windpocalypse. By the time we got home, we were starving, so I whipped up some healthy Tex-Mex dip. It was fat free beans (Andrew--protein!) with green chilis, a little bit of queso blanco, and then lots of lettuce, tomatoes, and cilantro. Serve with tortilla chips (whole grains!) and you have a bowl full of yum. Plus two more glasses of water, bringing the count up to 4.
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| Five layers of deliciousness. |
Dinner tonight was pretty awesome--a spicy chicken breast (Andrew--protein!), some watermelon, and farro based off of this recipe. If you've never had farro, you owe it to yourself to try it. It's kind of like a cross between brown rice and orzo (and it is higher in fiber and protein). I don't like couscous or quinoa--I suspect I'm cooking them wrong--but I do like farro. I omitted the onion and peppers ('cause we don't like 'em) but added extra tomatoes and cucumber ('cause we do). I also had two glasses of lemon water (this would make my extremely hippie yoga instructor proud), bringing the total up to six.
So the plan for tonight is to do 20 minutes of cardio, followed by some strength training for my arms and back (a plan put together by my awesome friend/coworker Kelly), take my vitamin, and drink two more glasses of water. And let's be honest--I'm gonna eat some cheese. But not too much. Because that would be shameful.
Coming up tomorrow...another foray in to the scary world of chia seeds! Thanks for reading!