{Fast Food} Closet Eaters & Biggest Loser

May 12, 2009 9 comments

drive_throughPhoto Source Here - and a good article to read too!

Fast Food.

It’s EVERYWHERE.

Is it good… or bad?

For some, depends on how you look at it.

My blogging buddy Josie over at Yum Yucky, created a Food Fast Cheat Sheet with a great list of foods under 400 calories.

Watching The Biggest Loser last Tuesday, one of the contestants named Mike, started to talk about how he was a “Closet Eater” at it’s finest. Mike would eat roughly about 1,000 calories in a easy 10 minute drive home. Mike would hit MANY fast food drive-thru’s on his way home, he would eat ALL of the food he purchased in a 1o minute spand. He was embarrassed to even let his family {who were obese as well} know he was eating all that food.

It has kept me thinking “do I closet eat?“

Is there food that I love {but doesn’t love my hips} and hide that I eat it? Hmm, something to take in to consideration?

I know that when I weighed my heaviest, well over 220+ pounds {honestly I don’t know HOW big I got in highschool, I just know I wore a size 20} I would easily closet eat, having an extra bowl of pasta AFTER dinner when everyone was done and gone, eating a whole quart of ice cream when I was home alone, heading to Sonic for a route 44 Slushie & Dairy Queen for a Blizzard all in one day. But NEVER letting anyone see me eat ALL this extra, extra, HIGH calorie food.

WHY?

Why should you ever have to hide what you’re eating?

If you’re hiding… does that mean it’s bad? Are you ashamed? Embarrassed?

Why closet eat? I personally think, that anything you feel you have to hide from people because deep down inside you’re embarrassed or ashamed of, then you need to check yourself and asked “WHY am I doing this?”

I can tell you now, that I don’t closet eat. I’m not ashamed of what I’m eating or how much of what I eat.

WHY?

Because I choose to eat healthier, better portions and over-around food that I’m proud to eat. Not a big Dairy Queen Blizzard and Fries on the side that make me feel like crap afterward and during make me think “I should not be eating this”.

I’ve taken control of what I eat. YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT. Your body does reflect what you put in it.

So with speaking of Mike from The Biggest Loser…

ronmike2Photo Source Here

Who do you think will be in the FINAL 3 tonight??? DAD or SON? Did you call in and Vote? Who do you think will be the Biggest Loser? Tara? Helen? Mike? Ron? I’m so pumped for the Finale! :)

So tell me, have you ever hidden something you’re eating because you didn’t want people to know? Or have you always been fine with whatever you’re eating healthy or junky?

Weekend Recap: Dallas, Fishing and Mommies

May 11, 2009 0 comments

Good Afternoon Ya’ll!

The day has been so busy and flown by! I haven’t made it to the gym yet, fighting off a headache, thinking I didn’t have enough tea this morning since I was out the door at 7:45am {yikes!}

The weekend plans of going to Dallas kind of changed a bit at the last minute.. I ended up staying home instead of going to Dallas {and Whole Foods…sad face} instead Hubs went with Jon, and ended up getting back by Saturday, instead of Sunday.

Saturday Morning I went to Wholyfit, then met up with my lil’sister and went shopping. It was SO humid and hot out. Our hair was huge. {haha!}

Hubs got back home Saturday afternoon. After dinner with my sister’s family, my hubs took our niece and nephew fishing…

fishingAfter an hour, my nephew came running up saying “I caught fee fish! Fee fish! Fee fish!” {meaning, “I caught three fish” hehe} They all had such a blast!

For Mother’s Day we spent the first part of the day with my side of the Fam and then the evening with Hubs side of the Fam…

mothersdayI also made cupcakes to take to everyone. Hubs and I were so good and stayed away from them ;)
We’re doing great staying on the healthy eating track.

The weekend was fun! But I definitely was bummed I didn’t get my Whole Foods trip like I wanted… So today I stopped over at Hubble and Hudson and picked up some trail mix that you can mix yourself. hubblegoods2VERY Tasty

hubblegoodsI picked, Coconut flakes, Dried Cranberries, Almonds, Raisins, Sunflower Seeds, & Flax Seeds.
SUPER YUMMY!

Hubble and Hudson is a great Market place, with a TON of organic choices, but definitely pricer than Whole Foods.

So tell me, do you like trail mix? Do you like making your own mix?

Bakin’ Bread!

April 26, 2009 4 comments

As a Wedding Gift, Hubs and I received {I’m pretty sure the coolest} bread machine, ev-ah!

img_0171The picture makes it look smaller, but this puppy is huge-o.  

The other day I decided not to be intimidated the machine and attempt to make some bread…
img_0170 Picked up from Honey Whole Wheat mix at HEB and began the baking experience!

When my sister said it’d be super easy, I didn’t believe her, but holy cow, I was wrong.

It’s SO easy! 

Add mix, add ingredients, hit START…. and BAM! It does all the work for you.

img_0174As you can see my husband cut into it before I got to take a picture. It’s SUPER Tasty.

check out the Nutrition Facts below:
Serving Size: 1 slice
Amount per Serving
Calories 80 Calories from Fat 15
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 0g 0%
    Saturated Fat  0g 0%
    Monounsaturated Fat  0g
    Polyunsaturated Fat  0.5g
    Trans Fat  0g
Cholesterol 0mg 0%
Sodium 140mg 6%
Total Carbohydrate 13g 4%
    Dietary Fiber  2g 8%
    Sugars  2g
Protein 3g 6%
Vitamin A 0%
Vitamin C 0%
Calcium 6%
Iron 4%
Thiamin (B1) 4%
Riboflavin (B2) 0%
Niacin (B3) 4%
Folic Acid (Folate) 8%
Est. Percent of Calories from:

Fat 0.0%     Carbs 65.0%
Protein 15.0%

 Not too shabby, and definitely FRESH! 

So tell me, have you ever baked bread?? :)  Do you like to bake? If so, what?

Take me out to the ball game…

April 23, 2009 8 comments

img_0167It’s that time of the year ya’ll, time to PLAY BALL! 

Baseball season is always fun.

Going out to the ballpark, being around crazy {normally very loud} fans and of course…

EATING.

ballparkPhoto Source: here

This past week we’ve been to see the Astro’s at Minute Maid park twice. Luckily, they won one of the games. Woo!
But when you’re eating to lose weight, you don’t want to eat like the picture above.

I know, I know, you’re saying “Lauren, c’mon that’s what going to the ballpark is ALL about!” Sure, I get it. BUT, if you’re trying to lose weight, not a good idea. Sorry. 

At Minute Maid on the Club Level, there is this AWESOME Salad bar. So glad they have that. So for Dinner, I had a Salad and then after that, my Mother-in-law suggested to go for a walk and climb the stairs to burn off our dinner. {She’s so great!} so we did, people thought we were weird, but hey, we could still here the game going on, and we did a good 3 laps around the park and went up and down the 2-flight stairs 3 times, go us! :)

Other ideas for having a healthy experience at the Ballpark is:

1. Eat before you go {I know, *groan* how boring}
2. Bring your purse {or your man-bag} and pack some healthy snacks
3. Stay away from the ICE CREAM {this should be a given, but ya know… its hard}
4. If you’re going to eat that pretzel, then GET UP and move. Take those 3 laps
5. Just be cautious of what you’re about to eat and then realize how hard you’ll have to workout, to burn that off.

Here’s some nutrition facts from Fit Sugar on BallPark foods:

ood Serving Size Fat (g) Saturated Fat (g) Calories Sugar (g) Carbs (g) Protein (g)
Hot Dog 1 4-oz. dog 18.5 7 315 9 29 10
Corn Dog 1 4-oz. dog 14 4 250 6 23 9
Pepperoni pizza 1 3.8-oz. slice 12.1 5.3 298 4.1 34 13.3
Roasted Unsalted Peanuts 30 large peanuts (1 oz.) 14.1 2 166 1.2 6.1 6.7
Cracker Jacks 1/2 cup 2 0 120 15 23 2
Nachos With Cheese Small (20 chips) 29.5 9.5 554 0.5 65.8 12.3
Soft Pretzel 4.1 oz. 3.6 0.8 389 0.3 79.8 9.4
Beer 12 oz. 0 0 153 0 12.6 1.6
Frozen Malt 12 oz. 24.8 15.8 518 62.3 63.8 9.8
Chili Fries 9.9 oz 36 0 596 3 83 10

 

So tell me, What’s your FAVORITE thing to eat when you go to a baseball game?

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