Portions

Fun play on portion control. Pick your plate - diet, extra ordinary and supersize.  It's color coded for the types of food you should have on that plate.

Diet Dessert Delights

It was about time a gum company created a product like Dessert Delight.  I was a bit skeptical until a friend gave me a piece of the Mint Chocolate Chip gum.  I put it in my mouth and it actually blew my mind.  I am obsessed.  The Key Lime Pie even tastes creamy, if you close your eyes you would think you had real Key Lime Pie in your mouth.  Food science at its best, this gum actually tastes like the dessert.  My favorite is the Key Lime Pie, followed by the Mint Chocolate Chip.  I also bought the Strawberry Shortcake, but that tasted more like sugary strawberries and not enough shortcake.  The flavor also lasts for quite awhile, which is great because that means dessert lasts forever in your mouth! I definently recommend trying this gum!

No Weight Gain Chocolate

I found this lovely dark chocolate bar in the Cornell store today.  I was tempted to buy the entire display of different bars.  I decided just to post about this one - No Weight Gain. I also bought the Choco-scopes for a friend obsessed with astrology.  They have tons of other clever bars, I could not stop laughing as I read them and thought of friends who would also find them just as entertaining.  They are made by Bloomsberry & Co. of New Zealand.  These bars are great gift ideas and the website is fun to play around. 

No Weight Gain Chocolate**

**Guarantee No Weight Gain Chocolate

Warning: Manufacturer guarantee is void if packaging has been tempered with, open or torn.  No consumer serviceable parts inside.  May cause weight gain if used correctly. (aka eaten)

The ends say - Do not open.

Hahahahah made my day.  Have not opened it yet - Great motivation for my diet!

Coco's Tea Party - Little Black Dress Detox

 Love this post on Coco's Tea Party. 

I love all the looks they put together!

VS

VS - Push -Up Triangle Top w/ Fold Over Bottoms

Finally did it.  Took the plunge, and bought my bathing suit for vacation next week.  Took me about three weeks to decide which one and the big mystery -  how I would actually look in it.  This is soo hard to do when you are bathing suit shopping online.  Every bathing suit looks amazing no matter how ugly it is, they sell because of the bodies wearing them, not the suits. Honestly, this model in this picture might be my best motivation to lose weight because I would like to think I could look this good in the bathing suit as well. (minus the boob job, never eating and working out 24/7).  Anyways, I still am in love with this suit and can only dream I could look this good in it, but I still bought it.  Hopefully, it is here by next weekend and I don't eat for the next week!

Miraculous Push-Up Halter Top

 My roommate really liked this one, I had to agree.  She is a tall, thin and blonde and can totally rock this.  I on the other hand was not feeling so sure about it for myself.  I thought I needed some pattern to distract people..

Is it just me, or is something just not right with this picture?

Eat this, Not that...Drinks Edition

Eat this, Not that! artfully illustrates the 20 worst drinks in America.
Some of them are quite surprising...Starbucks Vanilla Frap = 32 Nilla Wafers!

Losing the freshman baby weight

The Public Humilitation Diet...hilarious and completely practical.  With enough desire, this is doable.

"I could eat 90 pounds of plain white rice in one sitting. Golden House apparently steams it in cocaine vapor. Anyway, I'd still have pasta for dinner every week or so. But one bowl at a meal."

"Having a cup of tea at the end of the meal (usually decaf) was my way of reminding myself MEAL IS OVER, FUCKFACE."

Diet Experiment: Half Marathon Training

Since everyone is trying to find a way to lose weight, I have decided it is time for me to really take action and make some conscious healthy decisions. First, I am going to run a half-marathon with Equestrian Sailor. I am excited because it will get in in shape for this summer, I can start enjoying running again and lose some weight and get toned! Also, it is much easier to tell people you cannot eat something because you are training, they won't force you or bug you about it either. Yesterday, I went on my first outside run of the year, it felt great! I really wanted to see where my fitness level was. That being said, I want to aim to be able to do around 9 minute miles for the race. This will give me a good goal to work for. I have already found a training program that I think I can follow and work.

Here's my plan:



Day two and I already fell -- hurt my ankle and cut my knee -- off to a great start! Can't wait to see what I do to myself by June!

Diet Experiment: Beyonce Diet -- The Master Cleanse

My friends W and C just finished their Division I basketball season which required intensive dieting and training, it has finally ended and they are so excited! They are even more excited to get their bodies back to the weight they are comfortable with for spring break! They call it the "Beyonce Diet"--she admits using it to lose weight for a movie -- which requires only liquids and no exercise. Quick summary, "a concoction of fresh lime or lemon juice, maple syrup, and cayenne pepper mixed with water," that is consumed 6 - 12 times a day, along with an "herbal laxative tea... taken twice a day, and no other food is consumed." You follow this for 3 - 10 days.
http://themastercleanse.org/

"I was cranky," Beyonce admitted to Oprah about her emotional state while on the Master Cleanse diet fast. -- hope that doesn't happen to W and C!

I have read before that it is healthy to occasionally cleanse your body by fasting for a day, but I have never known someone to do it to this extent. I do not think it will work because it is not long term weight loss and they will be so hungry! I wish them luck and can't wait to see the results!

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Day 1 - C has already quit, W is still strong!

Day 2 - W resisted all the urges and is sticking with it. She did admit it was much harder today and really can't wait for it to be over!

Day 3 - W DID IT!!! I am so proud of her and obviously very jealous. She lost 10 pounds! Tomorrow she is going to introduce liquids and go from there. I am debating trying this, I really do not want to feel fat on spring break! This is crash dieting 101, but it works.

Day ?? - W has barely been eating anything and working out and has put on 6 lbs... so much for beyonce?

I personally tried this as well over the weekend, only lasted 2 days! It is tough, I dropped some pounds, but I know they will be back. So much for the miracle diet :(

My New Experiment

I was eating dinner with my friend M, who went vegetarian a month ago, and she mentioned that ever since she has been more tired. I told her about my brother who has been doing the slow-carb/very few-carbs approach. Now when he eats carbs, he is out cold on the couch for hours.

So we decided to try a diet/approach to eating (the end goal is not to lose weight, but if that happens I won't be distraught), which I think is better than vegetarianism! NO CARBS FOR A MONTH! That's right no rice, chips, pizza (at least the crust part), crackers, bread, muffins, and bagels :) I hope I'll get more energy and stop falling asleep in the middle of the afternoon. Some of my friends tried to tell me that my body would go bonkers and I wouldn't be able to function...I think the millions of Americans who tried Atkins were just fine, even if they did regain the weight, and carbs are in almost every food and drink!

We'll see how long I'll last without 3am pizza though and

RIP my anti-drug...