You are what you eat....

How many times have you heard the phrase "you are what you eat"?

I've heard this a million times and now it's making sense. My weight has been at a total stand still. Not going up not going down. (The down part is more important) I been training for my first marathon and running like crazy but the weight is just not coming off. It has to be what I'm eating.

What am I eating you ask? Are you ready for this...get your popcorn because it's entertaining #saidbynooneever

Breakfast: I usually eat leftovers for dinner the night before. This morning I had Chinese food. (CARBS) and let’s not forget the coffee and cookie. Yes, cookie. I have a sweet tooth like a mug.

Mid-morning snack: apple and spark

Lunch: I brought what was left over from last night’s dinner. Pigs in a blanket. (CARB) yes, that piggy is covered in a buttery croissant and filled with cheese. I think this falls under the fast, cheap and easy category.

Snack: apple

Midafternoon: I'll have a spark

Dinner: tonight we are having hamburgers and homemade fries (CARB)

And since it's the playoffs, I'll mostly be watching the game with a beer (CARB) or a glass of wine.

I need a carb intervention. ASAP

I have to be honest with myself, I can run all I want but when I am shoving carbs down my pie hole…the scale will stay the same. I HAVE to let go of the carbs and the delicious beer. I mean wine is just as good. It has less carbs, yes it has more sugar but its nature’s sweet nectar and I just can’t go without. I have a 3yr old and a husband who refuses to put the toilet seat down. It’s for everyone’s safety that mommy gets her happy juice.

So since I’ve deemed myself a certified nutritionist (aka googled the crap out of diets on the World Wide Web) I’ve come up with a plan to make this scale move. (DAMMIT)

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THE PLAN:

Change my diet. Eat to fuel my body. NOT to give my mouth something to do.

I’m cutting the carbs. BYE see you later bread. I will limit to one cheat meal a week. The other meals I will eat clean. Or at least try to eat clean. I will not be called cheap, fast and easy unless I’m shaking my thang for my husband.

Portions I’ve been pretty good about my portions. I used to be that mom who “finished H’s plate” cause it just not enough to save. Not anymore. Her plate is going to the trash and by trash I mean in Manny’s dog bowl.


I’m hoping this works. With the holidays around the corner I need the scale to say a happy number and stay. Does that make sense? I don’t need to be working on losing weight during the holidays, I need to work on maintain my weight.


What are some things you do to maintain your weight or loose a few pounds?

Especially with Halloween coming around the corner..Sweet tooth heaven. I need to resist. Which reminds me...

 Head on over to Ashley at A Cute Angle she's has a give away for Halloween.