As of Monday Jan. 11, 2010 I decided to stop eating red meat for 101 days! NO RED MEAT till April 21 eeekkkkkkkkkk!! Normally it would not be so hard BUT with working in the family business (mexican taqueria/grocery food) its hard to resist and cook my own HEALTHY food with there being so many temptations. So I figured if I take red meat out then i'm forced to eat either chicken, turkey and fish which neither of these I mind! My problem starts when my daddy cooks BARBACOA (shredded beef), CARNITAS (shredded pork) and ALPASTOR (marinaded pork) I can smell the food from a mile away. Its hard to SAY NO no No quiero because SI quiero SI quiero; besides who would want to cook with there being so much GOOD food!! So I went COLD TURKEY. I decided right on the spot as I was making my dos tacitos de carne alpastor and I heard daddy make a coment "tu qres que por que nomas son dos tacitos no vas ah engordar"! I said hes right I need to say no torttillas I need to say NO mexican food for a while. I just need to learn to make healthier choices and let me tell you there is nothing healthy about MEXICAN food!
This is a TORTA de jamon (ham sandwhich), Hard to say no to!! (pic was taken by luiggi)
So Here is a recap on what the week has been like so far-
Monday was pretty easy breakfast I had the GREEN MONSTER from gina's blog. I actually got the recipe from a High School friend Jessica Ayers (wonderouswifey.blogspot.com) Lunch was a salad and dinner chicken meatball soup my FM-I-L made. I said to myself if every day could be like monday then I'm good to go. But who said it was easy cause then Tuesday rolled around- Breakfast I had the avena shake from Gina's blog (skinny weightwatchers is what it is after i googled her blog). Lunch I had 2 Tuna tostadas, Dinner was tough I would say my FH decided to eat at the store and have some burritos de carne de pork with rice and beans. I sooooooooo wanted some so so so bad! The thing is I was'nt even that hungery yet cause I had a snack in between- I just wanted some of what he was having and for a sec a split sec I almost did and then I looked at my jeans and remembered that I was wearing a size 12 jeans and I said No mas!! As i was drinking my water I am determined to lose weight and fit into my old jeans and maybe just maybe even get to a smaller size. This morning breakfast was pretty easyi had the green monster again its actually really yummy and filling.
GREEN MONSTER recipe:
1 frozen banana
1 handful of spinach
1 tbsp peanut butter
1tbsp honey
1 cup 1% milk
I think the green monster has by far the best one!!
We shall see how the rest of the day goes, I think i feel so much better after having let it all out! LOL
This is a TORTA de jamon (ham sandwhich), Hard to say no to!! (pic was taken by luiggi)So Here is a recap on what the week has been like so far-
Monday was pretty easy breakfast I had the GREEN MONSTER from gina's blog. I actually got the recipe from a High School friend Jessica Ayers (wonderouswifey.blogspot.com) Lunch was a salad and dinner chicken meatball soup my FM-I-L made. I said to myself if every day could be like monday then I'm good to go. But who said it was easy cause then Tuesday rolled around- Breakfast I had the avena shake from Gina's blog (skinny weightwatchers is what it is after i googled her blog). Lunch I had 2 Tuna tostadas, Dinner was tough I would say my FH decided to eat at the store and have some burritos de carne de pork with rice and beans. I sooooooooo wanted some so so so bad! The thing is I was'nt even that hungery yet cause I had a snack in between- I just wanted some of what he was having and for a sec a split sec I almost did and then I looked at my jeans and remembered that I was wearing a size 12 jeans and I said No mas!! As i was drinking my water I am determined to lose weight and fit into my old jeans and maybe just maybe even get to a smaller size. This morning breakfast was pretty easyi had the green monster again its actually really yummy and filling.
GREEN MONSTER recipe:
1 frozen banana
1 handful of spinach
1 tbsp peanut butter
1tbsp honey
1 cup 1% milk
I think the green monster has by far the best one!!
We shall see how the rest of the day goes, I think i feel so much better after having let it all out! LOL
aggggh! You're tempted all round you my goodness! I can't imagine having to be so strong and say no! It is so much easier when you work from home and you don't have a choice but to eat what you have. Well the green monstoer sounds interesting, I will have to try it! Keep sharing (I like reading) and mucho suerte...You can do it!!! :-)
ReplyDeleteI got called out for not commenting. Andrea I am very proud of you. I love you very much and know that you are a burra and stubborn and will DO IT. :)
ReplyDeleteHUGS!