Oh-Ho, Fro-Yo

Thank you lovelies for the comments on my past inebriated post. It means so much to hear "yes! you're doing it right!" though sometimes we don't think so ourselves...



Today was an ok day. I changed my calorie intake daily goal from 500 to 600 on my iPod app (mostly to compensate for the massive amounts of calories taken in per day, to make myself feel better). So on "Lose It" the weight loss app I keep raving about, there are graphs and figures and statistics day-to-day week-to-week, and being a visual girl this just really floats my boat! And you see, when I eat LESS than my goal, there is a GREEN space but if I go over it turns RED and becomes very obviously BADBAD.



My best friend left yesterday which was good for me calorie wise, since her house, and recreation with her always always involves food. My Mommy and I went to the Bay Area (in California) yesterday to hear a piano concert, and ended up nomming in Berkeley which is a fucking foodie HEAVEN. We split a burrito which I was hoping would be vegetarian=veggies but instead it was vegetarian=riceandguacamole, not a great calorie counting time...



Also, is anyone else like totally obsesssssed with fro-yo? It's such a craze in Northern California seriously, like there are 7 frozen yogurt stores in my tiny little college town. Ridic. It's my undoing, especially since the nonfat healthy flavors are often available to sample for free in these tiny lil' cups, with flava flavs like Peanut Butter, Sweet Coconut, Green Tea, and fucking Sugar-free Raspberry. SO DELISH. I need to get back on the South Beach diet modified to restrict all dairy.


fuck you, Pinkberry

I love you all, bonne nuit!

[all photos minus LiLo are of Maggie Cheung, fabulous Chinese actress]

I did a boo-boo

I f'd up on the camping trip, eating a total of definitely more than 1000 calories worth of junk food: chips, marshmallows, choco, cookies, et cetera.

I did pat myself on the back briefly when we all stopped for In-N-Out (California's famed fast food joint...it's delicious) and all I got was coffee. So at least there's that. And I didn't have any hot dogs at the campfire because "i'm vegetarian going on vegan".

I got home and ran for 20 minutes. Then I felt awful and wanted to puke though I knew all the calories had already been absorbed in my tum. I then tried to do the salt water cleanse but that really put the digestive system into total chaos--I ended up puking up a lot of water, and a lot of weirdly colored food remainders (sorry for the tmi guys).

So today has been RECOUP day. Which means: lots of probiotics (yoghurt spoonfuls here and there, some kimchi, and later some kombucha too) to repair the digestive system, fiber, and veggies. Also LOTS OF WATER. Aiming for three litres.

Intake so far:
1/2 c fiber one and soymilk (150 cals)
kim chi (like 10 cals)
1 prune (30 cals)

I'm starting up the baby food diet after my day of recouping which means I'll be pureeing lots of peas, prunes, and carrots.
Yay fresh produce.

Hope your past few days have been better than mine...
xxxooo Eva

PS: The gum in my previous post was Wrigley's "5" React: Fruit gum. INTENSE

Camping Shlamping--I Missed Y'all!

OM-GEE!
Hello ladies and gents! I'm back from the gorgeous North coast of California and BOY does it feel good to check up on your lively lovely and lascivious posts and comments!

I had a great time and the eating was pretty under control (500, 1000, 700) with the exception of a hot dog and tempeh on the first night. I have to say the iPhone/iPod app, "Lose It" has really been saving me day-to-day. I have an iPod touch that I got free as Apple's student gimmick-"buy a Macbook get a free iPod bla bla bla"-and its transportability is great for keeping track of intake/exercise/calories in general.

Mom and I stopped at American Apparel on the way home and squeezing into a potential-buy bikini was NOT so much fun as lounging on a sandy, pebbly beach with no mirrors within a 20-mile radius, I have to say. Mom was also verrry offended by the presence of many butts, and also Butt in Am Appy though. C'mon mom, it's BUTTS! Silly BUTTS! Although I don't know how I feel about their advertising schemes myself, I feel like the unisex/androgyne/butt-tastic appeal is OK.

I am going to the beach with friends tomorrow. I am KEEPING INTAKE DOWN AND JOGGING ON SANDY BEACHES HIGH

also NO S'MOREZ Y'ALL

also HI! new followers! thanks and nice to meet you!
xxxooo Eva

Snackin' Smackin'

My mom is a huge late-night snacker. I think I picked up all of my bad habits/food addiction/depression from her. It's so frustrating. She wants to eat healthy so it's not too hard to fast around her, though sometimes she fusses. What are your parents like?

Last night at my friend's party I saw my first serious boyfriend for the first time in five years. That was...weird. He seemed almost exactly the same. I guess I am a little taller than I was as a sophomore in high school though. We're going out for dinner to catch up and such. SHIT, dinner! SHITSHITSHIT. I hate eating engagements. Seriously all I fixate upon is the food. At parties, too. So horrid. Anyway. Camping tomorrow. With Mumsie. There will be vegetables.
xxxooo Eva

Lady GnawGnaw

If all of our blogs were aggregated onto a graph of "yay me" and "FUCK MY LIFE" with all the little bumps in between, I feel as if many of ours would form similar erratic and jumpy patterns between the polar opposites.


o hai, beautiful skinnies

Today was not so good, as you might guess from the title.

Fast being officially broken as of yesterday, I had today:

1/2 c fiber one and soy milk 100 cals
2 small nectarines 60 cals
1 cup yam and lime soup 180 cals
1/2 tomato 30 cals
2 tsp peanut butter 75 cals

but then...friend's party! DREADDDD:
1/2 brownie with frosting 150 cals
cake slice (thin) 40 cals
peach cobbler 100 cals

total: at least 555 calories
without any REAL HARD exercise.

Speaking of...
Has anyone ever dealt with a knee injury? I over-worked my running and haven't been able to jog for over 2 months. This is unfortunate since the lack of aerobics is sucking my muscle out and replacing it with flub.
Exercise suggestions please...what's the next best calorie-crunching fun you partake in?

Hope everyone's weekend is fun, and successful.
Much love and WELCOME NEW FOLLOWERS! 24 Lovely Lads and Ladies!
xxxooo Eva

Fasting, Flabbing, and The Great Green Ganja

hey lovelies,

day 2ish of fasting proved O-K, but I had WAY too many solids:

1 bowl miso soup

1 plum

1 bowl bean/broccoli/pea soup

gum

lots water

and also a lick of weed butter. Shit's tasty! I meant to ask you all though, what is your stance on the ol' Mary J, anyhow? I like how it increases my heart rate and makes me feel light. I don't like how sometimes food gets paired with it, a la the Munchies of Doom.

and now, I guess here are some body pictures. Prepare yourselves.

--ughh---

these are the Cheap Mondays I cannot properly squeeze myself into, as you may note by the bulging button fly. Mostly the lack of fitting-properly derives itself from this area:

[edit: picture removed, I couldn't stand it]

butt/thighs. Don't know if the thunder thighs came outta doing hurdles in track and field, or the Pill, or a curse from the Gods. Either way. bane of my existence, and my desire to fit into skinny jeans properly.

--end ughhhh--

Tomorrow I am planning an all-liquid day. Can't decide what it'll consist of yet. Probs green tea, lemon juice, and kombucha. And TOMATO JUICE NOM NOM

xxxooo Eva

I Battled the Bulge, the Bulge Won

"How are you feeling?"
Like a whale.
"Comment vas-tu?"
Comme une baleine.
"Ni hao ma?"
(don't know how to answer "I feel like a whale" in Mandarin yet)

So guess who went to the buffet and binged like a budai. ME


I ate better than I would have in past years, forgoing (most) starchy things for seafood and veggies, but I let a few things slip, especially with sushi. So much fucking sushi. GEE!

Anyway my tum is distended and I probably gained like ten fucking pounds and I even made friends with Mia on my front lawn for a few minutes but I doubt that did much (maybe a crab leg, or a few prawns if I'm lucky). Finished off the night with a sickening two cups of the good ol' Green Box tea, otherwise known as "Diet Tea", "Dieters Tea II", "3 Ballerina Tea", et cetera. Shit is nasty but it works great to clear the innards out, no?

And how's everyone else's weekend? Would anyone like to begin a 7-day fast with me tomorrow?
As for me I'm rolling myself off to bed. Or like, flopping there.
xxx(XL)ooo
Eva