Fail/Win

So blogging twice a week was a major fail! But... I consider #veggietober a win! I have introduced green beans and broccoli in to my veggies I like category!!! What I consider a even bigger win is I now like salads! I would never thought I would say I want/crave a salad but I have. Super Super proud of myself!!!

Still no fast food or soda!!! I did allow my self a black out day, which was my birthday and I didn't really do much damage at all!
Side note: I was taking a survey the other day and the first question was 'when was the last time you ate fast food?'. I was so proud to click the 'more than 3 months ago' answer. The second question was 'how often do you eat fast food in a month?' And I answered 'less then once a month'! That felt so awesome!

For November I think I'll try to add at least 2 more veggies to my like list or at least try 2 different veggies. And of course I'll continue no fast food and no soda.
Thank you for all your support and encouragement! XOXO

Veggie haul!!!

So I went grocery shopping and I was super excited to find what I was going to eat this week!!! I guess you can call this week broccoli week!!! 

The top left is pasta salad. I actually have wanted to get this for a long time now. I remember my memaw buying this and making me try it. I ended up liking it! She was like "see you can't say you don't like something until you try it" so this meal was a must for #veggietober! The next two things are cheese and broccoli one is rice and the other is pasta. My friend Elizabeth told me she loved broccoli rice and cheese so I grabbed these two! Then there is the velvetta Mac n cheese with broccoli that my cousin Stacy told me to try. In the center is a south western salad, it looked delish so I had to get it! The rest is just veggies. I can't wait to taste every single one of these! 

So, I started off on Tuesday with the Mac n cheese with broccoli. It was awesome but I couldn't really taste the broccoli... Well actually I have no idea what broccoli tastes like so maybe it did! Today I had the broccoli cheese and rice... It was amazing! I have one more meal that has broccoli in it and then I will actually taste the raw broccoli. I gotta say I'm kinda scared but if I'm gonna do #veggietober might as well be all in!!! XOXO 

Btw thank you for the recommendations!!! 

#Veggietober

This week was awesome! I started #veggietober ! I am proud to say that I like green beans! Wow! That feels so weird to say. I've been saying "I don't like veggies" forever that I began to believe it. I can honestly only say I don't like 2 vegetables and those are onions and spinach. Spinach has always made me gag. Onions... Well those are kinda weird. I can't say I hate them because I do love the flavor of them as long as they are blended in with somthing. Now actually taking a bite of an onion cooked or not makes me gag. Anyways back to green beans!  I have ate them twice this week. The first time I ate them with Mac n cheese and the second time with hamburger helper. Yes I know noodles aren't good for you but I'm taking baby steps! So my first thought when I took a bite of them was "what is this foreign food? It doesn't taste terrible like I thought". I have had it in my head that I don't like veggies and was surprised when they didn't make me gag. 

I had kind of an eye opener yesterday. I was eating leftover hamburger helper for lunch (no green beans this time) and I thought hmmm this tasted better last night. It wasn't until later, when I was telling my mom that for some reason the hamburger helper tasted so much better last night, when I was like ohhhhhhhh! Omgeeee it was the green beans that made it taste better! WOW was I shocked to say that out loud! Shout out to my cousin Stacy for giving me the can of green beans, sorry there are no left overs for ya! :) 

Another thing I have been in love with is the Naked Juice smoothies!!! Wow they are super delishhh. I have had the orange carrot and the green machine and I hope to taste many many more. You may not like the consistency of these smoothies because they are kind of thick. They are also a bit pricey, $3 to $4 for a 15.2 oz drink. But you can get a coupon on dogooddrinkgood.com .

All in all I have had a great start to #veggietober! Later today I will even try to eat a SALAD!!! Dun dun duuuuuuhhhhnn! I hope everyone else has had a great week as well! XOXO

I'm back!

Hey guys!!! I know I know it's been forever since I've posted! I just had to take a break for a bit. You know when you get into those moods when you just want to be by yourself and not bothered by anyone? Well that's kinda how I have felt the past couple if weeks. When I feel like that I just don't want to be in this world anymore. Not like I want to die kinda thing just I need a break from reality. So when this happens I read, or in this case listen, to books or get wrapped up in a tv series.  I have an audible.com account so I downloaded Divergent by Veronica Roth. When I read it takes me to a different world and that's what I love. I've also been watching Breaking Bad and Weeds on Netflix, both great shows btw! 

Well it's OCTOBER!!!! Wow this year went by super fast! I'm still on track with my diet. 3 full months with no fast food or soda! What?!? It's also been 2 months with no white bread, flour tortillas, or chips. Now last month I did say I was going to work on portion control. Well it worked for a couple weeks but then I lost my aunt and had a lot of stress, sadness, and depression to deal with. There were times I wanted to say FUCK IT! I'm not working on portion control might as well just give up everything else. But then I thought how proud my aunt was when I'd update her on how good I was doing by not eating fast food or drinking soda. So I decided for her, I'd continue what I was doing. 

This month I'm going to continue what I have been doing: 

No fast food

No soda

No chips

No white bread

No flour tortillas

I am going to try and add veggies to my diet this month! OMG!!!! That's right I said it the V word... Vegetables! If you don't know me.... well I don't really do veggies. The only ones I eat and like are corn, potatoes, sweet peas, and carrots.  I can't guarantee that I will eat some every day but when I do eat them I'll post it on my Instagram which is berber83 if you at not already following me. 

I hope everyone has a wonderful October. It's my favorite month of the year partly because I love fall weather and partly because it's my birthday month!!! Can't believe I'll be 30 on the 17th!!! Eeep!!!! I'm going to try and keep a schedule where I blog at least twice a week. I may post more if something is going on. 

See you loves later this week! XOXO

Veggie chips!

So I, with the help of my cousin Stacy, found a delishhh alternative to chips.... Veggie chips!

These chips are soooo amazing. They taste just like regular chips do but you get a dose of veggies while eating them. They are a bit expensive for the size of bag it comes it but they are good. Thank you Stacy!!!!  

XOXO

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Ennui and other things

Sorry for not blogging much lately. My aunt passed away last Saturday. I haven't really been up to talking about anything with anyone. There has been times that I wanted to say fuck it! And just eat whatever the hell I wanted to eat. That's what I do usually when I'm stressed, eat eat eat! I'm proud to say I haven't cheated yet!  There have been a couple times where I could of cheated. One of those times was when I was on my way back to Bryan with my siblings from my aunts funeral. It's a 3 hour drive and on our way back we were hungry. My sis, who was driving, asked me if I wanted to stop somewhere and get something to eat. I wanted to soooo bad! But I said I can't. I can't eat fast food. It's been 2 1/2 months I don't want to break now no matter how hungry I was. I tell her to stop at a gas station and I'd get something to snack on and they could get fast food somewhere. She was like we aren't gonna eat fast food in front of you that would be rude. So we all got something from the gas station to snack on, i got beef jerky and cashews, and headed home. 

I've been feeling so many emotions lately and they are all crazy and at different times. I'm sad, angry, stressed, depressed and full of ennui! Feeling all these emotions have me thinking, hey maybe Taco Bell or McDonalds would help me feel better. How the hell is fast food supposed to help you feel better? It doesn't! I just turn on my music and drown out that part of my head that's telling me I need fast food. Things will eventually get better... I hope. Later loves! <3 XOXO

Doritos, Fritos, and Lays oh my!

So I gave up chips agin this month and omg I've been craving them so bad! I though it would be easy giving chips up. I mean all I have to do is not buy them right? ... WRONG! We have a box with 36 snack size bags of chips thanks to my sis. She didn't give them to me, technically they are my brothers. They are just sitting on the kitchen table mocking me... Taunting me... Begging me to eat them! I was home all day today by my self so I could of ate some and no one would have known... But I would know. I just want to throw them all away! Stupid chips. :( 

Other than chips bothering me, I'm doing good. I'm working on portion control and drinking a bottle of water while I eat. It's helping a lot. And if I get full before my plate is finished I'm not afraid to leave the rest there. I'm getting there. It's a journey, the ride is bumpy, but I can handle it. XOXO!