Metamucil & Doughnuts-Fiber Monday and Some Serious Temptations

sadly, i don’t get paid to work out and dream up super tasty, low-calorie foods to prepare for ken and i. instead, i work full-time for a payroll company. if you know anything about payroll, you know that year-end is our busiest time of year… and myself and the members on my team often find ourselves working long hours, hitting the gym less, and eating A LOT… not baby carrots and celery sticks, either! because the hours can be arduous and tiring, our amazing managerial staff likes to keep things spicy by treating us to catered lunches, an endless snack table and daily drawings for (mostly) restaurant gift cards. now, for a pleasantly plump barbie, this would be a dream world! she might even be able to write a song about it… but for a get skinny barbie…year-end is temptation city, or in other words, hell. last year end, i was happy to make it out alive and with only 3 new dimples in my butt cheeks! it’s that serious.

anyway, to kick off our year-end festivities, today we had a meeting…that had big.huge.boxes.of.doughnuts on a table right next to the door. i mean, yeah so what if i already ate my oatmeal…i still wanted a doughnut! and these weren’t just any doughnuts, people, they were custard-filled (not to be confused with that gritty-super-white-cream filling that is dis-gusting!) POWDERED doughnuts! yeah, i said it! POWDERED. that means NONE of that nasty chocolate glaze on the top that i’d have to scrape off awkwardly with a flimsy plastic spoon. this was my favorite kind of doughnut. and there were TONS of them. i thought, to hell with it, picked up a napkin and……… put it back down again.

that’s right, no doughnut for me. i figured, even if i could work off the calories in boot camp tonight (which by the way, i went to! yay me! and i only used my nasty boot excuse once when an exercise really sucked. 2-minute wall sits. boo. :)), that doughnut would still be waiting for me 100 lbs from now. if i still want it then, then by golly, i’ll have it! anywho- here’s what i’m up against for the next month! i need your help to keep me motivated and to help me stay strong! i.cannot.succumb.to.the.snack.table!

not only did i skip the snacks, but i answered the #elf4health fiber monday challenge by eating 25 grams of fiber (i was tempted to stir up some metamucil to really kick it up a notch)! my meal with the highest fiber content today was my dinner, parmesan pasta with mixed vegetables, which boasted a whopping 9 grams of fiber per serving! not only that, but it was super good, filling and meatless, too! score one for getskinnybarbie! 🙂 i found my base for this recipe on the lemon bowl, but i tweaked it a bit…so i’ll post that soon for all you foodies!

here’s how my day went (fiber-wise)

breakfast- oatmeal, 2 grams

snack-banana, 3 grams

lunch-easiest chili ever leftovers, 8 grams

snack- cascade farms chocolate chip granola bar, 1 gram

pre-workout- homemade applesauce and slice of cheese, 2 grams

dinner- amazing parm pasta with mixed veggies, 9 grams

total- 25! whew! just barely made it! good thing because this barbie is STUFFED.

oh- and today i lost 14 lbs! that…or my scale is broken. 😉

happily losing,

getskinnybarbie

Week 1 Wind-Down

here we are, at the end of the first week of the #elf4health challenge and being back on the “skinny-train.” to put it mildly, it was surprising! i know i definitely did not expect to be typing up this post with a nasty boot on! i’m trying to stay positive, though, and to look for ways, other than my beloved cardio, to keep working out.

in terms of weight loss…there was none. 😦 big time bummer for sure. ironically, on tuesday morning before my foot injury, i had lost 3 lbs!! but then a few days (and a snickers bar) later, i was back to my original weight (yes, i took off the nasty boot!). so right now, i’m trying super hard to stay motivated and plan out my upcoming week. i’ve set some small goals:

1. work out every day (i might take sunday off…)

2. plan lunch and snacks every day (no more ramen and snickers!!)

3. win a daily #elf4health challenge

i also have my follow up appointment with my podiatrist (my mri was this morning…and security watched me like a hawk [they must read my blog], so i didn’t get any good bengals gear!) on wednesday, and i’m hoping and praying that my tendon will not be torn, and just extremely irritated, instead. 1) because i don’t want to deal with a torn tendon (and whatever that entails) and 2) because dangit, i had stockpiled lots of dough in my HSA and i’m going to be WIPED.OUT. i mean, who knew some pictures with magnets could be so expensive? 🙂

to keep things interesting in my dream kitchen this week, i decided to hunt up some new recipes. lucky for me, another elf runs a sweet website (the lemon bowl) that features tons of delectable-looking dishes.  how does parmesan pasta with mixed vegetables sound? or dijon crusted salmon? pret-ty good to me! don’t worry…i’ll pass those along to you as well!

and to keep my muscles guessing, i put together some more upper body workouts. so far, i have plans for a day of back & triceps, chest & biceps, shoulders, and abs. but i need more! 🙂 pretty much, i need one of those hand-pedaling machines so i can get that heart rate up (and look ridiculous at the same time)! or maybe a shake weight! 😉 oooooh or a speed bag!!!

so, to say the least, today has been rather productive! chores are done, all the laundry is finished and put away, groceries have been bought and menus written up, and workout plans have been set! plus, i have some yummy homemade apple sauce brewing in the crock pot! (the perfect thing for all those apples lying around from your produce delivery!) oh! annnndddd we dropped off one stuffed garbage bag full of clothes over at the free store food bank (because it’s been riding around in my trunk all week AND because that was today’s #elf4health challenge). here’s hoping in a few short months, i’ll have a LOT more to give!

happily not losing an ounce,

getskinnybarbie

Boots & Gems

aside from eating amazingly well and getting all warm and fuzzy over my elf and bestie, jamie… today was pret-ty crappy. this morning when i was walking downstairs to get ready for work, i noticed a very uncomfortable feeling in my ankle. that “very uncomfortable” feeling morphed into “can’t put any weight on my foot without searing pain,” which turned out to be, the good doctor suspects, a torn tendon. my doctor is a marathon runner so when i told her about my plans for may and that i didn’t want this stopping me…she didn’t have good news. i have to stop my training right now. put my big ugly, booted foot up and wait for her call. i also have to wear a stinky bandage wrap for a WEEK and i can’t take it off…even to shower! oh, and i can’t get it wet, either. say what?! no recumbent bike, no treadmill walking, no nothing! apparently this happens all the time to women who are white, near their 40s and are fat. seriously?! first of all, i only fit 3 of those categories so this should not have happened, right? secondly…what in the heck? you know it’s bad when your fatness keeps you from working out to not be fat!

but is this a death sentence for a newly motivated get skinny barbie? no, i think not! this girl is planning a ridiculous workout chock full of upper body, ab and left leg work! (the right’s already stronger…so i’m just going to help the left along a bit with some single leg squats :)) and while this boot isn’t super heavy, it’ll do for some seated leg lifts! newest home gym accessory??? the boot! back off; i’m patenting that!

in an attempt to perk myself up, i got out my weight loss jars. what are weight loss jars, you ask? an amazing idea another friend of mine suggested… to help visualize your weight loss! just get beans, pennies, beads (in this barbie’s case, diamonds and heart gems), or any other item that can represent one lb. get enough of these items to represent the amount of weight you want to lose and put them in one jar. move one item per lb lost into the second jar. voila…weight loss jars!

anywho… these didn’t perk me up AT ALL since i had to take gems out of my lbs lost jar. big time bummer. combine that with my new UGLY boot and today was a bust.

here’s hoping tomorrow is WAY better.

happily losing (wait..do i have to wear this boot on the scale??!),

get skinny barbie

Why I’m Starting…

i started getskinnybarbie to change my life: to lose weight and become a much healthier version of me! here are some more detailed goals of mine that i plan to look back on whenever i feel like quitting…

1. to rock bandeau top bikinis…maybe.
2. to wear button down shirts.
3. to run the flying pig half this upcoming may.
4. to slip on riding boots–christian louboutin was right…barbie has some serious cankles!
5. to eliminate my risk factors for heart disease, diabetes, high cholesterol and blood pressure.
6. to start a family.
7. to help motivate other barbies reach their fitness goals, too!