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Note To Self…

roni — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 02:39:02 +0000

Just eat and enjoy the chocolate. Don’t pillage the pantry consuming everything in sight fighting the craving. That’s illogical. There’s nothing wrong with savoring some good chocolate at the end of the day now and then. Enjoy it guilt free.

Now… GO TO BED. You’re exhausted.

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Thursday Thoughts: Chocolate, Body Image, Snack, Race Results and Other Updates!

roni — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 03:50:09 +0000

I have a few thoughts, updates, and links to share but no time to do my little vanity picture. I’m sure you don’t even miss it. I’m just a creature of habit. :) Let’s jump right in…

First I must confess my complete binge of a day yesterday. I don’t know what happened but I found myself in bottomless pit territory. Eating when not really hungry, craving greasy fried foods and just wanting something to munch on constantly. I ended pounding onion rings, wings and then chocolate. All I wanted last night was CHOCOLATE! At least it has some benefits, like battling the free radicals from all the fried foods I ate. ;)
After 1 or 2 days of eating like yesterday my body image gets totally distorted. I actually FEEL bigger. Ridiculous I know but this new study claims that the human brain naturally distorts body image. "individuals have a conscious visual image of the body … but they also make subconscious misrepresentations of body image"
My best defense against overindulging *most* of the time is being prepared. Having healthy snacks on hand, packing a lunch, and not letting my hunger get the best of me. However sometimes, like today, when I don’t bring enough to work I’m tempted to hit the vending machine. I always feel like the only choices I have are between bad and worst. Fitness Magazine put together the top 10 healthy and terrible vending machine snacks to help us make out decision. This makes it slightly easier but I found myself more awed by the horrible and not so terribly impressed by the healthy.
For my fellow runners, Tammy passed on an AWESOME site. Check out my profile on AthLinks.com. This site archives running event results and allows you to "claim" them. I was so excited to see my first ever run, the marathon and my latest half all in their database! If you sign up be sure to shoot me a friend request!
Ok, I didn’t have much time this week to discover new blogs but here’s a peek back in time on Roni’s Weigh… This week in 2006 I was recovering from the tummy tuck. In ’07 I compared the husband and I’s eating habits (he’s one of "those" naturally slip people.) ’08 we were researching quotes and last year I was apparently just as busy as this year while fighting chocolate cravings and recording videos. lol
On BlogToLose this week the Something New Challenge is still underway! Click here to see what some members have tried. For my "new thing" the little guy and I tried Kohlrabi. Click here to check out the super fun Produce Pick video!
The only other idea I posted on GreenLiteBites was a Quick Berry Protein Shake but I have a new pasta idea I can’t wait to share. Ryan and I made it together tonight.
On SkinnyMinnyMedia I only had time to share some quick research I’ve been doing at work with panoramics and I’ve made no progress towards my new site development. :(
Poor FitBloggin’ saw no action this week. However I PROMISE to have updates regarding FitBloggin’11 out this summer!

Ok, I’m going to end with my food journal since I made a real effort to food journal today after my fried food chocolate yesterday. It’s all about getting right back on track. No guilt. No regrets. No punishing yourself.

Food	Units
breakfast was apple pie oatmeal and i sprinkled a bit of protein powder in it.	4
munching on cherry tomatoes	0
my last bowl of bulgur chicken soup.. that lasted a long time!	4
cookie they handed out at work	2
sf pudding cup	1
small juice – just had a craving	2
2 chocolates from the candy store	2
new pasta dish i can’t wait to tell you about! made it with little guy.	6
popcorn	3
light ice cream sandwich	2
Total:	26

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Wordless Wednesday: I bought it for the Husband. I SWEAR!

roni — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 01:26:01 +0000

…but that hasn’t stopped me from eating too much of it… AGAIN! I think I better go to bed early before I knock the whole thing off.

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Weekend Quote Halloween Style: Tomorrow is a New Day

roni — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 02:53:44 +0000

Today was a GREAT day… family fun… old friends… new neighbors… and way too much chocolate. Yes I said it… TOO MUCH CHOCOLATE. I mean it IS Halloween! What would halloween be without chocolate?

Could I have eaten a little less or none at all? sure. But guess what…

IT’S NOT A BIG DEAL! A few pieces of chocolate are no big deal. Heck.. even a WHOLE bunch of chocolate doesn’t matter. What does matter is day in and day out consistency. You can choose right now to to allow todays decisions to effect tomorrow or as Ralph Waldo Emerson said…

"Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could; some blunders and absurdities have crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense."

I’m choosing to begin tomorrow with a run. I have done nothing for myself since the marathon and I miss my time. I’ve procrastinated long enough.

Hope you had a WONDERFUL Halloween. I plan on enjoying the last few hours watching cheesy horror movies on TV. :)

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Jell-O Dark Chocolate Decadence Mousse Temptations

roni — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 02:49:41 +0000

It’s been forever since I’ve done a good old fashion Food Find. Now that I’m getting comfortable in my new home I feel I can spend a little more time grocery shopping and stocking (I’m very much a buy in bulk stock-er type of shopper so the whole temporary living situation for that last 2 months really crimped my style).

Just in case you were wondering, Food Finds are products that just happen to catch my attention while shopping. They aren’t paid reviews (which I don’t do) or products that companies send me to try. I post them as Product Reviews. It’s been so long I thought I’d take a minute to clarify.

Anyway.. let me get to this 1 point chocolate cup from heaven!

Can you tell I liked it? It was the perfect ending to my lunch today. I packed some leftover Dried Herb and Yogurt Marinated Pork…

…and one of these cups. It was perfect, like my own little TV dinner. I love the idea of having a sweet bite after a savory meal. And it’s even better if the sweet bite is only 60 calories!

The texture was super light and airy. To be honest I’m not sure what traditional mousse is "suppose" to taste like but I don’t care. This totally hit the spot for me and was a nice change from original sugar free pudding cups.

There are two other flavors, Caramel Crème and Chocolate Indulgence. Has anyone else tried them?

Oh! and I can’t find them on the official jell-o site so I’m guessing they are pretty new.

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Product Review: Chocolate Mint VitaTop

roni — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 03:11:01 +0000

Oh My Word!

I just finished my very first Chocolate Mint VitaTop and I’m in heaven! It was exactly what I needed after my long day. Chocolaty. Refreshing. Totally Deliscious!

But before I tell you more about it let me give you a quick update…

I squished in a 5 mile run this morning and I did it in 48 minutes. I was shocked and it felt GREAT!
The in-laws have left but before doing so, helped us immensely. Thanks Grandma and Grandpa!
The POD will be gone tomorrow and we will be handing back the keys to the apartment this week.
We are officially in the new house! We have food in the fridge and FINALLY a couch to sit on! :)
We cooked our first meal tonight after a long day of unpacking.
We aren’t even CLOSE to being done but we don’t care. We have a home and that’s all that matters.

That’s it in a nutshell. The meal I cooked was nothing fancy, just a few hot dogs, some backed beans and quick sugar snap peas but… I made it, we ate at home, and it FELT GREAT to do so. Strange I know.

After dinner we cleaned up, made lunches, gave the little guy a bath, organized the bathrooms and settled down to relax a little bit. I’m exhausted!

I was also a little hungry. So I deiced to pour a small glass of Light Chocolate Soy Milk and try one of the new VitaTop that Vitalicious shipped me. I was totally psyched to see Chocolate Mint. I LOVE LOVE LOVE Chocolate Mint. It’s one of those flavor combinations that’s just hard for me to resist and the VitaTop totally delivered right out of the freezer. I didn’t even let it defrost as I knew the chilled harder texture would be even more refreshing paired with the mint. And it was! There were even quite a few thin chocolate chips that added a great crunch when frozen.

Paired with the small glass (about 4 oz) of Light Chocolate Soy milk it was a really satisfying chocolaty snack for just about 3 points. The VitaTop is 1 and the Soy milk is 1 but added together I’m pretty sure the nutritional info totals 3. EIther way, it’s totally a great filling dessert.

Ok, I gotta go. I really am exhausted and it sucks that I have work tomorrow. I really wish I had another week of to get organized. But I don’t. So I’ll do what I can when I can.

Oh! and I’m hoping one of those things I do is a video for GreenLiteBites! I have an idea and I’m hoping to try out recording in my new kitchen tomorrow night!

Oh! Oh! I forgot… Click here if you are interested in trying the Chocolate Mint VtaTop or any Vitalicious product. Be sure to enter the promotional code RonisWeigh for 10% off.

Ok.. it’s Mad Men time! :)

Oh! Oh! Oh! I started back up with my food journaling today. Figured I’d post…

Food	Units
i’m baaaack! :)
~~~~~sunday journal~~~~~
5 mile run #tep #activity
2 egg omelet with peppers #tep #breakfast
fresh mango #tep
1/2 whole grain bagel with fat free cream cheese #tep
leftover linguine with pesto and shrimp #tep #lunch
2 fat free hot dogs, baked beans and sugar snap peas #tep #dinner
chocolate mint vitatop with a small glass of chocolate soy milk (writing review now… so so so good!) #tep #snack
Total:	N/A

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A Sweet Stuffed Sunday

roni — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 02:45:45 +0000

*bleh* *bleh* and *bleh*

I came, I saw, I ate and now, at 10:30 PM I’m SO happy to be home. The candy was abundant and, I’m not going to lie, MOST of it is in my overstuffed, nauseous belly as I type. I swear I ate more chocolate then humanly possible. Then again I’m human and I’m still here so I guess it really WAS possible. I feel like a beached whale, an over stuffed pig, oh wait… I forgot about this. I TOTALLY feel EXACTLY like this right now.

My weekend off was exactly that.. a weekend off. This is the first time I’ve been on the computer since Friday night. I didn’t count a point, I didn’t worry about calories, fat, carbs or sugar. I just hung out with the family and ate and ate and ate. I’m not sorry and I have no regrets. Well… that’s not totally true, I do feel pretty yucky right now so I know I went overboard but sometimes I think I need to feel this way to remember that I’m SO over this. How did I go so many years feeling this way all the time. No, no, no this is SO not fun. I look forward to my clean, chocolate free food choices tomorrow. I swear, I don’t think I’ll ever eat another chocolate covered peanut butter egg again. At least not until next Easter!!

I’m off to bed now. Attempting to start a new schedule tomorrow. I’ll fill you in later. I haven’t had time to update my training schedule yet. Just wanted to pop in, give an update and a wish you a Happy Sensational Sunday. My Sunday was Sensational for different reasons this weekend and even though I feel gross and overstuffed I’m STILL ready to the start the week on plan. You?

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Product Review: Betty Crocker Warm Delight Minis

roni — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 00:10:53 +0000

Add water, click a few buttons on the microwave and have warm molten chocolate cake in minutes! Oh… and it’s only 150 calories?!? (3 wwp) That’s the thought behind Betty Crocker Warm Delight Minis and I think it’s pretty genius. However, you won’t catch me buying them anytime soon. There is enough temptation in my life already. I don’t need to know that on a whim I can make warm chocolate cake when ever I want. Seriously, that’s just a disaster waiting to happen.

That’s not to say they weren’t good. I had them in the pantry for weeks then one night the husband and I wanted something sweet before bed. So we made the two I was sent to review. To my surprise he actually liked it and so did I. How can you not like warm chocolate cake? It’s WARM CHOCOLATE CAKE! Of course we were both disappointed by the size but for 150 calories what did we really expect?

These are the kind of products you have to take at face value. You want something sweet? A controlled portion instead of eating a honking slice? then yeah, if you are going to eat it anyway, then chose the lesser evil. BUT don’t kid yourself, it’s still evil. First 3 ingredients… Sugar, Enriched Flour Bleached, Partially Hydrogenated Soybean and/or Cottonseed Oil –YIKES!

In the product’s defense they aren’t making any health claims besides the calories. They literally are just "mini" versions of their traditional cake mixes made for the individual who needs to cure a chocolate craving FAST! For that, they do do.

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Chocolate Mint Tea

roni — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:07:07 +0000

I totally had to share my new tip to cure the night time sweet tooth. This one’s for all the chocolate mint lovers out there, like me. :~)

A few weeks ago I wanted something sweet. I was craving hot cocoa but was all out of light and didn’t feel like making my own. So I turned to tea. I bought a green tea sampler
a while back and I’ve been experimenting. Fist my Berry-licious Pomegranate Oatmeal and now Chocolate Mint Tea!

Here’s what I do. Boil water (duh), steep my mint tea bag for about 2 minutes, drizzle 1 tbsp (17g) of light chocolate syrup and stir until dissolved.

That’s it! It totally satisfies my sweet tooth on cold winter nights for a mere 25 calories! That’s a measly .5 points! I round up to keep myself honest. :~)

Honestly, I’m getting addicted! It’s my new nighttime habit. And yes, I’m sipping some right now! ;~)

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Cookie Confession and Some Updates

roni — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 02:42:33 +0000

Let me start with the confession as I want to get it out of the way. *sigh* After I posted last night I stayed up and ATE COOKIES! Gosh Darn these cookies. It’s like I have no willpower around them. It’s not that big of a deal. I just needed to get it off my chest. There are only a few left and I’m leaving them for the husband and then we WON’T be buying them again any time soon!

Tonight I warded off the cookie craving by making some Quick Chocolate Kettle Corn. I got a LOT more bite for my chocolate buck with that!

As for the updates, if you didn’t notice I changed my header image and tag line. I wanted to express my journey from wanting to be skinny to wanting to be healthy and I think my new statement says that. Well of course it does, because it actually does say it… One Mom’s Journey from Fat to Skinny to Healthy.

I also edited my About Page. It needed to represent me more and I think it does now. I realized my old message was geared more towards people who may already know me and have been reading for some time.

I also added ANOTHER pizza idea on GreenLiteBites and edited my Food Photos page to display 100 images at a time. It makes it much easier to find old ideas (for me anyway.) :~)

Food	Points
Eggs and a whole grain English muffin split with the toddler	4
Supreme Pizza on Lavash Bread	1
yogurt	2
Chinese takeout night (steamed chicken and veggies, a some Lo Mein and brown rice) (total estimate)	12
Quick Chocolate Kettle Corn (the whole batch – snacked don it all night)	8
Total :	27
Activity
Boot camp this morning!

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