Hello! I’m back in SoCal. I made it home super late last night and started my day with a long run. I didn’t keep the pace I wanted, but it was pretty good considering I had been on a plane for 7 hours the night before. That can really dehydrate you, but I felt good.
I went to the OC Fair yesterday with my fam. FYI the LA County Fair is > the OC Fair.
We were on the lookout for the most ridiculous food and ding ding ding = a bacon wrapped turkey leg was it this year!
I went to grab drinks and when I got back it already looked like this. It’s one pound of bacon around a turkey leg. This is not healthy, but sometimes you gotta live it up.
They had a Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter and Bacon wrapped Banana too! But I went with the OG version. Plus kettle corn for days 
Now I am in desperate need of a detox. My 80/20 balance has been slipping to 80% unhealthy / 20% healthy instead of the other way around and I have to get back to center. I still believe in intuitive eating but eating a whole bag of kettle corn isn’t listening to my body. IE takes conscious effort and I’ve been slipping.
Plus, I really want to step away from fake sugar. I definitely don’t eat it in moderation AND I am addicted to it at this point which makes eating intuitively really difficult. Since a lot of sugar subs are sweeter than ‘real’ sugar my taste buds have been programed to want more. I’m not really doing a ‘detox’. I just want to retrain my taste buds to remember that the sweetness of fruit is delicious and I don’t need 6 Diet DPs on the daily. I will use stevia to sweeten food and just try to check in with myself a little better. The end.
Workout Motivation Monday!
I still have my B2B race recap coming! See you in a bit!
Never Have I Ever Game results... the ONE thing from that list that I did =
Never Have I Ever… been to Maine!
Never Have I Ever… eaten a whole pizza in one sitting
Never Have I Ever… done a keg stand
Never Have I Ever… ate a snail
Never Have I Ever… been drunk at the mall Yep, I have after Wine in the Woods in Maryland.
Never Have I Ever… picked up a hitchhiker
Truthfully, eating a whole pizza & picking up a hitchhiker are on my bucket list though! Busted.
Question: What are your Monday Mini-Goals for this week?
My goal is not to drink diet soda.
My monday mini-goal was to work out – which I did. Good thing, since I also had an iced cappucino, and a bowl of ice cream to boot! My suggestion instead of the diet or regular soda is to have club soda – you get the fizziness without the calories or fake sugar! It’s my go to treat on a hot day.
I’m totally feeling you on my 80/20 balance being off. I just realized that I’m totally stress eating because of work and I have no idea how to keep that in check at the moment. My workouts are off and I’m eating chocolate like it’s nobody’s business (but my own?).
I’m interested to see how you’ll get back into the swing of real 80/20. Basically what I’m saying is, will you be my life coach?
Mini goal – enjoy the Eid celebs with friends; it’s gonna be fun and the food will be uber delicious since some of the dishes are usually prepared for Eid rather than all year round.
1) I want that chocolate peanut butter bacon banana thing. That sounds insanely delicious.
2) My mini-goal for the week is NOT TO ORDER TAKEOUT. I work in a restaurant and already eat unhealthily enough on the days I have a free meal at work, so why I feel like I need to come home and justify NOT cooking is beyond me.
I’ve been drinking diet soda everyday for about a month. I’ve stayed the same weight but can totally see a difference around the waistband. Need to give it up. Maybe 2 a week. One everyday is adding up for me and I hate reg. soda. Diet = love. Darn. Wish we could always have it all
Mini goal for this week is to run Monday thru Friday doing 4-3-5-4-3. Saturday is an off day and then Sunday I am doing the Double Road Race. You run a 10K first, take a break and then run a 5K. First time for this but it sounds like fun.
My husband & I went to our State Fair (Indiana) on Friday. We shared an elephant ear, a small bag of Kettle Corn and a strawberry lemonade.
So. Good!
My Monday Mini Goal is to watch what I eat. I’m in a 6-week long training program for work which means 3-4 lunches out with co-workers a week making it much harder to eat clean. I bring my own lunch but hate being “that girl” who insists on eating something else so I’ve failed to speak up quite a few times. Good luck with getting back to the “real” 80/20!
Oh my! Think you could rename that bacon-wrapped turkey leg to vegetarian nightmare. LOL
Aww I miss my state fair back in NC – my husband used to go every year and even though we didn’t eat a whole lot there we would just people watch! I know how it can be trying to find the healthy balance – you will get there just focus on one small change at a time!
Bacon-wrapped ANYTHING is good in my book!
My goals for this week are to begin my bootcamp classes (tonight is my first one! Eeek!) and eat as cleanly as possible. I also have to somehow figure out how I will fit in my 13 mile long run on Saturday before I do a 7-hour drive to NY…
I quit drinking soda about 2 years ago and have never felt better. I went cold turkey and definitely had a caffeine headache for about 4 days but was all good after that. I will have a sip every once in a while of my husband’s but it does not appeal to me anymore. Artificial sweeteners are so bad for you. You can do it!!! 🙂
Fizzy pop doesn’t really bother me as it just upsets my stomach and causes pain when I drink it, so I would probably say limiting my cheese and bread intake this week! And the Doritoes I can’t get enough lately 😀
I cut out diet drinks 7 months ago and have never been happier. It was ohhhh so hard but now I just have a DC once in awhile when I’m super stressed and feel like I “need” it…then I feel sick and remember why it’s so bad for you! haha.
Sugar is so hard to control, though. I’ve never been a “one cookie and I’m done” type girl, so it’s a hard battle. I commend you for always trying to get back on the balance bandwagon…you’re a real person who makes goals, succeeds, struggles, fails, and then starts over without making a big deal out of it. I really admire that!
I’ve given up soda many times since college (I gave it up for lent one year and off and on have been cutting myself off since). Since I moved in with my fiance, we’ve never kept it in the house and I’ve never really wanted it (wine, now that’s a different story). We went to the farmer’s market this weekend after my long run, and I saw a diet coke and completely downed it. Now — all i can think about is soda. WTH.
Ahhhh…Diet DP. Also my downfall. I try not to keep it at my house, but when I visit my parents’, they always stock up and I drink it when I buy lunch at work. Good luck!
My goal is to workout this weekend, despite having so many plans! Lately on the weekends I have been skipping out on my workouts which is terrible because Fridays are my off Day. I have a pig roast that starts at 12:00 on Saturday which there will be a lot of fun had! My goal is to do a boot camp class in the morning Saturday and actually get my long run in on Sunday! BTW That fair looks like so much fun! 🙂
Sara
My sugar cravings get out of hand too. Especially when I tend to to 80% unhealthy on my vacation then coming back and trying to go back to the normal 80% healthy and all I want is SUGAR lol. Hopefully you do well with your goal this week. Mine is to stick with this carb cycling I’m doing. I’m doing it for 3 weeks.
Bacon-wrapped turkey leg?! That’s crazy!
Over in England one of our most ridiculous foods is a deep-fried Mars bar. Yuk!
Mini goal for week stop eating chocolate before bed.
Mini goal for the week: don’t buy coffee at a coffee shop. I just bought my one cup for the week, the rest will be made at home…hopefully!
I’m trying to nix sugar for a week or two also! I’ve been letting myself have too many treats and now Im addicted to an afternoon sweet snack- not good.
I’m trying to get back to IE but my signals are all out of whack too. It’s tough.
Sugar addiction is the worst! I have a pretty big sweet tooth myself and always try to curb my cravings with fresh fruit which always works. The problem is grabbing the fresh fruit before the dark chocolate! haha
That turkey leg looks ridiculous!
My goal is to get stuff that I’ve been putting off done. Currently, I am queen of procrastination.
My goal right now is not to fall asleep sitting here on the couch! So tired! Oh, and stick to my training program, eat Whole 30, etc, etc,
My goals are 4 days of yoga, finish painting baseboards (boo), and psychologically prepare myself for the end of summer break on Friday.
One perk to weaning yourself off soda is that it saves some serious cash- I calculated that since cutting back we spend about $45/month less.
I have been consciously trying to limit my sugar intake. I hate how there is sugar in EVERYTHING these days. Do I really need sugar in my salad dressing because I don’t think so. Good thing I LOVE fruit.
I’m trying to detox from fake sugar too, but it’s so hard sometimes. I’m too lazy to make my own fruit water. I need a personal chef 😀
Me too!
I use to use splenda for everything.
I decided to stop worrying about all the substitute stuff and just go back to the natural sugar, in the raw.
I will put it in a salt/pepper grinder to get it grainy if needed, but I figured If I am going to eat whole foods, I should eat whole sugar : )
I feel like I am in that same boat with you. It is so easy to let a couple of reckless weekends spill over and take over your life. Gotta get back to eating right. My Monday goal, cut all bad for you carbs.
My mini goal is to break a sweat 6 days this week! A sprained ankle (which is almost mended) is not a reason to do NOTHING! I can do arms, abs/core, walk, some kick boxing DVD (with mods), etc. But nope, I lay on the couch, icing my ankle, watching TV and having a drink. Great for relaxation, not great for my booty!
Mini goal for the week = no eating after dinner unless its just some fruit. I have been HORRIBLE with snacking lately. That plus being injured = me having fluffed out over the last 4 months. I am DONE.
Great goal, I too tend to have the late night snack or beer (or 4). So mini goal this week is not to drink beer…until the weekend of course.
I hear you! One glass of wine always turns into the majority of the bottle. Woops. Also taking a sabbatical from booze for the month. Want to be ready when the Dr hopefullly tells me I can start running Sept 1!
Oh my a bacon wrapped turkey leg sounds hilarious. Not sure I could handle that;) but hey, you’re right you only live once – might as well try it out.
I think it’s great you realize that you slipped back a little on the 80/20 thing. Sometimes it happens, but as long as you accept it and move past it that’s the important thing.
I was once told that if you can go sugar-free (i.e. candy/treat-free) for three days, your body stops craving it. Works for me every time I try it but I generally don’t drink pop and I don’t have sugar in my coffee, which already makes it easier. Good luck!
I’ve got an idea: maybe you could wean off diet soda by drinking regular soda instead. HEY, I DIDN’T SAY IT WAS A GOOD IDEA!!!!!
This actually is not a terrible idea. Since I stopped drinking diet soda every single day, when I want a soda every once and a while, I can splurge and have a regular Coke. A regular Coke is so delicious and satisfying that I only need one can or glass bottle (preferred) and I’m good. I enjoy it and move on. That’s actually what IE is. That type of eating (eat a satisfying amount and then move on) doesn’t seem to be practiced on this blog at all.
Emily, your tone comes off a little harsh. Maybe that isn’t what you intended, but give Monica a break. She put herself out there, completely and honestly. That is what her loyal readers love about her. She doesn’t claim to be perfect, nor has she called herself an Intuitive Eating expert. If you have had your fill of Run Eat Repeat, please move on.