02: Workout to Pig-Out
30 Day Blog Challenge
A photo of something you ate today.
Ice cream sandwich; bought a giant box of these earlier this week and it’s almost gone.
Although I try to live a pretty healthy lifestyle, I encourage splurging occasionally and eating anything and everything that you love— and I’ve been craving these ice cream sandwiches all summer! I DON’T believe in totally cutting everything out because you’re just going to end up craving for it… and my favorite saying, what’s life without good food?!
And honestly, I splurge A LOT.
BUT if you’re a long way off from your goals or if your goal is to be super ripped then you obviously shouldn’t splurge as much as I do. I reached my first set of fitness goals (weight) nine months ago so I’ve been maintaining ever since and all the exercise I do allows me to eat whatever I want… including lots of ice cream sandwiches. The only thing is that I don’t eat effortlessly because I work hard to give myself this pleasure.
If you want to eat whatever you want, be prepared to compensate for it down the line. You can either keep a strict diet with minimal exercise or my route, eat lots with lots of hard and intense exercise (a.k.a. best of both worlds).
Today was definitely a splurge day.
Dinner #1
Dinner #2
Delicious cherries.
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omg why did i look at this post?!?!? that ice cream sandwich is going to haunt me in my dreams
those cherries look really good too! i’m sure you splurge a lot but make up for it by working out a lot. btw, one of your posts has me fearing turkey arms now. thanks a lot.
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Katy
August 6th, 2010 |
My fear of turkey arms made me crank up the intensity of my workouts. Great motivator.
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Nicole
August 9th, 2010 |
haha I don’t blame you.
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Those ice cream sandwiches are freaking orgasmic during summer! Thanks for being such an inspiration to work out. I have FINALLY started working out after putting it off for months. =.=”
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Katy
August 6th, 2010 |
Yuur welcome and GOOD LUCK!! Hardest part is sticking to it but once you overcome that, you’ll be unstoppable.
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Dinner #1 looks so scrumptious! What is that?
Also: I’ve decided I am going to get off my lazy ass and start working out TONIGHT. I took some photos of myself this morning and ugh, my arms are monstrous. I hope you post more fitness tips and such cos I look to your blog for that sort of stuff
/demanding
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Katy
August 6th, 2010 |
Dinner #1 was enchiladas with rice, beans and veggies. So YUM!
Good luck Helga… hope you stick to it and try keeping a fitness journal. I swear it really helps!
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Helga
August 7th, 2010 |
TURKEY ARMS CURE QUESTION! Are tricep dips better than those tricep stretches (with the dumb bells)?
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This all looks so good. We don’t have ice-cream sandwiches like that here
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Katy
August 6th, 2010 |
What! How do you guys survive?!
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You’re 100& right! Even if you’re trying to maintain weight that doesn’t mean you have to deprive yourself from eating something you really enjoy. I splurged all week when I was on vacation and did a lot of walking around the city and stayed active and I didn’t gain ANY weight. It’s all about portioning and balance in my opinion. I just bought ice cream sammiches too, hehe.
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Katy
August 6th, 2010 |
I did the same too! I ate like a pig for 5 weeks and didn’t gain weight at all BUT I lost muscle mass and strength. That really shows that weight doesn’t matter at all.
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FOOD! I totally agree with you on “what’s life without good food?!” It would be no life at all. I LOVE to eat and I always drive the distance to check out places that are supposed to be really good.
You’re blog has always been an inspiration. I’ve tried multiple times to be more active but it’s so hard. I remember in one of your previous post you talked about how it’s isn’t really hard to work out [which I totally agree with you]; it’s just hard to get the motivation to start it all. I think that’s the biggest obstacle. I actually worked out for the first time in 2 months yesterday. Work has been burning me out and keeping me away from the gym. UGH.
Your dinners look oh so good. What is Dinner #1?
Do you think you could do a post on what inspired all of this? I’ve tried going through all your old posts but I don’t remember you mentioning what started it all. I did read lots of your tips and advices though. =]
Can’t wait to see day 3!
<3s Serena.
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DROOOL DROOOL!! Lolz sorry for slobbering all over your webpage! XD hahaha but man they look good! I want some ice cream sandwiches too
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I just ate and I’m hungry all over again looking at these pics!
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Omg I LOVE ICE CREAM SANDWICHES!!! Hmm, I’m kinda lazy, so I try to keep my diet reasonable lol
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Wow, delicious esp the Ice cream sandwich.
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