Today Is one of the few days I will actually rant about something, so please excuse me as I express my frustration regarding how expensive things are. I am a broke college student who cannot work for two reasons. The first one is because I am a theatre major and therefore I have no free time whatsoever. However, the second one is the real problem, because even if I wanted to work, I would not be able to because the immigration system in this country has seriously tampered with my life. I immigrated with my family to the US a few months before September 11th, 2001 - at possibly the worst possible time - and I have been here for going on 10 years. I cannot work, even though I am 100% LEGAL. This makes it impossible to earn money, and I am therefore completely dependent on my parents for money. So, with this in mind, I am doing a diet, which requires me purchasing only healthy food for it to work, and it is so expensive that I am constantly draining my bank account - and it is not even my money - it's my father's. I find it completely ridiculous that steroid free plain organic yogurt, fruits, vegetables and meat/seafood is so outrageously expensive and all the crap that gives me a lumpy ass and makes me fat and depressed is super cheap. It is almost as if even the grocery store has become my enemy and is just tempting me to fail. It is ridiculous. I buy really healthy food, but I cannot control how much things cost.
To some people, the thought of being able to spend your father's money on food may sound amazing, but when you are on a strict diet and you are continuously having to ask for more, I personally feel bad. I know I am eating really healthily and I feel great, but i'm at the point where I drained my account and now have no money for yoga. Maybe it would be cheaper to just buy a good DVD and stay in the comfort of my own dorm and make my roommate repeatedly kick my ass to do it...
Anyway, this morning I had my delicious bowl of plain yogurt with Stevia sweetener and half a grapefruit. To some that might sound like the worst breakfast in existence, but honestly it is actually my favorite meal of the day, except when I have steak for dinner :). It is just so clean and fresh and It fills me up without making me feel bloated and nasty and in addition in my case, depressed when I eat pancakes and muffins and cereal(YAY Celiac Disease...Not!)Anyway, for lunch I had steamed zucchini and mozzarella cheese. In retrospect it was not the best recipe because the flavors were too different. At least now I know. It seems like this entire diet is a learning curve I have to deal with and I just wish that I had a great big money tree outside my room or that my refrigerator would just re-stock by itself. Tonight will be a chicken salad, Eurydice rehearsal, Study date with my Biology notes and some much needed R and R.
Au Revoir for now.
Monday, January 31, 2011
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Day Eleven
Day eleven as gradually coming to an end on the Rami Cohen diet, and it has been an interesting day. Last night my new roommate and I had a few friends over to out faux apartment - it is a suite in the off campus dorm - and it was an absolute blast. All of us were 21 or older, so there was a fair amount of alcohol being consumed by everyone...except me, which I never realized how much it can make you feel like an outsider. Since alcohol and caffeine prohibits weight loss, I cannot drink any alcohol or coffee until i reach my goal. It is not too bad, but definitely makes the evening interesting.
Anyway, this morning, a Sunday, I woke up at 9 am. Yes, I know that may seem absolutely insane to some people, but breakfast was calling. The downside of this diet is that you are supposed to wait 5 hours between each meal with protein, and it is not "allowed" to eat after 9pm. Therefore, the later I eat breakfast, the later my lunch and diner are, and i have to make sure that I do not eat breakfast after 10, otherwise my whole day is thrown off balance. Anyway, This morning I had a grapefruit with organic plain yogurt sweetened with Stevia in the Raw sweetener. I have officially stopped using Splenda, because apparently it contains methyl alcohol - highly toxic - and arsenic (aka POISON). Considering that I am still trying to wrap my head around the fact that my plain yogurt reminds me of Elmer's Glue because it looks somewhat like paste, I cannot handle the thought of eating paste laced with arsenic. Sorry Splenda, but I have jumped off your poisonous bandwagon and hopped onto the Stevia train. As far as sugar substitutes go, it definitely wins the gold medal in my book. Now that the Splenda dilemma is out of the way, it was great that I could eat my grapefruit while I used my fancy new grapefruit spoons. They have a blunt serrated edge on both sides and it makes it super easy to eat.
Later on, around 3pm, I realized I needed to eat some lunch. Because I had spent the whole morning cleaning, taking out trash and doing loads and loads of laundry, I realized that I had to make something quickly because I had to rush to rehearsal. Unfortunately my time management was severely poor this afternoon, I had to settle on eating a big block of mozzarella cheese and thick slices of cucumber. It was delicious, but i did receive some interesting looks when I started nibbling on a big block of cheese, so at that point I slightly re-evaluated my choices and decided that next time I should definitely make time to make a salad. However, after rehearsal, I came back to the room only to find my new roommate heating up some sort of lasagna left over from Macaroni Grill, and the delicious smell of Italian food permeating throughout the room made me honestly question why I was doing this. Sometimes it is impossible to have to walk away from all the scrumptious foods that you have been consuming for your entire life. This better all be worth it in the end, otherwise I will be very disappointed and will be haunted by the evil food craving monster that made me miserable in the first place. It is a vicious circle that has no end, unless the circle is forcefully broken - which is what I am trying to do...
Just some food for thought. And speaking of, I see that it is time for dinner. Time to pull out my handy frying pan and steamer :)
Anyway, this morning, a Sunday, I woke up at 9 am. Yes, I know that may seem absolutely insane to some people, but breakfast was calling. The downside of this diet is that you are supposed to wait 5 hours between each meal with protein, and it is not "allowed" to eat after 9pm. Therefore, the later I eat breakfast, the later my lunch and diner are, and i have to make sure that I do not eat breakfast after 10, otherwise my whole day is thrown off balance. Anyway, This morning I had a grapefruit with organic plain yogurt sweetened with Stevia in the Raw sweetener. I have officially stopped using Splenda, because apparently it contains methyl alcohol - highly toxic - and arsenic (aka POISON). Considering that I am still trying to wrap my head around the fact that my plain yogurt reminds me of Elmer's Glue because it looks somewhat like paste, I cannot handle the thought of eating paste laced with arsenic. Sorry Splenda, but I have jumped off your poisonous bandwagon and hopped onto the Stevia train. As far as sugar substitutes go, it definitely wins the gold medal in my book. Now that the Splenda dilemma is out of the way, it was great that I could eat my grapefruit while I used my fancy new grapefruit spoons. They have a blunt serrated edge on both sides and it makes it super easy to eat.
Later on, around 3pm, I realized I needed to eat some lunch. Because I had spent the whole morning cleaning, taking out trash and doing loads and loads of laundry, I realized that I had to make something quickly because I had to rush to rehearsal. Unfortunately my time management was severely poor this afternoon, I had to settle on eating a big block of mozzarella cheese and thick slices of cucumber. It was delicious, but i did receive some interesting looks when I started nibbling on a big block of cheese, so at that point I slightly re-evaluated my choices and decided that next time I should definitely make time to make a salad. However, after rehearsal, I came back to the room only to find my new roommate heating up some sort of lasagna left over from Macaroni Grill, and the delicious smell of Italian food permeating throughout the room made me honestly question why I was doing this. Sometimes it is impossible to have to walk away from all the scrumptious foods that you have been consuming for your entire life. This better all be worth it in the end, otherwise I will be very disappointed and will be haunted by the evil food craving monster that made me miserable in the first place. It is a vicious circle that has no end, unless the circle is forcefully broken - which is what I am trying to do...
Just some food for thought. And speaking of, I see that it is time for dinner. Time to pull out my handy frying pan and steamer :)
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Day Ten
So, I have been on the Rami Cohen Diet for a little Over a week now. It is incredibly strict and requires more self control than anything else I have ever done in my life so far. I finally realized it was the right time in my life to get with the picture and finally buckle down and lose this weight that has been giving me a big butt, thunder thighs and an outrageous muffin top that NEEDS to go before the summer. So this week I have been having to really prove to myself that I have the self control and that this time I will reach the goal I've had since I was 15. I just keep telling myself that this will all be worth it when I have a brand new wardrobe from Anthropologie! This week I have been doing really great, So I feel really proud of myself. I have been pre-weighing all my food and not cheating, despite the fact that I have been repeatedly offered chocolate chip cookie dough, chocolate, and the tempting aromas of cook-out burgers and french fries. Sometimes I look at something and am so tempted to eat it because it looks so good, but then I catch myself when I realize that even though nobody would know if I cheated but myself, and to me, I no longer want to have to have to endure anymore self-loathing when I look in the mirror and realize that I cannot wear the kinds of things I desperately want to wear.
So, as an amusing anecdote to begin the adventure, last week I was in management lab and I really didn't want to eat salad for the fourth day in a row for lunch, so I quickly ran back to my room so I could steam some fresh white organic cauliflower in my pampered Chef steamer, and smother it in mozzarella cheese with a little dash of chicken spice, salt and pepper for flavor. I put it in a little blue Tupperware hoping that I could secretly eat it without anyone knowing. However, apparently as soon as I opened it up, a strong smell of fresh cauliflower permeated throughout the room - which was a bit warm and stuffy to begin with - and stunk up the whole room. I had the sniffles that day so I could not smell anything. I could only taste it and it was really good. I felt really horrible because apparently it smelled like rotten sauerkraut and was getting worse as the room got warmer. Thank goodness it gradually got better and that everyone got used to it or they left. It was hilarious that my teacher, David, likes sauerkraut so it didn't really bother him. Hopefully I never have to deal with that situation again. I just need to finish getting all my ducks in a row and make sure I organize all my meals so I don't stink up any more rooms.
Also, as a final note, I just bought a copy of Skinny Bitch, and it has become my inspiration, except for the fact that i am definitely not going to stop eating meat. I will remain a carnivore until further notice.
So, as an amusing anecdote to begin the adventure, last week I was in management lab and I really didn't want to eat salad for the fourth day in a row for lunch, so I quickly ran back to my room so I could steam some fresh white organic cauliflower in my pampered Chef steamer, and smother it in mozzarella cheese with a little dash of chicken spice, salt and pepper for flavor. I put it in a little blue Tupperware hoping that I could secretly eat it without anyone knowing. However, apparently as soon as I opened it up, a strong smell of fresh cauliflower permeated throughout the room - which was a bit warm and stuffy to begin with - and stunk up the whole room. I had the sniffles that day so I could not smell anything. I could only taste it and it was really good. I felt really horrible because apparently it smelled like rotten sauerkraut and was getting worse as the room got warmer. Thank goodness it gradually got better and that everyone got used to it or they left. It was hilarious that my teacher, David, likes sauerkraut so it didn't really bother him. Hopefully I never have to deal with that situation again. I just need to finish getting all my ducks in a row and make sure I organize all my meals so I don't stink up any more rooms.
Also, as a final note, I just bought a copy of Skinny Bitch, and it has become my inspiration, except for the fact that i am definitely not going to stop eating meat. I will remain a carnivore until further notice.
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