America's 20 Worst Foods!

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Men's Health published a list of America's 20 worst foods based on not only fats, but also calories, sodium, and carbs. In other words, if you're looking to lose weight or even just stop your waistline from expanding, these are the foods you'll want to avoid:
#20 - Worst Fast-Food Chicken MealChicken Selects Premium Breast Strips from McDonald's (5 pieces) with creamy ranch sauce. 830 calories, 55 grams (g) fat (4.5 g trans fat), 48 g carbohydrates.
#19 - Worst DrinkJamba Juice Chocolate Moo'd Power Smoothie (30 fl oz)900 calories 10 g fat, 183 g carbs (166 g sugar).
#18 - Worst Supermarket MealPepperidge Farm Roasted Chicken Pot Pie (whole pie)1,020 calories, 64 g fat, 86 g carbs.
#17 - Worst "Healthy" BurgerRuby Tuesday Bella Turkey Burger1,145 calories, 71 g fat, 56 g carbs.
#16 - Worst Mexican EntreeChipotle Mexican Grill Chicken Burrito1,179 calories, 47 g fat, 125 g carbs, 2,656 milligrams (mg) sodium.
#15 - Worst Kids' MealMacaroni Grill Double Macaroni 'n' Cheese1,210 calories, 62 g fat, 3,450 mg sodium.
#14 - Worst SandwichQuiznos Classic Italian (large)1,528 calories, 92 g fat, 4,604 mg sodium, 110 g carbs.
#13 - Worst SaladOn the Border Grande Taco Salad with Taco Beef1,450 calories, 102 g fat, 78 g carbs, 2,410 mg sodium.
#12 - Worst BurgerCarl's Jr. Double Six Dollar Burger1,520 calories, 111 g fat.
#11 - Worst SteakLonestar 20 oz T-bone1,540 calories, 124 g fat.
#10 - Worst BreakfastBob Evans Caramel Banana Pecan Cream Stacked and Stuffed Hotcakes1,540 calories, 77 g fat (9 g trans fat), 198 g carbs (109 g sugar).
#9 - Worst DessertChili's Chocolate Chip Paradise Pie with Vanilla Ice Cream1,600 calories, 78 g fat, 215 g carbs.
#8 - Worst Chinese EntreeP.F. Chang's Pork Lo Mein1,820 calories, 127 g fat, 95 g carbs.
#7 - Worst Chicken EntreeChili's Honey Chipotle Crispers with Chipotle Sauce2,040 calories, 99 g fat, 240 g carbs.
#6 - Worst Fish EntreeOn the Border Dos XX Fish Tacos with Rice and Beans2,100 calories, 130 g fat, 169 g carbs, 4,750 mg sodium.
#5 - Worst PizzaUno Chicago Grill Chicago Classic Deep Dish Pizza2,310 calories, 162 g fat, 123 g carbs, 4,470 mg sodium.
#4 - Worst PastaMacaroni Grill Spaghetti and Meatballs with Meat Sauce2,430 calories , 128 g fat, 207 g carbs 5,290 mg sodium.
#3 - Worst NachosOn the Border Stacked Border Nachos2,740 calories, 166 g fat, 191 g carbs, 5,280 mg sodium.
#2 - Worst StarterChili's Awesome Blossom2,710 calories, 203 g fat, 194 g carbs, 6,360 mg sodium.
#1 - The Worst Food in AmericaOutback Steakhouse Aussie Cheese Fries with Ranch Dressing2,900 calories, 182 g fat, 240 g carbs.

Pre weigh in paranoia!

I weighted myself today as I do every morning and I weight 130 lbs. My next weigh in day is tomorrow and my goal is 129. I am a little bit upset since I weighted 129.6 on Tuesday. Grrrr.

This was been my weight that last few days of August:

Thurs 24th : 132lbs

Friday 25th : 131 lbs

Sat 26th : 131.4 lbs

Sun 27 th : 131.6 lbs

Mon 28th : 130.2 lbs

Tues 29th : 129.6 lbs

Wed 30th : 130.6 lbs

Thurs 31st :130 lbs

Today I'm going to tighten my belt and eat extra fat free and carb free so I can make my goal for tomorrow. I am dying to be in the 120's.

Is it normal for the weight to fluctuate up and down every day?

I think I'm going to change my official weigh ins to every 2 weeks instead of every week so I can see better what direction my weight is going. Now that I wrote down my past weight for the week form Thursday to Thursday I can see that I have lost 2 pounds during that week. Yeah me!

I'm still going to be a little more strict today and tomorrow so that I can stay in the 120's.

I think I'm going to make it an extra strict weekend ;).

Just Thoughts

Thank you all the new visitors who came by to welcome me to the HealthyYou Challenge how wonderful. Anyways just wanted to update my situation. I have been feeling better all day went for two different runs and I'm glad I did because my usual late afternoon one was cut off by rain. Its raining every day and before 5pm its just to hot to go out. Right now I can't afford a gym membership plus the last time I went I couldn't bring myself to go to the classes in fear of the floor to ceiling mirrors. I did one weights class and looking at myself with 30 lbs more than 6 months earlier was way too much for me. I never came back. Its a powerful thing, denial.
Anyways now all is different. Anyways I am weighting myself everyday and I know I just did this post about how many calories I should eat a day and I came to the conclusion I was eating too little, well I readjusted and ate just a little more and I gained .6pounds. So I guess I'm too small to eat like normal people. so I'm going to stick to a 1000 calories a day diet. Which puts me 300 calories under what I need to maintain. (or so I think due to my sister's test that the dietitian person preformed on her). Anyways I have been having a lot of weird sugar cravings. For dinner I would much rather have fruit and yogurt than anything salty. I wonder if this has anything to do with insulin levels and the such from my Pcos? Another thing today I drank 2 gallons of water. The only reason why I realized it is because I bought a two gallon huge bottle thing yesterday and I drank the whole thing today. Is there such a thing as drinking too much water? I don't know but right now I feel thirsty mmmm.
Is there anyone out there that has Polycistic ovarian syndrome such as myself? Just curious. If you do how are you managing your weight loss? are you taking any meds? With pcos weight loss is very important and very hard to achieve. I don't take any meds anymore. I was on Yaz last year but that was horrible and it made me depressed and whack (yeap, like crack I was whack).

ON another note Once Upon a Time's post really made me wanna go back to pilates. It is such an amazing exercise it is especially good for the stomach, my problem area #1 as is usually with us Pcos sufferers. Hopefully I will get that job I'm trying out for on Tuesday and then I can afford pilates and the gym. Now that I have been running a little bit hopefully that mirror won't be too mean to me. or maybe i'll just stay away from it till after 10 more pounds ;)

I found this really cool blog http://spunkysuzi-mydailynosh.blogspot.com/ this amazing lady, just like Katschis takes pictures of all her meals and they are really great for inspiration. Sometimes I just don't know what to eat and I just throw together random ingredient that I nee to have on my meal. That is when I start losing it and want to eat whatever, but looking over all these great choices that these two ladies have on their blogs, I am inspired to eat like them. I am very visual person and when I eat a beautiful meals I am always more content.

Oh yeah, check out my inspiration board. I took this idea from Chrissie who took it from Heather, but I went a little further and pasted my head on a great skinny healthy beach babe body ;) You are what you think right?
CHEERS EVERY ONE.

Lots of Crying

So everyday this week I have been crying a little before I go to sleep. I miss my boyfriend. I think even though I am very happy during the day, and happy about my weight loss. I am also happy that, him breaking up with me has been a wake up call in my life. But I don't know sometimes when I lay alone at night I get a little sad and I cry a little. Anyways yesterday he sends me a text message. First, so you understand, we where together for 3 years and had plans to get married, and he dumped me last week seemingly out of the blue over the phone without shedding one single tear. Now this is the guy who for the last 3 years of my life has been so loving and caring and amazing and, who has always told anyone who would listen how much he loved me and how perfect I am. This is the guy whom I broke up with twice over the course for those 3 years and both times he cried so much and went into a total depression telling the world that he loved me and could not live without my love. So this guy was that guy. That guy; now its been a week since our very tragic break up and he sends me a text message? Can't be bothered to pick up the phone. But worst is what the message says:
"So I guess you are fine right?"
I cannot begin to explain to you guys what I was feeling at that moment. I am devastated he was my life. We had plans, we had named our children. And I had been with him for the last 3 years against my family's wishes which is a very big deal for me. I was very brave and stood up to my parents for him.
The nerve of him sending me that message put me over the top. What is he thinking? What is wrong with him this guy is not that guy. Who is this guy? I have no Idea. I broke down in desperate tears and sent him a message back saying:
"So you think this a matter that should be treated over a text message?"
and he didn't answer so I sent another message saying
"What do you think? My heart is broken... "
again no answer. Idiot.
So last a night I cried a little more than a little bit.
But today another thing bothered me. My Dad calls me fat at least 5 times a day. I usually just ignore him but I guess I have been extra sensitive lately with oh, my boyfriend dumping me and everything. So today he calls me fat again, my mom tells him, "don't say that! She has lost like 10 pounds."He says "well she looks the same. She's fat."
Two thing bothered me here, my Mom exaggerating my weight loss and my Dad demeaning my efforts.
You know what I am 20 lbs over weight. I know it, but it really is not fair that I have to feel like I am 100 lbs over weight. I locked myself in the bathroom and cried for about an hour.
Cried for my ex boyfriend
Cried for my critical father
just cried
It felt good
Now I am ready to start a new day.

My Walks

so I finally took the time, using google maps, to measure the distance I am walking/ jogging daily. It is 2.2 miles or 3.5k. I am trying to do interval training so I walk for a minute jog for a minute. I got this idea from my 21 day metabolism boosting exercise challenge. I have decided to put the whole thing together. So the first 10 minuets I do the exercise thing and then I just kind of jog and walk. I want to get to the point to where I am running all the way. One day, I will be lean and strong enough!

Like X Mas

So it seems to me as a lay in my bed at night, when I know I've had a good day and ate right, That I can't wait till morning to weigh myself!. Everyday is like Xmas. today I weight half a pound than yesterday! Yeah me!! But it has occurred to me that it probably isn't healthy to base all my happiness on my weight. I feel like my life is on hold until I lose the right amount of weight. For example I have shortened my trip to Ecuador so that I have one more week to eat Right before I get there. Also I have rejected many invitations from my friends to go to Miami for the same reason. Hanging out here at home I get really bored and I miss my friends who live Miami, like I used to. But my embarrassment over my weight wins. It seems like all my life I have been doing things like that.

I was listening to a Way Fm, a Christian radio that I love, and a song came on , I cant remember who it was by but I know the message was talking about thanking God for everyday that we have. Being grateful because every day is a blessing. This really got my thinking. I think I am not as grateful as I should be. From no on I'm going to focus of being grateful every single day even if I weight more. Every day should be like X mas because we are given the most beautiful present life. Today I'm going to enjoy my day, be really nice to my parents, do good things for people, be happy and be grateful.

On another note I've been wondering if I'm eating to few calories a day. I feel like I am losing weight too fast. Maybe this is normal, but I am so afraid to gain the weight right back. I was reading Once Upon a Diet yesterday and she has a post about the right amount of calories you are supposed to eat to lose weight etc. She also has this link on her side bar that takes you to this nifty little calculator. If you put your weight, age, measurement, etc. it tells you how much you should eat. When I punched in my details It told me I should be eating 1150 calories a day for a weight loss of .6 lbs per week. But most people say you should not go down less than 1200. Anyway I think I am doing about 1000 right now plus exercise. Maybe this is why I am losing so much weight. I am not, however feeling deprived in any way (well a little deprived from chocolate cake and the such lol). My sister, who is about my size and weight went to a dietitian who put her in some sort of contraption/breathing device and told her that her body needs 1300 calories a day to maintain its weight. If I am about the same and I want to lose 2 pounds a week according to Once Upon a Diet's calculations I should eat only 300 calories a day??? See that is where my problem comes from. I don't know, like I said right now I may be doing about a 1000 a day or maybe even less? hopefully this is healthy for me.

have a wonderful day everybody and remember be grateful, be happy! God Bless

My Diet Plan

So I have noticed that a lot of people here blogging abut their weight loss, are all using different methods to loose the weight. I see the large majority here is using weigh watchers. I tried that once but I am so terrible that I would simply just have one Mc Donald's meal the whole day. I never lost much weight and also it really wasn't healthy for me.



So this is the food regime that actually works for me. It is based on this great Spanish Dietitian's Diet called: Dieta Instintiva (Instinctive Diet) as you can see there is an English version there on the website so you can look through it if you like. Anyways this site has been a great source of knowledge for me. In a nut shell it tells you to increase lean protein (that's right not only switch to lean protein but also increase your intake greatly), eat fruits in between meals as snacks not as dessert, Have no carbs for dinner unless it is fruit, so no real starchy things like rice, pasta, potatoes etc. And if you want to cheat desperately do it for breakfast. Also remember that dinner is the most important meal during weight loss it is what reflects the numbers in your scale. Another thing that it emphasizes is that weight loss is composed of 21 good meals in a week (excluding snacks of course) but the point is that if you cheat or go off your diet for two different meals then weight loss is compromised. This concept is especially important at dinner time. The diet also tells you to eat whatever you want for one meal in the week You get one freebie but only one meal not one day.



Anyways there is all this science to back up these claims and everything. It is a to follow.



oh yeah increase water consumption greatly......

and of course opt for complex carbs, lots of veggies etc like all other diets.

Hope it helps someone out there ;)