On the Run: fitness made simple

Hi, I pretty much was busy washing, peeling, cutting the veggies, but we had a bunch of other homemade dishes I just posted below! The turkey, beef stew, and of course the vegetables were very lean. The sticky rice was sooo good, but probably the least healthy thing we had. I liked how we had strawberries and cream puffs instead of pumpkin pie. People ended up eating mostly the strawberries! 

SO THANKFUL that my parents didn’t listen to my aunt who ordered a deep-fried turkey from KFC. I would die…from embarrassment.

Thanks to my mom for all her hard work this weekend. Holidays are so stressful for her; she cooks all day and doesn’t even stop to eat herself. 

Okay! Done with Thanksgiving posts unless people have more questions. Now the countdown until Christmas!! xoxo

cont p2. Do you ever feel this way when you eat out ? What have you done to remedy the guilty thought patterns that might’ve come up ? Any advice ?

The only time you should feel guilty is when you have done something to hurt someone else.

On eating out: Unbeknownst to my friends, I analyze the menu of the restaurant we will be going to the night before and choose what I’m going to eat. (okay great, now they all know…but my tumblr is still semi-secret…at least I don’t share it on facebook ha!) 

Ways I stay healthy or avoid fattening foods while eating out

• Suggest to go to a coffee shop instead of frozen yogurt to catch up with a friend 
• List what foods actually work for you: i.e. do you actually enjoy airy, sugary cupcakes? For me, I know that cakes do nothing for me, but a chunk of dark chocolate is so satisfying. This way you’ll remember what you actually like and won’t eat foods you would feel guilty about. 
• Talk a lot to avoid picking at food
• Order a lot of water 
• Be proactive and decide where you all will go to eat (You know how it is…everyone will want to go out, but no one has any idea where to go…) 

Feeling Guilty

• Ask yourself, is there a compelling (not a wish-wash one) reason why you should not consume such item? If there isn’t, then I usually will have one. 
• I think of other healthy things I did that day (i.e. worked out, walked during lunch, ate other meals until 80% full, decided against candy, skipped free cookies etc.)
• De-stress in general: go for a walk, listen to music 
• Okay this is weird…but talk to your mom (or someone you trust) about it. Once you describe to them your problem, it will sound so small and insignificant in the grand journey of living healthy and prospering that you will feel silly from stressing so much about it. The other day, I was complaining to my mom (and dad, and entire family since I was on speakerphone) about how I think my work is going so-so and I don’t feel that confident about my results. After debating a lot…the final tidbit came out. i was like “Mom…I have one more issue, and its stupid.” She was like…”What…just tell me.” We went back and forth and I finally was like…”I feel fat. too many continental breakfasts. the designer suit you bought me is getting tight.” And she just scoffed and my dad was like “THAT’s bothering you…you are letting THAT bring you down?” So opening up to someone (it can be me!) helps people put things into perspective.

Funny Story: It was my friend’s birthday back in May 2011 and she wanted to do a Pizookie Night at BJ’s. If you don’t know what a pizookie is, it’s a huge chocolate-chip cookie the size of a pizza with a half gallon of vanilla ice cream on top of it. It’s actually kind of gross. As much as I wanted to see my friends, I did not want to sit there while the birthday girl not only barely eats her pizookie, but urges me to eat more and more. Why the hell are we signing up to eat a giant cookie and ice cream anyways?! WHYYY would you do this to your friends? I do not know. Anyways, this was a terrible scenario because I did not want to be the Debbie Downer who scoffed at the dessert that others wanted to enjoy. Like we didn’t even have dinner…it was DESSERT only. So what did super healthy super balanced surfnrunnr do? I ate my fair share and felt ridiculously guilty afterwards. I honestly don’t know what I did to get over feeling guilty and sick (so lactose-intolerant), all I know is that I got over it quickly and moved on and know that I will never do another pizookie night again. My other friend who was there didn’t want any so she ordered an alcoholic drink to sip on instead. She did endure a lot of “ohh just have some, just a little…its good!” 

I’m Buddhist! This is a picture of my brother and I participating in the Jade Buddha Festival. The boys’ outfits were so itchy!