No Chunky Monkey In Afghanistan

I would rather look better NAKED...

2008-01-15T23:10:00.000-08:00

Thank you *Bitch Cakes*... your post got me thinking today. Every time before I take that excess bite I'm going to ask my self, is this helping me look better naked? That is the real question... Ok Im commiting to one hour of cardio after lunch 5 days a week.

Back On The Pony

2008-01-14T04:08:00.000-08:00

I guess I just needed to get sick and tired of being sick and tired again. Today I woke up to late to have breakfast so I had 2 cups of black coffee then for lunch nothing looked that great so I made a soft taco with a ton of lettuce in it. Hope dinner is a little more fantastic then lunch but if not I'm still not going to eat after 6 tonight! Even if that means I go to bed extra early again. Here I am back on the pony and determined to stay on.

Where in the hell is my crystal ball...

2008-01-13T00:30:00.000-08:00

Shouldn't this be easy? Girl wakes up, girl wants to be thinner, girl stops eating extra crap, girl gets thinner. I thought that was the way this was suppose to work? As all can tell this has not been the easiest past few days. I really think when I don't get the proper amount of sleep my food choices get a little crazy. I will start getting 9 hours of sleep a night again... starting tonight!

Far Far away

2008-01-12T00:25:00.000-08:00

I was looking at the dates on my posts and I know I have wrote each day but because of the time change it looks like I have missed a day here and there. Today I had a see's sucker and it was like heavan. Do any of you gals know about see's candies? Im not sure if it is just a West Coast thing or not. Im going on vacation in July and have been thinking about Savannah Georgia, somewhere close to the beach. If any of you have ideas for vacation spots please let me know. Good luck on the up comming weekend because I know I need it!

Pirates...

2008-01-11T02:46:00.000-08:00

I gave up having a TV in my room because watching TV=Eating. So last night I decide to watch Pirates Of The Caribbean on my lap top in my BED. Why I thought watching a movie on my lap top would be safe... lord only knows. It started with a bag of kettle corn, then a few M&M's, next thing I know I have a few cashews in my hand and then to end the night I have some green gob stoppers. By now I should know late night snacking never ends with the Kettle Corn. Oh well today was a new day and all the kettle corn I own is in the bathroom trash as of this morning...

First WEIGH IN...

2008-01-09T23:24:00.000-08:00

As you all can see my starting weight does not have a date but I do know I was in the 180's prior to coming here to Afghanistan. It feels great to be down 8 pounds from that though and to know how close I am to the 160's. Has anyone read the scale wrong before ( the ones like at the doctors office)? Well I did today and I felt real special... not in a good way. Kilos vs Pounds... I wont make that disappointing mistake while reading the scale again. Thank you all for the support during my first 10 days in the blog world, I love it I plan on sticking around.

Troops bound to get FAT...

2008-01-09T04:17:00.000-08:00

I swear all anyone thinks we need out here in Afghanistan is FOOD. We get care packages every single day with nothing but JUNK food in them. Thank goodness today is the day prior to my first weigh in. A package came in the mail today for our shop and guess what was in the box? Home made Red Velvet Cake made with butter milk. I'm pretty sure if today was not the day prior to my first weigh in I would have taken a piece and called it dinner.

Blood Hound Sniffer...

2008-01-07T23:15:00.000-08:00

No real sugar for a while makes your sense of smell heightened. Today I walked over to the office next door and stood at a desk speaking to the administrative clerk about business when all of a sudden it was like a warm, hot and right out of the oven CUPCAKE smacked me in the nose. Before I could even think about what I was saying I said, "Who has a hot cupcake?" The looks I received next were priceless, like there really was a hot cupcake on my nose. Well I went on a mission to figure out where the sent was coming from, every time this guy in the office would get close to me the scent was over whelming. Mission complete: man had butterscotch lifesaver in mouth. Case closed. I wonder what other powers could be increased with avoiding other food groups...

Mr. X

2008-01-07T02:52:00.000-08:00

Happy to report that I did not eat something sweet over yesturday's disapointments, but I was a little naughty. Mr.X here at Camp Phoenix invited me to watch the movie 300 with him in his shop after work, OK wait let me give you all a little back ground: Mr.X is from a small camp here in Afghanistan where he was wounded in action and was sent to our camp which is safer and myself being from California and Mr.X being from South Carolina's National Guard with his sexy southern accent somehow makes me melt. I don't get it I'm not really the melting type of girl. Anyways I go there to watch a movie and next thing I know he is standing over me to reach for something, leans down and in for a kiss. What can I say all my common sense went right out the door. Well worth it I must say. It was sweet and for once calorie free. Back to what this blog is really about... Today it was so cold here that after lunch I forced myself into the gym uniform and all and walked on the treadmill for 20 min. Happy to report the ankle held up pretty well. 2 days till weigh in and Im acually looking forward to this one.

What did you just say to me...

2008-01-06T04:40:00.000-08:00

This morning my Wheaties really got pissed in. I go to breakfast with an acquaintance from here in Afghanistan and out of the blue I'm walking with him looking for a table while holding my tray with ONE egg white scrambled, an apple and a cup of coffee, when this acquaintance turns toward me and says,"have you put on some weight?" Are you serious... come on... I wanted to walk strait out the door and pitch my breakfast in the trash on the way out and go strait to my bed and press the re-start button on the hole dang day. Is that reality? No. So a friend says to me I should kill this acquaintance with kindness and he just knew the button to push to aggravate me, he does like to aggravate people but why me, why today, and why by saying that of all things? Awwwwww I just want to climb a mountain and scream. Instead this is what I will not do.
I will not eat something sweet over this...
I will not eat something sweet over this...
I will not eat something sweet over this...

How many eggs...

2008-01-05T05:52:00.000-08:00

So I go to breakfast this morning at the DFAC(military cafeteria) where the cooks have no idea about portion control. I ask for ONE egg worth of whites scrambled, do I get one egg worth? No I get at least a dozen worth. So here I am at the trash can throwing away 3/4ths of what they served me because I know if I keep it on my plate I will eat all of it. The crazy things we do to loose the extra booty... Hopefully I can overcome the language barrier and I can somehow show the cooks in the morning how much 1 egg worth of whites really is. Here is to another day of 301... 5 bottles of water and too many trips to the little girls room to count.

A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words...

2008-01-03T22:12:00.000-08:00

Hello reality. On New Years day I helped out with a 5K here on camp and twisted my ankle WALKING across the track while collecting time cards. What a way to ring in the New Year. Even better the next day a friend forwards me some pictures FULL LENGTH really unflattering pictures from the incident on the track. Well there you have it now I have "before" pictures. I will post them once I learn a little more about this hole blog thing... Im pretty much computer dumb. So I cant do any kind of exercise for the next week... so I have to eat less of course. Yesterday went well even in the evening when the kettle corn started calling my name. I told the voice to shut up and I went to sleep.

A New Year In Afghanistan...

2008-01-03T02:26:00.000-08:00

Hello. I have been lurking and reading the post's here and feel like I know you all already. I'm stationed here in Afghanistan with the Navy for one year. I'm from Sacramento California. What a great time to make up for some lost ME time. I'm excited to track my progress of a New lifestyle right here for everyone to see. Mainly I want to do this so I have some sort of accountability when it comes to weighing in every 10 days. I know 301 works for me and so here it goes...

3 meals a day-0 in between-1 day at a time=301

I'm so happy to report that there is no way I can receive Ben and Jerry's out here... so bye bye Chunky Monkey our love affair has come to an end.