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Yesterday wasn’t so great, but it’s always a new day! Here we go… and with a new set of weekly goals! I figured that I’d focus on the positive rather than the negative this week, so instead of saying things like “No popcorn,” I’m saying things like, “Leafy greens every day.” It’s better to add [...]

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The bad news: I overate on popcorn today. The good news: I know my downfalls. They are: 1) Feeling stressed, which leads to… 2) Deciding I need a break, which leads to… 3) Watching a movie, which leads to… 4) Wanting to eat (and correspondingly eating) copious amount of popcorn. I still want to lose [...]

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The past week/weekend has been very tasty. Tried out a new restaurant, Sensi, which is a wine lounge/tapas bar. Less than ten minutes walk from my place. Awesome. I also had chicken fingers and French fries from a pub (why is pub food so delicious??), went out for bacon and eggs at Stella’s Cafe, and [...]

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Mid-week update

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I’ve been experiencing some computer problems lately – nothing major, but I just haven’t wanted to spend any more time than necessary trying to do things on my computer! But I’m happy to report that although I haven’t experienced any weight loss (boo), I’ve been doing well at following my plan to accomodate for all [...]

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Today I green smoothie-d it up and had 11 green smoothies! It was about 1,250 calories total. Yesterday I made a pretty coloured schedule for myself to see if it can help me organize myself a little better… between having three blogs, plus being a co-founder of both The Food Label Movement and The Green [...]

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The boyfriend and I ate breakfast at Stella’s Cafe this morning (toast and eggs and hashbrowns and bacon!). Throughout the rest of the day I drank green shakes, a few oat cakes, and air-popped popcorn with grapeseed oil spray and nutritional yeast flakes, plus 1.5 apples with PB2 and some chocolate chip cookie dough balls. [...]

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Calorie math

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I know that I’m inevitably going to find myself in a “food” situation at least once a week, so I’ve decided to plan for those days. This is what I’m planning on doing each week: – 2 days of less than 1,300 calories. – 2 days of around 2,000 calories (I’d prefer it not to [...]

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This is what I would like to do for my exercise plan: – At least 10 hours walking each week (can be indoors or outdoors). – 3 days abs exercises (5 – 10 exercises each day). – 2 days strength training (10 exercises each day). – 2 days yoga (20 minutes each day). – 3 [...]

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