Food...Gym...Repeat.

Back from the gym.

Today was an epic workout day. Actually this whole week reminds me of the "last chance workout" from THE BIGGEST LOSER.

It's my last week in Salt Lake City. I am squeezing every bit out of the gym that I can muster.

I dropped about 1000 or more calories today with a combo platter of cardio and weight work.

For a late breakfast (woke up late) I had 4 fish sticks (126 calories) and 4 Amy's Pizza Bites (126 calories).

When I got back from the gym, I was starving. I had a bag of steamed veggies (90 calories), a helping of my specialty bean salad (120 calories), and a MorningStar 1/4lb Griller (250 calories) on a slice of Ezekiel bread (80 calories)

So far I'm totalling 792 calories. But taking my workout into consideration, I've actually worked out more calories than I have eaten. I feel amazing...so I'm not worried about the deficit.

Only a couple days left until I finally get to take that elusive "after" photo. I'm also going to finally weigh myself. I'm just curious. This was never about losing a certain amount of weight. I just wanted to feel healthy. AND I FEEL GREAT!

Thanks for sticking around!

Ciao!

Snack/Lunch

Hi there!

I'm back from the gym and to be completely honest, I'm not FAMISHED.

I feel like having an assortment of things. Now this could be dangerous. Snacking is where you get into trouble.

But not when you plan it out. For breakfast this morning, I had a basic 2 eggs, vegan sausage patty, and one piece of Ezekiel toast. That rounded out to about 300 calories.

It's getting a little hard to eat a "meal" after my show, so I am going to make this snack/lunch a little larger than usual.

The menu:

*4 Gluten-Free Fish Sticks (95 calories)
*Steamed bag of veggies (90 calories)
*Mahi Mahi Burger (120 calories)
*Side of bean salad (120 calories)
*Slice of Ezekiel bread (80 calories)

This might have been my biggest lunch yet. But it's going to be worth it because I probably won't have a real dinner. And I worked off about 600 calories at the gym.

My grand total for lunch was 505 calories!

My grand total for TODAY so far is 805 calories minus the 600 I lost at the gym. So I'm still breaking a good 205 for the day. I know that's not how it really works...but it's good enough for me!

See you at dinner...or whatever it's going to be.

Ciao!

Post-Gym Lunch!

Hello All!

Just got back to the gym where I worked out like CRAZY!

My girlfriend was here for 3 days and I didn't stick to my diet to a T. I didn't do terribly.

For example, we snacked at California Pizza Kitchen and only got a small order of Corn Guacamole and a small order of Sesame Ginger Chicken Dumplings (steamed).

Either way, I was on the CrossRamp for over an hour and lost (or so it said) around 900 calories. Then I did some ab workouts and finished it off with a cool down jog.

I'm back now and ready for some protein.

Lunch:

*Whey Protein Shake
*Turkey Sandwich (mustard, tomato, lettuce)
*Bean salad (sprinkled with FlaxSeed)

See you at dinner!

Ciao!

Monday Morning Shake!

Good morning!!!

Today's day starts with a healthy delicious fruit smoothie!

Ingredients:

*Frozen berries
*Fage Yogurt
*Fiber cereal
*Small spoonful of organic peanut butter
*Nonfat milk

I would take a picture of it...but it's already gone. It was delicious!

Ciao for now! See you at lunch!

Late Breakfast or Early Lunch?

Good morning!

I woke up early today to do some serious health shopping at WHOLE FOODS.

Some highlights include:

*Ground Flaxseed
*Chocolate whey protein powder
*Organic Peanut Butter
*Nori paper (for snacking)
*Mahi Mahi Burgers
*Beans galore (Pinto, Black, Kidney, Garbanzo...)
*Ezekiel Bread (my new favorite)

I went really early so I didn't get to have breakfast. I got home from the store and made myself a salad!

Here are the ingredients:

*Baby romaine (15 calories)
*Chicken (100 calories)
*Cucumber, Grape tomatoes (Under 5 calories)
*Diced mango salsa (20 calories)
*Roasted Habanero salsa (20 calories)

I added a Babybel cheese to the end just to get a little dairy in my diet today. It was a mere 50 calories.

So far...I've only had about 210 calories today. We have two shows and I am going to hit the gym between.

Feeling good.

Ciao!

I'm Back! Never left!

Hey Homies and Homettes!

I'm back with my blog! I told you that I was coming back. Did you miss Daddy? Yessss...yess you diiid! Sit, stay..good girl.

Our show is officially open (to terrific reviews) and I have not stopped the healthy eating locomotive.

I have been eating mostly vegetarian throughout the week and keeping my calories to around 1400 a day. Going to the gym almost every day (excluding my cheat day..because...come on) and definitely noticing a difference.

In honor of being back...here's what I ate today:

Morning:
*Coffee
*Fiber One Honey Squares (two small hand fulls)

Then I went to the gym and burned off well over 500 CALORIES on the CrossRamp and doing various weight-training exercises.

Lunch:
*Amy's Vegan Mexican Casserole (so fucking good!)
*3/4 of a cucumber
*Fresh pico de gallo...to dunk the cucumber in.

Fun fact of the day: Adding fresh salsa (note:fresh) to any meal is a good way to get LYCOPENE, which keeps blood pressure low and severely cuts your risk of prostate cancer. Good to know. Tomatoes are your friend. If you don't like "tomatoes," try a yellow one...much less acidic and tastes a little more neutral. I happen to love tomatoes.

Dinner:
*1 can of tuna
*Dill relish
*Pinch of light mayo
*Flax chips

Off to the show! Can't wait to start this all up again! Thanks for sticking with me!

Best,
AB Superstar

Bit of a Break

Hey gangsters!

My apologies for not truly keeping up with this blog. We are knee-deep in the middle of tech rehearsals and putting the finishing touches on this show.

It's a little difficult to keep the blog at the front of my mind.

But what's important is that I am keeping HEALTHY EATING at the front of my mind.

I have been eating almost VEGAN. With MorningStar and Amy's frozen meals, I am a couple greens away from not showering...sorry vegans.

I hope I'm losing weight. I feel better. Not sure I'm noticing a huge physical difference. Other people are, but not me.

I will post when I can...and after we open the show...I will be back to my old self.

Until then...ciao!