Monday, April 4, 2011

Not Quite the Clean Plate Club

I’m glad you guys all liked my vlog! It was so much fun to do, so if you have the technology to do it, I definitely recommend it!
Hopefully the title of my post isn’t too confusing—I’ll explain it in a bit. First, a quick highlight of my weekend. I was lucky enough to get to go home for the weekend, since my sister was in a musical at her high school and it was my daddy’s birthday yesterday. I always enjoy the weekends I spend at home, since I always have so much to do, but then they fly by and then I’m back at school. Anyways, Saturday morning was pretty typical, I woke up and had breakfast and then got ready for the day. It was really really nice, sunny and 80 degrees, so I got to have lunch and do yoga with my sis out on the deck. I love being outside, so it was great. I didn’t get to spend a lot of time with my sister, though, since she had to be at school by 3:15. So me and my dad dropped her off, and then he drove me to Keva Juice to drop off my job application and we headed to this new froyo place that’s way far away from our house, but since we both love froyo, it was so worth it. This place was AMAZING! It had so many more flavors and mix-ins than any place I’ve been to. I got a swirl mix called Oreo Joe; it was basically cookies ‘n cream and coffee froyos and it was so delish! I only ever top mine with fruit, so I got some berries and mango. Yum!

Since I forgot, I only have pics of Monday's food.
These are PB Pows, aka one of my fave cereals, plus bloobs
After that, we went to Noodles & Co. to get takeout, since we had nothing for dinner at home and didn’t have time to make anything, because of my sister’s musical. I got my usual, the small Pad Thai with shrimp, and my dad also ordered a ciabatta roll and a cucumber salad. It kind of made me nervous, because even though we were going to share them, I was scared of the extra calories. Well, the roll was really tiny, and the cucumber salad was good but probably low-cal. And I could only eat half of my noodles after that froyo, so I didn’t really eat that much. I was also nervous because I wouldn’t be able to have my evening snack at the usual time, so I packed a mini Clif bar and went to go see my sister’s musical. She was in Thoroughly Modern Millie and part of the chorus, but she and the entire cast were amazing. Definitely an enjoyable, though long night. Back at home, my mom and I watched the new SNL and then I hit the sack around 1. 
1/2 Starbucks Instant Via vanilla with Truvia and splash of skim






I tried to get all creative with the newspaper underneath haha.
Just a flax waffle with bloobs, some plain Oikos Greek yogurt
and a Morningstar spicy meatless sausage
Sunday was my daddy’s birthday, so we went out to lunch at this Mongolian grill place. I was also anxious to eat out there, so I ended up not getting very much food. I got a small plate of rice noodles with only a few spoonfuls of spicy sauce, fake crab meat and veggies. But I honestly wasn’t that hungry, so I didn’t even finish it. However, as my mom was driving me back to school yesterday afternoon, I was suddenly starving! Luckily, I had brought along some Annie’s Bunny Grahams (love those things). Well, we ended up driving right into this freak snowstorm, and the conditions were almost white-out, so my mom decided to turn around and take me back to school today instead! I was really excited, since that meant even more time at home. So we drove home, but stopped at the store to get my dad a pie for his birthday.

A really interesting sauce I made, with
unsweetened applesauce, nonfat Greek
yogurt, cinnamon and chili powder




Lunch, part 1: quinoa mixed with that sauce,
baby carrots, more bloobs and watermelon












Part 2 of lunch: Gardein meatless chik'n
tenders and a Blue Bran Vitatop

Back at home, I was still starving even after my snack, so I ate a bowl of cereal. Luckily, that was enough (just barely) to tide me over to dinner. I finished my Pad Thai and had a yummy banana caramel coffee protein drink on the side. But apparently that wasn’t enough, because by the time we sang happy birthday to my dad, I was feeling hunger pains again. I did not have the pie and ice cream, though (big fear foods)—I instead had an apple crisp Vitatop with some mango sorbet. It was still yummy but…an hour later, I was really really hungry again! By this point, I was having a mental battle with ED. He was telling me that I’d already eaten enough, but I knew that if my body was hungry, that meant I hadn’t eaten enough. Plus, I really hadn’t eaten much at all at lunch. So I grabbed a mini Clif bar and a handful of cereal. Finally, I wasn’t hungry after that. Yes, it was scary to eat 4 snacks and 3 meals in one day, but it was worth it! I felt so proud of myself, despite the fact that most of the weekend, I wasn’t able to finish my food. So I’m not a member of the Clean Plate Club, but I ate when my body wanted me to, and I didn’t get FAT! Take that, ED!
Q’s: Is it hard for you to listen to your body? How was your weekend?

6 comments:

  1. Teeny teensy portions make for a hungry girl!
    I'm not knocking you girl, you know that. However if you feel better eating little bittles at a time you gotta send your ED head to lockdown because you're gonna be a snack fairy and that's OK!! Listen to your body...(easier said then done). I think you are doing a good job.
    PS- Creative use of newsprint, I agree!

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  2. So proud of you for listening to your body, Ash!!! I find that hard to do too, but isn't it awesome to show ED who's boss!? Keep up the good work. I know it's not easy, but every time you defy the ED you're getting closer and closer to full recovery! I'm glad you had such a fun weekend with your family! <3

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  3. it is extremely hard for me to listen to my body/hunger cues. I'm having 3 meals and 3 snacks everyday till i[kick eds ass] learn to eat intuitivley and reach a healhty weight.
    You can do it!

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  4. I'm so happy that you've been able to listen to your body! It's hard for me to do that as well but in the long run it is better for you. And isn't that what recovery is about, doing what is best for YOU not your ED. I hope that you'll be able to eat a bit more at meals, and while each time you eat you don't have to clean your plate, it is important to strive to eat normal, healthy, yummy portions.
    Good luck girl!

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  5. I am so glad you listened to your body, that is definately something I (and I am sure tons of us) struggle with. I agree with Missy that grazing as they call it is completley fine! As long as little eddie doesnt get in the way ;)

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  6. Ashley, I am so proud of you for this. I know it's hard (especially that last snack) but you did it. You listened to your body and ate. And, the more you listen and just eat when you're hungry, the easier it becomes. I promise!!! Keep it up!

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