FILLING UP BEFORE THE COUNT-DOWN

This weekend, I filled up on every possible greasy, fatty, over-the-calorie-meter dishes that I could think of before my official start of healthy eating. I satisfied my mexican food cravings, stopped by Scoops, had my fill of butter popcorn at the Arclight theatre while watching Once, ate a bag of chedder and beer chips and had tuna melt and steak fries at Pipers with friends at 2am in the morning! Seriously, as I'm writing this entry, my extreme personality is getting a little bit frightning to me. Yikes!!! I basically had the most gluttonous weekend ever...

Anyhow, today I stopped by Barnes to checkout some cookbooks to get guidance on some healthy cooking recipes. I decided to start with Japanese food since I love Japanese food. Book of choice: WASHOKU by Elizabeth Ardoh.

Starting Tomorrow: 10 DAYS OF MASTER CLEANSE
http://mastercleansesecrets.com
ONE DAY RECIPE:
-60 oz. H20
-12 tbsp. organic Grade B syrup (found mine at Trader Joes)
-12 tbsp. fresh squeezed lemon or lime
-1/2 tsp. cayenne pepper

also drink either in the morning or at night (be sure to be near the bathroom after drinking):
-1 tsp. sea salt
-35 oz. H2O


Yes yes, I've heard all the conflicting views on this topic of Master Cleanse but my bases for going on this 10 day diet is b/c:
1. it takes extreme measures for me to adapt to change
2. I want to utilize the access time to catch up on work I need to do.
3. I'm serious about minimizing/simplifying my lifestyle which includes my eating, spending, relationship-ing, etc. b/c I realize what you eat, wear, how you live, the relationships you have is very much interconnected. Definitely, less is more in this case.

CARPE DIEM!

The reason I started this public rambling is so that I can motivate myself to start taking care of my body. I hope that as I keep up with this blog each week I'll connect with many of you, who are in the same position that I am in... I'm a 20 something single, working non-stop, doing overtime, sitting on my butt all day in front of the computer and find that I am too tired to cook when I get home. I also find that many times I let myself be satisfied with quantity rather than quality especially since quality foods come with a hefty price-tag. Well anyhow, I think this might actually be sort of fun! I've always wanted to take on cooking as my hobby so I went to Ikea and bought myself a new set of white dishes so I can get rid of the hodgepodge of dishes and glassewear that is crowding my kitchen cabinet. I also bought some cutting mats and dish rags... just to get myself excited for this new venture!

My goal is to find a meal plan each week that is:
1. healthy (preferrably organic)
2. quick, easy and fun (if it takes me more than an hour- forget it! I'm actually aiming for 30 minutes)
3. affordable (I am aiming at spending around $50-$70 every two weeks for groceries for myself + brother + (roomate if he's home)
4. and most importantly, tasty!!!

Confession:
I'm definitely not a chef. I can cook but I hate cooking for myself (I love hosting parties but find cooking on a regular bases a waste of time, can you relate?) I usually succumb to fast-foods or delivery due to just being simply tired after work... My usually diner menu when I'm home:
1. roomate's instant noodles (his only food item on his grocery list, the other item: six-pack)
2. Charms Thai which delivers to my place + diet coke
3. Jack in the box (another place in route to my home after work) + diet coke
4. Taco Truck near my home + diet coke
5. Goldfish + diet coke
6. whatever is in the fridge + diet coke (by now you realize, we always have diet coke in the fridge)

Strategy:
This weekend- fill up on everything I want to eat
Mexican food!!! Bacon wrapped hotdogs!
Next 10 days- Master Clense Detox
Aug. 3-grocery shopping and meal plan for the week, pre-cut, pre-wash, freeze or regrigerate items needed for the week.
Aug 4-eat!

im single
im able
im hungy

im chef
hear me roar!

(corny, yes I know)