Hope everyone had a wonderful July 4th holiday!!!
This post has nothing to do w/ makeup but the blog is called the "Powder Room" and if I were in a powder room with you gals I would for sure discuss the below!
So, I can't remember the last time I enjoyed the July 4th holiday weekend this much. Chris, JD's brother was in town from Charlotte, so we got to spend time with him and play tourists for the day in Manhattan.
We ended our weekend with a BBQ at my parents' house - it was a party to introduce the Kims to the Li's (Eugene's girlfriend Qimin's family). She has such a warm, outgoing (and big!) family - a nice complement to our smaller slightly more reserved clan.
Anyway with all of the gluttony that went on last week and for all of June pretty much I gained a few lbs. So I'm back to my regimen of healthy eating + working out.
I also am trying out this 5:2 diet, where you eat normally for five days and limit yourself to 500 calories for two days. I just started this week, and survived Monday & Tuesday on 500 cals each. This is what I ate:
This post has nothing to do w/ makeup but the blog is called the "Powder Room" and if I were in a powder room with you gals I would for sure discuss the below!
So, I can't remember the last time I enjoyed the July 4th holiday weekend this much. Chris, JD's brother was in town from Charlotte, so we got to spend time with him and play tourists for the day in Manhattan.We ended our weekend with a BBQ at my parents' house - it was a party to introduce the Kims to the Li's (Eugene's girlfriend Qimin's family). She has such a warm, outgoing (and big!) family - a nice complement to our smaller slightly more reserved clan.
Anyway with all of the gluttony that went on last week and for all of June pretty much I gained a few lbs. So I'm back to my regimen of healthy eating + working out.
I also am trying out this 5:2 diet, where you eat normally for five days and limit yourself to 500 calories for two days. I just started this week, and survived Monday & Tuesday on 500 cals each. This is what I ate:
Monday:
- Lunch - salad with sesame dressing, peppers & tofu (274 cals)
- Snack - 3/4 cup grapefruit (56 cals)
- Dinner - 1/2 cup rolled oats with water & 1 tblspn raisins (183 cals)
Tuesday:
- Lunch - 1 cup of brunswick stew (320 cals)
- Dinner - 1/2 cup rolled oats with water & 1 tblspn raisins (183 cals)
Dinner sounds small but the oats are surprisingly filling. I made sure I went straight to the bedroom after I ate to watch TV, because as pathetic as this sounds, when I watch TV in our bedroom I'm less likely to go downstairs and fish for snacks (because I am that lazy).
So now that I've gotten those 500-calorie days out of the way, according to this diet, I can eat normally the next five days. I'll still count calories the rest of this week (using the MyFitnessPal app which is a godsend) but at least I can "cheat" on things like wine and something sweet.
We'll see how things go! Tonight I have cardio kickbox + a belly, butt & thighs class @ my gym.
-Lisa
Sounds like a cool diet! Keep us posted on how it goes.
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