November 9, 2012
Chelsea Fagan's Blog: Lighter Version of A Great Recipe For the 30 Day Challenge!

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I’m big on cooking and have a hard time giving up on the act of making semi-elaborate foods — cooking is often my favorite part of the day. To this end, I’ve been making a few of my favorite recipes a little lighter, and this recipe was already on the light side for what it is, so it wasn’t too…

Reblogging myself to add, as I didn’t state it in the recipe and some people may not do it out of habit, to season with salt and pepper. As you do. EVERYONE MAKE THIS I’M EATING IT RIGHT NOW AND IT IS SOOOOO GOOOOOOD 

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November 9, 2012
"No one wants to become the person that feels compelled to make the “health food” comments when friends are eating at a restaurant. I, for one, feel that people who ask if you’re aware of how fattening your order of onion rings probably is deserve to be shot out of a cannon into the mouth of a volcano. And you also want to avoid becoming too obsessed with what is going into your own body. Yes, you shouldn’t be eating Chicken McNuggets at every meal, but you also don’t want to be in a perpetual state of denial of things you enjoy from time to time. Learning how to balance eating well and feeling good with still living a normal life, joining friends at restaurants, having happy hours, and enjoying dessert can be more of a challenge than simply denying yourself those things all together."

— I wrote about the 30-day challenge over at Thought Catalog. #solidarity

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November 7, 2012
Lighter Version of A Great Recipe For the 30 Day Challenge!

I’m big on cooking and have a hard time giving up on the act of making semi-elaborate foods — cooking is often my favorite part of the day. To this end, I’ve been making a few of my favorite recipes a little lighter, and this recipe was already on the light side for what it is, so it wasn’t too hard. And I even have a picture from when I made it quite some time ago!!

Lighter Chicken Pot Pie

Ingredients:

  • 2 large chicken breasts
  • 1 small can corn
  • 1 small can peas
  • 1 small can carrots (rounds, preferably)
  • 1/2 cup dry white wine
  • half yellow onion, diced
  • 1 cup light chicken stock
  • 3 cloves garlic
  • 2 tbsp flour
  • one pie crust (light if possible)
  • 1 tbsp olive oil

Begin by browning the onions and garlic in the olive oil in a large skillet (the biggest you have, you’ll need it). They should ideally be nice and golden-brown, all mushy and perfect as onions tend to get. Remove the onions and garlic and set aside in a bowl of some kind. Cook your chicken in the same skillet, making it nice and golden on the outsides. Remove chicken, shred it in a plate with two forks. Put shredded chicken, onions, and garlic all back into the skillet. 

Sprinkle your flower evenly over all of the onion-garlic-chicken mixture and allow it to absorb the oil, moving it around a bit to evenly coat it. Add your chicken stock slowly, allowing it to thicken. Add your wine, let everything simmer, stirring occasionally, until you have a thick, almost creamy/soupy consistency. Add your veggies and let simmer for a few minutes more.

Pour all of this into a pie dish (with no bottom crust — gotta save on those calories where you can — and then layer your top crust over it. I like to do a fancy pattern, but to each his own. Bake at 425 (or whatever your personal pie crust’s instructions are) for about 20 minutes, or until golden brown.

I guarantee that, despite being much lighter than a traditional pot pie, it will be the best one you’ve had! The white wine really makes it rich and savory, and have a depth of flavor that most pot pies don’t.

If anyone makes it, take pictures and let me know what you think. Here’s to eating better and staying the course! 

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November 5, 2012
It’s week 4 and it’s finally getting easier to eat healthily.

I’m going to do a recipe and breakdown of my basic eating routine tomorrow — think I might do my relatively low-cal chicken pot pie. 

HOW IS EVERYONE DOING

please tell me you’re all falling off the wagon exercise-wise as much as I am, because I’m feeling pretty lame on that front.

Also, wine is the devil in terms of my daily calorie count. If I’m going to a real dinner or a bar that night, I basically cannot eat that day if I want to stay in my daily limits.

What problems is everyone else running into?

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November 2, 2012
re: 30-day challenge & changing body

going to do a vid post on this soon enough to show the ~results~ so far

but seriously, i’ve had a fair amount of people comment to me in the last week

“hey, you’ve lost weight!”

or something to that effect

talk about a double-edged sword

you’re like “damn, that’s cool! wait… what did i look like before?”

yikes


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October 21, 2012
Some Thoughts On The 30-Day Challenge So Far

  • Running sucks at first, but gets easier to do every day, and is especially doable if alternated (in five-minute bursts) with brisk walking. (Also, having people around helps, as you don’t want to look like quite the lazy bones you actually are when being watched.)
  • Using a daily food/exercise journal (I use this one) is extremely helpful and puts what you’re taking in/putting out into clear perspective. It’s been surprisingly easy to stay under 1800 calories a day, even far under on certain days when I eat only fresh, clean, light stuff.
  • Eating better makes you feel better. End of story.
  • Not keeping to any particular diet is so much more sustainable in the long run, although what is really essential when eating things that aren’t as good for you is to load up your plate with veggies, salad, fruit, etc, and eat those things first before going to the less-healthy/more-fattening stuff like carbs and heavier meats.
  • CHEW SLOWLY (It takes an absurdly long time for us to realize we’re full, so often we overeat by eating too quickly).
  • In general, I feel really good and motivated and am excited to do another video showing off the progress at the two-week mark.
  • I can already feel the difference, and it’s awesome.
  • Having more energy has probably been the biggest bonus of this so far, as my exercising has somewhat counteracted the eating better part to make my skin situation a wash. Eventually, though, I’d like better skin/hair/nails to come from getting more vitamins.
  • DRINK THE SHIT OUT OF SOME WATER THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
  • Pellegrino/Perrier with a squeeze of lemon is better than soda.
  • If I ever get down on myself, I just look at a picture of the beautiful Kristin Davis and her ideal (for me) little body, and I turn on my 30-minute cardio workout. 

HOW IS EVERYONE ELSE DOING??

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October 15, 2012
We’re also adding user

nadiazoe

And this is going to be the last person we’re adding, because we’re officially started and I can’t keep spamming people with this. SO THE REGISTRATION IS CLOSED, I’M SORRY EVERYONE. :c But feel free to follow along in the LL3D tag

So the final master list is as follows:

Catlips

nadiazoe

Eggtrolls

Menarcheintheuk

Wheresympathyisair

Sixtothirtythird

Twatdoyoumean

Brooklynfollies

Welcometomybookcollection

Hezzair

Ladaysandnights

Claireangelineh

Andellasaid

Fatwasandfanboys

Iamzezethex

Simplesouthern

Murphymaurine

Raisemeuplaura

Tyowashere

HAPPY GETTING HEALTHY EVERYONE!

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October 15, 2012
Can everyone add Tumblr user catlips to the 30 Day Challenge list?

Yay. Also, today is the first day. How is everyone doing? I ran, and am keeping a diligent food log — it’s actually kind of fun! 

I wrote a little bit about my initial struggles shopping for good stuff today over at Thought Catalog, you should go give it a read!

Looking forward to hearing how everyone is doing, and I’m gonna be posting a recipe soon. 

Welcome Catlips!

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October 12, 2012
Inspiration. If you can wear the 80s-esque one pieces that go ridiculously high up on your waist, you can wear literally anything.

Inspiration. If you can wear the 80s-esque one pieces that go ridiculously high up on your waist, you can wear literally anything.

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October 11, 2012

My intro video for the 30 Day Challenge, in which I do the following:

  • Display the less attractive side of my room
  • Show off mah body (oooo yeah)
  • Fix my makeup mid-video
  • Show you my new sneakers
  • Talk about the challenge
  • Do not realize that my fly is halfway open, therefore unintentionally reaffirming my comment about pants not fitting

PLEASE TO ENJOY

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