The more I work out the more I'm learning where my body needs work. Like yesterday, we were doing a mostly cardio workout, TONS of jump roping... well I noticed that I was feeling some SERIOUS pain in my feet, on like the outsides of my soles. It really sucked and it didn't feel good at all and it just made me want to quit. JUST QUIT. Ugh. Why isn't there a button where you can just be like - This hurts, Fix it, DONE. That's all I ask for??
I haven't worked out today but I feel like I'm just not going to feel it - I've been so stressed at work, and just in life that this week is just bad. One of those weeks where I feel like I'm not losing anything, I'm gaining and it's hard to keep my eye on the prize. Like to be 100% honest, there is a peanut butter cookie sitting on my desk staring at me like, hey, you need to eat me because you are depressed.... hopefully I won't give in, but the peanut butter gods are telling me to just dive in.
Anyways, with the election finally being over, and all the drama on FB of people saying absolutely horrible things, all I want to do is DRINK. So, fo you, I found some "healthier" options if you decide you need to go on an all night bender with some vods. I say FUCK Bethenny Frankel and her skinny girl cocktails, JUST MAKE YOUR OWN!
Now clearly, the best option is just straight up vods and wads, but if you need something with a little flavor, try some of these......
A whole day of eating right can go down in the swirl of cocktail -- with crazy-high calories and weakened willpower. So we've put a few drinks on a diet, starting with the Cuban mojito. Instead of using sugar, use a wooden pestle or a big spoon to gently crush cubes of watermelon with fresh mint leaves. Add rum and sparkling water for a sweet mojito with half the usual calories.
Skip the syrupy mixes in crazy colors and you'll trim hundreds of calories from this Mexican cocktail. Measure out the basics: one shot of tequila, lime juice to taste, and a splash of triple sec. Shake with ice and serve. Staying within the limits of moderate drinking -- one for women and up to two drinks per day for men -- is another way to watch your calories and your waistline.
Rum that's infused with a coconut flavor can cut about 300 calories from a piña colada. What's out? The sugary, coconut milk mix. Measure one shot of coconut rum. Then add fresh strawberries, a splash of agave syrup, and blend with ice. You get a tall, 12-ounce tropical cocktail for about the same calories as in a handful of pretzel twists.
Make a super-slim cosmopolitan by replacing the vodka with shochu, a Japanese spirit with a smooth flavor. A 2-ounce serving has only about 35 calories. Add splashes of diet cranberry juice, fresh lime juice, and orange juice, and then toss in a martini shaker. This cosmo shakes out at half the calories of a traditional cosmopolitan.
Simple, unadorned berries can help slim down a strawberry daiquiri. Start with 1 cup of no-sugar-added berries, either fresh or frozen. You get intense berry flavor for just 50 calories, compared with 255 calories in berries frozen with syrup. Add rum, ice, and sweeten the deal with 1 teaspoon of stevia, a sugar substitute. Blend into a slim and delicious frozen concoction.
Did you know that tonic water has nearly as many calories as soda? Switch to diet tonic water for a skinny version of this favorite cocktail. Bubbly seltzer water is another option that can shave calories -- although it's really a different drink without the bitter nip of quinine in the tonic water. In that case, punch up the flavor with a squeeze of lime juice or a flavored seltzer.
Slim down Italy's festive Bellini by using just 2 ounces of peach nectar, about half the usual amount. Swirl the syrupy nectar together with 4 ounces of champagne and serve in a pretty, fluted glass. Mimosa lovers can try the same trick to cut the calories: use just half of the usual orange juice.
Flavor-infused alcohols are a tasty way to limit juice mixes, which can be high calorie. Try ginger vodka and lime sparkling water for a fusion of Asian flavors at just 90 calories. Look for flavored seltzer or mineral waters that have no added calories.
The mix of lemonade and sweet iced tea, favored by golfer Arnold Palmer, becomes a popular cocktail when you add a shot of vodka. You can slice off half the calories in this tall, cool drink by using low-calorie lemonade and sweet-tea-flavored vodka. This specialty vodka is lower in calories than traditional types.
Enjoy the tart flavor of a Tom Collins without the syrupy mix, sugar, and other sweeteners that bartenders often swirl into your glass. Our skinny version starts with vanilla vodka, instead of gin. Vanilla carries a sweet flavor with very few calories. Add a splash of lime juice and a zero-calorie sparkling water flavored with lemongrass, mint, and vanilla.
NOW THIS IS IMPORTANT! READ THESE!! IT WILL HELP!!!!!!!
Skinny Cocktail Dos- Choose fresh 100% juice rather than mixes.
- Use zero-calorie bubblers instead of soft drinks. Try flavored seltzer, sparkling water, or club soda.
- Fewer ingredients mean fewer calories.
- Pay attention. Moderation is key for your waistline and health.
- Don't add creamed spirits or liqueurs. They double the calories in a cocktail.
- Don't use several shots in one drink. A Long Island iced tea has seven ingredients and 700 calories!
- Don't order an after-dinner drink, which is often sweet.
- Don't sip a sweet dessert wine, which has about 40 calories more than table wine.
Ok that's all for now, and of course, half that cookie is gone.. .WHERE'S MY WILL POWER?!?!?!?!
Love,
Andrea
