Articles
I wrote this a couple years back and it was published on
Extremephysique.com
I have a couple others on my computer somewhere I will add as I find them.
I cringe a bit when I read it now, but maybe it will be helpful to someone.
Fast Food Convenience Without The Consequences
by
Yvette Rowe
I stand in front of the mirror flexing and turning to see every muscle, yeah baby! Wait… what is that?! My ass looks like melted candle wax and it’s HUGE! OH MY GAWD. I start crying and then I wake up.
I look at the clock. I have 20 min before I have to leave for work. Damn! The Alarm didn’t go off. I roll out of bed feeling every sore muscle. By the time I am showered and dressed I have 5 min left. I open the fridge and groan. I see some wilted grapes, and some random veggies….yummy! Not! My mind is racing trying to come up with some meals to pack quickly so I can get the hell out of here. I have NO idea and I am fairly pissed. I think back to my dream this morning and cringe.
I know there is no way I will be able to step on that stage, if I don’t get this under control. Planning ahead is going to be vital for my mission. I need to be prepared for whatever the day brings. So I bought a cooler that holds a days worth of food, some food containers and some blue ice thingies, you know the plastic ones you can refreeze.
I planned my menus and then went to work cooking ahead and putting together containers of food that could easily become meals. I cooked chicken breasts, brown rice, sweet potatoes, and cut up veggies and put them all in containers. I had meals I could grab at a moments notice and it also kept me from cheating because I didn’t get to the point where I wanted to eat anything that wasn’t nailed down. Also, when my food is pre-planned, I don’t stand in front of the fridge staring at my husband’s cheese and sweet chili sauce and trying to figure out how they could fit THAT into my meals.
We had a week where we were running around everyday. I would have eaten fast food all week, but because I had my meals prepared I had all the convenience of fast food without the consequences. SCORE! Whenever I am going to be out for an unspecified amount of time I take something with me, otherwise I always end up out too long, starving and I become The Evil Bitch of Doom.
Now I have been at this for 3.5 years, and I guess it wasn’t until the fear of having my fat ass on stage for all to see, that I realized I couldn’t afford a day here and there of eating shit. I wasted a lot of time semi eating right and still working my ass off in the gym, but I ended up basically maintaining where I was, or even gaining, not making any real progress. Once I started this I was able to stay on my eating plan 100% for 11 weeks other then planned cheat days/ meal plans. I have noticed a definite change in my physique; I have finally made some progress.
So if you’re having trouble thinking about what to eat next, or forgetting to eat and getting so hungry you go into “unconscious” mode and wake up with chocolate all over your fingers and ice cream on your t-shirt, become a member of the cooler-toting club. It’s the new black. 
