My Dough Girl Should Keep Her Name!

If you haven’t already heard Pillsbury is trying to get a small Salt Lake City Business to change her name because they “apparently” have a claim on “Dough” and “Girl”

Please read the following article: Article About My Dough Girl

My Dough Girl is being extremely diplomatic…I mean she probably is still in shock and is terrified of having to change all of her signature logo’d products.  If I was in her shoes I’d be freaking out as well.

However!

We as the public can help her out as much as we can.

Strike against Pillsbury and it’s company and help continue the search for a lawyer that will help out My Dough Girl.

Starting now, strike against the following companies that are of the Pillsbury/General Mills family:

• Burger King
• Betty Crocker
• Bisquick
• Gold Metal
• Jus-Rol
• Knack & Back
• La Saltena
• Pillsbury
• V. pearl
• Wanchai Ferry
• Yoplait
• Colombo Yogurt
• Cascadian Farm
• Green Giant
• Muir Glen
• Progresso
• Totino’s
• Jeno’s
• Frescarini
• Latina
• Hamberger Helper
• Old El Paso
• Diablitos Underwood
• Haagen-Dazs
• Bugles
• Chex
• Gardetto’s
• Nature Valley
• Fruit by the Foot
• Fruit Gushers
• Fruit Roll Ups
• Fruit Shapes
• Big G Cereals
• Lucky Charmes
• Fiber One
• Cereal Partners World Wide
• Cheerios
• Trix
• Wheaties

If I missed any don’t hesitate to let me know so I can add that to the list.

I encourage all of you to add one friend to my Boycott Pillsbury Facebook Page and not buy any General Mills Product.

My Dough Girl sounds nothing like “Pillsbury”.

Support her by going to www.mydoughgirl.com

Sacramento, Moving…Short Post…yeah

I’ve been really horrible about posting ever since just before I moved.

Things have been completely crazy with me, and I didn’t think it would be this hard for me to post.

I’m currently brainstorming, to come up with a way to keep my posts going.

I’ll try to post soon, we’ll see what developes.

I’m back!

Internet finally got up and running here at my new place.

I’m very excited to tell you all about my new adventures and what the future holds for Poor Girl….

BUT

I’ll be doing it later on!

Love,

~Poor Girl

Temporary Break

Poor Girl’s Diet is going to have to go on a Break until the end of April.

I received some “sudden” news and am now in the process of trying to get myself moved to California.

When I get back I promise I’ll have a TON to share will all of you.

Love,

Poor Girl

Poor Girl Measures It Up!

Here it is guys! A new segment just from Poor Girl!

Poor Girl Measures It Up is a way to find out if something really works.  I’ll be trying different products, and seeing what effects the program/product has.

If you ever have ideas on what you’d like to see tested, let me know…I’ll need new ideas all the time.

This time I’m testing Hip Hop Abs.

Last night I was flipping channels when I came across Hip Hop Abs.  What caught my attention is that they guarantee you’ll lose 3 inches off your waist in 6 days.

Of course they offer the standard 30 day money back guarantee, and promise you’ll get results.  Almost every program offers that now, however, this was different…they are saying if you follow their program for just 6 days, you’ll lose 3 inches.

That is a tall order in my opinion.  I’ve been working losing weight for several months now, and haven’t slimmed down that quickly that fast.

So, I’m here to bust it.

I’m borrowing a friend’s copy, and I’m going to test this out for you guys and tell you exactly how it goes.

Before I get into the nitty gritty I’m just going to say really quick, that honestly if you find a program you enjoy and really stick with it, every day or at least whatever the program is asking you to do, no matter what you’ll lose weight, or tone what you’re wanting to tone.  Same thing goes for if you actually get yourself up early in the morning and go to the gym every day, or go running every day, you’ll lose the weight, because you’re making a daily commitment to stay fit.

What Poor Girl Measures It Up is trying to show is the real results versus what you’re going to see on tv.  I’m going to admit it right now, I don’t have the time or dedication to go running every day, but if a program like this offers results in just 6 days I’m going to test it.  Then again, you should know that about me by now…I’m a real girl, just trying to get the real facts, for real cheap.

Anyways…thus begins the challenge!

If you’d like to try with me, but don’t have a measuring tape, you can get one here: measuring tape link.

Tonight I’m going to grab my copy of Hip Hop Abs, and get my measuring tape out of storage, so tomorrow we’ll meet back up and start the process.

Hope you all are excited!

Love,

Poor Girl

Cleaning and Exercising!

As many can figure cleaning your house or car is a great way to burn some extra calories.  Especially if you’re having fun and dancing along with your cleaning routine!

When you’re cleaning you can burn from 150 calories to 400 in an hour.  Add dancing to that and you’re looking at another 150 to 525 calories per hour!

To get your groove going while cleaning, I would suggest a killer “cleaning dance mix” for your IPod or Pandora.com

On Pandora you can set your own “radio stations”, or mix several stations together to create one big mix.  While you’re listening you can click “I like it” or “I don’t like it” so the stations can be more tailored to exactly what you want to listen to.

My cleaning mix is a combination of “Rob Zombie”, “CombiChrist”, “Lady Gaga”, “Just Dance”, “VNV Nation”, and “Stiff Kittens” stations.

I have a lot of stations saved, but these are specifically my cleaning mix.

I would highly suggest trying Pandora out.

On the same topic, if you’re wanting great ideas and suggestions on how to get the most out of your cleaning routine, check out cLEAN Momma.

She just recently put out a DVD that you can get, however she has some really great tips.  I would highly suggest checking her out.

Anyways, I’m needing to finish my cleaning, and then get to cooking for dinner with a friend.

See you all later,

Love,

Poor Girl

A Quick….Nevermind, Emotional Post.

Hello All!

I started writing a post yesterday about working out at work at your desk…however the system went down in the middle of it and it went KA-POOF!

Sad I know.  I’ll try to re-write it tomorrow after I wake up.

I went through all my posts and categorized them correctly, so things are easier to find.

Now, seriously people….more feedback on what you want to see!  Come on.

Oh, also, forgot to post this one last week:

Have you ever had one of those days, or a cluster of days, that you just wish you could stab?
I’m currently in that cluster of days, and am eagerly awaiting the arrival of a happy day.
Emotions are a very crazy and frustrating thing. Anyone has the capability to change their mood by just deciding to change it, however I think it goes without saying that it is much easier said than done.
Yesterday started my funk, a series of just blah situations, lit on fire by someone else, (who was also having a bad day), and then doused out by soda pop.
(Hows that for a visual?)
Today, I could have made the choice to just forget it all and be in a better mood, however with not so awesome feedback at work, with the combination of the truly most annoying customers in the world, filled with stomach maggots, makes for a great day so far.
(Once again, great visual huh?)
Either way, I can tell you, I did dance my heart out last night. I danced so hard I almost couldn’t walk out of the dance floor, and actually had to use my inhaler.

I also had 2 shots of whiskey.

Yes, I had 2 shots of whiskey.

I just needed it, just needed to feel the release before I went out and danced my heart and lungs into a panic.
Today, I feel like doing it all over again.

In doing my research on why America is the “Obese States of America” I ran into a lot of stories about people using food to comfort themselves when stressed, in a bad mood, or upset.
A lot, a lot of people go into therapy to find out why stress triggers food intake, and what they can do to take care of this issue.
I can say that I somewhat understand this, when I’m sick or PMSing I sometimes crave chocolate ice cream.
However, when I’m really upset, I immediately go straight to an alcoholic beverage.

I probably should stop here, and quote myself, “I’m not drinking right now.” I’m not going to work drunk, and I rarely drink ever.

What I’m saying is that my comfort is to go out and have a few …or many… warm fuzzy drinks.
Yeah, that sounds really good right now.

That can add up though, eating when depressed or drinking when depressed will add empty calories that I don’t need. I will be going out to dance tonight, so I would be burning off some of what I would be drinking anyways, however if I don’t have anything to drink, that would be less calories I needed to burn off tonight.

I guess what I’m trying to say is that is just freakin sucks when you’re in a bad mood. I really just need to sit myself down and say, “Celia…” *cough* (excuse me) “Poor Girl, just stop it and be in a better mood. You have the ability to be in a better mood. Just do it.”

I really should, I don’t know what is stopping me…I’m stuck in the Swamp of Sorrows from the Neverending Story. “Atreyu!!!!!!! No, Atreyuuuuuuuuuuuu!!!!!!!”

Yeah, okay, if you got that, score a point for you, a hundred BAZILLION FOR ME!!! MWAHAHAHA!

Okay, I’m already starting to feel better.

Thanks all for reading and dealing with me.

Love,
The Poor Girl

PS You dance floor…me, Area 51…tonight.

The Skinny on Poor Girl’s Diet

So, I know I have been meaning to post what I’m actually doing to lose weight. The in depth look at exactly what my weight loss program is right now.
I’ll get started on that in just a second, first I’ve got a idea/question for my readers.
After talking with a friend yesterday about the different weight loss programs, and things that are normally offered per program, I thought to myself, I wonder…which ones really work?
I could do HOURS of research to find out a wide range of, “This worked”, “This didn’t”, “I didn’t follow it very well”, but what if I just tried it?
Yeah, everyone is different, and weight loss programs and pills are going to work differently for everyone.
However, I thought that would be and interesting task, and I would document everything in great detail, so you, my readers, can see the skinny on what happens in detail.
Would you guys like to see that? I’d be trying store bought products, the “quick fixes”, that I would normally not be prone to trying, but in the name of weight loss, I’d do it. I’d also be doing research on the health effects before hand, just to make sure that I’m not causing harm to my body first.
So just let me know what you think.
Now, to dive into what I’m doing currently that seems to be working.
I used to be a carb lover. All I really ate was carbs. Pasta is really inexpensive, and after doing my research, honestly it can be really hard to find anything that isn’t meat or cheese that doesn’t have carbs in it. Even eggs have 1 gram of carbs in them.
When doing my research, I was focusing on balancing out my diet. Making sure that I had a good balance of protein, carbs, fruits, and vegetables.
For the first little while after doing my research I was keeping track of everything. I had a little print out of exactly what amount of calories, fat, carbs, and protein would be my “limit” for the day.
It was really hard. The counting, and adding didn’t bother me at all, it was the remembering to do it part that was hard for me.
After about a week of trying to do it on a regular basis, (starting strong in the morning and by dinner time just doing basic ideas of the food I forgot to log), I had a general idea of what I was eating every day.
I lowered my carbs to around 200 to 300 grams a day. I started the first few days keeping it around 150. Atkins diet is based on only having 20 grams of carbs a day, which I just can’t do. You can get carbs from fruit, vegetables, and many other things. I’m just not a meat and cheese over doer, so it is extremely difficult to cut my carbs that low. Also, the health problems that can come from not having a really balanced diet is not something I’m interested in. I’d rather be balanced than fight with my body over food.
I’ve also cut a lot of bad stuff out of what I’m drinking. I don’t drink alcohol anymore. That is a lot of empty calories that my body doesn’t need.
A lot of people look at be strangely when I tell them I’ve stopped drinking. I guess it doesn’t make sense to some. You CAN lose weight and keep drinking in your life, however, I’ve made the personal decision to not drink until I hit weight goals.
My current goal is to lose 50 pounds, so for every 10 that I lose I’ll have a small drinking night.
It has not been the easiest thing. I go out to a club 3 days a week to go and dance, and it is typical that someone will offer you a drink. To say no, is just weird for me. I love free stuff, especially free drinks, but I’d rather drink water than not hit my weight goals. Drinking was a really easy way for me to cut unneeded calories out of my diet.
I only drink coffee and water. I dropped soda a long time ago, just not my thing, so black coffee and water is an easy liquid choice for me.
My exercise is the most difficult for me. I’ve had a really hard time getting off my butt to go and get a gym membership….for a couple of reasons. I just can’t justify spending the money on it. I know that I have a lot of friends working out at Planet Fitness, and the rate there is really really good. Only $10 a month with no commitment. However, the sign on fee is $30. That is really inexpensive compared to other gyms in the area.
Trust me I know.
My fear is spending that money, which I could be putting towards my move, and not making it worth it. I could make the gym a part of my normal routine, however my schedule is completely off the wall right now, and I have a serious issue being surrounded by sweaty people I don’t know.
I also have dumbbells of my own, and plenty of at home work outs that I can do in my own room.
So, wouldn’t getting a gym membership defeat the purpose of having Poor Girl’s Diet? Haha, gyms are expensive.
What I HAVE been doing is dancing my big butt off. Thursday, Friday, and Saturday I go out to my favorite local club, Area 51.
I dance to as much as I can, of course that is dictated by what music is being played. But I go through so much water that I have to ask for a pitcher of it to go with my glass, otherwise I’m going up to the bar every 10 minutes.
During the week I try to do stretches at least once a day, and Monday and Tuesday I do some at home strength training work outs. I am not as on top of at home work outs as I should be, but I do my best.
I also really am getting into hula hooping and fire dancing. It is still a bit to cold for me to dive into those head on, but the day will soon come.
I’ve tried to stay realistic, and not check my weight every day. Your weight changes daily, so I try to just check once a week. I have been checking on Tuesdays, but I’m going to switch to Fridays as of tomorrow, because at work we’ll be doing a Biggest Loser competition, and that is the weigh in day.
So tomorrow we’ll see what my scale has to say.
I did sneak a peak today…I just weighed myself Tuesday, and today I weight 245. That would be a pound and a half less than Tuesday
Once I get in the habit of weighing myself on Friday, we’ll see the real trend.
I’m still losing weight every week, and some of my friends have even noticed the difference.
I have as well, my pants are starting to get big.
That makes me happy, but I have another 45 pounds to go to hit my big goal.
So anyways, that is an in depth look at the Poor Girl’s Diet.
Till next time.
~Poor Girl

More than one Poor Girl?

So I was surfing the web last week to see how much my blog is out in the interwebs.

Come to find out, I’m not the only “Poor Girl” out there!  There is another blog by the name of “Poor Girl Eats Well”.  At first I will admit, I right off said to myself, “Serious?  Man, I’m the only Poor Girl.”

However, I really really like the suggestions this Poor Girl posts.  You should check her out!

I’ll be sure to post more later, any requests?  Another coffee post?  Quick low calorie meals?  And in depth look at what Poor Girl’s Diet actually is currently eating?

Another Pound Gone.

So it’s been a week since I last checked my weight.  I lost another pound.  Woot! For me.

I’ve gotta do a full post soon, I’ll keep you updated.

Also, everyone like the new look?

~Poor Girl