The Friday Find 12.4.2009

Look at this girl! Look at her! She's radiant. She is breathing, and exciting. At ease, and ready to run all over the world. Perfectly groomed, stylish, classy. Trench coat. White Shoes. AND she's (currently) carrying her own luggage. I love it.

Truth Tuesday 12.1.2009

This is what we think we are getting.

This is what we get.

Now, do I really need this? I can absolutely make a better decision.


Worst Triple Burger

Burger King Triple Whopper Sandwich with Cheese and Mayo

1,250 calories

84 g fat (32 g saturated, 3.5 g trans)

1,600 mg sodium

This Triple Whopper is triple trouble. You could remove 2 patties and still be looking at more calories than you should tussle with in one sitting. And the fact that it's got more trans fat than you should eat in a day only adds insult to injury. The problem with BK burgers is that not a single one comes without the heart-harming trans-fatty acids, despite their long-standing promise to (someday) make their menu trans-fat free. Your best bet when dealing with the King is to choose a chicken sandwich, instead.

Eat This, Instead!

Tendergrill Chicken Sandwich with mayo

490 calories

21 g fat (4 g saturated, 0 g trans)

1,220 mg sodium

The Friday Find 11.27.2009

This past August, I was the luckiest girl in the world and got braces right before my 21st birthday.

I obviously love them.

Guess what, Blogoworld! There are celebs (or as I like to call them, "celbs") who have had braces far more public than my own!

Danny Glover!

That girl from "Desperate Housewives!"

And, drumroll please..........King of Publicity, himself, Tom Cruise.

Whodaknow?

Truth Tuesday 11.24.2009

Hostess Chocolate Pudding Pie

520 calories
24 g fat (14 g saturated, 1.5 g trans)

45 g sugars

This is the type of snack you pick up at a gas station in a pinch and feel vaguely guilty about (GET OVER IT. YOU ATE IT, YOU NEED TO KNOW WHAT YOU'RE EATING), not knowing that you just managed to ingest nearly three-quarters of a day’s worth of saturated fat before your tank finished filling up. And considering these little packages of doom cost a buck or less across the country, the pudding pie qualifies as one of the cheapest sources of empty calories in America.

Eat This, Instead!
Lärabar Jacalat Chocolate Coffee (1 bar)
190 calories
11 g fat (2 g saturated)
19 g sugars

The Friday Find 11.20.2009

This is an outfit I LOVE from a wonderful website at ModCloth.com.

Why do I love this website oh so much? Personality. Yes, it's full of adorable clothes, amazing outerwear, and too many weird pictures of a pug dog. And, yes, it is all enjoyable. Personality. Creative pairings. Quirky ideas, played out in fashion. It's worth it. You'll be surprised to find what you love.

I have, for weeks, been agonizing over my new one-true love: The Trailblazer Boots. Am I from Texas? Yes. Do I love to trailblaze? Absolutely. Boots, you belong to my heart.

So why do I not have them? Because they are only mine with an exchange of much dinero. Not yet, Life, not yet. You shall wait. But they are amazing, no?

Truth Tuesday 11.17.2009

Worst Burger in America 2009

Chili's Smokehouse Bacon Triple Cheese Big Mouth Burger with Jalapeno Ranch Dressing

1,901 calories

138 g fat (47 g saturated)

4,201 mg sodium

Any burger whose name is 21 syllables long is bound to spell trouble for your waistline. This burger packs almost an entire day's worth of calories and 2 ½ days' worth of fat. The Chili's burger menu rivals Ruby Tuesday's for the worst in America, so you're better off with one of their reasonable Fajita Pitas to silence your hunger.

Eat This, Instead!

Fajita Pita Beef

489 calories

21 g fat (4 g saturated)

1,543 mg sodium

The Friday Find 11.13.2009

Interesting article. Read it. See if it hits you. If not, don't worry about it. Something else will.

What are your thoughts on this article? I'm interested in the way people live their daily lives, and this definitely plays into that.

New York (CNN) -- Like most people, I'd given some thought to what meat actually is, but until I became a father and faced the prospect of having to make food choices on someone else's behalf, there was no urgency to get to the bottom of things.

I'm a novelist and never had it in mind to write nonfiction. Frankly, I doubt I'll ever do it again. But the subject of animal agriculture, at this moment, is something no one should ignore. As a writer, putting words on the page is how I pay attention.

If the way we raise animals for food isn't the most important problem in the world right now, it's arguably the No. 1 cause of global warming: The United Nations reports the livestock business generates more greenhouse gas emissions than all forms of transportation combined.

It's the No. 1 cause of animal suffering, a decisive factor in the creation of zoonotic diseases like bird and swine flu, and the list goes on. It is the problem with the most deafening silence surrounding it.

Even the most political people, the most thoughtful and engaged, tend not to "go there." And for good reason. Going there can be extremely uncomfortable. Food is not just what we put in our mouths to fill up; it is culture and identity. Reason plays some role in our decisions about food, but it's rarely driving the car.

continued...Eating Animals is Making us Sick

Truth Tuesday 11.10.2009

Hey Everyone!

Truth Tuesdays are back and ready for action.

What's different?

Well, like most of the features on the blog of now, they've been streamlined for speed. Running to class? Running to work? Running to relax? Get your Sugar Cookie in doses--it's always just enough to keep you focused, make you think, and let you keep on keeping on with your life.

Love,

Allyson

Things You Need to Know About your Food

Häagen-Dazs Chocolate Peanut Butter (1/2 cup)
360 calories
24 g fat (11 g saturated)
24 g sugars

Häagen-Dazs produces their ice creams using only a few simple ingredients; problem is, those ingredients are heavy cream, egg yolks, and sugar, making their ice creams consistently the most calorie-dense in the freezer section. This peanut-butter blast to your gut takes the cake—literally—packing an astounding 1,440 calories into every pint-size carton.

Wouldn’t you rather have dessert three times, instead of just once? You can, if you make the right choice.

Eat this instead

Breyers All Natural Vanilla and Chocolate
130 calories7 g fat (4.5 g saturated)15 g sugars

November 4th, 2009 YIKES

Dear Blogoworld,

My goal was to have the blog up and running by itself by Monday, November 9th, 2009.

This is not going to happen. I am one of the very stressed out girls on the planet. One of many, I'm certain, but my school work is suffffffering. I have got to take care of that, first and foremost, or my life will take a roundabout that I absolutely do not want it to take.

The New Year will bring the new running schedule of "Sugar Cookie, Don't Waste My Time."

Until then, look forward to the occasional blips that I have succeeded in posting, notably Truth Tuesdays, and the Friday Find.

And hang in there, with me. Everything is going to be alright.

Love,

Allyson

Changes

Hey Everyone!

I've been busy, obviously.

In two weeks from today---TA DA--November 9th--I'll be back on the blog, full force. I have some changes in mind, some evolutions, per say. You will, of course, still get your daily blips of health and exercise. Howeeeeever, some of these daily features are evolving. Stay tuned!

Allyson

The Friday Find

I am all about the Handstand lately. I think my inner child is kicking in, and I like that. I want to be able to flip my body any which way I desire to, and know that I can actually do it. So, here's to handstands, and my ability to get them down, nice and solid.

Thursday Things Thin Girls Know

Today's Thursday Thin Girl is a Miss Genevieve Sullivan from Wylie, Texas! Genevieve is a hot mama, in the sense that she is not actually a mom. A childhood friend of mine, I am constantly praying that she'll just stop going to school, and start modeling as a way for me to live vicariously through her. She is beautiful, hilarious, good-natured, giving, and born with naturally good genes. Read through to discover how this sweet girl lives her life!

As a perpetual slacker myself, my advice is is to set easy goals. Yes, of course you can have one big huge mondo goal for the end-- but set easy weekly goals that will keep your spirits up (and make that big huge mondo goal not seem too overwhelming.)

Let's set easier goals so you don't have to focus on them, and sing that Miley Cirus song ("The Climb") to try to keep you motivated (everyone might will hate you.)

I feel pretty durn good about my body. YES there are pieces of me I don't like, but I have learned to try to balance them with other things I do. For instance, some days my belly flab really bothers me and I just remind myself how nice and shapely my knockers are. Or sometimes I will wish I didn't have chicken legs, but hey! At least they are nice and long! Focusing on the positive is very important.

The one habit I swear by is finding clothes that fit correctly. I see so many girls walking around with clothes that just do not do them any good. Previously, I mentioned how you have to focus on the positive things about your body. Once you've found those positive things you have to learn to play them up! If you have a small waist but a bodacious booty, find some empire line dresses that will accentuate your waist and flow right over the curves down under. The right outfit can make you feel loads lighter.

If you think skinny, you will feel skinny. Go put on a pretty dress that makes you feel thin and think thin all day. If I'm thinking about being thin and about how utterly smokin' hot I look, I'm not likely to shove a double bacon double mayo cheeseburger down my trap. Truth.