I hopped on the scale this morning, as is my habit, and I saw that little needle sit at 2lbs lighter than my previous weigh in! I know, bodies tend to fluxuate weight depending on hydration, on what we ate last night, on if we've pooped, on time of the month, etc. but seeing the needle under 160 for the first time in almost 3 years was a HUGE deal to me. I know I'm making slow progress, and I know there are setbacks, but every little piece of visual encouragement helps.
I am very lucky, also, to have a hugely supportive working environment. I can take my lunch breaks and do a cardio class or a workout at a 24 hour fitness gym downstairs. There is a lake to run around. Many of my coworkers are in my general age range, and are encouraging me to exercise with them, to exercise at all, and support me in my healthy habits and goals.
The boyfriend has been supportive as well, but he has hit a backtrack bump because of his hand surgery. Hopefully, as his splint comes off today, he'll be able to start up with light cardio again, because it'll be better for him and helps keep me motivated as well.
WEDNESDAY:
Breakfast: 1 egg 2 white omelet with spinach, tomato, onion, and cheese.
Snack: Skipped cuz was full from breakfast
Lunch: Leftover extra quesedilla from last night (smaller than dinner sized, and added 1/3 lb. seared albacore tuna for extra protein. Felt FULL.
Snack: Still full from lunch.
Dinner: 1 veggie sausage (about 140 calories), 1/2 avacado, 1 tablespoon lite mayo with lemon juice as sauce for both items. 2 shots pineapple juice, 1 shot coco real, 1.5 shots vodka to make a pina colada type beverage. It was naughty and delicious.
Snack: No excuse, had a peppermint chewie candy (v. small) and finished that pina colada thingie.
Exercise: 30 minutes HARD spin class, 10 minute walk to retrieve contact lenses a few blocks away. Entire body is extremely sore, and didn't feel capable of doing more exercise. Seriously, sore from those stupid weights. I anticipate taking Thursday as a day of rest, except for caring for my horse.
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Boppin' Along
MONDAY
Breakfast: 1 cup Special K red berries cereal
Snack: Kellogg's protein water and 1/2 omelet (as previously described)
Lunch: String cheese and a berry, yogurt, and whey protein smoothie.
Snack: 1 string cheese, 1 apple, 1 protein water
Dinner: 3 slices Zachary's Chicken Pizza on whole wheat crust (naughty, addictive, comforting and delicious.)
Snack: Diet lemonade.
Exercise: 45 minutes intense spin class
TUESDAY
Breakfast: 1 cup Red Berries Cereal, no milk.
Snack: 1 protein water, 1 cup Red Berries Cereal. (Hey, it's tasty and it's easy.)
Lunch: 1 slice Zachary's Chicken Pizza on whole wheat crust. (HAD to use the LEFTOVERS!)
Snack: 1 String Cheese, 1 miso soup.
Dinner: Super Abs Diet quesedilla (sp?!) (low cal large tortilla 100 cals; chopped tomato; 1/4lb 97% fat free ground beef; onions; 2 tablespoons fat free sour cream; 1 chili pepper; 1/4 cup mashed kidney beans; 1/8 cup lowfat sargento cheese; shredded lettuce.) 1 glass high fiber v8 with 1.5 shots vodka.
Snack: 1 cup high fiber v8 with 1/2 shot vodka. (Don't know why, but it tasted REALLY good.)
EXERCISE: 20 minutes on treadmill, total of 1.75 miles, no walking. 5-7.5mph.
80 crunches, 30 per side side leg lifts, 30 on back leg lifts, 2 30 second plank poses, 30 unweighted squats, 2 sets 21s for biceps, 15 lunges per leg (have weak knees), 30 chest presses, 50 standing rows. All weight exercises executed with 8lb hand weights.
I know my weights are low, I'm starting slow back into weights with the goal of not building muscle, but toning what I already have. I am naturally very muscular, and it is easy for my body to build more. To maintain a lower weight and more feminine figure, I want to keep the cardio high to burn the fat, and tone rather than build. This means high reps, low weights, and I have a tendency to do too much, too fast, hence the really easing back into it.
Breakfast: 1 cup Special K red berries cereal
Snack: Kellogg's protein water and 1/2 omelet (as previously described)
Lunch: String cheese and a berry, yogurt, and whey protein smoothie.
Snack: 1 string cheese, 1 apple, 1 protein water
Dinner: 3 slices Zachary's Chicken Pizza on whole wheat crust (naughty, addictive, comforting and delicious.)
Snack: Diet lemonade.
Exercise: 45 minutes intense spin class
TUESDAY
Breakfast: 1 cup Red Berries Cereal, no milk.
Snack: 1 protein water, 1 cup Red Berries Cereal. (Hey, it's tasty and it's easy.)
Lunch: 1 slice Zachary's Chicken Pizza on whole wheat crust. (HAD to use the LEFTOVERS!)
Snack: 1 String Cheese, 1 miso soup.
Dinner: Super Abs Diet quesedilla (sp?!) (low cal large tortilla 100 cals; chopped tomato; 1/4lb 97% fat free ground beef; onions; 2 tablespoons fat free sour cream; 1 chili pepper; 1/4 cup mashed kidney beans; 1/8 cup lowfat sargento cheese; shredded lettuce.) 1 glass high fiber v8 with 1.5 shots vodka.
Snack: 1 cup high fiber v8 with 1/2 shot vodka. (Don't know why, but it tasted REALLY good.)
EXERCISE: 20 minutes on treadmill, total of 1.75 miles, no walking. 5-7.5mph.
80 crunches, 30 per side side leg lifts, 30 on back leg lifts, 2 30 second plank poses, 30 unweighted squats, 2 sets 21s for biceps, 15 lunges per leg (have weak knees), 30 chest presses, 50 standing rows. All weight exercises executed with 8lb hand weights.
I know my weights are low, I'm starting slow back into weights with the goal of not building muscle, but toning what I already have. I am naturally very muscular, and it is easy for my body to build more. To maintain a lower weight and more feminine figure, I want to keep the cardio high to burn the fat, and tone rather than build. This means high reps, low weights, and I have a tendency to do too much, too fast, hence the really easing back into it.
Monday, January 19, 2009
Catching up!!!
I was right, Wednesday sucked.
WEDNESDAY
Breakfast: 1/8 cup lowfat cheese on 100 calories sliced turkey meat.
Snack: Kellogg's protein water (30 calories)
Lunch: Skipped. (Too busy/upset)
Snack: 300 calories of dried cherries.
Dinner: 2 large sushi rolls, sake.
Snack: Substituted sake. (BAD DAY!!!)
No exercise except walking about and crying a lot.
THURSDAY
Breakfast: Healthy omelet (my omelets generally include 1 cup spinach, 1/8 cup lowfat shredded cheese from Sargento, 1/2 a tomato, a couple slices of onion, and chopped mushrooms.)
Snack: 2" square of pumpkin mochi.
Lunch: 10 pieces nigiri sushi, 1cup miso soup.
Snack: SKIPPED
Dinner 1/4lb turkey burger, 2 tbspoons ketchup.
No snack, no exercise. (Still caring for the boyfriend.)
FRIDAY
Breakfast: Omelet
Snack: 1 piece pumpkin mochi
Lunch: Lunch out with a partner at work, had chicken liver pate (naughty), and 1/2 VERY small apple tartlet, and a (healthy) seafood tomato broth dish.
Snack: SKIPPED cuz lunch was huge.
Dinner: Something very healthy, if I remember right. Chili, I think. (Again, our chili is homemade and VERY healthy.)
SATURDAY:
Breakfast: 1 egg, one white, scrambled w/2teaspoons milk
Snack: Skipped
Lunch: Skipped, because was on 4+ hour horse ride.
Snack: Skipped
Dinner: 5 course "cheat" meal out with friends including:
1 amuse bouche, cripy polenta
1 glass sparkling wine (not champagne, as the boyfriend continually reminds me)
1 soup "shot" of brocolli soup
a large salad with balsamic dressing and dried fruits
an entree of gnocci and chanterelle mushrooms and truffle oil
ate half dessert, buttered popcorn ice cream and a salted caramel cookie sandwich thing.
Delicous, but evil.
SUNDAY
Breakfast: fruit smoothie
Snack: X
Lunch: 1 egg, 1 45 calorie hot dog, 1/3 cup canned tomatoes, 1/8 cup cheese, 1 whole wheat breakfast muffin.
Snack: X
Dinner: 2 big rolls of sushi, 1 white tuna nigiri, 1 spicy scallop hand roll. I indulged, I don't care.
Snack: 2 cups diet lemonade, and 2 chewy peppermint candies, 1 cup Special K cereal.
Snack:
Snack:
WEDNESDAY
Breakfast: 1/8 cup lowfat cheese on 100 calories sliced turkey meat.
Snack: Kellogg's protein water (30 calories)
Lunch: Skipped. (Too busy/upset)
Snack: 300 calories of dried cherries.
Dinner: 2 large sushi rolls, sake.
Snack: Substituted sake. (BAD DAY!!!)
No exercise except walking about and crying a lot.
THURSDAY
Breakfast: Healthy omelet (my omelets generally include 1 cup spinach, 1/8 cup lowfat shredded cheese from Sargento, 1/2 a tomato, a couple slices of onion, and chopped mushrooms.)
Snack: 2" square of pumpkin mochi.
Lunch: 10 pieces nigiri sushi, 1cup miso soup.
Snack: SKIPPED
Dinner 1/4lb turkey burger, 2 tbspoons ketchup.
No snack, no exercise. (Still caring for the boyfriend.)
FRIDAY
Breakfast: Omelet
Snack: 1 piece pumpkin mochi
Lunch: Lunch out with a partner at work, had chicken liver pate (naughty), and 1/2 VERY small apple tartlet, and a (healthy) seafood tomato broth dish.
Snack: SKIPPED cuz lunch was huge.
Dinner: Something very healthy, if I remember right. Chili, I think. (Again, our chili is homemade and VERY healthy.)
SATURDAY:
Breakfast: 1 egg, one white, scrambled w/2teaspoons milk
Snack: Skipped
Lunch: Skipped, because was on 4+ hour horse ride.
Snack: Skipped
Dinner: 5 course "cheat" meal out with friends including:
1 amuse bouche, cripy polenta
1 glass sparkling wine (not champagne, as the boyfriend continually reminds me)
1 soup "shot" of brocolli soup
a large salad with balsamic dressing and dried fruits
an entree of gnocci and chanterelle mushrooms and truffle oil
ate half dessert, buttered popcorn ice cream and a salted caramel cookie sandwich thing.
Delicous, but evil.
SUNDAY
Breakfast: fruit smoothie
Snack: X
Lunch: 1 egg, 1 45 calorie hot dog, 1/3 cup canned tomatoes, 1/8 cup cheese, 1 whole wheat breakfast muffin.
Snack: X
Dinner: 2 big rolls of sushi, 1 white tuna nigiri, 1 spicy scallop hand roll. I indulged, I don't care.
Snack: 2 cups diet lemonade, and 2 chewy peppermint candies, 1 cup Special K cereal.
Snack:
Snack:
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Today will be a very hard day.
Yesterday was rough. I did pretty well on the fitness scale, overall though.
Tuesday
Breakfast: Kellogg's Protein Water (30 cals) 8:30am.
Snack: 11:15 (making up for lack of breakfast) packaged chicken salad (140 cals, 70 from fat, 8g protein), Tomato soup at hand from Campbell's (120 calories, no fat).
Lunch:2/3 sandwich on whole wheat flax bread, with turkey and 2 tablespoons fat free cream cheese with mustard. (Utterly AWFUL, couldn't finish it as shown, it was bland and dry and ugh. Maybe that's the secret to weight loss, just give yourself food so bland and dull, it's not WORTH it to eat it. I know this is how the Nutrisystem fad diet works, for SURE, I've tried it. It was horrid.)
Snack: 4:20pm string cheese.
Dinner: 2/3 cup healthy turkey chili (I should post the recipe sometime, as I eat it all the damn time), 1/8 cup shredded reduced fat Sargento cheese, 2 tablespoons fat free sour cream; more than 2 cups sake.
Snack: Substituted sake.
Yes, I know, alcohol in no way helps anything to do with weightloss, but hear me out, while I don't feel I'm missing ANYTHING by avoiding it, things are seriously emotionally rocky and stressful right now, and staring blindly at the tv whilst drinking sake is somehow comforting and mind-numbing, all at the same time.
Oh, to make this all look better, let me brag about my exercise yesterday.
There's a lake nearby my office, around which the runners in the office often circle and exercise when the weather is good. I googled the streets surrounding said lake, which estimated the distance at ABOUT 1.5 miles. I though, sure, that's a good distance to begin running outside again.
30-40 (hard to estimate as I didn't have a watch or anything) minutes later, I was thinking I am the WORST runner in history, because it took me that long to run that distance outside. When back in office, I talked to the runners, and they told me no no no, the path along the lake itself is more like 3.2-3.4 miles! Hurray and Hurrah, I am not a failure of an outdoor runner.
This morning, however, while my thighs feel strong, they are also a bit sore.
Also did about 1/2 hour of bareback riding last night in the arena, so that could be part of it.
In prep for today, though, an emotional heads-up. I will be very busy.
11am performance review at work, by a woman I'm pretty sure hates me, and I've got some serious work insecurity issues given our economy and my recent experiences being laid off the past year.
12:10 eye appointment, not emotional, but hectic nonetheless.
1pm My beloved family dog is set to be put down. He's old, his body is failing, it is past due time for him to be released and let to join his brother waiting for him on the "other side" of whatever separates us from the unknown, but it is VERY hard to lose this last piece of what my brother rightly called "The Lhasa Era" for our family. Animal passing is probably harder emotionally for me personally than human passing, at this point in my life, so this is REALLY going to be hard.
2-3pm I need to be home to take care of my boyfriend, who will be getting out of surgery for a ganglian (sp?) cyst on his hand.
There's just a lot going on. I'm already craving sushi, but I know that's an emotional response rather than a need-hunger based one. We'll see how it goes today. Some encouragement on my fitness goals, however, came this morning.
As is my ritual, I took my shower, thoroughly towel-dried my hair, used the restroom, and stood on the scale. I'm a solid 5lbs under my estimated starting weight (or rather, what my weight showed the last time I did this ritual, just over a week ago when I began the journey). Progress!
If I were doing this soley by weigh-ins, I would now have 10 pounds to lose to get to where I am physically comfortable, 15 to lose before I'm at my college weight (!!) and 20 to lose if I'm REALLY striving to get the leanest I have been since high school or before. As I have not yet started actual weight training, and my strenght training has been working with my horse, or in my cardio workouts, I'll have to see when I plateau to try to continue the downwards weight trend.
Tuesday
Breakfast: Kellogg's Protein Water (30 cals) 8:30am.
Snack: 11:15 (making up for lack of breakfast) packaged chicken salad (140 cals, 70 from fat, 8g protein), Tomato soup at hand from Campbell's (120 calories, no fat).
Lunch:2/3 sandwich on whole wheat flax bread, with turkey and 2 tablespoons fat free cream cheese with mustard. (Utterly AWFUL, couldn't finish it as shown, it was bland and dry and ugh. Maybe that's the secret to weight loss, just give yourself food so bland and dull, it's not WORTH it to eat it. I know this is how the Nutrisystem fad diet works, for SURE, I've tried it. It was horrid.)
Snack: 4:20pm string cheese.
Dinner: 2/3 cup healthy turkey chili (I should post the recipe sometime, as I eat it all the damn time), 1/8 cup shredded reduced fat Sargento cheese, 2 tablespoons fat free sour cream; more than 2 cups sake.
Snack: Substituted sake.
Yes, I know, alcohol in no way helps anything to do with weightloss, but hear me out, while I don't feel I'm missing ANYTHING by avoiding it, things are seriously emotionally rocky and stressful right now, and staring blindly at the tv whilst drinking sake is somehow comforting and mind-numbing, all at the same time.
Oh, to make this all look better, let me brag about my exercise yesterday.
There's a lake nearby my office, around which the runners in the office often circle and exercise when the weather is good. I googled the streets surrounding said lake, which estimated the distance at ABOUT 1.5 miles. I though, sure, that's a good distance to begin running outside again.
30-40 (hard to estimate as I didn't have a watch or anything) minutes later, I was thinking I am the WORST runner in history, because it took me that long to run that distance outside. When back in office, I talked to the runners, and they told me no no no, the path along the lake itself is more like 3.2-3.4 miles! Hurray and Hurrah, I am not a failure of an outdoor runner.
This morning, however, while my thighs feel strong, they are also a bit sore.
Also did about 1/2 hour of bareback riding last night in the arena, so that could be part of it.
In prep for today, though, an emotional heads-up. I will be very busy.
11am performance review at work, by a woman I'm pretty sure hates me, and I've got some serious work insecurity issues given our economy and my recent experiences being laid off the past year.
12:10 eye appointment, not emotional, but hectic nonetheless.
1pm My beloved family dog is set to be put down. He's old, his body is failing, it is past due time for him to be released and let to join his brother waiting for him on the "other side" of whatever separates us from the unknown, but it is VERY hard to lose this last piece of what my brother rightly called "The Lhasa Era" for our family. Animal passing is probably harder emotionally for me personally than human passing, at this point in my life, so this is REALLY going to be hard.
2-3pm I need to be home to take care of my boyfriend, who will be getting out of surgery for a ganglian (sp?) cyst on his hand.
There's just a lot going on. I'm already craving sushi, but I know that's an emotional response rather than a need-hunger based one. We'll see how it goes today. Some encouragement on my fitness goals, however, came this morning.
As is my ritual, I took my shower, thoroughly towel-dried my hair, used the restroom, and stood on the scale. I'm a solid 5lbs under my estimated starting weight (or rather, what my weight showed the last time I did this ritual, just over a week ago when I began the journey). Progress!
If I were doing this soley by weigh-ins, I would now have 10 pounds to lose to get to where I am physically comfortable, 15 to lose before I'm at my college weight (!!) and 20 to lose if I'm REALLY striving to get the leanest I have been since high school or before. As I have not yet started actual weight training, and my strenght training has been working with my horse, or in my cardio workouts, I'll have to see when I plateau to try to continue the downwards weight trend.
Monday, January 12, 2009
New Week, New Challenges
Monday
Am undeniably sick. Despite taking 1/2 dose Nyquil last night, and going to bed at 8pm and sleeping through till 6:15am, I am not feeling better. Throat still sore, body still sore and tired, brain a little foggy (though that might be due to stupid Nyquil) and needing vitamins and wanting to go home and cuddle in nice clean bed. Hoping to weather it out. Even drove to work rather than take public transport, to the tune of $15 dollars to park. I do plan on working late to make some overtime to make up for the expense, because sometimes comfort is more important than money.
Also, was informed by mother this morning that our family dog is overdue to be put down. He's eating less and less, getting feebler and feebler, and less "happy", so now I am also going to have to prepare for grief. Which I'm not sure is something I'm capable of really steeling myself against, the last time I lost a beloved pet, it was a complete surprise and happened so fast, I'm still feeling the loss, even almost 3 years later. Knowing that I have to avoid emotional eating while this occurs will be hard. Awareness helps, I guess, but I'm not looking forward to it.
Breakfast: 8:30am- 1 egg, 1 egg white omelet, 1 cup spinach, 1/8 cup low fat cheese, 1/4 tomato, 1/8 cup mushrooms, 1 slice white onion, fresh basil.
Snack: 10:45 1 cup Special K Red Berries
Lunch: 1:45 protein smoothie, string cheese.
Snack: 4:00 Kelloggs protein water
Dinner: 1/2 bottle wine (shut up, my dog is dying), small cut filet mignon cooked with red wine, blackberries, garlic,
Snack: I don't know. Maybe wine is part of this snack. Maybe just milk.
EXERCISE: 50 minutes spinning class.
So I wound up going by the parents' house to go see the dying dog before his time is up. I am a bit of an emotional wreck, I generally get more torn up for the loss of pets than I do over people, don't judge, it's just who I am. This dog is more than a family pet, he's also the last living connection I have to my deceased dog, his brother, who I had for 12 years and with whom I shared my teen years and young adulthood, and who was entirely MY DOG without question or compromise. . .and losing this last tangible connection to him is as painful as losing the wonderful family pet in and of itself.
The continual visitation, though, the worry that each time I see him will be the last time I see him alive, is very hard on me, and seeing him growing older and more uncomfortable also hurts. It's just a hard situation all around, and so I'm having WINE.
EXERCISE:
Am undeniably sick. Despite taking 1/2 dose Nyquil last night, and going to bed at 8pm and sleeping through till 6:15am, I am not feeling better. Throat still sore, body still sore and tired, brain a little foggy (though that might be due to stupid Nyquil) and needing vitamins and wanting to go home and cuddle in nice clean bed. Hoping to weather it out. Even drove to work rather than take public transport, to the tune of $15 dollars to park. I do plan on working late to make some overtime to make up for the expense, because sometimes comfort is more important than money.
Also, was informed by mother this morning that our family dog is overdue to be put down. He's eating less and less, getting feebler and feebler, and less "happy", so now I am also going to have to prepare for grief. Which I'm not sure is something I'm capable of really steeling myself against, the last time I lost a beloved pet, it was a complete surprise and happened so fast, I'm still feeling the loss, even almost 3 years later. Knowing that I have to avoid emotional eating while this occurs will be hard. Awareness helps, I guess, but I'm not looking forward to it.
Breakfast: 8:30am- 1 egg, 1 egg white omelet, 1 cup spinach, 1/8 cup low fat cheese, 1/4 tomato, 1/8 cup mushrooms, 1 slice white onion, fresh basil.
Snack: 10:45 1 cup Special K Red Berries
Lunch: 1:45 protein smoothie, string cheese.
Snack: 4:00 Kelloggs protein water
Dinner: 1/2 bottle wine (shut up, my dog is dying), small cut filet mignon cooked with red wine, blackberries, garlic,
Snack: I don't know. Maybe wine is part of this snack. Maybe just milk.
EXERCISE: 50 minutes spinning class.
So I wound up going by the parents' house to go see the dying dog before his time is up. I am a bit of an emotional wreck, I generally get more torn up for the loss of pets than I do over people, don't judge, it's just who I am. This dog is more than a family pet, he's also the last living connection I have to my deceased dog, his brother, who I had for 12 years and with whom I shared my teen years and young adulthood, and who was entirely MY DOG without question or compromise. . .and losing this last tangible connection to him is as painful as losing the wonderful family pet in and of itself.
The continual visitation, though, the worry that each time I see him will be the last time I see him alive, is very hard on me, and seeing him growing older and more uncomfortable also hurts. It's just a hard situation all around, and so I'm having WINE.
EXERCISE:
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Weekends will clearly be setbacks.
Friday
Wasn't feeling 100%, thusly didn't work out. By 2pm my body, particularly the thighs and backs of legs were very achy and sore, and entire body had that gonna-get-sick feeling. Bike-seat area was VERY sore and sensitive. I blame the inconsistent workouts and spin class.
Breakfast: 7:45 glass V8 fiber juice, 8:50 omelet (1 egg, 1 egg white, spinach, sundried tomatoes, basil, low fat cheese), and a tangerine.
Snack: 11:15 8 almonds, 1 string cheese, 1 Kellogg's Protein Water.
Lunch: 1:30pm smoothie w/ whey protein, 1 45 calorie hot dog.
Snack: more smoothie, 1 apple, 8 almonds
Dinner: 1/3 serving Chili, 1 fat free hot dog w/1/2 whole wheat bun, 1 martini, 2 glasses red wine
Snack: cup of Special K red berries cereal.
Saturday
Saturday was a dead bust. The BF and I had agreed that we were allowed 1 day with 2 cheat meals each week. We will in all likelihood shorten this to 1 cheat meal at some point, but since we currently have VERY different tastes in food/cheating, we decided to do it this way, for now, until we want to go "hard core" healthy.
Breakfast: 1 cup Special K red berries cereal (I told you, I love this stuff. Seriously. I love it as much as I loved Golden Grahams or Cocoa Puffs as a kid.)
Snack: SKIPPED in favor of activity, or in other words, totally forgot to eat.
EXERCISE: Horse time. Grooming, dramatic (scary) ride alone, about 2-3 hours total.
Lunch: Sushi. (I eat a LOT of sushi, since I get it rarely, and that was BEFORE modified eating plan.) 1 Rock & Roll, 1 caterpillar roll, 1 uni nigiri, 1 ikura nigiri, 1 albacore nigiri, 1/2 tuna roll. ABSURD. But ever so delicious.
Snack: Uhh, still full from absurd lunch.
Dinner: BF's choice of going to brewery, where I had 10 skinny french fries dipped in chipotle mayo, 2 pints of beer, 1 bulb of roasted garlic, 5 apple slices, 5 slices of baguette, and 4 slices brie cheese. Ate about half of garlic/accessories.
Snack: Finished garlic/accessories.
I did notice that I ate and DRANK a lot less than I normally could/would at the Brewery, for sure. Whether due to lack of interest, fullness from lunch, or general preference for the healthier food I've been eating, I don't know, but the combination of all those resulted in me feeling completely full with much less food than I am used to. Which is great.
Sunday:
Back on the eating plan! No alcohol! YAY ME!
Breakfast: 2/3 protein smoothie w/dannon lite & fit yogurt, berries, and diet cran juice.
Snack: Skipped?
Lunch: turkey, cheese, veggie omelet.
Snack: More cereal?
Dinner: 1 cup chili with 2 tbspoons fat free sour cream, green onions, and 1/8 cup light cheese.
Snack: Cup Special K with Berries Cereal (It even counts as a dessert to my taste buds. Seriously, go buy this.)
Though it is now Monday, please note that while I know I kept very well to the eating plan yesterday, I cannot for the life of me REMEMBER what I consumed. I did have time to go up to the barn and rinse/ exercise/ pay attention to my horse, but I was exhausted. I also ascertained at the REI bike store that the bike I recently bought off Craigslist is all wrong for me, and completely un-ride-able, especially for training/competition purposes. Which sucks. Hugely. I was frustrated by that.
Also, lack of memory might be caused by my being SICK. I woke Sunday morning with a throat too painful to swallow, and a body feeling hit by a mac truck. SO frustrated, because I hadn't worked out all weekend. So that's my setback/weekend update. Hopefully this coming week will be significantly better. Being sick is not fair.
Wasn't feeling 100%, thusly didn't work out. By 2pm my body, particularly the thighs and backs of legs were very achy and sore, and entire body had that gonna-get-sick feeling. Bike-seat area was VERY sore and sensitive. I blame the inconsistent workouts and spin class.
Breakfast: 7:45 glass V8 fiber juice, 8:50 omelet (1 egg, 1 egg white, spinach, sundried tomatoes, basil, low fat cheese), and a tangerine.
Snack: 11:15 8 almonds, 1 string cheese, 1 Kellogg's Protein Water.
Lunch: 1:30pm smoothie w/ whey protein, 1 45 calorie hot dog.
Snack: more smoothie, 1 apple, 8 almonds
Dinner: 1/3 serving Chili, 1 fat free hot dog w/1/2 whole wheat bun, 1 martini, 2 glasses red wine
Snack: cup of Special K red berries cereal.
Saturday
Saturday was a dead bust. The BF and I had agreed that we were allowed 1 day with 2 cheat meals each week. We will in all likelihood shorten this to 1 cheat meal at some point, but since we currently have VERY different tastes in food/cheating, we decided to do it this way, for now, until we want to go "hard core" healthy.
Breakfast: 1 cup Special K red berries cereal (I told you, I love this stuff. Seriously. I love it as much as I loved Golden Grahams or Cocoa Puffs as a kid.)
Snack: SKIPPED in favor of activity, or in other words, totally forgot to eat.
EXERCISE: Horse time. Grooming, dramatic (scary) ride alone, about 2-3 hours total.
Lunch: Sushi. (I eat a LOT of sushi, since I get it rarely, and that was BEFORE modified eating plan.) 1 Rock & Roll, 1 caterpillar roll, 1 uni nigiri, 1 ikura nigiri, 1 albacore nigiri, 1/2 tuna roll. ABSURD. But ever so delicious.
Snack: Uhh, still full from absurd lunch.
Dinner: BF's choice of going to brewery, where I had 10 skinny french fries dipped in chipotle mayo, 2 pints of beer, 1 bulb of roasted garlic, 5 apple slices, 5 slices of baguette, and 4 slices brie cheese. Ate about half of garlic/accessories.
Snack: Finished garlic/accessories.
I did notice that I ate and DRANK a lot less than I normally could/would at the Brewery, for sure. Whether due to lack of interest, fullness from lunch, or general preference for the healthier food I've been eating, I don't know, but the combination of all those resulted in me feeling completely full with much less food than I am used to. Which is great.
Sunday:
Back on the eating plan! No alcohol! YAY ME!
Breakfast: 2/3 protein smoothie w/dannon lite & fit yogurt, berries, and diet cran juice.
Snack: Skipped?
Lunch: turkey, cheese, veggie omelet.
Snack: More cereal?
Dinner: 1 cup chili with 2 tbspoons fat free sour cream, green onions, and 1/8 cup light cheese.
Snack: Cup Special K with Berries Cereal (It even counts as a dessert to my taste buds. Seriously, go buy this.)
Though it is now Monday, please note that while I know I kept very well to the eating plan yesterday, I cannot for the life of me REMEMBER what I consumed. I did have time to go up to the barn and rinse/ exercise/ pay attention to my horse, but I was exhausted. I also ascertained at the REI bike store that the bike I recently bought off Craigslist is all wrong for me, and completely un-ride-able, especially for training/competition purposes. Which sucks. Hugely. I was frustrated by that.
Also, lack of memory might be caused by my being SICK. I woke Sunday morning with a throat too painful to swallow, and a body feeling hit by a mac truck. SO frustrated, because I hadn't worked out all weekend. So that's my setback/weekend update. Hopefully this coming week will be significantly better. Being sick is not fair.
Friday, January 9, 2009
I'm behind, I'm behind! Who knew posting on a blog was such a hard thing to remember to do?
Wednesday:
Breakfast: Omelet
Snack: tangerine and string cheese and almonds
Lunch: protein smoothie (1/2 scoop whey protein, frozen berries, 60cal fat free yogurt, diet cran juice)
Snack: apple and almonds
Dinner: Delicious healthy burgers from the Abs Diet recipe with spinach, light cheese, 97% fat free beef, and oatmeal, on a whole wheat bun (of which I ate 2/3).
Snack: Milk, handful of Special K Red Berries cereal.
EXERCIZE: 25 minutes (about 2.25 miles) on the treadmill, 20 minutes on the ellipse machine, 1/2 hour bareback horse riding in arena.
Thursday:
Breakfast: 1 cup Special K Red Berries cereal
Snack: another cup of same cereal (holy crap, this stuff is DELICIOUS)
Lunch: Semi Naughty (?) Togo's turkey cranberry sandwich with no mayo in wrap form in a tomato tortilla. Not sure of the calorie content on this one, but after eating it I felt STUFFED.
Snack: A few almonds.
Dinner: 1 serving whole grain pasta and 1 cup sauce (sauce had lots of added spinach, and lots of leftover lowfat beef, browned and drained of excess juices/fat).
NAUGHTY SNACK: 5 slices dried mango and a 1 shot dirty martini.
No exercise this day.
I don't know what came over me, it could have been that I was exhausted and didn't sleep well due to a tension with my boyfriend, it could have been I felt like I got home late, or it could very well have been my body craving JUNK after starting the day with something sweeter than usual. It's good to note, anyway, but I felt like I was off the proverbial wagon yesterday. Not good. Then again, "cheating" on this day wound up being a relatively healthy (if huge) wrap for lunch, and dried fruit, and ONE drink, so that is at least not as bad as a real fall off the healthy wagon could have been. The diet didn't get road rash, but it may have gotten a tiny scrape.
I slept much better last night, so today's entry ought to be better. Let's hope!
Wednesday:
Breakfast: Omelet
Snack: tangerine and string cheese and almonds
Lunch: protein smoothie (1/2 scoop whey protein, frozen berries, 60cal fat free yogurt, diet cran juice)
Snack: apple and almonds
Dinner: Delicious healthy burgers from the Abs Diet recipe with spinach, light cheese, 97% fat free beef, and oatmeal, on a whole wheat bun (of which I ate 2/3).
Snack: Milk, handful of Special K Red Berries cereal.
EXERCIZE: 25 minutes (about 2.25 miles) on the treadmill, 20 minutes on the ellipse machine, 1/2 hour bareback horse riding in arena.
Thursday:
Breakfast: 1 cup Special K Red Berries cereal
Snack: another cup of same cereal (holy crap, this stuff is DELICIOUS)
Lunch: Semi Naughty (?) Togo's turkey cranberry sandwich with no mayo in wrap form in a tomato tortilla. Not sure of the calorie content on this one, but after eating it I felt STUFFED.
Snack: A few almonds.
Dinner: 1 serving whole grain pasta and 1 cup sauce (sauce had lots of added spinach, and lots of leftover lowfat beef, browned and drained of excess juices/fat).
NAUGHTY SNACK: 5 slices dried mango and a 1 shot dirty martini.
No exercise this day.
I don't know what came over me, it could have been that I was exhausted and didn't sleep well due to a tension with my boyfriend, it could have been I felt like I got home late, or it could very well have been my body craving JUNK after starting the day with something sweeter than usual. It's good to note, anyway, but I felt like I was off the proverbial wagon yesterday. Not good. Then again, "cheating" on this day wound up being a relatively healthy (if huge) wrap for lunch, and dried fruit, and ONE drink, so that is at least not as bad as a real fall off the healthy wagon could have been. The diet didn't get road rash, but it may have gotten a tiny scrape.
I slept much better last night, so today's entry ought to be better. Let's hope!
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Fitness Challenge Day 2
Got a great night's sleep last night, but I'm not surprised after 2 decent workouts! Had some pretty funky dreams, but no nightmares, which is a good thing for me, I tend to dream vividly and when they're bad, even Wes Craven would be freaked out by them. This is not conducive to good sleeping patterns.
Marching onwards. Today I have not worked out yet, but plan to this evening.
BREAKFAST: Same omelet as Monday at 9am (1 egg, 1 eggwhite, 1+cup spinach, 4 1/2s roasted plum tomatoes, fresh basil, sprinkling of lowfat cheese), 1 chug lowfat chocolate milk.
SNACK: 11am- 10 almonds and a calorie free vitamin water.
LUNCH: 1pm- 1.25 cups leftover healthy turkey chili with sprinkle of lowfat cheese, calorie free energy tablet thingie in water.
SNACK: 4:30pm- Apple, 10 almonds, 1 naughty andes-mint sized caramel.
DINNER: 8:30pm- 2 lowfat hot dogs (45 calories each), 1 whole wheat hotdog bun, 4 tbs ketchup, 1 glass fiber V8, 4 slices dried mango.
SNACK: 9:30 pm- glass of milk
I did not exercise officially today, though this is not because I was in any way sore from yesterday. I had to work through lunch in order to get more hours (finances are tight), and I was informed that my family dog is on his last legs, so rather than work out in the evening, I had to go visit the family's house and the darling dog before I run out of chances to do so. On my way to my home, I also had to stop by the barn where I board my horse to take care of him and set him up in his paddock while the weather is dry.
Today's events and resulting lack of workout remind me that it is essential that I get up in the mornings and get to the gym. This sets the tone for the rest of my day, and provides me with at LEAST a minimal cardio workout in case something DOES pop up during the rest of the day that prevents me from getting sufficient exercise.
Marching onwards. Today I have not worked out yet, but plan to this evening.
BREAKFAST: Same omelet as Monday at 9am (1 egg, 1 eggwhite, 1+cup spinach, 4 1/2s roasted plum tomatoes, fresh basil, sprinkling of lowfat cheese), 1 chug lowfat chocolate milk.
SNACK: 11am- 10 almonds and a calorie free vitamin water.
LUNCH: 1pm- 1.25 cups leftover healthy turkey chili with sprinkle of lowfat cheese, calorie free energy tablet thingie in water.
SNACK: 4:30pm- Apple, 10 almonds, 1 naughty andes-mint sized caramel.
DINNER: 8:30pm- 2 lowfat hot dogs (45 calories each), 1 whole wheat hotdog bun, 4 tbs ketchup, 1 glass fiber V8, 4 slices dried mango.
SNACK: 9:30 pm- glass of milk
I did not exercise officially today, though this is not because I was in any way sore from yesterday. I had to work through lunch in order to get more hours (finances are tight), and I was informed that my family dog is on his last legs, so rather than work out in the evening, I had to go visit the family's house and the darling dog before I run out of chances to do so. On my way to my home, I also had to stop by the barn where I board my horse to take care of him and set him up in his paddock while the weather is dry.
Today's events and resulting lack of workout remind me that it is essential that I get up in the mornings and get to the gym. This sets the tone for the rest of my day, and provides me with at LEAST a minimal cardio workout in case something DOES pop up during the rest of the day that prevents me from getting sufficient exercise.
Day 1: Begin Fitness Challenge
1/5/2008
This is my first official blog post. I have, for some time, been thinking about/attempting to lose the weight I have gained over the past couple years.
I'm interested in getting healthier, regaining my physical confidence and comfort in how my body looks and feels, and attaining a higher level of fitness than I have ever achieved.
I face many hurdles: my own inertia, my lack of willpower, my slowing metabolism and genetics, etc., but at this time I have no health issues that prevent me from being active and enthusiastic about this new page in my life.I gained weight over the course of 2 years due to poor/indulgent eating habits, semi-sedentary lifestyle, and generally trying to keep up with my live-in boyfriend of 4+ years in his appetites for food and alcohol. I certainly don't blame him for my fitness's deterioration, but I'm well aware of how attractive cuddling on the couch in front of the tv looks over going outside for a run in the cold.
After an extremely naughty weekend of eating and boozing, my boyfriend and I have officially embarked upon a health turn around in our lives and diets. I am excited to attempt to start training for a triathlon, as well as to overhaul my habits and diet. My boyfriend, in turn, is attempting to lose 30+lbs by April, motivated by our upcoming trip to Europe that month.
I have tried for 2 years to diet/lose weight, and have failed miserably, in part, I believe, because cohabitation with a man who is NOT attempting in any way to be active or healthy really undermined my own resolve. I do not generally have a lot of self-discipline, but I'm going to make a concentrated effort not to fall off the proverbial wagon this time.
I'm loathe to call my new eating habits a "diet", as "dieting" automatically makes my brain crave whatever it is I'm trying to eliminate from my diet, be it alcohol, pizza, sushi, fried foods, or dessert. I'm not banning ANYTHING from my eating habits this time, I'm just taking each day as it comes, trying to make healthier choices, and being excited to adhere to my boyfriend's modified eating plan in the evenings.In general, I'm going to eat 5-6 times a day.
Breakfast
Snack
Lunch
Snack
Dinner
Small Snack
And I'm going to seriously up my exercise, in part to burn extra fat, and in part to start seriously training for summer triathlons. (One thing I REALLY need is a bike, which I do not have. This will be a hurdle.)
So for my first day, the following has been my routine:
Exercise: 6:00am; 25 minutes on treadmill, 2 miles @ 5mph - 7.5mph; 3 sets lat pulls @ 50lbs, 3 sets seated rows @ 50lbs.
Breakfast: 7:00am 1 gulp lowfat chocolate milk, 8oz High Fiber V8; 8:30am: 1 egg + 1 eggwhite omelet with 1 cup spinach, 4 1/2s roasted tomatoes, basil, 1/8 cup lowfat shredded cheese.
Snack: 10:30 am: tangerine, string cheese, and 0calorie energy fizzy drink
Exercize: 45 minutes high intensity spin class.
LUNCH: 1:30 pm: apple, 8 almonds;Snack: 3:20pm :1 miso soup package, 1 protein water (30 cals, 5g fiber, 5g protein); 4:45pm:10 almonds, 1 apple, 1 tangerine.
Dinner: 7:30pm bowl of healthy turkey chili (made by Don), 3 slices dried mango.
Small Snack: Cup chocolate milk (10pm)
Not too shabby for my first day. I'll soon list specific weights/fitness goals I want to achieve.
This is my first official blog post. I have, for some time, been thinking about/attempting to lose the weight I have gained over the past couple years.
I'm interested in getting healthier, regaining my physical confidence and comfort in how my body looks and feels, and attaining a higher level of fitness than I have ever achieved.
I face many hurdles: my own inertia, my lack of willpower, my slowing metabolism and genetics, etc., but at this time I have no health issues that prevent me from being active and enthusiastic about this new page in my life.I gained weight over the course of 2 years due to poor/indulgent eating habits, semi-sedentary lifestyle, and generally trying to keep up with my live-in boyfriend of 4+ years in his appetites for food and alcohol. I certainly don't blame him for my fitness's deterioration, but I'm well aware of how attractive cuddling on the couch in front of the tv looks over going outside for a run in the cold.
After an extremely naughty weekend of eating and boozing, my boyfriend and I have officially embarked upon a health turn around in our lives and diets. I am excited to attempt to start training for a triathlon, as well as to overhaul my habits and diet. My boyfriend, in turn, is attempting to lose 30+lbs by April, motivated by our upcoming trip to Europe that month.
I have tried for 2 years to diet/lose weight, and have failed miserably, in part, I believe, because cohabitation with a man who is NOT attempting in any way to be active or healthy really undermined my own resolve. I do not generally have a lot of self-discipline, but I'm going to make a concentrated effort not to fall off the proverbial wagon this time.
I'm loathe to call my new eating habits a "diet", as "dieting" automatically makes my brain crave whatever it is I'm trying to eliminate from my diet, be it alcohol, pizza, sushi, fried foods, or dessert. I'm not banning ANYTHING from my eating habits this time, I'm just taking each day as it comes, trying to make healthier choices, and being excited to adhere to my boyfriend's modified eating plan in the evenings.In general, I'm going to eat 5-6 times a day.
Breakfast
Snack
Lunch
Snack
Dinner
Small Snack
And I'm going to seriously up my exercise, in part to burn extra fat, and in part to start seriously training for summer triathlons. (One thing I REALLY need is a bike, which I do not have. This will be a hurdle.)
So for my first day, the following has been my routine:
Exercise: 6:00am; 25 minutes on treadmill, 2 miles @ 5mph - 7.5mph; 3 sets lat pulls @ 50lbs, 3 sets seated rows @ 50lbs.
Breakfast: 7:00am 1 gulp lowfat chocolate milk, 8oz High Fiber V8; 8:30am: 1 egg + 1 eggwhite omelet with 1 cup spinach, 4 1/2s roasted tomatoes, basil, 1/8 cup lowfat shredded cheese.
Snack: 10:30 am: tangerine, string cheese, and 0calorie energy fizzy drink
Exercize: 45 minutes high intensity spin class.
LUNCH: 1:30 pm: apple, 8 almonds;Snack: 3:20pm :1 miso soup package, 1 protein water (30 cals, 5g fiber, 5g protein); 4:45pm:10 almonds, 1 apple, 1 tangerine.
Dinner: 7:30pm bowl of healthy turkey chili (made by Don), 3 slices dried mango.
Small Snack: Cup chocolate milk (10pm)
Not too shabby for my first day. I'll soon list specific weights/fitness goals I want to achieve.
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