Frosted Cupcake’s Fitness Quest

40 mins cardio kickboxing

30 mins walk with dog

[Height: 5'0"]

Weight: 119.5 on NEW scale (=117.5 lbs on old scale) (-1.0 lb from last week, -2.0 lb from start)

Bust: 34″ (-0 from last week, -1 from start; 32C)

Waist: 26.5″ (-0 from last week, -0.5 from start)

Hips: 36″ (-0 from last week, -0.5 from start)

Got a new scale last week, and immediately hopped on both the old one and the new one to see what the weight difference was between them. Turns out that the new scale is calibrated at 2 lbs higher than the old scale! I’ll admit I was a little upset by the new number at first, but then realized that it’s no big deal, I still look and feel the same as I did when I thought the number was 2 lbs lower. I’m still losing, which is what counts. For the sake of clarity, I’ll be recording my weights from the new scale from here on out (which can record in 0.1 lb increments, versus the old scale’s 0.5 lb increments), but will also include the weight -2.0 lbs, as it would be on the old scale (if the old scale could resolve to 0.1 lbs).

45 mins elliptical (high-intensity intervals)

22 mins circuit training

(Yeah I didn’t do any “extra” exercise to try to counteract yesterday’s dinner and dessert, as I’d mentioned  in my previous post. I know myself pretty well and that’s not a sustainable or desirable habit for me to practice.)

Calories burned: 1985

Calories consumed: 1490

= Calorie deficit: 495 (Target: 500)

Steps: 9,081

Calories are higher than usual because of a great dinner with my stepdad’s family, celebrating his retirement! His mom is a fantastic cook and made a perfect roasted turkey and tons of vegetable side dishes, finished  off with a yellow cake with chocolate frosting (made with melted chocolate and whipped cream). WOW I had to restrain myself with that one, it was delicious!! Sweets are my most persistent food weakness, so I shared a slice with my mom. I recorded every bite, as usual, because I’d rather see the calorie “damage” than keep myself in the dark. It really wasn’t that bad at all, and I’m going to do an extra 25-30 mins on the elliptical today, just for peace of mind and to ensure that I maintain my losing streak.

45 mins elliptical (moderate intensity)

15 mins weights

Probably going on a walk later…? We’ll see!

Calories burned: 1869

Calories consumed: 1208

= Calorie deficit: 661 (Target: 500)

Steps: 6,151

Again, not nearly enough steps. Need to move more!!

I’m always a big fan of quesadillas, but because we made tacos last night, I had a couple extra ingredients to play with today. Last week when he made enchiladas, my stepdad came up with a great, simple way of cooking chicken by surrounding boneless, skinless chicken breasts with chopped green ortega chiles and folding them into a foil packet, then roasting for about an hour on the grill (turning once at the halfway point). He made the chicken that way again last night for our tacos (which were AMAZING!)

So today I made a quesadilla using this:

1 flour tortilla

1 oz cheddar cheese (maybe a little less or a little more, depending on your preferences…)

1/2 oz shredded chicken (with the roasted ortega chiles in it)

2 tsp Newman’s Own Black Bean and Corn Salsa (again, more or less would be fine)

TOTAL: 265 cal (12.7 g fat, 22.4 g carbs, 12.8 g protein)

Really delicious, pretty healthy (by my standards) and very satisfying. Next time I might add a little avocado, too. If you try that chicken recipe, let me know how you like it! It makes for a very versatile ingredient, and we love it in this house.

40 mins cardio kickboxing

Probably should have done weights! Oh well. I’ll do some circuit training tomorrow!