Here's the Sunday report:
Aerobic exercise: 7 (3 mile walk)
Flexibility exercise: 7 (qi qong, tai chi)
Strength training: N/A (3 x weekly)
Energy work: 8 (a.m. & p.m. qi qong, tai chi)
Eat only at table when alone:10
Eat only when hungry: 10
80+ ounces of water: 10
No white stuff: 10
Vitamins: 10
Meditate: 4
Journal: 7
Fun: Ooops! I forgot!
Socialize: 5
Prayer: 7
9 fruits/veggies: 10
Small triumph: Did chi qong in the evening to quell anxiety instead of having a glass of wine
Yesterday was tough.....took a spiritual hit in the morning.
But I didn't chow down.
Food:
1 grapefruit (small)
2 c coffee w/5% cream
1 med apple
1 greek pita (med) w/hummus
3 sausage, dinner kind...
2 c steamed cabbage w/ butter & pepper( I know...weird)
1/2 c mashed potatoes
3 glasses of wine. dry. red. big.
750 ml water
NO gummi bears
NO angel food cake w/key lime goop on it
1 bath with book...my zone of selfishness for the evening. Today's TBA
I'd love to groom Old Dog....when? I kinda zone when I groom.
Think I'll go have a mostly egg white omlette on greek pita....inspired by Eydie's brekkie yesterday! And the scale is nudging slowly in the right direction!
I love this pale pink color, but if thou canst not read it, please advise, Intrepid Good Nutrition and Exercise s!!!
Looketh like everyone had a great, on-track Sunday despite any setbacks that may or may not have occurred!!!! Ceara, canst thou come today and groom Old Dog!!! She wouldst adore thee to, methinks!!! She's a love, really. Methinks you'd get on!!!
OK! (SORRY TO SHOUT BUT I WANNA) HERE AMARANTHA'S FOOD/EXERCISE PERSONAL CHALLENGE for today: GET GOING AND GET TO THAT GYM!!! Also handle the traveling to job without resorting to BAD FOOD DEMON that dwelleth in convenience pubs all over the highways and byways o' the kingdom!! Will be back tonight with report and menu!
LET'S GO OUT THERE AND WIN ONE FOR THE FOOD/EXERCISE GIPPER TODAY!!!!
I don't believe this but I'm starting to worry when I DON'T eat my seven meals, but I don't feel like eating ... not feeling well at all but still will eat the last meal on this list, just don't want any healthy vege or fish or any of that stuff. I may add a smoothie or an EAS later tonight if I feel like it ... won't come back and edit, thoug!
EAS van CC shake 100
Whole wheat roll 160
Butter spray for day 20
Smoothie: 1 c berries, 1/4 c ctg ch, splenda 125
2 sl sprouted wheat bread 160
Butter spray 0
EAS van CC shake 100
Baked Lay's chips 220
Bottle ff milk 135
EAS van CC shake 100
2 sl sprouted wheat bread 160
Butter spray 0
Total Daily Calories 1280
Exercise: 45 total body weights in gym, 5 walk/run on treadmill
Monday's report:
Aerobic exercise: 10 (1 hr, at a good clip)
Flexibility exercise: oops...
Strength training: N/A (3 x weekly)
Energy work: oops.
Eat only at table when alone:10
Eat only when hungry: 10
80+ ounces of water: 10
No white stuff: 5 (succumbed to single largish piece of PB-chocolate fudge)
Vitamins: 10
Meditate: oops.
Journal: oops.
Fun: Ooops! I forgot!
Socialize: 6
Prayer: 7
9 fruits/veggies: 10
Small triumph: Walked around the park instead of straight home after dismal WI.
Notes: Ok, yesterday seemed like a busy day, but I want to really try to fit in those personal growth components. I'll try harder today.
Brevity mode tonight but a rousing comes to mind when reading these good reports. Everyone is doing so well. Here's mine for Tuesday, will report in a.m. if I add anything but it's not likely. No vege again and the last meal had no carbs, but calories ok:
1/2 serving Malt-o-Meal 80
2 T sf syrup 20
1/4 scoop DW van praline protein powder 25
4-oz choc iced donut 520
EAS van CC shake 100
EAS van CC shake 100
Roast chick thigh, breast 390
1/2 sl sprouted wheat bread 40
Smoothie: 1 c berries, 1/4 c ctg ch, splenda 125
EAS van CC shake 100
sl sprouted wheat bread 80
EAS van CC shake 100
EAS van CC shake 100
Total Daily Calories 1780
Exercise: NO GYM, walk/run 40 min at home
2 cartons Eggbeaters (to equal 2 eggs)
1 cup chopped fresh baby spinach
2 cups brown rice
Pour into pan and bake at 350 for approx. 20 minutes or until set. Cut into 12 squares of approx. 40 calories each. Can carry in cooler to eat cold for mini meals or freeze and reheat in microwave.
Amarantha, we are cosmically connected! I made a vegetable-y quiche-y thing yesterday too, added some cottage cheese and a little feta to mine and baked it up. Very yummy and really easy! Thanks for sharing your recipe.
12-hour day yesterday, so I refuse to feel badly about anything that takes any time that didn't get done.
Aerobic exercise: walk to and from gym (30 mins) + circuit training
Flexibility exercise: nope
Strength training: 10 (circuit training)
Energy work: nope - should have at least tried to do a minute or two to clear my head from time to time.
Eat only at table when alone:10 - triumph!
Eat only when hungry: 10 - triumph!
80+ ounces of water: 10
No white stuff: 10 - YAY me!
Vitamins: 10
Meditate: again, should have at least tried for a few minutes.
Journal: nope
Fun: Ak. No time for fun.
Socialize: nope
Prayer: 7
9 fruits/veggies: 7
Small triumph: Stayed OP in spite of busy, long, stressful day. And I think I'll add a "bottom line" category where I evaluate whether my day would contribute to weight loss or not.
Bottom line: If every day were like this one, I would lose weight at a good clip.
Sunday-Mar.14
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She wouldst adore thee to, methinks!!! She's a love, really. Methinks you'd get on!!!
that dwelleth in convenience pubs all over the highways and byways o' the kingdom!! Will be back tonight with report and menu!
comes to mind when reading these good reports. Everyone is doing so well. Here's mine for Tuesday, will report in a.m. if I add anything but it's not likely. No vege again and the last meal had no carbs, but calories ok:
