Hey Aqua Team :D

Well yesterday I had a whole lotta salt and I am so bloated today. I feel puffy. My workout plan this week is to do the 30 Day Shred + 30 minute run 6 days this week. I've already finished yesterday and today's workout. Four more to go! I'll post what I ate today at the end of the day. Have a good day everyone!

I usually do this everyday:

30 day shred
2-3 hours on my stationary bike (I love my bike, I ride it instead sitting on the couch to watch tv :) I like to mix it up, sometimes I ride on level 1 for an 30-60 minutes, go different levels for 30-60 minutes and I just started doing level 10 for 30 minutes.

Exercise is not my problem, my problem is food. I did screw up yesterday, ate way to much but I am on track today and plan on staying that way.

futuresurferchick: Don't worry about not being able to work out this week, we undertand that the end of the semester is nearing and those of you who are still in college I just wish you good luck on your finals exams. But as long you are eating the right things you should see some changes in the scale by next Monday.

njoytheride: I proud of you of sticking to your 30 day shred, and I see your updates everyday in the November challenge. And just don't worry too much about yesterday's indulgence of salt, what matters the most is today and what's coming next. Great job and keep it up :)

dandk0204: Way to go on riding your stationary bike while watching tv, it's a great idea !!! I see that your only problem is with eating, why don't you take baby steps on changing your ways of eating, for instance, instead of ordering a pizza, you can have a homemade one, it's still a pizza but healthier ... And remember, it's a learning process, we don't expect you to go cold turkey with this, cause it's just not going to help in the long run. Baby steps and we are here to support each other. :)

Alright, here is what I had today:

Veggies I ate today: Spinach, beat, zucchini, onion
Fruits: Clementines (about 6!!)
Protein: 1 chicken breast fillet, 1 turkey breast steack
Starches (bread,pasta,rice...): None
Drinks: 1.5L water
Legumes: None
Junk food: 1 bite of cupcake (my cousin was eating it and just couldn't resist :) )
Others: 1 handfull of raw almonds (my hands are small, so about 10) and 1 tbs of flaxseed

That's it ! Keep up the good work everyone, we can do this :)

futuresurferchick - have fun writing your paper :)

dandk0204 - I feel you on the whole "Exercise is not my problem, my problem is food." I'm working on it, but everyday is a struggle.

Veggies I ate today: tomato, romaine lettuce, carrots, bell pepper
Fruits: clementine, black grapes, blueberries, 1/2 banana, 1/2 fuji apple
Protein: 1 egg, tuna, greek yogurt, chicken breast
Starches (bread,pasta,rice...): 1/2 whole wheat english muffin, 2 slices flax multi-grain bread
Drinks: water
Legumes: black beans
Junk food: none
Others: granola, 15 raw almonds, 1/2 coconut larabar, tomato soup, cheddar cheese

For dinner, I actually made this recipe: http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/showthread.php?t=47848. It's yummy. I made it before. And because I love photography, here are some pictures of what I ate today. njoy ;)

Breakfast
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y15...odDiary016.jpg

Snack
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y15...odDiary017.jpg

Lunch
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y15...odDiary018.jpg

Njoytheride, I love your pictures of your food! It looks SO appetizing. I actually took a photo on my phone recently of this spinach salad I made with egg in it, it looked so beautiful, healthy and nourishing. :)

Thanks for all the good wishes on my paper-writing! It's coming along (slowly). lol

Yikes, our thread got pushed to the 3rd page :/ Where's the aqua team?

So I finished my workout today. Didn't push through my run. My calves were sore from 30DS. Food today is basically the same as yesterday. I still have leftover tuna and chicken so I'm having the exact same thing for a couple of days. Next week however, is another story.

I hope everyone is doing well :)

njoytheride: why don't you suscribe to this thread, that way you won't keep searching for it :) And those pictures you've posted are amaazing !

I did my 30 day shred in the morning, was energized the whole day and that's a plus. After work, I only walked 30min instead of 1 hour, but tomorrow I'll walk an hour and half !

My eating plan for the day was as followed:

Veggies I ate today: Spinach, 1 tomatoes, 1 cucumber, 1 small eggplant
Fruits: 4 Clementines, 1/2 pomegranate
Protein: 2 chicken breast
Starches (bread,pasta,rice...): None
Drinks: 1.5L water
Legumes: 1 cup of navy beans
Junk food: 1 small homemade cookie
Others: 1 tbs of flaxseed

What about your girls, for those of you who don't participate much, please try to make the time to visit us from time to time and let us know how you are doing :)

i have my period. that's about all I have to say today... =( at least it should be over by weigh-in!

Sorry I've been MIA :) Been awful busy! But have managed to exercise 2 of 3 days since Monday. YAY! So hopefully I'm back on the exercise wagon, b/c I've been off for so long. I've been pretty good on the eating except for a social function last night, out at what they call a 40 mil place here in Italy, where they just keep bringing you food. I controlled myself pretty well, but it was an awful lot of really good food! Hope no one else is having to deal with this temptation.

iriswhispers - ToM is next week for me :( ToM + Thanksgiving = disaster!

misstraveller - I love Italian food. I don't have much advice except to savor every bite and eat a little of everything instead of a lot of everything.

Finished my work out today. Tomorrow I'll be going out to watch Twilight. Eating out is always a challenge. No idea where we're going to eat, but it will most likely be In N Out :/ YIKES!

Hi guys! OK, so I had a GREAT day! I exercised, I ate right, even though it was VERY VERY stressful. I'm applying for a job that would bring me back to america to be near my family and most importantly my BF. It's too hard to be this far away and make it work. Anyway, enough of my sob story, I'm gonna go glide along on the endorphins :)

Great job everyone! I did my 30 day shred today, tomorrow I start on level 2. I did 30 minutes on my bike so far but I have to go get my kids from the bus in a few minutes so I will do some more later today and probably tonight while watching my shows. I haven't weighed myself since Tuesday because I had a binge yesterday and just didn't want to see what I've done to myself. Today I am on track so far. Have a great day girls!

I did the 30DS and walked up hills for 30 minutes this morning. Didn't have such a good breakfast today - Subway's Western Omelet 6" Sub. I looked up the nutritional information when I got home and it was not good. It wasn't even that good. I could've made a better one at home.

Hey Aqua Team !

Hope that everybody is doing great, don't forget that tomorrow is our first weigh in, can't wait :)

I did a lot of walking this week end as well as my 30 day shred workout, and stayed on plan. What about you girls?

I'm not too optimistic about tomorrow's weigh in. :( I'm glad I have the accountability of it though. I already feel more on track today... crossing my fingers!