Just wanted to share something with everyone. I went for a hike up the mountain tonight with one of my co-teachers. We hiked to the top in about 1 hr and another 30 min coming down. I can't believe I did it! It is such a great step in the right direction for me! I'm so happy.
Since I didn't do any exercise yesterday, I am going to walk 60 minutes today instead of my usual 40. That way it will only take me a couple of days to catch up.
Last edited by MonteCristo; 09-16-2009 at 11:56 AM.
sorry i havent checked in, in the last few days, the weekends are hard for me to do anything. I work graveyard most weekends and have so much to do i never get to sleep so i sleep monday after another day of work lol. i havent been doing that well in the calorie depatment, i am staying under except saturday... my brother is having a baby!!! so we celebrated with chips!! lol. but sunday and monday i was eating a lot of whole wheat crackers and things that arnt exactly bad for you but not that great either lol. i have to go to the gym since i didnt go yesterday, on top the the sleepless nights tom has come early, which makes me happy since i am going on vaca next week!!! yaya ill still be able to record the first week of tbl i hope... i know i will. ok enough of me going on and on. i hope everyone is doing well!!
Hey Mel. Good job on the steps. Thats such a high number! I'm loving SK. I actually live on an island off of the southern tip of SK. It's about an hour to the mainland by ferry. My weeks are pretty repetitive but I like having the routine. I teach M-F 8:30am-5:00pm and I spend the weekends relaxing and exploring the island. I live right on the beach so that was a big draw originally too. I actually came to SK 7 months ago, but lost my first job when the school closed. I've been with this job now for 3 months almost.
Well I didn't do too good today at all. Breakfast started out okay. I had 1 banana (2 pts), and 1 90 calorie strawberry bar (1 pt). I had to eat an early lunch today, at 10 am, and had Subway. I ate a 6" turkey breast sandwich on wheat with american cheese (5 pts), but I also had 1.5 chocolate chip cookies with it (8 pts.). I then got hungry around 3 and my boyfriend ended up getting Taco Bell so I had a Nacho Belle Grande with just meat and cheese (17 PTS!). That was my biggest mistake with food today. Then while watching the biggest loser I had some baked fries and one homemade taco (not sure the points on this one). The other bad thing is when I went to exercise we realized that something came loose inside the elliptical so I can't use it until my dad fixes it. I ended up spending some much needed time on homework instead of exercising. The only good thing about today is I drank plenty of water.
Ran 1 mile (11:45), Walked/Ran .5 mile (6:55) and then biked for 55 mins with my husband. We did 2 mt biking trails, and had to ride about a mile on the road to get there.
Just in case anyone hasn't figured it out, I'm posing my plan in italics, and then I come back and bold what I actually did.
Early Breakfast - 1c Total Cinnamon & 1c 2% milk - 310 calories
Late Breakfast - sausage biscuit with jam - 333 calories
Morning Snack - 1 slice coconut cake - 456 calories
Lunch - Macaroni & Cheese and 1/2 sweet potato - 316 calories
Dinner - 1 slice stuffed crust pizza - 380 calories
Total - 1795 calories
Exercise - 55 minutes walking
That is horrible! I can hardly bear to post it. I knew today was going to be bad with the cake at work and pizza for dinner, so I ate a bit lighter the last two days, but why did I eat a second breakfast?!?!? Ugh! Fortunately I am still under my average of 1500 per day, but I'm still not happy with myself.
Last edited by MonteCristo; 09-16-2009 at 11:48 PM.
Hello everyone. Today was a much better day as far as food goes. I even woke up to a 1 lb loss, even with the bad stuff I ate yesterday! I've decided that the strategy I'm going to use for this challenge is a mixture of WW points and counting calories. When I go by points throughout the day I tend to eat less. But I have been going over by about 4 pts per day, but still staying in my calorie range. Here is what I ate today:
Breakfast:
1 packet of High Fiber Cinnamon Roll Oatmeal -- 3 pts (160 cal)
Dinner:
1 McDonalds Chipolte BBQ Crispy Chicken Wrap (was supposed to be grilled but they got my order wrong) -- 8 pts (330 cal)
1 McDonalds Fruit and Walnut Salad -- 4 pts (210 cal)
Caliyah - I wish I could be on Holiday!
BTW I love your motto: If you don't quit, you can't fail.
Today
bike at high intensity.
