Red Team Daily Exercise & Food Accountablity
 

Hi Red Team,

I am starting this thread so we can be each other's exercise/food accountablity buddies. I am also hoping it's a place where we CHEER each other on to VICTORY.

The idea is we post what we are eating (only if you want) and the exercise we are doing. Again you don't have to post what you eat, I just do it because I need to make myself accountable, as I have huge fat & sweet tooth. I LOVE ice cream. :D

So I will get the ball rolling. This is what I eat and the exercise I did today. I need to bring my calories down a few hundred, I am working on that though. I find the exercise makes me hunger all the time. If anyone knows how to help with that please let me know.

FOOD:

Breakfast

310 3 eggs scrambled with 1 tbsp butter
60 1 apple
110 1 cup of 1 % milk
0 1 cup of coffee
0 2 cups of water
Total calories
480

Snack
200 1 ounce of walnuts
Total calories
200
Lunch

300 Homemade stir-fry veggies with chicken
92 2 cups of watermelon
Total calories
392

Snack
80 1 slice of organic bread
100 1 Tbsp of almond butter
60 1 apple
Total calories
240

Dinner
300 Spring green salad with broiled salmon
100 Homemade YOU ON A DIET dressing
Total calories
400

Snack
92 2 cups of watermelon
Total calories
92

Total calories for the day 1802

EXERCISE:

I did three 45 minute session of exercise on the stationary bike.

GO RED TEAM!

Alright I'm in! I am too lazy to exactly calorie count though....but I will at least post what I am eating and guestimate.
I was really bad today though and only got in two large meals. I just get so busy and I forget to eat, which is bad, I know!

Bfast--steel cut oats with blueberries and nf organic yogurt mixed in and a little agave for sweetener. 300

Lunch/Dinner --
mushrooms, greens, onions, kidney beans, cucumber and 3 eggs, sauteed up with 1tb earth balance. Topped with 2 slices nf cheese, 1 small avocado, salsa and some olives. 700

Strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, blueberries and grapes mixed with nf yogurt. 250

Daily Total: 1250

Workout: 1 hr of cardio and 1/2 hr st circuit at gym

well today breakfast: vegan scone-230
organic cereal- 130
soy milk - 70
lunch: corn .2 cup
rice .5cup
beans .5 cup

snack pear
chili popcorn
2 granola bars

dinner: half baked potato
2 cups shredded cabbage
.5 cup chickpeas
.2 cup spinach


and work out, im going to the gym for an hour ill let you know when i get back, im waiting for my husband to get ready
well ill be back later tonight, ttyl!

Welcome! Wow you did a great job today! :woohoo:

Welcome
 

Awesome job! I know the Red Team is going to kick butt!

What's it like being a vegan? I have given up beef and pork, I just eat fish, dairy, eggs and poultry. I love fermented tofu (Tempeh, Natto & Miso) but no so much regular tofu.

I'm keeping track of calories/food intake on my iPhone- so I'm just reporting exercise:
Today I walked for 50 min. (I use the 'aerobic' timer* on my pedometer) a d total # of steps 16649

*Aerobic steps on pedometer is defined at >60 steps/minute for a minimum of 10 minutes

While I won't do this everyday, I'llpost what I ate today, I usually eat about the same type of meals, at least my breakfast is always the same.

Breakfast: 2 eggs scrambled
1 slice low cal multi grain toast
1tsp butter/ canola oil spread
1 cup skim milk

Lunch: (eaten out with friends)
lettuce salad w/1T dressing (on the side)
Watermelon
Chicken noodle soup

Snack:PBand J on 2 slices LC Multi grain bread
1 small slice ham

Supper:
Baked pork steak
2 ears sweet corn
1T butter/canola spread
Sourkraut
1C skim milk

Total calories 1697 according to fitday, a little high for me.

Exercise: Overslept and didn't get it done today.

I teach at a school here in South Korea, so my breakfast, morning snack, lunch, and afternoon snack are usually always the same. At least this week they were.

B: whole wheat cereal with skim milk, banana, 190ml of orange juice
S#1: Dr. You Protein Bar
L: Turkey and swiss sandwich, yogurt, cucumber slices, pineapples slices
S#2: Cucumber slices, a small handful of almonds
D: Italian pasta: Whole wheat pasta, chicken breast, green peppers, onions, tomatoes, 1tsp olive oil, 3tsp parm. cheese.

Calorie total: 1835
Water Intake- 86 ounces
This was my plan yesterday and the same thing for today. I also always walk to and from work here on the island, and its about 15 minutes each way.

My exercise goals for next week are to try and hike the mountain nearby for 3days. It's about a 45 minute hike and overlooks the ocean once you reach the top. Not bad. I did it once this week already.

Good luck to everyone!!!

You did a great job today! You'll exercise tomorrow. :)

GO RED TEAM!

Wow that's a lot of steps! Great Job! :carrot:


GO RED TEAM!

Thanks for joining in, you did a fantastic job today! I wish I lived near somewhere I could hike, it sounds fun.


GO RED TEAM!

I probably won't have time to post what I eat everyday but I like to read what everyone else eats to give me ideas. I walked 3 miles today with one of my dogs who wants to keep going. I should probably listen to her once in awhile:smug:I want to try jogging next week. It's been 3 years since I my last jog.

I guess I'll post about yesterday.

Breakfast - 1c Special K with 1c 2% milk - 240 calories
Morning Snack - 1 medium apple - 90 calories
Lunch - 6in Subway BMT - 453 calories
Afternoon Snack - Sun chips - 140 calories
Dinner - 1c spaghetti with meat sauce & cauliflower with butter & garlic - 507
Total Calories - 1430 (I'm "allowed" 1500)

For exercise I walked around my neighborhood. I got in 30 minutes before dinner, burning 294 calories, then I didn another 20 minutes with my Dad the evening for another 113 calories, brining my total up to 407. Yesterday was my third day eating on plan, but my first for exercise.

Ok I'll play

B- 2 homemade mochas, 2 eggs on 1 piece of toast with 1 tsp of Smart Balance
L- Homemade chicken & black bean burrito (leftovers)
D- baked tilapia with peaches, white rice (all I had), 2 cups steamed veggies
s - skinny cow, 1 piece dark choc, banana, popcorn


I totally made up the tilapia recipie because my mom brought me a whole bunch of peaches from her tree and they aren't going to last long. I was pretty proud of myself that it worked very well.

Exercise - c25k W2d3 (recovery run....I am on week 4 but on off days I go back and do a run from 2 weeks before)

9-10-09

Breakfast: 2 hard boiled eggs, 2 slices 35 calorie bread, 1tbs i cant believe its not butter
snack:luna protein bar
Lunch-4oz tuna, 1tbs light mayo, 1 hard boiled egg, 10 light wheat thins, 1 golden delicious apple
Snack- luna protein bar
Dinner:3 oz grilled chicken, 1 4in whole grain torilla light sour cream& salsa, a sprinkle of fat free cheddar cheese, 6 baby carrots and a skinny cow ice cream

snack- 1/2 cup blueberries

30 day shred level 1 advanced moves

9-11-09
Breakfast: 1/2 Fiberone shedded wheat ceral with skim milk
Snack- Luna protein bar
Lunch: 3oz tyson grilled chicken, 1 cup lettuce, 1tbs light ranch dressing, 1/4 cup reduced fat cheddar cheese and 1 golden delicious apple

40 oz of water already

Today
 

Good Morning Everyone,

I just got up and had breakfast, I am planing on kicking some butt today in the exercise department.

Breakfast
310 3 eggs scambled in 1 tbsp of butter
80 1 slice of bread
100 1 tbsp of butter
110 1 cup of 1% milk
0 1 cup of tea
Total calories
600

Snack
60 1 apple
Total calories
60

Lunch
250 Homemade chicken stir-fry with mixed veggies
Total calories
250

Snack
200 1 ounce of walnuts
Total calories
200

Dinner
160 2 slices of bread
250 Tuna fish salad
100 Pineapple
Total calories
510

Snack
92 2 cups of watermelon
Total calories
92

Total calories

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JayJay4444 -Great woorkout! :carrot: I agree I get tips and ideas from seeing what everyone else is eating. If anyone has some great receipes I hope you will share.


Monte cristo - You are doing better then me on the diet, I still can't seem to keep it under 1800 calories, fantastic job today. :bravo:


KimL1214- :woohoo: Great job Kim!


Mommyofsix - You are doing fantastic! I can't do 30 day shred, so I am in awe of anyone who can. :cp:

Crcossel -Great job on the diet and exercise today. :broc: How did you make the tilapia?

I'm not doing so great today. My work crowd went out for Mexican today, and though I got my usual of Chicken fajitas without any sides (just chicken, peppers & onions) which is pretty good, I did eat quite a few chips. I may end up going over a bit today, but it should all balance out throughout the week.

Don't feel bad well all go over from time to time, I overeat on Monday. You are right I think it does balance out. We are really just calorie cycling. :D

IgetfitNstrong4me--Man are you inspiring! You are like our teams little motivational bunny! Thanks!
Well, the day is not over yet, but figure I'd better post what I've ate for today and then just edit later. I reached a major goal today by getting into the 250s and also finally losing over 50 pounds, and I had promised myself a cheat day when those things happened. Not sure what it will be yet, but my check in later today might not have the best "diet" food, lol. Still planning on doing a huge workout tonight at the gym and will post that later too.

Bfast--LC ww tortilla with 1tb pb and a little fruit only (sweetened with fruit juice) jelly. 250
Organic NF yogurt 120

Lunch:
Veggie wrap made with ww flax flatbread, lite olive oil mayo, mustard, cucumber, 2 slices nf cheese, tomato, pickle, 1/2 small avocado, sprouts. 450
Bowl sliced strawberries with agave: 150

Org garlic ww crackers, 100

Frozen yogurt 300

Few of DD's mini org choc chip cookies 30



Total: 1400

Okay, I thought about it and decided not to really cheat. I was planning on pizza, but instead I have decided to just have some Ben and Jerrys NF frozen yogurt I have been saving in the freezer. Not something I normally eat, but not something that will put me thousands of calories over!

Awww thanks, I am trying to cheer us all to victory! :broc: I am hoping others will join in and help, as I think it feels good to know others are rooting for you. BTW great job on you eating today. I wish I could get down to 1400 calories a day. :woohoo: :D
Oh that is so wonderful getting into the 250's, you must be over the moon, CONGRATS! :woohoo:


Well as for me I just finished my last 45 minutes on the stationary bike. I only did 2 sessions today as I am very busy. But tomorrow I will do my normal 3.

:woohoo:

I try to shoot for ~1500 calories/day, but what I like best about the Lose It application is it shows you how you re doing for the week re if you are over/under weekly budget which helps with the calorie cycling.

had a good exercise day today- 9082 aerobic steps over 85 minutes.
Total steps 18,818.

Keep up the great work everyone & we'll rock our first weigh in!

Posting my food will be good for me... keeps me honest. I will start Sunday; I gave myself the week of to heal from an injury, and have enjoyed the time without worrying too much and trying not to make terrible choices.

:cheer: keep up the good work ladies!!

Good Job
 

Dcapulet - Welcome, how did you hurt yourself? I do find it helps me stay on track posting my food and exercise. I am glad you have joined us. We are going to give a serious beat down to the BLUE team! :frypan: LOL

CanadaMe - Great Job on the exercise and food today! I am very impressed 18,818 steps, that's a lot of stepping! :bravo: :carrot:
What is the Lose it application is that the IPhone thing you mentioned? Is it available on other phones?

WE ARE GOING TO KICK BUTT :kickbutt: THIS SEASON! THE BLUE TEAM IS TOAST! :crazy: LOL

Will post more tomorrow, but wanted to check in really fast as it is late and say that I didn't get in my full hour of cardio as planned because of time restrictions, but I did get in a little over 1/2 hr including running on the treadmill. And then 1/2 hr ST circuit too.

Today is as good a time to start posting up my menu, so here goes.

Breakfast was bran flakes with skimmed milk and a banana cut up into it.

Snack was an apple, 2 plums and a Clementine

Lunch was a Macdonalds chicken nugget happy meal with a bottle of water and a fruit bag

Dinner will be grilled chicken with wholemeal pasta and a selection of veggies.

1 litre of water drunk so far, plus 3 black coffees.

Nicki

Snack will be a low fat yoghurt and 2 pieces of fruit of my choice

Today
 

Breakfast
310 3 eggs scambled in 1 tbsp of butter
80 1 slice of bread
100 1 tbsp of butter
110 1 cup of 1 % milk
52 1 cup of coffee with 1 Tbsp of sugar
Total calories
652

Snack
60 1 Apple
Total calories
60

Lunch
160 2 slices of bread
300 Tuna salad
Total calories
460

Snack
60 1 Apple
Total calories
60

Dinner
100 Mixed veggies with Chicken
350 Pasta with garlic walnuts and butter
Total calories
450

Total calories for the day 1682

Exercise
3 sessions of 45 minutes on the stationary bike at high intensity.

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Nicki54 - Great Job on your food today. :carrot:

Jessicado22 - An hour total of exercise is fantastic! :broc:

WE ARE GOING TO KICK BUTT :kickbutt: THIS SEASON!

THE BLUE TEAM IS TOAST! :crazy: LOL

Hey everyone!!! So here is my plan, I am going to post this plan format each week to stay accountable.. I will not be listing each meal, as I already do that in another thread on the board and do not want to abandon that thread during this challenge, but I will be posting food accountability here ethier way, but plan to use this as majorily my exercise accountability. Each day I will just edit each weekly post according to my day as there are so many of us on the team that I feel that this will save on space and easy accessibility as well.... hope everyone is having a great weekend!! :grouphug:

Week 1 (9/14 - 9/20)

Monday:
On Plan? (stayed within my daily calories of 1,200 - 1,550) Yes No

Tuesday:
On Plan? (stayed within my daily calories of 1,200 - 1,550) Yes No

Wednesday:
On Plan? (stayed within my daily calories of 1,200 - 1,550) Yes No

Thursday:
On Plan? (stayed within my daily calories of 1,200 - 1,550) Yes No

Friday:
On Plan? (stayed within my daily calories of 1,200 - 1,550) Yes No

Saturday:
On Plan? (stayed within my daily calories of 1,200 - 1,550) Yes No

Sunday:
On Plan? (stayed within my daily calories of 1,200 - 1,550) Yes No

i think we are all going to do great !

Blue Team Food & Exercise Thread
 

Hey Angela, I am glad you have joined us here! Yeah I was posting on another thread before the challenge, but I wanted a place were Red Team members could inspire and motivate each other during the challenge to raise to our best, and after we have WON the challenge which we will, I will post on that thread again. But this place is for Red Team members only and I do see that the Blue Team has followed suit with their own thread for food and exercise. COPYCATS! j/k :crazy: LOL

That's right BlkBarbie, we are so going to WIN this! :carrot:

well since ive been vegan for a little while now it isnt that bad, it is hard to go out and eat in a small town and everyone thinks you starve, but i wouldnt be here if that were the situation lol. i havent had any of the fermented tofu before i like tofu in soups, stir frys, scrabbled! i want to try tempeh but just havent had the gutts, i know what i like... it was a hard long journey to figure it out but finally i have!!! o geee


well i never came back to say my exercise day before yesterday, but i did cardio for 30 mins burned 240 some odd calories and then did my ab workout and arms. ask for yesterday i got a little over 1500 calories in, and no exercise i have been tired working grave yard for the first time in a few weeks. it takes a lot out of me. and i think the same will happen today, i will get im sure around 1500 im at 1200 right now but i still have dinner with family... never a place i want to count calories lol. but no exercise today either but im going to try for double the work out tomorrow if i can... i know i can. just get a good nights rest today and im sure ill be dandy! everyone seems to be doing good! i cant wait til this starts i will be more accountable...i think. i know! lol. reassurance hehe.

I was eating tofu burgers for a while but I was gaining weight even though I was exercising and eating low calories. I found out that the tofu we eat here in America is not the same as the kind in Asia; we have unfermented soy, which mimics estrogen which affects some people like me. I now check the labels on everything; you wouldn't believe how much stuff has unfermented soy in it. But once I gave up unfermented soy I was fine and I have come to love the taste of fermented soy. Miso soup is one of my favorite things in the world now. I also found out that Fermented soy, has all these great antioxidants, so its win win.

BTW, Great Job on the eating and exercise! :carrot:

Hey Red Team. Shout out to all of you from South Korea this morning. I am slightly depressed this morning because I jumped on the scale after my official first week of calorie counting/exercise increase and I didn't lose anything. My scale didn't budge at all. I feel totally discouraged already but I'm definitely not giving up. I already posted my menu plans on here and everyone said they look great. I swear thats all I have been eating. I have also been getting 8-10 glasses of water in a day, plus my vitamins, fish oils, and garlic pills. I'm thinking maybe I just need to kick up the exercise another notch. Anyone have any ideas for at home exercise?

I had the same problem with not losing weight while eating Americanized tofy products. I am a vegetarian, and when I started dieting awhile ago, I was eating only 1200 calories aday and exercising a bunch, yet the scale kept yo-yoing. I finally narrowed it down to my every other day lunch of tofu hot dogs. I only lost 2 pounds a week while eating them, and as soon as I cut out tofu, I started losing 5 or more pounds a week. I didn't make any other changes, so I know that has to be it. Which sucks, because I love the variety eating some of those fake meats gives you....but I like being skinnier better! I will have to try getting more into fermented soy now though, thanks Igetfitnstrong4me!

Well, today has been a tough day as my only car broke down on the side of the freeway...but going with the punches so far I guess. no exercise yet today (can't make it to the gym, lol and I have been too depressed to pull out the Wii or a DVD), but I have been doing good in the diet department:

bfast:
steel cut oats with strawberries, agave and unsweetened applesauce 400

lunch/dinner
onion, cucumber, spinach sauteed with 3 eggs and topped with salsa, 1/2 avocado and 2 slices nf cheese 450
small salad with sprouts and lf dressing 75
garlic crackers 125


Total: 1050

Going to have a small fruit smoothie here in a second which will make my total about 1300 for the day.

Planning on doing 30 day shred here tonight and maybe some ST on the Wii. Will check back in later!

Shan--if you have a library you could check out some DVDs to work out too. Or you could download C25K to your mp3 player and try that if you have one (its free...and if you aren't up to running yet, you could try just fast paced walking for the running parts). Or I think your idea of those hikes is a good idea! Or if you don't have a library there, and you're an illegal pirate like me you can download workout video torrents and just use those for free. I personally like the Biggest Loser workout videos as the people working out aren't all skin and bones to make you feel more self conscious. Plus if you watched the series, then you are familiar with the people and knowing the transformations they made is inspiring to stick with it. Plus Bob is really nice and gives you options if you can't keep up. Not sure what resources there are there in South Korea, so sorry I can't be of more help!

Hey Jessica,

Thanks for the suggestions. I "might be" a pirate. Haha. Where do you find the Biggest Loser videos online? Also, what is the C25K and where do I find it? Thanks so much.

Jessicado22 - Sorry about your car that sucks! But great job on your food and doing a Wii workout, that's fantastic! Yeah I was bummed because as you said the variety of tofu products are great, but leave it to corporate America to screw up a great natural food. I think you will love the fermented tofu it's very good. They have an Asian market near me, they seem to have the most variety.


Shan84 - Don't get discourage :hug:, we all have weeks were the scale won't budge and we have kill it with our diet and exercise. You may be retaining water, I become the puff monster near my cycle or if I eat too much salt. I can gain as much as 10 pounds. Well I only workout at home I use a recumberment stationary bike for cardio, it's easy on the joints and it is giving me great legs and bottom. Do you have a place where you can walk outside or can you get a stationary bike or treadmill? I do think stationary bikes are cheaper. Please don't give up, because you are worth it really you are. You can take back your health and life, I know you can.

Today I don't work out, but I did walk 9525 steps.

Shan- give it time. Sometimes our bodies take longer to adjust to our lifestyle changes.

Jessica- sorry to hear about your car. Hope it's fixed soon.

Sounds like everyone had a good OP day. Keep up the GREAT work.

Thanks for the encouraging words everyone. Hope you all have a great weekend. The weekend is almost over here in SK. I did just get my measurements and even though I didn't lose weight this week I did lose 2.5 inches. At least thats something :).

Hi everyone! I'll start posting up my food info today or tomorrow.

I did my first 5k yesterday! :) That was my workout for yesterday. I plan to either bike or run today, or both!