[DEDIKAYTED]

Originally Posted by joyfulloser

YEAHHHH!!!! I knew it!!! The pounds will be flyin off now!

Fly on!!! Let's keep this ball rollin'!

[DEDIKAYTED]

1 pound away from my lowest weight

100 minutes cardio
40 minutes incline
30 minute run
30 minute incline

decaf w/sf creamer
peppermint tea

Meal 1 - 12pm
Amy's Mexican Tofu Scramvle

Snack 3pm
nectarine
1 cup yogurt
2 tsp sunflower seeds

Snack 4pm
celery

Lunch 5pm
Bean & Rice Soup
1 slice gluten free bread
1 cup kale

Dinner - 815
Indian vegetable korma
1 sm corn tortilla
fresh salsa w/ light sour cream
1 cup kale

cals:1,497
fat: 51-------30%
carbs: 201 ----54%
protein: 59 -----16%

No going to bed hungry.. and still drinking my peppermint tea all day

[joyfulloser]

Your menu looks delishous! WOW..143...your COOKING with FIRE now girl! GO YOU!!!

Oh yeah...about the pull-ups. I started doing them when I was close to 200 lbs...so..uhhhh uhhhh..you can start at this weight...lol...not letting you off the hook that easy! Here's how to build up to your first pull up:

grab a chair to put in doorway. step up on the chair, grabbing the handles and hang there as long as you can...then try to slowly lower yourself. repeat as much as possible. basically you will only be using your strength to lower, since you are not yet strong enough to lift your bodyweight. Keep doing this every other day (you NEED that day of rest in between and your arms WILL be sore the next day). You will be surprised at how fast your strength increases!

My skinny lil 11 yr old daughter's been doing this and she just yesterday did her first REAL pull up...momma so proud..haha!

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oh yea!!! NEGATIVES!! I forgot all about doing those!!!! THANKS!!!!!!


I love the new menu too!!! I'm so happy right now!

[natamars]

New low weight?? WTG!!!

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Rest day from cardio because I felt a little something in my right hip area and I MOST DEFINITELY dont want to see no hip bursitis issues. So today I may just do some upper body work with p90x and some stretching/callanetics.

Next day to weigh will probably be Sunday or Monday.. depending on how my rest days

Its killing me not to go to the gym because I FEEL HIGHLY ENERGETIC but I dont want to hurt myself either.

Meals for today

Meal 1 - 1130
3/4 cup oatmeal
1 cup yogurt
1/2 oz sunflower seeds

Meal 2
1 apple

Meal 3
Chili with Vegetables
slice gluten free bread
1 ounce cheese


Meal
Rice macoroni
2 cups greens
fresh salsa

Meal
1 cup frozen berries

Left my raisins at work so I have to amend the menu. May add extra blueberries or a peach/nectarine. We'll see.

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I have to say.. The day I see 13X , I am going to call President Obama and ask if it can be a National Holiday. Whatever day it is - I am NOT going to work that day. Period.

OMG! I am so close! I want to go to the gym today!!! waaaaaah. I have been putting some heat on the hip just in case its just a tight muscle. I would love to just get in a 60 minute walk on the treadmill.

[joyfulloser]

Rest...relax...I know...I know...stinks...

Look at it this way...pain is our bodies way to sayin, "SIT DOWNNNNNNNNN and RELAX a MOMENT WOMAN!!!!" LOL!

Reality T.V. helps in times like this.

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Having a HUNGRY day today... Whats funny is I recall this happening before.. my HUNGRY day being on a rest day.... Like my body KNOWS that after rest comes more hardwork and it wants to take full advantage of the day..

This is the first day since starting Amys that I had to take advantage of the extra calories that the plan offers. Every day it gives you an additional "meal" which amounts to an additional 300 calories .

Whats funny is, as I was eating I was searching for the "full" feeling and it took a while before I could even feel the food on my stomach...so strange, indeed.

So... here are the totals for today.. as of right now..

Cals: 1,506
Fat: 53.0 ----31%
Carbs: 208 ----56%
Protein: 51.0 ------ 13%

After I calculated everything I was actually surprised that it didnt turn out to be more.

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Looking a little bloated today. Probably too much sodium yesterday I am sure...

Gym -
75 minutes cardio.. All treadmill.. Got a great run in as well. Glad I took the rest day yesterday.

Will update my meals later.

Meal 1 – 2pm
Enchilada Meal with beans and rice
Kale

Meal 2
½ counce of raw cashews
Miniature box of rains
1 tbsp of sesame seeds

Meal 3
1 cup yogurt
1 cup blueverries
¼ cup oatmeal
2 tsp almonds

Meal 4
1 can of creamy tomato LOW SODIUM soup
1 pc gluten free bread
Salad w/light dressing

I mix the order of my meals or break them down to have more “feedings” aka snacks..

My sweetie is taking me out tonight to a birthday party. The restaurant is an Italian/pizza joint..and then bowling afterward. Well.. I saved my salad from my meals, that way I can have that at the restaurant (and I will bring my own dressing).. that way I don’t have to completely starve it out.

I may save something off of today’s menu for when I get home tonight, or I will bring my lunch bag with me.. and put my snack in there. There will be NO offplan eating at the bowling alley or the restaurant.

I am in it to WIN it.

Enough said.

[DEDIKAYTED]

OK

SO...
DAY 1 - 145.6
DAY 8 - 143.6

WEEK 1 - 2 POUNDS DOWN!! I'll take it!!

so this week... I really need to lose 3 this week for our 30-day challenge that I started with family and friends... But I would love it if I lose anothe 2 for the week as well...

Let's see.. for the challenge, I was supposed to lose 5 pounds in 30 days... so I am supposed to be 140.8 by Sunday. I'll try hard this week to get there!

So Amy's...week 2. I am going to check out this weeks menus to see what I need. I still want to definitely try the vegan version as well. I'm going to take a look a both versions now to see if I want to do the vegan version this week or next week.

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100 minutes of cardio


EATS
Meal 1 -130pm
3/4 cup oatmeal
1 cup skim milk
peach

Meal 2 - 5pm
3/4 ounce almonds
.5 ounce raisins

Meal 3 - 7pm
veggie burger
2 rice flour wraps
steamed brocolli, carrots
lite s cream

Got a late start today so my cals are going to be a little low... I'm missing my official lunch meal. But the rest was well worth missing a meal for. I added an extra rice wrap to get my cals up a little.

cals: 1,006
fat: 30.1
carbs: 150.0
protein: 34.2

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NO workout this morning. I will do an afternoon session today.

EATS

10am
Tofu scramble
Celery


12
strawberries & yogurt w/1 tbsp cashews
***OMG yummy***

2:00pm
Santa Fe Enchilada Bowl
nectarine / peach / yogurt

1 hour cardio - incline and some running

Post workout
8oz milk

As soon as I get home:
salad
Mexican Caserole (store was out of Low sodium brown rice and veggies)

I thought I was done for the day....

Then a rage of hunger came over.. The "weird" kind of hunger that my metabolism is churning through my food... and because I am exercising, please give me some more food now!...

So anyway... I had a packet of oatmeal, 3 strawberries and a handful of cashews.. WTH! I didn't want to eat that

But whatever.. Everyday on the plan has a "additional 300 calorie option" --- so I had that.

Later

[joyfulloser]

How did you do at the restaurant?

[DEDIKAYTED]

Originally Posted by joyfulloser

How did you do at the restaurant?

oh!!!! I kept meaning to post my results! I am glad you reminded me!!!!!!

I took out one of my meals (so I banked around 350 calories).. The plan also called for salad.. so instead of having it at home..... (see below)


We went to Mama Lucia - Italian/PIZZA restaurant. It was a limited birthday menu..

Apps:
wings / mozarella sticks

Salad

New York Pizza (Different Varieties)

Dessert: Gourmet Cupcakes.

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What Dedikayted ate:

2 side salads/ no croutons.. I brought my own dressing (Sugar free 5 calorie Raspberry Vinagrette) and a container with fresh salsa and lite sour cream. Split that between the 2 salads = SUCCESS!
& WATER


Now, when the pizza came out.. Boy oh boy. I would have loved to sink my teeth into just a slice.. but NO WAY! So I passed... Because 1 slice would have meant.. Eat til stuffed with pizza and I didn't have a TREAT day planned while on Amy's.


Then we went bowling. I did have 1 small glass of red wine.

By the time I got home, my body was ready for SOMETHING with a little more substance then lettuce, cucumbers, cilantro... and I had some remaining cals... so :

1 packet of oatmeal
1 cup low carb yogurt
10 almonds

AND MY BODY ATE IT UP!!!


And that's THAT... My sweetie always laughs when I pull out my own dressing....
He looks and says, "There she goes with her hobbit food! " LOL.

Whatever gets the job done!

[joyfulloser]

Isn't that SF Raspberry Vinaigrette DELISHOUS!!! I get really creative sometimes and mix it with 1 tbsp of Hidden Valley Light Ranch dressing for a total of 45 cals....still good, but it actually mixes VERY WELL!

Glad to hear you were able to enjoy yourself AND stay on plan!