Well my big salad last night turned into fish tacos. At least I got that out of the house.
E~30 minutes treadmill, my foot is feeling a little bit better
B~small egg burrito, small bowl pea soup (yeah, I'm cleaning out the fridge!)
S~dates and almonds
L~tomato soup
S~yogurt
D~breakfast: egg mcmuffins, hash browns, cantaloupe
Megan - sounds like you need a personal day at home to catch up with your life!
Yesterday, hmmm, it's over, and I've grocery shopped, so I'm just moving on.
B - oatmeal with flax seed, blueberries, walnuts, milk; ww toast;
S - fruit (I keep those little plastic cups in my office - several choices)
L - SmartOnes frozen Santa Fe Rice & Beans over mixed greens
S - cottage cheese with strawberries
D - baked salmon, baked red potatoes, veggies
Hey everyone, I finally think I will live after all. I only have 2 weeks before OPERATION BUSINESS SUIT, so I gotta pull myself up and get back on plan. I think I was bloated last week, I haven't been brave enough to get back on the scale, but my pants fit better today.
B - Trader Joe's low fat Greek yogurt, cherries (they were frozen, I defrosted them)
L - big salad with leafy greens, pomegranate seeds, chicken, a few pumpkin seeds, shredded red cabbage, carrot shreddies, a few crunchy onions and Trader Joe's fat free balasalmic vinaigrette
S - no sugar added cocoa
S - mango
S - string cheese, mini dill pickles
D - leftover soup - chickpea, collard green and sausage, with 130 calories of bread
I'm going to the gym today, even if I just WALK on the treadmill. I haven't had much energy, so I'm going to be gentle with myself but I have to get back in the habit.
Today:
Exercise -planning at least 30 minutes on the stationary bike when I get home
B: Smoothie, coffee
S: string cheese
L: Grilled chicken sand no mayo
S: .20 serving of kashi left in my box, 3oz pack of salmon, 4 grams of chocolate covered candy coated sunflower seeds
D: turkey sausage over rice
S: peanut butter graham cracker
S: chocolate milk with protein powder post exercise
I'm realizing that I am going to eat a small piece of candy at night so I have to allow for it during the day. I don't know what I'll end up eating, but I have about 200 calories to play with for the day. Ideally, I'll have a 30 calorie piece of taffy and then eat something practical like an apple, but we'll see.
I just pushed all my sad into a circuit-training session that lasted an hour and 10 minutes and totally kicked my butt. So. Hard. I'm really enjoying designing these circuits, though...sort of fun to mix things up! And my heart rate stays up in the 130's to 170's pretty much the whole time.
This is what I did today...each teal bar is a circuit break, so I go through one set of all the exercises through the cardio/circuit break, then repeat the circuit two more times, doing the cardio each time at the end. Then I go to the next circuit.
Oh my Amanda, I'd be a puddle on the floor by the end.
Glory, glad you're feeling better. Wanted to let you know, if you didn't, that Dr. Pratt, the Superfoods man, has a new book out called Superhealth. I've only glanced through it, but I have it at home to read now.
Shannon - you're right. If you know that reaslistically you're going to eat the candy, just plan for the calories, and move on. It's not like you're eating whole 2# bags of it!
Hey Pat! I saw that Pratt had a new book out, I'm going to check it out of the library, thanks for the reminder.
I did work out, I burned around 250 calories. I didn't run very much and I felt pretty weak and like jelly. Still, it's a good habit I need to KEEP UP.
Speaking of books, I ordered a used copy of "Rethinking Thin" and it arrived last night. I'm going out of town for work for 3 nights next week and will definitely be taking it with me.
Glory, operation business suit is coming up fast! Glad to hear the pants fit better today.
I now must begin Operation: April Weightlifting Competition Training (subtitled lose that stupid belly pudge before you have to be weighed in public). If you read the weekly chat, I sort of got coerced into entering this competition... anyway, um, I'm really nervous (stupid of me but most nervous about having my weight announced in public, as I am a pretty high weight for my height)... and so bring on the chicken breasts, protein pancakes, and cottage cheese.
Wednesday's plan:
B - 1 1/4 c. Kashi Vive cereal, 1 c. sk milk, coffee w/ 1 T. h&h, small banana
L - 1/2 or whole (haven't decided yet) flax ww wrap, tuna made w/ smashed avocado instead of mayo, 1 c. carrots & 1 c. celery, light sour cream ranch dip
S - 1 oz. sunflower seeds, 6 oz. light yogurt, blueberries
gym
D - making a Clean Eating recipe of stir-fry "not so sweet and sour pork" with udon noodles
No cake! Remember Operation: AWC!!!
My calories were low yesterday (did not feel like several of my snacks), so we went and got frozen yogurt last night for dessert. It's an ordeal because we like to eat it at home and the nearest place is 20 minutes away, so it involves ice chests and etc. But it was worth it and I had room for it. And I got a sugar free kind, so its not high on the refined carb scale.
The scale is down several pounds from it's highest point (around 175.5...total eek). I am convinced that at least some of it must have been weird water fluctuation, but no matter. 171 is at least starting to get back to where I need to be.
Today's plan:
B - Egg whites, veggies, and turkey bacon, orange
S - Deli turkey roll-ups w/ pickle and laughing cow
L - Leftovers - Chicken breast cooked with pizza sauce, basil, and 2% mozzarella (AKA Pizza Chicken), Zucchini cooked with basil, tomato, parm, a little more mozzarella, and a slice of bacon (AKA Squash Bake)
S - Yogurt, Apple
S - Veggies and Hummus
D - Ground turkey breast meatloaf with lots of veggies grated in, brussels sprouts, side salad
S - NSA Ice Cream Bar
E - 55 min Yoga Booty Ballet (try to get my muscles less sore after yesterday's circuit of doom), 60 min elliptical
E~30 minutes treadmill, my foot is feeling better, but still not 100%
B~2 slices ww toast, dry
S~grapefruit
L~soup, apple
S~yogurt
D~stir fry chicken on rice, 1 egg roll (baked)
Okay, I bailed on Operation: No Seconds yesterday. I was upset about my weight, annoyed that it was too cold outside to go exercise, and for some reason I got stuck in that mindset of, "I'm not going to lose weight anyway, so I might as well eat another big bowl of spaghetti." Yes, I know how stupid that is. That spaghetti was darn good though!
Wednesday:
B - shredded oats, milk
S - banana
L - Amy's lentil soup
S - apple, yogurt
D - lentil coconut soup, green beans
S - two slices of sourdough
Total - 1515
Exercise - none
Last edited by paperclippy; 02-05-2009 at 09:39 AM.
Ah Jessica, we've all been there I'm sure. I know I have.
Yesterday went as planned for me. Yay.
TOday:
B - ww toast w/pb&j (overslept - had this and coffee while I dressed)
s - 7 walnuts halves, .5 oz of dark choc (broke it up and ate together - kinda like trail mix)
L - turkey, lf cheese, lettuce, roasted red peppers on lc wrap (warm to melt cheese)
S - cottage cheese, pear
D - either leftover salmon or pork chop, starch, veggie (DH may not be home which will influence my choice)
Yes, I know how stupid that is. That spaghetti was darn good though! 
