No excuses! Maintainers Food & Exercise Accountability 2/16-2/22
I guess I'll start the thread this week! I've been flim-flamming a little bit getting myself on board with trying to eat totally clean and OP over the next 2 1/2 (now really 2) months. I'm trying to totally commit. Yesterday I made a quadruple batch of protein pancakes, Chinese Chicken Salads for lunches for the week, and Saturday night I made Turkey Meatloaf, so I've got my meal plan for the week and prepped.
Monday:
B - protein pancake, 1 Tbsp. sf jam, 1 c. skim milk, coffee w/ 1 Tbsp h&h
S - large orange
L - Chinese Chicken Salad
Lunchtime walk ~1.5 miles
S - 6 oz. light yogurt, small apple
Gym - cardio and abs
D - Turkey meatloaf, steamed asparagus
Evening seminar I'm responsible for - Snacks I made this time include a fruit platter w/ cream cheese dip, cookies, and a lowfat spinach artichoke dip & crackers
This brings me to 1200 cals before the seminar. I will stick to fruit and the lowfat dip if I snack there. Otherwise, I've got cottage cheese and pineapple at home.
I had some wine and chocolate on Saturday which led me right into too much sugar on Sunday. I've noticed that pattern before - when I go indulge in too much candy on one day I then tend to do it for the next several days. Ice cream, cookies, baked goods and snack food doesn't cause the same reaction, just candy. Of pretty much any kind. So, haven't tallied up Sunday yet, but I'm figuring I probably got 25% of my calories in sugar.
Today:
B: Smoothie, sugar-free non-fat caramel vanilla latte
S: string cheese
L: going out to lunch with DH who is off work today - most likely soup and a sandwich
S: Kashi Go Lean
D: Carnitas, rice
S: Oatmeal cookie or skinny cow
NO CANDY
Exercise: 15 mins lower body & ab, 45 mins elliptical
Hi everyone! I need some extra accountability. I am flailing around a bit, eating well most of the time, but need that extra push. I really want to hit goal by the end of March.
B - lowfat cheese blintzes with blueberries, cafe au lait
L: Tuna wrap on flatout multigrain, clementines
S: 1% latte and nanner
D: chicken breast, broccolini, coconut oil, strawberries
S: luna bar
Exercise: The Firm Cardio Overdrive (done!), 30 minutes upper body strength
I haven't exercised all weekend. I've been very lazy. In fact, Saturday I took not one but two naps! I thought that would cause me to have a bad night's sleep, but I slept great!
B~banana, 4 dates, 1 strawberry
S~2 bites of pineapple, 1 chocolate (must get DD out of the house with all her Valentine's candy)
L~not sure yet, perhaps chicken and rice
D~flank steak, salad, small potato
I am sick, sick, sick and exhausted after the Valentine's marathon. Ugh.
B - Protein bar (was running errands and needed -something-
L - Tuna on alternative bagel w/ light cheese
D - Shrimp and Veggie Asian Noodle Soup (Shrimp, a few cellophane type noodles, zucchini, bean sprouts, napa cabbage, carrot, green onion).
S - NSA Ice Cream Bar
Lots of water. I probably shouldn't exercise but I probably will do something.
Monday:
B - oatmeal squares, milk
S - 2 mandarins
L - chilaquiles
S - mandarin, apple, yogurt
D - pasta w/sauce, parmesan, green beans
S - slice of bread w/pat of butter
Total - 1548
Exercise - none today, I am achingly sore from my run yesterday and workouts last week and I think I need to recover if I'm going to do my NRLW workout tomorrow.
Last edited by paperclippy; 02-17-2009 at 10:41 AM.
I am officially putting the scale on notice. I think it's possibly broken, actually, because I consider it to be vaguely IMPOSSIBLE that I've a) gained 15 lbs (that's FIFTEEN) in 3 days, and b) that this could all occur while still fitting in my skinny jeans. Even with salt-related water retention, hormone-related water retention, and cold-medicine related water retention, FIFTEEN????
I'm hoping to be feeling better tomorrow, well enough to do normal workouts. The chest congestion got a bit better this evening, but that may have been the cold medicine. In the meantime, I'm taking a scale break for the rest of the week, so long as I stay on plan. It is making me destructive (teetering between "I'm so over the red line! I don't care if I'm sick, I need to do double cardio" and "Since it doesn't matter WHAT I eat, screw it! I want a cookie". It's not helping and it is hurting, so we're putting it away for a week.
B - Egg whites w/ veggies, orange
S - Apple w/ laughing cow
L - Leftover - Asian Shrimp and Veggie Soup
S - Protein shake w/ PB2
S - WW low carb tortilla, laughing cow, turkey breast, greens
D - Chicken skewer, butternut squash, roasted asparagus
S - NSA Ice Cream Bar
E - 60 min elliptical, 60 min strength circuits (if my chest congestion is still bad, I'll lift without the cardio circuiting)
Amanda, um, yes, I think your scale is crazy! I have never heard of 15 lbs of water retention. Feel better soon!
Yesterday I ran 4 miles at the gym, walked 2.5, so was a really good cardio day. (Though I still can't talk myself into trying any intervals.) I ate more snacks that I intended at the seminar, and an extra protein bar with my dinner beforehand b/c I was starving, so I ended up over plan somewhere around 1800-1900 calories for the day. I'm not going to lose weight doing this! Grumble.
Tuesday:
B - protein pancake, 1 Tbsp. sf jam, 1 c. skim milk, coffee w/ 1 Tbsp h&h
S - large orange
L - Chinese Chicken Salad
Lunchtime walk ~1.5 miles
S - small apple, 1/2 oz. raw almonds, lowfat string cheese
Gym - elliptical and deadlift training
D - Turkey meatloaf, cauliflower, artichoke w/ a little light mayo/vinegar dressing
Sigh. I think I need to readjust my calorie targets. My weekdays have been right on track of 1400-1600, with the weekends going higher, just like I used to do to lose weight, but it's not working. I think I need to kick the weekdays to 1200-1400 instead so I have more wiggle room on the weekend, because eating 1200 calories on a Saturday just is not going to happen.
Tuesday:
B - oat bran w/raisins, just fruit, 1 tsp brown sugar, milk
S - mandarin, banana
L - chilaquiles
S - mandarin, apple, yogurt
D - planning on winter garden special chicken (my parents' recipe from Madame Wong's Long-Life Chinese Cooking, but modified to avoid the deep frying!)
Total - will update later, I don't have the chicken recipe on hand
Exercise - planning on NRLW 2A today at lunch. We'll see if my sore butt can take it.
I didn't get up and exercise this morning. I'm going to try for an evening workout this week. I think these super early mornings are catching up to me. Otherwise why would I need two naps on Saturday? I mean really!
B~rice chex, 1/2 banana, ff milk
S~banana
L~Smart Ones chicken teriyaki with vegetables, plum
S~yogurt (darn it, darn it, I bought REGULAR Activia instead of Activia light. That's an additional 40 calories per cup)
D~egg mc muffins, hash browns, melon
E~will go for 45-60 minutes on the treadmill while watching Wheel and Jeopardy (I know how to live, don't I?)
B - ww toast, hb egg, banana
S - ff latte
L - self-constructed bean burrito: beans, avocado, wrap, salsa, lf sour cream (forgot the lettuce at home), clementine
S - cottage cheese with blueberries
D - new recipe - shrimp with green beans, asparagus, rice
Yesterday was OP, traded out chips and salsa for extra corn tortillas with dinner and my skinny cow for a vitamuffin top. Only had one small piece of taffy and no other candy. I did exercise last night, I was proud of that.
Today:
At the hospital with MIL surgery all day, so got up at 3am... So you will notice two breakfasts...
B:3am - kashi go lean, lowfat vanilla yogurt, coffee
S: 6am -dunkin donut, more coffee
B: 8:30am - small pb&j from my snack bag
L: turkey burger on whole wheat, shrimp egg roll, chocolate ice cream I split with DH - all from the hospital cafeteria, so hopefully low sodium
No idea on food or exercise for the rest of the day... Depends on how the rest of the day goes.
ETA:
D: chicken BLT, sunchips, lemonade in the cafeteria. We didn't eat until almost 8 and the salad looked less than fresh, the wrap wasn't at all appealing to me, and the 'heart healthy veggie lasagna' seemed to be pretty old. So, the only item I could get fixed fresh was a fried chicken blt, and even then they had to heat the already cooked chicken on a griddle... paying for that choice with tummy upset as we speak.
No exercise tonight, just got home. Setting alarm for six in hopes of exercise in the AM.
Last edited by Shannon in ATL; 02-17-2009 at 09:46 PM.
OP Today - I converted my butternut squash into butternut squash soup, which was an extra 10 calories but way soothing given the cold situation.
B - Egg whites scrambled with veggies and salsa, orange
S - Apple w/ Laughing Cow wedge
L - Leftovers - Grilled chicken skewer, roasted asparagus, butternut squash soup
S - Protein shake w/ PB2
S - Wrap w/ WW tortilla, laughing cow, deli turkey, greens
D - Turkey breast meatloaf topped w/ ketchup, green beans with lemon and garlic, side salad
S - NSA Ice Cream Bar
B- hardboiled egg,ww toast, banana
S - ff latte, clementine
L - my morning meeting morphed into Mexican food - groan. I had some chicken wrapped in a burrito - weird to have nothing in there with it but it seemed the best choice. Ate part of the refried beans and a little rice. About 5 chips with salsa. Whatever - I'm still full at 6:30, so may skip dinner altogether, or eat some pb toast with tea later in the evening.
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No excuses! Maintainers Food & Exercise Accountability 2/16-2/22
