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Wednesday, full of tension in the morning because I had to co-teach an onboarding class for new analysts, talking with them about writing and peer review.
Weigh in: Down to 140.7, which is an improvement over "ERR." Meals for Today: Breakfast: Pumpkin oatmeal; egg bake with ham, asparagus and spinach; yogurt with blackberries Snack: Ripe persimmon Lunch: Spring mix with chicken breast, artichokes, edamame, wild rice Snack: MacIntosh apple Dinner: Curried vegetables with coconut milk and tofu Dessert: Pumpkin pie Quest bar Exercise for Today: 20 minutes on the Cybex arc trainer, then Workout 7B of Strong Curves advanced program. |
Isn't "err" what you say when the nurse asks you about your weight? As in, "um, ERR, yeah, I've gained a bit since the last visit."
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Thursday, noticing only in the morning that my home phone had a message on it, and it was about work and it had arrived at 7 PM, a direct report near tears because something hadn't worked. Thus began a day in which I did not do what I'd planned to do because of all the other emergencies that arose.
Weigh-in: 139.6, from walking around intensely in the classroom yesterday. Meals for Today: Breakfast: Three slices of incredibly thin German bread, with a tablespoon each of peanut butter; egg bake with ham, asparagus and spinach; yogurt with cantaloupe Snack: Purple-black seedless grapes Lunch: Spring mix with smoked turkey, string beans, roasted butternut squash, wild rice Snack: MacIntosh apple Dinner: Curried vegetables with coconut milk, chicken breast Dessert: Brownie Quest bar Exercise for Today: 30 minutes on the elliptical, alternating forward and backward, and some accessory work for biceps and triceps |
Last night was the first night of the dog sit. Usually I have some alcohol (they have enough booze, beer, and wine to run their own restaurant) followed by chips and crackers. Then I sleep really poorly and feel like dirt the next day.
Last night I had my planned bowl of grapes and then went to bed just after 9 p.m. Slept until 5 a.m.!!! Change is good. Dagmar :strong: |
Friday, thinking, "Wasn't I supposed to have an easier time of it, starting this week, now that I have fewer direct reports?" But the analyst onboarding class ate up an entire day of work. In any case, I will, yes, once again have to get work done over the weekend.
Weigh-in: 141.5, not surprised since yesterday's meals included some substantial proteins and fats Meals for Today: Breakfast: Two slices of incredibly thin German bread, with about one tablespoon of peanut butter; egg bake with ham, asparagus and spinach; yogurt with blackberries Snack: A large Rome apple, and I'm still hungry at nearly 11 AM Lunch: Spring mix with roasted vegetables, pecans and sardines Dinner: Curried vegetables with coconut milk and a huge boneless chicken breast Dessert: Chocolate chip cookie dough Quest bar Exercise for Today: 20 minutes on the recumbent bike, and then my leg day, as usual. |
Saturday, waking up around 3:30 AM because I went to bed on Friday night not long after 8 PM. Yes, I was that tired. I was going to read in bed but found I didn't even want to hold the book. It felt like a long-accumulated tiredness.
Weigh-in: 141.2, still with some fluid retention in my legs Meals for Today: Breakfast: Three squares of thin, dense German bread, with about two tablespoons of peanut butter; egg bake with turkey bacon layer, asparagus and spinach; yogurt with a ripe persimmon Lunch: Spring mix with marinated artichokes, roasted vegetables, lots of pecans, half an avocado Snack: Rome apple Dinner: Curried vegetables with coconut milk and a huge boneless chicken breast Dessert: White chocolate raspberry Quest bar Exercise for Today: 20 minutes on the Stairmaster, then workout 7C of Strong Curves Advanced, then Pilates mat class |
My mini-goal: to beat saef to the first post of the day. :) And here I thought I am an early riser...
Yesterday was a planned rest day: my first meeting started at 8 am, my last one ended at 7 pm, and there was nothing but meetings and deadlines in between. Food intake was well below maintenance. I haven't stepped on the scale in a while, but I do have a non-scale victory: I comfortably fit into a pair of size 2 (L) pants that I haven't been able to wear in, oh, 3 plus years. They're nothing special, just a pair of basic black cotton trousers from the Gap, but I kept them all these years because, frankly, I hate cleaning out closets. Now I'm glad I did because I also hate shopping and this gives me an extra choice in the mornings. Next stop, the bathing suit drawer! Have a great day, everyone! //kaw |
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Lower body workout yesterday, and I swear half the machines in the gym were broken. (I do squats & deads, but then isolation exercises to top off with leg curls & extensions.) Maybe they are in need of a holiday, too. 145.6 on the scale this morning. I see the slider doesn't do 1/10ths of pounds, and it rounds down. Guess I need to get down to 145.4 to make it honest. :D //kaw |
There you go, Kaw.
Last night, it happened again: I was done with my Saturday around 7 PM, and I went to bed not long after 8 PM, reading for a while before I turned out the light. Either I am fighting off some kind of cold or virus, or I'm getting burnt out and irretrievably psychologically tired, or both. Weigh in: 142.2, because that's what happens after Saturdays. Meals for Today: Breakfast: Three squares of thin, dense German bread, with about two tablespoons of peanut butter; egg bake with turkey bacon layer, asparagus and spinach; yogurt with the last of those memorable persimmons Snack: A Cripps Pink apple, which is a Pink Lady apple developed in 1973 by someone named Cripp but isn't covered by the Pink Lady trademark for intellectual property. Lunch: Spring mix, cold asparagus, roasted vegetables, half an avocado, lots of pecans Snack: About nine grapes Dinner: Last of the curried vegetables, steamed green beans, miso-glazed salmon Dessert: White chocolate raspberry Quest bar Exercise for Today: 20 minutes on the Cybex arc trainer, then Workout 7A2 of the Strong Curves advanced program. |
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About to head off to see my doctor, just for a routine appointment.
At the doctor's office, I said, "Err ..." because my blood sugar is up and my cholesterol is up. Is that Quest bars? Snacking on fruit? Is it stress? My blood sugar on the glucometer was 95 at about 10:20 AM, several hours after breakfast. Weigh in: 142.7, because that's what happens after weekends. But it was 145 on the doctor's scale, with my clothes on. Meals for Today: Breakfast: Three squares of thin, dense German bread, with about two tablespoons of peanut butter; egg bake with turkey bacon layer, asparagus and spinach; yogurt with a perfectly enormous ripe persimmon, as I found more at the market yesterday morning at $1.25 each, and they are worth every bite. Snack: Cripps Pink apple Lunch, provided in a bag by the company: Roast vegetables and goat cheese in an enormous spinach wrap (more of a blanket than a mere wrap), mozzarella and tomato salad Snack: Black seedless grapes Dinner: Shrimp and andouille gumbo with okra, on brown rice Dessert: A brownie quest bar Exercise for Today: 20 minutes on the recumbent bike, then leg day, running later than usual. |
Saef, is your 'thin, dense German bread' pumpernickel or whole grain rye? When you say 'square', do you mean something like half a slice of this?
I've been meaning to say how I admire the many courses you have for brekkie. What do you have to drink? Three questions. Sorry to bombard you - it's the curious researcher in me and I'm keen to learn. :) |
Birchie, you linked to exactly the kind of bread that I've been eating. I got it from my mother, who loves a German-owned discount supermarket chain called Aldi's. (I believe the same company owns Trader Joe's. Aldi's is thronged Upstate by retirees like my mother, who appreciates a bargain.) The brand is Deutsche Kuche and they make a whole grain rye. I eat a slice and a half, actually, cutting the slab-like rectangular slices into two pieces. I like sour things, have always liked a sour rye, and therefore really like this bread, though it is a bit salty. I even like to smell it before eating it. This bread is so stiff that it crumbles easily -- I cut it into pieces partly to be able to handle it better.
I eat breakfast around 5 AM and expect it to hold me till noon, with maybe an apple in between, and just before doing a workout with some fairly decent weights, so if it's not substantial, I am famished and angry. Also at the office, by the time I get there, I'm surrounded by people who've carried back to their desks delicious things from our company's cafeteria and it helps not to be hungry when I smell such things or see pastries. I drink coffee at breakfast, that's all. With Splenda added. Lately it's been an amazing-smelling pumpkin spice, with the emphasis on the "spice" rather than the pumpkin. I know there's cardamom in there, for sure. |
Guten Morgen, saef! That bread is wonderful. It's part of the SO's emergency breakfast kit for when he's at his father's or my mother's. I think he has it with Swiss cheese and pickled chiles. Then he's ready for whatever they fling at him. It really is very good.
We have Aldi here and also Lidl (both cut-price German supermarkets). I've given them both a try but haven't stuck with them for various reasons. I read about the link with Trader Joe's a while ago and I had a spot of cognitive dissonance. I keep having to update my knowledge and attitudes - learning, I suppose! Your comment about the salt in Vollkornbrot is interesting. Clearly it's not bothering the SO (perhaps it should be) but I know salt is one of the things you monitor. I monitor it a bit but also monitor what's likely to be lurking in stuff like the "delicious things from [your] company's cafeteria". I'm not at the demonisation stage but, when I'm on an even keel, I prefer to eat pretty basic whole food type things. Coffee. Interesting. I don't think I could handle it so early. I have a mugful of Morning Time herbal tea (have been doing this for decades) and then move on to coffee or tea (only if someone has made a pot of something weak). But cardamom - so lovely. When he was tiny, the DB used to chew the pods. |
On a Tuesday, brooding over my doctor appointment. He wants another echocardiogram, a full physical, a mammogram and a bone density test, all before the year end. Cynically, I think how he's maximizing profitability per patient.
In reality, I'm reassessing my habits. I need to modify the quantity and macros of foods that I'm eating. I cannot imagine increasing exercise except for walking around a little more during the working day. Can stress increase cholesterol? Weigh in: 145.7, up three pounds from yesterday and over five pounds from last Wednesday. I'm sad to report it's probably those hearty breakfasts that Birchie remarked on and those Arnold-Schwarzenegger-sized chicken breasts. Meals for Today: Breakfast: Pumpkin muffin; egg bake with turkey bacon layer, asparagus and spinach; yogurt with raspberries Snack: Cripps Pink apple with a small handful of peanuts Lunch: Spring mix with arugula, roasted vegetables, cold asparagus, marinated artichokes, pecans, half an avocado Snack: String cheese stick, six black grapes Dinner: Shrimp and okra gumbo on brown rice Dessert: White chocolate raspberry Quest bar Exercise for Today: 20 minutes on the Stairmaster, then workout 8A1 of the Strong Curves advanced program. |
Yikes; why "another" echocardiogram? Why did you need a first one? Are you ok?
I haven't been very good about posting since I went to Barcelona. Not sure why, because I'm more-or-less on plan, food and weight-wise. Which is to say, not losing, just maintaining, through the holiday season. Of course, it's early days yet- the real food onslaught of the run-up to Christmas hasn't started yet. OTOH, I hate Black Friday. I have been getting a sea of brochures, coupons, flyers and online ads to buy-buy-buy: pre-thanksgiving sale, 6 am door-buster promotion, opening-at-6pm-on-Thanksgiving Day sale, and of course, "beat the Christmas rush" messages (really? there can't be any more of a rush than the week of Thanksgiving). It is pathetic that people don't even finish swallowing their turkey before saying goodbye to their family and running of to buy crap. Ok; I'm done. |
One can always say no to tests... Just a reminder that one is not obligated to jump through a doctor's hoops.
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I get an echocardiogram just about yearly. I have a heart murmur in one ventricle which is slightly enlarged.
Since my mother has always had heart murmurs, I asked if it was congenital. The doctor said that it could be, but also, sometimes it's something that improves with changes in lifestyle. And he raised his eyebrows at me, as if I ought to change my lifestyle. When he said that, I felt as if my weight had reverted back to 247 lbs. again. The best I can do without going off into an eating disorder to "change my lifestyle" would be to reduce stress. I already gave up Diet Pepsi due to the lousy new formulation. (Which I know made it better for some people, but for me, I just dislike the taste and get no pleasure from it anymore.) Maybe it's the Quest bars? I don't know. Weigh in: 144.6, down just over a pound. I suspect it's the gumbo, which is nowhere near as salty as restaurant fare, but more so than what I usually eat. I used Better Than Bouillon Lobster base when I made the gumbo broth. Meals for Today: Breakfast: Pumpkin muffin; egg bake with turkey bacon layer, asparagus and spinach; yogurt with another memorable persimmon Snack: Rome apple with about two tablespoons of dry-roasted unsalted peanuts Lunch: Baby arugula, cold asparagus, roasted vegetables, a lot of pecans Dinner: Roasted broccoli, shrimp and okra gumbo on brown rice Dessert: Chocolate chip cookie dough Quest bar Exercise for Today: 20 minutes on the Cybex arc trainer, then workout 8B of the Strong Curves Advanced Program. |
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Well, the pre-Thanksgiving weigh-in was disappointing: up 1.5 pounds. I've been eating well below maintenance since the last weigh-in, so I'll attribute it to water weight fluctuations and move on.
I'm giving myself the day off from dieting today and possibly tomorrow. It's been 5 weeks of hard dieting for me. Time for a mental and physical break before I buckle down for the last 3 weeks before x-mas. Happy Thanksgiving (or Happy Day if you don't celebrate Thanksgiving)! //kaw |
It's Thanksgiving day, just about 7 AM. The gym will open at 8 AM. I'll get in some cardio before hurrying home, jumping in the shower, and then getting in my car and driving for just over four hours, heading Upstate.
That drive can be pleasurable, a rare chance to think and observe the countryside, and hear "Alice's Restaurant" play about three times from different PBS stations in different counties. Or it can be tedious, or sometimes, fraught with tension if it's snowing. Weigh in: I don't like typing out 144.9, but I can feel the fluid retention in my legs, in particular the injured leg. Most definitely, it's the gumbo, which I'll skip tonight in favor of a turkey dinner. Meals for Today: Breakfast: Pumpkin muffin; egg bake with turkey bacon layer, asparagus and spinach; yogurt with maybe the last huge, ripe-to-bursting persimmon Snack: Cripps pink apple Lunch: Spinach salad with roasted vegetables, lots of pecans, a couple black grapes and half an avocado Dinner: Dark meat turkey, steamed green beans with almonds, steamed asparagus, sweet potato, fresh cranberry sauce with Stevia and orange peel, and a heaping tablespoon of stuffing Dessert: Apple pie Quest bar Exercise for Today: 30 minutes elliptical, alternating forward and backward Just randomly, a pyramid of curls: 10 x 17.5 lbs, 8 x 20 lbs, 6 x 22.5 lbs, couldn't manage the 25-lb dumbbells after this |
Waking up unwillingly on Black Friday at my mother's house to my iPhone chiming by the bedside table. They've already had snow up here, though it's been gone for several days. I saw icicles hanging off rock faces in the Southern Tier. I saw one mature bald eagle flying alongside Route 17 near the Livingston Manor exit. Also I came slightly late upon a white SUV that collided head-on with a deer. Many dead deer by the side of the road on this drive. I did not hear any guns going off yesterday during Thanksgiving, despite the perfect weather, though I believe the regular season opened earlier this week.
Weigh-in: On my mother's scale, 143.6 this morning, so possibly I'm down over a pound after my Thanksgiving dinner. I'm not using the same scale but this is consistent with my observation of less fluid retention in my legs. Meals for Today: Breakfast: Pumpkin muffin; egg bake with turkey bacon layer, asparagus and spinach; yogurt with blackberries Lunch: Baby arugula salad, squash with tomatoes, roasted portabellas, cold asparagus, half an avocado, walnuts and some dark turkey Snack: Large red Bartlett pear Dinner: Huge, delicious ocean scallops, roasted brussel sprouts, green beans with almonds, sweet potato, steamed cauliflower Dessert: Berry Bliss Quest bar Exercise for Today: Off to Aspen Fitness, the gym near my mother's home. Their Stairmasters are newer, so my 20 minutes alternated between resistance at eight and resistance at four. Then my leg workout. To my embarrassment, I needed help with re-setting the safety clips on the Smith machine because I hadn't used this particular model before. By an older guy. When I pride myself on being self-sufficient in the free-weight area. |
Another morning of iPhone chimes waking me up. It's so very dark out here. Today we'll be walking around an indoor antique show at the NY State Fairgrounds. I'll bring a salad of my own devising with me because the food there is awful.
Weigh-in: 142 on my mother's scale, so down another pound and a half. This is not due to a caloric deficit but to less salt. Meals for Today: Breakfast: Pumpkin muffin; egg bake with turkey bacon layer, asparagus and spinach; yogurt with cantaloupe Lunch: Baby arugula salad with roasted vegetables, sauteed mushrooms, turkey, walnuts and half an avocado Dinner: Turkey, of course, steamed green beans with almonds, steamed cauliflower, roasted butternut squash, cranberry sauce with stevia Dessert: Cinnamon roll Quest bar Exercise for Today: 20 minutes on the Cybex arc trainer, then Workout 8C of the Strong Curves Advanced program. The free-weight section in this gym is spacious and full of equipment that I don't usually have access to. Still, it's always awkward doing one-minute "holds" on barbell hip thrusts. |
I am doing pretty good. I actually planned through this holiday. The salty meal came with the Japanese steak house where oils and soy sauce get poured heavy right in front of you.
One thanksgiving strategy was to not eat the rolls or drink alcohol all weekend. The company stays forever. I had 1 roll but no booze so far. Friday I got back on plan. Ran a PR in my 6.5 mile run. Happy. Ate turkey leftovers on a salad. And avoided the popcorn at the movie. Dinner was leftover broccoli and a couple Oreo truffles. Today will be a problem- teenage boys here and ordering pizza and other junk for the big football game. Will work the pizza in for lunch and have a healthy dinner |
I have been looking for a Christmas outfit. Got fixated on a blush sweater (which I did buy) with a nice fuzzy texture
https://www.joefresh.com/ca/Categori...WF5R330086_906 and then was stymied by what to wear on the bottom. I kept thinking of some kind of grey "party type" skirt, like chiffon or satin. But that would mean changing the colour of the shoes and pantyhose from black to gray and that would mean buying new shoes and . . . and then I remembered I had two pairs of dress pants that I bought about 12 years ago somewhere in my closet. After rooting around for a bit I found them and memory did serve as one pair is grey. They are in perfect condition as I've only worn each of them 1 or 2 times to funerals - I'm a jeans and cords type so my dress clothes last forever. And they FIT! I am again the same size as I was before menopause and the weight gain/loss. The body parts have changed a bit (lumpier in spots and smaller in others) but the pants are OK. :woohoo: Dagmar :elf: |
I rolled back over when the iPhone chirped (literally, it's a recording of bird song), but I did get up early on Sunday morning in the dark. This is my last full day in Upstate NY.
Weigh-in: At most, 142, at least, somewhere over 141, as I couldn't get the same weigh-in twice this morning. Meals for Today: Breakfast: Pumpkin muffin; egg bake with turkey bacon layer, asparagus and spinach; yogurt with cantaloupe Lunch: Mixed green salad, roasted broccoli, sauteed squash and onion, walnuts and pomegranate arils Dinner: Ribeye steak, steamed asparagus and cauliflower, sauteed mushrooms, roasted butternut squash Dessert: Brownie Quest bar Exercise for Today: Not a very good 20 minutes on the recumbent bike, as it's the Life Fitness model, which doesn't have very good resistance. Then Workout 8A2 of the Strong Curves Advanced program. |
I learned a new word from you Saef: "aril." I immediately knew what it must be, but had always called them seeds. Bet you knew that strawberry seeds are called achenes too (just learned that one last year).
Dagmar, that's a really nice pink sweater, and it is one of the world's most gratifying experiences to have something you haven't worn in years still fit (or fit again). Congrats! As for me, I've had 4 days of overeating, accompanied by the arrival of my period, and haven't stepped on the scale since Thursday. I don't want to know but there's this perverse curiousity too, like "how much can you actually gain in 4 days?" 5 pounds is not out of the question. |
Monday was my last morning spent Upstate, part of it in a dentist's chair. It was my first dental appointment since before my accident, and I had to take four amoxycillin an hour beforehand. Apparently now that I've got metal implanted in my leg, I have to be careful of infections migrating down there.
Weigh-in: "Low Batt" on my mother's scale, which is like "ERR" on mine. So no idea what I weighed. Meals for Today: Breakfast: Two pumpkin muffins spread with almond butter; yogurt with cantaloupe Snack: Red Bartlett pear, while driving, the heater dehydrating me so I wanted something juicy Lunch: Mixed green salad, roasted broccoli, roasted eggplant, onion & pepper, half an avocado, turkey and pomegranate arils Snack: 90-calorie bag of Bare Fruit Fuji apple chips, from TJ Maxx Dinner: Cauliflower with sauteed squash and tomatoes and leftover ribeye steak Dessert: Strawberry cheesecake Quest bar which tastes nothing whatsoever like a cheesecake Exercise for Today: Pike's Peak at resistance of eight for 20 minutes on the Cybex, and then my leg workout. Goodbye, wonderful enormous Upstate gym with all the free weights. I think it used to be a K-Mart or something. I can't imagine having that much floor space in my part of NY -- the rent for it would require a far more lucrative tenant than a gym. |
Tuesday, waking up at home, in my apartment. I have four more days off from work, which I'll spend socializing with friends downtown and going to deferred medical appointments and decluttering -- those neatly stacked piles of paper that keep accumulating even though unlimited online storage was supposed to lead to paperlessness.
Tonight there's a dinner at a Manhattan restaurant that has earned some stars, with an ambitious, driven, exacting friend for whom a starred restaurant is very important -- my former manager who's now working in finance in midtown. Weigh in: 139.5, just as I'd figured, as there's no fluid retention in my injured leg and my stomach is the closest that it ever gets to flat these days with just a pleated, wrinkled roll over the waist from the loose skin Meals for Today: Breakfast: Two pumpkin muffins spread with peanut butter, cantaloupe and yogurt Snack: MacIntosh apple, eaten hurriedly in a dark movie theater Lunch: From Whole Foods' salad bar, about $15 worth of spring mix, raw veggies and baked tofu Snack: Pumpkin Pie Quest bar with a Starbucks coffee, a grande, black, with Splenda, in my least favorite midtown spot Dinner: At http://oceanarestaurant.com/menus/dinner-menu, I had the salad of local greens and steamed halibut and drank lots of Saratoga water Exercise for Today: 20 minutes on the Stairmaster, then workout 9A1 of the Strong Curves advanced program. Forgot about those Zercher squats and how much they hurt my arms. |
Enjoy your days off, Saef. You've earned them! And the fancy (and I'm sure, overpriced) restaurant.
We joke that my hubby goes into "travel mode" before trips... now he's in "surgery mode". No fun to be around!! I know he wants me home early tonight to spend his last normal night with him, so I won't do yoga. Hope I can get to the gym early enough for a UJAM class. Weight up a little today when I'd hoped to see the opposite. I'll be curious to see what happens in the next week while I'm primary caregiver for dh. |
Wednesday, another rainy day, which I plan to spend on domestic chores. There may be some soup-making happening.
Weigh in: 139.8, in the wrong direction, sadly. Meals for Today: Breakfast: Two pumpkin muffins spread with peanut butter, cantaloupe and yogurt Snack: Red Bartlett pear with some fingernail nicks in it Lunch: Squash & tomatoes on chickpeas, marinated artichokes, pecans on a bed of mixed greens Snack: MacIntosh apple Dinner: Salmon with black sesame seeds, roasted butternut squash and roasted brussels sprouts Dessert: White chocolate raspberry Quest bar Exercise for Today: 20 minutes on the recumbent bike, not easy as it looks, then Workout 9B of the Strong Curves Advanced Program, which was tough. |
Thursday brings the end of the rain, and my vague feeling of dissatisfaction with my day off yesterday. I got so sleepy after 7 PM. I didn't really do much, but I needed the downtime.
Or maybe I did more than I think that I did: Went to two grocery stores, filled up the car with gas. Roasted vegetables, brussel sprouts, made an egg bake, made pumpkin crockpot oatmeal and baked salmon, and started the turkey soup in the crockpot overnight. And began researching my next vacation. Still, I feel like I fell into the black hole which is the Internet. I meant go to the nail salon or see a matinee of a movie, and I did neither thing. Today I get imaging done: It's the day of the mammogram and bone density screenings. Weigh in: 139.9, another tick upward, some of it fluid in my ankles. I think that I may retain fluid from excessive sugarfree gum chewing. Meals for Today: Breakfast: Pumpkin steelcut oats; egg bake with artichokes, spinach, mushrooms and ham; blackberries and yogurt Snack: A Cameo apple, speckled and sweet Lunch: Another Whole Foods salad bar special, this time with massaged kale with probably too many sugar-soaked Craisins, raw veggies and roasted veggies, and salmon Dinner: Squash & tomatoes on chickpeas, asparagus, last of steak Dessert: Brownie Quest bar Exercise for Today: 30 minutes on the elliptical, something called "random intervals," moving the resistance up to nine, very hard going, with hills that hit 13 at times. Back in the evening for a 60 minute Pilates mat class. I haven't been to this Thursday night class in months and I enjoyed myself. |
Friday, ostensibly a day off, but I'm answering emails and hosting a half-hour meeting at 10:30 AM that really has to happen this week. Then I'm heading downtown to meet a friend for lunch. Wandering in the city this afternoon ought to be more pleasant now that the rain has stopped.
The mammogram yesterday was fine, but they couldn't do the bone density test because I'd taken a calcium pill that morning. My doctor's receptionist didn't tell me not to. So I had to reschedule that. Weigh-in: 141.7, unfortunately. I didn't feel as though I overate yesterday, but I must have. Meals for Today: Breakfast: Pumpkin steelcut oats; egg bake with artichokes, spinach, mushrooms and ham; blackberries and yogurt Snack: MacIntosh apple, smooth and corporate-looking Lunch: With my friend at this place https://www.thelittlebeet.com/, where I had the Caesar Cardini salad and a San Pellegrino after we fought our way through the tourists crowding Rockefeller Plaza Dinner: Turkey soup with farro and portabello mushrooms Dessert: Cookies and cream Quest bar Exercise for Today: 20 minutes on the Cybex arc trainer, then my leg day workout, adding weight to the abductor/adductor machine because I discovered at the Upstate gym that I could handle it. I did bodyweight step-up lunges to practice for tomorrow's Strong Curves session. I lost my balance repeatedly. |
On Saturday morning, a disrupted routine: I don't have to head to the grocery store at 7 AM to avoid the crowds, so I can use that hour for other tasks. There are things I need to do this weekend for work on Monday. Some days off are better-timed than others -- and mine occurred just when people were picking up projects again after Thanksgiving and trying to get stuff done as the holidays loom.
Weigh-in: 141.5, a little better. Those weigh-ins around 139 are so fleeting. Meals for Today: Breakfast: Pumpkin steelcut oats; egg bake with artichokes, spinach, mushrooms and ham; blackberries and yogurt Lunch: Bibb lettuce, roasted vegetables, cold asparagus, large pecans, low-sugar Craisins, turkey Snack: Red Bartlett pear Dinner: Turkey soup with farro and portabello mushrooms Dessert: Apple pie Quest bar Exercise for Today: 20 minutes recumbent bike, then Workout 9C of Strong Curves Advanced Program, and then a Pilates mat class, which was hard to finish. I felt very tired by the time it was over and didn't really want to walk around afterward for some minor errands, like a trip to the ATM and the drugstore. |
OMG girls I am finally back.Somehow Jan 2015 I accidentally logged off and could not get back on site.Could not get e mail that reset my password which I forgot.Being the computer dummy that I am,I did not connect the problem to my Firefox.Yesterday my son renewed my Kaspersky and set me up with Chrome.On a whim I decided to see if I could get a new password and here I am.I have been here lurking every day and keeping upwith you all through the whole time.
You sure are a determined group of girls.I have been able to maintain my weight of 135 for all this time.My main trick was to get a blood glucometer and follow my blood sugar after each meal and see which foods raise my blood sugar the most.I crossed those foods off my grocery list .I also do not snack between meals.I am not diabetic but my a1c at that time was 6.1 and now is 5.8.It is amazing how much blood sugar can go up even with a small snack.So no snacking and no sugars and very low starches keeps me on the straight and narrow |
I slept long and hard on Saturday night, and I am still moving slowly on Sunday. Yesterday was a bust: All morning at the gym, then saw a matinee of "Spotlight," and after that, I felt just about done for the day. Did not get anything done for work. I'm not going to ask much of myself today. It's back to work tomorrow.
Weigh-in: 141.5, the same as yesterday. If I could hold steady each weekend, I'd get someplace. Meals for Today: Breakfast: Pumpkin steelcut oats; egg bake with artichokes, spinach, mushrooms and ham; decent-size overripe persimmon and yogurt Lunch: Spring mix, roasted vegetables, cold asparagus, walnuts, turkey, Craisins Dinner: Turkey leg, one skinless chicken thigh, sweet potato, steamed asparagus, roasted seasoned broccoli Dessert: Cookies and cream Quest bar Exercise for Today: 20 minutes on the StairMaster, then workout 9A2 of the Strong Curves Advanced program. The three sets of sumo deadlifts near the end of this workout are tough if you up the weights, as I did, rather than treating it as almost an accessory exercise. |
On Monday, back at work, feeling dread, knowing that it won't be as bad as I think, because my workload has lifted slightly.
Weigh-in: 143.2. Just ack! Up 1.7 pounds overnight. Meals for Today: Breakfast: Pumpkin steelcut oats; egg bake with artichokes, spinach, mushrooms and ham; another overripe persimmon and yogurt Lunch: Spring mix, tuna, roasted eggplant and mozzarella, tiny brussel sprouts (they are EVERYWHERE on salad bars and restaurants) Snack: Cameo apple, crunchy and photogenic Dinner: Turkey soup with farro and portabello mushrooms Dessert: White chocolate raspberry Quest bar Exercise for Today: 20 minutes recumbent bike, then Leg Day. |
Tuesday morning, fretting over something someone told me at work confidentially about his department getting eviscerated in six months to a year's time, with its functions moving to Gurgaon and partly replaced through better use of algorithms. He's in shock. It's not my department but it's left me wondering.
Weigh in: 143, down just a bit. Meals for Today: Breakfast: Pumpkin steelcut oats; egg bake with artichokes, spinach, mushrooms and ham; three guavas and yogurt Lunch: Spring mix, cold asparagus, roasted vegetables, walnuts, several forkfuls of hummus Snack: MacIntosh apple, with skin stuck between my teeth afterward driving me crazy through meetings on video Dinner: Three Sriracha glazed chicken thighs, sweet potato, roasted brussel sprouts Dessert: Peanut butter supreme Quest bar Exercise for Today: 20 minutes on the Cybex arc trainer and then Workout 10A1 of the Strong Curves Advanced program. |
Wednesday morning, dressing for a bone density scan in leggings with an elastic waist. The question is whether my slight Vitamin D deficiency means I have more fragile bones, or whether my strength training has shored me up somewhat.
Weigh in: 142.7, down another fraction. Meals for Today: Breakfast: Pumpkin steelcut oats; egg bake with artichokes, spinach, mushrooms and ham; three guavas and yogurt Lunch: Spring mix, chickpeas and edamame, roasted vegetables, marinated artichokes Snack: Large fibrous and not very juicy seedless orange -- but it made my office smell wonderful, like a spritz of citrus room freshener Later Snack: Glossy Cameo apple Dinner: Three Sriracha glazed chicken thighs, sweet potato, roasted brocccoli, steamed asparagus Dessert: Brownie Quest bar Exercise for Today: 20 minutes on the Stairmaster, the toughest cardio machine that I subject myself to, and then Workout 10B of the Strong Curves Advanced program |
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