You know, this is the first time I have written down what I eat in a day. Wow does it make a difference!! When you have to look at it all in front of you, you don't eat as much!
Foods:
Breakfast (345 Calories + coffee)
Spinach Omelet
spritz olive oil in pan
egg 70 cal
egg whites from carton 60 cal
Handful of spinach
2% cheese 40 cal
high fiber english muffin 100 cal
1 teaspoon blackberry jam 20 calories
coffee w/sugar and cream
juice 55 cal
Lunch: (325 Calories)
EarthGrains 100% Whole Wheat Thin Buns 100 Calories
1 slice Gouda cheese 65 calories
4 slices Hormel Natural Choice Smoked Deli Ham 60 Calories
Romaine lettuce leaves
Thinnest swipe of mayo
Pringles 100 Calorie Pack
Brittany, Welcome. Seeing everything written out is a shock sometimes {like my cereal of today} but it really helps keep me in line.
LumiFan, I took some Aleve today and feel much better. My Mom swears by the stuff. Says taking it is the secret to getting old, and not being creaky and in pain. She had back surgery many years ago and still has neck problems, but since she started taking the Aleve every day she's felt much better. I save it for special occasions.
Artic, I've recently become a fan of pilates. I don't like the 'mat-work' exercises {saw, single leg stretch etc} but like the leg circles, bridge, side-lying leg raises, etc. I workout with DVD's so have been known to skip the exercises I dont' like. I finally figured out the 'imprint' and have had great success with it. Some instructors don't imprint but I find it helps me.
Its past my bedtime, and I have an early day tomorrow.
Penguin...glad you're feeling better. I think i might go pick up some aleve myself. We're all out. I am sooo exhausted from 3 days in a row of spinning. My lower back is bothering me...so, i think i'll do like you and get some aleve in me.
Brittany...how true that having our food written out helps. Just for myself, i see it as an embarressment if i have to write down that i am eating too much junk food. My youngest just turned 8 this week and we have just a few slices of her birthday cake left. I LOVE cake!! lol. But i only allow myself to have two or three bites a day of the cake. I hate wasting it when i spent so much money for it...but also, i love birthday cake. But as long as i am eating at my set calorie limit, it's okay to have just a couple bites.
Diana...i like how you work your favorite ice cream treat into your day too. I was going to let myself have some ice cream last night...but we got our new tv in and by the time we got it set up and all....it was 9:30pm and i was exhausted. So...figured i'd just have to wait till today. lol.
I really haven't slept enough this week and because of that I have been lazy and made some bad food choices, which I am not proud of, however I am still trying to stay OP as much as possible - I can honestly say I haven't been that bad but my confession: I did eat chocolate and fries yesterday. There I said it now I can move on and start another day.
I should also consider an earlier bed time ...
Here is the plan for 2/25/2010
Breakfast - 1 small banana muffin (homemade with whole wheat flour, very little sugar and butter) + 1 yoghurt + 1 banana + 2oz light chedder cheese
Snack AM - 6 carrot sticks + 12 raw almonds + 12 pistachios + 1 apple
Lunch - 1 WW whole wheat bun with white meat chicken, spinach and very small amount of mayo + 1 cup edamame (soy beans) + 1 clementine
Snack PM - 1 Luna bar
Dinner - Chicken Stir-Fry (4oz chicken, red peppers and sugar snap peas, homemade marinade and brown rice)
Drinking: 1 morning coffee + 2L water throughout the day (some with green tea) + 1 diet pepsi
Exercise: 20mins on the elliptical + 15 mins weights
Breakfast
2 nutrigrain blueberry waffles
1/2 tbsp light veggie oil "butter"
1 tbsp low cal syrup
1 cup 1% milk
Snack AM
small cup of coffee w/ 1/2 & 1/2 and sugar
Lunch
2 oz lean ground beef w/ taco seasoning
3 cups shredded lettuce
half of 1/3 cup of shredded 2% cheese
tomato, onion
2 tbsp light sourcream
2 tbsp salsa
H2O
Snack PM
1 medium gala apple
2 tbsp peanut butter
H2O
Dinner
2 oz grilled chicken
1 cup homemade stirfry w/ veggies and brown rice in a garlic sauce
1 low cal veggie eggroll w/ 1/2 tbsp soy sauce and 1 tsp hot mustard
H2O
Exercise: Day 10 EA Sports Active Wii 30 Day Challenge
This is like the 4th time I have said I am going to do this workout and haven't yet. What is my problem? I need my workout motivation back! But I am going to do it tonight!
Breakfast: egg, slice of cheese and 1/2 cup of cottage cheese
Lunch: string cheese
Dinner: Restaurant/broiled seafood platter, salad, spinach, string beans
Desert: Fudge bar
Lumifan Previously I had problems having ice cream in the house. I have made progress and have been able to have it. But 1/2 a cup???? Who determined a serving is 1/2 cup. I still can't have brownies and candy. I don't have the self control for that. I have found these Philsbury Brownie Bites that I bake. It's only 6 brownies. I bake them when my Mom comes over. It allows for 2 brownies for each of us. They are 100 calories a piece, and they are delicious!
Lauren I'm tired, too and ready for the weekend.
Fashin Did you get that workout done?
Foods:
Breakfast (345 Calories + coffee)
Spinach Omelet
spritz olive oil in pan
egg 70 cal
egg whites from carton 60 cal
Handful of spinach
2% cheese 40 cal
high fiber english muffin 100 cal
1 teaspoon blackberry jam 20 calories
coffee w/sugar and cream
juice 55 cal
Lunch: (325 Calories)
EarthGrains 100% Whole Wheat Thin Buns 100 Calories
1 slice Gouda cheese 65 calories
4 slices Hormel Natural Choice Smoked Deli Ham 60 Calories
Romaine lettuce leaves
Thinnest swipe of mayo
Pringles 100 Calorie Pack
Exercise:
~The Firm Cardio Sculp - It seemed like they went to the floor a little too early for me so I did an add on
~Jillian's Cardio Kickbox
~Incredible Abs
11:30am ~ Old Venice starter salad with balsalmic dressing, 1/2 meatball sub, water, 4 choc squares
6:30pm ~ Laughing Cow cheese wedge + 7-8 Triscuit
8pm ~ homemade sweet and sour chicken with veggies 3 cups, 1/2 cup rice water
10pm ~ Fiber One choc bar
Exercise
40min pilates/ballet
40min lower body and abs on stab ball
ped ~ 3,210
Welcome, MamaP and Schubunny
Fashin, I have times where I pull out a workout DVD, put it on the top of my case to do/try that week, and several weeks later there it still sits. I call it 'dread factor' Can you skip to Day 11 then go back to 10?
Lauren, I hear you on the bedtimes. I set a bedtime for 10:30pm but I keep getting into bed later and later.
Oh my gosh...i don't know what happened to me yesterday. I just had the munchies. I guess that soup was not filling as long as it needed to be. Or...i was having kind of a down day for some reason, and i ate. It's not like i wasn't busy or anything. I was painting all day and cleaning and rearranging. But still, i made time for bad choices. Well...i have spinning this morning so i think that might help me to keep motivated and make good choices today. I sure hope so. The scale was up 2 pounds today. But i know that it is mostly sodium because i didn't drink near as much water as i normally do. Maybe i need to spin 5 days a week, even if i'm not giving it 100% every time because that way i drink my water and i know i just worked out hard and don't want to ruin what i just did.
Food for today:
Breakfast:
Coffee 90 cal.
egg quiche 140 cal.
Lunch:
Jr Arbys roast beef sandwich 200 cal.
1/2 small fry 120 cal.
Snack:
100 cal pack cookies 100 cal.
Dinner:
2 pieces fried chicken (1 small, 1 medium piece)
2 tablespoons mac&cheese
1 small bisquit
Dessert:
1/2 cup mint chocolate chip ice cream 150 cal.
Exercise: 50 minutes spinning
Last edited by lumifan4ever; 02-27-2010 at 01:19 PM.
Hi Everyone! Happy Friday!! Sooooo looking forward to the weekend. Going to see a Weight Loss Clinic tomorrow for a consultation which I think is exactly what I need to boost my weight loss. It seems to have stalled - up and down then up then down again - so hopefully after putting together a new program I can start losing again!
MamaP Welcome aboard
lumifan - I have the same problem with my water! On the days I don't do some type of exercise I drink probably just enough water if not a little less than I am supposed too. But on days I do work out a drink a lot. Something to work on I guess.
Here is my 2/26/2010 - can you believe it's almost March already!?!?
Hee Hee, I can do it too. 
I still can't have brownies and candy. I don't have the self control for that. I have found these Philsbury Brownie Bites that I bake. It's only 6 brownies. I bake them when my Mom comes over. It allows for 2 brownies for each of us. They are 100 calories a piece, and they are delicious!
