Just going for the bare minimum as I'm behind and need to catch up. Today was another good day. My clothes fit nicely and I didn't feel like they were being stretched. I am still looking with longing at the new shirts I purchased a while ago, so soon I will be wearing them. Here's how the food got to my belly:
Breakfast: Egg sandwich with avocado, turkey, tomato on a skinny bun. Banana and 20oz of cold water.
Had an early lunch so no snack: Hamburger with an egg and tomato on whole wheat toasted bread. Chips and sesame stix. Awesome lunch felt very satisfied.
Snack: Peanut Butter cookie Larabar
Dinner: Spinach salad with avocado, tomato, cauliflower, salmon patty, and steak strips on a roll. Good dinner and am satisfied tonite, not like last night.
Did the cardio workout after work and had another great workout. Keeping the flow going I was on the elliptical as I try to get comfortable. I remember when I started on the treadmill I had to work up to it. I saw a guy not holding onto the arms so I know it can be done. I really cranked it up though on the elliptical almost running. Will keep pushing on the elliptical for now.
Thursday, May 31, 2012
Day 125
Here we are one hundred and twenty-five days in and I'm feeling like I could do the two hundred and one standing on my head. I'm still not eating the best but I continue to make good decisions most of the time. I'm eating more veggies and enjoying the new choices very much. The beets and yam are definitely going to be on my list from now on.
Breakfast: Egg sandwich with avocado, tomato, and turkey on a skinny bun. Banana and 20oz of cold water.
Snack: Greek yogurt
Lunch: Wrap with chicken meatballs, cauliflower, and onion.
Snack: nothing
Dinner: Spinach salad with tomato, cauliflower, salmon patty, steak strips, avocado, and a small roll. Also an orange with a big handful of sesame stix. I didn't feel full so that's where the orange and sesame stix came from. I will basically have the same thing tomorrow so I'll make sure I have a bigger salad. That should work.
Went to the gym after work and did a weight workout. I can feel it in my arms so I must have done a good job. Once again a workout that L wrote up for me. I like that she listens to me and comes up with stuff I feel good about doing. With her help I'll be getting down to my target weight, 200lbs. There I put it in black and white so I've got to do it now.
Breakfast: Egg sandwich with avocado, tomato, and turkey on a skinny bun. Banana and 20oz of cold water.
Snack: Greek yogurt
Lunch: Wrap with chicken meatballs, cauliflower, and onion.
Snack: nothing
Dinner: Spinach salad with tomato, cauliflower, salmon patty, steak strips, avocado, and a small roll. Also an orange with a big handful of sesame stix. I didn't feel full so that's where the orange and sesame stix came from. I will basically have the same thing tomorrow so I'll make sure I have a bigger salad. That should work.
Went to the gym after work and did a weight workout. I can feel it in my arms so I must have done a good job. Once again a workout that L wrote up for me. I like that she listens to me and comes up with stuff I feel good about doing. With her help I'll be getting down to my target weight, 200lbs. There I put it in black and white so I've got to do it now.
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Day 124
First day back from a three day weekend. What a crazy start to the work week. Our computers were whacked out and so caused many headaches for half the day. I did go to the gym and had a great workout. All cardio today but I ventured onto the elliptical for an extended time. Normally I might do a couple of minutes but today I went for four minutes before switching to the treadmill. I'll keep doing that so as to get familiar with the elliptical. I'm feeling better and better as the weight comes off. I am looking forward but have to keep my eye on the present also. Here's the list of chow:
Breakfast: Egg sandwich with avocado, turkey, tomato, and skinny bun. Banana and 20oz of cold water.
Snack: Greek yogurt
Lunch: Wrap with chicken meatballs from Trader Joe's, cauliflower, tomato, and salsa.
Snack: nothing
Dinner: Spinach salad with cauliflower, tomato, steak strips, and a small roll. 5.5oz V-8 low sodium with a couple of handfuls of potato chips and a big handful of sesame stix. Also some roasted beet.
Breakfast: Egg sandwich with avocado, turkey, tomato, and skinny bun. Banana and 20oz of cold water.
Snack: Greek yogurt
Lunch: Wrap with chicken meatballs from Trader Joe's, cauliflower, tomato, and salsa.
Snack: nothing
Dinner: Spinach salad with cauliflower, tomato, steak strips, and a small roll. 5.5oz V-8 low sodium with a couple of handfuls of potato chips and a big handful of sesame stix. Also some roasted beet.
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Day 123
So an extra day off and I didn't eat myself into misery. As a matter of fact when I did eat I tried to be aware of what I was eating and how much. I hadn't planned on going to the gym but ended up going for a bike ride and was glad I did. The weather was not the best but I figured if I wasn't going to go to the gym I should at least do something exercise like. I did spend the morning doing something I've not done before and that was shooting a real gun. Actually three different guns. All pistols and I discovered another reason to work out. To hold the pistol steady you have to have strong arms. You stand there sighting in the target and your hands start to shake. So gotta work on those biceps and triceps. Also went to the chiropractor and had a good session. Came away feeling well adjusted. Ok here's what I ate on my day off:
Breakfast: Greek yogurt and almonds with 20oz of cold water.
Lunch: Chicken burger with fries. I had them hold the mayo and I only ate half of the fries. Had ketchup on the fries. Drank two ice teas with no sweetener.
During the rest of the day I ate some sesame stix (small bowl), and some other similar stuff that didn't register with my brain and I didn't write it down. That's a big fail on my part. I'm supposed to be keeping track of my food intake and this time I really blew it. But I know what I had for
Dinner: The Mexican salad from Trader Joe's. I added some roasted beet and had a small roll with it. Also some sesame stix.
Breakfast: Greek yogurt and almonds with 20oz of cold water.
Lunch: Chicken burger with fries. I had them hold the mayo and I only ate half of the fries. Had ketchup on the fries. Drank two ice teas with no sweetener.
During the rest of the day I ate some sesame stix (small bowl), and some other similar stuff that didn't register with my brain and I didn't write it down. That's a big fail on my part. I'm supposed to be keeping track of my food intake and this time I really blew it. But I know what I had for
Dinner: The Mexican salad from Trader Joe's. I added some roasted beet and had a small roll with it. Also some sesame stix.
Monday, May 28, 2012
Day 122
Day two of a three day weekend. Always a fun time until the day you have to go back to work. I decided that it would be a goof off day especially from the gym. In celebration of the local famous race Ski to Sea I went for a bike ride. Went for about an hour and it felt good. I went a bit of a different way, actually parts were from my normal summer ride. I wanted to try a different track today. I did push it though as I went out for lunch and had a burger. If you can't occasionally eat stuff you like than you'll never enjoy your life. So I will always eat stuff I like just not every day or at least if I can help it. So how did I do?
Breakfast: Oatmeal with lemon curd and 20oz of cold water.
After the bike ride: A bacon cheeseburger with a pile of onion rings. Also a Mike's Harder lemon-aide drink, alcoholic.
Dinner: Three egg frattata with onion, garlic, spinach and some steak slices. For dessert I had an apple fritter.
So you can see I didn't really eat the way I normally do, but didn't go crazy either. The cheeseburger and onion rings had been on my mind for a while so finally decided to go for it. I have figured out that if I'm craving something and I try to avoid it then I'm in trouble. I will end up eating other stuff but not responsibly. So go ahead and have the burger. I did have them hold the mayo and 1000 island dressing and just had the burger dry. I'm sure it didn't make a big difference but it did help some. And that's the important thing, try to make small changes towards the big picture.
Breakfast: Oatmeal with lemon curd and 20oz of cold water.
After the bike ride: A bacon cheeseburger with a pile of onion rings. Also a Mike's Harder lemon-aide drink, alcoholic.
Dinner: Three egg frattata with onion, garlic, spinach and some steak slices. For dessert I had an apple fritter.
So you can see I didn't really eat the way I normally do, but didn't go crazy either. The cheeseburger and onion rings had been on my mind for a while so finally decided to go for it. I have figured out that if I'm craving something and I try to avoid it then I'm in trouble. I will end up eating other stuff but not responsibly. So go ahead and have the burger. I did have them hold the mayo and 1000 island dressing and just had the burger dry. I'm sure it didn't make a big difference but it did help some. And that's the important thing, try to make small changes towards the big picture.
Sunday, May 27, 2012
Day 121
241! Yea, I guess I can lose weight. I am currently battling a short cold situation but not letting that rule. I felt a scratchy throat on Thurs and went to the gym to try and sweat it out. Don't know if it really worked ( I did sweat..alot) as I still ended up on Friday having a few runny nose's and sneezing. I drank three or four Airbourne's so am hoping it will help like it usually does. This morning I feel fine just have a stuffed up nose, but otherwise nothing else. L will help me sweat it out I'm sure. Sorry wanted to get that in. Now, WOW, 241 that's a bit of a milestone for me. I weighed around that weight in 2000 so twelve years ago. So the new goal is 235 which would be great especially if I can continue to lose inches at the same time. I've got those shirts I bought that are XL not 2XL and am looking to fit into them here soon. My current clothes are fitting loosely so am thinking about getting some smaller waist size pants if nothing else. Shirts I have from before that are still in good shape just for a smaller AL. Getting there. Here's what I ate today (oh and today is the game day get together in the evening so will try to not eat to much junk):
Breakfast: Oatmeal with lemon curd and cottage cheese. 20oz of cold water.
After work out meal: Egg frattata with spinach and turkey burger on a Spicy Spinach pizza times two.
Snack: Ginger beer and handful of sesame stix
Dinner: TBA from Da Vince's. Basically an 8" on wheat with turkey, bacon, avocado, with all the veggies, sub. Also a good handful of chips.
Since it's Saturday I get together with friends for DnD. I brought some strawberries and cauliflower. I also had some pumpkin pie with CoolWhip, three rice cakes, and a banana.
Felt rather good and not stuffed with junk. I will try to keep this going for the future games and get togethers.
Breakfast: Oatmeal with lemon curd and cottage cheese. 20oz of cold water.
After work out meal: Egg frattata with spinach and turkey burger on a Spicy Spinach pizza times two.
Snack: Ginger beer and handful of sesame stix
Dinner: TBA from Da Vince's. Basically an 8" on wheat with turkey, bacon, avocado, with all the veggies, sub. Also a good handful of chips.
Since it's Saturday I get together with friends for DnD. I brought some strawberries and cauliflower. I also had some pumpkin pie with CoolWhip, three rice cakes, and a banana.
Felt rather good and not stuffed with junk. I will try to keep this going for the future games and get togethers.
Saturday, May 26, 2012
Day 120
So day before weigh in and I got an email for my 40th class reunion. Wow rather crazy to think about that. I won't probably go as I have nothing in common with 99% of the people from that period in my life. I was definitely a lone wolf in the midst of the wolf pack. The funny thing is the fact that at least of the entire graduating class only a bit more than half have signed up on the classmates.com web site. So a good majority of the people I interacted with on a daily basis for three years wouldn't even be there. So what's the point? Of the people who have RSVP'd I have no clue as to who they are. Which means they will have no idea who I am. Again what's the point? The story we would all tell each other in terms of our time then would be, "Wow I remember when we passed in the hall, I was on my way to math and you were on your way to....hmmm don't know as we didn't know each other". Alright enough angst, on to the real reason for this:
Breakfast: Egg sandwich with tomato, turkey, avocado, and skinny bun. Banana and 20oz of cold water.
Snack: Greek yogurt w/almonds
Lunch: wrap with steak slices, cheese, roasted cauliflower and asparagus. Ten potato chips.
Snack: Peanut Butter cookie Larabar
Dinner: Half a yam roasted in oven with salsa. Two mini greek pizza's from Trader Joe's with a turkey burger mixed with sliced sauteed peppers and bit of cottage cheese. Ate them like a pita sandwich. The pizza is about 6" across and just has spinach and onion no sauce or cheese. They clock in at 140 calories each and they're a good foundation for a sandwich type of meal. I will cook a veggie burger or one of the turkey burgers and then slice it in half and put each half on one each of the pizzas.
So weigh in day tomorrow and I'm feeling good. I think the new work out plan is good to go for a while now. Getting in cardio but not every day and so giving my leg/knee a workout but not over extending it. We'll check back in on that thought next week and see if it holds up.
Breakfast: Egg sandwich with tomato, turkey, avocado, and skinny bun. Banana and 20oz of cold water.
Snack: Greek yogurt w/almonds
Lunch: wrap with steak slices, cheese, roasted cauliflower and asparagus. Ten potato chips.
Snack: Peanut Butter cookie Larabar
Dinner: Half a yam roasted in oven with salsa. Two mini greek pizza's from Trader Joe's with a turkey burger mixed with sliced sauteed peppers and bit of cottage cheese. Ate them like a pita sandwich. The pizza is about 6" across and just has spinach and onion no sauce or cheese. They clock in at 140 calories each and they're a good foundation for a sandwich type of meal. I will cook a veggie burger or one of the turkey burgers and then slice it in half and put each half on one each of the pizzas.
So weigh in day tomorrow and I'm feeling good. I think the new work out plan is good to go for a while now. Getting in cardio but not every day and so giving my leg/knee a workout but not over extending it. We'll check back in on that thought next week and see if it holds up.
Day 119
No talk just food:
Breakfast: Egg sandwich with avocado, tomato, turkey, and skinny bun. Banana and 20oz of cold water.
Snack: Greek yogurt with almonds
Lunch: Wrap with steak strips, roasted cauliflower and asparagus, cheese, and salsa.
Snack: Apple Pie Larabar
Dinner: Spinach salad with asparagus, tomato, crackers for crunch, and salmon patty. Half of a yam baked in oven.
I did go to the gym after work and had a great work out. I did cardio and the leg/knee felt fine. I'm trying out the elliptical but am still hesitant to go full out. I'm getting the hang of it but only on one of the different types. I expect I will end up not getting to use the type I'm currently comfortable on so we'll see how often I use it. I will try to use it every time but we'll see.
Breakfast: Egg sandwich with avocado, tomato, turkey, and skinny bun. Banana and 20oz of cold water.
Snack: Greek yogurt with almonds
Lunch: Wrap with steak strips, roasted cauliflower and asparagus, cheese, and salsa.
Snack: Apple Pie Larabar
Dinner: Spinach salad with asparagus, tomato, crackers for crunch, and salmon patty. Half of a yam baked in oven.
I did go to the gym after work and had a great work out. I did cardio and the leg/knee felt fine. I'm trying out the elliptical but am still hesitant to go full out. I'm getting the hang of it but only on one of the different types. I expect I will end up not getting to use the type I'm currently comfortable on so we'll see how often I use it. I will try to use it every time but we'll see.
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Day 118
So today was another fine day. I started the day out with what I call a work out and today was a new one. I used my kettle bell and did a modified kettle bell workout. Basically it consisted of a squat swing, a sumo squat, and a overhead lift. Where it became a workout was doing a series of 5,10,20,10,5. Doing it as a superset (do each exercise consecutively using the same number of reps and then starting over with the next higher number of reps and so on until you've done all reps of each series of exercises). That's a change from the "55" workout I've been doing. I noticed my inner thighs this afternoon so that tells me I did do a workout this morning. Kool! For now I'll stick with the Superman workout I'm doing on off days. Ok here's the skinny on the food front:
Breakfast: Egg sandwich with turkey, tomato, avocado, and skinny bun. Banana and 20oz of cold water.
Snack: Greek yogurt w/almonds
Lunch: Wrap with steak strips, avocado, tomato, roasted cauliflower and asparagus, cheese, and salsa.
Snack: Apple Pie Larabar
Dinner: Spinach salad with avocado, asparagus, red pepper, salmon patty, tomato, yellow zucchini, cucumber, and dressing. Mixed in some crackers to give it some crunch and after wards ate a handful of almonds.
Did a weight workout after work and felt good. I followed it up with a short cardio session. That's the new plan. I think I've already said this but I'm now doing two days cardio followed by a weight day and then another cardio day. Then a day off before my weekly workout with L. I think I need more cardio so this will up it but not make it everyday like before. The new plan was to walk at lunch but the weather hasn't cooperated so far. I actually don't know if that is going to work for me. We'll see once the nicer weather gets here. I hope it gets here soon.
Breakfast: Egg sandwich with turkey, tomato, avocado, and skinny bun. Banana and 20oz of cold water.
Snack: Greek yogurt w/almonds
Lunch: Wrap with steak strips, avocado, tomato, roasted cauliflower and asparagus, cheese, and salsa.
Snack: Apple Pie Larabar
Dinner: Spinach salad with avocado, asparagus, red pepper, salmon patty, tomato, yellow zucchini, cucumber, and dressing. Mixed in some crackers to give it some crunch and after wards ate a handful of almonds.
Did a weight workout after work and felt good. I followed it up with a short cardio session. That's the new plan. I think I've already said this but I'm now doing two days cardio followed by a weight day and then another cardio day. Then a day off before my weekly workout with L. I think I need more cardio so this will up it but not make it everyday like before. The new plan was to walk at lunch but the weather hasn't cooperated so far. I actually don't know if that is going to work for me. We'll see once the nicer weather gets here. I hope it gets here soon.
Day 117
Catching up so short and sweet. Good day, went to the gym and did cardio with a set of incline bench press before the cardio. Leg/knee felt good and so starting to feel like things can move forward again. Not that they haven't but it's been walking on eggshells for me. Ok may sound a bit off but I'm glad the leg/knee thing happened. I've been pretty lucky most of my life and not had too many injuries. Even though this was certainly a minor thing it still could have been major if I'd ignored it completely.
It's food time:
Breakfast: Egg sandwich with turkey, tomato, avocado on a skinny bun. Banana and 20oz of cold water.
Snack: Greek yogurt w/almonds
Lunch: Wrap with steak slices, roasted asparagus and cauliflower, cheese, tomato, and salsa. Also had some Rice Cream with chocolate sauce and strawberry preserves. Yes you read that right Rice Cream. Ice cream, but made with rice milk instead of real milk. Actually not bad, especially with the chocolate syrup. It was a small bowl.
Snack: Peanut Butter cookie Larabar
Dinner: Spinach salad with some asparagus, cauliflower, yellow zucchini, salmon patty, red pepper, and tomato.
It's food time:
Breakfast: Egg sandwich with turkey, tomato, avocado on a skinny bun. Banana and 20oz of cold water.
Snack: Greek yogurt w/almonds
Lunch: Wrap with steak slices, roasted asparagus and cauliflower, cheese, tomato, and salsa. Also had some Rice Cream with chocolate sauce and strawberry preserves. Yes you read that right Rice Cream. Ice cream, but made with rice milk instead of real milk. Actually not bad, especially with the chocolate syrup. It was a small bowl.
Snack: Peanut Butter cookie Larabar
Dinner: Spinach salad with some asparagus, cauliflower, yellow zucchini, salmon patty, red pepper, and tomato.
Monday, May 21, 2012
Day 116
So a week ago I felt quite different than I do today. Last week depression, this week matter of fact quite the opposite actually. Life is so weird. Pretty much the same situations as last week but such a different outlook makes all the difference. Which is funny because weight wise I didn't lose any weight this week. Still, don't feel like it's a set back. At least not today. I think my entry for weigh-in day was a bit down but today not so much. I guess it just takes perspective and distance. I'm trying to think about the difference and the only thing I can pinpoint is, cardio. Last week I did weight training on Monday and today I did cardio. The cardio I'd been doing for the last few months. The cardio I stopped doing because of the leg/knee. I feel like now I can push a bit harder and not worry about the leg/knee as much. It still has it's moments but overall almost back to normal. Ok here's the deal for today:
Breakfast: Egg sandwich with sliced turkey, tomato, avocado, and skinny bun. Banana and 20oz of cold water.
Snack: Greek yogurt w/almonds
Lunch: Wrap with steak strips, roasted cauliflower and asparagus, tomato, cheese, and salsa.
Snack: a stick of Landjeager
Dinner: Spinach salad with cauliflower, asparagus, tomato, salmon patty, red pepper, and low fat dressing. An apple.
See that apple I had with dinner? I was still hungry after the salad and so went to the kitchen to get something else. Wasn't sure what I was going to get but possibly something not as good for me as an apple. I spied the apple and it just felt right. So I had an apple instead of some chips or something equally as bad.
Went to the gym after work and did cardio. I skipped the full warm-up I've been doing as I try to tweak my time at the gym. I can only be there approximately an hour so gotta get busy and get to it. I think I have to work on that. My new workout schedule (which has already changed from what I was going to do) will be Mon-Tues cardio, Weds weights, Thurs cardio. I want to see how that works. So there we go as I constantly tweak the workouts I'm doing.
Breakfast: Egg sandwich with sliced turkey, tomato, avocado, and skinny bun. Banana and 20oz of cold water.
Snack: Greek yogurt w/almonds
Lunch: Wrap with steak strips, roasted cauliflower and asparagus, tomato, cheese, and salsa.
Snack: a stick of Landjeager
Dinner: Spinach salad with cauliflower, asparagus, tomato, salmon patty, red pepper, and low fat dressing. An apple.
See that apple I had with dinner? I was still hungry after the salad and so went to the kitchen to get something else. Wasn't sure what I was going to get but possibly something not as good for me as an apple. I spied the apple and it just felt right. So I had an apple instead of some chips or something equally as bad.
Went to the gym after work and did cardio. I skipped the full warm-up I've been doing as I try to tweak my time at the gym. I can only be there approximately an hour so gotta get busy and get to it. I think I have to work on that. My new workout schedule (which has already changed from what I was going to do) will be Mon-Tues cardio, Weds weights, Thurs cardio. I want to see how that works. So there we go as I constantly tweak the workouts I'm doing.
Sunday, May 20, 2012
Day 115
So today was a no workout day. I ended up doing some house work and grocery shopping. So I considered that an off day and tomorrow I'll be back at it and going to the gym. Don't have much to say other than I did fairly well in not eating all day. I think it helps when I have something to do other than sit around and think about food. Granted I really don't do that much anyway but it does come up some times. I picked up a cantaloupe and a pear along with some oranges at the veggie stand. I roasted some cauliflower and asparagus for the coming week and am ready for lunches and dinners. I will be doing wraps again but this week will be the beef strips from Costco. Dinner will be salad with salmon burgers from Trader Joe's. Well what did I shove in my mouth today:
Breakfast: Two egg frattata with spinach, roasted beet, some roast beef, and a skinny bun with some lemon curd. 20oz of cold water.
Afternoon snack: Landjaeger and a ginger beer.
Dinner: 2 Greek pizza's with a hamburger and sauteed peppers with cottage cheese. The pizza's are from Trader Joe's and they are about 4-5" across and have spinach and some onion on them and that's all. I basically made a sandwich with each of them with a half of the burger and peppers and a dollop of cottage cheese. Also a 5.5oz can of V-8 low sodium. A few roasted beets as appetizer. Getting ready for the coming work week I am going to try to really get in a good work out when at the gym.
Breakfast: Two egg frattata with spinach, roasted beet, some roast beef, and a skinny bun with some lemon curd. 20oz of cold water.
Afternoon snack: Landjaeger and a ginger beer.
Dinner: 2 Greek pizza's with a hamburger and sauteed peppers with cottage cheese. The pizza's are from Trader Joe's and they are about 4-5" across and have spinach and some onion on them and that's all. I basically made a sandwich with each of them with a half of the burger and peppers and a dollop of cottage cheese. Also a 5.5oz can of V-8 low sodium. A few roasted beets as appetizer. Getting ready for the coming work week I am going to try to really get in a good work out when at the gym.
Day 114
244 So weigh in day was a bit of a let down as I didn't lose any weight this week. At the same time I didn't gain any weight either. So in a way it's a win/win. I actually am not surprised, so there is that. It was one of those weeks where you go to the gym and get in a good work out and then go home and eat junk. I didn't do that much but still it felt that way just a bit. Especially when I'm standing on the scale and looking at the numbers. That's fine, I just have to keep making good decisions. I just read a guy's story where he's 5'9'' and weighed 442lbs. Two and a half years later he weighs 155lbs. So there you go it's takes a bit of time to remove all those unwanted pounds. I keep reminding myself of that when I look at the scale and it hasn't moved. And here's how the day went:
Breakfast: Oatmeal with lemon curd and cottage cheese with 20oz of cold water.
After workout meal: Turkey burger with added slices of roast beef on whole wheat bread with tomato and an egg.
Early dinner: Mexican salad from Trader Joe's with some cottage cheese added in. Also had a ginger beer drink and some crackers also from Trader Joe's.
It was get together with friends night so ended up eating a bunch of chips, pretzels, peanuts, and took some roasted beets and cherry tomato's.
Had another great work out with L and then came home and went for a 55 min bike ride. So got a pretty good workout today. We'll see what happens tomorrow as the weather is supposed to turn ugly.
Breakfast: Oatmeal with lemon curd and cottage cheese with 20oz of cold water.
After workout meal: Turkey burger with added slices of roast beef on whole wheat bread with tomato and an egg.
Early dinner: Mexican salad from Trader Joe's with some cottage cheese added in. Also had a ginger beer drink and some crackers also from Trader Joe's.
It was get together with friends night so ended up eating a bunch of chips, pretzels, peanuts, and took some roasted beets and cherry tomato's.
Had another great work out with L and then came home and went for a 55 min bike ride. So got a pretty good workout today. We'll see what happens tomorrow as the weather is supposed to turn ugly.
Saturday, May 19, 2012
Day 113
So Day before weigh-in and didn't work out and didn't ride bike to work. It was not looking nice weather wise so chickened out. Glad I did as it was rather cool in the afternoon so ride home would have been unpleasant. Ok here's the deal for today:
Breakfast: Egg sandwich with roast beef and tomato. Also some avocado. Banana and 20oz of cold water.
Snack: Greek yogurt and almonds
Lunch: Wrap with cheese and turkey burger. Salad with tomato and turkey burger with salsa as dressing. Had a very small bowl of ice cream with chocolate syrup.
Snack: Apple Pie Larabar
Dinner: Pot stickers in chicken broth with broccoli and a veggie burger(no bun) and some quinoa. A 5.5oz can of low sodium V-8. Also 6 cookies made from pre-mixed cookie dough. I made 12 but was able to only eat 6 so as I've said before that's a win.
One thing I've found for me is that I'm not continually hungry. Some people when they try to change their eating habits, they starve themselves. All that does is just make you hungry and then you are miserable if nothing else. So if you eat protein with your meals than I found you're not as hungry as often. Sure there's those times where no matter what you're going to eat those 6 cookies but at least you didn't eat all 12 because you had some protein with your meal. Good choice. Ha.
So can't wait to see how I did this week according to the scale.
Breakfast: Egg sandwich with roast beef and tomato. Also some avocado. Banana and 20oz of cold water.
Snack: Greek yogurt and almonds
Lunch: Wrap with cheese and turkey burger. Salad with tomato and turkey burger with salsa as dressing. Had a very small bowl of ice cream with chocolate syrup.
Snack: Apple Pie Larabar
Dinner: Pot stickers in chicken broth with broccoli and a veggie burger(no bun) and some quinoa. A 5.5oz can of low sodium V-8. Also 6 cookies made from pre-mixed cookie dough. I made 12 but was able to only eat 6 so as I've said before that's a win.
One thing I've found for me is that I'm not continually hungry. Some people when they try to change their eating habits, they starve themselves. All that does is just make you hungry and then you are miserable if nothing else. So if you eat protein with your meals than I found you're not as hungry as often. Sure there's those times where no matter what you're going to eat those 6 cookies but at least you didn't eat all 12 because you had some protein with your meal. Good choice. Ha.
So can't wait to see how I did this week according to the scale.
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Day 112
Coming to the end of the week and I'll be interested once again in the weigh-in on Saturday. I think it will be ok but still am wondering as this week has been a bit off. Today my leg/knee was bothering me again and so didn't go to the gym. I ended up though going for a 40 min bike ride. My leg/knee felt fine after the ride. So I am still taking it easy for now. I think the work out last night, a lower body using all legs, was good for me. I believe the pains I am feeling are because I worked out. So that's what's supposed to happen. The tightness went away after the workout and stretching. This is all new to me so I'm probably being overly sensitive to it. Oh well we'll see. I bet you can't guess what I ate today:
Breakfast: Egg sandwich with skinny bun, egg, avocado, roast beef, and tomato. Banana and 20oz of cold water.
Snack: Greek yogurt and almonds
Lunch: Wrap with chicken meatballs from Trader Joe's with roasted cauliflower and quinoa with some cheese. Also a banana.
Snack: Handful of almonds
Dinner: Salad with turkey burger, quinoa, tomato, Cottage cheese, dressing. Four pieces of candy. 5.5oz V-8 low sodium.
The bike ride after work was great! I am really looking forward to the weekends when I can get out and ride. I'm thinking I will try to ride before meeting L for the Saturday workout but not sure yet if that's a good idea. I know I enjoyed the ride last Sat after our workout. This weekend for sure I'll try to do that.
Speaking of bike rides. Tomorrow is alternative transportation to work day and I'm thinking about riding my bike to work. The only thing that makes me hesitate is the ride home at the end of the day. It's all up hill.......stay tuned.
Breakfast: Egg sandwich with skinny bun, egg, avocado, roast beef, and tomato. Banana and 20oz of cold water.
Snack: Greek yogurt and almonds
Lunch: Wrap with chicken meatballs from Trader Joe's with roasted cauliflower and quinoa with some cheese. Also a banana.
Snack: Handful of almonds
Dinner: Salad with turkey burger, quinoa, tomato, Cottage cheese, dressing. Four pieces of candy. 5.5oz V-8 low sodium.
The bike ride after work was great! I am really looking forward to the weekends when I can get out and ride. I'm thinking I will try to ride before meeting L for the Saturday workout but not sure yet if that's a good idea. I know I enjoyed the ride last Sat after our workout. This weekend for sure I'll try to do that.
Speaking of bike rides. Tomorrow is alternative transportation to work day and I'm thinking about riding my bike to work. The only thing that makes me hesitate is the ride home at the end of the day. It's all up hill.......stay tuned.
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Day 111
Yes, a great day today. Awesome weather and all around upbeat attitude was the rule today. Left work early and went to the gym. Didn't feel rushed as I do sometimes. Had an awesome work out. Did the lower body routine L set up for me and this time I increased the weight and it felt like I actually was doing a workout. It's funny the depression I was feeling on Monday came after the workout. I say it's funny because I thought working out was supposed to help reduce those type of issues. My thought now is that I didn't work very hard on Monday and thus was unable to combat the depressing feeling I was experiencing. OK enough about my feelings:
Breakfast: Egg sandwich with roast beef, avocado, tomato, and skinny bun. Banana and 20oz of cold water.
Snack: Greek yogurt and almonds
Lunch: Wrap with chicken meatballs, cheese, cauliflower, and quinoa. Also a snack bar that was made up of a million different ingredients. It tasted good though.
Left work early so no afternoon snack as I went to the gym.
Dinner: Turkey burger(home made by me) on whole wheat bread with tomato, avocado, and an egg. Seven onion rings from Trader Joe's and small handful of sweet potato fries, also from Trader Joe's.
So went to the gym after work and had a great workout. Did legs and then two upper body routines. Felt really good. My leg/knee is coming along very nicely as it hardly even twinges but I'm still going to take it slow. Went for a 25 min walk at lunch time today so hoping I can keep doing it as it was fun today. I started walking and just kept going until the time indicated I should head back. I am shooting for doing this every day at lunch but if it's raining then all bets are off.
Breakfast: Egg sandwich with roast beef, avocado, tomato, and skinny bun. Banana and 20oz of cold water.
Snack: Greek yogurt and almonds
Lunch: Wrap with chicken meatballs, cheese, cauliflower, and quinoa. Also a snack bar that was made up of a million different ingredients. It tasted good though.
Left work early so no afternoon snack as I went to the gym.
Dinner: Turkey burger(home made by me) on whole wheat bread with tomato, avocado, and an egg. Seven onion rings from Trader Joe's and small handful of sweet potato fries, also from Trader Joe's.
So went to the gym after work and had a great workout. Did legs and then two upper body routines. Felt really good. My leg/knee is coming along very nicely as it hardly even twinges but I'm still going to take it slow. Went for a 25 min walk at lunch time today so hoping I can keep doing it as it was fun today. I started walking and just kept going until the time indicated I should head back. I am shooting for doing this every day at lunch but if it's raining then all bets are off.
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Day 110
So yesterday I was talking about depression. I have to say the best remedy for depression is an awesome spring day and an hour long bicycle ride. Instantly brightens up your spirit. I just can't get over what sun shine can do for your mood. So I didn't go to the gym today after work. I came home and went for a bike ride. That's what I've been waiting for. Finally the weather cooperated. I even got some protein on the ride, damn bugs. So besides the bike ride, I did take a walk at lunch today and that felt pretty good too. Right then and Bob's your uncle:
Breakfast: Egg sandwich with tomato, avocado, roast beef, and skinny bun. Banana and 20oz of cold water.
Snack: Greek yogurt w/almonds
Lunch: Wrap featuring chicken meat balls from Trader Joe's with quinoa and roasted cauliflower sprinkled with shredded cheese. I also had a snack bar. The bar had fewer calories, less sugar and more protein than the Larabar I've been eating. The ingredient list though was a mile long. the ingredient list for a Larabar Cherry Pie, three ingredients. It consists of date, cherry, and almond. That's it. No preservatives, nothing artificial, just real stuff.
Snack: Another brand of snack bar. Same thing with this one compared to the Larabar. Less calories, less sugars, and more protein. An ingredient list a mile long. Some names you can't pronounce and some stuff you just scratch your head in bewilderment as to what they really are.
Dinner: Salad with a turkey burger, that I made from scratch, added to the salad along with cauliflower, tomato, quinoa, cottage cheese, avocado, and dressing. After dinner I had an orange and almonds.
Breakfast: Egg sandwich with tomato, avocado, roast beef, and skinny bun. Banana and 20oz of cold water.
Snack: Greek yogurt w/almonds
Lunch: Wrap featuring chicken meat balls from Trader Joe's with quinoa and roasted cauliflower sprinkled with shredded cheese. I also had a snack bar. The bar had fewer calories, less sugar and more protein than the Larabar I've been eating. The ingredient list though was a mile long. the ingredient list for a Larabar Cherry Pie, three ingredients. It consists of date, cherry, and almond. That's it. No preservatives, nothing artificial, just real stuff.
Snack: Another brand of snack bar. Same thing with this one compared to the Larabar. Less calories, less sugars, and more protein. An ingredient list a mile long. Some names you can't pronounce and some stuff you just scratch your head in bewilderment as to what they really are.
Dinner: Salad with a turkey burger, that I made from scratch, added to the salad along with cauliflower, tomato, quinoa, cottage cheese, avocado, and dressing. After dinner I had an orange and almonds.
Monday, May 14, 2012
Day 109
So going to get a bit personal here. Felt some depression today. I know it's not cool to do the woe is me. Can't help it though and in a way I think it's perfectly normal and actually cathartic in a way. So today I felt like I was gaining the weight back that I'd lost. The shirt (one of the ways I judge weight loss or gain) that I was wearing today was tight or at least it felt tight. A few weeks ago my belt almost fit comfortably into the fourth hole where as today It almost seemed to not want to enter the third hole. As the evening wore on I did feel better and even felt I could acknowledge the depression. Have to keep reminding myself of the big picture. I say that alot but it's true, gotta keep the big picture in focus. And the big picture is that yea I probably have gained an inch back but tomorrow or the next day it'll be gone and I'll be back to where I was. Lesson learned, no free lunches, you have to work to get results. Alright enough, here's the food of the day:
Breakfast: Egg sandwich with egg, tomato, roast beef, and avocado on skinny bun. Banana and 20oz of cold water.
Snack: Greek yogurt w/almonds
Lunch: Wrap with chicken meatballs from Trader Joe's, quinoa, and roasted cauliflower sprinkled with cheese. Went for a walk afterwards.
Snack: Cherry Pie Larabar
Dinner: Salad with roasted cauliflower, feta, quinoa, tomato, avocado, roasted beets, and a veggie patty. Three pieces of candy.
So followed L's advice today and started a habit. Went for a walk after lunch. Wanted to go for a walk before lunch but spaced it. So instead of not going at all like last week, after I finished eating lunch. It was a very nice day so well worth it. It was only 20 min but will work up to a full half hour. Went to the gym after work and did a weight work out. I think that's where some of the depression came from. I feel like I'm just going thru the motions. It seems that the leg/knee did more than just make it hurt, it took some of the wind out of my sails. I can get it back I will just have to work thru it and put some effort into the work outs.
Breakfast: Egg sandwich with egg, tomato, roast beef, and avocado on skinny bun. Banana and 20oz of cold water.
Snack: Greek yogurt w/almonds
Lunch: Wrap with chicken meatballs from Trader Joe's, quinoa, and roasted cauliflower sprinkled with cheese. Went for a walk afterwards.
Snack: Cherry Pie Larabar
Dinner: Salad with roasted cauliflower, feta, quinoa, tomato, avocado, roasted beets, and a veggie patty. Three pieces of candy.
So followed L's advice today and started a habit. Went for a walk after lunch. Wanted to go for a walk before lunch but spaced it. So instead of not going at all like last week, after I finished eating lunch. It was a very nice day so well worth it. It was only 20 min but will work up to a full half hour. Went to the gym after work and did a weight work out. I think that's where some of the depression came from. I feel like I'm just going thru the motions. It seems that the leg/knee did more than just make it hurt, it took some of the wind out of my sails. I can get it back I will just have to work thru it and put some effort into the work outs.
Sunday, May 13, 2012
Day 108
So it's the next morning after my get together with friends and boy is my stomach tired. Hmm sounded better in my head...I am going to be able to go for a bike ride today, yea!
Breakfast: Oatmeal with cottage cheese and lemon curd. 20oz of cold water.
After bike ride meal: Had a double veggie burger with cheese and tomato on whole wheat bread. Small salad.
Mid day snack: Banana and Apple Pie Larabar
Dinner: Mexican salad from Trader Joe's with some quinoa, cottage cheese, and roasted beet.
Finally able to go for a longer bike ride. An hour and 15 minutes long. Quite happy as my leg/knee seemed to handle it very well. Of course there's always tomorrow. Roasted up some beets and cauliflower for lunches and dinner for the coming week. I will be having wraps with chicken and cheese along with the cauliflower. Can't wait as it sounds yummy.
Breakfast: Oatmeal with cottage cheese and lemon curd. 20oz of cold water.
After bike ride meal: Had a double veggie burger with cheese and tomato on whole wheat bread. Small salad.
Mid day snack: Banana and Apple Pie Larabar
Dinner: Mexican salad from Trader Joe's with some quinoa, cottage cheese, and roasted beet.
Finally able to go for a longer bike ride. An hour and 15 minutes long. Quite happy as my leg/knee seemed to handle it very well. Of course there's always tomorrow. Roasted up some beets and cauliflower for lunches and dinner for the coming week. I will be having wraps with chicken and cheese along with the cauliflower. Can't wait as it sounds yummy.
Day 107
244. Yes I lost two pounds since last weigh-in from my vacation. In a way I'm amazed and at the same time not surprised. It is really a roller coaster ride when it comes to your health. At least I think that's the way it is for most of us. I know there are some out there who have no problem eating what they want or being able to get a work out in no matter what is happening with their lives. I'd say that is probably no more than 5% of the billions of people on this world. The rest of us have to deal with reality and that is trying to do our best and hoping it will be enough. I'm still confident that I will see more ups and downs before the year is out, so am not going to worry about it.
Breakfast: Oatmeal with cottage cheese and lemon curd. 20oz of cold water.
After work out meal: The other half of the Papa Murphy's Delite thin crust pizza. Went for a bike ride after the workout with L. The weather is starting to cooperate so hope to start riding a bit more.
Mid afternoon snack: Peanut Butter cookie Larabar
Early dinner: Going to friends with lots of chips and other crap so trying to eat a good meal before the get together. Had a turkey burger with an egg on whole wheat bread and tomato. Also a small green salad mixed with cauliflower and avocado, cottage cheese and lite dressing.
Saturday nite: Buttery crackers with salami and cheese. Chips with salsa. Repeat and rinse. Again this time with cookies. Sigh...Oh yeah an apple and some cantaloupe. Gotta come up with an alternative that works. At least I'm no longer drinking soda. One bright spot.
Breakfast: Oatmeal with cottage cheese and lemon curd. 20oz of cold water.
After work out meal: The other half of the Papa Murphy's Delite thin crust pizza. Went for a bike ride after the workout with L. The weather is starting to cooperate so hope to start riding a bit more.
Mid afternoon snack: Peanut Butter cookie Larabar
Early dinner: Going to friends with lots of chips and other crap so trying to eat a good meal before the get together. Had a turkey burger with an egg on whole wheat bread and tomato. Also a small green salad mixed with cauliflower and avocado, cottage cheese and lite dressing.
Saturday nite: Buttery crackers with salami and cheese. Chips with salsa. Repeat and rinse. Again this time with cookies. Sigh...Oh yeah an apple and some cantaloupe. Gotta come up with an alternative that works. At least I'm no longer drinking soda. One bright spot.
Day 106
So here's the skinny:
Breakfast: Egg sandwich with egg, avocado, tomato, roast beef, and skinny bun. Banana and 20oz of cold water.
Snack: no snack
Lunch: Asian chicken wrap (half). Small bowl of vanilla ice cream with strawberries, Carmel topping, and small handful of M&M type candies.
Snack: Peanut butter Larabar
Dinner: Half of a Papa Murphy's Delite Chicken Artichoke pizza with a salad.
After dinner snack: 100cal bag of popcorn
So the pizza was a thin crust, light on the cheese pizza with chicken, artichokes and I added some feta. I plan on eating the other half tomorrow. Tomorrow being weigh-in day. Also back doing the Sat nite get together with friends. At least I will eat before I go but there will be chips and other types of bad stuff. I'm sure I will eat more of that stuff than I should but hope to balance it out somehow.
Breakfast: Egg sandwich with egg, avocado, tomato, roast beef, and skinny bun. Banana and 20oz of cold water.
Snack: no snack
Lunch: Asian chicken wrap (half). Small bowl of vanilla ice cream with strawberries, Carmel topping, and small handful of M&M type candies.
Snack: Peanut butter Larabar
Dinner: Half of a Papa Murphy's Delite Chicken Artichoke pizza with a salad.
After dinner snack: 100cal bag of popcorn
So the pizza was a thin crust, light on the cheese pizza with chicken, artichokes and I added some feta. I plan on eating the other half tomorrow. Tomorrow being weigh-in day. Also back doing the Sat nite get together with friends. At least I will eat before I go but there will be chips and other types of bad stuff. I'm sure I will eat more of that stuff than I should but hope to balance it out somehow.
Saturday, May 12, 2012
Day 105
So here we. I have been distracted from writing these so am a few days behind. Also getting back into my normal schedule that includes being at work. As I've said that brings structure to the eating and work out habits. No real issue with work outs but being on vacation played havoc with my eating schedules. Back at it though and here we go:
Breakfast: Egg sandwich. Egg, tomato, roast beef, avocado and skinny bun. Banana and 20oz of cold water.
Snack: Greek yogurt and almonds
Lunch: Asian chicken wrap (half) with some of the sauce. Onion/beet salad from Costco. Added some roasted cauliflower to the salad.
Snack: Cherry Pie Larabar
Dinner: Salad with roasted cauliflower, the rest of the onion/beet salad, cottage cheese, feta, tomato, and avocado. No dressing as the onion/beet salad and cottage cheese gave it some liquidity. As an added a big handful of almond after dinner.
Went to the gym after work and got in a cardio workout. Didn't walk during lunch, honestly forgot until half way thru lunch and then could not get myself to go. Baby steps for this particular change in habits. Am shooting for everyday next week. We'll see. At the gym though just did my normal which was 24min on recumbent, 6min on rowing, and 10 min on treadmill. I know I need to kick it up a bit but need to balance the time spent with real life. I think I will talk to L about warm-up, may be able to cut down time spent there and add it to overall work out. Again we'll see.
Breakfast: Egg sandwich. Egg, tomato, roast beef, avocado and skinny bun. Banana and 20oz of cold water.
Snack: Greek yogurt and almonds
Lunch: Asian chicken wrap (half) with some of the sauce. Onion/beet salad from Costco. Added some roasted cauliflower to the salad.
Snack: Cherry Pie Larabar
Dinner: Salad with roasted cauliflower, the rest of the onion/beet salad, cottage cheese, feta, tomato, and avocado. No dressing as the onion/beet salad and cottage cheese gave it some liquidity. As an added a big handful of almond after dinner.
Went to the gym after work and got in a cardio workout. Didn't walk during lunch, honestly forgot until half way thru lunch and then could not get myself to go. Baby steps for this particular change in habits. Am shooting for everyday next week. We'll see. At the gym though just did my normal which was 24min on recumbent, 6min on rowing, and 10 min on treadmill. I know I need to kick it up a bit but need to balance the time spent with real life. I think I will talk to L about warm-up, may be able to cut down time spent there and add it to overall work out. Again we'll see.
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Day 104
So first day back at work after eleven days of vacation. Back on track eating on a schedule and eating better. Went to the gym during vacation so kept that up but otherwise everything else went out the window. Still in all only gained three pounds, so not bad in the big picture kinda way. Alright here's what I found out eating today:
Breakfast: Good ole' egg sandwich with avocado, tomato, and skinny bun. Banana and 20oz of cold water.
Snack: Greek yogurt and almonds
Lunch: Asian chicken wrap (only half) and some roasted cauliflower and onion/beet salad from Costco. Also due to a suggestion from L went for a 25 min walk before lunch.
Snack: Apple Pie Larabar
Dinner: Had to go to an after work meeting and there was Chinese food there. It was all deep fried stuff and yes I had some but not much. It actually wasn't very good plus everyone is watching you as you're watching everyone else. Came home and had some more roasted cauliflower and onion/beet salad. Then had an apple.
Between the time I got off work and had to go back for the meeting I went to the gym. I wanted to do a lower body work out (trying to ease back in due to the leg/knee) so I tried out the workout L showed me on Saturday. It needs work as I felt like I wasn't doing it properly. Probably need to get L to show me again and work out how much weight to use. I did go for a walk as part of my lunch hour so took L's advice. Wasn't real excited but not giving up before even giving it a solid try. I will probably need to wear real sneakers instead of my work shoes.
Breakfast: Good ole' egg sandwich with avocado, tomato, and skinny bun. Banana and 20oz of cold water.
Snack: Greek yogurt and almonds
Lunch: Asian chicken wrap (only half) and some roasted cauliflower and onion/beet salad from Costco. Also due to a suggestion from L went for a 25 min walk before lunch.
Snack: Apple Pie Larabar
Dinner: Had to go to an after work meeting and there was Chinese food there. It was all deep fried stuff and yes I had some but not much. It actually wasn't very good plus everyone is watching you as you're watching everyone else. Came home and had some more roasted cauliflower and onion/beet salad. Then had an apple.
Between the time I got off work and had to go back for the meeting I went to the gym. I wanted to do a lower body work out (trying to ease back in due to the leg/knee) so I tried out the workout L showed me on Saturday. It needs work as I felt like I wasn't doing it properly. Probably need to get L to show me again and work out how much weight to use. I did go for a walk as part of my lunch hour so took L's advice. Wasn't real excited but not giving up before even giving it a solid try. I will probably need to wear real sneakers instead of my work shoes.
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Day 103
So here we are again. Today (last day of vacation) I got up, went to the gym, grocery shopped, and prepared for work day lunches. I ate fairly normal and still enjoyed my time off. I did cardio today at the gym. It was 24 min on the recumbent bike, then 5 min (still slacking off there due to the leg/knee) on the row machine, moved over to the treadmill for 10 min and finished up with another 12min on the recumbent. So a total of 51 min of cardio. L and I talked about the fact that I was going to start doing more weight training alternating with the cardio and she suggested that I'd need to up the cardio. That seems to be where I'm losing weight. I'm trying to keep the overuse down so I can overcome the leg/knee thing. For know I will see how that works. Stuff I've read keeps saying weight training helps you lose weight but I'm not completely sold. Of course it could be I'm not working hard enough. We'll see. Alright what did I eat today?
Breakfast: Egg sandwich with turkey, feta and skinny bun. 20oz of cold water.
After work out: 1/2 of an Asian chicken wrap and onion beet salad. Also 4 cookies I made yesterday.
Snack: One Landjaeger and two cookies.
Dinner: Pre-made chicken salad from Trader Joe's mixed with the onion/beet salad.
So back to work tomorrow. I'm going to try to walk for 20-30 minutes during lunch and then eat lunch so as to up my cardio. We'll see how that works. Sometimes it takes me 10-15 minutes to put my lunch together so not exactly sure if this would work. Going to try though.
Breakfast: Egg sandwich with turkey, feta and skinny bun. 20oz of cold water.
After work out: 1/2 of an Asian chicken wrap and onion beet salad. Also 4 cookies I made yesterday.
Snack: One Landjaeger and two cookies.
Dinner: Pre-made chicken salad from Trader Joe's mixed with the onion/beet salad.
So back to work tomorrow. I'm going to try to walk for 20-30 minutes during lunch and then eat lunch so as to up my cardio. We'll see how that works. Sometimes it takes me 10-15 minutes to put my lunch together so not exactly sure if this would work. Going to try though.
Day One Hundred-two
Just a quickie as I'm trying to catch up. Went to the gym and did a weight workout as I start the new weekly routine. Felt good. I did upper body and then did a good session of stretching. I will add a short ride on the recumbent bike as a finisher. I ride a hill program with a heavy spin during the valleys.
Breakfast: Greek yogurt with almonds and 20oz of cold water.
After work out: A cheese burger from Grant's ( a local burger joint)
Then went for a 20-30 minute bike ride as it was quite nice out. An awesome late spring day.
After bike ride: A double cheese burger also from Grant's and some landjaeger. Landjaeger is a type of beef stick.
Dinner: Turkey burger mixed into Split Pea soup w/broccoli and 5 dolmas.
After dinner snack: Made some pre-mixed cookie dough and made 12 cookies but was able to hold back and only eat 6. Saving those for the next day.
Ok overall not bad. My leg/knee felt good but we'll see how it looks/feels tomorrow.
Breakfast: Greek yogurt with almonds and 20oz of cold water.
After work out: A cheese burger from Grant's ( a local burger joint)
Then went for a 20-30 minute bike ride as it was quite nice out. An awesome late spring day.
After bike ride: A double cheese burger also from Grant's and some landjaeger. Landjaeger is a type of beef stick.
Dinner: Turkey burger mixed into Split Pea soup w/broccoli and 5 dolmas.
After dinner snack: Made some pre-mixed cookie dough and made 12 cookies but was able to hold back and only eat 6. Saving those for the next day.
Ok overall not bad. My leg/knee felt good but we'll see how it looks/feels tomorrow.
Monday, May 7, 2012
Day One Hundred-one
So I've been doing this for a hundred and one days. Not bad. I only have two hundred and sixty-five to go.
So if you read yesterday's blog you know that my late evening with friends was quite the smorgasbord of gluttony. Guess what, I paid for it today. Yes I was not feeling well at all and as a matter of fact ended up spending the entire day regretting my Saturday night indulgence. At one point I thought it was going to be a two ender but fortunately that ended up not being the case. Still, I ended up not doing anything today other than sitting around my condo. Which was too bad as it was a pleasant late spring day. Well hopefully there will be more to come. So here's the exciting list of what I ate:
Very late breakfast: Actually didn't eat anything until almost 4pm. Finally at that time I felt hungry but was cautious and only had a bowl of oatmeal with some honey in it. I did have 20oz of water right after I got out of bed but that was all I had until the oatmeal.
Late dinner: I finally started to feel much better and so had some dinner around 7:30pm. I had a chicken thigh with 10 pot stickers, broccoli, mixed peppers, and that was it. That was a bit greasy so wasn't the best thing to eat with the way I was feeling. I hope tomorrow I will feel better so I can continue to enjoy my vacation. I will be conservative though when it comes to eating. I will also get back to the gym.
So if you read yesterday's blog you know that my late evening with friends was quite the smorgasbord of gluttony. Guess what, I paid for it today. Yes I was not feeling well at all and as a matter of fact ended up spending the entire day regretting my Saturday night indulgence. At one point I thought it was going to be a two ender but fortunately that ended up not being the case. Still, I ended up not doing anything today other than sitting around my condo. Which was too bad as it was a pleasant late spring day. Well hopefully there will be more to come. So here's the exciting list of what I ate:
Very late breakfast: Actually didn't eat anything until almost 4pm. Finally at that time I felt hungry but was cautious and only had a bowl of oatmeal with some honey in it. I did have 20oz of water right after I got out of bed but that was all I had until the oatmeal.
Late dinner: I finally started to feel much better and so had some dinner around 7:30pm. I had a chicken thigh with 10 pot stickers, broccoli, mixed peppers, and that was it. That was a bit greasy so wasn't the best thing to eat with the way I was feeling. I hope tomorrow I will feel better so I can continue to enjoy my vacation. I will be conservative though when it comes to eating. I will also get back to the gym.
Day One Hundred
246. There it is after a week being on vacation. The weigh in wasn't a big disappointment but still nothing to celebrate. Actually not true, I fully expected to have gained even more so I guess good on me. Being on vacation is always a challenge when it comes to sticking to the program. If you look back at the food menu for the week you'll see some poor choices and some not so poor choices. The previous weigh in was 243 so overall only gained 3lbs. In the real world scheme of things not bad actually. Just means I gotta pick it up in the coming weeks. I also came to a conclusion about my leg/knee and that will help in the long run. I'm going to break up the weekly workouts into cardio and weight training. Should help the overuse syndrome. Alright here's what happened today:
Breakfast: Oatmeal with cottage cheese and 20oz of cold water.
After work out: Three street tacos with carne asada and a Mexican drink called Orchada.
Snack: Handful of almonds
2nd snack: Apple, banana, and almond butter
Early dinner: Turkey, bacon, avocado sandwich on whole wheat bread. Had all the veggies and Asiago cheese.
Later that night hung out with friends, which I haven't done in quite a few weeks. There was mini tacos, chicken taquitos, Circus animal cookies, salt water taffy. Pretty much a disaster of an evening when it came to eating. I know I will pay for it tomorrow.
Today at the gym L and I had a great conversation about how to incorporate lower body into the routine I'm starting. Every week I come away with new insight and thoughts about my workouts. We also talked about my weight gain and even though I gained weight, it was agreed that it wasn't that bad. Today's watchword was, "Don't get down on yourself".
Breakfast: Oatmeal with cottage cheese and 20oz of cold water.
After work out: Three street tacos with carne asada and a Mexican drink called Orchada.
Snack: Handful of almonds
2nd snack: Apple, banana, and almond butter
Early dinner: Turkey, bacon, avocado sandwich on whole wheat bread. Had all the veggies and Asiago cheese.
Later that night hung out with friends, which I haven't done in quite a few weeks. There was mini tacos, chicken taquitos, Circus animal cookies, salt water taffy. Pretty much a disaster of an evening when it came to eating. I know I will pay for it tomorrow.
Today at the gym L and I had a great conversation about how to incorporate lower body into the routine I'm starting. Every week I come away with new insight and thoughts about my workouts. We also talked about my weight gain and even though I gained weight, it was agreed that it wasn't that bad. Today's watchword was, "Don't get down on yourself".
Friday, May 4, 2012
Day Ninety-nine
One more day. One hundred is 24 hours away. Don't have much to say so will just get to the food of the day:
Breakfast: Greek yogurt with almonds. 20oz of cold water.
Late lunch: A falafal sandwich and some dolma's, five to be exact. Dolmas are Greek appetizers, grape leaves wrapped around flavored rice. They vary in size from about your little finger up to your thumb.
Dinner: Had some dolmas again, five. A chicken wrap with a pita, lettuce, tomato and tazike.
I had three dark chocolate clusters, two with cashews and one with almonds. Not all at the same time but over the course of 4-5 hours.
Today was a no workout day even though when I was out and about I tried to walk a bit further than normal. So I parked the car farther from my actual destination than normal. I always try to do that as it seems to be easier to find parking if nothing else and of course I get some exercise. It's like when you're out shopping at the mall and instead of just riding the escalator you walk it up. Frankly every bit helps and we all know that but hardly ever follow thru.
Tomorrow is weigh-in day and also Day One Hundred of the experiment. So we'll check how much I weigh and see what the next one hundred holds.
Breakfast: Greek yogurt with almonds. 20oz of cold water.
Late lunch: A falafal sandwich and some dolma's, five to be exact. Dolmas are Greek appetizers, grape leaves wrapped around flavored rice. They vary in size from about your little finger up to your thumb.
Dinner: Had some dolmas again, five. A chicken wrap with a pita, lettuce, tomato and tazike.
I had three dark chocolate clusters, two with cashews and one with almonds. Not all at the same time but over the course of 4-5 hours.
Today was a no workout day even though when I was out and about I tried to walk a bit further than normal. So I parked the car farther from my actual destination than normal. I always try to do that as it seems to be easier to find parking if nothing else and of course I get some exercise. It's like when you're out shopping at the mall and instead of just riding the escalator you walk it up. Frankly every bit helps and we all know that but hardly ever follow thru.
Tomorrow is weigh-in day and also Day One Hundred of the experiment. So we'll check how much I weigh and see what the next one hundred holds.
Day Ninety-eight
So being on vacation makes this a bit harder to be diligent. I'm catching up on two days, separate entry's but still trying to make it accurate. I went to the gym today and mostly cardio. I am still not pushing to hard as I want my leg/knee to heal completely. I still felt it twinge a bit but way better than last week. I'm sure it helps not to be standing on it all day like when I'm at work. Also getting close to another milestone, day one hundred. Which will be weigh-in day Saturday. So we'll see what the conclusion is at one hundred days. Other than that this is what happened today:
Breakfast: Egg sandwich with feta, turkey on a skinny bun. 20oz of cold water.
After workout: Hamburger made at home on whole wheat bread with turkey, feta, and an egg. Side of cottage cheese topped with salsa. 5.5oz can of low sodium V-8.
Snack: handful of almonds
Dinner: Thursday nite went out with a friend and we ate at a restaurant. I had as an appetizer deep fried pickle and peppers. They were lightly breaded. I had another hamburger this time with cheddar cheese, tomato, lettuce, mushrooms. On the side an order of sweet potato fries, which I didn't eat all of. Ice tea for drink, no alcohol.
So had a late nite Thursday. Went to a midnite movie and didn't get to be until almost 4am. I figure dinner was completely digested by then.
This week has given me some insight into my workouts. I am going to change from doing all cardio to splitting it up between cardio and weights. Alternating so I'm not over stressing body parts. I have a funny feeling this is what happened to my leg/knee. The chiropractor seems to agree about overuse of the joints. So that will be the focus during May. Monday I'll do weights followed by Tues cardio, Weds weights and then cardio on Thurs. Continuing to take Friday off and then hit it again with L on Saturday. Sunday will hopefully be bike riding day as long as the weather cooperates. Cardio week days could also be bike days if the weather is right. By right I mean sunny and warm. Sorry but I'm a fair weather rider, even though I like to ride my bike. Just not in the cold and rain. Especially rain. I will have to figure out how to balance cardio and lower body weight work outs. Maybe body weight work outs for lower body so less stress but L will be my source for that info.
Breakfast: Egg sandwich with feta, turkey on a skinny bun. 20oz of cold water.
After workout: Hamburger made at home on whole wheat bread with turkey, feta, and an egg. Side of cottage cheese topped with salsa. 5.5oz can of low sodium V-8.
Snack: handful of almonds
Dinner: Thursday nite went out with a friend and we ate at a restaurant. I had as an appetizer deep fried pickle and peppers. They were lightly breaded. I had another hamburger this time with cheddar cheese, tomato, lettuce, mushrooms. On the side an order of sweet potato fries, which I didn't eat all of. Ice tea for drink, no alcohol.
So had a late nite Thursday. Went to a midnite movie and didn't get to be until almost 4am. I figure dinner was completely digested by then.
This week has given me some insight into my workouts. I am going to change from doing all cardio to splitting it up between cardio and weights. Alternating so I'm not over stressing body parts. I have a funny feeling this is what happened to my leg/knee. The chiropractor seems to agree about overuse of the joints. So that will be the focus during May. Monday I'll do weights followed by Tues cardio, Weds weights and then cardio on Thurs. Continuing to take Friday off and then hit it again with L on Saturday. Sunday will hopefully be bike riding day as long as the weather cooperates. Cardio week days could also be bike days if the weather is right. By right I mean sunny and warm. Sorry but I'm a fair weather rider, even though I like to ride my bike. Just not in the cold and rain. Especially rain. I will have to figure out how to balance cardio and lower body weight work outs. Maybe body weight work outs for lower body so less stress but L will be my source for that info.
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Day Ninety-seven
So we entered a new month with day ninety-six and that makes 7 months to go. This week will be tough on me and I'm trying to be good but...ah well. Here's today in it's entirety:
Breakfast: Egg sandwich with turkey and avocado. 20oz of cold water
Lunch: Teriyaki chicken with brown rice and small salad with pot sticker. Also a smoothie type drink that contained avocado and big jellied balls of tapioca.
In the middle of the afternoon I had some Wheat thin chips and an apple.
Dinner: Broccoli, spinach, quinoa, feta, three eggs, cottage cheese, and salsa. Also a toasted skinny bun with lemon curd and small amount of butter.
Had a glass of red wine. Later in the evening had a banana.
Went to the gym today and rode the recumbent bike and did the treadmill. 24 min on bike with hill program and 10 min on treadmill. As I've said all week I hope to just maintain the weight and not gain any from this week of vacation. I have my fingers crossed. I expect tomorrow I will take it easy in the eating department but can't promise any thing.
Breakfast: Egg sandwich with turkey and avocado. 20oz of cold water
Lunch: Teriyaki chicken with brown rice and small salad with pot sticker. Also a smoothie type drink that contained avocado and big jellied balls of tapioca.
In the middle of the afternoon I had some Wheat thin chips and an apple.
Dinner: Broccoli, spinach, quinoa, feta, three eggs, cottage cheese, and salsa. Also a toasted skinny bun with lemon curd and small amount of butter.
Had a glass of red wine. Later in the evening had a banana.
Went to the gym today and rode the recumbent bike and did the treadmill. 24 min on bike with hill program and 10 min on treadmill. As I've said all week I hope to just maintain the weight and not gain any from this week of vacation. I have my fingers crossed. I expect tomorrow I will take it easy in the eating department but can't promise any thing.
Day Ninety-six
Second day of vac and I went to the gym. I did a couple of upper body exercises and finished with the lower body stuff L showed me on Saturday. Felt good and my leg/knee was fine. I will continue to take it easy for the rest of the week. Tomorrow I will just ride the recumbent and walk on the treadmill. The story of the food for today is crazy again so here we go:
Breakfast: Oatmeal with cottage cheese and lemon curd. 20oz of cold water.
Met a friend for lunch and ended up at a restaurant that I thought would be good but it wasn't, it was just okay. I had a beer with lunch. Lunch consisted of a fish sandwich ( which I could have gotten at a fast food place for way less cash) and fries. Also had a cup of clam chowder, which was the best part of the meal.
Later in the day I had 5 mini sandwiches using the sour dough baguette and the spinach dip. I took sliced turkey, feta, and avocado and made little sandwiches. I also had some Wheat thin chips and the rest of the spinach dip.
Dinner: I made my own fish sandwich using some Mahi Mahi from the freezer and a skinny bun. Added an egg to the sandwich and made the last of the mini pot stickers, about 7 of them.
I also had some more Wheat thin chips and a 100 cal bag of pop corn. A glass of red wine.
I knew vacation would involve eating so am trying to minimize the damage. So far 50/50 in my mind. We got a ways to go so we'll see. I plan on going to the gym the next two days and then take a day off before my Sat workout with L. So hope to maintain for the week.
Breakfast: Oatmeal with cottage cheese and lemon curd. 20oz of cold water.
Met a friend for lunch and ended up at a restaurant that I thought would be good but it wasn't, it was just okay. I had a beer with lunch. Lunch consisted of a fish sandwich ( which I could have gotten at a fast food place for way less cash) and fries. Also had a cup of clam chowder, which was the best part of the meal.
Later in the day I had 5 mini sandwiches using the sour dough baguette and the spinach dip. I took sliced turkey, feta, and avocado and made little sandwiches. I also had some Wheat thin chips and the rest of the spinach dip.
Dinner: I made my own fish sandwich using some Mahi Mahi from the freezer and a skinny bun. Added an egg to the sandwich and made the last of the mini pot stickers, about 7 of them.
I also had some more Wheat thin chips and a 100 cal bag of pop corn. A glass of red wine.
I knew vacation would involve eating so am trying to minimize the damage. So far 50/50 in my mind. We got a ways to go so we'll see. I plan on going to the gym the next two days and then take a day off before my Sat workout with L. So hope to maintain for the week.
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