238. So again no movement on the overall weight. It really seems to be a thorn in my side at this time. My clothes fit great though so not going to stress. I'm sure L is thinking that I'm a bit of a whiner (if you could see me I'm grinning). It seems every week I'm complaining about no weight loss and then talk about all the food I ate during the week. For example this week it was PIZZA on Mon, Tues, and Weds. Then Friday nite I ate the onion rings, breaded shrimps, and drank two adult beverages among other things. So not a lot of room to complain or pull out the Oh Woe is Me card.
Something I wanted to discuss with L was the fact that I generally don't feel hungry. I bring this up because I've been around other people who were losing weight and they all complain about being hungry. Due to not eating as much as they normally do. So am I eating too much? I might be but not sure in reality how to judge. Of course is it real hunger? That's another question that needs an answer. I feel like I'm not eating that much (discounting the PIZZA situation) so I'm thinking I could cut back somewhere. Something else to consider in the program. Not breakfast though, as L and I have discussed. Breakfast is the one meal I should always eat a generous (not huge) helping of food. Wow it seems like I'm always making adjustments to my overall plan. I guess that will keep it interesting if nothing else. Okay here's what I put on the plate and consequently in my body:
Breakfast: Since I was going in early (for me) to work out I just had a Cherry Pie Larabar and because I had left out the water pitcher no cold water for the first time in 3-4 months.
After workout meal: Fratata with two eggs, spinach, quinoa, carrot shreds, and yellow zucchini , along with some cheese. Had two slices of whole wheat toast with almond butter and lemon curd. Also had a cup of Market Spice tea.
In the evening I went to friends for a get together. A friend's birthday was the occasion and we had BLT's and cake with ice cream. I had three BLT's and quite a few handfuls of chips along with a couple of adult beverages made with grapefruit and orange juices.
The workout with L was a lower body workout as we'd been focusing on the upper body. The focus was upper body because we'd been cautious of the knees after I seemed to hurt my knee's a few month's ago. Everything felt fine and it was a good workout. I did stay and get in a ride on the recumbent bike for an extra bit of exercise. I was preparing for the BLT's later in the evening.
Sunday, November 11, 2012
Day 288
The day before weigh in. I'm quite curious as to the numbers that will show up. It's been a week of pizza and belt loop #5's. At one point in the week I noticed that even though I was eating pizza on a daily basis for a while, my clothes still fit very well. I even wore the skinny pants and slimmer shirts. Today will be no different as I will wear a t-shirt that's an XL and pants that are a skinnier waist size. So here's the list for today:
Breakfast: Egg and turkey sandwich with tomato and guacamole on a skinny bun with cheese. 20oz of cold water and a banana.
1st snack: Apple Pie Larabar
2nd snack: Normally a Greek yogurt and almonds but forgot the yogurt so am having a half of a Peanut Butter Larabar instead.
Lunch: Chili Releno from TJ's mixed with quinoa and cheese.
3rd snack: Nothing, spaced the fact I'd brought a slice of whole wheat bread to eat with peanut butter
Dinner: A hodgepodge of falafal, onion rings, breaded shrimps, and pot stickers. Also a bit later ate a handful of baby carrots. Plus two adult beverages to add to the mix.
Breakfast: Egg and turkey sandwich with tomato and guacamole on a skinny bun with cheese. 20oz of cold water and a banana.
1st snack: Apple Pie Larabar
2nd snack: Normally a Greek yogurt and almonds but forgot the yogurt so am having a half of a Peanut Butter Larabar instead.
Lunch: Chili Releno from TJ's mixed with quinoa and cheese.
3rd snack: Nothing, spaced the fact I'd brought a slice of whole wheat bread to eat with peanut butter
Dinner: A hodgepodge of falafal, onion rings, breaded shrimps, and pot stickers. Also a bit later ate a handful of baby carrots. Plus two adult beverages to add to the mix.
Thursday, November 8, 2012
Day 287
It feels weird, no pizza. Also old school morning routine. I didn't really do any exercises just did the basic workout that's not a workout. More body movements and stretching. At the last minute I realized I was ahead of myself in terms of my days. So was able to remember to actually take a lunch instead of thinking lunch was going to be provided. I was having a brain fart in thinking a program I'm part of was today instead of it actually being next week. I just am too literal some times. So again a good day with the belt loops and feeling like I'm getting there. I was supposed to make this a "eat less" day but didn't really happen. Will try again next week, even though I might incorporate the eating program I went with yesterday. I might consider it a reward in a sense (that is if I deserve a reward). I will have to think about that next week and maybe give it a try. I'm thinking I will allow myself to sleep later and get up with just enough time to shower, shave and drink my 20oz of cold water and then an hour or so later eat a Larabar. I want to start experimenting with eating. I know I should always eat breakfast, but how much and when could be adjusted to possibly alter my metabolism. Possibly. It could also be disastrous to my goals.
Here's today's log:
Breakfast: Egg and turkey sandwich on a skinny bun with tomato, cheese, and avocado. Banana and 20oz of cold water.
1st snack: Peanut Butter Larabar ½
2nd snack: Greek yogurt and almonds
Lunch: Spinach salad with quinoa, yellow zucchini, roasted veggies, and dressing.
Dinner: Quinoa salad with cheese and cauliflower. ½ of a dark chocolate bar and a small glass of eggnog.
Went to the gym after work and did weights. Did a bit of body weight squats and lunges but wasn't feeling it so stuck to the upper body workout.
One day away from weigh in day and the next 24hrs will have temptations lurking in the shadows. Got to be strong but again the life is calling and I'm sure I'll answer. I just hope I answer sensibly and with moderation. Oh yeah it's the start of a three day weekend with a birthday party one night and a lunch date with a couple of work friends to spice up the temptations.
Here's today's log:
Breakfast: Egg and turkey sandwich on a skinny bun with tomato, cheese, and avocado. Banana and 20oz of cold water.
1st snack: Peanut Butter Larabar ½
2nd snack: Greek yogurt and almonds
Lunch: Spinach salad with quinoa, yellow zucchini, roasted veggies, and dressing.
Dinner: Quinoa salad with cheese and cauliflower. ½ of a dark chocolate bar and a small glass of eggnog.
Went to the gym after work and did weights. Did a bit of body weight squats and lunges but wasn't feeling it so stuck to the upper body workout.
One day away from weigh in day and the next 24hrs will have temptations lurking in the shadows. Got to be strong but again the life is calling and I'm sure I'll answer. I just hope I answer sensibly and with moderation. Oh yeah it's the start of a three day weekend with a birthday party one night and a lunch date with a couple of work friends to spice up the temptations.
Day 286
OMG, more pizza. I did succumb to the siren call of the pizza. As it turned out though it wasn't fresh pizza but the leftover pizza that I'd been allowing myself to answer the call of. I really hope that that is it for the foreseeable future when it comes to pizza. At least I did enjoy this last foray into combat with my pizza obsession. Alright, been there done that! Moving onward and upward. The day otherwise was another good day. I tried something quite different in terms of how I ate my meals. I actually slept in and didn't do my morning routine at all and then:
Breakfast: Nothing other than 20oz of cold water.
1st snack: Peanut Butter Larabar
2nd snack: Greek yogurt and almonds
Lunch: Three pieces of warmed over pizza.
3rd snack: Starbucks skinny Latte with protein
Dinner: Cod mixed with the roasted veggies, quinoa, and cheese.
Went to the gym after work and did the cardio workout. Switched it up a bit in sequence of machines. I still did the treadmill with the dumbbells but went to the recumbent next and then finished with the stair stepper. So still did intervals on the last two machines just in a different order. I'll do that for the next couple of weeks so that I don't get too used to the workout.
I'm still able to do belt loop #5 and occasionally get glimpses of #6. It reminds me of before when it was #4 and was flirting with #5. As we head into the holiday season it will be more and more of a challenge to stick to a reasonable eating plan. I refuse to deprive myself ( remember pizzageddon) but let's be honest I can't eat the way I used to. If I want to continue to change my body size and shape I'm going to have to set some boundary's and stick to them.
Breakfast: Nothing other than 20oz of cold water.
1st snack: Peanut Butter Larabar
2nd snack: Greek yogurt and almonds
Lunch: Three pieces of warmed over pizza.
3rd snack: Starbucks skinny Latte with protein
Dinner: Cod mixed with the roasted veggies, quinoa, and cheese.
Went to the gym after work and did the cardio workout. Switched it up a bit in sequence of machines. I still did the treadmill with the dumbbells but went to the recumbent next and then finished with the stair stepper. So still did intervals on the last two machines just in a different order. I'll do that for the next couple of weeks so that I don't get too used to the workout.
I'm still able to do belt loop #5 and occasionally get glimpses of #6. It reminds me of before when it was #4 and was flirting with #5. As we head into the holiday season it will be more and more of a challenge to stick to a reasonable eating plan. I refuse to deprive myself ( remember pizzageddon) but let's be honest I can't eat the way I used to. If I want to continue to change my body size and shape I'm going to have to set some boundary's and stick to them.
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Day 285
Again just wanting to get this down and move on. Had to go to the chiropractor as my neck was bothering me. It started Sunday morning and I think I overdid it playing video games Saturday nite. I know that sounds silly but I played for a few hours straight. So no gym today. Tried to make this an eat less day but didn't really succeed. Here's how it fell apart. At least in my mind:
Breakfast: Egg and turkey sandwich on a skinny bun with avocado, cheese, and tomato. Banana and 20oz of cold water.
1st snack: Half of an Apple Pie Larabar
2nd snack: Two pieces of cold, dried out crust pizza. Again ate it because it was there not because it would satisfy me. I think I've let myself crave pizza for too long and thus have caused this overindulgence. The sad thing is that tomorrow there will be new pizza, as work rewards us for a job well done. By buying us pizza. At least it will be fresh and maybe I can stem the pizza bleeding.
Lunch: Small spinach salad with quinoa, half of a tomato, carrot shreds, roasted brussel sprouts and cauliflower.
3rd snack: Two handfuls of almonds
Dinner: The last of the mini pizza's. Again two of them and this time I crumbled up some cod and covered them in cheese. Followed by an apple.
So I will say that even with all the pizza eating, I was able to do belt loop #5 all day. A bit surprising but there it was. I feel much better after the chiropractor visit so I'm hoping tomorrow will feel better mentally for me. I have gotten up the past two mornings and did my morning workout. So far both days have been core exercises and I think I will continue with them for the week.
Breakfast: Egg and turkey sandwich on a skinny bun with avocado, cheese, and tomato. Banana and 20oz of cold water.
1st snack: Half of an Apple Pie Larabar
2nd snack: Two pieces of cold, dried out crust pizza. Again ate it because it was there not because it would satisfy me. I think I've let myself crave pizza for too long and thus have caused this overindulgence. The sad thing is that tomorrow there will be new pizza, as work rewards us for a job well done. By buying us pizza. At least it will be fresh and maybe I can stem the pizza bleeding.
Lunch: Small spinach salad with quinoa, half of a tomato, carrot shreds, roasted brussel sprouts and cauliflower.
3rd snack: Two handfuls of almonds
Dinner: The last of the mini pizza's. Again two of them and this time I crumbled up some cod and covered them in cheese. Followed by an apple.
So I will say that even with all the pizza eating, I was able to do belt loop #5 all day. A bit surprising but there it was. I feel much better after the chiropractor visit so I'm hoping tomorrow will feel better mentally for me. I have gotten up the past two mornings and did my morning workout. So far both days have been core exercises and I think I will continue with them for the week.
Day 284
Not feeling it today so I'm just going to keep it basic. Wore a skinny shirt but belt loop #5 eluded me today. Still don't feel fat just blah. Partially because there is still pizza floating around and I ate some when I really didn't need to. It was one of those times where I ate something and did it because it was there, not because it tasted good or made me happy. That is always humbling in it's revelation. Here's the rest in black and white:
Breakfast: Egg and turkey sandwich on a skinny bun with avocado and tomato. Banana and 20oz of cold water.
1st snack: Half of an Apple Pie Larabar
2nd snack: Two pieces of pizza, cold and with a somewhat dried out crust
Lunch: Spinach salad with quinoa, roasted brussel sprouts and cauliflower, and yellow zucchini with dressing. Baked some cod over the weekend and had a fillet with lunch. Had a couple of chocolate chip cookies.
Dinner: Two mini pizza's topped with quinoa and cheese. Fairly satisfying and filling.
Went to the gym after work and did the cardio workout without dumbbells. I did think about the comments that the guy from the other day made while working out. I don't think I get bored doing cardio because I do the intervals and it's always changing. Granted the recumbent generally is the same, but it isn't always easy so the challenge keeps me going. I do think I need more weight training but I want to ease into it and not hurt myself by being macho.
Breakfast: Egg and turkey sandwich on a skinny bun with avocado and tomato. Banana and 20oz of cold water.
1st snack: Half of an Apple Pie Larabar
2nd snack: Two pieces of pizza, cold and with a somewhat dried out crust
Lunch: Spinach salad with quinoa, roasted brussel sprouts and cauliflower, and yellow zucchini with dressing. Baked some cod over the weekend and had a fillet with lunch. Had a couple of chocolate chip cookies.
Dinner: Two mini pizza's topped with quinoa and cheese. Fairly satisfying and filling.
Went to the gym after work and did the cardio workout without dumbbells. I did think about the comments that the guy from the other day made while working out. I don't think I get bored doing cardio because I do the intervals and it's always changing. Granted the recumbent generally is the same, but it isn't always easy so the challenge keeps me going. I do think I need more weight training but I want to ease into it and not hurt myself by being macho.
Sunday, November 4, 2012
Day 283
Another day in the continuing saga of my life and how I'm trying to keep it going. Got to sleep in a hour longer today. Daylight savings time ended and so we get to "fall back". I always look forward to this day. I would like to see day light savings time become the standard though. It just makes more sense to me to not have this shuffling of time. Talked to a guy at the gym today and he was telling me how to lose more weight. He was nice about it and sincerely was trying to be helpful but I like what I'm doing with L's help. When I said I was doing cardio he commented that men tend to find cardio boring. I think he's right to an extent but for me I've embraced the interval training so it never gets boring as I'm always changing the rhythm of the cardio. Even though he did make an interesting comment. He felt that taking an hour for cardio could be better served in a half an hour doing resistance training (lifting weights). That's one of the things I'm looking at as I only have approximately an hour total to get in and get 'er done. So maybe I could look at combining both into one visit. Something to think about. Here's the rest of the day:
Breakfast: An egg mixed with spinach and quinoa. Baked in the oven and garnished with salsa. 20oz of cold water.
After workout meal: A breaded shrimp sandwich. It was whole wheat low carb bread and breaded shrimp from TJ's that is lite breading. Added a tomato and cheese with almond butter. Also had some onion rings and yam fries all from TJ's. Oh a small glass of eggnog.
Dinner: Two thin individual pizza's with some green pepper, felafel, and cheese.
So did the cardio workout today and again felt good using the 5lb dumbbells. I plan on getting back into my morning workouts this week. Yes I've been saying that now for a few weeks and have been having difficulties in accomplishing that promise. Going to take a new approach and just try to do something and then build on that. Won't get down on myself if I falter. Re-commit!
Breakfast: An egg mixed with spinach and quinoa. Baked in the oven and garnished with salsa. 20oz of cold water.
After workout meal: A breaded shrimp sandwich. It was whole wheat low carb bread and breaded shrimp from TJ's that is lite breading. Added a tomato and cheese with almond butter. Also had some onion rings and yam fries all from TJ's. Oh a small glass of eggnog.
Dinner: Two thin individual pizza's with some green pepper, felafel, and cheese.
So did the cardio workout today and again felt good using the 5lb dumbbells. I plan on getting back into my morning workouts this week. Yes I've been saying that now for a few weeks and have been having difficulties in accomplishing that promise. Going to take a new approach and just try to do something and then build on that. Won't get down on myself if I falter. Re-commit!
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