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.
Thursday, November 8, 2012
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!
Day 282
238. So there it is. Pizza sure is a reality slap in the face. I'm okay though as I know it's just a temporary thing. The weight gain that is not pizza. I really like pizza, well who doesn't? So in my continuing effort to live and lose I'm just going to let it go and move on. I'll get in a good workout with L and continue working out. All this week has been good feelings as I wore clothes that are down sizes from what I've worn in the past. As a matter of fact on Friday (yesterday) I wore a t-shirt that was an XL and it looked fine. That's a biggie for me as all t-shirts show the bulgy bits. So no visiting friends for the Sat nite game and feeding frenzy but I'm still going to go out to dinner with a friend. As it turned out we went Chinese and I only ate about four tablespoons of rice with my meal. Had a fortune cookie though, haha. So here's how the day went:
Breakfast: Greek yogurt and 20oz of cold water
After work out meal: A pizza sandwich. Yes more pizza. I had two pieces of pizza and for some unknown reason felt that I had to make a sandwich with them. So it was a veggie burger wrapped up in two slices of pizza. Crazy but tasty.
Dinner: Went Chinese and had Happy Family. One of my faves, it consists of pieces of pork, beef, chicken, shrimp, and scallops stir fried with broccoli and other chinese food type veggies. As I said I did have it with about 4 table spoons of rice. And a fortune cookie.
Later a snack of an adult beverage and a 100cal bag of popcorn. Then later than that I had a snack of the sesame crackers and some cauliflower.
So didn't go to friends as I said and I didn't eat a ton when I went to the Chinese restaurant. Back on track. L and I talked about working out and more things to change to keep the weight lose going. Good times.
Breakfast: Greek yogurt and 20oz of cold water
After work out meal: A pizza sandwich. Yes more pizza. I had two pieces of pizza and for some unknown reason felt that I had to make a sandwich with them. So it was a veggie burger wrapped up in two slices of pizza. Crazy but tasty.
Dinner: Went Chinese and had Happy Family. One of my faves, it consists of pieces of pork, beef, chicken, shrimp, and scallops stir fried with broccoli and other chinese food type veggies. As I said I did have it with about 4 table spoons of rice. And a fortune cookie.
Later a snack of an adult beverage and a 100cal bag of popcorn. Then later than that I had a snack of the sesame crackers and some cauliflower.
So didn't go to friends as I said and I didn't eat a ton when I went to the Chinese restaurant. Back on track. L and I talked about working out and more things to change to keep the weight lose going. Good times.
Friday, November 2, 2012
Day 281
Sabotage! Yes life is sabotaging my weight loss program. Today at work a co-worker was moving areas so we had a going away food fest. Some of us brought chips, salsa, and cookies. Our boss picked up pizza. This pizza wasn't just any pizza it was pizza from a place that makes the thickest, heaviest pizza around. It wasn't deep dish pizza but it might as well have been. I had a total of 7 pieces in the space of 8 hours. I had four pieces at lunch and I really felt a bit sick after an hour or so as I felt stuffed to the gills. Where'd that saying come from? Let's find out. Hmm, it seems to be one of those phrases that has no origin. Anyway I was stuffed and didn't even want to eat anymore when I went to break time almost three hours later. I did bring some home though and ate another three pieces for dinner. So in total 7 pieces in 8 hours. I can't wait to get on the scale in the morning for my weekly weigh in. I was hoping to finally break the 236 mark this week as I've felt really good and I've rocked the belt loop #5 pretty much all week. Oh well I've been craving pizza so this definitely satisfied that craving for a while. And that's not a bad thing. At least in my world. So here's the day in total black and white:
Breakfast: Egg and turkey sandwich with tomato, cheese, and guacamole on a skinny bun. Banana and 20oz of cold water.
1st snack: Chips and salsa and chocolate chip cookie bars (1) and chocolate chip cookies (2)
Lunch: As stated 4 pieces of pizza and (2) chocolate chip cookie bars and (2) chocolate chip cookies. Chips and salsa.
2nd snack: No food still too full from lunch. Drank a Honest Honey Green Tea. One of my fave drinks.
Dinner: 3 pieces of pizza and two cookies (chocolate chip)
So there it is. I have a feeling that the scale will slap me back to reality in the morning but I will also say that it was worth it. I just know that I will have to work extra hard for the next week. I'm still committed to losing weight but as I've always said "You gotta Live" and that is the truth. In my world.
Breakfast: Egg and turkey sandwich with tomato, cheese, and guacamole on a skinny bun. Banana and 20oz of cold water.
1st snack: Chips and salsa and chocolate chip cookie bars (1) and chocolate chip cookies (2)
Lunch: As stated 4 pieces of pizza and (2) chocolate chip cookie bars and (2) chocolate chip cookies. Chips and salsa.
2nd snack: No food still too full from lunch. Drank a Honest Honey Green Tea. One of my fave drinks.
Dinner: 3 pieces of pizza and two cookies (chocolate chip)
So there it is. I have a feeling that the scale will slap me back to reality in the morning but I will also say that it was worth it. I just know that I will have to work extra hard for the next week. I'm still committed to losing weight but as I've always said "You gotta Live" and that is the truth. In my world.
Thursday, November 1, 2012
Day 280
I'm just trying to eat better and get exercise that burns calories but it can be a pain. It's working but I've got to work at it to keep it going. Today was one of those days. The plan is to get up in the morning and do a little bit of a workout to set up the day ahead. Well today started somewhat slower due to not believing the alarm when it went off and so got up later that normal. I picked up a new short workout from my Men's Health connection and wanted to try it out. Wow was it tough. It consists of two exercises, a kettle bell swing and a squat thrust. The recommended number of reps is 15 each progressing backwards to 1. So you do 15 kettle bell swings and then 15 squat thrusts and then 14 swings and 14 thrusts and so on until you get to 1. They recommend you start out at 8 each and work your way up. This is good advice as I could barely do 8 of the thrusts. The swings were a piece of cake but those thrusts were killers. I'm going to keep working on this one in the coming weeks. My new goal in the mornings is a short but actual workout mixed with core mornings. It was "Eat Less" day and a belt loop #5 day:
Breakfast: Egg and turkey sandwich on a skinny bun with tomato, cheese, and guacamole. Banana and 20oz of cold water.
1st snack: 1/2 of a Peanut Butter Larabar
2nd snack: Greek yogurt w/almonds
Lunch: Quinoa with broccoli and cauliflower with chicken and spinach.
3rd snack: 1/2 of a Peanut Butter Larabar
Dinner: Quinoa with broccoli and cauliflower with chicken with salsa. Also had 5 mini candy bars left over from the night before. Then a bit later had a handful of the sesame chips.
Went to the gym after work and did cardio. I'm using the 5lb hand weights at the 10 minute mark on the treadmill. I'm trying to ease into this using dumbbells during the treadmill portion of the workout. I think this is a good way to kick up the intensity without spending more time overall. As I really don't have any more time to add. My day is pushing it as it is with getting home and not actually eating until almost 8pm. I'm trying to get in bed by 10:30pm for sure and it's hard. Did I mention that I wore new skinny pants and was at belt loop #5?
Breakfast: Egg and turkey sandwich on a skinny bun with tomato, cheese, and guacamole. Banana and 20oz of cold water.
1st snack: 1/2 of a Peanut Butter Larabar
2nd snack: Greek yogurt w/almonds
Lunch: Quinoa with broccoli and cauliflower with chicken and spinach.
3rd snack: 1/2 of a Peanut Butter Larabar
Dinner: Quinoa with broccoli and cauliflower with chicken with salsa. Also had 5 mini candy bars left over from the night before. Then a bit later had a handful of the sesame chips.
Went to the gym after work and did cardio. I'm using the 5lb hand weights at the 10 minute mark on the treadmill. I'm trying to ease into this using dumbbells during the treadmill portion of the workout. I think this is a good way to kick up the intensity without spending more time overall. As I really don't have any more time to add. My day is pushing it as it is with getting home and not actually eating until almost 8pm. I'm trying to get in bed by 10:30pm for sure and it's hard. Did I mention that I wore new skinny pants and was at belt loop #5?
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