Apparently the day my modem died, Alden decided to stop in and pay me a visit. Thank you for your comments, sir. I am definitely going to live this chapter of my life to its fullest
But the fact that he stopped by last week is actually very funny... because the week he stops by, I am having a bad week fitness-wise. It's strange really how tied my fitness activity is to the internet. I have only been on SparkPeople 6 weeks but already I can now see how logging my daily food intake and exercise has made a change in my life. Without being able to log it on the internet, I stopped logging altogether and ouch! did that hurt!! The food wasn't so bad... although my water consumption, which wasn't great to begin with really tanked. As for exercise, yeah... well, that wasn't so great as well. My strength exercises completely fell by the wayside... and I can definitely notice. I really feel "fluffy" in areas where I was beginning to feel some firmness... abs... butt... arms. As for cardio, I did some but not like I had been doing. And that I definitely felt in my energy level.
Now I am not trying to make excuses but last week was a bit rough for me personally as well only because I was finishing my two week notice out and starting a new job. I wasn't doing regular hours at the new place however it cut into my sleep time which really did not help me out in the evening hours plus it stole away the time that I would normally get some exercise (especially my bike rides).
So as of yesterday I am back to logging (yes, Alden, you were right... Logging definitely makes a difference!) I got my strength exercises in... my abs are thanking me. And I did some cardio on a stationary bike and an elliptical machine. Did I happen to mention that my new job is located in a building that has a fitness center in it? Very cool! A group of the ladies go down during lunch and get a 20-30 minute workout in. I think this will really be beneficial during the winter months for me as well.
So while I had a slow week, I did still manage to lose some pounds(yeah!) but the inches stayed the same and in fact, grew on my hips and waist (ouch!). I definitely need to keep logging and should - GOD FORBID! - ever have another internet crisis, make sure I come up with a back-up plan for logging. May even have to do it the old fashioned way... with a pen and paper.
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Thursday, May 17, 2007
Saturday, April 14, 2007
Finally Spring has Arrived!
The temps finally hit the 50's today! Although we didn't take advantage of it right away. The kids had popped in a movie and I curled up with Vengeance in Death and finished it!! Good book!
I finally got to pull out that new bike and give it a try. K2 and I went for a 40 minute ride thru the neighborhood. Hmm... I need to be sure to continue to do BR legs... my legs were burning for a bit... can't have that now. I know I can do better.
For dinner, we threw a couple of cheap steaks onto the grill and added a salad, baked potatoes (sweet potato for me), some green beans and French bread. A most fantastic meal! I even surprised the kids with strawberry shortcake for dessert.
Nothing much going on tonight... I think I am going to crash with a new book... I have two historicals sent from the Book Pimp via Sinful that I have yet to read... The Raven Prince and A Lady's Pleasure. I think I will start with RP, I believe I heard good things on the BB about it.
So goodnight, all! Hope you are having a good weekend.
My 3 good things:
1. Bike ride
2. All the kids getting their bikes ready for spring
3. Strawberry shortcake
I finally got to pull out that new bike and give it a try. K2 and I went for a 40 minute ride thru the neighborhood. Hmm... I need to be sure to continue to do BR legs... my legs were burning for a bit... can't have that now. I know I can do better.
For dinner, we threw a couple of cheap steaks onto the grill and added a salad, baked potatoes (sweet potato for me), some green beans and French bread. A most fantastic meal! I even surprised the kids with strawberry shortcake for dessert.
Nothing much going on tonight... I think I am going to crash with a new book... I have two historicals sent from the Book Pimp via Sinful that I have yet to read... The Raven Prince and A Lady's Pleasure. I think I will start with RP, I believe I heard good things on the BB about it.
So goodnight, all! Hope you are having a good weekend.
My 3 good things:
1. Bike ride
2. All the kids getting their bikes ready for spring
3. Strawberry shortcake
Sunday, April 8, 2007
Happy Easter!!
Normally our holidays are spent with one of the in-law families. However, this year J's parents had to work so we didn't get together with them and my family wasn't doing anything together (well, at least not that I had heard anyway). We were able to spend a nice quiet holiday at home for a change.
I wasn't sure what time the kids would wake us up however I did hear the girls during the 7 o'clock hour. Finally at 8:00 a.m. nature's call had to be answered and downstairs I went. There I was accosted by K3 who told me, "GO BACK TO BED! We are having fun!" As I looked around... the baskets were still sitting on chairs where (I assume) the Easter Bunny had still left them, untouched. I asked K3, "What are you doing?" Her reply, "I don't know, but it's fun." I didn't need to be told twice... back to bed I went.
By 9:00 we were all awake, the kids were digging into their baskets (not much candy this year and a video game each)... and getting ready to find the eggs that they colored the night before. I basically slept on the couch through the whole event (still battling this cold). Breakfast consisted of hard boiled eggs after they were found.
The rest of the day has been spent completely at leisure. I got a nap in and some reading. The kids played video games and K3 did some drawing. J has been in the basement sorting thru some boxes. All in all a quiet and completely relaxing holiday.
Right now the ham and scalloped potatoes are on the table just waiting for the bread to finish baking and then we will eat dinner. The only down side the day... our dishwasher decided to break on us today. The kids discovered the joy of having to wash ALL the dishes... *snickers*
I hope everyone else had a great day and that you were able to spend it as you liked.
HAPPY EASTER!!!
I wasn't sure what time the kids would wake us up however I did hear the girls during the 7 o'clock hour. Finally at 8:00 a.m. nature's call had to be answered and downstairs I went. There I was accosted by K3 who told me, "GO BACK TO BED! We are having fun!" As I looked around... the baskets were still sitting on chairs where (I assume) the Easter Bunny had still left them, untouched. I asked K3, "What are you doing?" Her reply, "I don't know, but it's fun." I didn't need to be told twice... back to bed I went.
By 9:00 we were all awake, the kids were digging into their baskets (not much candy this year and a video game each)... and getting ready to find the eggs that they colored the night before. I basically slept on the couch through the whole event (still battling this cold). Breakfast consisted of hard boiled eggs after they were found.
The rest of the day has been spent completely at leisure. I got a nap in and some reading. The kids played video games and K3 did some drawing. J has been in the basement sorting thru some boxes. All in all a quiet and completely relaxing holiday.
Right now the ham and scalloped potatoes are on the table just waiting for the bread to finish baking and then we will eat dinner. The only down side the day... our dishwasher decided to break on us today. The kids discovered the joy of having to wash ALL the dishes... *snickers*
I hope everyone else had a great day and that you were able to spend it as you liked.
HAPPY EASTER!!!
Saturday, April 7, 2007
Fitness & Food Log 4/6
Yesterday wasn't a great day... the only thing that saved me since I ate a LOT of crap is that I seemed to have no appetite. Even in the morning when I made my Slimfast shake (which I actually love) I could only get half of it down. I ate no lunch because the kids and I went to the movies so while I put popcorn and soda (yes, I had soda) down for a snack it really was my lunch. For dinner we went for a fish fry but again I wasn't that hungry and only ate 1 piece and took most of the batter off because it was so greasy.
My intention was to get at least 15 minutes of BR in when we got home but J ate so much he wanted to walk it off so we went to Kohl's and Walmart and walked around. I really can't include that for exercise since it was more of a ramble thru the stores.
My water intake was also down yesterday. I think I only got about 40 oz in... with being sick lately, that should've been higher.
Today's another day and will try to do better... Here's the food log for yesterday...
My intention was to get at least 15 minutes of BR in when we got home but J ate so much he wanted to walk it off so we went to Kohl's and Walmart and walked around. I really can't include that for exercise since it was more of a ramble thru the stores.
My water intake was also down yesterday. I think I only got about 40 oz in... with being sick lately, that should've been higher.
Today's another day and will try to do better... Here's the food log for yesterday...
Thursday, April 5, 2007
BAck in the Fitness Mode again!!!
So who gets sick and on the recovery side decides... now is a good time to start working out, eating right and logging it(!!!), drinking that water again... well, apparently I do. Not sure what happened...maybe what I had was a virus that affected my brain. So what happened? A combination of things actually...
After not having eaten for 4 hours, I knew... I KNEW... I shouldn't do it... but I did anyway... I stepped on the scale. Now I really hit a plateau in February which thru me into some sort of downward spiral (hmmm, not very nautical... don't think Alden would like that analogy but oh well!) For most of March, I found that I could just not work out... couldn't work up the energy and more importantly the motivation to do it. Then towards mid-late March, Janet, gave me some good tips to try... go back slow... do something I liked. I took her advice and started up Abs again only this time I switched to Essential Abs plus, I got back into walking.
That's been working okay...but I knew it wasn't enough to give me any results. My little "spiral" cost me 10 lbs! With what I was now doing, I worked my way down 3 lbs. However, now after having been sick, when I stepped on the scale I found that I was now back to my lowest "loss" point. I knew I had to take advantage of this.
Then while I was sick, Janet also encouraged me to try posting under Alden's RevReport. I was not spending much time on the computer but I did go over and post what I did for last week. I also posted about how sick I was... thus giving me the perfect excuse for having a sucky report next week. It wasn't til Wednesday night that I went back to read some of the posts that I noticed one by Mary Jo and she mentioned a website that she uses... www.sparkpeople.com. I checked it out and decided to give it a try.
So today was my first day of it... normally, I would've used the excuse of still being too weak to exercise but I wouldn't let myself do it this time. It was only 35 degrees here but the skies were a pretty blue and the sun was shining so I went off for a walk joined by K2. My lungs were burning and I wasn't walking as hard as I normally do but I went 45 minutes. I also logged everything I ate today... which is the cool thing at the site because it lets you choose type, style, portion, etc... then gives you calories, and the rest of the nutritional breakdown. I did good today but my appetite is, of course, not back to normal. It will be interesting to see how I do when it is.
So I had a great day today! I am starting to feel better... I got a some exercise in... I ate good and logged it!! And I even sneaked in a Chai from Starbucks and found it didn't push me over my caloric limit... not bad!
***
Here is my logging from April 5...
After not having eaten for 4 hours, I knew... I KNEW... I shouldn't do it... but I did anyway... I stepped on the scale. Now I really hit a plateau in February which thru me into some sort of downward spiral (hmmm, not very nautical... don't think Alden would like that analogy but oh well!) For most of March, I found that I could just not work out... couldn't work up the energy and more importantly the motivation to do it. Then towards mid-late March, Janet, gave me some good tips to try... go back slow... do something I liked. I took her advice and started up Abs again only this time I switched to Essential Abs plus, I got back into walking.
That's been working okay...but I knew it wasn't enough to give me any results. My little "spiral" cost me 10 lbs! With what I was now doing, I worked my way down 3 lbs. However, now after having been sick, when I stepped on the scale I found that I was now back to my lowest "loss" point. I knew I had to take advantage of this.
Then while I was sick, Janet also encouraged me to try posting under Alden's RevReport. I was not spending much time on the computer but I did go over and post what I did for last week. I also posted about how sick I was... thus giving me the perfect excuse for having a sucky report next week. It wasn't til Wednesday night that I went back to read some of the posts that I noticed one by Mary Jo and she mentioned a website that she uses... www.sparkpeople.com. I checked it out and decided to give it a try.
So today was my first day of it... normally, I would've used the excuse of still being too weak to exercise but I wouldn't let myself do it this time. It was only 35 degrees here but the skies were a pretty blue and the sun was shining so I went off for a walk joined by K2. My lungs were burning and I wasn't walking as hard as I normally do but I went 45 minutes. I also logged everything I ate today... which is the cool thing at the site because it lets you choose type, style, portion, etc... then gives you calories, and the rest of the nutritional breakdown. I did good today but my appetite is, of course, not back to normal. It will be interesting to see how I do when it is.
So I had a great day today! I am starting to feel better... I got a some exercise in... I ate good and logged it!! And I even sneaked in a Chai from Starbucks and found it didn't push me over my caloric limit... not bad!
***
Here is my logging from April 5...
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Back at it...
Well, it seems like I have my momentum back again... at least as far as working out is concerned. After a few weeks of mindless drifting and being completely stalled, I then had some good advice from a friend and was able to ease back into it. But it was definitely easing... my attempts were sporadic at best. But now I seem to have renewed vigor and am taking it to the mat...
Starting with Sunday, I have 2 walks in and they were both with J... imagine 6'2" height...thus long leg stride, so I had to work to keep up with him. Then I came home each time and went right into Abs Essentials - Level 1. I will pick some of the BR Essentials back up (especially arms and a cardio or two) but I have decided to do it progressively. Right now I can feel that my legs have been worked but I am not stiff and sore... but my abs... they hurt. All that muscle tone that I had spent months working on... yeah, it was pretty much gone, but I am getting it back. Hell, it even hurts when I sneeze...but I am looking at that as a good thing.
Food consumption has been fairly consistent. I am still trying to make better choices and have stuck to some of my life changing decisions... skim milk, greatly reducing soda intake, wheat vs white (bread, pasta). I eat breakfast everyday... sometimes it is a Slimfast shake with fresh fruit or some peanut butter toast with fruit. And my biggest success has been at work... I am still avoiding the vending machines and am taking lunch from home... turkey sandwich, salad or soup. One area where I seem to have faltered is water intake. It was a real chore to get my water level up to 60-80 ounces a day and I found that if I don't think about it and work at it then I don't do it. So back to THINKING about it! I have another visit to the vampires coming up and I want it to be as easy as the last couple of times... so time for a glass of water!
Sunday:
1 Hour walk
Essen Abs - Level 1
Monday:
1 Hour Walk
Essential Abs - Level 1
Good Things:
Feeling muscles again
The smell of clothes dried on the line
Walking with just the husband
Starting with Sunday, I have 2 walks in and they were both with J... imagine 6'2" height...thus long leg stride, so I had to work to keep up with him. Then I came home each time and went right into Abs Essentials - Level 1. I will pick some of the BR Essentials back up (especially arms and a cardio or two) but I have decided to do it progressively. Right now I can feel that my legs have been worked but I am not stiff and sore... but my abs... they hurt. All that muscle tone that I had spent months working on... yeah, it was pretty much gone, but I am getting it back. Hell, it even hurts when I sneeze...but I am looking at that as a good thing.
Food consumption has been fairly consistent. I am still trying to make better choices and have stuck to some of my life changing decisions... skim milk, greatly reducing soda intake, wheat vs white (bread, pasta). I eat breakfast everyday... sometimes it is a Slimfast shake with fresh fruit or some peanut butter toast with fruit. And my biggest success has been at work... I am still avoiding the vending machines and am taking lunch from home... turkey sandwich, salad or soup. One area where I seem to have faltered is water intake. It was a real chore to get my water level up to 60-80 ounces a day and I found that if I don't think about it and work at it then I don't do it. So back to THINKING about it! I have another visit to the vampires coming up and I want it to be as easy as the last couple of times... so time for a glass of water!
Sunday:
1 Hour walk
Essen Abs - Level 1
Monday:
1 Hour Walk
Essential Abs - Level 1
Good Things:
Feeling muscles again
The smell of clothes dried on the line
Walking with just the husband
Sunday, March 25, 2007
What a Beautiful Weekend!
In the reality of what my friend is facing with losing her great-niece, I was reminded how lucky I am to have healthy, happy children. I tried to focus on that this weekend and just watch and enjoy them.
The weather was perfect... warm 60's yesterday and reaching into the mid 70's today. K2 had a girl scout fitness program yesterday that I didn't have to chaperone. I dropped K1 off at the library to work on his research paper and K3 and I went to my favorite hangout... Barnes and Noble. I bought her a new book, Amelia's 6th Grade Notebook, her new favorite series (at least this week) and a cool bookmark that helps her keep track of her reading minutes. Then we went down to the cafe to have lunch... I can't resist those Turkey, Cheese, Chipotle Panini sandwiches! K3 had a frapuccino and I had iced tea. Then it was time to pick up K1 at the library and take him for a haircut. My preference short!... his preference long (basically take it back up out of his eyes). So I thought to myself... how horrible is it really for his hair to be longer? Is this really worth fighting over? Nah... there will be other fights that I will need to enforce my will... this really doesn't have to be one of them. So when he sat in the chair and she asked how "we" wanted it cut... I told her, "It's his hair.. ask him." The final result... it's not horrible... I really do prefer it short but my little boy is growing up... have to let him "win" some.
Today was even more glorious than the yesterday. Yesterday the kids did manage to find some time to play outside. This morning K1 said to me, "I discovered playing outside." When I asked him what he meant, he said how good it felt to be outside playing and goofing around with his sisters. So after a late breakfast, they were back at it.... climbing trees, playing mini-tennis on the driveway, riding scooters and running like loons throughout the (1 acre) yard. And when K1 and J ran to do errands, I was even invited to play tennis with K2. Normally, I would have declined using dishes or something as an excuse, but not today... today I rejoiced in being able to play with my kids.
In honor of the great weather, we did steaks on the grill and enjoyed a great dinner. Then afterward, despite it being dark, J and I went for a walk. The temps were still in the 70's at 8:00p.m.!! Now my kids are all settled for the night, I Revvved (finally!), showered and am sitting back with a mug of green tea. I am lucky and completely blessed... I have my health... 3 fantastic children... a husband who completely loves me... really... what more do I need?
Well, maybe a piece of chocolate... :)
LIFE... it's a Good Thing!
The weather was perfect... warm 60's yesterday and reaching into the mid 70's today. K2 had a girl scout fitness program yesterday that I didn't have to chaperone. I dropped K1 off at the library to work on his research paper and K3 and I went to my favorite hangout... Barnes and Noble. I bought her a new book, Amelia's 6th Grade Notebook, her new favorite series (at least this week) and a cool bookmark that helps her keep track of her reading minutes. Then we went down to the cafe to have lunch... I can't resist those Turkey, Cheese, Chipotle Panini sandwiches! K3 had a frapuccino and I had iced tea. Then it was time to pick up K1 at the library and take him for a haircut. My preference short!... his preference long (basically take it back up out of his eyes). So I thought to myself... how horrible is it really for his hair to be longer? Is this really worth fighting over? Nah... there will be other fights that I will need to enforce my will... this really doesn't have to be one of them. So when he sat in the chair and she asked how "we" wanted it cut... I told her, "It's his hair.. ask him." The final result... it's not horrible... I really do prefer it short but my little boy is growing up... have to let him "win" some.
Today was even more glorious than the yesterday. Yesterday the kids did manage to find some time to play outside. This morning K1 said to me, "I discovered playing outside." When I asked him what he meant, he said how good it felt to be outside playing and goofing around with his sisters. So after a late breakfast, they were back at it.... climbing trees, playing mini-tennis on the driveway, riding scooters and running like loons throughout the (1 acre) yard. And when K1 and J ran to do errands, I was even invited to play tennis with K2. Normally, I would have declined using dishes or something as an excuse, but not today... today I rejoiced in being able to play with my kids.
In honor of the great weather, we did steaks on the grill and enjoyed a great dinner. Then afterward, despite it being dark, J and I went for a walk. The temps were still in the 70's at 8:00p.m.!! Now my kids are all settled for the night, I Revvved (finally!), showered and am sitting back with a mug of green tea. I am lucky and completely blessed... I have my health... 3 fantastic children... a husband who completely loves me... really... what more do I need?
Well, maybe a piece of chocolate... :)
LIFE... it's a Good Thing!
Monday, February 26, 2007
Food/Mood Log - 25 FEB
Food:
Vanilla Slimfast shake w/skim
1 slice French Toast w/syrup
2 sm pieces of ched cheese
2 choc nougat slimfast bars
1 Tukey/Salami sandwich on whole wheat w/lettuce
1 bowl Beef Veg soup
Microwave popcorn (shared w/J)
Green Tea - 15 ounces
Skim Milk - 8 ounces
Water - 60 ounces
Exercise:
3 hours of shoveling ... HEAVY snow
Mood... Good day... pleasant attitude... exhausted at night but hey! I worked my butt off!!
Good Things:
1) Watching big fluffy white snowflakes fall
2) Exercise from satisfying hard physical labor w/my the whole familly
3) Not having to go into work on a Sunday night
Vanilla Slimfast shake w/skim
1 slice French Toast w/syrup
2 sm pieces of ched cheese
2 choc nougat slimfast bars
1 Tukey/Salami sandwich on whole wheat w/lettuce
1 bowl Beef Veg soup
Microwave popcorn (shared w/J)
Green Tea - 15 ounces
Skim Milk - 8 ounces
Water - 60 ounces
Exercise:
3 hours of shoveling ... HEAVY snow
Mood... Good day... pleasant attitude... exhausted at night but hey! I worked my butt off!!
Good Things:
1) Watching big fluffy white snowflakes fall
2) Exercise from satisfying hard physical labor w/my the whole familly
3) Not having to go into work on a Sunday night
Friday, February 23, 2007
Food/Mood Log - 23 FEB
Food:
Slimfast Shake w/skim & fresh banana added
Turkey sandwich on whole wheat w/cheese
Small movie popcorn w/butter
Bacon Cheeseburger
Fries
Oreo Cake
8 ounce Iced Tea sweet
16 ounces Vanilla Coke
50 ounces water
Exercise:
none... :(
Mood... Good day... nothing out of the ordinary for being tired. However, it was a long day... can't remember too much. I remember calm... relaxation... no agitation... and no strong desire for midday nap. However, tiredness really set in tonight. Long day been up since 5:00a.m. or it could be the Bacon Cheeseburger...
Good Things:
1)Eating movie theatre popcorn
2)Mailing 2 packages that should bring smiles
3)Mother-Daughter talk w/K3 about school, boys and life (her experiences and mine)
Slimfast Shake w/skim & fresh banana added
Turkey sandwich on whole wheat w/cheese
Small movie popcorn w/butter
Bacon Cheeseburger
Fries
Oreo Cake
8 ounce Iced Tea sweet
16 ounces Vanilla Coke
50 ounces water
Exercise:
none... :(
Mood... Good day... nothing out of the ordinary for being tired. However, it was a long day... can't remember too much. I remember calm... relaxation... no agitation... and no strong desire for midday nap. However, tiredness really set in tonight. Long day been up since 5:00a.m. or it could be the Bacon Cheeseburger...
Good Things:
1)Eating movie theatre popcorn
2)Mailing 2 packages that should bring smiles
3)Mother-Daughter talk w/K3 about school, boys and life (her experiences and mine)
Thursday, February 22, 2007
Food/Mood Log - 22 FEB
Food:
Turkey & Cheese Chipotle Sandwich
Lemon Raspberry Square (HEY! It's better than the Vanilla Bean Cheesecake that was calling my name!)
Salad w/carrots, tsp cheese, seed mix and low-fat dijon dressing
Spaghetti w/ whole wheat pasta... little sauce w/2 mini-meatballs
Corn
5 Hershey kisses (the bag is finally gone!)
12 ounce Black Iced Tea (sweet)
Venti Chai Latte w/skim
Water - 50 ounces (need to do better tomorrow!)
Exercise:
1 HR walk
Mood... good day... only 4 hours of sleep but seemed to do okay with it. Ate a nice relaxing lunch at B&N's cafe. However, 1 hour later while grocery shopping was getting tired... little sleep? the grocery shopping? or the sandwich?? But when I came home had no problem finding the energy to make dinner, do ALL dishes and some laundry.
Good Things:
1) Relaxing reading lunch at B&N
2) Book browsing and shopping
3) J buying me sugar snap peas
Turkey & Cheese Chipotle Sandwich
Lemon Raspberry Square (HEY! It's better than the Vanilla Bean Cheesecake that was calling my name!)
Salad w/carrots, tsp cheese, seed mix and low-fat dijon dressing
Spaghetti w/ whole wheat pasta... little sauce w/2 mini-meatballs
Corn
5 Hershey kisses (the bag is finally gone!)
12 ounce Black Iced Tea (sweet)
Venti Chai Latte w/skim
Water - 50 ounces (need to do better tomorrow!)
Exercise:
1 HR walk
Mood... good day... only 4 hours of sleep but seemed to do okay with it. Ate a nice relaxing lunch at B&N's cafe. However, 1 hour later while grocery shopping was getting tired... little sleep? the grocery shopping? or the sandwich?? But when I came home had no problem finding the energy to make dinner, do ALL dishes and some laundry.
Good Things:
1) Relaxing reading lunch at B&N
2) Book browsing and shopping
3) J buying me sugar snap peas
Food/Mood Log - 21 FEB
Food:
Vanilla Slimfast Shake w/skim
2 Fried eggs
2 WW Toast
Salami on whole wheat bread
2 Slimfast peanut nougat bars
1/2 Bnls Sknls Chicken Breast (palm sized)
Mashed potatoes
Peas
Slimfast Blueberry Muffin bar
Turkey sandwich on whole wheat
Veggie Crisp Chips (cheese flavored)
Grapes
10 Hershey kisses (edited... forgot to mention these earlier)
Skim Milk - 8 ounces
Green Tea - 8 ounces
Water - 90 ounces
Exercise:
Legs (3 wts)
Cardio (2 wts)
Arms (2 wts)
Abs (3 wts)
Mood... When I woke up this morning, I was extremely tired! But again, I only had 4 hours of sleep. But I finally had enough sense to eat a nice large breakfast with K3 and afterwards I was raring to go. Since I had an energy spike, I did legs and cardio but then was interrupted before I could get into arms. However, by early afternoon, the sluggishness was back and sleep was needed. After a 3 hour much needed nap, felt much sluggish at first but after a bit became more alert. Ate a slimfast bar for a little pick me up and to help carry me over to dinner. Seemed to help. I had energy to make dinner and do a couple loads of laundry. However, I was extremely tired at work tonight... was it the mashed potatoes?? Was it the turkey sandwich??? Or was it simply because it was 2:00 in the freakin' morning??? Ended up taking a 1/2 hour power nap at 3:30 on my last break.
Good Things:
1) Getting my brand new washing machine (it's HUGE!)
2) Getting a nap in the middle of the day.
3) Mashed potatoes and peas... don't ask me why I love eating these two things together... and I do mean together... I scoop up some potatoes and then get some peas to climb on board and then... yuummm!
Vanilla Slimfast Shake w/skim
2 Fried eggs
2 WW Toast
Salami on whole wheat bread
2 Slimfast peanut nougat bars
1/2 Bnls Sknls Chicken Breast (palm sized)
Mashed potatoes
Peas
Slimfast Blueberry Muffin bar
Turkey sandwich on whole wheat
Veggie Crisp Chips (cheese flavored)
Grapes
10 Hershey kisses (edited... forgot to mention these earlier)
Skim Milk - 8 ounces
Green Tea - 8 ounces
Water - 90 ounces
Exercise:
Legs (3 wts)
Cardio (2 wts)
Arms (2 wts)
Abs (3 wts)
Mood... When I woke up this morning, I was extremely tired! But again, I only had 4 hours of sleep. But I finally had enough sense to eat a nice large breakfast with K3 and afterwards I was raring to go. Since I had an energy spike, I did legs and cardio but then was interrupted before I could get into arms. However, by early afternoon, the sluggishness was back and sleep was needed. After a 3 hour much needed nap, felt much sluggish at first but after a bit became more alert. Ate a slimfast bar for a little pick me up and to help carry me over to dinner. Seemed to help. I had energy to make dinner and do a couple loads of laundry. However, I was extremely tired at work tonight... was it the mashed potatoes?? Was it the turkey sandwich??? Or was it simply because it was 2:00 in the freakin' morning??? Ended up taking a 1/2 hour power nap at 3:30 on my last break.
Good Things:
1) Getting my brand new washing machine (it's HUGE!)
2) Getting a nap in the middle of the day.
3) Mashed potatoes and peas... don't ask me why I love eating these two things together... and I do mean together... I scoop up some potatoes and then get some peas to climb on board and then... yuummm!
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Food/Mood Log - 20 FEB
Food:
Bowl of Cooked Wheat Cereal w/ 2% (wahhh! we ran out of skim and I had to resort to Jeff's)
Turkey Sandwich on whole wheat w/mayo and lettuce
Veggie chip crisps (cheese flavored)
10 kisses (coconut cream variety)
Chinese Pepper Chicken w/white rice
1 mini Crab rangoon
2 Rice Cakes (white cheddar flavored)
3 Madeline cookies (from Starbucks - 230 calories! Yikes!)
Coke - 12 ounces
Grande Non-fat Chai latte
Water - 70 ounces
Exercise:
Cardio (2 wts!!!)
Abs (3 wts!!!)
Mood... Good mood today... very tired this a.m. but only had about 4 hours of sleep. Worked out after lunch (cardio and abs)... feel energized! I bumped my wts up one each (Cardio is now at 2 wts and Abs is at 3)... I can honestly say that I sweat this time. That's nothing new during Cardio although it was more intense this time but I can't remember the last time that I sweat during Abs... normally it is complete relaxation for me... and it was this time too however, there was SWEAT as well. It felt good! Great, in fact. Maybe that is what my workouts needed lately was to be bumped up a bit... I have been at 2 wts for the 3 main routines since October so probably overdue.
3 Good Things...
1)Doing the nail polish "thing" with the girls... toes for me... fingers for them.
2)Talking to Laura on the phone - we had been missing each other for a couple of weeks and finally hooked up today.
3) Having it reach 40 degrees and sunny! Feels so good!
Bowl of Cooked Wheat Cereal w/ 2% (wahhh! we ran out of skim and I had to resort to Jeff's)
Turkey Sandwich on whole wheat w/mayo and lettuce
Veggie chip crisps (cheese flavored)
10 kisses (coconut cream variety)
Chinese Pepper Chicken w/white rice
1 mini Crab rangoon
2 Rice Cakes (white cheddar flavored)
3 Madeline cookies (from Starbucks - 230 calories! Yikes!)
Coke - 12 ounces
Grande Non-fat Chai latte
Water - 70 ounces
Exercise:
Cardio (2 wts!!!)
Abs (3 wts!!!)
Mood... Good mood today... very tired this a.m. but only had about 4 hours of sleep. Worked out after lunch (cardio and abs)... feel energized! I bumped my wts up one each (Cardio is now at 2 wts and Abs is at 3)... I can honestly say that I sweat this time. That's nothing new during Cardio although it was more intense this time but I can't remember the last time that I sweat during Abs... normally it is complete relaxation for me... and it was this time too however, there was SWEAT as well. It felt good! Great, in fact. Maybe that is what my workouts needed lately was to be bumped up a bit... I have been at 2 wts for the 3 main routines since October so probably overdue.
3 Good Things...
1)Doing the nail polish "thing" with the girls... toes for me... fingers for them.
2)Talking to Laura on the phone - we had been missing each other for a couple of weeks and finally hooked up today.
3) Having it reach 40 degrees and sunny! Feels so good!
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
Whining and Revving...
So I posted on the BB today about my frustrations with the scale not moving very much lately... and in fact, it hasn't made it back down to my lowest weight loss level (I am still 2 pounds away from that). You will see my actual post in a day or two when I do post the week's Sitrep. I am just waiting for Alden's response before I post. But in my post I mention that while I am happy for those who are losing dress sizes, it is frustrating for me to be stuck in this limbo... a fellow BBer mentioned the word, plateau. For six weeks, my workout routines SUCKED! I barely did anything! And now for the past month, I have gotten my act together and have worked out regularly (okay last week wasn't so hot but the others were great). I feel like I am doing okay with the food intake and in fact, I have completely upped my water intake. So while it feels like I am doing things right or at least better, I don't have that proof that the scale is supposed to provide.
However, I got some serious advice, some gentle reminders and much needed butt kicking to remind me of my original motivations, the successes that I have had so far and the fact that I have not really begun to balloon back up despite my lackluster performance for 6 weeks. I am going to move my scale so it is not out in the open. Let's hope the "out of sight... out of mind" philosophy works! Then I need to make the commitment to keep on working out (don't let the tired excuses creep in)... I need to continue to do my logging, not necessarily so much on the mood part (although I will try to keep at it) but rather keep logging the food and beverage intake. I think this has helped me make some good decisions by blogging my logs so definitely need to keep at it. I need to keep at the water intake... that has led to some great and surprising results already. It can only be a good thing. And I need to remember why I started this in the first place... I didn't start off saying that I am only going to do this so I can lose 50, 80, 100 pounds... no, I wanted to be fit and healthier. I want to be around to watch my children grow up and to play with my grandchildren. I want to set a good example for my children that you don't have to accept being fat but that it will take work to stay fit and healthy. This is what I need to do... and when I forget any of this or let the frustrations side-track me, I know that there are a bunch of ladies and one very determined former SEAL who will be ready to kick my butt back into gear and remind me.
However, I got some serious advice, some gentle reminders and much needed butt kicking to remind me of my original motivations, the successes that I have had so far and the fact that I have not really begun to balloon back up despite my lackluster performance for 6 weeks. I am going to move my scale so it is not out in the open. Let's hope the "out of sight... out of mind" philosophy works! Then I need to make the commitment to keep on working out (don't let the tired excuses creep in)... I need to continue to do my logging, not necessarily so much on the mood part (although I will try to keep at it) but rather keep logging the food and beverage intake. I think this has helped me make some good decisions by blogging my logs so definitely need to keep at it. I need to keep at the water intake... that has led to some great and surprising results already. It can only be a good thing. And I need to remember why I started this in the first place... I didn't start off saying that I am only going to do this so I can lose 50, 80, 100 pounds... no, I wanted to be fit and healthier. I want to be around to watch my children grow up and to play with my grandchildren. I want to set a good example for my children that you don't have to accept being fat but that it will take work to stay fit and healthy. This is what I need to do... and when I forget any of this or let the frustrations side-track me, I know that there are a bunch of ladies and one very determined former SEAL who will be ready to kick my butt back into gear and remind me.
Food/Mood Log - 16 FEB --- a little late and incomplete...
Accccckkk! I started a draft from last Friday but never finished it... wasn't going to post it but decided to anyway...even though I don't have a complete food listing. Two reasons for posting... 1) the only reason all 4 routines were done is because Andrea from the BB did a shout-out challenging everyone to do either BootCamp (not ready for that yet!) or all 4 revolutions on BR Essentials. Thank you, ANDREA! and 2) this was the day of my Plasma donation and it went SUPER! I don't know if the weight loss figures into it but what I honestly believe is making it easier is my increased water intake. I need to do a separate post on this visit... it was awesome!
Food:
Bowl of cooked wheat cereal w/skim milk
4 itty bitty breadsticks*
2 pieces of cheddar cheese*
2 slim jims*
2 pink sugar wafer cookies*
2 Rice Cakes (white cheddar flavored)
The starred (*) snacks were what I consumed after donating plasma...
12 ounce can of Apple Juice*
80 ounces water
Exercise:
BR Essen dvd
Abs - 2 ts
Arms - 2 wts
Legs - 2wts
Cardio - 2wts
Mood...
Food:
Bowl of cooked wheat cereal w/skim milk
4 itty bitty breadsticks*
2 pieces of cheddar cheese*
2 slim jims*
2 pink sugar wafer cookies*
2 Rice Cakes (white cheddar flavored)
The starred (*) snacks were what I consumed after donating plasma...
12 ounce can of Apple Juice*
80 ounces water
Exercise:
BR Essen dvd
Abs - 2 ts
Arms - 2 wts
Legs - 2wts
Cardio - 2wts
Mood...
I am Still Here...
Life interfered the last couple of days... nothing too traumatic and in fact, some good stuff (had a day too myself but will blog on that later.) I am still doing the Food/Mood logs but didn't take notes over the weekend so I am not going to post partial logs... I will just skip them and pick it up starting today. And no, it is not because I am embarrassed to admit what I ate...trust me, Saturday was not a good food day but it was a special occasion so I will not apologize for it. And if you really need to know, in one day I ate, cheese fries with a Coke (tasted soooo good!) and dinner was small steak and shrimp w/melted cheese on it and mashed potatoes with a chocolate brownie for dessert! So see... I am not hiding from it...just can't do a full post so why bother? But I am back!
Friday, February 16, 2007
Food/Mood Log - 15 FEB
Food:
Slimfast Shake w/skim
Small movie theatre popcorn
2 Tacos (WW soft shell, lettuce, cheese, grd beef)
apple walnut bar
10 Lorna Doone shortbread cookies
12 ounce Coke
8 ounces skim milk
10 ounces hot green tea
Water - 65 ounces
Exercise:
1 HR Walk
Mood... not a bad day... however food intake was just off yesterday. Slept only a few hours after coming home from work. Went to the movies in the afternoon (had popcorn and soda) felt sickish later... I think it was the greasy buttery popcorn on a mainly empty stomach (its happened before). Very tired afterwards (but this again could be because I only slept 3 hours). Have to admit though (whether it was lack of sleep or food choices), I had no energy last night. Didn't Rev at all...gave it a brief thought and just didn't. Need to change that for today and the weekend...
Slimfast Shake w/skim
Small movie theatre popcorn
2 Tacos (WW soft shell, lettuce, cheese, grd beef)
apple walnut bar
10 Lorna Doone shortbread cookies
12 ounce Coke
8 ounces skim milk
10 ounces hot green tea
Water - 65 ounces
Exercise:
1 HR Walk
Mood... not a bad day... however food intake was just off yesterday. Slept only a few hours after coming home from work. Went to the movies in the afternoon (had popcorn and soda) felt sickish later... I think it was the greasy buttery popcorn on a mainly empty stomach (its happened before). Very tired afterwards (but this again could be because I only slept 3 hours). Have to admit though (whether it was lack of sleep or food choices), I had no energy last night. Didn't Rev at all...gave it a brief thought and just didn't. Need to change that for today and the weekend...
Thursday, February 15, 2007
Food/Mood Log - 14 FEB
Food:
Slimfast shake w/ skim
2 pieces whole wheat toast
1 pineapple spear
Turkey sanwhich on WW roll w/lettuce, tomtato, mayo
small cup of baked potato soup
Salad w/carrots, cheese, seed mix and sugar snap pea pods (spray on red wine dressing)
2 rice cakes
2 cupcakes
10 pieces of laffy taffy
6 pieces of Hershey's treasures
10 Water Crackers w/ asiago cheese spread
Venti Chai Latte w/skim
80 ounces of water
Exercise:
BR Essen
Legs (2 wts)
Arms (2wts)
Abs (2 wts)
Mood... For the most part it was a good day... only lows were during a GS meeting (that was after eating the sandwich and soup) where I suffered some frustration but 2 of my girls are really irritating... so was it the food or the girls??? Later lost it with J but that was more due to disappointment about something rather than food, although my response was a bit overly sensitive. Work was good tonight... I was "on" all night... laughing, joking around... but became extremely tired at 4:00 a.m. right after second break where I ate the crackers and cheese... not too mention the 2 cupcakes 3 hours earlier (and, ummmm, the hershey's candy)... so was it the food? or was it the fact that it was 4 a.m.??? With my crazy overnight work schedule and only part-time at that... it is hard to determine if my mood swings are food related or from lack of sleep or non-consistent sleep patterns... I will try to keep an eye on it. It would be interesting to know.
Slimfast shake w/ skim
2 pieces whole wheat toast
1 pineapple spear
Turkey sanwhich on WW roll w/lettuce, tomtato, mayo
small cup of baked potato soup
Salad w/carrots, cheese, seed mix and sugar snap pea pods (spray on red wine dressing)
2 rice cakes
2 cupcakes
10 pieces of laffy taffy
6 pieces of Hershey's treasures
10 Water Crackers w/ asiago cheese spread
Venti Chai Latte w/skim
80 ounces of water
Exercise:
BR Essen
Legs (2 wts)
Arms (2wts)
Abs (2 wts)
Mood... For the most part it was a good day... only lows were during a GS meeting (that was after eating the sandwich and soup) where I suffered some frustration but 2 of my girls are really irritating... so was it the food or the girls??? Later lost it with J but that was more due to disappointment about something rather than food, although my response was a bit overly sensitive. Work was good tonight... I was "on" all night... laughing, joking around... but became extremely tired at 4:00 a.m. right after second break where I ate the crackers and cheese... not too mention the 2 cupcakes 3 hours earlier (and, ummmm, the hershey's candy)... so was it the food? or was it the fact that it was 4 a.m.??? With my crazy overnight work schedule and only part-time at that... it is hard to determine if my mood swings are food related or from lack of sleep or non-consistent sleep patterns... I will try to keep an eye on it. It would be interesting to know.
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Faster than a Speeding Bullet
Okay, maybe that should have a MOOG (mind out of the gutter) tag on it... What I am referring to is The Magic Bullet (HA! That doesn't sound much better! MOOG!) A few weeks ago a wonderful friend sent me one of these handy little gadgets. So far it has been used almost every single day by each of my children. The kids who complained every morning about cold cereal, esp K1 and K2 who would often leave for school without eating any breakfast, are now having smoothies each and every day.
They all have yogurt (peach, strawberry or vanilla) add in a packet of Carnation Instant Breakfast powder (vanilla or chocolate), some fresh or frozen fruit (bananas, strawberries, peaches, raspberries, etc), some skim milk and 3 ice cubes and blend away! I actually feel fine sending them out the door with this in their stomachs. They are getting a little bit of everything and claim they are FULL after downing an entire glass. I no longer hear cries of pain at the thought of eating cold cereal only requests of "Mom, can you make me a smoothie?"
So a HUGE thank you to this friend for sending me one of these... it has now become the most used motorized gadget in my house.
They all have yogurt (peach, strawberry or vanilla) add in a packet of Carnation Instant Breakfast powder (vanilla or chocolate), some fresh or frozen fruit (bananas, strawberries, peaches, raspberries, etc), some skim milk and 3 ice cubes and blend away! I actually feel fine sending them out the door with this in their stomachs. They are getting a little bit of everything and claim they are FULL after downing an entire glass. I no longer hear cries of pain at the thought of eating cold cereal only requests of "Mom, can you make me a smoothie?"
So a HUGE thank you to this friend for sending me one of these... it has now become the most used motorized gadget in my house.
Food/Mood Log - 13 FEB
Food:
Slimfast Shake (w/skim)
Pineapple spear
2 Rice Cakes white cheddar flavored
4 Dove milk chocolate pieces
Ravioli (chicken and asiago filled)w/roasted tomato white sauce
Green Beans
5 Lorna Doone Shortbread Cookies
8 0z skim milk
8 0z hot chocolate w/ Baileys
50 ounces water
Exercise:
1 HR Walk
1 HR snow shoveling
Mood is finally improving. Maybe I can finally start to watch how food affects mood now. Yesterday I had a difficult day in the late afternoon... CRAVING something sweet. I walked up and down the cookie/cracker aisle of the grocery store reading the nutrition labels.... wanting desperately something sweet. I finally settled on Lorna Doone shortbread cookies and some Water Crackers. The LD cookies were actually less in calories than the Healthy Choice and the sugar-free cookies that I looked at... what's up with that? I survived the grocery store without buying anything else fattening and escaped. I wasn't agitated or grumpy during this time but the CRAVING was so strong... it was like I NEEDED something sweet at that time. Last night I was pretty mellow... not overly tired or dragging. With having the pasta for dinner, I thought maybe that would have some effect but I didn't really notice any. Will keep watch in the future since pasta is a fairly regular occurence here.
Slimfast Shake (w/skim)
Pineapple spear
2 Rice Cakes white cheddar flavored
4 Dove milk chocolate pieces
Ravioli (chicken and asiago filled)w/roasted tomato white sauce
Green Beans
5 Lorna Doone Shortbread Cookies
8 0z skim milk
8 0z hot chocolate w/ Baileys
50 ounces water
Exercise:
1 HR Walk
1 HR snow shoveling
Mood is finally improving. Maybe I can finally start to watch how food affects mood now. Yesterday I had a difficult day in the late afternoon... CRAVING something sweet. I walked up and down the cookie/cracker aisle of the grocery store reading the nutrition labels.... wanting desperately something sweet. I finally settled on Lorna Doone shortbread cookies and some Water Crackers. The LD cookies were actually less in calories than the Healthy Choice and the sugar-free cookies that I looked at... what's up with that? I survived the grocery store without buying anything else fattening and escaped. I wasn't agitated or grumpy during this time but the CRAVING was so strong... it was like I NEEDED something sweet at that time. Last night I was pretty mellow... not overly tired or dragging. With having the pasta for dinner, I thought maybe that would have some effect but I didn't really notice any. Will keep watch in the future since pasta is a fairly regular occurence here.
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
Food/Mood Log - 12 FEB
Food:
2 pieces Supreme style pizza
Slice Marble Loaf (Starbucks but shared with dd)
Turkey Sandwich (WW toast, 1 tsp mayo, lettuce)
Bowl of Black Bean soup (tomato based)
3 milk chocolate Dove candies
Salad ( lettuce, carrots, 1 tsp cheese, sugar snap peas, seed mix, spray on red wine mist dressing)
100 Calorie pack of fudge striped cookies
Veggie Chips
4 bite size 3 muskateers
Grande Chai (w/skim)
Water - 90 ounces
Exercise:
1 HR walk
Mood... day continued on being a lousy day... need to take care of problems at home, I think, before things can improve... Today one of those will be semi-taken care of (for the time being anyway) and hopefully I can move on... Mail call in the afternoon was a help... to know that there are friends (some that I haven't even met physically yet) out there thinking about me... It's a good feeling. Evening was a bit iffy... but I tried to think positive and put my best face forward. Work... started off iffy... my mood didn't help...but things went rather smoothly... my boss actually listened to my idea...it worked and set me off flying... When I left this morning he asked me... "so what's up tonight... you were FLYING... I was so excited to see it." It was nice to be noticed for hard work... it usually isn't in that place. So I really can't see if the food affects the mood these last couple of days due to situations but I am hoping to continue this to see if Alden is correct on it... The man is smart and seems to know what he is talking about so I would tend to agree with him. Maybe I will ask him about it at next "REEEPORT!"
In one way I am proud of myself... there was a time, early in the afternoon, when I wanted to drowned myself in FOOD... something sinful and fattening and sugary sweet... I didn't care... I CRAVED it... but I knew that it was my emotional self trying to find a fix and I refused to cave... I did have the couple pieces of Dove but hey... it wasn't the bag! Which is really what I wanted... I seemed to know that my body/mind was trying to use food as a quick fix to feeling better.
2 pieces Supreme style pizza
Slice Marble Loaf (Starbucks but shared with dd)
Turkey Sandwich (WW toast, 1 tsp mayo, lettuce)
Bowl of Black Bean soup (tomato based)
3 milk chocolate Dove candies
Salad ( lettuce, carrots, 1 tsp cheese, sugar snap peas, seed mix, spray on red wine mist dressing)
100 Calorie pack of fudge striped cookies
Veggie Chips
4 bite size 3 muskateers
Grande Chai (w/skim)
Water - 90 ounces
Exercise:
1 HR walk
Mood... day continued on being a lousy day... need to take care of problems at home, I think, before things can improve... Today one of those will be semi-taken care of (for the time being anyway) and hopefully I can move on... Mail call in the afternoon was a help... to know that there are friends (some that I haven't even met physically yet) out there thinking about me... It's a good feeling. Evening was a bit iffy... but I tried to think positive and put my best face forward. Work... started off iffy... my mood didn't help...but things went rather smoothly... my boss actually listened to my idea...it worked and set me off flying... When I left this morning he asked me... "so what's up tonight... you were FLYING... I was so excited to see it." It was nice to be noticed for hard work... it usually isn't in that place. So I really can't see if the food affects the mood these last couple of days due to situations but I am hoping to continue this to see if Alden is correct on it... The man is smart and seems to know what he is talking about so I would tend to agree with him. Maybe I will ask him about it at next "REEEPORT!"
In one way I am proud of myself... there was a time, early in the afternoon, when I wanted to drowned myself in FOOD... something sinful and fattening and sugary sweet... I didn't care... I CRAVED it... but I knew that it was my emotional self trying to find a fix and I refused to cave... I did have the couple pieces of Dove but hey... it wasn't the bag! Which is really what I wanted... I seemed to know that my body/mind was trying to use food as a quick fix to feeling better.
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