Changing my Eating

I have noticed since I started eating better that when I eat “bad foods” I don’t feel good. I had some fried fish yesterday and blah! I really enjoy how good I feel when I am eating healthy and working out! It motivates me to eat even healthier! BTW…this is what I have eaten so far today: Banana soy pudding, banana nut whole grain Cheerios (you like the banana theme, don’t you), a Amy’s southwestern burrito, a small cube or organic gluten free colby cheese and 5 Almond Nut- thins. I have also had 3 glasses of water so far! OH…and….I have lost about 7 pounds in the last 2 weeks!!
Good start to the day!! Here is a recent pic of where I am!

Doing ok

Today, I woke up freakin late again. I guess I learned to ignore my alarm in Chicago. Anywho…I got up got dressed…got to work 10 minutes late. I didn’t have time to cook my eggs so I grabbed a cup of banana soy pudding for breakfast. I had a mini bag of M& M mini’s again too…I HAVE TO GET THOSE OFF MY DESK! Then for mid morning snack I had a couple honey wheat pretzel sticks and a Chocolate Peppermint Luna bar. I am doing good on water today. For lunch, I just finished an Amy’s whole meal with Cheese enchilada, beans, and corn! That is good stuff! I am not sure about dinner yet…but I am planning to eat heathly. I will keep you posted on that. I have group tonight at my house and I plan to put in a few miles after group. Update tomorrow!

Pretty Good Day

Yesterday was a pretty good day.   I slept right through my 5am alarm to go to my Corekick class…bummer.  I decided to go ahead and sleep a little more and came in to the office at 10.  I made  a couple eggs cooked in coconut oil and added about 2tbsp of goat cheese.  Yummy!  Then for mid morning snack I had 6 honey wheat pretzel sticks and a little hummus.  Oh and there was that mini bag of mini M & M’s.    For lunch I had a spinach salad with almonds, grapes, carrots, black beans, blue cheese, balsamic vinegar and olive oil, a fuji apple, and a bottle of water!  Pretty healthy lunch.  When I got off work I went to the Y and clocked in 25 minutes on the stair machine….pretty rough!  I was glad I did it though.  I then went to Emmaus to clean out the church.  I had a 100 calorie pack of shortbread cookies there.   We then walked around tent city and I carried a huge bin full of food…so that had to burn some calories..I was sweatin for sure.  After that I was starving.  I stopped at Subway and they were closed so then I went to Sonic .  For dinner (at 9..which I know is really late) I had a grilled chicken wrap with light dressing and a grilled cheese sandwhich….healthy eating suicide.  I topped it off with a bottle of water.  When I got home I moved a bunch of stuff in my house from the church which had to burn a good 25 calories !  Overall, it was a good day!

Chicago – Confession Time

So, I just got back from Chicago and here is a summary of my eating/exercise while I was there. I can’t say I ate healthy the entire time, however, I can say that I paid attention! I am proud that I did that!
Here is the rundown:

Thursday:
I skipped breakfast (I know…not good)
For lunch I had some spinach artichoke dip and flat bread, a turkey, brie, pear, honey mustard flat bread from Urban Flats.
For dinner, I had one and 1/2 rolls at O’Charleys, some mashed potatoes (I ate about 1/2 of the large serving), and 1 chipotle chicken tender.
For late night snack (oh man!): I had a steak burrito from a shop in Chi town and man was it yummy!
Thursday was a definite cheat day beginning to end. Good news it I drank a lot of water and only had one little sip of soda all day! I also walked about 2 miles and let me just say walking up that far with luggage is a feat.

Friday: (Birthday day!)
I had lunch around 11:15 at Whole Foods. I ate a curried chicken salad sandwich on wheat with lettuce and tomato, drank a bottle of water then had a medium size caramel gelato.
In the afternoon I had a boston creme doughnut from Dunkin and another bottle of water.
For dinner: I had a gyro with beef/lamb and a couple fries with a bottle of water. Then I went to a cupcake shop and had a small cupcake and tiny ice cream (with magic shell) for my birthday celebration and drank another 8 ounces of water. I finised out the night with 2 “buttery nipple” shots and a glass of water! (Happy Birthday to me!)
Oh, and I walked ALL day so I am gonna say I put in a solid 3 miles (at least).

Saturday:
Breakfast: I had a sausage, egg, and cheese croissant ( I took off 1/2 the sausage and 1/2 the egg) and some fresh fruit on the side with water.
Morning snack – A “sex on the beach” and some popcorn (lol)
Lunch: 1 slice of pepperoni pizza and a coke.
Dinner: I had some mac n cheese and shrimp tacos with cabbage, salsa, sourcream, and cilantro with water.
Late night: 1 fruity mixed drink
I walked a couple miles on Saturday and danced for a good hour!

Sunday:
Brunch: I had a mixed green salad with grilled chicken, egg, grapes, carrots, blue cheese, and balsamic vinegar and olive oil with a croissant. Finished up with a small oreo cookie gelato. Drank a large bottle of water.
Afternoon snack: I had some buttered popcorn and pepsi at the movies.
Dinner: A small cup of cream of chicken soup and a blt on wheat with water.
Evening snack: 1/2 Leinenkugal’s Berry Wise Beer, 2 Amaretto Sours, and a 1/2 slice of pepperoni pizza
(Ok…so Chicago is officially a diet killer!!)
Monday:
Breakfast burrito with sausage, egg, bean salsa, tomato, fresh fruit and 1/2 stack of cinnamon pancakes with almond butter.
Lunch: Chicago Hot dog complete with tomato, pickle, peppers, and mustard, and a few fries with a pepsi.
Dinner: Fudge stripe cookies and bottle of water.
Snack on the plane: Honey roasted peanuts and a small ginger ale.
I walked about 2 miles on Monday (including toting my luggage up a freaking huge flight of steps)

Thank God that trip is over! Back to eating right!!

I’m workin it out!

So…Saturday I walked 5 miles. I walked 3 with Cortney at Steeplechase, walked/jogged 1 at Granberry park, and walked 1 more downtown during my birthday celebration. I did pretty good with the food on Saturday. I had a muscle punch smoothie for breakfast, a turkey sub from Jersey Mike’s for lunch, and dinner was a cheat and I had yummy spinach artichoke dip, lobster mac and cheese with flat bread, and 1/2 a turkey, pear, and brie flatbread and 1/2 a black and blue flat bread at Urban Flats!! YUMMY!! Sunday I didn’t stick to plan. Monday I watched my food partially. Today tuesday…I planned for success. I will update you on today later! Peace!!

I said “NO”!!

This just showed up here and temptation came knocking! But I am resolved to say “No”!!

Krispy Kreme is the devil!

UggH!!

So yesterday I was EXTREMELY sore from Tuesday! I felt like an old person when I moved…today is not much better.
I am in Momentum until friday and it makes eating healthy very difficult. Yesterday I had pizza, pasta, and dessert…what a mess! I did drink plenty of water though which is a plus. So far today, I am doing well. I had a Vivanno smoothie from Starbucks for breakfast and I am eating some cashews right now. We are serving the Momentum attendee’s Famous Dave’s for lunch today but my bud Cortney is bringing me a healthy lunch instead! Yay!! So today will be better than yesterday! I am determined…only 1 1/2 days until eating an working out on my own schedule again! I gotta bust it starting on Saturday!

Back in the Game

So I didn’t officially quit…but for all intensive purposes I quit. I started again on Wednesday last week. I am watching what I eat, and working out again. On Wednesday I walked 2 miles. Thursday night I walked 3.5 miles (up some dang hills). I took off Friday – Sunday because of my dang “corneal abraison”. What a mess! Monday night though I was back in the game. Here is what I ate yesterday:

One 1/2 biscuit with butter and strawberry jam.
One gooey little sweet breakfast roll.
One slice of pineapple.
One large Strawberry.
1 thick slice of breakfast ham.
For lunch: a broiled chicken salad at Maniacs with Blue Cheese dressing with water.
For dinner I had a couple glasses of water and a Muscle Punch smoothie from Smoothie King. Then I walked about 3 miles.

Today, I woke up at 5:30 am and had some pear sauce (like applesauce but with pears) and 3 cashews..ha! Then I started MC Fit Class! We started the morning with a 3 minute jog, then did 2 minutes of squats ( I did 54), 3 sets of lunges, we did the plank for 2 minutes (total I might have stayed up 1 min), we did superman, we did some shoulder flys, sit ups (10), pushups (19), and some punching, arm circles, squat kicks, and finished up with a brisk 2 minute walk. Dangation! That was rough! I almost passed out…but I made it. I am already feeling it in my legs and it’s only been 3 hours. Tomorrow will be fun I am sure! For morning snack I had about 10 cashews and a gala apple. Off to a good start!

This is day 1 of Full Energy training! I have a long way to go!

8/25/09 - Day 1

STILL in the game

I am still in this. Progress has been slow! Much slower than I was hoping or expecting. It is still progress though. I am still working out with Mario twice a week and taking spin class a couple times a week. I think I am going to start doing some walking during lunch too. I started a new eating plan today so we shall see how that goes. Here is a current picture to mark my progress:

Still Goin’ Strong

I am still working with Mario twice a week and doing cardio 4 or five times a week as well! I have lost 7.4 pounds so far which is super exciting. They haven’t been falling off as quickly as I would have liked but at least they are coming off. I have been tracking my calories/water intake, and activity on www.thedailyplate.com, it is amazing! Helps me stay in line! I am almost one month into this journey and still going strong! I will win!