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(#) Tuesday check-in
Hey ladies,
It's so fun that there are so many of us trying to focus on healthy eating and exercise! Thanks for being great encouragement. It's hard to get back on the horn after the holidays, but I'm reminded that I feel much better physically when I am not eating a bunch of refined/processed junk. I'm glad to be back on track with eating!
I haven't been to the pool since Friday, but yesterday I got about
three miles of walking in -- to PT, to the hospital to see my cousin
(she's ok, just has a bizarre skin condition), to dinner with my
BIL/SIL, and back to my office. It felt great. This morning, I took the
metro in. The escalator was backed up, so I took the broken escalator aka STAIRS. Huge
escalator + lingering bronchitis = BAD IDEA! I was huffing and puffing
at the top! But I had a nice 15 minute walk to the office to cool down,
so it was great to get the heart rate up.
Meals:
b: oatmeal, raisins, flax, OJ
l: lentil soup / baked potato
s: apple
d: spinach salad & grilled chicken
Re: (#) Tuesday check-in
b: yogurt and a skim cappuccino
l: not sure, I have a lunch meeting so probably sandwiches
s: clementines and a small piece of chocolate
d: chicken, rice, veggies (?)
Thanks for posting soprano!
This morning I did the Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred DVD level 1. Man, people were not kidding when they mentioned that even level 1 is hard! She's the trainer from the Biggest Loser show and she concentrates on doing intense circuit workouts. I plan on doing this every day for the next 30 days even if it kills me. I also plan on jogging 2 miles every other day to supplement.
Meals:
b: coffee, oatmeal
l: salad
s: 100 calorie popcorn
d: cheese ravioli lean cuisine
Yay, soprano & gtown!
b: hardboiled egg, vegetable juice
l: brown rice, leftover salmon, side salad
snacks throughout the day: carrots, celery, grapefruit
d: a friend is cooking, so whatever she makes me :-). I'm making cupcakes as a "thanks for watching my dog while I was out of tow" gesture and will try not to eat any. I'll also try not to overindulge on the wine we'll be drinking.
I'm still sore from last night's body pump class, but I'm planning on hitting the gym before dinner for my second run of the week. I got some new shoes because my old ones were crappy and hurt-y, so hopefully these will make a difference.
Soprano, I drove by your old gym on Commonwealth in boston last week and thought of you!
ahem ahem. I went to the gym this morning. 30 min on the treadmill. GO ME!!!!!
Eggs for bfast (I just brought in a carton and cooked two scrambled up in a little pyrex custard cup in the micro) and coffee
Lunch I brought in some thawed turkey-pumpkin chili (thanks for hte idea!) and havea couple clementines
Dinner will be salmon (if I can get to the fish market before they close) with asparagus and salad. If I cant get there in time, a couple small filets plus salad and bruss. sprouts (the fish at the market wehre I get my meat and fish from usually was looking PEAKED last night... so Ill try to make it to the dedicated fish market).
Yay, all you morning gym ladies! Woo hoo!
Brooks, LE SIGH! I miss that gym! I also miss the body I had when I went there. Le sigh again. But I'll get it back...
Gtown, do you go to the SS WSC? I quit my membership, but I'm thinking of joining again. Would you be interested in a morning gym buddy?
My goal is too walk after work, we'll see how it goes.
Yesterday was a co-worker's bday so of course there was cake. I had a small piece - it was homemade and I felt guilty for refusing. So long story short, Monday started out well but ended roughly.
Another co-worker's bday is next week. I am volunteering to make the cake. I plan on my making my low fat marble brownies - at least this way I will know the nutrition information.
my read shelf:
Normally I weigh in at WW meetings on Mondays, but last night I stayed downtown and met my H on the bus (yes, so romantic) to go to our fancy schmancy anniversary dinner. We had a 7-course chef's surprise meal with wine pairings. The portions were actually quite small, so I didn't overeat, but I drank a lot of wine. I haven't gone to a meeting in a couple of weeks due to being out of town, and while I could weigh in today, I sort of don't feel like doing it the day after I had 6 glasses of wine. So we'll see what happens next week.
I woke up kinda groggy and parched due to the wine, and my tummy was rumbly so I had a slightly bigger than normal breakfast. But our meals are planned out for the week, and I should be staying on track. I start cardio kickboxing class on T/TH tonight, and I plan to swim and do step aerobics (at home) the other days.
B: 3 Kashi oatmeal dark chocolate cookies, milk
S: 2 clementines (if they're not rotten...cross your fingers)
L: Black bean soup, Kashi crackers
S: string cheese
Yay! Good job, everyone!! I work out at night, so I did 20 minutes on the elliptical last night. I was exhausted and hungry, so I didn't do any more. My muscles were also sore from the 30 minutes from Sunday, and all the weight machines I did. I took a break from the strength stuff last night, as SP advises against doing it every day.
B: Apple Cinnamon Oatmeal (2 servings, because I was just starving today) and 2 Morningstar Farms sausage links
S: Babybel mini and orange
L: Spinach salad salad with veggies and a bit of bleu cheese dressing and minestrone soup at Whole Foods
S: Quakes
I plan on walking through the skyways to court this afternoon. It's about a 20 minute walk each way, and I always feel like I have to hurry, so asthma issues aside, it should be good.
Meals:
b: A bagel with light cream cheese, milk
l: Sadly, probably a smoothie on my way back from the courthouse. I forgot to bring something.
s: An orange.
d: Beef Stew
I've got to go to the drug store today, and that's about a 20-25 minute walk, so there and back should be a decent amount of exercise. I'm still getting over whatever it is that I had, so I don't want to push myself too hard.
For food:
breakfast: granola and a banana
lunch: salad with pears, pecans, dates, and parmesan
dinner: leftover soup (made with spicy turkey sausage, tomatoes, and cannellini beans)
For snacks...not sure, probably dried apricots and I've got these baked pretzel chips and hummus, so maybe a bit of that this afternoon. And a couple of pieces of TJ's crystalized ginger.
I avoid the gym the first week in January. Always have. I suppose I'll go mall-walking with Sophie later this afternoon (doesn't that sound like an old person activity?).
b: my always so so wrong poptarts and Diet Coke
l: stuffed pepper
s: 5 crackers with hummus
d: salmon steak with black bean/spinach/corn salad
Good call. The gym is always a zoo for the first few weeks. I have noticed that it's not as crowded this year, though (knock wood!) and while it could be because it's nicer out, I think the situation economy might be making a difference.
Well, with the holidays and our vacation (a cruise), healthy eating was a challenge over the past couple of weeks. The four pounds I lost while on WW before the holidays are back...
To be honest, I was disappointed. I had been hoping to at least stay the same or maybe gain one or two...not 3.5. H and I made it a point to work out on the cruise--it was five days and we went to the gym 3 days; we also did a mile-long walk on the jogging track as part of the cruise line's On Deck for the Cure program. And I made it a point to swim for a good 20 minutes at every beach we went to (3 in all)...I figured all that activity would kind of help neutralize the eating we were doing, but I guess not. In the end though, I am not too mad. I needed that vacation and I enjoyed every piece of molten chocolate cake I had
So for me, yesterday was about getting back into the routine of eating well. And back to my WW meeting last night (Which swelled in membership from 10 people before the holidays to 45 yesterday...)
This morning, I went to pilates for an hour and then did half an hour of walking on the treadmill. My legs feel like jell-o right about now, but I'll take it.
My H and mom gave me some amazing Christmas gifts--they chipped in for my pilates classes and 16 more sessions with my personal trainer. I figure that, plus the healthy eating and the end of football season at work should help me make some good progress over the coming weeks!
This is still an awful busy time for us, set to close on the house any day now, but I'm trying to eat better now that the holidays are over. We exercised in the form of packing last weekend, and we'll be painting this weekend
I think I'll try to talk Mr.P into a walk tonight if I can leave the office before 7.
I'm also sorta kinda trying the Today show LIFE diet thingy. As in, I'm gonna see how many days of this week I can go w/o anything sweetened - artificial or non. I was supposed to lay off carbs at dinner too, but we had leftover pasta when I got home past dinnertime last night. I'll decide if I want to stick with it when I find out what the next stage is.
B: oatmeal with frozen blueberries & pecans - the nuts really helped keep me full all morning, tea then coffee
L: chicken gorgonzola salad, no dressing
I'm also gonna make a couple casseroles sometime this week so we don't rely on take out while moving.
Make Country Casserole!!