Yeah...read the title. A coworker brought some in and I was doing so good at avoiding them, til I had to go in his office to discuss a work issue. I caved. But kept the rest of the day fairly light to accomodate. Urgggh, darn donuts though.
Food: breakfast: crackers and then *bag over head* TWO of those darn donuts. Lunch was a heat up manicotti meal, plus a small ham sandwich, a few chips, and a pickle (they catered in lunch at work from Jimmy Johns). Dinner was bbq meatballs, mashed potatoes, and green beans to end my day at 1677 calories. I could tell I wanted to snack so I ended up going to bed really early.
Workout: none today, D had a crappy day back at school and was super emotional when I picked him up, so I just couldn't see taking him to gym daycare.
Monday, April 30, 2012
Sunday, April 29, 2012
Mexican food is my downfall
It really is...fortunately, I knew we were going out with family so I was able to keep the rest of the day light to compensate.
For breakfast, I just had a whole wheat tortilla with some no cal butter spray. And after the gym, I had a Muscle Milk Light. Nothing else til the early dinner. We went to Cristina's. I had some chips and queso (but not a lot...), and then got the brisket flautas. This evening, I had some yogurt raisins to end my day around 1964 calories.
Workout: I hopped on the elliptical today for 25 minutes at a fairly moderate pace. I then headed to the weight machines and spent about 30 minutes going through the paces of those. And finally, I hit the ab room for crunches, plus the evil dual ab crunch machine (that sucker is HARD).
For breakfast, I just had a whole wheat tortilla with some no cal butter spray. And after the gym, I had a Muscle Milk Light. Nothing else til the early dinner. We went to Cristina's. I had some chips and queso (but not a lot...), and then got the brisket flautas. This evening, I had some yogurt raisins to end my day around 1964 calories.
Workout: I hopped on the elliptical today for 25 minutes at a fairly moderate pace. I then headed to the weight machines and spent about 30 minutes going through the paces of those. And finally, I hit the ab room for crunches, plus the evil dual ab crunch machine (that sucker is HARD).
Saturday, April 28, 2012
Back to working out
Got up today ready to work out. So we hit the gym early.
Food: breakfast was a whole wheat tortilla before the gym. Afterward, I had a Muscle Milk Light and then some crackers. I wasn't super hungry. For a late lunch, I made some noodles with No cal butter spray and spinach. Gosh today is a carb day apparently. For dinner, we had tacos, and I had some popcorn in the evening to end my day around 2245 calories.
Workout: I completed W2D2 of C25K! Woohoo!! I rounded out the walking to 40 minutes total. I was drained, but still feeling really good about it. I'm not fast, but I feel like I'm getting in the groove of it nicely. I was even able to up the speed on everything, including the minute and a a half runs!
Food: breakfast was a whole wheat tortilla before the gym. Afterward, I had a Muscle Milk Light and then some crackers. I wasn't super hungry. For a late lunch, I made some noodles with No cal butter spray and spinach. Gosh today is a carb day apparently. For dinner, we had tacos, and I had some popcorn in the evening to end my day around 2245 calories.
Workout: I completed W2D2 of C25K! Woohoo!! I rounded out the walking to 40 minutes total. I was drained, but still feeling really good about it. I'm not fast, but I feel like I'm getting in the groove of it nicely. I was even able to up the speed on everything, including the minute and a a half runs!
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Hospital stay
Ok so today and tomorrow were spent in the hospital with D. He had to have a 24 Hour EEG done to see if there is seizure activity. So I will be posting both days here together. One day was ok, one day was not so much. And that's ok.
Thursday: food: I had some crackers and an apple juice box on the way to the hospital. We got checked in and finally were able to order some lunch in the room. I got a turkey club sandwich (no mayo), plus some chips, orange slices, and a tiny garden salad with ranch dressing. The food at Children's is ordered room service style, so you can pick whatever you want. This proved to be dangerous tomorrow but today I held on to it. For dinner, I got grilled chicken, with sliced tomatoes and some sourcream, watermelon, and hummus with pita chips ("Hummus, I got the hummus!" - name that tv show). The evening was insane, as they gave D an anti-itch med (not benadryl) and he had a minor reaction to it (he went kinda crazy...lol) so nothing else to eat. I ended my day, hanging on to cals at 1846 calories.
Friday: food: Today was rough. I was too tired to care. For Breakfast, I had a string cheese, a granola bar, orange slices, and an apple juice. I didn't order a meal for breakfast, just scrounged from what D had...lol (And I brought the granola bar with me). For lunch, I had a quesadilla, watermelon, and curly fries. I know. Not sure what the hell got into me there!! We got out of there a little after lunchtime, came home, took a nap, and then I threw some frozen pizza in the oven for D and I to split for dinner. Later in the evening, I had some yogurt raisins and several diet cokes with vodka. lol Yeah, classy, huh? I'm not sure what my cals were...I think they were around 2500. Blech. Especially for a no work out day.
Workout: none either day. And I did a lot of sittin around.
Thursday: food: I had some crackers and an apple juice box on the way to the hospital. We got checked in and finally were able to order some lunch in the room. I got a turkey club sandwich (no mayo), plus some chips, orange slices, and a tiny garden salad with ranch dressing. The food at Children's is ordered room service style, so you can pick whatever you want. This proved to be dangerous tomorrow but today I held on to it. For dinner, I got grilled chicken, with sliced tomatoes and some sourcream, watermelon, and hummus with pita chips ("Hummus, I got the hummus!" - name that tv show). The evening was insane, as they gave D an anti-itch med (not benadryl) and he had a minor reaction to it (he went kinda crazy...lol) so nothing else to eat. I ended my day, hanging on to cals at 1846 calories.
Friday: food: Today was rough. I was too tired to care. For Breakfast, I had a string cheese, a granola bar, orange slices, and an apple juice. I didn't order a meal for breakfast, just scrounged from what D had...lol (And I brought the granola bar with me). For lunch, I had a quesadilla, watermelon, and curly fries. I know. Not sure what the hell got into me there!! We got out of there a little after lunchtime, came home, took a nap, and then I threw some frozen pizza in the oven for D and I to split for dinner. Later in the evening, I had some yogurt raisins and several diet cokes with vodka. lol Yeah, classy, huh? I'm not sure what my cals were...I think they were around 2500. Blech. Especially for a no work out day.
Workout: none either day. And I did a lot of sittin around.
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Ate more today
I knew I wanted to get in a kickass workout today so I made sure to eat more as well so I'd have energy. (It was not without consequence tho...I did have a sweet)
Food: breakfast was a granola bar and then some yogurt raisins later. Lunch was a chicken sandwich from Wendy's. In the afternoon, I had a choc chip cookie that they baked at work. It was warm...and gooey. It was not able to be resisted. Before the workout, I had a whole wheat tortilla with a little I Can't Believe It's Not Butter spray. And afterward, we had pizza and a salad with zesty italian light dressing, plus I had a Muscle Milk Light to end my day at 2026 calories.
Workout: I busted out 45 minutes on the elliptical and am DRENCHED in sweat...lol I also did about 15 min on the treadmill at a slow pace to work the kinks out afterward. I am feeling GREAT.
Food: breakfast was a granola bar and then some yogurt raisins later. Lunch was a chicken sandwich from Wendy's. In the afternoon, I had a choc chip cookie that they baked at work. It was warm...and gooey. It was not able to be resisted. Before the workout, I had a whole wheat tortilla with a little I Can't Believe It's Not Butter spray. And afterward, we had pizza and a salad with zesty italian light dressing, plus I had a Muscle Milk Light to end my day at 2026 calories.
Workout: I busted out 45 minutes on the elliptical and am DRENCHED in sweat...lol I also did about 15 min on the treadmill at a slow pace to work the kinks out afterward. I am feeling GREAT.
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Another low day
Well it WAS a rest day...I'd hit the gym Friday, Sat, Sun AND Monday, so tonite was some much needed muscle rest.
Food: breakfast was a cup of Easy Mac and an applesauce. I don't know what it is about that dang Easy Mac that warms me up in the morning and keeps me going. But it's soothing so.... For lunch, I met a friend at Schlotzskys and ended up getting a small pizza. I love their pesto sauce on it. In the afternoon, I had some yogurt raisins. And for dinner, I really wasn't hungry, so I ended up just having a Muscle Milk Light to end my day at 1235 calories.
Workout: none. But I will tomorrow as Thursday is gonna be a forced rest day with D in the hospital all day and over night. Not sure what Friday looks like either as we likely won't get out til well after noon. But I'll try.
Food: breakfast was a cup of Easy Mac and an applesauce. I don't know what it is about that dang Easy Mac that warms me up in the morning and keeps me going. But it's soothing so.... For lunch, I met a friend at Schlotzskys and ended up getting a small pizza. I love their pesto sauce on it. In the afternoon, I had some yogurt raisins. And for dinner, I really wasn't hungry, so I ended up just having a Muscle Milk Light to end my day at 1235 calories.
Workout: none. But I will tomorrow as Thursday is gonna be a forced rest day with D in the hospital all day and over night. Not sure what Friday looks like either as we likely won't get out til well after noon. But I'll try.
Monday, April 23, 2012
Oops, way low day
Ok it was not intentional, I just wasn't that hungry today for some reason. I'll make it up another day...lol
Food: breakfast was a cup of Easy Mac. For lunch, I had a heat up meal, but it was NASTY so ended up ordering in Jimmy Johns for lunch. I had a turkey, provolone, avocado sandwich (no mayo) with lettuce and tomato. Midafternoon, I had a granola bar. And after the gym, D and I had crispy tacos for dinner (I had 2) to end my day at 1201 calories.
Workout: despite the lack in calories, I felt really good through my workout. I completed W2D1 of C25K which was 33 minutes long, and I evened it out to 40 minutes total with a light recovery walk. And then went on to do 20 minutes on the elliptical. Woot! I also did a ton of house cleaning. Tomorrow is a rest day so no workout.
Food: breakfast was a cup of Easy Mac. For lunch, I had a heat up meal, but it was NASTY so ended up ordering in Jimmy Johns for lunch. I had a turkey, provolone, avocado sandwich (no mayo) with lettuce and tomato. Midafternoon, I had a granola bar. And after the gym, D and I had crispy tacos for dinner (I had 2) to end my day at 1201 calories.
Workout: despite the lack in calories, I felt really good through my workout. I completed W2D1 of C25K which was 33 minutes long, and I evened it out to 40 minutes total with a light recovery walk. And then went on to do 20 minutes on the elliptical. Woot! I also did a ton of house cleaning. Tomorrow is a rest day so no workout.
Sunday, April 22, 2012
Low day but best to stop
It wasn't intentionally a low day but I'm just not that hungry this evening, and I'm afraid if I have a snack, I'll want to eat MORE. So I'm just staying out of the kitchen. lol
Food: I had a whole wheat tortilla before the gym. We had a late lunch afterward at Jason's Deli. I had a bowl of broc cheese soup, plus a salad bar (spring mix, cheese, carrots, light ranch, a tiny bit of bacon bits, 1 crouton (theirs are big) and a pickle slice. Dinner was a Stouffers Saute meal - cheese ravioli with spinach, mushrooms and grilled chicken in an asiago sauce. Pretty good! This ended my day at 1530 calories.
Workout: I completed W1D3 of C25K, despite waking up with sore hamstrings from yesterday's battle between my body and mind. I felt really good, sweaty, yes, but my knees felt awesome and my feet did not hurt too bad. I also went on to do some Ab work, about 20 minutes of that. My body is feeling stronger and I am loving it.
Food: I had a whole wheat tortilla before the gym. We had a late lunch afterward at Jason's Deli. I had a bowl of broc cheese soup, plus a salad bar (spring mix, cheese, carrots, light ranch, a tiny bit of bacon bits, 1 crouton (theirs are big) and a pickle slice. Dinner was a Stouffers Saute meal - cheese ravioli with spinach, mushrooms and grilled chicken in an asiago sauce. Pretty good! This ended my day at 1530 calories.
Workout: I completed W1D3 of C25K, despite waking up with sore hamstrings from yesterday's battle between my body and mind. I felt really good, sweaty, yes, but my knees felt awesome and my feet did not hurt too bad. I also went on to do some Ab work, about 20 minutes of that. My body is feeling stronger and I am loving it.
Saturday, April 21, 2012
What a battle
I got up this morning with so much motivation to work out. We headed straight there at 9am, I got on the elliptical...and...had nothing. Now granted, Wed was a tough workout and last night, I did a C25K round, but still. My body was like F this at 7 minutes in. I felt SO SO sluggish. (And this is a routine we've been doing, as far as eating, etc so even though I didn't have as much before to eat, I don't think it was a nutritional issue.) Anyway, see below for what I ended up doing. But do know, this day was a TOTAL battle between body and mind, and I forced my way through it.
Ok on to food: Before the gym, I had a bit of a PBJ. Not a whole one, wasn't feeling this new bread I got (the thin ones...blah too dense). After the gym, we babysat for 2 awesome kiddoes, so I ordered pizza for everyone. I had 3 slices. Then for dinner, we hit up the Studio Movie Grill to see Mirror Mirror. I was NOT good and ordered the chicken strips and french fries, but I ended up only ate 2 small pieces of the chicken and a handful of fries with ketchup (basically I refuse to order a freakin 12 dollar SALAD there...). A bit later, after some cruising around at the mall, I had a small sweet tea from CFA to end my day at 1886 calories.
Workout: Ok, despite the battle I still knocked out 30 minutes on the elliptical at a decent rate of speed. And then 10 minutes on the treadmill to work out the kinks.
Ok on to food: Before the gym, I had a bit of a PBJ. Not a whole one, wasn't feeling this new bread I got (the thin ones...blah too dense). After the gym, we babysat for 2 awesome kiddoes, so I ordered pizza for everyone. I had 3 slices. Then for dinner, we hit up the Studio Movie Grill to see Mirror Mirror. I was NOT good and ordered the chicken strips and french fries, but I ended up only ate 2 small pieces of the chicken and a handful of fries with ketchup (basically I refuse to order a freakin 12 dollar SALAD there...). A bit later, after some cruising around at the mall, I had a small sweet tea from CFA to end my day at 1886 calories.
Workout: Ok, despite the battle I still knocked out 30 minutes on the elliptical at a decent rate of speed. And then 10 minutes on the treadmill to work out the kinks.
Friday, April 20, 2012
W1D2 and a low day
Yup, still going to be pluggin along at the C25K. Well, my app now calls it the Ease Into 5K, same thing. I so almost didn't go to the gym tonite. Wasn't feeling it, was tired, but got in the car with D to go to the store and next thing I knew we were almost to the gym. I had a water bottle in the car and was wearing my sneakers...so I figured why not. I am so glad I did! Left the gym feeling refreshed and ready to take on the weekend.
Food is low today: breakfast was a granola bar and an applesauce. Lunch was beefstew (don't hate, I get the Dinty Moore stuff), plus Fritos, and then about a half a slice of leftover pizza at work. Midafternoon, I was kinda hungry still so had a cup of Easy Mac. Before the gym I had half a tortilla, and then afterward I had a grilled chicken sandwich (no mayo, just ketchup, lettuce and tomato), plus a few filtched tots from D (yeah we went to Sonic...lol) and then a Muscle Milk Light when I got home to end my day at 1723 calories.
Workout: W1D2 of C25K, which is 26 minutes, and I finished out to 30 minutes with a light walk. The walking parts of it were at 2.5Mph and the running was 3.0. Ya know, its funny, when I first started at the gym, I had to work UP to 2.5Mph, it seemed so fast with my short legs, but now it seems pretty easy. Also, originally, I'd hold on to that treadmill like my life depended on it. I'm not sure exactly when I got more comfy with it, but now I'm barely ever holding on to it while walking AND running. I'm working on getting my form decent during the running parts. I'll touch the side or handrails every now and then to readjust my balance but I think it's pretty neat that I don't need them now.
Food is low today: breakfast was a granola bar and an applesauce. Lunch was beefstew (don't hate, I get the Dinty Moore stuff), plus Fritos, and then about a half a slice of leftover pizza at work. Midafternoon, I was kinda hungry still so had a cup of Easy Mac. Before the gym I had half a tortilla, and then afterward I had a grilled chicken sandwich (no mayo, just ketchup, lettuce and tomato), plus a few filtched tots from D (yeah we went to Sonic...lol) and then a Muscle Milk Light when I got home to end my day at 1723 calories.
Workout: W1D2 of C25K, which is 26 minutes, and I finished out to 30 minutes with a light walk. The walking parts of it were at 2.5Mph and the running was 3.0. Ya know, its funny, when I first started at the gym, I had to work UP to 2.5Mph, it seemed so fast with my short legs, but now it seems pretty easy. Also, originally, I'd hold on to that treadmill like my life depended on it. I'm not sure exactly when I got more comfy with it, but now I'm barely ever holding on to it while walking AND running. I'm working on getting my form decent during the running parts. I'll touch the side or handrails every now and then to readjust my balance but I think it's pretty neat that I don't need them now.
Thursday, April 19, 2012
How did I manage that??
It was a big eating day, but somehow I managed to keep my cals under 1900. Wow.
Food: breakfast was a granola bar. Lunch was at work where they had a luncheon. I had one hot dog with some chili on it, plus some frito chili pie, a bunch of carrot sticks with a tiny bit of ranch dip, some grapes and an apple sauce. Dinner, it was date night, so we went to Pappasitos. I had a few chips, a margarita swirl, and then not even half of my chicken quesadilla, and one tortilla. It's hard to talk and eat! So I figured not eating would be better...lol I ended my day at 1862 calories.
Workout: none since I went out. I'm incredibly sore from yesterday though, so I did lots of stretching throughout the day.
Food: breakfast was a granola bar. Lunch was at work where they had a luncheon. I had one hot dog with some chili on it, plus some frito chili pie, a bunch of carrot sticks with a tiny bit of ranch dip, some grapes and an apple sauce. Dinner, it was date night, so we went to Pappasitos. I had a few chips, a margarita swirl, and then not even half of my chicken quesadilla, and one tortilla. It's hard to talk and eat! So I figured not eating would be better...lol I ended my day at 1862 calories.
Workout: none since I went out. I'm incredibly sore from yesterday though, so I did lots of stretching throughout the day.
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Low day
See, I CAN get my cals low...lol I didn't have an insane workout lengthwise, but let me tell ya, I left the gym tonite with my arms and legs feeling like JELLO. My trainer worked the hell out of me in just 30 minutes. Ouch.
Food: Breakfast was a granola bar and a banana. Lunch was some easy mac with a can of tuna mixed in, and some green beans. Sigh, my afternoon snack was some peanut m&ms. Before the gym I had a PBJ sandwich, and then afterward, I downed a Muscle Milk Light, and later, had some spaghetti to end my day at 1616 calories.
Workout: I walked 15 minutes on the treadmill before meeting with my trainer to warm up. Then she put through hell for 30 minutes. I honestly tried to get on the elliptical AND the treadmill after this workout, but I had nothing left to give. lol I'm gonna be sore tomorrow.
Food: Breakfast was a granola bar and a banana. Lunch was some easy mac with a can of tuna mixed in, and some green beans. Sigh, my afternoon snack was some peanut m&ms. Before the gym I had a PBJ sandwich, and then afterward, I downed a Muscle Milk Light, and later, had some spaghetti to end my day at 1616 calories.
Workout: I walked 15 minutes on the treadmill before meeting with my trainer to warm up. Then she put through hell for 30 minutes. I honestly tried to get on the elliptical AND the treadmill after this workout, but I had nothing left to give. lol I'm gonna be sore tomorrow.
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Crappy choice but decent calorie day
It was just an emotional day all over (not an excuse, but that's just how it was). Had to take D for bloodwork and they couldn't get blood out, so it was a lot of digging and he finally lost it. Then I had to go get him early from school as he was DONE. Needless to say, I did not make great choices. It was quite the cheesy day.
Food: after bloodwork we stopped for donuts. I had 3 kolaches (and 1 stolen donut hole from D). Then for lunch I had beef stew and a string cheese. I got called to get D shortly after, and he was hungry so I made a frozen pizza and we split it. Then I didn't eat again til late, and I made a spinach/cheese quesadilla to end my day at 1625 calories.
Workout: no actual workout as D had to go to bed early, but I did do 20 squats in my living room.
Food: after bloodwork we stopped for donuts. I had 3 kolaches (and 1 stolen donut hole from D). Then for lunch I had beef stew and a string cheese. I got called to get D shortly after, and he was hungry so I made a frozen pizza and we split it. Then I didn't eat again til late, and I made a spinach/cheese quesadilla to end my day at 1625 calories.
Workout: no actual workout as D had to go to bed early, but I did do 20 squats in my living room.
Monday, April 16, 2012
So much for low cals
Yeah I had it all planned out to stay under 1700 cals...then I worked out hard and burned about 900 cals and realized I was starving. So today was back to normal. But most days I will try to be under 1700...lol
Food: Breakfast was a granola bar and a banana. Midmorning I had a string cheese. Lunch was some heat up mac n cheese and I mixed in a can of tuna. In the afternoon we had a party at work, and I had a small piece of cake, and then some apple sauce. Before the gym, I had a tortilla with some cheese in it. After the gym, we stopped at Sonic (I only got a corndog) and then later I made a cup of noodles with some tomato sauce to end my day at 2136 calories.
Workout: 10 minutes on the elliptical as a warm up, and then 25 minutes of weight training. After that, I went back to the elliptical for another 30 minutes. I was SO tired!!! But it felt so good!
Food: Breakfast was a granola bar and a banana. Midmorning I had a string cheese. Lunch was some heat up mac n cheese and I mixed in a can of tuna. In the afternoon we had a party at work, and I had a small piece of cake, and then some apple sauce. Before the gym, I had a tortilla with some cheese in it. After the gym, we stopped at Sonic (I only got a corndog) and then later I made a cup of noodles with some tomato sauce to end my day at 2136 calories.
Workout: 10 minutes on the elliptical as a warm up, and then 25 minutes of weight training. After that, I went back to the elliptical for another 30 minutes. I was SO tired!!! But it felt so good!
Sunday, April 15, 2012
Starting something new
So I've been loving the elliptical but I need something to work towards. I decided to start the C25K program (Couch to 5K). There's an app for it and it basically ramps you up to running a 5K. Do I think my feet can handle it? I dunno. But so far so good. Some foot pain, but my knees are great, just need more cushion in my shoes. I love that it dings at me to walk or run...lol Ok just for the sake of keeping track...I did the walk parts at 2.5 mph, and the running at 3.0mph.
Food: breakfast was just some crackers. Lunch after the gym was at Chili's. I had chips and salsa, and then got the Monterey Chicken (my fave!) which is grilled chicken with some bbq sauce, bacon and cheese on top, plus mashed tatoes, and broccoli. I also had a side of ranch with the broc. Dinner was a banana and a muscle milk light to end my day at 1521 calories. You'll notice (hopefully) that the next few weeks, my cals are way less than 2000. I can tell I'm building muscle but I need to get to burning more fat, so I'm going to drop those under 1700 or so from now on. Maybe one day a week I'll go higher but for now, yeah.
Workout: I started out with 5 min on the elliptical to warm up, then did half my usual weight training machines. My workout buddy had a flat tire so we had to leave the gym to help her and then came right back. I did Week 1 Day 1 (w1d1) of C25K. It lasted 26 minutes and I walked a few extra minutes to make an even 30 min. After that, my workout buddy and I headed to the ab room. I did the Ab Coaster machine, plus crunches. Then we did some teamwork stuff with the 6lb ball. I was appropriately freakin exhausted. This doesn't count as a workout but I also did some grocery shopping and house cleaning. lol I'm tired!
Food: breakfast was just some crackers. Lunch after the gym was at Chili's. I had chips and salsa, and then got the Monterey Chicken (my fave!) which is grilled chicken with some bbq sauce, bacon and cheese on top, plus mashed tatoes, and broccoli. I also had a side of ranch with the broc. Dinner was a banana and a muscle milk light to end my day at 1521 calories. You'll notice (hopefully) that the next few weeks, my cals are way less than 2000. I can tell I'm building muscle but I need to get to burning more fat, so I'm going to drop those under 1700 or so from now on. Maybe one day a week I'll go higher but for now, yeah.
Workout: I started out with 5 min on the elliptical to warm up, then did half my usual weight training machines. My workout buddy had a flat tire so we had to leave the gym to help her and then came right back. I did Week 1 Day 1 (w1d1) of C25K. It lasted 26 minutes and I walked a few extra minutes to make an even 30 min. After that, my workout buddy and I headed to the ab room. I did the Ab Coaster machine, plus crunches. Then we did some teamwork stuff with the 6lb ball. I was appropriately freakin exhausted. This doesn't count as a workout but I also did some grocery shopping and house cleaning. lol I'm tired!
Saturday, April 14, 2012
Splurge day
So today was a splurge day for me. I'll still list what I ate, but not counting cals on the monthly splurge day.
No breakfast...lunch we met friends at Cristinas. I had some chips and queso, and the flautas,plus 2 tortillas. Yummy! For dinner, I went to Movie Tavern for an evening out. I saw the Hunger Games, so good! While there, I got a pepperoni pizza with some ranch. Then on the way home (like 11pm) I stopped and got some fries and sweet tea. Yeah, def splurge. Like I said, no calorie counts.
No workout. I was going to go early but needed the sleep more!
No breakfast...lunch we met friends at Cristinas. I had some chips and queso, and the flautas,plus 2 tortillas. Yummy! For dinner, I went to Movie Tavern for an evening out. I saw the Hunger Games, so good! While there, I got a pepperoni pizza with some ranch. Then on the way home (like 11pm) I stopped and got some fries and sweet tea. Yeah, def splurge. Like I said, no calorie counts.
No workout. I was going to go early but needed the sleep more!
Friday, April 13, 2012
Friday the 13th...ooooooooh
I was quite eager to get back in the workout grind tonite. It helped that I had some frustration with D in school so I really kicked butt.
Food: breakfast was crackers. Lunch was a frozen meal. In the afternoon, I had some peanut butter crackers. I knew we were goin out to dinner so I kept it light. After the gym, we met up with some friends at Chuys. I heart Chuys. I had some chips and queso, and their amazing creamy jalapeno dip. Then I got a steak taco salad (but didn't eat the bowl and gave D the guacamole). I did have two tortillas instead. And am ending my day at 2305 calories.
Workout: I did 35 minutes on the elliptical, at a pace of about 200 strides MORE than 2 nights ago. Woot! I was rocking it! And then a slow 10 minutes on the treadmill to get my heart rate down. I burned about 700 cals with that!!! YES.
Food: breakfast was crackers. Lunch was a frozen meal. In the afternoon, I had some peanut butter crackers. I knew we were goin out to dinner so I kept it light. After the gym, we met up with some friends at Chuys. I heart Chuys. I had some chips and queso, and their amazing creamy jalapeno dip. Then I got a steak taco salad (but didn't eat the bowl and gave D the guacamole). I did have two tortillas instead. And am ending my day at 2305 calories.
Workout: I did 35 minutes on the elliptical, at a pace of about 200 strides MORE than 2 nights ago. Woot! I was rocking it! And then a slow 10 minutes on the treadmill to get my heart rate down. I burned about 700 cals with that!!! YES.
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Off day
Real quick...
Food: breakfast was crackers. Lunch was Panera. I had a cup of broc cheese soup with a baguette, plus a lowfat smoothie. In the afternoon, I had some popcorn, and then dinner...sigh. I'll admit, I was stressed about a date, and ate too much at Taco Bell. :( I ended up ok on cals at 1842 calories, but 3 cheese rollups and 2 tacos...is NOT a good thing.
I took the day off working out as I had a date this evening and could not find the time. So nothing there.
Food: breakfast was crackers. Lunch was Panera. I had a cup of broc cheese soup with a baguette, plus a lowfat smoothie. In the afternoon, I had some popcorn, and then dinner...sigh. I'll admit, I was stressed about a date, and ate too much at Taco Bell. :( I ended up ok on cals at 1842 calories, but 3 cheese rollups and 2 tacos...is NOT a good thing.
I took the day off working out as I had a date this evening and could not find the time. So nothing there.
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Revelation
So I had a revelation today. I know, scary, huh? Well, I noticed that with 4 days off of working out, it got more and more difficult to control my food cravings. If I'd gone another day, I might have binged. Today I did go workout and tonite I'm fine. It's like I don't wanna mess up the kickass workout (and too tired to care anyway...lol) This is more motivation to keep working out!
Food: calories were a bit higher but not bad. I underestimated my dinner. But still in a good range. Breakfast was sandwich crackers. Lunch was at first a little Hormel Compleats meal, but it kinda sucked and I was still hungry, so I made some tuna salad and had some dill chips with it. In the afternoon, we had cake for my coworkers birthday. I had a small piece. On the way to the gym, I had two peanut butter crackers. And afterward, we grabbed Schlotzskys. I had the roasted turkey, havarti, avocado sandwich and some chips to end my day at 2203 calories.
Workout: 35 minutes on the elliptical!! After that, AF started back up again so we just headed on home. But man, am I beat!!
Food: calories were a bit higher but not bad. I underestimated my dinner. But still in a good range. Breakfast was sandwich crackers. Lunch was at first a little Hormel Compleats meal, but it kinda sucked and I was still hungry, so I made some tuna salad and had some dill chips with it. In the afternoon, we had cake for my coworkers birthday. I had a small piece. On the way to the gym, I had two peanut butter crackers. And afterward, we grabbed Schlotzskys. I had the roasted turkey, havarti, avocado sandwich and some chips to end my day at 2203 calories.
Workout: 35 minutes on the elliptical!! After that, AF started back up again so we just headed on home. But man, am I beat!!
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Last day off working out
So AF is starting to slow, but today it was still a PITA so I took one more day off working out. Tomorrow it's back to killin it. And I can't wait! I can tell it's getting harder to keep up the good eating, and I also need a good grocery store run to stock up on more fresh fruits and veggies.
Food: Breakfast was some sandwich crackers. Lunch was mini ravioli and some baked chips. (See, can you tell I'm out of all my fruits and stuff...sigh). For snack in the afternoon, I had a little bit of chocolate and some more crackers. Then dinner, I made some chicken in the skillet, added frozen broccoli and fries to the side, with a little ranch dressing to dip it in to end my day at 1907 calories. Not a great day overall. The calories were good, but the choices were not, so I don't feel good about it.
Workout: nothin. Back to it tomorrow though.
Food: Breakfast was some sandwich crackers. Lunch was mini ravioli and some baked chips. (See, can you tell I'm out of all my fruits and stuff...sigh). For snack in the afternoon, I had a little bit of chocolate and some more crackers. Then dinner, I made some chicken in the skillet, added frozen broccoli and fries to the side, with a little ranch dressing to dip it in to end my day at 1907 calories. Not a great day overall. The calories were good, but the choices were not, so I don't feel good about it.
Workout: nothin. Back to it tomorrow though.
Monday, April 9, 2012
An off day
With af still ravaging me, I stayed home today from work. D and I had been up all night (he's dealing with other stuff).
Food: for lunch, I had leftover roast, plus some instant mashed potatoes and green beans. I had a snack of two cheese rollups. Dinner was taco night! I had 3. This evening, I really struggled with a pizza craving. Like, I was shaking from it! I wanted so bad to order pizza (a huge downfall of mine). But I ended up making some popcorn with extra salt (ssh don't tell my trainer...) and that got me through the craving. Thank God! I also had some chocolate and ended my day at 2006 cals.
Workout: I did do some arm weights at home. But no official workout.
Sunday, April 8, 2012
Happy Easter!!
With AF being a PITA, which means no gym, I had to eat decent today. Problem is, it's Easter Sunday. We went to my grandma's house for lunch, and with a few minor adaptations, I did ok.
*edited to add: shoot, I totally forgot about the green bean casserole! So add some extra cals to that number below...*
*edited to add: shoot, I totally forgot about the green bean casserole! So add some extra cals to that number below...*
No breakfast. Lunch was: roast beef, rice, cottage cheese, blackeyed peas, and biscuits. I did skip the sweet tea and made sure to not get a lot of anything. I'm glad I did because dessert was my aunt's homemade carrot cake. I request this for my birthday EVERY year as it's my fave cake, and she rarely makes it otherwise, so I could not resist a piece. Gotta take it how I can get it!!! I also had a glass of milk. This evening for dinner, I had another biscuit (brought home some leftovers) but then made myself a big smoothie made of strawberries, blueberries, spinach, cucumber slices, yogurt and some apple juice. Later on, I had some popcorn to end my day at 1883 calories.
Workout: none. But the gym childcare was closed today anyway so it would have been a rest day regardless.
Workout: none. But the gym childcare was closed today anyway so it would have been a rest day regardless.
Saturday, April 7, 2012
Derailed for a minute
So "that time of the month" started today. Blech. Which means that I likely won't be able to hit the gym for several days. But I was prepared, I worked out really good yesterday, and I know I'll need to keep my cals a bit lower, no big Easter splurges. I'm def bummed about no gym, but I just am not comfortable when moving around. It's ok though, this is temporary.
Food...we ended up going over to a friend's house today to hang out and let the kids have an easter egg hunt. I didn't eat before going, aside from grabbing an unsweet tea from Sonic, so when I got there, I had some chips and dip (but made sure to put them on a plate so I wouldn't just be mindlessly munching). We were supposed to eat at 2, but it didn't happen til almost 5...so that was all I had til dinner! Dinner was grilled chicken thighs with bbq sauce, sausage, bacon potatoes (every bit as evil as it sounds!!! but oh so yummy) and strawberry spinach salad. I had moderate amounts of all since I knew I had plenty of room. I also had a cup of pink lemonade and a few Starburst. Then later, dessert was fruit pizza and I had a slice of that to end my day at 1812 calories.
Workout: not one bit. Sigh.
Food...we ended up going over to a friend's house today to hang out and let the kids have an easter egg hunt. I didn't eat before going, aside from grabbing an unsweet tea from Sonic, so when I got there, I had some chips and dip (but made sure to put them on a plate so I wouldn't just be mindlessly munching). We were supposed to eat at 2, but it didn't happen til almost 5...so that was all I had til dinner! Dinner was grilled chicken thighs with bbq sauce, sausage, bacon potatoes (every bit as evil as it sounds!!! but oh so yummy) and strawberry spinach salad. I had moderate amounts of all since I knew I had plenty of room. I also had a cup of pink lemonade and a few Starburst. Then later, dessert was fruit pizza and I had a slice of that to end my day at 1812 calories.
Workout: not one bit. Sigh.
Friday, April 6, 2012
Low day but a switchup
Yeah, its a low cal day. But, there was a ton of sweets up at work and I kind of went overkill trying to avoid it all that I didn't eat a ton during the day.
Food: breakfast was easy mac and applesauce. Lunch was Chili's. I had the lighter choice sirloin steak with broccoli and a side salad with lowfat ranch. Afternoon snack was crackers and then some almonds. I had 1/2 a pbj before the gym. Then afterward, we swung by El Pollo Regio. I got carne asada. So with that, I ate the beef, with rice, lots of salsa, corn tortillas, and I added some ranch dressing to boost my cals more. Then I had a few Hersheys Kisses to end my day at 1991 calories.
Workout: 50 minutes on the treadmill with a bit of incline added. I did try jogging for a full minute, and then kept walking. I did not do the elliptical tonite, wanted to see how my feet did on treadmill. Then my workout buddy and I did some teamwork drills with a medicine ball. Holy cow, it didn't even take that long but we were sweating. My shoulders and thighs will likely be sore tomorrow! I also did two of the ab machines in the ab room.
Food: breakfast was easy mac and applesauce. Lunch was Chili's. I had the lighter choice sirloin steak with broccoli and a side salad with lowfat ranch. Afternoon snack was crackers and then some almonds. I had 1/2 a pbj before the gym. Then afterward, we swung by El Pollo Regio. I got carne asada. So with that, I ate the beef, with rice, lots of salsa, corn tortillas, and I added some ranch dressing to boost my cals more. Then I had a few Hersheys Kisses to end my day at 1991 calories.
Workout: 50 minutes on the treadmill with a bit of incline added. I did try jogging for a full minute, and then kept walking. I did not do the elliptical tonite, wanted to see how my feet did on treadmill. Then my workout buddy and I did some teamwork drills with a medicine ball. Holy cow, it didn't even take that long but we were sweating. My shoulders and thighs will likely be sore tomorrow! I also did two of the ab machines in the ab room.
Thursday, April 5, 2012
A weak moment
This whole workout thing, is totally a work in progress. It seems like every day I learn something new to help enhance it. Well, today...I had to crash to learn something...lol I did my 30 minutes on the elliptical, and was feeling kinda sluggish anyway (though I ended up being faster than yesterday), but as soon as I stepped off the ellip, I started feeling weak and dizzy. So I headed to the bathroom to sit down fora mintue and let my heart rate come back down. I talked to my trainer afterward, and she said it was because I ate literally right before I started. (Had a pbj on the way) So all my body's energy was involved in digestion. Good to know!!! I felt ok enough eventually and went on to do a bit more, see below, but it was kind of scary. A very good lesson learned.
Ok food...breakfast was some sandwich crackers and an applesauce. Midmorning I had a Russell Stovers peanut butter egg. Yes I know. But yum. Lunch was a KFC grilled chicken breast and mashed potatoes. My afternoon snack was crackers and almonds. Before my workout, I had a pbj. And afterward, my workout buddy and I took the kids to Schlotzsky's. I had a turkey bacon club sandwich, a few chips, and one small piece of D's pizza to end my day at 2203 calories.
Workout: 30 minutes on the elliptical at 3100 strides. And then 30 minutes of slow walking on the treadmill to stretch out my legs.
Ok food...breakfast was some sandwich crackers and an applesauce. Midmorning I had a Russell Stovers peanut butter egg. Yes I know. But yum. Lunch was a KFC grilled chicken breast and mashed potatoes. My afternoon snack was crackers and almonds. Before my workout, I had a pbj. And afterward, my workout buddy and I took the kids to Schlotzsky's. I had a turkey bacon club sandwich, a few chips, and one small piece of D's pizza to end my day at 2203 calories.
Workout: 30 minutes on the elliptical at 3100 strides. And then 30 minutes of slow walking on the treadmill to stretch out my legs.
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Back in the zone
So I've had the last two days off. Monday with a rest day, and yesterday with the storms. Well, this afternoon, I was wavering on hitting the gym. Then I picked up D, and he had a bad headache (his seizures are coming back which means headaches start up again). But thank GOD, he still wanted to go to the gym. So I was like F THIS, I'M GOING. I know if I stop, I'll lose my flow. And see below for how glad I am that I went!
Food: I had some sandwich crackers and applesauce for breakfast. Lunch was a small turkey bacon sandwich from Schlotzskys and two oatmeal raisin cookies. For a snack I had some almonds. Dinner was Chick Fil A nuggets and a side salad with ranch to end my day at 2182 calories. It doesn't seem like much huh?? A lot of that was the regular ranch on the salad...and I know there was mayo on the sandwich. But that's ok.
Workout: hopped my butt on the Precor elliptical and rocked out 30 minutes!! Hell yeah! That's 579 calories burned! I also noticed I'm getting faster. At 25 minutes on Sunday, I was at 2180 strides, and my stride count today at 25 minutes in was 2527. So without even trying, I'm going faster. This rocks! I also did 20 minutes on the treadmill at an easy pace to stay moving while my heart rate came back down after the ellip and stretch out my legs.
Food: I had some sandwich crackers and applesauce for breakfast. Lunch was a small turkey bacon sandwich from Schlotzskys and two oatmeal raisin cookies. For a snack I had some almonds. Dinner was Chick Fil A nuggets and a side salad with ranch to end my day at 2182 calories. It doesn't seem like much huh?? A lot of that was the regular ranch on the salad...and I know there was mayo on the sandwich. But that's ok.
Workout: hopped my butt on the Precor elliptical and rocked out 30 minutes!! Hell yeah! That's 579 calories burned! I also noticed I'm getting faster. At 25 minutes on Sunday, I was at 2180 strides, and my stride count today at 25 minutes in was 2527. So without even trying, I'm going faster. This rocks! I also did 20 minutes on the treadmill at an easy pace to stay moving while my heart rate came back down after the ellip and stretch out my legs.
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Unexpected rest day
So, what a day! We had some nasty storms come through the DFW area, and they are estimating about 10-12 tornadoes touched down. Due to the anxiety from this (one came pretty close to my work, though no damage), I didn't eat anything in the afternoon, and as it was storming when I picked up D, we ended up going home instead of to the gym. After all day of not having him with me, and his school on lockdown instead of dismissal for over an hour, all I wanted to do was cuddle with him. So we did. And it was soothing.
Ok food: for breakfast I had a granola bar and an applesauce. Lunch was a Dinty Moore beef stew meal and some crackers. I also had a fun size pouch of M&Ms in lieu of anxiety meds. Nothing til dinner where we ended up grabbing tacos. I had a little bit more chocolate this evening in the form of a few Hershey's Kisses, and then was still kinda hungry, so had an Easy Mac cup to end my day at 1749 calories.
No real workout, but I did do 25 crunches on my workout ball at home, and then the floor ab exercises that my trainer showed me, holding for up to 30 seconds each. I do really miss the gym though!!!
Ok food: for breakfast I had a granola bar and an applesauce. Lunch was a Dinty Moore beef stew meal and some crackers. I also had a fun size pouch of M&Ms in lieu of anxiety meds. Nothing til dinner where we ended up grabbing tacos. I had a little bit more chocolate this evening in the form of a few Hershey's Kisses, and then was still kinda hungry, so had an Easy Mac cup to end my day at 1749 calories.
No real workout, but I did do 25 crunches on my workout ball at home, and then the floor ab exercises that my trainer showed me, holding for up to 30 seconds each. I do really miss the gym though!!!
Monday, April 2, 2012
Rest day
Yay for Mondays! lol I didn't do one thing today as it was a lovely rest day. And my hamstrings are hurtin bad from the elliptical. Ouch.
Food: breakfast was a granola bar and some applesauce. Lunch was spaghetti-os, but then after about an hour or so, I was still so hungry! So I had a frozen meal panini sandwich and some chips. In the afternoon, I had some crackers. For dinner, I made chicken and spinach quesadillas and corn. And in the evening, I had some almonds and a small piece of chocolate to end my day at 1951 calories.
No workout!
Food: breakfast was a granola bar and some applesauce. Lunch was spaghetti-os, but then after about an hour or so, I was still so hungry! So I had a frozen meal panini sandwich and some chips. In the afternoon, I had some crackers. For dinner, I made chicken and spinach quesadillas and corn. And in the evening, I had some almonds and a small piece of chocolate to end my day at 1951 calories.
No workout!
Sunday, April 1, 2012
Mini splurge and a new record
Today I had a minisplurge. And it was totally worth it. lol Both my workout buddy and I were craving a good burger, so we hit up Scotty P's. My only regret is not going to a place that has calorie counts, as that is always hard to estimate. But I think I did a decent job with that and probably overestimated abit, which is fine.
Breakfast was cheese sandwich crackers. Lunch was Scotty P's, I had the barbecue sauce burger, which was A-MAZING. I also had fries with ranch. YUM. I didn't have anything else til later this evening, I had some popcorn, and then some Easy Mac with frozen broccoli mixed in to end my day at 2186 calories.
Workout. Today I sucked it up and rocked out 25 minutes on the Precor elliptical! I noticed my stride count had gotten higher when I looked at 15 minutes in, so it looks like I'm getting a bit stronger too. Which rocks. I also did 15 minutes on the treadmill, and then about 20 minutes weight training.
Breakfast was cheese sandwich crackers. Lunch was Scotty P's, I had the barbecue sauce burger, which was A-MAZING. I also had fries with ranch. YUM. I didn't have anything else til later this evening, I had some popcorn, and then some Easy Mac with frozen broccoli mixed in to end my day at 2186 calories.
Workout. Today I sucked it up and rocked out 25 minutes on the Precor elliptical! I noticed my stride count had gotten higher when I looked at 15 minutes in, so it looks like I'm getting a bit stronger too. Which rocks. I also did 15 minutes on the treadmill, and then about 20 minutes weight training.
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