Well today was great what can I say. 23 days?? Yeah I can say it. I lost 3 pounds! I am so happy!! I got to spend the day working from home with my princess. I had such a great day!
Breakfast was FINALLY the chocolate pb oatmeal. YUM YUM YUM!!!
Snack was cottage cheese and blueberry yogurt. Funny story here Roo would get a bite and them come hand me kernels of cottage cheese after she had finished sucking the yogurt off of them the little goof.
Lunch was an oriental chicken salad which was with broccoli slaw, chow mein noodles, and chicken. YUM! I got really full off of this and next time I think I would eat less of it but I made it through.
Snack was black bean dip and 1 serving of baked tostitos. It was good but a tad bit too much fiber for the day. I am going to feel it tomorrow I think.
Dinner was 2 stuffed shells and a piece of garlic bread. It was really really really good!
Snack was the cappucino shake again. It was so good especially after the shred.
Workouts I got the shred in LOL! 23 days!!! We repeated level 1 again because Dennis wasn't feeling 100% and level 1 is easier at this point. I used 8 lb weights for two of the exercises. SCORE SCORE SCORE!!!
I really feel good about what I am doing right now. REALLY GOOD!
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Monday, January 19, 2009
Friday, January 9, 2009
1/9/09 All Day
Did yall give up on me posting? I hope not but today has been CRAZY! Work was intense and I just didn't have a minute to stop and reflect.
Breakfast was a cappucino shake it was delish!
I missed my morning snack because I had to go to a meeting that was not in my office area as in it was in a different city and I didn't grab it on the way out because I was driving. I can eat when I'm by myself but not when I have passengers in the car. I am sure they appreciate.
So when the meeting was done it was past time for lunch as well. I got back to the office and had a roast beef sandwich (we subbed that for the salad because I was anticipating the meeting) and a serving of pretzels with the cottage cheese and mandarin oranges from the morning snack. I'll deem that a success.
Afternoon snack was the Texas caviar and as always it is a YUM YUM YUM!
Dinner was ziti we did not eat a full serving because the full serving was huge and there was just no way I could manage. We did have a petit four to get some extra calories to make up for what we didn't eat in ziti.
The evening snack was a little less than a cup of sherbet. It was a yummy treat.
Workouts I managed to survive the shred. We have made it 13 days and I am thrilled. Today my knees hurt and it was just so hard to get through it so I made more modifications than I like to. I had gotten to almost no modifications as in following the high leader but tonight I had to follow the basic leader and modify some of that. Jumping jacks and jumpropes were not possible and some of the lunges were also almost impossible. I think we are going to take a break from the shred tomorrow and do yoga or something else to see if I can give my knees a break for a day. Please note that does not say I am giving up exercise tomorrow I am just taking a one day break from shred. Of course if I feel better I will shred we'll see what tomorrow holds. Tomorrow does hold upper body weights for sure!
Breakfast was a cappucino shake it was delish!
I missed my morning snack because I had to go to a meeting that was not in my office area as in it was in a different city and I didn't grab it on the way out because I was driving. I can eat when I'm by myself but not when I have passengers in the car. I am sure they appreciate.
So when the meeting was done it was past time for lunch as well. I got back to the office and had a roast beef sandwich (we subbed that for the salad because I was anticipating the meeting) and a serving of pretzels with the cottage cheese and mandarin oranges from the morning snack. I'll deem that a success.
Afternoon snack was the Texas caviar and as always it is a YUM YUM YUM!
Dinner was ziti we did not eat a full serving because the full serving was huge and there was just no way I could manage. We did have a petit four to get some extra calories to make up for what we didn't eat in ziti.
The evening snack was a little less than a cup of sherbet. It was a yummy treat.
Workouts I managed to survive the shred. We have made it 13 days and I am thrilled. Today my knees hurt and it was just so hard to get through it so I made more modifications than I like to. I had gotten to almost no modifications as in following the high leader but tonight I had to follow the basic leader and modify some of that. Jumping jacks and jumpropes were not possible and some of the lunges were also almost impossible. I think we are going to take a break from the shred tomorrow and do yoga or something else to see if I can give my knees a break for a day. Please note that does not say I am giving up exercise tomorrow I am just taking a one day break from shred. Of course if I feel better I will shred we'll see what tomorrow holds. Tomorrow does hold upper body weights for sure!
Monday, January 5, 2009
1/5/09 Part 2
Whooo I made it through the day without the chocolate. I did smell it I did touch it but I gave it to my daughter LOL! She ate some and the rest went down the garbage disposal.
For my afternoon snack it was creamy salsa dip which was a mix of salsa, cottage cheese, and plain yogurt. It was served with a serving of carrots and baked tostitos. YUM!
Our evening meal was salmon and a sweet potato with a touch of butter and some fresh honey. YUM YUM YUM YUM! Dennis seasoned the salmon with balsamic vinegar, greek vinigarette, salt, and a touch of something else that I don't remember. It was delish! It has been way to long since I have had salmon I didn't realize it was missed as much as it was with that first bite.
Then it was time for the shred. I want to take a few minutes to reflect on the Jillian Michael's 30 day shred. It was a highly recommended workout video and I got it although I was skeptical. I trusted the recommendations and I am so glad that I did. It is seriously a workout. Yes it's only 20 minutes but holy cow it's 20 minutes of high intensity. Dennis and I are doing this together for 30 days straight. That is our goal and we are on day 9 so we are almost a third of the way done. My strength is really growing with this, I am able to do so much more of the video than I was the first day. Today was our third cycle through the entire dvd and I am in such a much better place than I was 9 days ago. I feel invincible! Since on BFL today would have been a rest day for me workout wise all I did was the shred.
Tomorrow will be an intense cardio day and I am already mapping out in my head what I am going to do since I will be in the office. And yikes at being in the office again it has been almost three weeks since I have really been there. I will really miss my baby girl but I know she is ready to see and play with her friends and tell them all about her Christmas. I can't wait to see how tired she is when she comes home. I am going to miss sharing all the snacks with her and all the playtime we have had with each other. These past weeks have shown me that I am glad that I am changing my focus and really focusing on the family this year. Roo is such a sweetheart and I want to be there for her and to help watch her grow and learn. I love that little girl can you tell? Tomorrow is going to be a super long day already I can tell. LOL!
Our evening snack was banana, cottage cheese, with some maple syrup. It was just as delicious as I remembered from the last time we did BFL.
So reflecting back on 9 days I am in such a better mood, more energy, and excited place than I was before. I can't wait to reflect back when I am at 18 days!
For my afternoon snack it was creamy salsa dip which was a mix of salsa, cottage cheese, and plain yogurt. It was served with a serving of carrots and baked tostitos. YUM!
Our evening meal was salmon and a sweet potato with a touch of butter and some fresh honey. YUM YUM YUM YUM! Dennis seasoned the salmon with balsamic vinegar, greek vinigarette, salt, and a touch of something else that I don't remember. It was delish! It has been way to long since I have had salmon I didn't realize it was missed as much as it was with that first bite.
Then it was time for the shred. I want to take a few minutes to reflect on the Jillian Michael's 30 day shred. It was a highly recommended workout video and I got it although I was skeptical. I trusted the recommendations and I am so glad that I did. It is seriously a workout. Yes it's only 20 minutes but holy cow it's 20 minutes of high intensity. Dennis and I are doing this together for 30 days straight. That is our goal and we are on day 9 so we are almost a third of the way done. My strength is really growing with this, I am able to do so much more of the video than I was the first day. Today was our third cycle through the entire dvd and I am in such a much better place than I was 9 days ago. I feel invincible! Since on BFL today would have been a rest day for me workout wise all I did was the shred.
Tomorrow will be an intense cardio day and I am already mapping out in my head what I am going to do since I will be in the office. And yikes at being in the office again it has been almost three weeks since I have really been there. I will really miss my baby girl but I know she is ready to see and play with her friends and tell them all about her Christmas. I can't wait to see how tired she is when she comes home. I am going to miss sharing all the snacks with her and all the playtime we have had with each other. These past weeks have shown me that I am glad that I am changing my focus and really focusing on the family this year. Roo is such a sweetheart and I want to be there for her and to help watch her grow and learn. I love that little girl can you tell? Tomorrow is going to be a super long day already I can tell. LOL!
Our evening snack was banana, cottage cheese, with some maple syrup. It was just as delicious as I remembered from the last time we did BFL.
So reflecting back on 9 days I am in such a better mood, more energy, and excited place than I was before. I can't wait to reflect back when I am at 18 days!
Friday, January 2, 2009
1/2/09 Part 2
So this day was spent cleaning with multiple trips up and down the stairs. I didn't make the lower body weights but I will hit that tomorrow. I did do 20 minutes of the shred and I made it through 20 minutes of yoga so that's 40 minutes of cardio videos for the day and since I cleaned the house for 6 hours I am counting 60 minutes for cardio as I was sweating and really working. Did you know you can do a ton of squats and lunges while cleaning and when you're scrubbing the floor you can do mountain climbers as you scrub? If you have never done that it is something to try and it HURTS! LOL. There was weight lifting going on with litter boxes, and moving items, and cleaning closets out. I am amazed at how much I want to purge right now. I am so excited that Dennis is fully on board with this plan as well.
Dinner tonight was beef and broccoli w/ steamed brown rice. DELISH! The flavors were awesome and I really wanted to go back for seconds but that's not allowed so I made it without but it was tough. This will be on our menu again for sure.
Our evening snack was 220 calories. We had four petite fours. I had ordered them from Swiss Colony before Christmas and thought they would be here for company but they weren't as they arrived today. I hate to waste money so we will be having them as snacks. Tomorrow at one point we will have 1 truffle as it's about 220 calories by itself.
I did have an extra lindt truffle which was not expected today but my blood sugar took a dive between 3 and 5 with the work I had been doing and I needed some fast sugar. I know a serving size of them is 3 and I only had 1.
So today ends day 6 of following the program and working out. 6 days of the shred and I have survived! I have made it this far and I will make it farther. I love love love how I feel. I do have more energy than I have had in a long time and I feel a lot better about myself.
The food scale I ordered should be here in another three weeks. BOOO! When I picked the one I had it said it would be available to ship in 2-3 days but today when I looked my status had changed to 3-4 weeks. BOO! Oh well not much I can do about it right now. I really can't wait until it's here though.
Dinner tonight was beef and broccoli w/ steamed brown rice. DELISH! The flavors were awesome and I really wanted to go back for seconds but that's not allowed so I made it without but it was tough. This will be on our menu again for sure.
Our evening snack was 220 calories. We had four petite fours. I had ordered them from Swiss Colony before Christmas and thought they would be here for company but they weren't as they arrived today. I hate to waste money so we will be having them as snacks. Tomorrow at one point we will have 1 truffle as it's about 220 calories by itself.
I did have an extra lindt truffle which was not expected today but my blood sugar took a dive between 3 and 5 with the work I had been doing and I needed some fast sugar. I know a serving size of them is 3 and I only had 1.
So today ends day 6 of following the program and working out. 6 days of the shred and I have survived! I have made it this far and I will make it farther. I love love love how I feel. I do have more energy than I have had in a long time and I feel a lot better about myself.
The food scale I ordered should be here in another three weeks. BOOO! When I picked the one I had it said it would be available to ship in 2-3 days but today when I looked my status had changed to 3-4 weeks. BOO! Oh well not much I can do about it right now. I really can't wait until it's here though.
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