So last week I felt like death (cranky uterus + wacked out hormones= lack of desire to move much less work out), but I'm feeling back to normal. The weight has dropped to 183, down a whole whopping pound. Meh. While I think Angeleen's assessment of better numbers next week is most likely true I'm more encouraged by the fact that I have been at this thing for a whole month! My eating/exercise routine hasn't been perfect, but it has been better then it was and I'm feeling more mindful of my health, so I'll take that as a win.
Tomorrow I hope to go sign up at Parks and Rec for a gym membership. I'm liking the Wii workout for the most part, but I'm starting to get a bit bored with it. I need something new, so after talking with Drake last week I decided to begin training for a sprint triathlon! I can't believe I'm considering this, but I turn 40 in November and it's time to start knocking things off the Bucket List and I confess I've always wanted to try one of these. Plus, I had a couple of well meaning friends gently mock? patronize? I dunno the right word, but when I mentioned I'd like to do this they looked at me like: "yea, sure." Which got my back up, but also made me doubt myself (an interesting, and yet crappy, duality), so when Drake assured me I could do it (because hello! It's not the Iron Man and I'm not looking to place, just to cross the finish line) I thought, "alright, let's do this!"
I found an online workout schedule that will have me running 3 days a week, combining a swim/bike routine 2 days a week, and resting 2 days a week. I might try and work in a little weight training, before or after my run too (we'll see). Food intake is going to subsist of 4 meals of 400 calories each and will work up to 5-6 meals as my work out times increase.
::Deep breath::
I can't believe I'm going to do this.
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Day 27: Feeling like death
So not a whole lot to report. Feeling pretty worn out. Food today was not great. Breakfast was 2 fruit leathers, lunch was brown rice and veggies, dinner: a Cliff Bar, snacks: a few miniature candies here and there. Water intake was tolerable. So yeah, not great. I've had no energy to make food or think overly much about it. So... bleah.
Worked out for a couple hours on Monday evening. I was going to quit and go to bed when I noticed that I was within a half hour of achieving my silver Wii bank, so I pressed on through and figure I finished the days workout at around 3 hours (I say "figured" because when you exercise past midnight the bank resets itself for the next day). So part of Monday's workout carried over into Tuesday. I worked out for another half hour on Tuesday, bringing that grand total up to an hour and today... I got nothing. No energy at all, I'm tapped. So much for the workout.
Went and saw the chiropractor today. Talking with Drake is always a kick, especially when discussing anything touching on training for a race. He was a big encouragement and believes I can be ready to run a sprint triathlon in early summer. HA! I picked his brain a bit on nutrition (gotta find the proper carb/protein balance) and eat several small meals a day to keep the metabolism furnace stoked. Got some advice on training: workout first thing in the morning and if exercising for more then an hour stop and eat 100 calories or so (couple slices wheat bread) before returning to the workout. Your body shuts down after that first hour of working out and goes into survival mode and holds onto every calorie because it's afraid of starvation, BUT if you eat a little something, your metabolism calms down and after the first 10 minutes of returning to the work out you begin to burn fat again. Cool huh?
So that's me, for today.
Worked out for a couple hours on Monday evening. I was going to quit and go to bed when I noticed that I was within a half hour of achieving my silver Wii bank, so I pressed on through and figure I finished the days workout at around 3 hours (I say "figured" because when you exercise past midnight the bank resets itself for the next day). So part of Monday's workout carried over into Tuesday. I worked out for another half hour on Tuesday, bringing that grand total up to an hour and today... I got nothing. No energy at all, I'm tapped. So much for the workout.
Went and saw the chiropractor today. Talking with Drake is always a kick, especially when discussing anything touching on training for a race. He was a big encouragement and believes I can be ready to run a sprint triathlon in early summer. HA! I picked his brain a bit on nutrition (gotta find the proper carb/protein balance) and eat several small meals a day to keep the metabolism furnace stoked. Got some advice on training: workout first thing in the morning and if exercising for more then an hour stop and eat 100 calories or so (couple slices wheat bread) before returning to the workout. Your body shuts down after that first hour of working out and goes into survival mode and holds onto every calorie because it's afraid of starvation, BUT if you eat a little something, your metabolism calms down and after the first 10 minutes of returning to the work out you begin to burn fat again. Cool huh?
So that's me, for today.
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Day 24: The Day of Excess
It started out good. I woke early (around four) and couldn't get back to sleep. I stumbled out to the couch to spend some time with God. It was a sweet time. We read poetry and just hung out. I love abiding with God. No agenda. Nothing to study. No prayers to cry out. Just being, sheltering under the wings of the Almighty. Then we took a little nap (it was very early). Woke up, got ready for church, had a sensible breakfast of cottage cheese and whole wheat toast and coffee with a bit of cream.
Got to church, set up classrooms, welcomed the children, and ate a few cookies (just 4) during preschool snack time (I can't want till those stupid Dutch sugar cookies are gone! Curse their sweet, crunchy deliciousness) and then it happened. One of the boys' friends asked if the boys could go see Avatar after church. "Sure!" The boys could go to the movie and Matt and I could have a date! We had that gift certificate to McCormick's and Schmick's...
Appetizer: clam chowder with oyster crackers, sour dough roll and butter
Lunch: blackened salmon on a bed of greens with roasted bell pepper and orange segments. Topped with a citrus and miso dressing.
Dessert: split the trio platter with Fox: creme brulee, cookie ice cream sandwich, peach melba crisp ala mode. And coffee with cream.
Needless to say lunch was filling so it counted as dinner too.
Later this evening I felt I should probably burn a few calories so I began playing around on the Fit, soon I thought, "why not try to go for 2 hours" which then became "why not go until you burn 500 calories." And here I am. Putting in a too long day after consuming too many calories and exercising too excessively. :)
High notes: I avoided the bug juice at lunch and the cream brulee was worth the calorie cost.
Got to church, set up classrooms, welcomed the children, and ate a few cookies (just 4) during preschool snack time (I can't want till those stupid Dutch sugar cookies are gone! Curse their sweet, crunchy deliciousness) and then it happened. One of the boys' friends asked if the boys could go see Avatar after church. "Sure!" The boys could go to the movie and Matt and I could have a date! We had that gift certificate to McCormick's and Schmick's...
Appetizer: clam chowder with oyster crackers, sour dough roll and butter
Lunch: blackened salmon on a bed of greens with roasted bell pepper and orange segments. Topped with a citrus and miso dressing.
Dessert: split the trio platter with Fox: creme brulee, cookie ice cream sandwich, peach melba crisp ala mode. And coffee with cream.
Needless to say lunch was filling so it counted as dinner too.
Later this evening I felt I should probably burn a few calories so I began playing around on the Fit, soon I thought, "why not try to go for 2 hours" which then became "why not go until you burn 500 calories." And here I am. Putting in a too long day after consuming too many calories and exercising too excessively. :)
High notes: I avoided the bug juice at lunch and the cream brulee was worth the calorie cost.
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Day 23: Quick Note...
Running out the door, but forgot to add yesterday's weigh-in...
Weight: 184 (rounding, not doing the ounces thing 'cause I don't want to care that much), so that's down 2 pounds! Not bad considering the insanity of last week.
My workouts have been either hard core running or 2 hours of play time on the Wii (I mean snowball fight really?), what I've learned though is if I don't give my body a rest after a hard workout, I see no loss. It's like my body is afraid to give up any fat stores as I may plan another crazy workout so it's holding onto the reserves. So instead of the daily 5 mile runs, I'm actually dialing the insanity back a bit.
Food has been not great, but better then I was before I began recording my intakes, so I'll count that as a victory. Another thing learned- if I don't get enough sleep or at least 3 quarts of water a day, the scale doesn't move. Interesting the built in "care for your body" mode God designed.
Up coming food challenge: Burns Night is Monday and I'll be eating haggis, bannocks, bashed tatties, boozy onion gravy, shortbread, pineapple and butterscotch pavlova and tea with cream and Scotch. Needless to say not a waist friendly meal. Moderation will be the word for the day. Wish me luck!
Weight: 184 (rounding, not doing the ounces thing 'cause I don't want to care that much), so that's down 2 pounds! Not bad considering the insanity of last week.
My workouts have been either hard core running or 2 hours of play time on the Wii (I mean snowball fight really?), what I've learned though is if I don't give my body a rest after a hard workout, I see no loss. It's like my body is afraid to give up any fat stores as I may plan another crazy workout so it's holding onto the reserves. So instead of the daily 5 mile runs, I'm actually dialing the insanity back a bit.
Food has been not great, but better then I was before I began recording my intakes, so I'll count that as a victory. Another thing learned- if I don't get enough sleep or at least 3 quarts of water a day, the scale doesn't move. Interesting the built in "care for your body" mode God designed.
Up coming food challenge: Burns Night is Monday and I'll be eating haggis, bannocks, bashed tatties, boozy onion gravy, shortbread, pineapple and butterscotch pavlova and tea with cream and Scotch. Needless to say not a waist friendly meal. Moderation will be the word for the day. Wish me luck!
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Day 21: Playing with knives and fire!
Quick update: after my last blog I fell asleep at 7:30 and slept till 7 the next morning. Apparently, two days of intense running took it outta me! I decided to take yesterday off and let my body rest instead of pushing through with the workout. I spent all day prepping which is a kind of low key workout in itself (but not really), then headed right into Awana club. It was a long day, full of random food and not great choices, the worst of which was after getting home from Awana (couple of fruit leathers, handful of chips, a couple of Bao... bad combining! And late at night too). And I can honestly say, the eating was stress eating.
The catering is moving along and today should run smooth enough (just need to chop and roast 50# of potatoes and dice 60 or so Roma's for bruschetta), it was dealing with last night's children (and I use that word only because disobedient brat seems too harsh a term for a youth pastor to use) that had me cheesed off and reaching for snack food at 10pm. Not only did I not eat well, but I had problems falling asleep (brain wouldn't shut down, but kept running over the night's events wondering how on earth to deal with children bent on rebellion, how to deal in a wise and godly manner and not just duck tape them all to chairs). So, 4 hours of sleep later here I am, against all odds, down a bit in weight.
Today: I cater this morning and into the afternoon. This afternoon/evening I'll be prepping for a children's ministry volunteer safety meeting for tomorrow night. That means, exercising will have to wait till this evening. I plan on keeping it low key (some free step while watching TV perhaps) and will begin the rev up to harder workouts after Friday's weigh-in.
Checked Crossfit outta habit. Today is more weight lifting stuff that I'm not outfitted for and 30 reps of GHD sit-ups. What?
Meh. Maybe I'll give 'em a try.
The catering is moving along and today should run smooth enough (just need to chop and roast 50# of potatoes and dice 60 or so Roma's for bruschetta), it was dealing with last night's children (and I use that word only because disobedient brat seems too harsh a term for a youth pastor to use) that had me cheesed off and reaching for snack food at 10pm. Not only did I not eat well, but I had problems falling asleep (brain wouldn't shut down, but kept running over the night's events wondering how on earth to deal with children bent on rebellion, how to deal in a wise and godly manner and not just duck tape them all to chairs). So, 4 hours of sleep later here I am, against all odds, down a bit in weight.
Today: I cater this morning and into the afternoon. This afternoon/evening I'll be prepping for a children's ministry volunteer safety meeting for tomorrow night. That means, exercising will have to wait till this evening. I plan on keeping it low key (some free step while watching TV perhaps) and will begin the rev up to harder workouts after Friday's weigh-in.
Checked Crossfit outta habit. Today is more weight lifting stuff that I'm not outfitted for and 30 reps of GHD sit-ups. What?
Meh. Maybe I'll give 'em a try.
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Day 19: Watch out! Crazy ahead!
Third week of the month is always crazy. It's the week I cater a luncheon for about 100 or so. This week is that week. So besides purchasing food stuffs and prepping and cooking and serving I have the rest of my life to keep up with, things like: teaching Sunday school, prepping Sunday school for my volunteers, chasing down volunteers and wingmen, meeting with my mentor, meeting with the girls I mentor, prayer meetings, calendar meetings, safety meetings, attending the new Love and Respect class with my husband, prepping Awana, prepping for upcoming junior high activities (paintball), getting Matt and the boys to Scouts (like pulling teeth), and oh! The everyday things like: getting the boys off to school, Matt to work, picking up the boys from wrestling, grocery shopping, cooking dinner, raking out the apartment and occasionally doing a load of laundry so the pile doesn't fall over and crush someone. So I'm sure you understand when I say that this is the week I'm often most diet and exercise challenged because A.) who has time to exercise and B.) cooking! Someone has to taste the food and make sure it tastes right.
Yesterday I put in a little over an hour and a half in Wii exercise time. The big accomplishment was, as I wrote in yesterday's blog, finally running 5 miles. This morning I wanted to see if I could do it again and so managed to crawl outta bed at 5:30. I logged in 5 and a half miles in my first half hour. WOOT! And then jogged another 3 miles in 20 minutes (kept it low key). I'm hoping to keep this exercise pace up throughout the week because I'm gonna need the extra boost that exercising gives you (though right now I feel like I could crawl under my desk and take a nap). Also, if I manage an hour or so of workout everyday during my crazy week then I really have no excuse not to be exercising in a like manner the rest of the month.
Breakfast (I actually managed to eat at home!):
2 slices low carb, whole wheat toast topped with non-fat cottage cheese, Splenda and cinnamon. Mmmmm! Tastes just like cheesecake, if you never had cheesecake and didn't know what it tasted like.
Decaf coffee with cinnamon.
1 quart of water
Plans for the rest of the day...
Prayer meeting then calendar meeting then off to shop for the catering gig. Lunch will be on the run. Most likely a chicken Caesar salad from Costco and a diet soda. Dinner will be something easy as I begin basic prep tonight. I'm thinking a chicken, spinach, and mushroom soup with a multigrain baguette for the boys to dip. Snacks: most likely the case of V8 I have stashed in my office will take care of snacking needs. If I need something more substantial I still have brown rice, veggies, Wasa crackers and oatmeal leftover from last weeks Trader Joe's run in the church kitchen. And, of course, I need to drink 2 more quarts of water.
So there you have it. What are your plans for the day?
Yesterday I put in a little over an hour and a half in Wii exercise time. The big accomplishment was, as I wrote in yesterday's blog, finally running 5 miles. This morning I wanted to see if I could do it again and so managed to crawl outta bed at 5:30. I logged in 5 and a half miles in my first half hour. WOOT! And then jogged another 3 miles in 20 minutes (kept it low key). I'm hoping to keep this exercise pace up throughout the week because I'm gonna need the extra boost that exercising gives you (though right now I feel like I could crawl under my desk and take a nap). Also, if I manage an hour or so of workout everyday during my crazy week then I really have no excuse not to be exercising in a like manner the rest of the month.
Breakfast (I actually managed to eat at home!):
2 slices low carb, whole wheat toast topped with non-fat cottage cheese, Splenda and cinnamon. Mmmmm! Tastes just like cheesecake, if you never had cheesecake and didn't know what it tasted like.
Decaf coffee with cinnamon.
1 quart of water
Plans for the rest of the day...
Prayer meeting then calendar meeting then off to shop for the catering gig. Lunch will be on the run. Most likely a chicken Caesar salad from Costco and a diet soda. Dinner will be something easy as I begin basic prep tonight. I'm thinking a chicken, spinach, and mushroom soup with a multigrain baguette for the boys to dip. Snacks: most likely the case of V8 I have stashed in my office will take care of snacking needs. If I need something more substantial I still have brown rice, veggies, Wasa crackers and oatmeal leftover from last weeks Trader Joe's run in the church kitchen. And, of course, I need to drink 2 more quarts of water.
So there you have it. What are your plans for the day?
Monday, January 18, 2010
Day 17? That right?
Yesterday was my day of rest so not only did I not work out I ate whatever I wanted, which wasn't too bad with the exception of the double handful of sugar cookies at church. I promptly fell into a sugar coma on the drive home and had achy joints for the rest of the evening. You think it would be enough to deter me wouldn't you? Sadly, if I didn't think they'd make me expand like a balloon animal I'd be still be eating those darned things. But that's in the past...
Today:
Began the day with exercise. Half hour of step and snowball fights then a half hour run. Today was the first day I've managed to run "5 miles" in a half hour. I was panting and pouring down sweat and that stupid little machine only gave me 3 out of 4 stars! Whatever.
I then began working on tricep extensions, but instead of the Wiimote I used a 15 pound weight. 20 reps might be a bit much at that weight for the ol' triceps. Using the same strength training routine and weight I worked on bicep curls and then lifting the weight straight above my head (what would you call that shoulder extensions?) and the weight was about right for those exercises.
Went about my day with full vim and vegor. Felt good enough to run another half hour this evening, but kept it at a light pace.
Foodwise I had a weird day. It wouldn't have been so bad, but I was making pasta for Fox and the boys and I poured the sauce over the warm pasta and cooked it a bit to really get the sauce to adhere to the pasta and realized I should have kept some sauce apart to pour over my spinach. Too lazy to do anything else I ate two low-carb ice cream bars and called it good. Sometimes, ice cream for dinner is what you gotta do.
The stats:
Exercise:
AM: 30 minute step aerobics and balance games
AM: 30 minute 5 mile run
PM: 30 minute run (was watching TV and so didn't get the milage)
Meals:
Breakfast:
Coffee with cream and cinnamon
V8
Quart of water
Lunch:
Lamb and vegetable stirfry at Mongolian Grill. All meat and veg, no rice, no noodles (lunch date)
Bug juice
Ranue drink (Japanese soda)
Snack:
V8
4 slices Swiss cheese
Quart of water
Dinner:
2 Carb Smart ice cream bars
Quart of water
Today:
Began the day with exercise. Half hour of step and snowball fights then a half hour run. Today was the first day I've managed to run "5 miles" in a half hour. I was panting and pouring down sweat and that stupid little machine only gave me 3 out of 4 stars! Whatever.
I then began working on tricep extensions, but instead of the Wiimote I used a 15 pound weight. 20 reps might be a bit much at that weight for the ol' triceps. Using the same strength training routine and weight I worked on bicep curls and then lifting the weight straight above my head (what would you call that shoulder extensions?) and the weight was about right for those exercises.
Went about my day with full vim and vegor. Felt good enough to run another half hour this evening, but kept it at a light pace.
Foodwise I had a weird day. It wouldn't have been so bad, but I was making pasta for Fox and the boys and I poured the sauce over the warm pasta and cooked it a bit to really get the sauce to adhere to the pasta and realized I should have kept some sauce apart to pour over my spinach. Too lazy to do anything else I ate two low-carb ice cream bars and called it good. Sometimes, ice cream for dinner is what you gotta do.
The stats:
Exercise:
AM: 30 minute step aerobics and balance games
AM: 30 minute 5 mile run
PM: 30 minute run (was watching TV and so didn't get the milage)
Meals:
Breakfast:
Coffee with cream and cinnamon
V8
Quart of water
Lunch:
Lamb and vegetable stirfry at Mongolian Grill. All meat and veg, no rice, no noodles (lunch date)
Bug juice
Ranue drink (Japanese soda)
Snack:
V8
4 slices Swiss cheese
Quart of water
Dinner:
2 Carb Smart ice cream bars
Quart of water
Saturday, January 16, 2010
Ain't it always the way...
Yesterday, I had a meeting with one of the girl's I mentor. I asked if we could go to the mall, because I had a few things I needed to pick up and maybe we could grab lunch while we were there. She said, that was fine with her (as if going to the mall is a hardship for any teen). As I'm sure you know the food court is where diets go to die. I had been good for breakfast and knew I'd be good for dinner, but decided to indulge while out with my young friend.
While the teenager had a couple slices of pizza I decided that if I was gonna suck up vast calories it needed to taste better then what was sweating away under Sbarro's heat lamps. Hello Indian food! Saffron rice, topped by curry and peanut chicken with a side of vegetable samosas. OH! MY! Worth every flippin' calorie.
We then walked around the mall in an attempt to burn off some of lunch, or that's what I suggested, but really I think it was just to scope out dessert options. My fine friend had a chocolate and strawberry sundae from DQ, me? Mango and blueberry swirl frozen yogurt from the new serve yourself yogurt shop. Heaven!
So this morning I head off to weigh myself thinking I was in trouble. Nope. Dropped 2 pounds. Yeah, that makes sense.
Whatever.
While the teenager had a couple slices of pizza I decided that if I was gonna suck up vast calories it needed to taste better then what was sweating away under Sbarro's heat lamps. Hello Indian food! Saffron rice, topped by curry and peanut chicken with a side of vegetable samosas. OH! MY! Worth every flippin' calorie.
We then walked around the mall in an attempt to burn off some of lunch, or that's what I suggested, but really I think it was just to scope out dessert options. My fine friend had a chocolate and strawberry sundae from DQ, me? Mango and blueberry swirl frozen yogurt from the new serve yourself yogurt shop. Heaven!
So this morning I head off to weigh myself thinking I was in trouble. Nope. Dropped 2 pounds. Yeah, that makes sense.
Whatever.
Friday, January 15, 2010
Day 14: Second Week Doldrums
Weigh in Friday: 186
That's right, haven't dropped a pound, well actually, yesterday I weighed in 185, but this morning I'm back up so I'm not counting it.
Sorry the blog has been dark most this week. I have been working out and watching my eating and water in-take, though I admit my water levels could have been a bit better. I have been drinking decaf all week (and enjoying it) so "yea me!" I have had only 1, that's right 1, diet soda this week (we ran through the drive through on the way to Awana and I had the soda with my salad and boy! Did I ever need it! That day was crazy full and I needed a bit of caffeine to get me through the evening). So another, "yea me!" for cutting out the bug juice.
Went to Trader Joe's at the beginning of the week and stocked up on good breakfast and lunch foods to keep at the office so I'm not running out and buying lunch all the time because, "I didn't have time to make lunch this morning." Lot's of sugar snap peas with spinach dip and brown rice with soy sauce and steamed veggies this week. I picked up some instant irish oatmeal that looked interesting, but haven't gotten to it yet. Trader Joe's also had Meyer lemon's on sale and I have been enjoying them in my ice water. So another "YEA!" for better food choices this week.
Dinner's have been various themes of chicken and veg... chicken in enchilada sauce (easy, fast, and tasty), buffalo chicken (tastes like hot wings), Southwest Chicken Salad (Awana night dinner from McD's). And not terribly fascinating, but Matt and the boys were happy enough with menu so good enough for me.
My exercise routine has been all over the place! Sometimes working out in the morning, sometimes the afternoon, other times the evening. I HATE working out in the morning even though I know it makes sense and I'll boost my metabolism for the day and I'll feel better, and blah, blah, blah. I'm not a morning person! In the evenings I can run or do free step for hours! Meh. I guess the important thing is that I do it.
I'm not focusing on my lack of weight loss, because this plateau is temporary. It takes about a month for the system to really start kicking in and I start burning through the pounds, but until then 1.) I feel good. No bloating, no food hang-overs, I'm sleeping better. 2.) I have seen a decrease in size. My face isn't as chubby and the ankles and wrists actually show there are some bones in there. And who knew? But I'm getting a waist, something unheard of (even thin I tend to be a waistless tree trunk shape) 3.) I feel stronger! My endurance for the hated cardio is increasing and my muscles feel tighter, better. So triple "yea!"
All in all I'm pretty darn proud of myself!
My exercise routine has been all over the place! Sometimes working out in the morning, sometimes the afternoon, other times the evening. I HATE working out in the morning even though I know it makes sense and I'll boost my metabolism for the day and I'll feel better, and blah, blah, blah. I'm not a morning person! In the evenings I can run or do free step for hours! Meh. I guess the important thing is that I do it.
I'm not focusing on my lack of weight loss, because this plateau is temporary. It takes about a month for the system to really start kicking in and I start burning through the pounds, but until then 1.) I feel good. No bloating, no food hang-overs, I'm sleeping better. 2.) I have seen a decrease in size. My face isn't as chubby and the ankles and wrists actually show there are some bones in there. And who knew? But I'm getting a waist, something unheard of (even thin I tend to be a waistless tree trunk shape) 3.) I feel stronger! My endurance for the hated cardio is increasing and my muscles feel tighter, better. So triple "yea!"
All in all I'm pretty darn proud of myself!
Monday, January 11, 2010
Day 11: Oh the people that you meet!
Managed to haul my butt outta bed at 6 this morning so as to actually get my workout done and rev the metabolism for the day. Woot!
Exercise:
Wii Fit 1 hour, ran 8.5 miles, burned 442 calories. Biggest burn yet!
Funny thing about running on the Wii, you see all sorts of interesting people when out for your daily "run". Sure you pass the friends and family members who have created Wii characters so it's not too shocking when Fox or one of the boys waves at me as they passes me by, but today I also ran with Mario, Luigi, Genghis Khan, Jesus, and Mr. Bean (I think Bear fancies himself some sort of Nintendo god, you should see the cast of characters he's created for our electronic universe).
Crossfit:
Rest day.
Breakfast:
25 oz. Pellegrino with orange
Decaf with cream and cinnamon (no more caffeine withdrawal headache thank you very much!)
2 hunks of cheddar
V8 (was running out the door to hang with Lacey, so a mostly liquid breakfast this a.m.)
Lunch:
25 oz. Pellegrino
Chicken fingers
Snack:
2 fruit leathers
25 oz. water
Dinner:
Hurry curry over spinach (sauté apple and onion in butter till semi tender, add a head of cauliflower chopped small and cook a couple of minutes more. Sprinkle with 1-2 T. flour add curry, cumin, garlic, ginger, pepper and cook until fragrant. Add 1 c. chicken broth, 1 c. heavy cream, and all the meat from a deli chicken. Cook 10 minutes or so, cooking till heated thru. Add a cup or so of frozen peas and cook a few minutes more. Adjust seasonings to taste and add broth if sauce is too thick. Serve over brown rice or raw spinach).
1/2 a bottle of Fat Tire (while making dinner)
25 oz. water
Using raw spinach as a base to any sauce instead of rice or noodles... rocks! This is my new favorite thing.
All in all a good day!
Exercise:
Wii Fit 1 hour, ran 8.5 miles, burned 442 calories. Biggest burn yet!
Funny thing about running on the Wii, you see all sorts of interesting people when out for your daily "run". Sure you pass the friends and family members who have created Wii characters so it's not too shocking when Fox or one of the boys waves at me as they passes me by, but today I also ran with Mario, Luigi, Genghis Khan, Jesus, and Mr. Bean (I think Bear fancies himself some sort of Nintendo god, you should see the cast of characters he's created for our electronic universe).
Crossfit:
Rest day.
Breakfast:
25 oz. Pellegrino with orange
Decaf with cream and cinnamon (no more caffeine withdrawal headache thank you very much!)
2 hunks of cheddar
V8 (was running out the door to hang with Lacey, so a mostly liquid breakfast this a.m.)
Lunch:
25 oz. Pellegrino
Chicken fingers
Snack:
2 fruit leathers
25 oz. water
Dinner:
Hurry curry over spinach (sauté apple and onion in butter till semi tender, add a head of cauliflower chopped small and cook a couple of minutes more. Sprinkle with 1-2 T. flour add curry, cumin, garlic, ginger, pepper and cook until fragrant. Add 1 c. chicken broth, 1 c. heavy cream, and all the meat from a deli chicken. Cook 10 minutes or so, cooking till heated thru. Add a cup or so of frozen peas and cook a few minutes more. Adjust seasonings to taste and add broth if sauce is too thick. Serve over brown rice or raw spinach).
1/2 a bottle of Fat Tire (while making dinner)
25 oz. water
Using raw spinach as a base to any sauce instead of rice or noodles... rocks! This is my new favorite thing.
All in all a good day!
Day 10: Completed
Breakfast:
Decaf with heavy cream and cinnamon (delish! I love Dunkin Donuts Decaf!)
3 fruit leathers
Snack:
Tea
V8
Lunch:
Deli turkey
3 Cheddar sticks
Handful homemade pickle chips
Mustard for dipping
1 small slice chocolate chip banana nut bread
1 bottle Pellegrino (25 oz.)
Exercie:
Crossfit WoD is more weight lifting. I played around on the Fit for 30 minutes then ran for 30. Burned 350ish calories.
Water: another bottle of Pellegrino (25 oz.)
Dinner:
Pizza! Or rather the toppings scrapped off 5 pieces of pizza.
Water (25 oz.)
1.5 oz. dark chocolate
I know I said no eating out, but I need to grocery shop before I make that kind of statement. Shopping tomorrow!
Decaf with heavy cream and cinnamon (delish! I love Dunkin Donuts Decaf!)
3 fruit leathers
Snack:
Tea
V8
Lunch:
Deli turkey
3 Cheddar sticks
Handful homemade pickle chips
Mustard for dipping
1 small slice chocolate chip banana nut bread
1 bottle Pellegrino (25 oz.)
Exercie:
Crossfit WoD is more weight lifting. I played around on the Fit for 30 minutes then ran for 30. Burned 350ish calories.
Water: another bottle of Pellegrino (25 oz.)
Dinner:
Pizza! Or rather the toppings scrapped off 5 pieces of pizza.
Water (25 oz.)
1.5 oz. dark chocolate
I know I said no eating out, but I need to grocery shop before I make that kind of statement. Shopping tomorrow!
Saturday, January 9, 2010
Day 9: Caffeine Withdrawal
Woke up this morning with a headache, in fact, it woke me up. Bleh, caffeine withdrawal.
Breakfast:
2 eggs, scrambled
Sausage
Half caf coffee with cream
20 oz. water
Lunch:
Chicken Caesar salad
16 oz. diet coke
Had lunch at Costco and so the soda, but all in all I feel good about my lack of soda intake and purchased a case of Pellagrino to drink instead.
40 oz. water
Snack:
2 fruit leathers
20 oz. Pellagrino with a slice of orange
One thing I really appreciate about this last week's blogging is seeing how much we ate out and yikes! I know we eat out a lot, but this was over the top. Goal for this week: eat every meal at home (or packed from home) with the exception of Wednesday night (because it's insane). Coming up with meal ideas and strategies... I think keeping some food options at work will help. No more excuses about not having time to pack a lunch if I have V8, Pellegrino, oatmeal, fruit leather, and brown rice stashed. Grab a few packages of frozen veggies and I should be in business.
So that's not going to happen (I hope we pass through the weight lifting portion of this soon- I was enjoying my Crossfit workouts).
Exercise:
Worked out on the Wii for an hour, burned 293 calories (awesome!)
Dinner:
BLT salad with blue cheese and mushrooms
Water
2 squares of Newman's Orange Dark Chocolate
Breakfast:
2 eggs, scrambled
Sausage
Half caf coffee with cream
20 oz. water
Lunch:
Chicken Caesar salad
16 oz. diet coke
Had lunch at Costco and so the soda, but all in all I feel good about my lack of soda intake and purchased a case of Pellagrino to drink instead.
40 oz. water
Snack:
2 fruit leathers
20 oz. Pellagrino with a slice of orange
One thing I really appreciate about this last week's blogging is seeing how much we ate out and yikes! I know we eat out a lot, but this was over the top. Goal for this week: eat every meal at home (or packed from home) with the exception of Wednesday night (because it's insane). Coming up with meal ideas and strategies... I think keeping some food options at work will help. No more excuses about not having time to pack a lunch if I have V8, Pellegrino, oatmeal, fruit leather, and brown rice stashed. Grab a few packages of frozen veggies and I should be in business.
Crossfit:
“Fran”
Three rounds, 21-15- and 9 reps, for time of:
95 pound Thruster (puppies can use a lower weight, but as you see in the video below the "thruster is much like the power clean and requires a gym- poopy.)
Pull-ups
95 pound Thruster (puppies can use a lower weight, but as you see in the video below the "thruster is much like the power clean and requires a gym- poopy.)
Pull-ups
So that's not going to happen (I hope we pass through the weight lifting portion of this soon- I was enjoying my Crossfit workouts).
Exercise:
Dinner:
BLT salad with blue cheese and mushrooms
Water
2 squares of Newman's Orange Dark Chocolate
Friday, January 8, 2010
Day 8: Friday Weigh-In!
Weigh in: 186. Down 5 pounds and 1 notch lower on my belt. Acceptable progress (especially considering yesterday's Frenchy lunch and that last night's dinner of water, water, and more water turned into water, chocolate, and pistacios).
Breakfast: 16oz. haf caf Americano with half and half.
I need to stop getting coffee out, because all they have is half and half or non-fat. I shouldn't have half and half because it's mixing carbs and fats. Besides it's cheaper to make at home. Upside: today begins my departure from caffeine.
Snack: 24 oz. water, 1 sugar free mint.
Hefty snack, I know! Meh. I needed the water and I didn't have any good munchies in my desk. Upside: it's easy to get enough water while at work thanks to the trusty water cooler and my giant sippy cup!
Lunch: BBQ chicken salad from Claim Jumper, 3 bites of cheese bread, 24 oz. water.
Yes, out again, however, I had a gift certificate and the salad was wonderful! Possibly a new favorite though it was covered in carby tortilla strips. Next time I'll order it sans tortilla (though I did try to scrape some off). Upside: I enjoyed my three forbidden bites of bread and then gave it to the dog. Gideon enjoyed the cheese bread very much. Also I'm doing great on my water intake!
Crossfit workout:
Power clean 7 reps (with increasing weight?)
And this where Crossfit begins to break down for me. There is really no way for me to recreate this workout without a gym. Looks like Wii running tonight and maybe some weight work and I'm thinking some hip extensions would be a good idea too. They kill when you're doing them, but your abs stay tight for days.
Dinner:
Carne Asada Burrito (caved and ate the tortilla)
And lots of lots of water
Exercise:
Or instead of the planned work out, you'll flake and just lift weights until your arms hurt. I need to get in some cardio tomorrow I was draggin' all day today.
Carne Asada Burrito (caved and ate the tortilla)
And lots of lots of water
Exercise:
Or instead of the planned work out, you'll flake and just lift weights until your arms hurt. I need to get in some cardio tomorrow I was draggin' all day today.
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Day 7: Just Three More Weeks To Make This All Habitual
Exercise:
Crossfit: rest day! Yes! I did, however, crank out a half-hour run this morning. I kept my pace fairly light and still cranked in at 4.36 miles, so WOOT! for me. I did this mostly because I'm enjoying running (first time ever in life) and I want to get in the habit of working out in the morning.
Water: 16 oz.
Breakfast:
Americano with half and half (not Somersize ok, but oh well. I can't do non-fat in my joe.)
Machaca burrito (the guts of- no tortilla for me): having a Muchas Gracias within throwing distance is potentially hazardous.
Lunch:
Oh, my! Here's the story with lunch: Fox went with me to lunch and he was craving a canelé. Canelés are these beautiful little French custardy pastries (read about them here with better pictures found here). The best place to get 'em in Portland: The St. Honoré Boulangerie.
Now normally when lunching at this little French bakery I get their Brie aux Fines Ferbes Casse Croute which is described thusly: baguette filled with chive and parsley butter, double créme Brie, frisée green leaves, cucumbers and toasted sliced almonds. It's a cheese sammich. A Frenchy cheese sammich. And brother! Is it good!
BUT! Because because my butt is large (heh) and I am avoiding simple carbs I got their Salad Lyonnaise (mixed greens in a light vinaigrette topped with poached eggs, bacon, and sausage) instead. All in all, pretty good. Good enough that I will recreate something similar at home, because poached eggs on fresh greens? Lovely! Who knew? Oh right, the French. My version will be sans the sausage (overkill, rich overkill), but I digress...
Did I like the salad better then my usual sandwich? Well, no. I'm a creature of habit which I'm sure you have figured out after reading a weeks worth of my menus. And I really wanted that baguette carbs be damned! I did, however, allow myself a pastry. I figured a reward was in order (I'm not made of stone)! I dodged the baguette, but to avoid all pastry while lunching in pastry heaven? That is simply not to be borne!
So Fox got his canelé and me? I ordered their Apple Chiboust (oven baked apples topped with a custard meringue, Chiboust cream and a caramel finish and no I didn't know there were such things as custard meringue and Chiboust cream). I thought I did pretty good considering normally I would order their Hazelnut Caramel Dacquoise (milk chocolate ganache, hazelnut praline butter cream, and caramel ganache between layers hazelnut meringue cake). Ok! Right? Like heaven or hell depending how you look at it: ganache, butter cream, and more ganache.
And did I like the Chiboust better then the Dacquoise? Meringue and apples vs. ganche and buttercream. You do the math. Nonetheless it was an enjoyable lunch with handsome company. And just think, I can now work on mastering the perfect Lyonnaise salad and figure out how to make canelés. I guess I better start shopping for some canelé molds.
Still being full from lunch I believe dinner will be water, water, and more water (since my in take today has been close to none) and maybe some fruit later on if I'm feeling peckish.
Looking forward to a time when all this is second nature...
Crossfit: rest day! Yes! I did, however, crank out a half-hour run this morning. I kept my pace fairly light and still cranked in at 4.36 miles, so WOOT! for me. I did this mostly because I'm enjoying running (first time ever in life) and I want to get in the habit of working out in the morning.
Water: 16 oz.
Breakfast:
Americano with half and half (not Somersize ok, but oh well. I can't do non-fat in my joe.)
Machaca burrito (the guts of- no tortilla for me): having a Muchas Gracias within throwing distance is potentially hazardous.
Lunch:
Oh, my! Here's the story with lunch: Fox went with me to lunch and he was craving a canelé. Canelés are these beautiful little French custardy pastries (read about them here with better pictures found here). The best place to get 'em in Portland: The St. Honoré Boulangerie.
Now normally when lunching at this little French bakery I get their Brie aux Fines Ferbes Casse Croute which is described thusly: baguette filled with chive and parsley butter, double créme Brie, frisée green leaves, cucumbers and toasted sliced almonds. It's a cheese sammich. A Frenchy cheese sammich. And brother! Is it good!
BUT! Because because my butt is large (heh) and I am avoiding simple carbs I got their Salad Lyonnaise (mixed greens in a light vinaigrette topped with poached eggs, bacon, and sausage) instead. All in all, pretty good. Good enough that I will recreate something similar at home, because poached eggs on fresh greens? Lovely! Who knew? Oh right, the French. My version will be sans the sausage (overkill, rich overkill), but I digress...
Did I like the salad better then my usual sandwich? Well, no. I'm a creature of habit which I'm sure you have figured out after reading a weeks worth of my menus. And I really wanted that baguette carbs be damned! I did, however, allow myself a pastry. I figured a reward was in order (I'm not made of stone)! I dodged the baguette, but to avoid all pastry while lunching in pastry heaven? That is simply not to be borne!
So Fox got his canelé and me? I ordered their Apple Chiboust (oven baked apples topped with a custard meringue, Chiboust cream and a caramel finish and no I didn't know there were such things as custard meringue and Chiboust cream). I thought I did pretty good considering normally I would order their Hazelnut Caramel Dacquoise (milk chocolate ganache, hazelnut praline butter cream, and caramel ganache between layers hazelnut meringue cake). Ok! Right? Like heaven or hell depending how you look at it: ganache, butter cream, and more ganache.
And did I like the Chiboust better then the Dacquoise? Meringue and apples vs. ganche and buttercream. You do the math. Nonetheless it was an enjoyable lunch with handsome company. And just think, I can now work on mastering the perfect Lyonnaise salad and figure out how to make canelés. I guess I better start shopping for some canelé molds.
Still being full from lunch I believe dinner will be water, water, and more water (since my in take today has been close to none) and maybe some fruit later on if I'm feeling peckish.
Looking forward to a time when all this is second nature...
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Day 6: Too Much Soda
Exercise: 30 minute free run on the Fit, ran 4.63 miles
Breakfast:
Orange
Hunk of cheddar
Few slices corned beef
24 oz. Diet coke (wow, I'm drinking a lot of that. Maybe I'll abstain tomorrow)
Snack (at work):
Coffee with creamer
24 oz. water
Lunch: (on the go, again)
Chicken fingers
Diet soda (I'm totally abstaining tomorrow)
Dinner:
Salad with chicken breast
16 oz. water
Crossfit for the Puppies:
Three rounds for time of:
20 Wall-ball shots with 10-14 pound ball to eight foot target
Breakfast:
Orange
Hunk of cheddar
Few slices corned beef
24 oz. Diet coke (wow, I'm drinking a lot of that. Maybe I'll abstain tomorrow)
Snack (at work):
Coffee with creamer
24 oz. water
Lunch: (on the go, again)
Chicken fingers
Diet soda (I'm totally abstaining tomorrow)
Dinner:
Salad with chicken breast
16 oz. water
Crossfit for the Puppies:
20 Wall-ball shots with 10-14 pound ball to eight foot target
10 Pull-ups (Beginner or assisted pull up okay)
Came home from Awana with no interest in working out so we scraped the Crossfit and just played catch with a 10# medicine ball until I couldn't lift my arms any more. My shoulders are gonna hate me in the morning.
Late snack:
Hummus and rice left overs from the other night (shoulda probably ignored the twinges and gone to bed after exercise, but I had the munchies. Possibly from trying to corral 30 kids?)
32 oz. water
Came home from Awana with no interest in working out so we scraped the Crossfit and just played catch with a 10# medicine ball until I couldn't lift my arms any more. My shoulders are gonna hate me in the morning.
Late snack:
Hummus and rice left overs from the other night (shoulda probably ignored the twinges and gone to bed after exercise, but I had the munchies. Possibly from trying to corral 30 kids?)
32 oz. water
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Day 5: Back to Work
Exercise:
Wii Fit 30 minutes, burned 153 calories. Played quite a bit on the rhythm boxing, parade, and kung-fu. Fun!
Breakfast:
Oatmeal with a bit of Splenda
Sugar cookie tea
Made breakfast at work. As I was waiting for my oatmeal to do it's thing and brewing up some coffee I noticed 3 large tins of Dutch sugar cookies. You know the ones, they're all butter and covered in crunchy sugar. We must've bought 'em for Christmas Eve service and now they're just hanging around taunting me.
I begin thinking, "just one cookie would be ok. Especially this early in the day, I'd burn it off." But then I checked the calorie count, 150 calories for 4 small cookies! And you know if I ate one I'd eat at least 4! If I had caved that would have undid my Wii workout this morning. It made turning away much easier and then I found sugar cookie tea in the cupboard. YEA! A treat that won't enlarge my butt.
And there was much rejoicing in the land.
Snack:
Coffee with creamer (whoops)
24oz. water
Lunch:
Carnitas burrito (well the guts of it anyway)
Diet Pepsi
Snack:
1 oz. Green and Black's dark chocolate with candied ginger
Dinner:
Snowpeas and BBQ pork
32 oz. water
Crossfit:
Puppies:
Three rounds for time of:
Run 200-400 meters
15 Sit-ups
15 Hip Extensions
Hmmm... what's a hip extension?
Ah-ha. Hmmm. Maybe I can accomplish something similar with a body ball?
So it was pouring rain when I was ready to begin the WotD, so I did the free run on the Fit. I ran for a half an hour using the jogging trampoline. This was awesome. The fit keeps track of how much time I have to go as well as how far I've run. I ran 4.21 miles! And I was able to sing-a-long to Dr. Horrible's Sing-A-Long blog while I did it. My cardio is getting better. Woot!
I moved on to squats (because for some reason I thought I was supposed to do squats again instead of sit-ups- oh well) doing 3 rounds of 25, waiting 30 seconds between each round.
I finished the workout by doing a modified hip extension. I laid on the bench that goes to our dining set and scooted my hips to the end, I then had Fox sit on my legs. I did 3 rounds of 15. This was painful, but my abs are nice and tight. Just in time for bed. I'm sure my pajamas will fit much better.
Water intake after exhaustion, I mean exercise: 64 oz.
All in all, a good day!
Wii Fit 30 minutes, burned 153 calories. Played quite a bit on the rhythm boxing, parade, and kung-fu. Fun!
Breakfast:
Oatmeal with a bit of Splenda
Sugar cookie tea
Made breakfast at work. As I was waiting for my oatmeal to do it's thing and brewing up some coffee I noticed 3 large tins of Dutch sugar cookies. You know the ones, they're all butter and covered in crunchy sugar. We must've bought 'em for Christmas Eve service and now they're just hanging around taunting me.
I begin thinking, "just one cookie would be ok. Especially this early in the day, I'd burn it off." But then I checked the calorie count, 150 calories for 4 small cookies! And you know if I ate one I'd eat at least 4! If I had caved that would have undid my Wii workout this morning. It made turning away much easier and then I found sugar cookie tea in the cupboard. YEA! A treat that won't enlarge my butt.
And there was much rejoicing in the land.
Snack:
Coffee with creamer (whoops)
24oz. water
Lunch:
Carnitas burrito (well the guts of it anyway)
Diet Pepsi
Snack:
1 oz. Green and Black's dark chocolate with candied ginger
Dinner:
Snowpeas and BBQ pork
32 oz. water
Crossfit:
Puppies:
Three rounds for time of:
Run 200-400 meters
15 Sit-ups
15 Hip Extensions
Hmmm... what's a hip extension?
Ah-ha. Hmmm. Maybe I can accomplish something similar with a body ball?
So it was pouring rain when I was ready to begin the WotD, so I did the free run on the Fit. I ran for a half an hour using the jogging trampoline. This was awesome. The fit keeps track of how much time I have to go as well as how far I've run. I ran 4.21 miles! And I was able to sing-a-long to Dr. Horrible's Sing-A-Long blog while I did it. My cardio is getting better. Woot!
I moved on to squats (because for some reason I thought I was supposed to do squats again instead of sit-ups- oh well) doing 3 rounds of 25, waiting 30 seconds between each round.
I finished the workout by doing a modified hip extension. I laid on the bench that goes to our dining set and scooted my hips to the end, I then had Fox sit on my legs. I did 3 rounds of 15. This was painful, but my abs are nice and tight. Just in time for bed. I'm sure my pajamas will fit much better.
Water intake after exhaustion, I mean exercise: 64 oz.
All in all, a good day!
Monday, January 4, 2010
Day 4: More of the Same
Snack:
Pear
Exercise:
Wii Fit for a half an hour burning 115 calories
Brunch (can it be called brunch if eaten at noon? If the eater hasn't gotten up till 10 I'm gonna say yes):
3 ham and cheese roll-ups with mustard and pickle chips (in a food rut I know, but I'm lazy and just don't care)
24 oz. ice water
Coffee with cream and cinnamon (actually only about a half a cup)
Today is Monday which means it's Weekly Home Blessing Day! Gonna strip beds, scrub the bathroom, dust and vacuum EVERYWHERE and take down the Christmas decorations. Just a few things. Matt and the boys have Scouts tonight so something fast and easy for dinner. Matt said he wants to try the Crossfit workout so we'll tackle that after they get back from their meeting.
Today's Crossfit being undoable for me I puttered around their site and found a section for modifications for the daily workouts. Huzzah! They even have a modification for what they call puppies, which I'm assuming is for newbs like myself. Here's a different take on the WotD:
Puppies:
Pear
Exercise:
Wii Fit for a half an hour burning 115 calories
Brunch (can it be called brunch if eaten at noon? If the eater hasn't gotten up till 10 I'm gonna say yes):
3 ham and cheese roll-ups with mustard and pickle chips (in a food rut I know, but I'm lazy and just don't care)
24 oz. ice water
Coffee with cream and cinnamon (actually only about a half a cup)
Today is Monday which means it's Weekly Home Blessing Day! Gonna strip beds, scrub the bathroom, dust and vacuum EVERYWHERE and take down the Christmas decorations. Just a few things. Matt and the boys have Scouts tonight so something fast and easy for dinner. Matt said he wants to try the Crossfit workout so we'll tackle that after they get back from their meeting.
Today's Crossfit being undoable for me I puttered around their site and found a section for modifications for the daily workouts. Huzzah! They even have a modification for what they call puppies, which I'm assuming is for newbs like myself. Here's a different take on the WotD:
Puppies:
Three rounds for time of:
5 Muscle-up progressions (Seated, Jumping or squat)
25 Squats
The other option is to sub 4/1 pull ups, push ups to dips.
So in substituting that would possibly be: 20 push-ups, 20 dips, and 25 squats per round. We'll see what that looks like later...
Snacks (throughout the day):
Odawalla Berry Superfood
1/2 bottle Diet Pepsi
24 oz. water
1/4 c. chocolate chips
Dinner:
Whole wheat tortillas filled with brown rice mixed with parsley and lemon, homemade hummus made with no oil, grape tomatoes, red onion, and cucumber. I ate 2 and shoulda stopped at one. Ugh! Very full, but the carb itch was definitely scratched.
Got all the Christmas cleaned up, but for the tree and got the bedrooms raked out. You would not believe the laundry I have! Tackling that is going to be a workout all on it's own. Speaking of workout.
Matt got home from his meeting and we knocked out the Crossfit WotD (I'm forgetting what it's like not to have stiff legs). Anyway our times:
Round 1: Took me 1:49 and that was dropping the dips to just 10, 'cause dang! Matt's time was 2:36, but he did the full 20, 20, 25.
Round 2: My time was 1:59. Matt's time was 2:41
Round 3: My time was 1:51. Matt's time was: 2:15
More water: 20 oz.
So I'm not looking any thinner, but I'm feeling better, more toned. It's too soon to see, but all the calisthenics are making me less jiggly. At least that's what I'm going to tell myself tomorrow when I can't lift my arms.
Snacks (throughout the day):
Odawalla Berry Superfood
1/2 bottle Diet Pepsi
24 oz. water
1/4 c. chocolate chips
Dinner:
Whole wheat tortillas filled with brown rice mixed with parsley and lemon, homemade hummus made with no oil, grape tomatoes, red onion, and cucumber. I ate 2 and shoulda stopped at one. Ugh! Very full, but the carb itch was definitely scratched.
Got all the Christmas cleaned up, but for the tree and got the bedrooms raked out. You would not believe the laundry I have! Tackling that is going to be a workout all on it's own. Speaking of workout.
Matt got home from his meeting and we knocked out the Crossfit WotD (I'm forgetting what it's like not to have stiff legs). Anyway our times:
Round 1: Took me 1:49 and that was dropping the dips to just 10, 'cause dang! Matt's time was 2:36, but he did the full 20, 20, 25.
Round 2: My time was 1:59. Matt's time was 2:41
Round 3: My time was 1:51. Matt's time was: 2:15
More water: 20 oz.
So I'm not looking any thinner, but I'm feeling better, more toned. It's too soon to see, but all the calisthenics are making me less jiggly. At least that's what I'm going to tell myself tomorrow when I can't lift my arms.
BWahahahhHHAAhHAhAHahaHAHaA!
Today's Crossfit:
Three rounds for time of:
12 Muscle-ups
75 Squats
What's a Muscle-Up you wonder? I did too.
Hee. Hee-hee! ::snort:: ::snicker:: BwaahahahHAHHAhahahahahahAHAHaha! Well, we know that's not going to happen. Think I'll go weigh in on the Fit.
Three rounds for time of:
12 Muscle-ups
75 Squats
What's a Muscle-Up you wonder? I did too.
Hee. Hee-hee! ::snort:: ::snicker:: BwaahahahHAHHAhahahahahahAHAHaha! Well, we know that's not going to happen. Think I'll go weigh in on the Fit.
Sunday, January 3, 2010
Day 3: REST DAY!
Woke up this morning TIRED! Was not ready to open my eyes at 7:30, but finally dragged myself out of bed at 7:45. Went to bed too late last night. I know one of my weight loss issues is not getting enough rest, making sure I get a solid 8 hours every night should probably be one of my goals. Anyway, no Crossfit today. It's a rest day. I did, however, quickly check in and weigh myself and do a body test on the Wii (I confess I really just wanted another stamp on my virtual calender).
Breakfast:
Apple
Coffee with cream and cinnamon
3 ham and cheese roll-ups
Then off to church to teach children about being still and knowing God. How do we do that? Why is it important? I should abide in God and He in me, but what does it mean to abide? Then according to Psalm 91: "he who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty." That sounds awesome! But there's that abiding word again and what secret place? Is there a secret handshake I need to learn to get in? And oh! What about 1 Kings 19 and the whole bit about Elijah waiting on the presence of the Lord? "Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake. After the earthquake came a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire came a gentle whisper." Heh! I love that! So abiding, dwelling in the secret place, He in me and I in Him, the gentle whisper, or as some translations put it, the still, small voice and being still to know God how does it all fit together my little nose miners? Go, be still before your God and then come back with some answers for me!
I had missed my junior highers, I wonder if they missed me and if they did if they'd change their answer after today's lesson? :)
Teaching made me thirsty: 32 oz. water
Lunch:
Low carb burger from Carl's
Large Coke Zero
Snack:
Tangerine
Chocolate heart.
Spent the afternoon hanging out with my friend Tricia and her children as Fox changed out a door at her place. That would be the door our dog tried to claw halfway through last summer (you would not have believed the destruction that dog wrought).
The task took longer then we imagined, Fox not being handy by nature, and when all was said and done he was pretty tuckered and annoyed with the stinkin' dog. So off we all went to dinner and a movie, hoping they would distract Fox from ideas of selling the dog to pay for repair materials.
Dinner like lunch was lame and we had fast food, but Avatar was awesome and I still stayed pretty much on the straight and narrow so booyah!
Dinner:
Salad
Coke Zero
A few stolen fries
A few bites of Matt's milkshake
Dessert:
Apple
Didn't get enough water today, but I'm too tired to care. I'll be better tomorrow. I'm off to get some shut eye. If I'm lucky I'll get 7 hours.
Breakfast:
Apple
Coffee with cream and cinnamon
3 ham and cheese roll-ups
Then off to church to teach children about being still and knowing God. How do we do that? Why is it important? I should abide in God and He in me, but what does it mean to abide? Then according to Psalm 91: "he who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty." That sounds awesome! But there's that abiding word again and what secret place? Is there a secret handshake I need to learn to get in? And oh! What about 1 Kings 19 and the whole bit about Elijah waiting on the presence of the Lord? "Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered the rocks before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake. After the earthquake came a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire came a gentle whisper." Heh! I love that! So abiding, dwelling in the secret place, He in me and I in Him, the gentle whisper, or as some translations put it, the still, small voice and being still to know God how does it all fit together my little nose miners? Go, be still before your God and then come back with some answers for me!
I had missed my junior highers, I wonder if they missed me and if they did if they'd change their answer after today's lesson? :)
Teaching made me thirsty: 32 oz. water
Lunch:
Low carb burger from Carl's
Large Coke Zero
Snack:
Tangerine
Chocolate heart.
Spent the afternoon hanging out with my friend Tricia and her children as Fox changed out a door at her place. That would be the door our dog tried to claw halfway through last summer (you would not have believed the destruction that dog wrought).
The task took longer then we imagined, Fox not being handy by nature, and when all was said and done he was pretty tuckered and annoyed with the stinkin' dog. So off we all went to dinner and a movie, hoping they would distract Fox from ideas of selling the dog to pay for repair materials.
Dinner like lunch was lame and we had fast food, but Avatar was awesome and I still stayed pretty much on the straight and narrow so booyah!
Dinner:
Salad
Coke Zero
A few stolen fries
A few bites of Matt's milkshake
Dessert:
Apple
Didn't get enough water today, but I'm too tired to care. I'll be better tomorrow. I'm off to get some shut eye. If I'm lucky I'll get 7 hours.
Saturday, January 2, 2010
Day 2: It continues
Morning weigh in: 191
Woke up hungry (always a good sign) and only a bit sore and stiff.
Breakfast:
Sliced orange, waited 20 minutes, then:
Angeleen's coffee with heavy cream and cinnamon and Acts 1:
"You Galileans!—why do you just stand here looking up at an empty sky? This very Jesus who was taken up from among you to heaven will come as certainly—and mysteriously—as he left." The mystery and certainty of God, heh. There's something to think on during the workout.
Exercise:
Once the caffeine was firmly in the system, went and worked out on the Wii for a half hour. Burned 138 calories and totally am digging the skate boarding and rhythm kung-fu. Jogging on the Fit while using a jogging trampoline? So much nicer then jogging in place or around the apartment. Time for protein!
Second Breakfast (yes, like a Hobbit):
2 slices of yesterdays vegetable frittata and a handful of grape tomatoes. 16 oz. water.
Went to check on Crossfit and see if the workout was something I could accomplish.
"Barbara"
Five rounds, each for time of:
20 Pull-ups
30 Push-ups
40 Sit-ups
50 Squats
Rest precisely three minutes between each round.
This is gonna hurt but I think I can do a modified version, switching out the pull-ups (once again) for work with dumb bells and going to complete 3 rounds instead of 5 since I'm still new to this and I don't want to break myself. Maybe after lunch? Or dinner?
Lunch:
Pear
24 oz. Diet Rite (I need to kick the habit I know)
Wedge of chipotle cheddar
2 slices thin sliced ham
32 oz. water
Snack:
Sugar plum tea (no actual sugar)
Dinner:
Beef Stroganoff over spinach instead of noodles
Salad
Handful of chocolate and a small glass of port for dessert. Not good. Guess I'll have to do that Crossfit workout to make up for the indulgence.
Crossfit workout: the named should be changed from Barbara to Owie.
My first round took 5 minutes even. I did girl push-ups and I waited longer then 3 minutes between rounds as I was waiting for Matt to complete his round (which took him just under 5 minutes).
My second round took 8 minutes. Matt abstained from the second and third rounds on the basis that he believes Crossfit is from the devil.
My third round took 12 minutes, 15 seconds. Whew! Pretty sure I won't be able to walk tomorrow.
Water: drank another 24 oz.
Off to bed now!
Woke up hungry (always a good sign) and only a bit sore and stiff.
Breakfast:
Sliced orange, waited 20 minutes, then:
Angeleen's coffee with heavy cream and cinnamon and Acts 1:
"You Galileans!—why do you just stand here looking up at an empty sky? This very Jesus who was taken up from among you to heaven will come as certainly—and mysteriously—as he left." The mystery and certainty of God, heh. There's something to think on during the workout.
Exercise:
Once the caffeine was firmly in the system, went and worked out on the Wii for a half hour. Burned 138 calories and totally am digging the skate boarding and rhythm kung-fu. Jogging on the Fit while using a jogging trampoline? So much nicer then jogging in place or around the apartment. Time for protein!
Second Breakfast (yes, like a Hobbit):
2 slices of yesterdays vegetable frittata and a handful of grape tomatoes. 16 oz. water.
Went to check on Crossfit and see if the workout was something I could accomplish.
"Barbara"
Five rounds, each for time of:
20 Pull-ups
30 Push-ups
40 Sit-ups
50 Squats
Rest precisely three minutes between each round.
This is gonna hurt but I think I can do a modified version, switching out the pull-ups (once again) for work with dumb bells and going to complete 3 rounds instead of 5 since I'm still new to this and I don't want to break myself. Maybe after lunch? Or dinner?
Lunch:
Pear
24 oz. Diet Rite (I need to kick the habit I know)
Wedge of chipotle cheddar
2 slices thin sliced ham
32 oz. water
Snack:
Sugar plum tea (no actual sugar)
Dinner:
Beef Stroganoff over spinach instead of noodles
Salad
Handful of chocolate and a small glass of port for dessert. Not good. Guess I'll have to do that Crossfit workout to make up for the indulgence.
Crossfit workout: the named should be changed from Barbara to Owie.
My first round took 5 minutes even. I did girl push-ups and I waited longer then 3 minutes between rounds as I was waiting for Matt to complete his round (which took him just under 5 minutes).
My second round took 8 minutes. Matt abstained from the second and third rounds on the basis that he believes Crossfit is from the devil.
My third round took 12 minutes, 15 seconds. Whew! Pretty sure I won't be able to walk tomorrow.
Water: drank another 24 oz.
Off to bed now!
Friday, January 1, 2010
Here we go again....
So created this blog 2 years ago with the idea of losing weight for the sister-in-laws wedding. And while I did loose some weight it was primarily through participating in a cleanse. Which is to say that the minute I began eating again the weight came right back on. I tried starting up this blog again, and again stopped with the diet, exercise, and journaling. That was over a year ago? And here I am...
Feeling chubby and suffering from food hang-overs. Bleahhh. So when Angeleen said she was starting a health/weight blog and was looking for accountability I thought, "hey, maybe that's what's missing. I have had no accountability." Well, here we go. Gonna change the status of this blog from private to ::gulping sigh:: public. Yikes.
So, don't know if this will interest anyone, but I will be recording various health minutia like weight, food and water intake and exercise.
Today's stats:
Weight: shoulda done it first thing this morning and didn't, will record tomorrow MORNING.
Foodage:
Breaking fast: 2 cups of coffee with heavy cream and cinnamon, 2 pieces of vegetable fritatta (onion, sun-dried tomato, mushroom, and spinach cooked in bacon fat till tender, add 6 eggs whisked with heavy cream, salt and pepper, top with parmesan and broil till puffed and golden- perfectly legal Sommersizing food. Heh, I love this "diet"). Finished with 24 oz. of water.
Snack: apple and 16 oz. water
So far so good. Now to exercise...
Exercise:
Today's Crossfit suggests:
"Cindy"
Complete as many rounds in 20 minutes as you can of:
5 Pull-ups
10 Push-ups
15 Squats
OR
"Mary"
Complete as many rounds in 20 minutes as you can of:
5 Handstand Push-ups
10 One legged squats, alternating
15 Pull-ups
Having no place to do pull-ups I think I'll try my own combo:
"Mardy with a twist"
Complete as many rounds in 20 minutes as you can of:
5 Dumb-bell over head lifts (used 15#)
10 Handstand push-ups
15 Squats
And should most likely keep a trash can near by for throwing up in.
Exercise update: holy crap!
Rounds completed: 11.5 (timer went off before I completed my last round of squats though I went ahead and completed them anyhow).
I can't believe I attempted a Crossfit workout even a small, modified one such as this. I found myself giggling (manically?) through the 3rd rep at my insanity and stupid "go big or go home" mantra. I need a better mantra. Maybe, "get thee behind me Satan!"
I ended up modifying "the Mardy" even further... my handstand push-ups were totally pathetic, with my elbows bending maybe a half an inch so I changed this to a a slow 10 count handstand (note for later: handstands are easier to do when concentrating on keeping the abs tight). Still by the end I could barely lift the dumb bells, the handstands left me breathless and the squats, oh sweet mother the squats! I'd complete 6 squats and would have to pause for a moment to remember what number came next. All in all it felt good to push myself, then I decided I needed chocolate to recoup...
Snack: 7 squares chocolate (milk chocolate with fruit and nuts- not Sommersize legal, need to keep to dark chocolate), which turns out to be about 200 calories, so... I played on the new Wii Fit Plus till I burned off the offending buggers (an hour).
Lunch: 3 ham and cheddar roll ups, a handful of homemade pickle chips and spicy mustard for dipping. 16 oz. ice water
Dinner: was tuckered and didn't have the umph to eat. Wanted to keep the metabolism up and running though so... apple, 16 oz. ice water.
Off to see Avatar tonight so will most likely indulge in a Diet Coke with lots of ice. And that is the end of Day 1!
...or so I thought.
Late Night Snack: came home from Avatar (fun movie BTW) starving! Protein anyone? Apparently the vat of Coke Zero that the movie theater calls a small didn't fill the meat hole in my stomach. Swung through Muchas Gracias and got a Carnitas burrito. Now eating a burrito at midnight usually not a good idea, BUT I just ate the all meat filling. No adverse side effects. Next time should probably just go to bed or eat at a proper time.
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