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| Start weight: | 223.00lb |
| Current weight: | 220.00lb |
| Goal weight: | 175.00lb |
| Lost to date: | 3.00lb |
| Remaining: | 45.00lb |
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I didn't get a chance to post this yesterday. I did not do well, but we had a fun family day :)
Breakfast ~ 1 slice leftover pizza
Lunch ~ sourdough burger thing from Jack-in-the-box, a few fries, 1/4 oreo shake
Dinner ~ 1 egg and a piece of toast
Late night treat ~ 6 wings with blue cheese dressing and onion rings
Liquids ~ 36 oz propel, several glasses of water
Breakfast ~ 1 bowl Strawberry Fields cereal with milk
Lunch ~ 1 chicken salad sandwich, 5 small slices of cheese
Dinner ~ 3 slices of pizza (one was whole wheat and all natural) 2 glasses Fresca
Snack ~ 1/2 slice of pizza, 3 bites of ice cream, 1/2 an orange
Liquids ~ 16 oz propel, 5 glasses water
Breakfast ~ half a bowl of Kashi Strawberry Fields cereal with milk, 1 orange
Lunch ~ homemade chicken salad sandwich, 1 plum, three organic multi-grain crackers with brie
Treat ~ 3 Riesens
Dinner ~ 1 serving frozen all natural pizza, salad with Tuscan Italian dressing
Liquids ~ 5-6 glasses of water
Breakfast ~ forgot to eat it
Lunch ~ leftover potato, kale, and carrot soup from last night
Dinner ~ organic penne pasta with homemade organic tomato basil sauce, salad with organic tuscan italian dressing
Dessert ~ about one serving of ice cream (what was left in the containers after making ice cream cones for the kids)
Surprise dessert ~ 2 med pieces of choc cake that a friend brought over
Liquids ~ 6 oz oj, 4 glasses of water so far
Sorry - I forgot to enter this yesterday.
Breakfast ~ 1 whole wheat english muffin with butter and honey
Lunch ~ PB&J
Snack ~ 1/2 banana, one cookies and cream Hershey's bar
Dinner ~ 2 bowls homemade potato, kale, and carrot soup with cheese on top
Dessert ~ 1 organic blackberry sorbet bar, 1/4 of a popsicle
Late snack ~ 1 mini bag all natural popcorn
Liquids ~ 32 oz propel, 5 glasses water, 6 oz oj
Breakfast ~ 1 organic toaster pastry
Lunch ~ 3 chicken nuggets (baked, if tha tmakes a difference), a handful of tater tots (baked)
Snack ~ 1/2 cup homemade trail mix
Dinner ~ homemade corned beef hash with one egg on top (DH finished his MBA today and that is what he wanted for dinner - I've never had it before)
Treat ~ 3 starburst candies and 1 cookies and cream Hershey's bar
Late snack ~ the baby's leftover dinner since he didn't eat it.
Drinks ~ 24 oz Propel, another 16 oz Propel, 6 oz oj, 5 glasses (approx 8 oz each) water
Exercise ~ Cardio/sprints tonight. 5 min warmup, then 5 mins of 30 sec sprints/1 min regular speed, then 5 min of regular speed, followed by 5 more mins of sprints and 5 mins of regular/cool down.
I haven't been doing very well logging my food in the food log, but maybe I'll do better if I just type it up here instead. I guess we'll see :)
Since we have church in the middle of the day, I don't usually eat three meals on Sundays.
Breakfast ~ 1 1/2 organic toaster pastries (they come in packs of 2, but gave half of one to my baby).
Lunch/dinner ~ some cut up Santa Claus melon - probably the equivalent of one slice. Grilled salmon, sauteed mushrooms and steamed brocolli and carrots.
Dessert ~ some mint choc. chip ice cream
Snack ~ half a pb&j, half a snickers bar (gave DH the other half)
Liquids ~ a 16 oz bottle of propel, about 6 oz of apple juice, about 6 oz oj, a couple glasses of water
As far as exercise goes, I haven't missed a day from my schedule in 4 weeks now! :) I haven't lost any weight, but I'm finally starting to see some results and my pants are looser :) I've even gotten a few comments from friends asking if I've lost some weight, so that's good! I have tried to cut out soda almost completely and limit juice and I am doing better at that. I'm still trying to watch my carbs too.
Well, I'm not going to complete the water challenge because I didn't make my goal yesterday and I didn't start until three days before the challenge was over (I got the timeline wrong). On the plus side, I drank 10 glasses on Wed and 8 glasses yesterday, both of which are considerably more than I usually drink! :) Also, due to drinking so much water, I am not drinking almost anything else (juice, soda, etc).
I have been trying to watch what I eat too. I read an article my husband found about body shapes. It talked about how if you are overweight because of overeating, you usually gain weight all over your body. If you are overweight because of genetics and lack of exercise, you usually gain weight around your middle - hips, stomach, butt, thighs. I fall into the latter category. Their suggestion for that category is lots of exercise and limiting carbs. They said not to worry that much about calories and to make sure to eat a snack between meals, but try and make it a high protein snack. I am trying to cut back on my carbs and make sure I have protein-based meals and snacks.
Last night we went to Sprouts and I bought several different types of nuts, seeds and dried fruits and made a trail mix to snack on :)
I've done really well exercising for the past week! I've alternated 45 mins of cardio on the gazelle and 3x5 workouts and I haven't missed a day, except Sunday, which I take off.
I've decided not to bother tracking my food because I don't think I'm overeating. I usually eat between 1500 and 2000 calories a day. I am going to focus on exercise instead and trying to make sure the food I eat is primarily healthy food. We almost exclusively eat organic and whole foods, so that makes it easier. I am just not buying prepared foods anymore, which forces me to make our meals from scratch.
I have come to the conclusion that there will always be something going on that is a good excuse for not exercising, so I just have to exercise despite everything that's going on. I did my 3x5 sets on Mon and did 45 mins on the Gazelle last night, so I'm doing good so far this week!
I'm doing the water challenge for the Biggest Loser contest today and am on track to drink 10 8oz glasses of water :)
I tried to do better about excercising last week. I did my 3x5 workout on Thr and Sat and did 45 mins on my gazelle on Fri :)
The 3x5 workouts consist of three sets of 5 excercises ~ 10 crunches, 10 push-ups, 10 v-ups, 10 squats, and 10 more crunches. I take a short break between sets. By the time I'm done, I've done 60 crunches, 30 push-ups, 30 v-ups, and 30 squats :)
