Calories in, Calories Out

May 10, 2011

Echo, echo, echo...

Breakfast:

One vietnamese coffee. 1/2 bagel, 1.5 scrambled eggs, 1/2 pieceMuenster cheese. I put the eggs (I made 3) and the cheese on the bagel, cut it in half and put the rest away for tomorrow.

Lunch:

1 Garlic Chicken Lean Pocket, 1 salad (spinach, strawberries, tomatoes, cucumbers, a couple spare pieces of chicken from last night's dinner and 1 T poppyseed dressing), 1 banana cut up and mixed with strawberries and blueberries. 2 large bottles of water.

Water. Water. Water. I made a second Vietnamese coffee, drank 3 sips of it and put it in the fridge for tomorrow.

Dinner:

1 small chicken breast cut up, panko coated and baked. Green beans. Cut up pineapple.

EXERCISE:

Followed by a 2 mile run.

April 4, 2011

Saw my body in my bikini - it was none so good. Ever seen the movie Steel Magnolias, where the one character's behind  is described as resembling two animals fighting under a blanket - or something along those lines - it's been a while since I've seen the movie. Well, that's what my butt looked like. Need to get back into the daily walking. Sheesh. I didn't do all that work for nothing.

FOOD:

BREAKFAST: Vietnamese coffee.

LUNCH: which was in the middle of the morning, about 10:30. Fruit smoothie 1 cup Naked Blue Machine juice, 8 strawberries, 1 mango, 2 big spoonsful of Stonyfield farms vanilla yogurt, two handfuls of spinach, 1 scoop vanilla protein powder. 1 Garlic Chicken Pizza Lean Pocket.

SNACK: 1 Cascadian Farms chocolate chip granola bar. Water.

DINNER: Roasted chicken breast. Roasted sweet potato chunks. Water. Salad with spinach, tomatoes and shredded carrots and a little bit of strawberry poppyseed dressing. Cut up fresh pineapple.

AFTER DINNER SNACK - 1 ounce sharp cheddar cheese. Red grapes. Water.

EXERCISE

1 hour Muay Thai class with pad rounds.

Walked 4 miles in one hour with my husband at 8 p.m. It's completely beautiful outside - 73 degrees, and although I know good and well that it won't last - it was nice today.

March 14, 2011

Yeah, I know - it's been a long time. I'm lazy. Sorry.

Breakfast- granola with 2% milk. 1/2 of a cup of Vietnamese coffee. It's not tasting good, so I've been drinking less.

Snack - 2 16 ounce water bottles. 1 banana.

Lunch - 1 bowl of 3 T brown rice, 1/4 cup carne asada, sauteed peppers and onions, 2 T cheese, 1/2 avocado, 1 sliced tomato, 2 T fruit salsa. Water.

Snack - 2 no bake oatmeal peanut butter cookies. Not a terrible choice, but not a great one. Pretty healthy as far as cookies go.

Dinner - 1/2 slice 5 cheese garlic bread (for a review, but I was proud that I stopped at 1/2 because it was completely delicious), 1 chopped tomato with a little veggie dip, cucumber slices,  water. I was just not hungry. I need to try to get some protein later. This is my area of trouble.

Exercise: 1 hour long Muay Thai class. 3-3 min jump rope rounds, with 10 pushups and 10 sit ups between. 30 minutes of mostly kick and punch combos. At the end, we did 10 squats, sprint the length of the gym, 5 right kicks, sprint back. 5 sets.

Legs felt like jello at the end.

January 21, 2011

Breakfast: oatmeal with dried fruit (cranberries and cherries), mixed nuts (walnuts, almonds, pecans). Vietnamese coffee.

Snack: two bites of a Luna bar - I lost my appetite after I started it. 2 bottles of water

Lunch: 1/2 roast beef sandwich. Water. I was ravenous but half way through, totally full.

Snack: apple and 1 ounce Cheddar cheese.

Dinner: 1 taco shell, 3T ground beef, 2 T grated cheese. 1 sliced tomato, 1/2 avocado. Still hungry 20 minutes later, so I had the beef/cheese/another tomato and other 1/2 avocado in a bowl. Water.

More water. A couple of Propel packets in there.

Exercise:

10 pull ups. 20 KB swings. 30 box jumps. 40 push ups. 50 sit ups. 60 burpees. 10 pull ups. 00:20 minutes

This was rough. Pull ups are all done with a chair. The series is called Those Burpees Suck - and with good reason.

I dunno - 3 weeks in, give or take a few days - and I'm tired. I don't look appreciably different, weight stays the same, and when I went to buy jeans at the Gap I walked in wearing a size 6 in their Long and Lean boot cut and walked out with a size 10 skinny leg. That hurt. I weigh what I wore when I bought those jeans in December. What gives?

January 17, 2011

Thanks for continuing to check in with me. It helps keep me solid in what I'm doing.

Breakfast was, um, Vietnamese Coffee.

Lunch was water and two small pieces of pizza that I made for my kids. And an apple.

Dinner was rotisserie chicken breast and sweet potato fries. Lots of water with Lemon Propel today.

So not the best day. In my defense, I was either working out, folding laundry or arguing with someone at the normal eating times. Kids being off school REALLY messes with my mojo.

EXERCISE TODAY ROCKED.

With the two people I work out with on M/W/F, I did a set called 300. 100 thrusters (hold 2 kettle bells above your shoulders, squat and then press them overhead. Repeat 100 times. I did 30 with 2 8kg kettlebells. I dropped to one KB - as did the girl I work out with.)

100 wall balls. 100 ball slams. Cry. :) 24 minutes total.

Then I took a Muay Thai class where we worked on elbows, punches and knee kicks.

I be tired.

January 12, 2011

Let's Just Jump Into This Already...

Food:

Breakfast - oatmeal with dried fruits and nuts. Vietnamese Coffee.

Snack after grueling workout - 8 oz fat free milk, one envelope carnation instant breakfast, 1 scoop protein powder

Lunch - 1 smallish piece homemade lasagna - extra scoop of meat sauce for added protein. Water.

I kind of forgot to eat dinner. I ate a couple of the chicken nuggets I made for the kids and snagged a banana before bed. More water.

EXERCISE

Worked with one of the teachers and did The Tabata Protocol listed on that page. 

Ran/walked intervals for 2 miles.

 

And YET - when I got on the scale, although I SWORE I wasn't going to do that more than once a week and it's only been 3 days - I'm up THREE pounds. I've had no sweets. No cupcakes. No sodas. No food that I would say is "off limits" and not even booze - and I'm up three pounds.

Teach ME to get on the scale.

January 10, 2011

I'm hopeful that this isn't uber boring to you. I find it to be trememdously necessary for me, right now, to just have a place to journal. To know that I'm accountable for what I eat and what exercise choices I do or do not make. Right now I'm having some really major sweet cravings and I'm trying desperately not to make some cookies, or cakes or such.

Food

Breakfast - oatmeal with fruit and nuts. Vietnamese Coffee.

Lunch - fruit smoothie - 1.5 cups V-8 Fusion Peach-Mango juice, a handful of spinach, frozen strawberries, couple of banana slices and a dollop of fat free Stonyfield Farms Vanilla yogurt. Plus a scoop of protein powder. 2 bites of a really yucky protein bar.

Snack - I made a turkey sandwich. I took three bites and my daughter wanted it, so I grabbed a slice of turkey off and ate that. It was enough. Water.

Dinner - I portion homemade lasagna. Water. More water.

Exercise

45 minutes Wii dance games - Just Dance 2 and Dance Workout.

1 hour Muay Thai boxing class

30 minutes run/walk intervals on the treadmill.

 

January 7/8, 2011

Two days in one. The Condensed Version.

First off, I weighed myself. From 148.8 last week to 146.6 this week. Now, my scale may be a bit wonky - but I'll take it.

Meals:

Friday

breakfast - 1 egg souffle from Panera. Vietnamese coffee.

Lunch - stopped at Qdoba between appointments. Got 1/4 order of chips (they  always give waaay too many) with pinto beans, tomatoes, avocado, lettuce and cheese. Water.

Snack - apple. Water. Banana.

Dinner - 1 whole wheat tortilla with steak strips, peppers, onions and mushrooms. Cheese. Water.

Saturday

breakfast - oatmeal with nuts and dried fruit. Vietnamese coffee.

Lunch - 1 grilled cheese sandwich. Water.

Snack - apple. water

dinner: 1 bowl chicken and dumplings with peas. Broccoli. Apple slices.

Exercise:

Friday - 1 hour boxing class

Saturday - 1 hour boxing class. 10 minutes arm weights.

Check in. Roll Call!

January 5, 2011

Breakfast: Dry granola.

Lunch: 1 snack size bean and cheese burrito.

Snack: 1 apple.

Lots and lots of water. Most of it with Lemon Propel.

Dinner: 1/2 chicken breast - I made Chicken Marsala. I ate the chicken with a small spoonful of noodles and a serving of green beans.

About 4 cookies when I was so overwhelmed and aggravated that I couldn't even think and I went into the kitchen. Bad, bad move #112.

Exercise:

1 Gym Jones workout, which consisted of:

1 burpee/1 right kick. Up to 10 and back down. Repeat with squats and left kicks. Die.

 

January 3, 2011

This is short and sweet and mostly to keep me accountable.

I'd love to hear what you did today, if you feel the need to be accountable. Sharing IS caring, after all.

:)

Meals:

Breakfast: oatmeal with nuts and dried fruit. Vietnamese Coffee with milk.

Water.

Lunch: Pork BBQ meat (I made it, no bread) roasted sweet potatoes with garlic, spinach salad with cucumbers, almonds, tomatoes, a bit of Parmesan dressing. I did not eat all of it because my stomach started hurting.

4 Tums. (I had an upset tummy.)

Dinner: 1 bowl of whole wheat rigatoni with 2 big spoonsful of homemade Bolognese Sauce.

An apple.

Exercise:

15 minutes of arm weight work.

1 hour boxing class. Special emphasis on pad work and the last ten minutes was ab work.

20 minutes of Just Dance 2.

Synopsis:

I need more protein. More water. And more cardio.