01/28/10

I'm travelling, so this will be difficult. I haven't eaten as I should, but I am making good choices as best I can.

This morning I had some almonds until I got so hungry that I had to stop. I picked up a Turkey Breast Sandwich on 9 grain whole wheat with mustard, provolone, lettuce, tomato, pickles, cucumbers and olives. I've had only water. I don't know what I'll do for dinner, since it'll depend on Kim too, but I'm going to do my best to make good choices. I'm still at 12 pounds down, and I'd like to keep it that way! and hey, maybe after this weekend, maybe I'll have lost even MORE weight, due to the physical activity I'll be doing! LOL A girl can hope!

1/27/10

FOOD:
Breakfast: 2 oz chicken, 1/2 cup cheerios
Snack: 2 hard boiled egg whites, 1 small apple
Lunch: Chili
Snack:
Dinner: 2 chicken sausages & rice

WATER
2 24 oz water bottles

EXERCISE

01/26/10

FOOD:
Breakfast: 2 oz chicken, 1/2 cup cheerios
Snack: 2 hard boiled egg whites, 1 small apple
Lunch: 2 oz shrimp (see below), 1/2 cup rice, 1 cup carrots
Snack: 2 hard boiled egg whites, 1 small apple
Dinner:

WATER

EXERCISE

01/25/10

FOOD
Breakfast: 1/2 cup hashbrowns cooked with chopped onions, 2 egg whites fried with mushrooms
Snack: 2 hard boiled egg whites, 4 slices of small apple
Lunch: 2 oz shrimp, 1/2 cup rice, 1 cup greenbeans
Snack: 2 hard boiled egg whites, small apple
Dinner: 2 oz shredded chicken marinated in home made "southwest" seasoning (as per Makeover America cookbook), 5 sweet peppers, 1/2 cup rice.

WATER
2 24 oz water bottles

EXERCISE

01/24/10

FOOD
Breakfast: 2 oz scallops, 2 fingerling potatoes
Snack: 2 hard boiled egg whites, 1/2 grapefruit
Lunch: 2 oz scallops, 1/2 cup hashbrowns
Snack:
Dinner: 2 oz shrimp, zucchini cooked in reduced sodium soy sauce, red pepper flakes, Splenda, chopped onion, 1/2 cup rice

WATER

EXERCISE

01/23/10

FOOD
Breakfast: 2 fried egg whites, 1/2 cup shredded potatoes (hashbrowns) cooked with chopped onions in a dab of olive oil
Snack:
Lunch: home made burrito (see below)
Snack:
Dinner: 2 oz scallops cooked in lemon juice, chopped onions, garlic powder, pepper flakes, parsley, 1/2 cup rice, 1/2 cucumber.

WATER
2 24 oz water bottles

EXERCISE

01/22/10

FOOD:
Breakfast: 2 fried egg whites with mushrooms, cheerios
Snack: 2 hard boiled egg whites, 1/2 grapefruit
Lunch: Chili
Snack: 2 hard boiled egg whites, 1/2 grapefruit
Dinner: home made burrito (tortilla, refried beans, cheese, salsa)
Snack: Large coconut creme shake from Sonic

WATER:
2 24 oz water bottles

EXERCISE

01/21/10

FOOD
Breakfast: 2 fried egg whites with mushrooms & cheerios
Snack: 2 hard boiled egg whites, 1/2 grapefruit
Lunch: Chicken soup, fingerling potatoes
Snack: 2 hard boiled egg whites, 1/2 grapefruit
Dinner

WATER

EXERCISE

01/20/10

FOOD
Breakfast: 2 fried egg whites with Southwest Chipotle Mrs. Dash & cheerios
Snack: 2 hard boiled egg whites & 1/2 grapefruit
Lunch: Chicken soup & Spring Mix salad with balsalmic Vinegrette dressing
Snack:
Dinner: 2 chicken artichoke sausages, rice

WATER
2 24 oz water bottles

EXERCISE

01/19/10

FOOD
Breakfast: 2 egg whites fried in a pan - sprinkled with parm, cheerios
Snack: 2 hard boiled egg whites, 1/2 grapefruit
Lunch: Chicken soup
Snack:
Dinner: 2 oz Mahi Mahi, 3 fingerling potatoes, spring mix salad with feta and balsalmic vinegrette

WATER
1 24 oz water bottle. I need to do better with drinking water....

EXERCISE

**I had chocolate today. I know I shouldn't have - but I did. At least I'm admitting it. :)

01/18/10

FOOD
Breakfast: chili
Snack:
Lunch: macaroni and cheese & 1/2 grapefruit
Snack
Dinner: chicken soup (2 oz chicken, 1 cup veggies) and spring mix salad with balsalmic vinegrette dressing.

WATER
2 24 oz water bottles

EXERCISE

01/17/10

FOOD:
Breakfast: 2 hardboiled egg whites, cheerios
Snack:
Lunch: Spring Mix with 2 oz shredded chicken cooked in Light Italian dressing and 2 Fingerling potatoes with balsamic vinegrette dressing
Snack: 2 hard boiled egg whites, 1/2 grapefruit
Dinner:

WATER
2 24 oz water bottles

EXERCISE
9 minutes on XL Glider

**I thought it should be noted that since I started the eating program heavily on the 4th of January, I have drank nothing but tea in the morning.
**Technically I don't think that Cheerios are "on plan", but they are grains and are known to reduce cholesterol - I'm willing to take the chance.

01/16/10

FOOD
Breakfast: 2 egg whites fried with 1/2 Tbs parmasean, 1/2 cup cheerios
Snack: 2 hardboiled egg whites, 1/2 grapefruit
Lunch: 2 oz salmon filet, 1/2 cup rice, 1 cup green beans (steamed)
Snack: skipping due to time - moving right to dinner
Dinner: bed of spring mix, 2 oz of Mahi Mahi, 3 fingerling potatoes, Apple Cider Vinegar & forkfull of Feta

WATER:
2.5 24 oz water bottle

EXERCISE

01/15/10

FOOD
Breakfast: 2 scrambled egg whites with salsa, cheerios
Snack: 2 hardboiled egg whites, 1/2 grapefruit
Lunch: chili (salad, and a scoop of greek salad)
Snack:
Dinner: Macaroni and cheese
Snack:

WATER
2 24 oz water bottles

wine

EXERCISE

FOOD
Breakfast: 2 scrambled egg whites with garlic and herb seasoning, cheerios
Snack: 2 hardboiled egg whites, 1/2 grapefruit
Lunch: 2oz chicken cooked in Low Fat Italian Dressing, fingerling potatoes, 1/2 grapefruit
Snack: 2 hardboiled egg whites, almonds
Dinner: 2 oz pan grilled salmon seasoned with "It's a Dilly" - dill and lemon seasoning, 1 cup steamed green beans and 1/2 cup rice.
Snack:

WATER
2 24 oz water bottles

EXERCISE

01/13/10

FOOD
Breakfast: 2 scrambled egg whites with some low sodium soy sauce (won't do it again - too salty) 3 fingerling potatoes
Snack: 2 hardboiled egg whites, 1/2 grapefruit
Lunch: 2oz chicken cooked in Low Fat Italian Dressing, fingerling potatoes, carrots
Snack: 2 hardboiled egg whites, 1/2 grapefruit
Dinner: chicken sausage, 1/2 cup rice
Snack: Almonds

WATER
3 24 oz water bottles

EXERCISE

01/12/10

I will NOT slack like I did yesterday....

FOOD
Breakfast: 2 scrambled egg whites cooked in chopped onions, 1/2 cup cheerios
Snack: 2 hardboiled egg whites, 1/2 grapefruit
Lunch: 2 oz grilled chicken, 1/2 cup cheerios, carrots
Snack: 2 hardboiled egg whites, 1/2 grapefruit
Dinner: 2oz shredded chicken breast cooked in Light Italian dressing, 1/2 cup rice, 1 cup veggie (Carrot)

WATER
2 24 oz water bottles

EXERCISE

01/11/10

FOOD:
Breakfast: 2 egg whites scrambled with salsa, cheerios
Snack: 2 hard boiled egg whites, 1/2 grapefruit
Lunch: 2 oz grilled chicken, sweet peppers, 1/2 cup rice
Snack: 2 hard boiled egg whites, 1/2 grapefruit
Dinner: cheese quesadilla and salsa

WATER:
1 24 oz bottle


EXERCISE:

01/10/10

FOOD:
turkey cheese sandwich
angus portabello mushroom burger and a few fries

WATER:
not enough - over 24 oz I am sure...
over 44 oz of Dr. Pepper

EXERCISE:
dog show again - enough said.

01/09/10

FOOD:
I had 2 egg whites and cheerios for breakfast...
then trio ravioli for dinner - cheese, portabello mushroom, and sundried tomato
then I got hungry later and had some almonds and a grapefruit

WATER:
I have no idea how much water I drank... let's just say "not enough"

EXERCISE:
Dog show. Enough said.

01/08/10 - heading out on a road trip

FOOD:
Breakfast: 2 scrambled egg whites with salsa, 1/2 cup Cheerios
Snack: 2 hard boiled egg whites, 1/2 grapefruit
Lunch: 2 oz chicken cooked in salsa, 1/2 cup rice, 1 cup carrots
Snack: 2 hard boiled egg whites, 1/2 grapefruit
Dinner:

WATER:

EXERCISE:

I head out to Palm Springs this evening for the weekend. Eating on plan will be a challege this weekend, but I am taking Grapefruit, Almonds, carrots, Cheerios and hard boiled eggs. I know I will go out to eat, so I will just try to make as good of choices as I can... wish me luck!!!

I weighed in this morning and I weighed 227... 7.5 pounds down from the heaviest weight at the doctors office on the 29th of December... SOMETHING is working! :) I'll keep it up! :)

01/07/10

FOOD
Breakfast: 2 scrambled egg whites cooked with VEGIT and 1/2 cup of Cheerios.
Snack: 2 egg whites, 1/2 grapefruit
Lunch: 2 oz chicken cooked in salsa, 1/2 cup rice, 4 sweet peppers, 1 mini cucumber
Snack: 2 egg whites, 1/2 grapefruit
Dinner: 2 oz scallops, 1 cup carrots, 1/2 cup rice

WATER:
3 24 oz bottles of water

EXERCISE

01/06/10

FOOD:
Breakfast: 2 scrambled egg whites with Spike seasoning, 3 fingerling potatoes
Snack: 2 hardboiled egg whites, 1/2 grapefruit
Lunch: salmon filet, 1/2 cup of corn - forgot the rice! DOH
Snack : 2 hardboiled egg whites, 1/2 grapefruit
Dinner: 2 oz of shredded chicken cooked in Pace mild salsa, 1/2 cup rice, 5 small sweet peppers
Snack: 3 cheese sticks and 1/2 a grape fruit

WATER:
2 24 oz bottles
**1 more makes 3! :)

EXERCISE:

01/05/10

FOOD:
Breakfast: scrambled egg whites with onion powder and parsley and 1/2 cup of pan fried (no liquid) fingerling potatoes with onion powder
Snack: Grapefruit & 2 egg whites (boiled)
Lunch: 2oz scallops, 1 cup carrotts, 1/2 cup rice
Snack: I managed to miss my snack because I had an SST meeting. When I got home I had 4 squares of a Nestle Crunch bar! :( Damn it!!
Dinner: salmon filet cooked dry on george foreman with dill, 1/2 cup corn, less than 1/2 cup rice
(3 cheese sticks)

WATER: 2 24 oz bottles so far...

EXERCISE

01/04/10 - first day back to work

FOOD:
Breakfast - 1/2 c fingerling potatoes, 2 egg whites, 1 sweet pepper cooked together. I would cook the eggs seperately from the potatoes and peppers next time. I added chopped onions to the mix too.
Snack - 2 hard boiled egg whites, 1/2 grapefruit
Lunch - 1/2 c fingerling potatoes, 2 egg whites, 1 sweet pepper cooked together.
Snack - 2 hard boiled egg whites, 1/2 grapefruit
Dinner - 2oz scallops (small ones) cooked in chopped onion, garlic powder, chili flakes and parsley, 1/2 cup rice, 1 cup carrots.

WATER:
3 24 oz water bottles down today.... YAY!!!!!

EXERCISE:

01/03/10

FOOD
breakfast was 2 strawberry shortcake mini rolls
lunch was 4 chicken cream cheese pockets

WATER
I've finished 2 24 oz bottles - 48 oz for today so far - better than previous!!!
just finished another 24 oz :)
got another 24 oz done before bed! whooo hoo!!!!
EXERCISE
I haven't yet, but I do plan on doing at least my 5 minute treadmill thing...

01/02/10

a trip to costco is in my plans for the day...
**I got cucumbers, mini peppers, fingerling potatoes and tomatoes... have to be careful not to get too much at a time, since it will rot :(

FOOD
I had 2 chicken cream cheese pockets this morning... I know, I know... with 2 cups of coffee....
I had 2 squares of left over pizza for lunch... again, I know, I know. :(
I had a quesadilla for dinner with salsa and ranch

WATER
(2:11pm) I just finished my first 24 oz of water. :( I know I can do better. :(
(10:12pm) Just finished my 2nd 24 oz of water...

EXERCISE
does taking down the Christmas lights count?? Probably not. I will get on the treadmill, I promise!
**I did 5 minutes on the treadmill at 2.7.

01/01/10 - I'm officially tired of the weight....

Again.

I decided to keep a blog this time - it will help me keep myself accountable - tracking my workouts, water intake and eating...

FOOD
Today hasn't been a good food day. I woke up and found myself without many of the things I needed and lacked the desire to go to the store.
Breakfast : the last of the cheesecake
Lunch: Chicken cream cheese pocket (made from chicken, cream cheese, biscuit, onion flakes)
Dinner will probably not be great either.
**dinner was 2 chicken sausages with garlic, mozerella and artichokes and a side of macaroni salad.

WATER
So far I've only had 24 ounces of water - but I plan on drinking at least another 24. I've had 2 larger cups of coffee with my creamer (coconut creme) as well.

EXERCISE
I read in my 6 week body make over book that if you're over 100 pounds over weight that you should start at 50-55% of your maximum Target Heart Rate. It says that if you're winded you're going too fast, and when you can work up to walking at 5 minutes at this rate, you should move on to the next step.
I was winded at 16 beats per 10 seconds, but I did 5 minutes. The longest 5 minutes ever! I will aim to do multiple 5 minute stints on the treadmill. I don't understand the treadmill, but I will do my best.
**I think I figured out the speed of the treadmill - so I was able to walk more efficiently and not push so hard.... I was at around 17-18 beats per 10 seconds for another 5 minutes, but I didn't feel as winded as I did the first time.

I weighed 234.5 on 12/29/09 when I went to the doctor... I'm sure I'm no less than that today, so lets call that my "starting weight".

**It dawned on me - I should document that I will be following what I learned using Michael Thurmond's 6 week body make over.