Friday got a little out of control because we had a happy hour for the new associates after work. But here we go:
Exercise:
30 minutes Wii Your Shape
15 minutes Wii Fit aerobics/balance games
Food:
Breakfast: same since Monday
Snack: low fat string cheese
Lunch: lean cuisine, arnold's honey wheat sandwich thin, 5 chocolate covered almonds
Snack: hot chocolate
Snack: cinnamon sugar almonds
Oops: two glasses white wine
Dinner: chicken pasta (made in crock pot)
At least I stayed away from the snacks at Happy Hour, right?
I may have to take an exercise break today or tomorrow...I'm just SO SORE.
Saturday, January 9, 2010
Friday, January 8, 2010
Thursday Stats
I'm between meetings, so this will be a quick one!
Exercise:
35 minutes EA Active Wii workout
10 minutes Wii Fit yoga
50 minute pilates private lesson
Food:
Breakfast: see yesterday
Snack: low fat string cheese
Lunch: See yesterday (and add an additional piece of chocolate)
Snack: hot chocolate
Snack: 6 chocolate covered almonds (yes, I forgot my afternoon snack again and was famished while cooking dinner)
Dinner: Potato and spinach frittata and a side salad.
I'll check in again tomorrow. Peace!
Exercise:
35 minutes EA Active Wii workout
10 minutes Wii Fit yoga
50 minute pilates private lesson
Food:
Breakfast: see yesterday
Snack: low fat string cheese
Lunch: See yesterday (and add an additional piece of chocolate)
Snack: hot chocolate
Snack: 6 chocolate covered almonds (yes, I forgot my afternoon snack again and was famished while cooking dinner)
Dinner: Potato and spinach frittata and a side salad.
I'll check in again tomorrow. Peace!
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Wednesday Stats
Wednesday may have gotten a bit out of control. See below:
Workouts:
30 minutes Wii Your Shape
15 minutes Wii Fit aerobics
Line dancing...I was probably actually dancing for 45 minutes to an hour
Food:
Breakfast: same omelet, berries, and OJ as the other days
Snack: low fat string cheese
Lunch: I got tired of the squash soup. Instead, I ate my turkey, cucumber, and cheese sandwich and had a square of Dove chocolate.
Snack: I walked past Starbucks and had a hot chocolate craving. I resisted, and instead made a packet of hot chocolate at the office using hot water. 80 calories.
Dinner: I had a lean cuisine for 250 calories because I wasn't cooking. But I also forgot to have my mid-afternoon snack. So I then had about a tablespoon of Peanut Butter (out of the jar), about a serving of sour cream and cheddar baked lays, and a handful of pita chips. Good lord. I will not forget my almonds this afternoon.
Also, unless something awesome shows up on Lululemon this week, I'm not going to reward myself...I'm saving cash for a vacation with my girls this summer. More on that when I have more time.
Workouts:
30 minutes Wii Your Shape
15 minutes Wii Fit aerobics
Line dancing...I was probably actually dancing for 45 minutes to an hour
Food:
Breakfast: same omelet, berries, and OJ as the other days
Snack: low fat string cheese
Lunch: I got tired of the squash soup. Instead, I ate my turkey, cucumber, and cheese sandwich and had a square of Dove chocolate.
Snack: I walked past Starbucks and had a hot chocolate craving. I resisted, and instead made a packet of hot chocolate at the office using hot water. 80 calories.
Dinner: I had a lean cuisine for 250 calories because I wasn't cooking. But I also forgot to have my mid-afternoon snack. So I then had about a tablespoon of Peanut Butter (out of the jar), about a serving of sour cream and cheddar baked lays, and a handful of pita chips. Good lord. I will not forget my almonds this afternoon.
Also, unless something awesome shows up on Lululemon this week, I'm not going to reward myself...I'm saving cash for a vacation with my girls this summer. More on that when I have more time.
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Tuesday Stats
I'm super busy at work right now, so this is going to be a quick one!
Workouts:
30 minutes Your Shape cardio, 15 minutes Wii Fit Yoga
60 minutes tap class
Food intake:
Breakfast: the usual omelet, berries, OJ
Snack: low fat string cheese
Lunch: 4 oz butternut squash soup and turkey, cucumber, and cheese on a honey wheat sandwich thin
Snack: handful of brown sugar cinnamon almonds, mini baby ruth
Dinner: made rice and asian chicken in the crock-pot but hated the recipe (too spicy). Blake loved it. So he ate mine. And I ate a bowl of Frosted Flakes with Skim Milk.
I'll check back in tomorrow!
Workouts:
30 minutes Your Shape cardio, 15 minutes Wii Fit Yoga
60 minutes tap class
Food intake:
Breakfast: the usual omelet, berries, OJ
Snack: low fat string cheese
Lunch: 4 oz butternut squash soup and turkey, cucumber, and cheese on a honey wheat sandwich thin
Snack: handful of brown sugar cinnamon almonds, mini baby ruth
Dinner: made rice and asian chicken in the crock-pot but hated the recipe (too spicy). Blake loved it. So he ate mine. And I ate a bowl of Frosted Flakes with Skim Milk.
I'll check back in tomorrow!
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Monday notes
Here are my stats from yesterday. Not as great as I had originally wanted (damn you, free lunch), but not terrible. And I found out I get to be in town for the rest of the week, so I can actually stick to my original schedule. However, I do have to go to new Orleans next week...so I have to figure out how to make that work.
Monday's workout:
30 minutes cardio/strength on Wii You Shape
50 minutes pilates mat class
Monday's food intake:
Breakfast: two egg red bell pepper and low fat cheese omelet with a side of strawberries and a small glass of OJ
Lunch: One piece of bruschetta and a half of a grilled chicken cashew salad with feta, mixed greens, and artichokes with balsamic vinaigrette dressing
Snack: Turkey and cucumber sandwich on a honey wheat sandwich thin (a large snack, but I really wanted to eat my sandwich that I missed at lunch) and one square of dove chocolate
Dinner: frittata made with egg, low fat ricotta, spinach, and mushrooms and a side salad
Not too bad overall. Today I'm going home for lunch so I can throw together a crock pot dinner for later. Good times. Also, I've changed my reward for the week on account of my damn arms hurting so much without using wrist weights for my Your Shape workouts. I'm going with an on sale pair of lululemon shorts.
Monday's workout:
30 minutes cardio/strength on Wii You Shape
50 minutes pilates mat class
Monday's food intake:
Breakfast: two egg red bell pepper and low fat cheese omelet with a side of strawberries and a small glass of OJ
Lunch: One piece of bruschetta and a half of a grilled chicken cashew salad with feta, mixed greens, and artichokes with balsamic vinaigrette dressing
Snack: Turkey and cucumber sandwich on a honey wheat sandwich thin (a large snack, but I really wanted to eat my sandwich that I missed at lunch) and one square of dove chocolate
Dinner: frittata made with egg, low fat ricotta, spinach, and mushrooms and a side salad
Not too bad overall. Today I'm going home for lunch so I can throw together a crock pot dinner for later. Good times. Also, I've changed my reward for the week on account of my damn arms hurting so much without using wrist weights for my Your Shape workouts. I'm going with an on sale pair of lululemon shorts.
Monday, January 4, 2010
First Weigh-In and Set Backs, Volume 1
First Weigh-in: went as terribly as I imagined. Not helped by the two pieces of pizza I ate for dinner last night. 143. 143 for god's sake. In fairness, I've hovered between 135 and 140 for the past 3-4 years, so I'm only up a bit from then...and I blame my month long Laziness and Eating Olympics in December.
Set Backs, Volume 1: So this morning, I learned that the Your Shape Wii game doesn't let you do a 40 minute workout. Just 30 or 45. I was a little worried about getting to work on time, so I went with 30 minutes. In the future, I will add in some Wii Fit to get 10-15 more minutes of activity in.
Also, I arrived at work today to learn that (A) I need to take the new associates and interns out to lunch today (so right away, that's no good...and I really wanted my sandwich). I'll be looking at no part of the menu other than "Salads." And (B) there's a 90% chance I have to leave for New Orleans tomorrow morning. The place I hate the most in the world. Stellar. There's an excellent gym at the hotel so working out won't be a problem, but eating will. And trying to not drink is going to be impossible. But I'll just have to do my best I guess.
Well today is very busy, so I'll just check back in tomorrow morning with today's food and exercise log.
Set Backs, Volume 1: So this morning, I learned that the Your Shape Wii game doesn't let you do a 40 minute workout. Just 30 or 45. I was a little worried about getting to work on time, so I went with 30 minutes. In the future, I will add in some Wii Fit to get 10-15 more minutes of activity in.
Also, I arrived at work today to learn that (A) I need to take the new associates and interns out to lunch today (so right away, that's no good...and I really wanted my sandwich). I'll be looking at no part of the menu other than "Salads." And (B) there's a 90% chance I have to leave for New Orleans tomorrow morning. The place I hate the most in the world. Stellar. There's an excellent gym at the hotel so working out won't be a problem, but eating will. And trying to not drink is going to be impossible. But I'll just have to do my best I guess.
Well today is very busy, so I'll just check back in tomorrow morning with today's food and exercise log.
Sunday, January 3, 2010
Week 1 Goals
Ok, I'm ready to start this thing! Prior to my first weigh in tomorrow (b00) I have been eating like a normal person and exercising since Friday. So that should help me feel less disgusting when I get on the scale. I've also bought myself a few new workout outfits on mega sale this weekend, so I'm motivated!
Anyway, there's a decent chance that when I get back to work tomorrow (worst day of the year) I'll learn that I have to go to Winston-Salem from Tuesday - Friday (are you in town Megs?), so I'm going to have to reserve the right to change my eating and exercising schedule accordingly.
I am a creature of habit and schedules, so that's why I'm so specifically laying out my eating and exercising plans. I like to have something to stick to.
This week's reward is going to be a set of one pound wrist weights. I think it'll be useful for my Your Shape Wii workouts. Even without weights, my arms get tired by the end of the 30 minute session, so adding the resistance should be good. And they're only about $10.
Here's my general food plan for the week (assuming I'm in town). Also, I reserve the right to eat at a restaurant once a week to replace one of the below meals:
Breakfast: two egg omelet with 1/4 cup of diced red bell pepper and a sprinkle of low fat sharp cheddar, with a side of a few strawberries and a small glass of OJ
Lunch: cup of (homemade!) butternut squash soup and a turkey and cucumber sandwich on an Arnold's multigrain sandwich thin.
Dinner: I'm making a frittata and side salad one night, three nights of varieties of crock pot chicken with sides of either brown rice or whole wheat pasta, crock pot baked ziti with a side salad one night, and the rest will probably be cereal because I love having cereal for dinner.
Snacks: right now I have low fat string cheese, cinnamon sugar almonds, apples, and dove chocolate peanut butter squares readily available, so my goal is to eat up to 300 calories worth of those items depending on my hunger levels.
And now for the exercising. I'm done with my current gym because I want to work out in the morning and I can't make that work when I go there. So I'm quitting in favor of the 24-hour gym two blocks down - but that doesn't open until next week. So it's all about Wii workouts this week. Which is good, because I got a bunch of Wii exercise games for Christmas.
Monday: Your Shape 40 minute workout and pilates mat class
Tuesday: Your Shape 40 minute workout and possibly tap class at night
Wednesday: Your Shape 40 minute workout, possibly line dancing if the other girls want to go
Thursday: EA Active 30-day Challenge workout 2 and 15 minutes of Wii Fit Aerobics and Yoga, pilates lesson
Friday: Your Shape 40 minute workout, perhaps some Wii Fit activities after work
Saturday: Your Shape 30 minute workout, 30 minutes of Wii Fit aerobics and Yoga
Sunday: EA Active 30-day Challenge workout 3, 30 minutes of Wii Fit aerobics and Yoga
Ok, I'll be back tomorrow with the dreaded weigh-in. And the dreaded return to work after two and a half weeks. BOOOOO.
Anyway, there's a decent chance that when I get back to work tomorrow (worst day of the year) I'll learn that I have to go to Winston-Salem from Tuesday - Friday (are you in town Megs?), so I'm going to have to reserve the right to change my eating and exercising schedule accordingly.
I am a creature of habit and schedules, so that's why I'm so specifically laying out my eating and exercising plans. I like to have something to stick to.
This week's reward is going to be a set of one pound wrist weights. I think it'll be useful for my Your Shape Wii workouts. Even without weights, my arms get tired by the end of the 30 minute session, so adding the resistance should be good. And they're only about $10.
Here's my general food plan for the week (assuming I'm in town). Also, I reserve the right to eat at a restaurant once a week to replace one of the below meals:
Breakfast: two egg omelet with 1/4 cup of diced red bell pepper and a sprinkle of low fat sharp cheddar, with a side of a few strawberries and a small glass of OJ
Lunch: cup of (homemade!) butternut squash soup and a turkey and cucumber sandwich on an Arnold's multigrain sandwich thin.
Dinner: I'm making a frittata and side salad one night, three nights of varieties of crock pot chicken with sides of either brown rice or whole wheat pasta, crock pot baked ziti with a side salad one night, and the rest will probably be cereal because I love having cereal for dinner.
Snacks: right now I have low fat string cheese, cinnamon sugar almonds, apples, and dove chocolate peanut butter squares readily available, so my goal is to eat up to 300 calories worth of those items depending on my hunger levels.
And now for the exercising. I'm done with my current gym because I want to work out in the morning and I can't make that work when I go there. So I'm quitting in favor of the 24-hour gym two blocks down - but that doesn't open until next week. So it's all about Wii workouts this week. Which is good, because I got a bunch of Wii exercise games for Christmas.
Monday: Your Shape 40 minute workout and pilates mat class
Tuesday: Your Shape 40 minute workout and possibly tap class at night
Wednesday: Your Shape 40 minute workout, possibly line dancing if the other girls want to go
Thursday: EA Active 30-day Challenge workout 2 and 15 minutes of Wii Fit Aerobics and Yoga, pilates lesson
Friday: Your Shape 40 minute workout, perhaps some Wii Fit activities after work
Saturday: Your Shape 30 minute workout, 30 minutes of Wii Fit aerobics and Yoga
Sunday: EA Active 30-day Challenge workout 3, 30 minutes of Wii Fit aerobics and Yoga
Ok, I'll be back tomorrow with the dreaded weigh-in. And the dreaded return to work after two and a half weeks. BOOOOO.
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