I've realized I've spent most of my phase I of the diet at home!!!! First, my day one was a snow day. Then we had Monday off for MLK, Tuesday and Wed. again were snow days. Went to work on Thursday and then had another snow day Friday! Crazy!!!!!
Anyways, today is day 11 on plan and liking it. Sometimes I just stop and think: "I've been sober for 12 days" (that began one day earlier than the food part). It is a powerful feeling to know that you can control these things.
Today I finally dropped a little more weight! I am waiting for my period, thus the weight is weighting too (ok, puns are never funny)! I am 71.2 kg this morning (with clothing, no shoes).
I don't really care if it goes slowly, as long as it goes!!!!!
Breakfast today: glass of skim milk, poached egg over one slice of back bacon and 1/4 cup cottage cheese.
Lunch: chicken and green beans left from yesterday
Kinda forgot about eating today! At 6:30 I finally returned from shopping and had something light: two slices turkey pastrami, two very thin slices genoa salami, humus, lettuce all wrapped up. Then I had tea and a ricotta cream made with chocolate (sugar free, don't worry).
Yesterday I did not go to the gym. In fact, my gym time has been minimal! Must improve that, but right now I am not dealing well with this winter weather. Anyhow: yesterday I raked snow off the back porch. there was a foot and I was really worried that it was too much for that roof because that roof looks a bit iffy to begin with. After that I cleaned the 5 inches of snow from the driveway and walked around the yard inspecting things. We have a lot of snow and it's deep enough that walking in it makes you work your thighs to the point of feeling it. I was outside for about 1.5 hours. It was warm and sunny (warm being 25 f ).
Saturday, January 22, 2011
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
1.19.11 Snow Day Again! Still OP!
So I'm on day 8 of SB phase I. So far so good. Weight loss has stalled, but I'm also expecting my period any day now. I'm really not going to worry about it. I know I am still eating very well.
Today"
B-fast=egg white frittata with asparagus and one slice back bacon
Lots of coffee, then I took a tiny teaspoon of pb and dusted it with ovaltine. It was quite satisfying
Lunch= not chicken chicken patty over lettuce with 1/2 avacado
Dinner= roasted eggplant and red sweet pepers with salsa and some dopples of ricotta.
snack= ricotta with orange zest (some sb recipe)
oh and some jello mixed with greek yogurt
I didn't know that eggplant had virtually no calories. 120 at most in the one that I used. So I figure that whole roasted dish was maybe 600 calories and I ate 1/2. Funny thing is, I feel that I over ate!!!!
Today"
B-fast=egg white frittata with asparagus and one slice back bacon
Lots of coffee, then I took a tiny teaspoon of pb and dusted it with ovaltine. It was quite satisfying
Lunch= not chicken chicken patty over lettuce with 1/2 avacado
Dinner= roasted eggplant and red sweet pepers with salsa and some dopples of ricotta.
snack= ricotta with orange zest (some sb recipe)
oh and some jello mixed with greek yogurt
I didn't know that eggplant had virtually no calories. 120 at most in the one that I used. So I figure that whole roasted dish was maybe 600 calories and I ate 1/2. Funny thing is, I feel that I over ate!!!!
Monday, January 17, 2011
MLK DAY
Hello! Excellent Day again! This time I worked out. 40 minutes on the tredmill. I walked and ran a bit and gotto 2.75 miles and over 200 calories burned. I'm trying to do intervals where I run between .25 and .5 of a mile and then I walk. Got the Friehofer's to work up to and I'm running it in under 30 minutes! That's my goal!
B-fast: spinach thingys and black bean burger
Snack: sugar free red bull and 20 salt and vinegar almonds (as I ate them slowly I thought, gee this is a lot of almonds)
Lunch: chix patty (veggie) with horseradish and mustard on the top and one laughing cow cheese wedge and left over veggies
Dinner: turkey burger creamed up thing and mashed califlower and stewed tomatoes!
Excellent!!!
B-fast: spinach thingys and black bean burger
Snack: sugar free red bull and 20 salt and vinegar almonds (as I ate them slowly I thought, gee this is a lot of almonds)
Lunch: chix patty (veggie) with horseradish and mustard on the top and one laughing cow cheese wedge and left over veggies
Dinner: turkey burger creamed up thing and mashed califlower and stewed tomatoes!
Excellent!!!
Sunday, January 16, 2011
All about family and genetics
I'm pretty fortunate genetically. My mother hasn't been overweight a day in her life. My father was overweight, but not obese. He was 5'9" and his "fat weight" was typically 220 at the upper range, and more like 205 typically. While that's bigger than he should have been for his height, that's no where near out of control. My maternal grandparents were thin as was my Da's dad. My maternal grandmother was quite overweight however.
What I was wasn't inherited! LOL! No, I was the unlucky victim of was poor fashion. Case in point: This photo was taken of me at age 16. I weighed between 120-125 pounds and was my adult height of 5"4". Now if weighed that now I'd have no difficulties wearing a size 6.
[please ignore the hair, I had unkind hairdressers who never told me about flat irons and product]
Clearly, I had no concept of how to pose! But look at that chunky thigh and butt? What's up with that? How can you weigh so little and look so fat? With that and the combo of bad fashion, no wonder why I was always on a diet.
As time passes I am going to be entering more evidence of my body over time. Scary thing is, at 120 or 160, I still look the same! Maybe I just don't photograph well because I sure can tell how I am doing by the way my clothing fits. Honestly, I think that's the best indicator of all.
1.16.11
My belly is full now! Dinner was a piece of tilapia with a can of water chestnuts, some onion, and some stir fry veggies. Added to spice it up was some hot Szechaun sauce. Wow! All this after practically no food today. Well I started with a delicious egg white frittata and did have two stalks of celery and one laughing cow wedge with it. Later, after 6 hours without food, I felt hungry. So then I had a Primal Strip Jerky.
No exercise! That's not good! Posting on 3FC again. I'd forgotten how much I enjoyed that community.
71.8 kg this morning, which puts me under 160 pounds! I don't really have a fixed goal. I just want to be less than 130 and 60 kg.
No exercise! That's not good! Posting on 3FC again. I'd forgotten how much I enjoyed that community.
71.8 kg this morning, which puts me under 160 pounds! I don't really have a fixed goal. I just want to be less than 130 and 60 kg.
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Funny Dream or was it..a Nightmare?
Last night I drempt I was eating this huge bowl of macaroni and cheese. There was this other woman in the dream and she was eating it stuffed in a hoagie roll! Talk about carb sinfulness.
Thne, later in the dream, I was in NYC and we went to this pizza place. I had two slices of pizza! Then I was sitting at the counter eating my third slice with my eyes half closed with bliss.
I awoke feeling guilty as if I really did this! Thankfully, I'm still on plan.
Today is Saturday 15 January. I ate the following:
Egg white frittata with salmon, onions, and asparagus sprinkled with parmasean cheese and dollops of cottage cheese and a glass of skim milk
no calorie sugar free jello cup
120 calories worth of baba ghonoj with hald a yellow sweet pepper and four pieces of celery
whole can of tuna mixed with banana pepper rings, light mayo, dill, oz. of 50% lowfat cheese
couple spoons of sugar free geletain blended with non fat plain yogurt
did not go to gym today! :(
However! 72.4 kg this morning! :)
Thne, later in the dream, I was in NYC and we went to this pizza place. I had two slices of pizza! Then I was sitting at the counter eating my third slice with my eyes half closed with bliss.
I awoke feeling guilty as if I really did this! Thankfully, I'm still on plan.
Today is Saturday 15 January. I ate the following:
Egg white frittata with salmon, onions, and asparagus sprinkled with parmasean cheese and dollops of cottage cheese and a glass of skim milk
no calorie sugar free jello cup
120 calories worth of baba ghonoj with hald a yellow sweet pepper and four pieces of celery
whole can of tuna mixed with banana pepper rings, light mayo, dill, oz. of 50% lowfat cheese
couple spoons of sugar free geletain blended with non fat plain yogurt
did not go to gym today! :(
However! 72.4 kg this morning! :)
Friday, January 14, 2011
1.14.11
Kinda was mentally hungry today. That was around 3 PM, so I had a cup of coffee. Then went shopping and finally found the new bedspread I've been searching for. I also bought some pickled asparagus! Love me pickled asparagus!!! :) Munched down on that and made it home by 6:30. Then I ate a really big salad with all the goodies on it and had Polar soda with it. It was strawberry flavored! Yummy!
No exercise today! Just being lazy that's for sure. And let me tell you, I was cranky today. I think my body is still adjusting to no carbs (and no alcohol)! withdrawl! Still 73.2 kg, but it will change. Not eating enough to remain fat:
B fast: b-fast veggie bits, black bean burger, glass of milk
Snack: 2 Primal strips no meat jerkies (90 calories a piece and 9 g protein a piece....love them)
Lunch: turkey roll ups and some cherry tomatoes
Dinner: big honkin salad and serving of almonds.
:)
No exercise today! Just being lazy that's for sure. And let me tell you, I was cranky today. I think my body is still adjusting to no carbs (and no alcohol)! withdrawl! Still 73.2 kg, but it will change. Not eating enough to remain fat:
B fast: b-fast veggie bits, black bean burger, glass of milk
Snack: 2 Primal strips no meat jerkies (90 calories a piece and 9 g protein a piece....love them)
Lunch: turkey roll ups and some cherry tomatoes
Dinner: big honkin salad and serving of almonds.
:)
Thursday, January 13, 2011
1.13.11
Already I have found I am not hungry! Wow, and only 2 days free of sugar. It's amazing what sugar does to your system, how much it makes you hunger artificially. Today, at lunch time I was chatting with a student, we both realized that we'd better eat something, but honestly, I wasn't all that hungry.
B-fast: another egg scramble
Snack: almonds, cheese, diet coke
Lunch: turkey lettuce roll-ups, liter of water
Snack: sea weed salad, a few almonds (ok, like 7)
Dinner: salad with half a portion of salmon on it, 1/4 avacado, some feta, diet coke
a few more almonds (I was bagging them up) sugar free jello cup (not too exciting), 4 breakfast cups (@30 calories a piece). TEA!
I went to the gym too! 35 minutes, 2.43 miles, 230 calories burned!
B-fast: another egg scramble
Snack: almonds, cheese, diet coke
Lunch: turkey lettuce roll-ups, liter of water
Snack: sea weed salad, a few almonds (ok, like 7)
Dinner: salad with half a portion of salmon on it, 1/4 avacado, some feta, diet coke
a few more almonds (I was bagging them up) sugar free jello cup (not too exciting), 4 breakfast cups (@30 calories a piece). TEA!
I went to the gym too! 35 minutes, 2.43 miles, 230 calories burned!
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
1.12.11 Food
Breakfast:
egg scrambled with peppers, onions, tomatoes and sprinkled with parmasean cheese
Snack: celery with a wedge of laughing cow cheese and radishes with cottage cheese
Lunch:
left overs from yesterday, chicken and vegetables with some lettuce and ranch dressing
Snack: tea, a few cherry tomatoes
Dinner: big salad with 1/3 wedge of avacado, some turkey lunch meat, and pecans
Had lots of coffee, tea, one glass of diet coke, three glasses water. And I remembered to take my vitamin!!!!!
I went to exercise on demand on the TV and did some time (15 min) with Jillian Michaels. I also had to clean the driveway from the snowfall.
Day One? A+
egg scrambled with peppers, onions, tomatoes and sprinkled with parmasean cheese
Snack: celery with a wedge of laughing cow cheese and radishes with cottage cheese
Lunch:
left overs from yesterday, chicken and vegetables with some lettuce and ranch dressing
Snack: tea, a few cherry tomatoes
Dinner: big salad with 1/3 wedge of avacado, some turkey lunch meat, and pecans
Had lots of coffee, tea, one glass of diet coke, three glasses water. And I remembered to take my vitamin!!!!!
I went to exercise on demand on the TV and did some time (15 min) with Jillian Michaels. I also had to clean the driveway from the snowfall.
Day One? A+
Smart Running Routine: Beginners
Taken from:
http://www.fitnessmagazine.com/workout/running/training-schedules/beginner-training-plan-6-weeks-to-a-5k/
Just starting? Try this! Don't worry if you've never put on a pair of running shoes. This program will get you up and running for at least 30 minutes straight in just six weeks, says Zika Palmer, an elite marathoner, exercise physiologist, and cofounder of ZAP Fitness in Blowing Rock, North Carolina. For each run, aim for a rate of perceived exertion (RPE) that feels like a 5 or 6 on a scale of 1 to 10 so you don't burn out too soon.
Week 1
Monday: Walk briskly for 1 mile. Run 2 minutes every half mile until you reach 3.5 total miles. Walk 0.5 mile.
Tuesday: Walk 3-5 miles.
Wednesday: Off
Thursday: Walk 1 mile. Run 3 minutes every half mile until you reach 3.5 miles. Walk 0.5 mile.
Friday: Off
Saturday: Walk 3-5 miles, including 10 run/walk intervals (run 30 seconds, walk 1 minutes) in the last mile.
Sunday: Off
Week Total: 16-20 miles
Week 2
Monday: Walk 1.5 miles. Run 5 minutes, walk 5 minutes; do 3 times. Walk 1-2 miles.
Tuesday: Walk 3-5 miles.
Wednesday: Off
Thursday: Repeat Week 1 Thursday.
Friday: Off
Saturday: Repeat Week 2 Monday.
Sunday: Off
Week Total: 18-20 miles
Week 3
Monday: Walk 1.5 miles. Run 10 minutes, walk 5-7 minutes, run 10 minutes, walk 5-7 minutes.
Tuesday: Walk 3-5 miles.
Wednesday: Off
Thursday: Repeat Week 3 Tuesday.
Friday: Off
Saturday: Walk 1.5 miles. Run 10 minutes, walk 5 minutes, run 5 minutes, walk 5 minutes, run 10 minutes, walk 5-10 minutes.
Sunday: Off
Week Total: 16-20 miles
Week 4
Monday: Walk 1 mile. Run 3 minutes, walk 2 minutes; do a total of 10 times. Walk 5 minutes.
Tuesday: Walk 1 mile. Run 15 minutes, walk 5 minutes, run 15 minutes, walk 5 minutes.
Wednesday: Off
Thursday: Walk 1 mile. Run 5 minutes, walk 2 minutes; do that 7-minute sequence 5 times. Walk 5 minutes.
Friday: Off
Saturday: Walk 1 mile. Run 10 minutes, walk 5 minutes; do that 15-minute sequence 3 times.
Sunday: Off
Week Total: 17.5 miles
Week 5
Monday: Walk 1 mile. Run 3 minutes, walk 2 minutes; do that 5-minute sequence a total of 10 times. Walk 5 minutes.
Tuesday: Walk 1 mile. Run 20 minutes, walk 5 minutes, run 20 minutes, walk 5 minutes.
Wednesday: Off
Thursday: Walk 1 mile. Run 5 minutes, walk 2 minutes; do that 7-minute sequence 5 times. Walk 5 minutes.
Friday: Off
Saturday: Walk 1 mile. Run 15 minutes, walk 5 minutes; do that 20-minute sequence 3 times.
Sunday: Off
Week Total: 20 miles
Week 6
Monday: Walk 1 mile. Run 3 minutes, walk 2 minutes; do that 5-minute sequence a total of 10 times. Walk 5 minutes.
Tuesday: Walk 1 mile. Run 25 minutes, walk 5 minutes, run 25 minutes, walk 5 minutes.
Wednesday: Off
Thursday: Walk 1 mile. Run 5 minutes, walk 2 minutes; do that 7-minute sequence 5 times. Walk 5 minutes.
Friday: Off
Saturday: Walk 1 mile. Run 20 minutes, walk 5 minutes; do that 25-minute sequence 3 times.
Sunday: Off
Week Total: 22.5 miles
You'll run for a total of 60 minutes (with two 5-minute breaks) during the Week 6 Saturday workout, and you should be able to run for 30 uninterrupted minutes without difficulty by the time you've completed this program.
http://www.fitnessmagazine.com/workout/running/training-schedules/beginner-training-plan-6-weeks-to-a-5k/
Just starting? Try this! Don't worry if you've never put on a pair of running shoes. This program will get you up and running for at least 30 minutes straight in just six weeks, says Zika Palmer, an elite marathoner, exercise physiologist, and cofounder of ZAP Fitness in Blowing Rock, North Carolina. For each run, aim for a rate of perceived exertion (RPE) that feels like a 5 or 6 on a scale of 1 to 10 so you don't burn out too soon.
Week 1
Monday: Walk briskly for 1 mile. Run 2 minutes every half mile until you reach 3.5 total miles. Walk 0.5 mile.
Tuesday: Walk 3-5 miles.
Wednesday: Off
Thursday: Walk 1 mile. Run 3 minutes every half mile until you reach 3.5 miles. Walk 0.5 mile.
Friday: Off
Saturday: Walk 3-5 miles, including 10 run/walk intervals (run 30 seconds, walk 1 minutes) in the last mile.
Sunday: Off
Week Total: 16-20 miles
Week 2
Monday: Walk 1.5 miles. Run 5 minutes, walk 5 minutes; do 3 times. Walk 1-2 miles.
Tuesday: Walk 3-5 miles.
Wednesday: Off
Thursday: Repeat Week 1 Thursday.
Friday: Off
Saturday: Repeat Week 2 Monday.
Sunday: Off
Week Total: 18-20 miles
Week 3
Monday: Walk 1.5 miles. Run 10 minutes, walk 5-7 minutes, run 10 minutes, walk 5-7 minutes.
Tuesday: Walk 3-5 miles.
Wednesday: Off
Thursday: Repeat Week 3 Tuesday.
Friday: Off
Saturday: Walk 1.5 miles. Run 10 minutes, walk 5 minutes, run 5 minutes, walk 5 minutes, run 10 minutes, walk 5-10 minutes.
Sunday: Off
Week Total: 16-20 miles
Week 4
Monday: Walk 1 mile. Run 3 minutes, walk 2 minutes; do a total of 10 times. Walk 5 minutes.
Tuesday: Walk 1 mile. Run 15 minutes, walk 5 minutes, run 15 minutes, walk 5 minutes.
Wednesday: Off
Thursday: Walk 1 mile. Run 5 minutes, walk 2 minutes; do that 7-minute sequence 5 times. Walk 5 minutes.
Friday: Off
Saturday: Walk 1 mile. Run 10 minutes, walk 5 minutes; do that 15-minute sequence 3 times.
Sunday: Off
Week Total: 17.5 miles
Week 5
Monday: Walk 1 mile. Run 3 minutes, walk 2 minutes; do that 5-minute sequence a total of 10 times. Walk 5 minutes.
Tuesday: Walk 1 mile. Run 20 minutes, walk 5 minutes, run 20 minutes, walk 5 minutes.
Wednesday: Off
Thursday: Walk 1 mile. Run 5 minutes, walk 2 minutes; do that 7-minute sequence 5 times. Walk 5 minutes.
Friday: Off
Saturday: Walk 1 mile. Run 15 minutes, walk 5 minutes; do that 20-minute sequence 3 times.
Sunday: Off
Week Total: 20 miles
Week 6
Monday: Walk 1 mile. Run 3 minutes, walk 2 minutes; do that 5-minute sequence a total of 10 times. Walk 5 minutes.
Tuesday: Walk 1 mile. Run 25 minutes, walk 5 minutes, run 25 minutes, walk 5 minutes.
Wednesday: Off
Thursday: Walk 1 mile. Run 5 minutes, walk 2 minutes; do that 7-minute sequence 5 times. Walk 5 minutes.
Friday: Off
Saturday: Walk 1 mile. Run 20 minutes, walk 5 minutes; do that 25-minute sequence 3 times.
Sunday: Off
Week Total: 22.5 miles
You'll run for a total of 60 minutes (with two 5-minute breaks) during the Week 6 Saturday workout, and you should be able to run for 30 uninterrupted minutes without difficulty by the time you've completed this program.
To Begin
I'm home on a snow day with too much time on my hands and no desire or drive to do anything too exciting. I do want to eat. Probably just because I know I have limits, definately not because I am hungry!
I weigh 73.2 kilos! This is the upper range of my body's existance! I am 164 cm tall. And age 40.
What I do know is that I am healthy. I went to the doctor yesterday and even had an EKG because I want to run and I don't want to have a bad heart and drop dead. She said it was healthy. So I am happy and I will commence training to run the Freihofer's in June.
Lastly, size 10 pants are tight! When it's no fun to wear jeans, you know you're too fat!
I'm eating South Beach and on phase I today, as I type!
I weigh 73.2 kilos! This is the upper range of my body's existance! I am 164 cm tall. And age 40.
What I do know is that I am healthy. I went to the doctor yesterday and even had an EKG because I want to run and I don't want to have a bad heart and drop dead. She said it was healthy. So I am happy and I will commence training to run the Freihofer's in June.
Lastly, size 10 pants are tight! When it's no fun to wear jeans, you know you're too fat!
I'm eating South Beach and on phase I today, as I type!
Opening Disclaimer
This is a diet blog. It's for me to write about diet, exercise, and health. I'll repeat: It's for me! So with that in mind, if this blog bores you, please remember: It's for me!
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