Mid-week slump / C2 5K - W3D1

I turned the frown upside down today.  This was not a great morning for me, ass earlier post, but then I managed to get through it. I went into the building stairwell - run up a flight of stairs, walked down and thought good thoughts!

The real bad news.... I did my Week 3 Day 1 of the Couch to 5K today. Finished and came into the house and realized that my hip was totally screwed again. Its like it was a week and a half ago.  I don't know what it is. Maybe its the pavement - I didn't seem to have this big an issue with it when I'm running on the dirt.  I did 3mile on Sunday night (walking) and it was fine. 

So, I'm going to take this as a sign that running in the 'hood is not going to happen for me, until I get a little lighter, stronger and fitter.   I`ve got to make a change, and that is that I'm going to have to go to the gym, or go to the park.  I know which one the dog would like better!  

Okay - food:

bfast (520)
egg cheese biscuit - 350
coffee - 30
Chiobani lemon yogurt - 140
lunch (503)
3 slices double fiber bread - 150
4 slices swiss cheese - 280
1 lr tomato - 33
1T mayo - 40
Snack (480)
hot chocolate satchel - 110
Coffee - 30
Oatmeal packages x2 - 340
Dinner (385)
6oz ground lean turkey w/ tagine spiced - 213
3/4c Mixed veggies - 60
1/2c onion - 12
1/2 acorn squash - 100

total calories today:  1,888

TODAY I HAD NO CANDY!!!!!!!   Victory for me.. and you Icelandic Pony(ies) of the Day!

Couch 2 5K - Day 5

My running buddy is sick so I was on my own for this one. 

I ended up running an extra set (1.5min running, 2min walking). I thought that I might have "fat fingered" the screen  accidentally because I was behind where I would normally be when finishing.  After the extra set was done, I remembered that I had to do a 1 block detour at the start, so I was actually ahead!  All Good!

Distance today was 3.05km!   Not too shabby.   However, my left hip is killing me. :(  Ahh the life of joints on an obese person - they are bearing load for the weight of two right now, and this hip is just not happy.   Of course, riding a desk all day as a job is not helpful.   I've got to get it stretched out and I am getting aggressive on the foam roller tonight!!!

I'm going to give the glutes and IT Band a good going over and that should help a lot.  Also...Hello Ibuprofen my sweet sweet lover.  Come to Tammy.

Food today was good today.   I'm really pleased with my more conscious eating, particularly at the office and in the evenings.  No mindless grazing.

Food:

bfast
Liberte yogurt - strawberry - 270
coffee - 30
Lunch (yesterdays dinner leftovers)
1c savoy cabbage (steamed) - 34
1c Kale (steamed) - 17
1 Italian spicy sausage - 360
1T HP sauce - 60
2 med Red potatoes - 308
1 Coke Zero (mini) - 0
Snack
coffee - 30
3 gummies - 30
Dinner
1 can Amy's tomato bisque - 360
4 slices Natures Own double fiber bread - 200
2 slices Provolone cheese - 160
1T icbinb - 45

Total calories: 1,904

About 100 calories more then I was aiming for, but I'm very pleased with my choices today.  It wasn't burgers and chips.  I was thinking of only having a single sandwich with my soup, but I was actually hungry, so I had two.  Next time I'll make three and split one with the Husbeast.   Why didn't I think of THAT earlier.   rawr.   Time to get funky on the floor (after some blog reading!).

Couch 2 5K - Day 4

I was on my own today with the dog for my run, I thought about it all afternoon, and made excuses for why I wasn't going to do it...I'll do stairs...I'll do more on the weekend... I'll ...bargain my way into being fat forever.  NO!

I came home. I ran. I feel great!

funny that, isn't it.  I completed 2.80 km.

Food today was excellent...it was the day of the buffalo chicken. I'm in the mood for hot today for some reason.

bfast:
2 packages better oats (chia spice & cinnamon spice) - 340
coffee - 30
lunch
Which Wich - buffalo chicken 7inch sammich - 479
  - no cheese, wheat bread (toasted), buffalo chicken, yellow mustard, Buffalo sauce, horseradish, red onion, lettuce, tomato, pepperocinis, cucumber, bell peppers, black olives)
Diet Dr. Pepper - 0
Snack
1 package better oats (cinnamon plum spice!) - 170
10 M&M's - 70
Dinner
5oz skinless boneless breat meat (grilled) - 214
2T Franks Red Hot Wing sauce - 0
4 med beets roasted - 88
1/2 c cauliflower - 13
1T EVOO (from the roasting) - 120
2oz fresh squeezed oj - 28

Total: 1,552

Dinner was so excellent that I had to take a picture.  I'm looking forward to cooking all the dinners this week with our groceries from last Saturday.   So many yummy veg! 

Today's 1,552. Totally awesome.  Weighed in this morning at 304.4lbs.  Felt great about that.  My ankles are still puffy, I'm thinking that my body is adjusting to all this exercise and they are particularly cranky (old injuries).   So I'm feeling good.   Really Good! 

YEAH!!!!!!

Couch 2 5 K - Day 3

I made it to Saturday morning.  and I've already done a days with of chores and its only noon.  

8.30am we dropped the car off for a service and upgrade for some recall that needed doing.  The Husbeast and I went off to the HEB for an early morning shop for the next 10-12 days of food.  Its so much less savage in there with fewer people.

Beets, cabbage, onions, potatoes, oranges, onions, kale, acorn squash, spaghetti squash, ground turkey (2 pks), hot sausage (1pk), shrimp, provalone & sharp chedder sliced cheese, better oats oatmeal packages (5 boxes various...spiced plum is one of my favs! if you haven't tried it), frozen mixed veg, frozen brussel sprouts steamers (2), flavored couscous packages (4), pasta sauce (2), whole wheat pasta, whole wheat gnocchi, heinz beans (3), Amys tomato bisque soup (4), Natural Peanut butter, TP, ibuprofen, kitchen sponge (2), gluclosamine. 

A couple of other things I can't remember... $152.00... not too shabby. 

Evening meals planned for this weekend and coming week:
bubble and squeek with sausage (mashed potato with chopped cooked cabbage and kale)
Couscous & acorn squash
Spaghetti Squash, pasta sauce with ground turkey
Beans & toast
Soup & grilled cheese
"jacket potatoes" stuffed with tuna and mixed veg
gnocchi and pasta sauce
Couscous with shrimp & brussel sprouts
Tammys "dog food".  Sauteed ground turkey, chopped onion with taco seasoning with frozen mixed veg over rice.
Pasta with sauce & brussel sprouts

Need to stop and get some more eggs and bread... they were forgotten and I love eggs, beans and toast for lunches.

Running:

Got home and called my running buddy, was over there at 10 and we did day three of the couch 2 5K.  Running portion - 2.52km. Walking extra 1.6km.  Total of 4.12km for me today.

It's just so much easier to get out and do it when there is someone to go with. I'm still enjoying it. I know that its going to get harder, I just have to keep reminding myself that it is not supposed to be easy.  Just get out and do it.


Weights:
YES!!!!!  I did it!!! 

Set 1.
10 sumo squats with KB between legs
crunches - 40
15 KB swings
planks - 10 count
10 KB High Clean pulls - Right arm
wall sits - 20 count
10 KB High Clean pulls - Right arm
push ups - 15

Set 2
10 sumo squats with KB between legs
crunches - 40
15 KB swings
planks - 10 count
10 KB High Clean pulls - Right arm
wall sits - 21 count
10 KB High Clean pulls - Right arm
push ups - 20
I was puffing and sweaty when this was done.  The dog eyeballed me the whole time like I was a crazy person.  I'm not sure how I feel about an audience right now!  LOL

okay - lunch is calling and I'll put my food in later today when its all done.

Couch 2 5K - Day 2

Day 2 - Made it without any problems!   I think the run has helped, my legs have been on fire all day, but I'm feeling better now.  The kettle bell had the desired effect and I am feeling it.  I can't wait to look back at this day months from now and LARF out loud at how weak I am right now.   

I had a number of temptations today, and I managed to say no to them all.  Very pleased.   My co-worker is a little woman that ALWAYS has candy, chocolate and cookies etc etc on her desk. People are always stopping in and munching.  I just didn't look today. 

No point in oogling what I can't have don't want.

Got home in good time and climbed upstairs to get changed.   Today's run was actually really excellent.  Day 2, so its not like we are going MILES but we were chatty, the dog was good(he always is though), and the time went by fast. We were getting a little sweaty and tired at the end.  Just what we needed.

We covered a total distance of 2.99km (1.86miles).

Day 1 -3 are the same:

Brisk five-minute warmup walk. Then alternate 60 seconds of jogging and 90 seconds of walking for a total of 20 minutes.Five min cool-down.

Food today was good (as stated earlier!):

Bfast

Liberte Greek Yogurt/Blackberry – 270

Coffee with creamer – 30
Lunch

PB&J Sammich x 2

    Natures Own Double Fiber bread x 4 slices 200

    2T Natural peanut butter - 210

    1.5T raspberry jam – 150

3T leftover Turkey pasta sauce - 200

Afternoon snack

Plum spice oatmeal package – 160
Dinner

Ground turkey meatloaf 6oz – 375

2T HP sauce - 60

Brussle sprouts – 90

1/2 T Icbinb - 23
5 raw almonds - 35

Total: 1,803

I'm happy with that!   Okay - so I have to get on finding a fat pic that I can use.  This is going to be difficult as I typically avoid cameras like vampires avoid toothpicks.  But I keep seeing all the successful bloggers and their amazing pre-post transformations.   So I want that too!   I will set myself to the task.

Couch 2 5K - Day 1

Can I just say that I LOVE the iPhone Couch 2 5k app! It's the bomb. Best 99cents I've spent on an app. You get to choose your "trainer".  We had Sargent Block! LOL   Listen up maggots, you are going to run! 

Day 1 is done.  It was easier then I thought, but I'm pretty sure that it is going to get harder fast.   I did have a friend to jog with, and the talking and shared suffering makes it easier.    I also had a friend "phone in", she did her day 1 with us, on a treadmill in another city!   Ah technology, how far we have come.  We started our apps at the same time and she called in to report on her run after.  

I know the workout is good when the dog snoozes extra hard through the Biggest Loser episode. 

I'm tired and a little sore. I am going to stretch before bed right after I'm done here.

Eating today... fair to middling.  I did good on food until the afternoon.  I hadn't had enough water and started fading... had some sugary snacks.  Tomorrow - H2O is first thing on the list of things to get in the morning.  Fill the bottle and sit it on the desk.

Tomorrow is my kettle bell work-out.  I'll fill in the details then.  Now, time to finish my water, get rolled out, and get to bed.   I have a few books on the go and need to get some reading in before lights out.


Food:
eggs & cheese biscuit - 350
Coffee with 1T creamer - 20

1 can heinz beans - 244
2 eggs - 147
2T HP sauce - 30
2 slices bread - 100 (Natures own - double fiber)

4 rolos - 105
1 bag snapea crisps - 450
2 sour gummies - 33

1 can Amy's tomato soup - 260
4 slices bread - 200
3 slices swiss cheese - 319
1T  icbinb - 45
1/2c pumpkin ice cream - 260

total calories: 2,563

I need to get that down by about 750. I would like to get between 1,500 - 1,800 calories a day.  If I hadn't had those damn snacks... I would have been pretty close for the day.  

Wow, I was totally NOT going to track my calories.   This little late night brain exercise was good.  CLEARLY... I'm fat because I eat too much and this is a prime example. Unitl I wrote this out, I was thinking that I did REALLY GOOD...  but no, I have really good denial of how much I eat.  Add brutal snacking habits to that and here we are 300+ lbs.

Did I REALLY need TWO grilled cheese sandwiches with my soup for dinner?  I don't think so.  In fact, I'm still full now, and its hours later.

Food for thought Tammy. You have to start regulating AT the meal time.

Tomorrow I will do better.