Monday Long Weekend!!

Ahhhh Long weekends are the best.  

Yesterday we had a big night with friends over and lots of food.  I need to make a better plan before we do that again, I don't need to eat 3.5 slices of pizza.  that is just crazy talk.

Today has been better.  Food is good.  I got convinced to go out for lunch again, which was poor on my part, but I'm not going to let that ruin my day.  She did try to get me to go out for dinner with them again this evening, but I told her that my diet doesn't allow for eating out that much in one day, so we would have to pass.  Felt quite proud of that actually.

I have 50lbs to go right now, and that's a big goal for 3 months. I can't be waisting it on eating out when we have a fridge full of great veggies that we bought yesterday!

Husbeast is at the office today, so I'll be making dinner and I'm about to go have a shower when this is done. 

I walked the dog for 30minutes at a good clip this morning. Hip is feeling good.  No soreness from the walking.   I then did my weights for the day.  Very proud.

Bent over row:
right arm: 3 sets 10 reps
left arm: 3 sets 10 reps
Military press
right arm: 3 sets 5 reps, 7 reps, 8 reps
left arm: 3 sets  5 reps, 7 reps, 8 reps
Upright row - 2 handed:
3 sets - 10 reps
Bicep curls:
right arm: 3 sets 4 reps
left arm: 3 sets 4 reps

I have my food planned out for the day, so I'm going to post it now so that I don't have to worry - this IS what I'm going to do for the day and that is that.

****O.M.G.  I just went to the website for La Mad and looked at the calories.  Sweet zombie jebuz, good think I worked out today.   That... is crazy.   I'm going to have to really buckle down this week.  REALLY.BUCKLE.DOWN.   Yeah, eating out is just really not worth it at all.


 Food:
bfast (370)
2 packages better oats - 340
coffee- 30
lunch (1625)
"La Madeline" cup of Tomato soup - 270
Spinach quiche - 1010
bread - 100
butter - 45
lemon tart - 200
snack (30)
coffee - 30
dinner (702)
1c rice - 242
2c "Tammys Dog food" - 460*

total calories: 2,697

*Tammy's dog food is - 2 onions, 1 pkg Jennie O ground turkey (97/3), pepper, taco seasoning, 3c frozen mixed veg. Looks horrible, tastes great!!!

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!

Valentines Day!! I got MEAT!!

Ahhh today, the day of lovers.... The day of chocolate.....  The day of MEAT!!!!!!

I got a lovely card, a gift card to DSW, and dinner.... cooked at home with me and the hubby this evening, and he knows how to cook!!  Some really nice surf and turf.  Grassfed beef sirloin, and atlantic salmon.   YUM!!!!

That was followed with some (nasty) low fat ice cream with cherries, and a few pieces of very nice dark chocolate.

I was supposed to get back on the running wagon, and I didn't. Tomorrow I'm going to have to give'er on the make-up run and start back into my weights.  Yikes!   I better get some good rest.

Okay, food today:

Bfast (580)
1 pkg better oats - plum spice - 170
1/2c raw oats - 150
coffee - 30
Apple Cinn Chiobani greek yogurt - 120
1 small cupcake - 65
1 sm bite fudge - 45
Lunch (713)
2 eggs - 156
green onion - 5
cheese - 160
2 tortillas - 300
1/2c salsa - 20
1 slice bread - 50
1/2T icbinb - 22
Snack (345)
5 raw almonds - 35
Redenbokers lime salt mini bag popcorn - 220
Diet Dr. Pepper - 0
2x small Fudge - 90
Dinner (500)
3c mixed salad - 20
1T dressing - 35
4oz Salmon (no skin) - 233
4oz Steak - 212
dessert (374)
1.25c low fat ice cream - 74  (wow it was really NOT great).
1/2c cherries - 100
3 pc chocolate - 200

Total Calories:  2,513

G.D.  I'm pleased with this.   I had a couple of not great moments with the valentines fudge at my desk, but dinner was amazing, and I thought that with all the little indulgences that I would be WAY up there.   Meat to the rescue.  

Note to self:  THIS IS NOT A LICENSE TO EAT CRAP.   Give it a rest for the remainder of the week.

Tomorrow I have to get back into lifting and running.  Then I can really start to enjoy myself.

Meatless Monday Night Dinner!

Food for today was pretty great!  Tonight, I got in a walk with the dog and Husbeast.  I need to start up with the weights again.  I'm slightly scared, considering what I did to my hip, but I think that at the end of this week I should make it a goal to get at least 1 workout in.

I need another good nights sleep, it's nice and chilly tonight, which means I get to snuggle up under the covers and put my icy fingers under the Husbeast to leech heat from him.  Happy life!!!  :D

I indulged this afternoon. There were home-made cookies put on my desk.  I went and made my oatmeal and told myself that if I could eat all my oatmeal, and still desiring the cookie, that I could have a couple.  Which was three.  

Tonight's dinner was amazing. I actually didn't feel hungry for the rest of the night and the afternoon after my snacks.   So I'm really pleased that the calorie count for today is down.  I'm listening a little bit more to the body!!!  Go Me!

Also, I'm REALLY happy about having a larger breakfast, I think that this is helping, so I'm going to keep it up.  I was going to have another yogurt for dessert tonight, but I totally forgot about it!

Food:
bfast (520)
Egg cheese biscuit
Chiobani - Blood Orange - greek yogurt - 140
Coffee - 30
lunch (497)
Which Wich - Buffalo chicken! My fav (no cheese) - 497
Diet Dr. Pepper - 0
Snack(470)
1 package Better oats - blueberry - 170
1/2c nude oats - 150
3 chocolate chip cookies - 150
Dinner (347)
1 lrg sweet potato - 162
1T icbinb - 45
18 asparagus - 60
1c mixed veg - 80

Calories today: 1,834


PONY of THE DAY!!!  I did this for you and me, Icelandic pony!!! 

courtesy of this site

Sunday foods

ug.    best laid plans get shot to hell.  Food was horrible,  I stayed away from all the sodas, but the chips, sweets and crackers got me.   Fug.  The Husbeast and I did get in a very good brisk 3 mile walk with the dog after we got home and that really helped.

Breakfast was amazing.  Orange Polentina.... YUM, we used zero fat yogurt instead of the cheese, and about a quarter of the honey it called for.  Yummy and sweet enough.

So I'll just get to it.  Food today:

bfast(525)
orange polentina - 300
coffee - 30
2 slices bread - 100
1T peanut butter - 95
snack (220)
16 wheat thins (reduced fat) - 130
1T low fat cream cheese - chive - 70
coffee - 20
lunch (848)
6oz chicken - 223
2oz stuffing - 320
1/2c mashed potato - 100
cucumber salad - 75
16 wheat thins - 130
snack (455)
1 med Cherry Tart - 300
1 lrg cake ball - 55
15 chips - 100
dinner (448)
1 can Amy's tomato bisque - 218
1 slice bread - 50
1 Jenni-O spicy italian sausage - 160
3T mustard - 20

Total calories: 2,496

amazing what out of control, mindless eating can do.   Sad, truly.  I'm sorry Ponies.  I'm going to do better this week!

Celebration of a single sausage

yes... that is right.  I'm celebrating a sausage.   Last night the Husbeast and I talked about what we were going to have for dinner.  We settled on bubble and squeak (potatoes, kale and cabbage) and sausages.   Yes...sausageS!   Until this morning when I took them out of the freezer and glanced at the calories, so that I could plan my day and saw that a SINGLE SAUSAGE was 360 calories.   Sweet zombie jebuz.   That's my entire breakfast!! 

So I said, "Self, you can do this, but only if you have 1 sausage".  I am unhappy to admit that typically it was 2.5 sausages... which is a gut expanding 900 calories.  Tammy... you didn't get to 300lbs by eating carrots and celery...where did you think that it came from??

So, I planned my meals out in the morning and saw that I was going to have to be very good all day if I was even going to be able to eat my single sausage.

And I was!!!!!

I would also like to note "to self" that I wore a pair of pants that I had been previously avoiding without admitting why (didn't fit) and today, they buttoned up comfortabley.  There you go.

Food today:

bfast
Egg, cheese & biscuit - 350
Coffee - 30
lunch
2 better oats packages (Chai & Cin spice) - 340
1/4c plain oats - 75
coffee - 30
snack
3 m&m's - 30 
dinner
1c savoy cabbage (steamed) - 34
1c Kale (steamed) - 17
1 tsp icbinb - 23
1 Itallian spicy sausage - 360
1T HP sauce - 60
2 med Red potatoes - 308
Coke Zero (mini) - 0

Total: 1,657

WOOWOO!!!!!   I had a single sausage for dinner and I'm proud.  That single sausage did just fine. I didn't die of starvation (what?!) and it was delish and the right portion and it filled me up.

Here is to changing behaviors.

Exercise:

This was not as good today. I've been foot sore, hip sore, tired and lack luster all day and last night.  I skipped my weights today and opted for a light walk with the dog, and I'm going to go and do some stretching, then read and hope to be asleep before 10.30 tonight. 

Running tomorrow!  Going to be good and rested!  

Meatless Monday, Weights & Weigh In

MEATLESS Monday!   I come home at lunch and watch The Chew most days - it is bliss being so close to the office.  Today they had meatless monday as the theme and it fit well into today's eating, so we decided to skip the meat tonight at dinner to round out the day as veggie only.

After work I got in a 20min walk with the dog, and then hit my weights program.  I was determined to get in three sets.  AND I DID!!

Set 1.
10 sumo squats with KB between legs /crunches - 50
15 KB swings / planks - 15 count
10 KB High Clean pulls - Right arm /wall sits - 25 count
10 KB High Clean pulls - Right arm / push ups - 20

Set 2.10 sumo squats with KB between legs / crunches - 40
15 KB swings / planks - 12 count
10 KB High Clean pulls - Right arm / wall sits - 25 count
10 KB High Clean pulls - Right arm / push ups - 20

Set 3.10 sumo squats with KB between legs / crunches - 50
15 KB swings / planks - 12 count
10 KB High Clean pulls - Right arm / wall sits - 25 count
10 KB High Clean pulls - Right arm / push ups - 20

And here I am... all done and sweaty.

 

The dog was less impressed......




















Food was much better today,  ate well, and enjoyed my food, but didn't feel panicy or like I needed to consume more.  I saw the treats that were out on my co-workers desk, but really didn't have much interest.  I was really busy today, so that always helps.

Food:

bfast
Liberte Yogurt - Apple Crisp - 270
Coffee x 2 - 60
lunch
5 Raw Almonds - 35
1/2 box Toasted Pine nut couscous - 345
1/2c curry lentil soup - 150
Edemame - 55
Snack
Better Oats oatmeal - 160
dinner
1/2 box WW Penne pasta - 300
Pasta sauce - 70
1/4c carrots - 13
1/4c onion - 17
1/4c mushroom - 4
1T ice cream - 25
1T baileys liquor - 24
Total: 1,528
Weigh In:

The good stuff.... I weighed in this morning with low expectations, that were not unfounded.  My feet and hands were puffy, I was retaining water from all the salt that I had on Saturday and Sunday and I could feel it.  My feet were swollen all day today in fact, it wasn't until I finished my weights that I finally felt mostly normal.

1-23-2012 - 306.6 lbs

I'm excited for next week though - I think that it will be a significant loss, I'm wearing my favorite hoodie right now and it feels a looser, so there are things afoot!!

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.

Phew...Friday

I'm very happy to have made it through today.  Fridays are tough around the old office.  The Husbeast and I discussed weights... since neither of us would bend over to pick up a $100 bill right now, we gave ourselves tonight off from the new "program" of weights. 

However, we will do it tomorrow, and promised to get a better warm up in before just flinging ourselves into it.  This soreness is criminal.

I have my C25K running tomorrow, and I know the dog is looking forward to it!  I'll do that, take the Husbeast out for a 5min warm up and we will hit the weights.  Tomorrow will be good.

Food today is okay.   I ended up being tempted into eating 5 m&m's for my afternoon snack.  Honestly, I was hungry when I got home, but the snack-attack I had early today totally passed and I didn't need anything.  Yay. Small step.

Had 5 almonds when I got home, and then we walked the dog for 20min.  Husbest wanted pizza, so we went out for one of my fav's - whole wheat pizza with spinach, tomatoes, and feta.  So awesome....SO.MUCH.SPINACH.  I feel (almost) good about eating it!  We shared a greek salad to start and had waters. 

Total food today:

bfast
egg & cheese biscuit - 350
coffee - 30
lunch
Which Wich - buffalo chicken 7inch sammich - 479 (YUM and jimminy cheepers under 500!!!!!!)
  - no cheese, wheat bread, buffalo chicken, yellow mustard, Buffalo sauce, horseradish, red onion,
  lettuce, tomato, pepperocinis, cucumber, bell peppers, black olives)
Diet coke
Snack (3pm)
5 Milk Chocolate/Cinnamon M&M's - 35
Snack 2 (5pm)
5 Raw almonds - 35
Dinner
1/2 greek salad - 215
Spinach, Tomato & Feta pizza on WW crust, 3 slices - 508
1/2c egg nog ice cream (F*ck I am weak) - 160

Total today: 1,812

Weights Wednesday!

First off, food was a good deal better today.  More on that later.

Bed too late last night, I'm going to be tucked in and reading before 10 tonight.   Have my water and am ready to hit the hay now.

Today's exercise was with my 25lb kettle bell and my Husbeast.  He is a big boy, and he has some weight to lose as well.  Of course he is going to kick the ass out of dropping 20lbs before I can even turn around and get a sniff at a 5lb loss.  No fair .... stupid male testosterone.  Side note.   Is anyone else out there finding that testosterone underarm "deodorant" stick commercial as hilarious as I do??  I can just see some mom yelling...."STAY OUT OF DADDY'S ARMPIT THERE ARE DRUGS IN THERE!!!!".    haha crazy ol world.

Okay.... workout. So we worked one on and one off.   While one was working with the KB, the other was doing some other exercise - just knocking out as many as you could in the time it took the other to finish the KB exercise. 

Each KB exercise took about 30-45 seconds (guestimate), so that was a damn long plank and wallsit, just saying!!!  I was tired and sweaty when we were done.  Also, in hindsight, we are going to need to walk the dog first, or get some sort of warm up, it was hard to just jump right to it.

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

Set 2
10 sumo squats with KB between legs
crunches
15 KB swings
planks
10 KB High Clean pulls - Right arm
wall sits
10 KB High Clean pulls - Right arm
push ups

Walked the dog - 15-20 min.

Legs are feeling it for sure. More stretching tonight before bed and some rest is going to be excellent.

Food:

Bfast

Better oats maple & bs oatmeal package x2 – 320

Coffee 2 creamers 1T – 30
Lunch
Subway ft long – wheat bread, roasted chicken, shredded cheese, ranch, mustard, veg – 554
2/3 can of Diet Coke - afternoon "pick me up"
NO CANDY OR CHOCOLATE!!!!!!!!!
Dinner:
1/2 plain roasted chicken (9oz meat and yes...i ate the skin) - 480
1/2 bag steamer peas - 121
1t icbinb - 45
1/2 c Pumpkin ice cream (all gone now, and not getting anymore) - 160*
5 almonds - 35

Total calories: 1,745

*happily checked the label and 1/2 a cup is actually 160 not 260 as I posted yesterday.  :)