cal 1013
flu 136
ex cyc 20min
fp day 8
Saturday, February 12, 2011
Day 6/P5 40 pounds!!!
Today I passed 40 pounds. It's been almost 3 years since I last weighed this and with one more pound i will equal the low point of my last at all successful try. That one got derailed when my cat unexpectedly died and I turned to comfort foods......I now accept that the food will not make any bad things better and I hope that I have some control of the emotional eating. I rewarded myself for this milestone which i consider a big one by eating on program and thinking about buying a glider. I'll see how Karen likes hers but i need a non-impact cardio other than my bike. My right knee with the torn meniscus and messed up ligament has been aching all day....glad its rest day and if it's not better I will do ST tomorrow and rest it a bit longer. I think the walk/jog is out for good, i may be able to walk a bit when it calms down but i will go back to biking first.
Today I did day 5 fp. Went ahead and got the pizza from the local Italian rest so the crust was so much better. Now I have to look at left overs in the ref. I did like today with egg and wholewheat eng muffin. I have been getting hungry after lunch so may have to eat dinner earlier or if there is salad my have to eat part earlier. I want to try staying as close to the layout as i can for another week before i move some of the food around a bit...will try to keep the day the same but may move some salad to lunch and decrease the amount at dinner....or may add a salad to lunch without any dressing to bulk it up a bit....but this was more salad at dinner than i really wanted but i was so hungry that i inhaled the 1st half which i don't like to do.
Fish is going to a problem until i can shop in the city. I have now been to all 3 stores in town, one only had breaded fish, and the other 2 have van camps pkg with sauce and seasoning....i decided to go with the blackened seasoning which had a reasonable cal count so i can do one of those days. Also i made sp sauce last week but decided to just buy some....the best with no junk on the list was $9 a bottle so decided on a brand I've had before for $2. I drove my spouse crazy looking at 20 different jars and then after deciding which one i wanted looked at the price and changed my mind......I felt like consumers reports...this is a best buy and will hopefully taste fine. Picked up some sweet potatoes and more tuna and salad stuff.
Looking forward to seeing how everyone did.....group success is a blast.
Today I did day 5 fp. Went ahead and got the pizza from the local Italian rest so the crust was so much better. Now I have to look at left overs in the ref. I did like today with egg and wholewheat eng muffin. I have been getting hungry after lunch so may have to eat dinner earlier or if there is salad my have to eat part earlier. I want to try staying as close to the layout as i can for another week before i move some of the food around a bit...will try to keep the day the same but may move some salad to lunch and decrease the amount at dinner....or may add a salad to lunch without any dressing to bulk it up a bit....but this was more salad at dinner than i really wanted but i was so hungry that i inhaled the 1st half which i don't like to do.
Fish is going to a problem until i can shop in the city. I have now been to all 3 stores in town, one only had breaded fish, and the other 2 have van camps pkg with sauce and seasoning....i decided to go with the blackened seasoning which had a reasonable cal count so i can do one of those days. Also i made sp sauce last week but decided to just buy some....the best with no junk on the list was $9 a bottle so decided on a brand I've had before for $2. I drove my spouse crazy looking at 20 different jars and then after deciding which one i wanted looked at the price and changed my mind......I felt like consumers reports...this is a best buy and will hopefully taste fine. Picked up some sweet potatoes and more tuna and salad stuff.
Looking forward to seeing how everyone did.....group success is a blast.
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Day 4/P5 Not bad
Today on day4 i ate day 9. It was interesting....it didn't say how much cottage cheese so i picked 1/2 cup and turned it into "mock rice pudding". I weigh and measure most anything so i took a handful of nuts..weight 21/2 oz...put most back and ate 1 oz. Dinner was great and very filling. I saved my butter from bk for my potato. I realized i hadn't had a pl baked pot since ...? I gen go with sweet pot these days and will prob use them most of the time but decided to enjoy the plain one tonight. The almond milk did not give me the GI problems but did affect my sugar so it will have to be used in limited amounts...but i did enjoy the taste of it. I will check out other brands to see what their carb/cal amts are. I could not do the tricep dips...i doubt i will be able to but will cont to try and may add atricep move i saw on the how to site while seeing how these were done. Love the extra support...its fun. Back to work tomorrow and may do either day2 or 5 tomorrow.
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Day 3/P5 Getting back on the horse
OK yesterday was a bad day for me. I was trying to get everything done at work and get some fresh stuff that i would need as we were supposed to get snowbound again. This resulted in my just grabbing something for a quick lunch while i was shopping. I am not saying what i ate but i got home from work and just kicked my arse around the house for a bit and decided what kind of fool was i trying to be. I've done great since starting in Oct why do i want to go backwards now? The snow was late ...it was supposed to start at 5pm but was stalled so when Ron got home i asked him to go shopping with me and he did. i made a quick list from the diet sheets and off we went. I rescued the day with salad and shrimp but between work, shopping and the cold all my joints were hurting and ex was not in the cards.
Today i went over the food pages, called my doctor who was also home due to the snow( we did get about 4-5 inches, but not the 10+....Kansas got that) and we went over what I can have what i can try to have and what is a definite no no. Just so you all know...Master Allan knows about this and I will send him another Email with some of what she said. Also I decided that i must track my cal and post them again along with fluids and exercise to keep me on track. I am not going to post my food as i don't want to confuse anyone else if they happen to see something that doesn't look right.
I decided to go with day 3 today and I am in the group of tuna lovers....I really enjoyed my lunch, supper not so much. I had some smart pasta...extra calcium and fiber....and decided to try it tonight neither my husband or I liked it, his ended up in the trash as did part of mine and the rest of the box. Back to healthy recipe, regular or whole wheat....oh well it was a good idea. I liked the salad combo but then again i like cabbage. I may make some of my sweet vinegar slaw and see how that works in the salad for an option.
What are you doing for a snack type cracker????? Also I'm planning on day 9 for tomorrow and how much cottage cheese. I think i may mix my fruit with it and use some mini rice crackers.
I have tried the str ex today done my walking and we're going to watch last nights biggest loser soon and i will bike to part of it
Keep up the good job challengers!!!
Today i went over the food pages, called my doctor who was also home due to the snow( we did get about 4-5 inches, but not the 10+....Kansas got that) and we went over what I can have what i can try to have and what is a definite no no. Just so you all know...Master Allan knows about this and I will send him another Email with some of what she said. Also I decided that i must track my cal and post them again along with fluids and exercise to keep me on track. I am not going to post my food as i don't want to confuse anyone else if they happen to see something that doesn't look right.
I decided to go with day 3 today and I am in the group of tuna lovers....I really enjoyed my lunch, supper not so much. I had some smart pasta...extra calcium and fiber....and decided to try it tonight neither my husband or I liked it, his ended up in the trash as did part of mine and the rest of the box. Back to healthy recipe, regular or whole wheat....oh well it was a good idea. I liked the salad combo but then again i like cabbage. I may make some of my sweet vinegar slaw and see how that works in the salad for an option.
What are you doing for a snack type cracker????? Also I'm planning on day 9 for tomorrow and how much cottage cheese. I think i may mix my fruit with it and use some mini rice crackers.
I have tried the str ex today done my walking and we're going to watch last nights biggest loser soon and i will bike to part of it
Keep up the good job challengers!!!
Monday, February 7, 2011
Day 1/phase 5 Emails
It was fun to get home from work and find all the emails. I read through them quickly and will look better and try to add the blogs later this week. I did my exercise but after a gimps jog x2 the last was a fast walk. Tomorrow I hope to do the ex and maybe a little cycle time as i didn't have time tonight. If we get the snow tomorrow night i may have some extra down time...which i really don't want but mother nature makes the decisions. I will have to go over the plan and make out a shopping list. I picked a day that sort of matched to some stuff i had and tried to do it. I do want to get as close as i can. I can't say that i mind the drop from 21 to 18 glasses as some days those last few were hard to do...other days the liquids were easy and i expect i will find the same thing this time. Looking forward to everyones success.
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Phase 5
Phase 5 starts tomorrow. New food, new exercise and some prizes as carrots in addition to a healthier us. I'm pulling for a couple of people to win these as i think they would really enjoy them and never get to do anything like the trip on their own. I'll be trying to do the exercise starting tomorrow. I looked over the food and there are a few days that i will only need to modify a little so i expect i will be eating them over and over. I will have to go shopping next weekend for the food so i'll get as close as i can with what i have in the house now. I'll have to show them to my doctor and i can already kind of guess what she will say about some of the days. I am wondering about almond milk...what effect it has on blood sugars, how lactase def people do on it and if it can be used. Soy milk turned out not to be any better for me than regular which surprised me. Ron just said that he might want to go shopping tomorrow night....which is both good and bad. I won't have time to get her input by then and I won't be able to buy some things, but i can at least get some salad things as i am down to a few soft tomatoes, baby carrots, and a few dried out looking green onions.
On the exercise front..I told her that Allan says it will get intense and we have decided that a visit to the cardiologist is in the near future for an echo and treadmill test. I had planned to get one this year due to my family history, but was hoping to be able to move better first but it has been decided to do it sooner.......wonder if i will be able to walk/run enough or whether he will make me do a chemical one...it will probably be nuclear so I wonder how much my part will be.
And it didn't snow today but they are saying it will wed so i think i need to move my hair and toes to next week if possible. I did take a pic of the scale today and will see if i can get it in here one day. Also will get help re changing out the phase.
PS my spell check won't work tonight so i hope its not too too bad.
On the exercise front..I told her that Allan says it will get intense and we have decided that a visit to the cardiologist is in the near future for an echo and treadmill test. I had planned to get one this year due to my family history, but was hoping to be able to move better first but it has been decided to do it sooner.......wonder if i will be able to walk/run enough or whether he will make me do a chemical one...it will probably be nuclear so I wonder how much my part will be.
And it didn't snow today but they are saying it will wed so i think i need to move my hair and toes to next week if possible. I did take a pic of the scale today and will see if i can get it in here one day. Also will get help re changing out the phase.
PS my spell check won't work tonight so i hope its not too too bad.
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