Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy

I'm down a pound from last week - WHOO-HOO!!!

Planning a day's meals definitely helped. I was NOT perfect by any means, but at least I was in the ballpark with what I consumed.

Will I be jounaling meals this week? Um, no. I want to just relax and enjoy. What I do plan to do is get those fruits and veggies in between bites of sweets. Exercise will evolve around chasing my kids outside, inside if it continues raining.

As is everyone, I'm feeling a bit busy, so I will be offline for a while. See you guys in the New Year!

Merry Christmas! Happy Hanukkah! Happy Kwanzaa! Happy Life!

Planning for tomorrow

Tomorrow's a tad busy, so I'm trying to plan ahead. Hopefully, I'll stick to the plan:

Food:

• breakfast: 1 c. Total Raisin bran and skim milk (250)
• snack: small orange (85), cheese (100)
  
• lunch: ? mall food, let's hope I'm smart (MizFit has motivated me to figure this out ahead, so I will - one slice of Sbarro tomato/basil pizza - 700)
  
• dinner: 4 oz pork tenderloin (140), 1/2 c. rice pilaf (100), steamed carrots (50)
• snack? we'll see how bad the mall goes
• total: 1415 - looks like I can snack on something after dinner, I'm thinking one cookie and one cup skim milk (250). So new total: 1665
  

Activity: strength training and aerobics

Hm, gotta keep trying

Ok, so yesterday was a huge disaster. Oh sure, I exercised, I journaled, but did I stick to the food plan? Hell no. Don't know what happened, but I completely lost all will power. I made oatmeal raisin cookies and ate at least a dozen. No, I'm not giving up, just feel at a loss.

Today, I didn't journal, but at least the cookie intake was down to two. Whew. And the rest of the meals were on the healthy end of the spectrum.

So I'm taking a moment to plan TOMORROW:

Activity: strength training/aerobics

Food:

• breakfast: banana (140), toast w/no sugar jam (160)
  
• snack: small orange (85), 2 small oatmeal cookies (300)
  
• lunch: chicken soup (220)
  
• snack: popcorn (240)
• dinner: HC turkey meal (280)
  
• snack: 2 chocolate cookies (300), 1 c. skim milk (90)
• total: 1815
  

Getting It Under Control

So, being busy is my excuse for not blogging/journaling/exercising. Hopefully with this effort put forth now, I'll get the health side of my life back under control.

Today's weight: 158, up 3 1/2 pounds since I last officially weighed in on Oct. 21. Not too bad, but I really don't want the weight to keep creeping up on me.

Weekly goals:

1. exercise - actually schedule it for Tues. (today), Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday
2. Journal foods
3. Keep daily calories in the 1500-1800 range (trying to be realistic w/holiday baking and partying)
   

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Today's exercise: cardio/strength training (DVD: Women's Health: Ultimate Fat Burn!)

Food:

• preworkout banana (140)
• breakfast: yogurt (100), toast w/no sugar jam (160)
• snack: small orange (85)
• lunch: tomato soup (220)
• snack: popcorn (240)
• dinner: lettuce/cucumber/tomato salad with salsa (80), green chili/chicken tamale (310), 1/2 c. rice (100)
• snack: 2 oatmeal raisin cookies (240), 1 c. skim milk (90)
• total: 1765 (amazing how quickly those calories add up!)
  

Today's activity: cardio/strength training (DVD: Women's Health: Ultimate Fat Burn!)

Food:

• breakfast: 2 slices toast w/no sugar apricot jam (150)
• snack: banana (140)
• lunch: turkey/ham sandwich (300), carrots (50), grapes (50)
  
• snack: apple (100), yogurt (100)
  
• dinner: salad (100); 1 cup rotini w/ground beef, onion, mushrooms, marinara sauce (400); broccoli (50)
• snack:
• total: 1420

Food:

• 1 c. Total Raisin bran and skim milk (250)
• snack: banana (140)
• lunch: turkey/ham sandwich (300)
• snack: yogurt (100), grapes (50)
• dinner: salad (100); 1 cup rotini w/ground beef, onion, mushrooms, marinara sauce (400)
  
• snack: ice cream (300)
  
• total: 1640

Weekly Check-In

Down 1/2 a pound. I really don't know how that's possible considering I ate and ate and ate. I did exercise, so that may be my saving grace.

I need to be more disciplined and keep track of daily eating and exercise. I keep saying this and not doing it. Let's hope this week I will do it.


Today's activity: cardio/strength training (Women's Health: Ultimate Fat Burn! with Amy Dixon)

Food:

• breakfast: 2 scrambled eggs (200), toast w/no sugar jam (100)
• snack: banana (140), yogurt (100)
  
• lunch: sandwich (300), grape tomatoes (50)
• snack: apple (100)
• dinner: bun (100), 1/2 c. pulled pork (200?)
• snack: small movie popcorn (600), diet coke
  
• total: 1890