Doing pretty good! I have lost a pound since I have made sure to limit my portions (yay Zone!), not eat after 7pm, and make working out a priority.
On Tuesday I used the double stroller to take the kids and we walked to this nasty hill near out house, about a 1/2 mile away. I ran up it (with the stroller---hard!) as fast as I could, then walked down. Then I ran up it again....then, I walked and ran up it 2 more times. I also did 50 walking lunges on the way there. I am on a search for intense workouts I can do with the kids because, poo on them, I cannot do my regular workouts with them there. They get in the way.
Excited that a Crossfit style workout class is coming to Desert Sports and Fitness. They have childcare and I fully intend on signing up when get get back from vacation.
I went to the Tea and Treasures yesterday which was, lets not sugar coat it, a gluten fest. That's okay. I ate vegetables and dip. I was pretty nervous, so I didn't eat much of that anyway.
On the way home I went to Carl's Jr and got a lettuce burger. I love them.
Goals for today:
Work it out baby, short and intense. (That's what she said...)
Continue eating within the Zone parameters
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Annette's going to come back...
Sorry for the little vacation. We have had a lot of company over the last several days. I haven't been all that great but I certainly didn't return to my really horrible eating habits. Today I wasn't great either. I was super tired and very hungry all day. I had a medifast bar with coffee. Then for dinner I had spaghetti. For a snack I had a bowl of cereal and for dinner I've had 10 chicken nuggets I baked in the oven. I made broccoli but haven't eaten it yet. I know we have the little tea tomorrow so I may have some of the snacks but I will be good about my subsequent meals.
Amber--Day 15
So I did take my measurements, but since I am getting ready to start my period, I am going to take them again when I am done. I feel incredibly bloated today :(
Breakfast--two cups of coffee, scrambled eggs with a little cheese, mushrooms tomatoes and three slices of Pastrami diced up and mixed in. I may have eaten a kiwi, but that may have been yesterday and I didn't report it--I can't remember!
No morning snack
Lunch--4 rolled up pieces of lunch meat with a thin spread of cream cheese, a slice of avocado and the littlest bit of honey mustard and 5 baby bell peppers.
Afternoon snack-- 2.4 ounces of 73% dark chocolate with almonds, a small apple with almond butter
Dinner-- 4oz of white fish fillet cooked with butter and some seasonings , a large portion of steamed broccoli and a large salad topped with slivered almonds, some goat cheese, sliced peppers and mushrooms with balsamic vinegar.
Jon sat and ate a large bowl of ice cream in front of me tonight--it was well past my 7 o'clock time limit--watching him eat it made me hungry, so I had a small bowl of 2% plain greek yogurt (I like this one rather than full Greek yogurt because it is 22gms of protein a serving compared with 9 grams of protein for the full fat version) with 4 mini dried plums (no sugar added). Hope this late night eating doesn't set me back too much!
Thanks for coming back and your encouragement Lindsey! I am going to try to add some high intensity exercising into my day. I think it would help to get together for a few work outs so I can get a better idea of what I should be doing.
Breakfast--two cups of coffee, scrambled eggs with a little cheese, mushrooms tomatoes and three slices of Pastrami diced up and mixed in. I may have eaten a kiwi, but that may have been yesterday and I didn't report it--I can't remember!
No morning snack
Lunch--4 rolled up pieces of lunch meat with a thin spread of cream cheese, a slice of avocado and the littlest bit of honey mustard and 5 baby bell peppers.
Afternoon snack-- 2.4 ounces of 73% dark chocolate with almonds, a small apple with almond butter
Dinner-- 4oz of white fish fillet cooked with butter and some seasonings , a large portion of steamed broccoli and a large salad topped with slivered almonds, some goat cheese, sliced peppers and mushrooms with balsamic vinegar.
Jon sat and ate a large bowl of ice cream in front of me tonight--it was well past my 7 o'clock time limit--watching him eat it made me hungry, so I had a small bowl of 2% plain greek yogurt (I like this one rather than full Greek yogurt because it is 22gms of protein a serving compared with 9 grams of protein for the full fat version) with 4 mini dried plums (no sugar added). Hope this late night eating doesn't set me back too much!
Thanks for coming back and your encouragement Lindsey! I am going to try to add some high intensity exercising into my day. I think it would help to get together for a few work outs so I can get a better idea of what I should be doing.
Monday, March 21, 2011
Amber is Still My Hero
Yay! Amber is doing so good! I am glad she is taking it all so seriously. Go girl, go! Go! Can't wait to see the changes!
Lets see. I am pretty much the same. Just hanging out at a size 8, 153lbs. Quite frustrating actually. I, most likely, need to create a calorie deficit somewhere and start working out more faithfully. Unfortunately my body has lost all of the "no effort" body fat and now I actually have to TRY different things to lose weight. Imagine that.
I have exactly 14 days before we leave on vacation, and I am not so sure that I am going to be 145, unfortunately. My body is desperately clinging to 153lbs....let go! My ultimate goal is to be a size 6 and lose most of this post baby pooch. Anyway, so today I have started cutting back on the amount I eat. Honestly, I don't need as much food as I did pre-paleo. I am satisfied with much less these days so it shouldn't be hard.
So far today:
Breakfast-leftover porkchop (cooked in EV Olive Oil), coffee, cream and a little splenda. Yeah, weird.
Lunch-A few bites of roast chicken, maybe 2 oz? 1 orange, a bite of corn on the cobb...(shh!)
Dinner-Will be..Corned Beef and Cabbage w/ carrots
And this is it!
Workout--30 kettle bell swings, 100 jump ropes, 40 baby b goo weighted squats. Man, it is hard to have a solid workout with kids. Just sayin.
Lets see. I am pretty much the same. Just hanging out at a size 8, 153lbs. Quite frustrating actually. I, most likely, need to create a calorie deficit somewhere and start working out more faithfully. Unfortunately my body has lost all of the "no effort" body fat and now I actually have to TRY different things to lose weight. Imagine that.
I have exactly 14 days before we leave on vacation, and I am not so sure that I am going to be 145, unfortunately. My body is desperately clinging to 153lbs....let go! My ultimate goal is to be a size 6 and lose most of this post baby pooch. Anyway, so today I have started cutting back on the amount I eat. Honestly, I don't need as much food as I did pre-paleo. I am satisfied with much less these days so it shouldn't be hard.
So far today:
Breakfast-leftover porkchop (cooked in EV Olive Oil), coffee, cream and a little splenda. Yeah, weird.
Lunch-A few bites of roast chicken, maybe 2 oz? 1 orange, a bite of corn on the cobb...(shh!)
Dinner-Will be..Corned Beef and Cabbage w/ carrots
And this is it!
Workout--30 kettle bell swings, 100 jump ropes, 40 baby b goo weighted squats. Man, it is hard to have a solid workout with kids. Just sayin.
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Amber--Day 14 (I feel lonely on here)
So two full weeks of paleo and not one cheat. Amazing. And I feel great!
Today I had a latte with whole milk, two fried eggs and 1.5 pieces of bacon.
Lunch--4 meat and cheese rolls with a small chunk of creamcheese rolled up with lunch meat (Pastromi) an avocado slice and a little bit of spicy honey mustard (maybe a spot about the size of the end of a pencil eraser on each one). It was so tasty! I also had about 4 baby sweet peppers and 5 strawberries.
Snack--about 1/8 cup of cashews, a small apple diced up and two 1 inch squares of 60% cacao dark chocolate diced up and mixed together. Totally satisfied my chocolate craving.
Dinner--In&Out burger--cheese burger, grilled onions, lettuce, tomato and no sauce (wasn't sure if there was sugar in the sauce or not) and large bowl of steamed broccoli with some seasoning salt on it. I love steamed broccoli. Ollie told me it is funny that it tastes so good when it smells like toot when it is cooking :)
So on a non-food note--I miss you guys. I miss reading about what you are doing. It is encouraging to me. Please come back........
Today I had a latte with whole milk, two fried eggs and 1.5 pieces of bacon.
Lunch--4 meat and cheese rolls with a small chunk of creamcheese rolled up with lunch meat (Pastromi) an avocado slice and a little bit of spicy honey mustard (maybe a spot about the size of the end of a pencil eraser on each one). It was so tasty! I also had about 4 baby sweet peppers and 5 strawberries.
Snack--about 1/8 cup of cashews, a small apple diced up and two 1 inch squares of 60% cacao dark chocolate diced up and mixed together. Totally satisfied my chocolate craving.
Dinner--In&Out burger--cheese burger, grilled onions, lettuce, tomato and no sauce (wasn't sure if there was sugar in the sauce or not) and large bowl of steamed broccoli with some seasoning salt on it. I love steamed broccoli. Ollie told me it is funny that it tastes so good when it smells like toot when it is cooking :)
So on a non-food note--I miss you guys. I miss reading about what you are doing. It is encouraging to me. Please come back........
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Amber--Day 13
I did it! I resisted the donuts (although the smelled so good), the breakfast burrito and the buns on my hotdog and hamburger. The biggest temptation was to have a soda--It was hot and the thought of a cold soda was really tempting, but I didn't do it!
Today I ran my but off--literally! I definitely got some exercise in today! I took photos for each flight going out and we would have 4-5 planes on the runway at a time. I ran back an forth from plane to plane for 3 hours without a break. Then again for another 3 hours after about an hour break. I am sooooore tonight!
Breakfast was an apple with almond butter and an americano with whole milk.
I had a snack of cashews (two handfuls) and 5 prunes.
Lunch I had about 6 strawberries, 2-3 small sweet peppers, a cheese burger(No bun) and a hot dog(no bun). Neither tasted very good. One thing about paleo, I have really come to appreciate how food tastes. When you are eating for noureshment and not boredom, you appreciate what you put in your mouth. Life is too short to eat bad hamburgers! I am not sure what I would have done instead, but I would have rather had something thtat was enjoyable.
Dinner was taco salad. I skipped the chips, fished out the beans, and ate the meat with lettuce, tomato, bell peppers, about two table spoons of cheese and some sour cream. Super tasty and filling.
When I got home from the event, I had one square of dark chocolate as a reward for a job well done. Jon is currently sitting next to me eating ice cream and rather than wanting to cut him for tempting me, I am happy that my will power is continuing and this isn't a temptation to me. He must be psychic--he just asked me if I write about him on the blog :)
I am so thankful for this blog--it helps me to have a place to put my thoughts out, and reflect on what I am eating. It has helped to evaluate what I am eating and see my day to day food choices laid out. I am seeing a correlation between the days that I want snack at night and the days that I feel fine after eating my final meal. The days that I don't have a lot of fat I feel more snacky than those days that I include some fats to each meal that I eat. Interesting stuff.
Tomorrow I will be on two weeks of no cheats--this is amazing to me! I have never had this kind of will power. Praise God! I know it is HIM helping me make these healthy choices! It feels so much better to in control of my eating :)
Today I ran my but off--literally! I definitely got some exercise in today! I took photos for each flight going out and we would have 4-5 planes on the runway at a time. I ran back an forth from plane to plane for 3 hours without a break. Then again for another 3 hours after about an hour break. I am sooooore tonight!
Breakfast was an apple with almond butter and an americano with whole milk.
I had a snack of cashews (two handfuls) and 5 prunes.
Lunch I had about 6 strawberries, 2-3 small sweet peppers, a cheese burger(No bun) and a hot dog(no bun). Neither tasted very good. One thing about paleo, I have really come to appreciate how food tastes. When you are eating for noureshment and not boredom, you appreciate what you put in your mouth. Life is too short to eat bad hamburgers! I am not sure what I would have done instead, but I would have rather had something thtat was enjoyable.
Dinner was taco salad. I skipped the chips, fished out the beans, and ate the meat with lettuce, tomato, bell peppers, about two table spoons of cheese and some sour cream. Super tasty and filling.
When I got home from the event, I had one square of dark chocolate as a reward for a job well done. Jon is currently sitting next to me eating ice cream and rather than wanting to cut him for tempting me, I am happy that my will power is continuing and this isn't a temptation to me. He must be psychic--he just asked me if I write about him on the blog :)
I am so thankful for this blog--it helps me to have a place to put my thoughts out, and reflect on what I am eating. It has helped to evaluate what I am eating and see my day to day food choices laid out. I am seeing a correlation between the days that I want snack at night and the days that I feel fine after eating my final meal. The days that I don't have a lot of fat I feel more snacky than those days that I include some fats to each meal that I eat. Interesting stuff.
Tomorrow I will be on two weeks of no cheats--this is amazing to me! I have never had this kind of will power. Praise God! I know it is HIM helping me make these healthy choices! It feels so much better to in control of my eating :)
Friday, March 18, 2011
Amber--Day 12
Today was a weird day--a everything that can go wrong will go wrong kind of day--for example, I locked my keys in the car, with it running and had to wait for an hour for AAA to arrive and unlock the door. Yeah...that kind of day. And STILL!!! I didn't cheat!
Ok, unless you count that I ALMOST caved and ate a chocolate covered strawberry at Megan's shower--less than one bite and I threw the rest out.
Today's menu:
Breakfast: Americano and an apple with almond butter
Snack: 1 inch square of 60% cacoa dark chocolate--Lindsey told me today that it was paleo. This news has changed my life. Delicious. I have craving chocolate. It tasted so sweet--I am sure because I haven't been eating any sugar in the past 12 days!
Lunch: I didn't eat until the shower--two scoops of diced mango with strawberries, probably one cup total. Three slices of lunch meat with three cheese slices. About a cup or more of raw broccoli, a couple small sweet bell peppers, a few cherry tomatoes, and about 9 shrimp, 3 of them with a tiny bit of cocktail sauce.
I didn't really eat dinner. I wasn't hungry and I had too many errands to run. I munched on some broccoli and just ate another square of chocolate. Tomorrow is going to be rough. I am working the UIM Missions Aviation Day tomorrow--they will have some breakfast burritos, and hot dogs for lunch. I am taking snacks and eating breakfast before I leave. Wish me luck!
Ok, unless you count that I ALMOST caved and ate a chocolate covered strawberry at Megan's shower--less than one bite and I threw the rest out.
Today's menu:
Breakfast: Americano and an apple with almond butter
Snack: 1 inch square of 60% cacoa dark chocolate--Lindsey told me today that it was paleo. This news has changed my life. Delicious. I have craving chocolate. It tasted so sweet--I am sure because I haven't been eating any sugar in the past 12 days!
Lunch: I didn't eat until the shower--two scoops of diced mango with strawberries, probably one cup total. Three slices of lunch meat with three cheese slices. About a cup or more of raw broccoli, a couple small sweet bell peppers, a few cherry tomatoes, and about 9 shrimp, 3 of them with a tiny bit of cocktail sauce.
I didn't really eat dinner. I wasn't hungry and I had too many errands to run. I munched on some broccoli and just ate another square of chocolate. Tomorrow is going to be rough. I am working the UIM Missions Aviation Day tomorrow--they will have some breakfast burritos, and hot dogs for lunch. I am taking snacks and eating breakfast before I leave. Wish me luck!
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