FOOD JOURNAL 6-10/11-09

Ok, so here's how it's going. Exercising is getting easier. My step classes are getting more fun as I pretend to know what I'm doing. Still not a pro, still don't look like the girl to the right and I still don't have as much energy as some in the class (you know who you are) but like I said, it is getting easier and it has to be enjoyable or face it, it gets hard to stick to it. I still haven't attempted Bootcamp. Not because I haven't wanted to, but Tuesday I planned to go with Tamara (my sister in law) and little did I know that Bart planned to go to the lake with the boys that morning, so I rescheduled for Thurs, and did a step class in the evening instead. Well Thursday was a no go too. Annie was up crying at 2am and then Oliver was up at 4:00am. By the time I got him into bed I would have had to get up again in 30mins. And that just wasn't happening. I'm starting to think this whole boot camp idea wasn't a good idea afterall... I will try to make an effort to go Saturday morning if I can get tamara to go... My training is going good. It's nice to have someone push me, but yet know my limitations. I'm still getting really sore after every workout, and I am trying to do stuff at home too everyday when I have some "down time" (like I ever really get down time) crunches or push ups are my fav's. I'm not loving my body right now, but i do appreciate what it can do and what it has the potential to do. I'm lucky that I get results from exercise rather quickly. My arms already look so much more toned then they did 3 weeks ago, and I'm starting to get definition in my legs again...slowly but surely, it will all be worth it...My eating is still going good. The occasional bite here and there is just fine with me, if I'm too strict I won't keep it up, and it's all about moderation. I've been really lazy with my food preparation so I'm trying to liven it up with some new recipes. I'm such a creature of habit with my foods at times. I get in such a rut! Yes me the culinary grad gets in a rut too.. I'm actually ok, eating the same things because I'm not cutting out a whole food group with tends to make it harder for me, but since I have others reading what I eat, I'm getting a little embarrassed by the monotony sp? of it all. I'm not eating as many veggies as I should, so I'm going to try to up that. Overall, I'm feeling really good, my tummy is trying still to get adjusted to all the whole wheat which I hear can take a little time. But other then that, I love not feeling stuffed after a meal and weighed down. I am satisfied and ....happy. I still am not drinking enough water. I don't know what my problem is. A couple of weeks ago it was no big deal, now I have to force it down! 

 Wed 6-10-09

 

8:30am Kashi Flax seed Cereal FF/milk-200cal

10:30 Kashi Protein Bar -190cal

1:00 Taco soup-200cal, skinny cow fudge pop 50cal

3:30 popcorn -150cal

6:30 3oz. chicken breast150cal,1/4c. couscous 55cal, indian flat bread 60cal, multigrain bread 60cal, bruchetta 50cal Total:375

9:00 special k cereal 190

TOTAL:1355

Exercise 25 min on eliptical  machine 30 min training appointment. weighted lunges. push ups bicep curls shoulder press, pulley machine shoulder exercises.

Thursday 6-11-09

9:30 1 whole wheat pita 160cal, 1/4c. egg whites 30 cal, tomatoes 70 cal Total:260cal

11:30 3 bites pancake 3 bites breakfast burrito 200cal

1:45 3oz. chicken breast 150cal, 1/2c. couscous 100cal, tomatoes 70cal Total:320cal

5:30 3oz. chicken breast 150cal, 1/2c. couscous 100cal 2 FF fig newtons 90cal, Total:340

9:00 special k cereal 200cal

TOTAL:1320

Exercise: crunches with 8lb. weights push ups, rear work...

Recipes

Taco Soup

1 can rotelle

2 cans black beans rinsed

1 can fire roasted tomatoes diced

2 cans chicken broth

1 sm bag frozen white corn

1 pkg taco seasoning

1 lb. ground turkey or cooked shredded chicken

brown meat or boil and shred chicken. add seasoning. combine all ingrediants in a crockpot and cook on low for 3-4 hrs. top woth reduced fat shredded cheese and light sourcream and baked tortilla chips.

Citrus Grilled Chicken

6 chicken breasts

3/4 c. olive oil

1/2c. lemon juice

1/4c. orange juice

1 Tbs. oregano

1 Tbs. salt

1 tsp. garlic powder

2 tsp. red pepper (crushed or ground)

Mix and reserve 1/4c. to brush on indian bread. Marinate chicken for up to 3 days. 

This is also good if you cube the meat and skewer it for kabobs with mixed veggies.

Bruchetta

1 c. grape tomatoes quartered

2 Tbs. minced fresh basil

1 garlic clove  minced

2 tsp. olive oil

salt

mix all together and let sit for 30 mins.  great on toasted whole wheat bread, chicken , fish, egg whites.

 

Friday 6-5-09

8:30am 1 whole wheat English Muffin 120 cal, 1/4 c. cottage cheese 50cal, 2 tsp. jam 30 cal

Total: 200 cal

12:30 Kashi Protein Bar 190cal

3:15 1/2 wheat pita 80cal, 2 oz. ham 55cal, lettuce, mustard, sm apple 80cal, 8 honey wheat pretzels 88cal. Total: 303 cal

4:45 weight watchers candy 50cal

6:00 turkey jerky 80cal

7:30 grilled chicken strips 177cal

8:30 Kashi Cereal/ff milk 240 cal

10:30 weight watchers icecream 130 cal

TOTAL: 1370 cal

Water:  ?

Exercise?

Sat 6-6-09

9:15 2"wheat sub 80cal, 2 oz. turkey 60cal, Total:140

11:15 Kashi Protein bar 190cal

1:30 2"wheat sub 80cal, 2oz. turkey 60cal, 5 multigrain tortilla chips 90cal, icecream 1/8c. 50cal, 1 triscuit 17cal Total: 377

7:00 salad w/dressing, 2 sm squares thin crust pizza 450cal

5 junior mints.?

TOTAL: about 1100 cal

water?

Exercise: push ups,crunches

Sunday 6-7-09

10:00 Kashi Cereal FF/Milk 260cal

5 junior mints 80cal

1/3c. hamburger helper 300cal

4"wheat sub 160cal, 2oz. ham 55cal, 1/8c. egg beaters 15 Total:230cal

Special K cereal 160cal

TOTAL: 1130cal

Monday 6-8-09

7:30 1 whole wheat english muffin 120cal,1/4 c. cottage cheese 50cal, jam 30cal.Total 200cal

10:00 Kashi Protein Bar 190

1:30 Taco soup 2c. 250cal, 2 Tbs. light sourcream 40cal Total:290cal

4:00 5 honey wheat pretzels 55cal, 2oz. turkey 60 Total:115cal

7:30 3oz.  grilled chicken breast 150cal,mixed veggies 70cal Total:220cal

TOTAL:1015

Exercise:Step Class 60mins, Training appointment 30 mins

Water? I was keeping track until I saw a big fly doing the backstroke in it and I freaked and dumped it.

Tuesday 6-9-09

8:30 Kashi Cereal FF/milk 240cal

11:00 Kashi Protein Bar 190cal

1 :00 grilled Chicken sandwich 370cal

4:00 protein shake 220cal

7:30 soft taco 190cal

10:00 Special K cereal w/ffmilk 150cal

TOTAL:1360cal

Water: 64oz

Exercise: Step Class 60min

FOOD JOURNAL 6-4-09

Well, I didn't make it to class this morning...I was up with Oliver at 4am and got so sick all of the sudden. I could feel myself getting faint as I was making a bottle for him (no, I"m not nursing..my body, my choice.jk) and I thought for sure I was going to need a pukie bowl. So I quickly laid down and waited for it to subside. Eventually it did. So I fed him and changed him and at 4:30 crawled back into bed knowing I wasn't going to be able to crawl back out in 30mins. So I skipped it. I thought I might hit an 8:30 class but that didn't happen either. I was so sore from my previous day workout, I could hardly move my arm up and down!! So no workout today, but that's ok, I have done 3 days this week and the goal is 3-4 days a week right now. And to be honest, I have no intentions of ever going to the gym on the weekend, and Fridays are hard because Bart is usually home. I'm going to try a "Body Flow" class next week which combines yoga and pilates. It sounds very graceful....I'm sure I will be everything but that. I've come close to falling off my step in step class several times now, because I'm trying to add a shimmy or something fancy like the instructor, to a complicated move and it's just never a good idea for me. I'm a simple kind of gal ya' know? 

Onto my food.. Today I was out and about running errands and that kinda threw off my times. On, a happy note, I was trying some clothes on at Target and fit into a smaller size then last month... Down 8 lbs and one size. So that was good. I went out to dinner with some girl friends tonight (much needed) Thanks Gals! I did good. We ate at the Grand Luxe, it's pretty much a Cheese Cake Factory without the cheesecake? Anyway, I got the southwestern salad and it was pretty good, and huge!! But I drank my water (thanks Lauren) always a good tip, and I had my slice of wheat sourdough bread. And without thinking I added butter to it...oh well, it wasn't that much just a taste.....Oh how I do adore butter on warm bread...And just about anything else.......... But I was bugged that they tossed the entire salad in dressing, it was a vinegarette sp? dressing, and I had so much left over but couldn't save it, it would of been mush. Sorry Bart no leftovers from me this time. My friend had a ton of leftovers and donated them to the "FEED BART" fund. So I did have 2 bites of her Ziti pasta. At the end of the day it's 10:48 and I only consumed 1090 calories. Not so good. And I'm hungry now. Maybe I will have some cereal and come back to this. I did better on my water today 90oz.

Thursday 6-4-09

8:30 1 whole wheat English Muffin- 120cal,2oz. ham-70cal, 1/4c. egg whites-30 TOTAL:220cal 

11:30 Kashi Protein Bar-190cal

3:00 Turkey Jerky80cal, special K cereal/ff milk-160cal TOTAL:240cal

7:30 1 slice wheat sourdough bread w/butter- 100cal, salad w/dressing and chix TOTAL:300cal

10:30 2 bites ziti pasta w/sauce: 60cal

11:00 1 serving Kashi Go Lean Cereal w/FF milk-260

TOTAL CALORIES:1350

TOTAL WATER CONSUMED:90oz.

EXERCISE: I "RAN" ERRANDS? AND "CHASED" AFTER KIDS?

Food Journal 6-3-09

Wednesday 

Ok, so I never do this except when prego. But last night I got up at about 1:30am because of a snoring husband and moved to the couch and I was so hungry!! I ate a small bowl of Special K. Not a good idea ever. Eating at night is a way to mess up your metabolism I'm told. Yes, I confessed to my trainer and his response was I may not be eating enough during the day if I am that hungry. That's when he told me that he would be fine with me eating 1400-1600 calories a day. I still have 200 left tonight if I'm eating 1600cal but I seem to be ok, although I was so hungry during the day. I think it's because I did a "Step Class" and a training appointment, and went swimming and did about 10 laps. And I am still so sore from my weight lifting class, and I didn't use over 10 lbs! I did have some gaps in my day. I try to eat every 2-3 hrs. But that doesn't always work out with my busy days. I was running kids here and there today so my eating was a bit interrupted. Also, I try to eat a protein and a carb every snack and meal, so my cereal choice tonight would have been better if I had chosen Kashi Cereal or added some lean protein. But I wanted something chocolatey! I also need to add more veggies!

In my training session we did seated one leg squats, push ups, step ups, onto the bench press. We are starting out slow. I don't like using a lot of weights in my work outs I don't want to look like "Starla" from Napoleon Dynamite because the way I build muscle, I could totally end up like her....Oooh scary! 

So I can do Boot Camp that I signed up for tomorrow (thanks alot Tamara who is not even going to be there!) at 5:30am or take a class, not sure what I'm going to do yet, I guess it depends how well I sleep. With 2 men waking me up randomly (Bart and Oliver) I never know if I'm going to get a good nights sleep. I guess you'll find out tomorrow.  

1:30am special K cereal 140cal

7:30am 1 serving Kashi Cereal/FF milk 240cal

11:30am protein shake 220cal

3:30 pm 3oz. lean ham 150cal, 1/2 whole wheat pita 80cal, mustard, lettuce 20cal, sm apple 80cal. TOTAL:320cal

6:00 2 oz. lean ham 100cal, 1 whole wheat pita 160cal, egg whites 60cal, salsa 10cal TOTAL: 330cal

8:00 special K cereal 200 cal

TOTAL: 1450 cal

 Water Intake: not great still only about 50 ounces today. Tomorrow will be better though.

Exercise: 55 min Step class, 20 min training appointment, 10 laps in our pool.

Welcome!

Welcome! I am so glad to be starting this blog. I really think it will help me and others get motivated to get in shape and stay in shape! Even if I am the only one contributing it will still make me feel like I'm answering to someone. I will be logging at the end of each day the following things:

Water consumed

Food/Calorie Intake

Goals Reached

Exercise performed

Any Recipes I might like

Any thoughts I might have

At the end of the week:

Write down my measurements

Goals reached

New goals for following week

Any struggles I may have had during the week.

These things may change a bit as I get going with this if I find a better way to do things but this gives you and me and good idea of how it will work. If you are interested in becoming an author on this blog as well, then you can do things your own way! If you want to post pictures you can if your thinking "Heck NO!!" then you don't have to...no pressure. This is supposed to be fun, uplifting, and encouraging.

The other day I had to buy a new swim suit (my old one does not fit yet..but it will soon!!) I hate wearing swim suits even at my goal weight, but I put it onto take the kids swimming. I came out of the bathroom and coco say's "mom, that is so cute. Do you just feel like your 20??" Thanks coco. This is the encouragement I so desperately need. I do not look 20 nor do I feel 20. But I did walk a little taller out to the pool that day. That is what girls need and that is what this blog is for. I am so lucky to have a husband that puts no stress or pressure on me to look a certain way. I probably couldn't handle it if he did. He has always said he just wants me to be happy and comfortable with myself, so I can run around the house naked without embarrassment. Not possible for so many reasons...Anyhow. I have my first training appointment tomorrow where I will be weighed, (gulp) measured, (double gulp) and told my body fat % (yikes) I will then report back on this blog, the damage...I mean the life changing information I will receive. 

I have tried all diets. And I mean all diets. I know what works for me. I was in my best shape after Annie when she was 9 months old. I weighed 111 and had a good amount of muscle on me. I then went down to 103 being a size 0 and 00. I think that was a little to scrawny for me and I would like to be about 108-110. That's the goal. Or better yet because of muscle mass throwing things off, it doesn't matter if I weigh 108 or 120 as long as my pre pregnancy jeans fit right? So I guess that's the goal. I really don't know what I weight at the moment a few weeks ago it was 130 on my home scale. I ended this last pregnancy with a bang! I started off the pregnancy heavier then then any of the other ones at 117lbs and I gained a total of 60lbs!! I have never been so uncomfortable in my life! I had a ton of water weight with this baby and lost 40 lbs in the first 2 wks of having him just to give you an idea. I think you probably saw the pics on my blog of my fun legs.

So, I still have a long way to go. I will talk to my trainer Leo, (who has worked with me since before I had Annie) and find out what a reasonable time frame for me to get into shape is. I'm thinking by the end of August. A full 3 months. But I could be way off.. I will let you know.

If you are interested in adding to this blog let me know, I think it will be great fun and good therapy!

FOOD JOURNAL

MONDAY 6-01-09

7:30 KASHI CEREAL 1 SERVING W/ FF MILK

240 CAL

9:30 GO LEAN PROTEIN BAR

190 CAL

12:00 CHIK FILA CHARGRILLED SANDWICH

260 CAL

3:00 CHOCOLATE PROTEIN SHAKE 

50

6:00 TORTILLA CHIPS

100 CAL

6" FLOUR TORTILLA

100 CAL

CHICKEN THIGH MEAT

150 CAL

GUACAMOLE

40 CAL

WATERMELON,STRAWBERRIES

70 CAL

CAKE/ICE CREAM

300 CAL

TOTAL INTAKE:1430 CAL

EXERCISE: 55 MIN BODY STEP CLASS

PLAYED IN POOL WITH KIDS 1 HR.

WATER CONSUMED: DON'T KNOW NOT ENOUGH THOUGH.

TUESDAY 6-2-09

8:00 WHOLE WHEAT ENGLISH MUFFIN

120 CAL

LOWFAT COTTAGE CHEESE

100 CAL

JAM

30 CAL

TOTAL 250

10:15 KASHI GO LEAN BAR

190 CAL

2:00 1 1/2C. GREEN SALAD 

20 CAL

2 OZ. CHIX THIGH MEAT

120 CAL

2 TBS. LOWFAT DRESSING

30 CAL

8 HONEY WHEAT PRETZELS

88 CAL

TOTAL CAL 263

4:00 SPECIAL K CHOCOLATE DELIGHT CEREAL W/FFMILK

160 CAL

6:30 REFRIED BEANS 1/4C. 

60 CAL

1 WHOLE WHEAT TORTILLA

120 CAL

REDUCED FAT CHEESE

80 CAL

LIGHT SOUR CREAM

20 CAL

SALSA

20 CAL

TOTAL CAL: 400

8:30PM WEIGHT WATCHES ICECREAM BAR

130 CAL

TOTAL INTAKE: 1393CAL

EXERCISE: BODY PUMP WEIGHT LIFTING CLASS

WATER: DIDN'T KEEP TRACK NOT ENOUGH I'M SURE.

FOOD TIPS?

MY PROTEIN SHAKE WAS GROSS THAT'S WHY IT WAS ONLY 50 CALORIES. A GOOD BRAND IS "APEX FIT" IT'S SO YUMMY.I MADE IT WITH COLD WATER AND A HANDFUL OF ICE, AND IT WAS HARD TO FINISH IT ALL. IF YOU LIVE IN MESA YOU CAN GET IT AT FITNESS WORKS FOR AROUND $30. I WILL ALSO SEE IF YOU CAN GET IT ONLINE AND THEN POST THE LINK IF I FIND IT.

FOR MY BREAKFAST ON TUES. I PUT MY COTTAGE CHEESE ON MY MUFFIN THEN TOPPED IT WITH THE JAM I LOVE THIS! FOR MY DINNER, WHEN I MAKE REFRIED BEANS I ALWAYS DOCTOR THEM UP WITH BUTTER!! NOT ANYMORE, BUT I FOUND THEM EQUALLY FLAVORFUL IF I ADDED GARLIC AND ONION POWDER AND SALT. SO GOOD. I ALSO SAVE SOME CALORIES EVERYNIGHT FOR SOMETHING SWEET AROUND 150 CALORIES. EXCEPT FOR THE BIRTHDAY CAKE NIGHT. EVEN THEN IT WAS A SLIVER-BUT SO WORTH IT, AND I FELT OK EATING IT FOR 2 REASONS, 1. I EXERCISED THAT DAY

2. I ATE GOOD ALL DAY LONG AND KNEW I WOULD BE EATING GOOD AGAIN IN THE MORNING.