Sunday, March 18, 2007

Today, I did absolutely nothing as far as exercise goes and only managed to eat about a serving of fruit. Yesterday I did better on the veggies, but not on the fruit or exercise. On Thurs. and Fri. I did great on the fruit & veggie goal & so so on the exercise. I did 100 crunches on Thursday and completed the Fitness Challenge on Friday.

Back on the Wagon

This afternoon I "power walked" 2 miles (this brings to mind images of middle aged women in coordinating fitness apparel) but nonetheless, then I did the exercises on our main page (which were a lot more vigorous than I thought they would be), and finished off with 100 crunches. I started off today with a large slice of banana bread (I made this yesterday and the recipe was actually not so bad b/c it did not have any butter or oil, though it did have plenty-o-sugar), I just ate three leftover lobster raviolis, and am currently chowing down on a large bowl of romaine lettuce with a small amount of parmesan cheese and just a touch of really bad for me dressing. I'll work hard the rest of today to get in the rest of my fruit & veggie quota.

So so

Well, I hate to admit it but, I've been a bit of a slug the past two days. I did do the 50 lunges last night and then did the 20 push-ups and 100 crunches today, but that's about it. My eating has been okay. I have gotten in all of my required fruits and veggies and not a ton of junk. I seem to eat a lot more and exercise less when I'm at home than when I'm traveling. I guess this is like my weekend in a way. I'm not sure I'll do much to change my habits at home because the break is nice, but maybe just being aware of it will help me to adjust my habits some.

Follow Through!

So far so good with my success in our new program. I have not changed my eating habits all that much and certainly, I have not gotten rid of any of my junk, candy, or Girl Scout Cookies. I have done well with adding in at least my very minimum requirement of 2 fruits and 2 veggies per day, though I must admit the veggies are not always green veggies. Yesterday I ran/walked for about an hour, did a minimal 15 situps, and did "a whole bunch" of step-ups. Today also I ran/walked for about an hour and did about 40 of the step-up thingys on a stone wall that was just over my knee in height, 50 jumping jacks, and 30 crunches. So in summary, I mostly achieved my eating goals for last week and exceeded my exercise goals with one extra day of exercise from my goal of three =0) I would really like to see some more posts from my fellow fat losers. I am greatly encouraged when I can log in to see that I am working with you guys instead of by myself. Also, LOVE THE CHALLENGES! Bring em'on!

Days 7 & 8

I don't have a whole lot to report for today or yesterday, but I did pretty well on the eating both days. As for exercise, aside from the four flights I worked and the extra work associated with the little girl who projectile vomited on the plane, I can only take credit for 100 jumping jacks and a brisk walk through the terminal today. Yesterday for breakfast I had an Egg Mcmuffin without meat (obviously), the usual few packs of peanuts, one tomato juice, a banana, a jelly filled doughnut, 5 clementines, three eggs over medium, a pack of frozen peas, a glass of oj (after I got home) and almost a whole sleeve of thin mints (I have no willpower when it comes to Girl Scout cookies as you well know). Okay, so maybe I didn't do as well as I thought, but at least I did get some fruits & veggies in there. Today I started with some of my yummy cereal, grapes, a salad with very little ranch dressing, a banana, two individually wrapped slices of cheese, a handful of mini robin egg malted milk balls, an avocado, and about six fig newtons.

Good Day

Today was a good day for me with eating and exercise. I started off by going to the gym in Tampa and running/walking for 20mins and then did 50 crunches on a medicine ball with a 15lb dumbell on my chest. I did 75 lunges on the plane...yes that's right, on the plane. Then when I got to my hotel room I did the 75 jumping jacks and another 50 crunches for the challenge yesterday. For some reason I can't get "the award" to paste onto my page, but I did it all =0) As for food, I had a banana, an apple, a veggie sub on wheat, three packs of peanuts, oatmeal, miso soup, grape tomatoes, fig newtons, two hershey's kisses, and a mini twix bar. The only thing I had to drink today was lots-o-water and a cup of tea with lemon. Oh yeah, and I weighed myself at the gym in Tampa and I have lost 3lbs. Not sure if its permanent, but it made me feel good anyway =0)

Fruits and Veggies

First of all, let me just say that I just got off the plane about an hour ago, after having to be at work at noon today. Needless to say that I would love to do the day's challenge, but am ready for bed and don't want to start now. I will tack on today's challenge before tomorrow's workout. I'm in Tampa and they have one of the best gyms here of any of our hotels, so I'm excited to workout tomorrow. Next, I'll tell you that in an effort to meet my goals, I went to the supermarket last night. I bought bananas, clementines, blackberries, blueberries, grapes, baby arugula salad blend, mushrooms, asparagus, grape tomotoes, acorn squash, and several things of frozen veggies. Since then I have consumed 5 clementines, 1 banana, all of the blackberries and blueberries, half of the tomatoes, all of the bag of salad mix, oh yeah a fat free yogurt, a bag of "plane" crackers, 3 bags of peanuts, 1 bag of pretzels, 6 mini reeses cups, and half a sleeve of fig newtons. I think I have a problem where I either have no access to fruits & veggies or I have a bunch and like them so much I want to eat them all. This may be a very expensive diet plan for me. I will have to find a more happy medium between the two.