10:30am Breakfast sour gummies 160, coffee 40, nature valley cookie with almond butter 200...400!
noon lunch wrap with turkey bacon 300 mustard, spiked seltzer 120
3:45pm chocolate pb mini easter eggs lol 100 by butterfinger
chocolate and gummies 200
dinner cooked a frozen Italian cauliflower pizza 400, fruit 100
around 1650 total.
Did weights upper bod / abs, 15 min stepper , 35 min bike :-)
Progress as of today: -3 lbs lost so far, only 1 lbs to go!
Yayyyy! DD is back :)
breakfast oatmeal and almond milk 200, big banana 150, pb 100, coffee 50.
snack what other than the gummies 200 2 bags.
lunch popcorn 150, fish sticks not great 200, spiked seltzer 120, kiwi 80.
4:30pm - the dreaded gummy fish two servings and blackberries total 300
1550...
bean pasta 200, fish sticks yuck 100, cabbage and broth 100, cookies 100
2050 great ! Couple chocolate 2100-2150.
will take a cardio day off I'm thinking ...nope, went out and walked, around 45min to one whole hour while the laundry was going on.
Will read and will study vocab words today...
thinking to wash all bedding and guinea pig fleeces tomorrow morning- DONE - did them this afternoon. feels good for everything to be clean again.
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yestersay ate around 2050 with a walk and upper body...
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Progress as of today: -3 lbs lost so far, only 1 lbs to go!
Glad you got out to take a walk. Sometimes, walking isn't a workout, it's just part of living!
late 10am breakfast honeycomb cereal, almond milk 400, iced coffee 50.
12:40 lunch tuna sesame ginger in wrap 200, chips and GUMMIES omg they came in mail today from 250...450. and more gummies 100. total 550.
wine small amount 100, MORE gummies 150 (went crazy as i received the shipment from Amazon today LOL it's part of my "subscription order" -
1250-1300...doing better today than yesterday..helps to get up late and sleep in a bit so i'm not so hungry in the mornings.
dinner cabbage 150, turkey meatballs 200
package of nature valley almond butter cookie thins
1850-1900, excellent.
skipped weights - to do after breakfast tomorrow - I was about to do it and then I forgot I had the therapy appt over internet until she called me at 8pm to start lol.
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On Amazon, i'm not ordering any extra right now other than things i was subscribed for, but i ordered a LOT of these gummies, along with pet food and razors since i was running low.
went out for a walk, around 1.5 hours today. slow, but steady :)
did bike for a half hour + a little more today
i signed up for unemployment today (took around an hour to complete it online)
even though they are saying not to leave the house, i am going for walks. hardly anyone was out and then R called me saying he was nervous something was going to happen to me which scared me lol...i was happy to come home after this long walk!
i'm going to study some court / legal vocabulary and read also today.
this morning i listened to the meditation app, finishing the Paris story that i fell asleep listening to last night!
Progress as of today: -3 lbs lost so far, only 1 lbs to go!
Stay safe and healthy!
:-D ...i only go to the supermarket 1x per week or less.
I hope you had a productive therapy session :)
It’s good to still get out and walk, at least for me it is. I know they are saying to stay indoors but If I limit myself too much I feel I won’t be able to go back to what I used to do !....like my walks. May take a break from them today though....we’ll see!
Honeycomb cereal and almond milk 400, coffee 50, kombucha 50. 500
snack - chocolate nut butter ive had in fridge forever - time to use it :) 100
lunch black bean pasta 350, butter 50, garlic 400 approx plum 50.
snack 100...then wine 100
4:45pm very hungry for protein - egg bites with little bits of sausage / bacon (frozen, pretty good). 250, potato chips 250, big banana 150
Almost 7pm 3 tablespoons of that chocolate nut butter sorta an oops bad decision...bc it's still early in the night ! But I'll be ok!
8:30pm dried jackfruit 100
2250.
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I am trying to keep the guniea pig's cage a little cleaner, with no plans to change the bedding until later this week :) did not clean it this weekend, just cleaned it a week ago, Monday. it's pretty clean still..
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so far, i've done some reading of a local #3 newspaper sent back in September that i decided to read throroughly before throwing out :) DONE!
spoke on phone briefly to R and Family. Will talk on phone much later to C, i may either foam foal my legs or ride bike while on phone with her (probably the former!)
it's around 1pm and i'm finishing lunch, thinking about the rest of the day:
1:30pm or so - going out for a walk with R before the weather changes to some rain in the later afternoon. - walked ONE HOUR. DONE!
3pm or so:
home, will have snack, then reading of the textbook chapter 4 material (30 minutes of reading)..wine?!...
also go online to take a look at where's i've walked on google maps and/or research nearby safe parks....(30 minutes of this) pretty much done lol ...got distracted while on maps ..done.
lastly, study some court terminoly/vocab words (i previously made flash cards during another time this year when i had more free time!) - something i will start today...this is a lot to do at once, but i figure i'll be on the couch a bit after the walk..(up to an hour of this)
thinking to do a leg workout in the evening :)..prob not?
maybe call Christine around 5pm/6pm/7pm. talked earlier - done !
Progress as of today: -3 lbs lost so far, only 1 lbs to go!
i am thinking that next time i go to supermarket, to indulge in another cereal :)
i think i'll be home for at least 1 more full month possibly if not more.
I still remain quite impressed with all that you accomplish in your day! Good idea to grab the walk when you could!
also, it could have been TOM which i got yesterday which does tend to increase my cravings!
9:30am breakfast honeycomb cereal and almond milk 300, banana 120, iced coffee 80. kombucha 50. 550.
11am dark chocolate mini reeces pieces 200 before upper body weights routine...oh, it's been time to start!
noon decided on lunch before weights ! wrap & cc 250, lox 100, plum 50. 400
3-5pm during workout: spiked seltzer 150...and because i stretched the workout while doing other things, i also ate the pasta and orange below near the halfway mark of my workout..
5pm tried the plain cooked black bean pasta bc coulndt wait to make a meal lol, orange 300 totalplum 50
Dinner protein bar and a yogurt 350
2000.
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Plans: (it's another rainy day & i will stay home all day today).
- Listen to CALM meditation app before bed or anytime in the evening!..choose another listening story. Will do :-)
- even though this is a weird order: i'm going to shower first and then do weights / abs...because i feel so good after a shower...and i want to feel that way asap! i want the warm moist shower to clean my face and just feel good to start this day after i have breakfast.weights DONE
- after weights, i will read some of my textbook, chapter 4...i will prob hold my guinea pigs while studying :) DID NOT READ TEXTBOOK
- vaccuum living room carpet - shouldn't take long at all but i need to write it down so i actually do it! DONE
- clean off a few spots in bathroom that got hair dye on them that i recently noticed DONE
- 5 minutes stepper DONE (12 MIN)
- half hour stationary bike DONE !
- do some research on very local parks in area; do some research on areas i've walked and see them on googlemaps so it makes more sense to me which way i walked visually - get to know the neighborhood better (online). i didn't grow up here, so i don't know this neighborhood that well although i've lived here since March 2013 - 7 years! :) MIGHT NOT HAPPEN TODAY.
- go thru Front closet of jackets / clothes and see if there's anything i want to donate to make room in the closet which i find always too snug with so many jackets / coats (from my mom many of them) that i don't wear, ever....looked briefly - having a hard time throwing anything out..will need to make myself throw out some stuff ...DONE?
- thinking to do some laundry tonight - towel that got colored from hairdye and other things i used to do my hair..will do all laundry except bed sheets at 6pm tonight (hopefully laundry room is quiet at that time...DONE !
- after laundry....(or before) will cook the black bean pasta. DONE
- Did a little more organizing around apt. :-D DONE!
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- time of the month is coming very soon, so i'm ok being home...
Progress as of today: -3 lbs lost so far, only 1 lbs to go!
The nice thing about being off is that what doesn't get done today can be added to tomorrow's list.
I found myself eating instead of getting things done, too. I can't say much more without getting into my own entry today, so I'll save the story for that.
also, i am mostly relaxed at home all week so i have been now home awhile, whereas you were stressed, working and just had the day off...so i can totally understand and see why you did / reacted how you did yesterday.
you have the strength within yourself. and do not punish yourself for when you go off track because you are also very good at getting back on :-)
you handle a lot and you handle it well! keep on, J donk! my life is quite simple right now. i just have to take care of myself and stay in touch with family and friends. mothers, caretakers....they must be far more stressed right now than i. and you also have the responsibility of caretaking...keep on with your spirit and energy !!!!
9:30AM honeycomb cereal & almond milk 350, iced coffee 50.
11:30 wine 100
12:40 lunch cream cheese 150, wrap 120, lox 100, chips 300...670..plum 50.kombucha 80 720.
wine 100
dinner salad with dressing 150...lean cuisine potstickers not great either 450 or so is my guess because you can tell it's more calories than the package says! Dessert Special K cinnamon sugar cookies x2. 200 (little carby eating, those cinnamon sugar pastry cookies were so fresh and tasty!)
2200.
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went online to file unemployment but it says i have to wait till next week and probably my day is Tuesday as it goes by alphabetical order..so i have to wait till the weekend is over to file.
dropped weights off at coworker's house today because i have extra (didn't go close to her or anything and didn't go in her house). that was my special thing i did today.
really took the day to relax. even fell asleep somehow after lunch despite all the sleeping i do at night!
cleaned a lot today. went thru papers, tried to make things neater in my closets. so far i have 2 big bags of clothes to give away and will have more by the end of next week or this weekend :)
i cleaned also a desk, lots of papers were shredded with my hands and thrown out.
things are a bit cleaner although they can get even cleaner for sure still!
i am up to a great start with the cleaning and throwing out of unnecessary clothing, etc.
took a rest day with ALL exercise.
talked on the phone a lot today - to couple friends, parents. all is ok right now.
President Trump may instate a 14 day quarrantine for NY, NJ, CT...we shall see what happens. since we are the epicenter.
tomorrow after breakfast: planning to do weights exercises first including pushups and abs.
do some reading of the new chapter of the textbook that i pulled out - chapter 4.
Progress as of today: -3 lbs lost so far, only 1 lbs to go!
I found this link to the old commercial - just so you know I'm not making this stuff up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QP2iT0ub8lc
rice krispies are another light and tasty cereal!..i'm def into the sweet stuff lately! good change of pace when home :)
9:30 honeycomb cereal 1 serving 160, then almost a full serving 140, then one more cup or so 120, almond milk around 50. then iced coffee 50. total here: 520. lol been a long time since eating cold cereal!
1pm: pepperoni 180, chips two servings 300, plums 100...600...
kombucha 50, chocolates 100
5:30 rest of plums above, wine 200
dinner: wrap 120, half a vegan burger (not that good - morningstar farms meat lover's) 150..and the nature's valley cookie 200. around 500.
2000.
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plans for today:
- afternoon - drive to a park to walk because i need to drive in my car because when i don't i start to get uncomfortable driving. - maybe no walking at park, see how i feel. walked around 1.5mi DONE!
- possibly legs....did them outside at park and thinking when weather is good and the world is back to Normal that I can continue to do leg exercises outside too.DONE!!!
- after breakfast & abs situps - bike while talking on phone to friend in France... to do, next...DONE! Instead of bike I massaged my legs with roller while on phone :)
- finish remainder of chapter 2 (6 pages or so - very short chapter only had like 12 pages) DONE! - chapter 4 is next since i had previously read most of chapter 3 . 4 is a long chapter and i'll be on it for several days, i think...
- clean out top of second bedroom closet..TOMORROW.
- sign onto unemployment for NYS...to do after lunch or so...TOMORROW
Progress as of today: -3 lbs lost so far, only 1 lbs to go!
thanks, i try to stay busy although some of the things you do i sadly don't have patience for like the puzzle, nice work!
and this one isn't too sugary either! :)
GREAT change of pace this week!
I'm so impressed by all that you have been able to accomplish during your time off, especially with cleaning, reorganizing, decluttering -- I never seem to get to that point.
still everything appears to be messy...i have so much "crap" in my apt...so many extras and too many t shirts and all. i shall never need to buy a tshirt to sleep in ever again! (let me recall this!) unless it's a fundraiser or for charity...!
i have to get on the unemployment website tonight, for sure...to do now :)
breakfast: oatmeal and almond milk 170 (getting sick of it), and a terrible higher cal yogurt flavor - got 3 more to finish lol. it was chobani hazelnut butter and already blended. 180. 350. iced coffee 50.
12:30 Lunch: chips 250, turkey meatball and pepperoni 150, blackberries 150, wine 200. 750
3pm snacks banana and kombucha 200
4pm-5:30pm: 100 cal in candies
1450
Dinner: smart ones pizza not good 310, plum 50, leftover eggplant 50. 400, nature valley cocoa biscotti cookies 200.
2050. These smart ones meals suck !
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Plans:
- go food shopping first thing after breakfast: DONE!
TISSUES...for when i get allergies soon, toilet paper if available...
fruit like apples/oranges/berries/plums....
veggies like peppers / tomatoes / carrots / salad greens. 2 bags...
dry cereal / something for a change of pace....coffee?....few yogurts
chips - 3-4 bags or so.
frozen meals - frozen food - if anything strikes my fancy~
i have a lot of tofu / frozen meat so i will not be buying any meat
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Other plans:
- mid afternoon walk outside in sunshine ? long walk with ricky, slow with some rest spots, from 4:20 until 6:30pm! DONE!
- evening leg exercises...will get there...thinking to push this off until FRIDAY.
- bike for 15 min?
- read 5 pages at minimum from chaper 2 which is a VERY short chapter so i'll finish it soon :) YES DONE!
- early afternoon clean the BOTTOM only of the 2nd closet in my bedroom...DONE!
- early - after supermarket - watch the video of the orchid show on facebook if it's still up....not today.
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Progress as of today: -3 lbs lost so far, only 1 lbs to go!
It’s a lower income area store I went to so people don’t hoard as much as this one :-)
My mother in law likes Lean Cuisine, especially the pasta ones.
I'm glad you are getting out for walks. They save my sanity during the week, that's for sure.
anything with a thick sauce / cheese is grossing me out right now!
the leg exercises build muscle whereas i feel the walking (especially long distances) wear away at some things...
i feel that the strength training for my legs helps shape them (a little bit) and helps in general more sometimes than long distance walking.
i will admit i like distance walking better ;)
also, online on the news this morning, they discussed one of the most important exercises for older people to do is BALANCE! they discussed standing on one leg like you do !!! and said that's best to combat balance issues that is the biggest thing that changes as we get older!!!! so go you!
9:45am breakfast: oatmeal & almond milk 170, last of the cottage cheese thank gosh! 50, coffee iced 50, pb 150...450.
1pm After a LONG walk where i did feel a drop in sugar since i didn't bring a snack i got shaky...but got home and now eating some CARBS ... :) clementine 50, rigatoni lean cuisine (not filling!) around 450, wine 150-200. 700 or so.
chocolates 150, kombucha 50, chcolate while exercising and also just in the afternoon, bowl of cooked cabbage with mimimal additives 50, chocolate 50
turkey meatballs / smart ones mac and cheese didn't love it. 500
2000
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List of options of activities today:
- FILE UNEMPLOYMENT after my walk ? or go to the site and see what i can do for now..decided to wait till Friday to do this and see if I am paid on Friday like I am supposed to be....
- walk this morning while calling friend Christine - up to an hour walk....done! 1.5 hours slow walk - next time i'll bring a snack with me!
- afternoon clean the top shelf of clothes (throw out some) in my closet in my bedroom (no other closet today!!) put those clothes aside to donate later on after virus passes or when i go out and know that the donation bins are open... DONE !!
- review binder that has my textbook and choose the next chapter that i am going to read, take those pages out and read 5 pages today..chose CHAPTER 2. reading it out of order, book doesn't need to be read in order by chapter. DONE!
- cook the bean pasta to have in fridge on hand? - prob not today
- later afternoon: upper body weights today / pushups = must. - doing now around 5pm should be done by 6pm...DONE!
- do a meditation / listen to a story on my phone meditation app (CALM). - after dinner...DONE !!!!
Progress as of today: -3 lbs lost so far, only 1 lbs to go!
Glad to see that you are filling your days with lots of good options!
i even listened to my CALM app. It was a story about a volcanic european island. the stories are generally 20-30 min. I heard the whole thing, around 8-8:30pm...promptly falling asleep afterwards, LOL. woke up a lot last night, one time just to turn off all the lights in my apt. LOL. it was a good story, worth listening to! it's vocabulary, history, info, new learning. good stuff!
9:30am breakfast: oatmeal and almond milk 170, pb 150, almond milk and coffee iced 50, gummy vitamins normal serving (15 cal i don't usually count it when i eat the normal amount lol). cottage cheese 80 (can't wait to finish it - sweetened it a lot). 450 total.
snack dark chocolate 200
1:30-2pm lunch: turkey meatballs 100 or so bc they were 3 and small, eggplant dish leftovers 100, 2 large clementines 100, 1 glass 200 of white sangria i picked up 2 bottles at the liquor store at which the owner actually said she's closing for 2 weeks starting tomorrow bc SHE DOESN"T want to be open! - i guess she's concerned about her own health! and Ricky bought for me (i didn't bring $) along the walk.
(i am sorry if my writing about drinking alcohol is hard for anyone to read or triggering as i know not everyone drinks here and some have recovered from dependencies). Because of calories and other reasons, i will limit to 1 glass per day.
4:30pm kombucha and chocolate (keeps me sane!!!) 200
7:30 dinner veggie burger110, butter 50, wrap 120 300.
1700..
1900 total
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actually did my laundry last night ahead of schedule bc i wanted to clean the guniea pig cafe fleece also :)
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Today's agenda brief:
10am - any minute now!...soon i will have a call from a nurse to check on me that i agreed to yesterday over the phone...it's a 45min call. it's a free service with my union and i'm on the "list" of applicable participants to this service...10am that will start. this is a 1-2x a month service. and totally free..starting it today since she called again last night and i decided why not!?..lasted an hour. DONE!
- walk outside it's sunny - i invited Ricky - we did a LONG walk around the neighborhood, taking out time, sitting down a few times. the walk was prob around 3mi and we were out from around 11:30-1:30pm.DONE!
- leg workouts / abs (definite) - especially abs, gotta get them DONE it doesn't take long anyways! abs are DONE! still need to do LEGS = DONE!
- possibly get on bike...optional...maybe during other therapy call below...NO.
- i also have a phone all with my weekly therapist probably at the typical 8pm time tonight (i was signed up and saw her for the first time last tuesday at 8pm. she has been the BEST one so far.) this is my typical weekly appointments with a copay.
- yes, i have TWO health phone conferences planned! kinda comical but lucky me to get all this "mental help"...
- read like FIVE pages of my textbook and then plan what section i'm reading next...doing this NOW, after lunch at 2:30pm...DONE!!!!!
- review what i wrote yesterday as options...need to do this..
- restart using the app for meditation that i downloaded - do it in mornings when i wake up?? NO.
- only thing i need to cook / want to cook is still cabbage and bean pasta.....but i have enough food right now still, so i'm not too stimulated to make anything..prob make the cabbage first. DONE - cooked the cabbage.
Progress as of today: -3 lbs lost so far, only 1 lbs to go!
i had downloaded / paid for a good meditation app back in November or so...i will try to use it a few days a week here.
Be safe, BCGG!
Good to get outside while you can. That is what I did too because we have a couple of rainy days ahead.
Chocolate seems to be keeping me sane (saner) lately too...
yeah, trying to get myself outside and keep active. i don't have a lot of responsibilities at home, so, it's important for me to move around outside. next time i need to bring a snack so i don't have such a drop in sugar during a long walk. i used to be able to walk for HOURS. my endurance is not there yet, but i am feeling good lately with what i am doing :)
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Yes...Those are the one's I was thinking of.
wayyyy too addicted. already finished the other box of sour yellows! i used to have TWO boxes like a few days ago!
Donkey on 04/04/2020:
Way to go on the bike ride! how was the pizza? I wish you had taken a picture of it, but that's OK.
I thought of you last night, just couldn't get myself to do weights, other than my push-ups. I'll talk more about that in my own entry. But I'm glad someone around here is doing weights! (lol)
Oh those gummies --- I LOVE them!!!
you've tried the gummies?
don't feel bad about not doing weights one day, just pick it up when you are able to soon!
the cauliflower crust was eaten as is...no sauce or cheese...it's a crust that is such a mix of ingredients that it was just satisfying enough to eat alone because it has a lot of seasonings...i'll take a picture next time i eat one...i've had them in my fridge for way over a year when i ordered a bulk of them at once..and i have 2 crusts left :)
and yes, i need to use the bike MORE. that one was such a great purchase, for leg strength even if i don't push hard or get sweaty....i need to do more (often) on the bike :)
Donkey on 04/04/2020:
^ Oh I misunderstood about the pizza - now I get that you had only the crust. Nothing wrong with that - kind of akin to having naan or pita.
I haven't tried those specific gummies - I meant to say that I love ALL gummies, which is why I don't keep them in the house. I don't care for jello though.
the crust is made with cauliflower/light amount of cheese/eggs so it's much more satisfying than naan or a pizza...it does have some protein and fat :) that is why i had it for dinner, it is big and contains about 300-400 calories i believe. i'll send you a link to what i ate.