Oh Happy Saturday!
7am Breakfast: lots of cooked veggies & butternut squash: 200, wrap 100 with peanut butter and half banana 200 and cinnamon / stevia / 2 pumps flax oil spray and wow! need to experiment more, tastes soooo good! 500 total here.
plan is for early morning upper body weights at gym....
Progress as of today: -4 lbs lost so far, only 11 lbs to go!
Entry for Friday:
1:45am: dumb, maybe, 400 cal snack. Now I am left with 400 less calories for today....but it was so darn good! 200 cal in roasted with oil beats / carrots. 200 cal in English muffin with a little oil and peanut butter. all in all, this all tasted quite good!
I couldn't sleep well last night & was up for about 2 straight hours......but I was able to sleep in a lil bit with the eye patch I bought, it keep out the light pretty well. so I slept till 8:30 or so, instead of waking up at 6 or 7 :-)
10am breakfast: tons of julienne cooked veggies 200?, yogurt with cooked raspberries and stevia 150, rest of the black pepper baked potato fries 50? - 400, good!!
11am snack: bar 150
12:30pm snack: decaf coffee
3:30pm late big lunch: 600, mostly cooked veggies.
2250 total, too much, but not a binge. so that's fine.. :)
exercise: light. abs & upper legs.
Progress as of today: -4 lbs lost so far, only 11 lbs to go!
Happy Thursday (and last day of the work week for me!!)
Breakfast: 500 healthy ones.
at most, like 2200 cal. all healthy, just a ton at dinner because I felt like it.
no gym tonight. got home a lil after 7pm and ate my heart out & really content saying it!
tomorrow will be an easy day at the gym, because I don't wanna do my upper body weights routine until Saturday, not Friday night & Sunday night!
anyways, just gonna get what I need to done & have a relaxing weekend. I am nervous for the NYPD stuff...even though it's gonna be the easy basic stuff tomorrow, I am so nervous. I am praying my body will heal completely by summer, so that I can join the NYPD. This is MY CHANCE. I don't want to fail!
Progress as of today: -4 lbs lost so far, only 11 lbs to go!
One more day until my day off Friday! This week is just flying!
Early snack: half small banana & airborne hot drink 70
Breakfast: whole wheat roll 120, egg 80, truffle oil 50, turkey 80 = 330
snack: bar or bar and a half. 200-300.
lunch: roll with chicken (250 or so) oil 50, carrots cooked and sautéed and lettuce 150-200 = around 550 700 (boss brought lunch) (hopefully not more, hard to calculate bc my boss brought this scramble thing with many ingredients including olive oil, which he likes to add a lot. but, it was healthy and SO tasty that I couldn't resist eating the whole pint, along with a small sandwich for lunch)
1350 or so. snack if needed: almonds
drink: supplement for weightlifting, decaf. 40 cal. followed by dinner roll with chicken. 200. 250 or so. granola bar & apple 300 total
upper body EXTREMELY strong weights routine (yeah, the supplement must help!? it's nitrous oxide stuff powder form, no caffeine, 40 cal (has sugar)
BIG dinner 7pm-7:30: tofu 100, tons of leftover grilled veggies (def some oil) 250-300.. so, up to 400 here....followed by crackers, couldn't resist, so chose a box where you can have a lot for little calories. 2 servings, 120 cal each serving for 24 crackers! (special K whole grain). total around 650...worth it!
total: 2300 (but, may have burned it all by doing the weights - hardly any resting, circuit training in full form tonight). and the extra calories today - worth it.
Progress as of today: -4 lbs lost so far, only 11 lbs to go!
Good Morning All!
It's a cold day here in Queens, NY. My car showed 8 degrees Farenheit! So cold that the lock on my garage froze & I didn't realize I could have just used my big lighter from my apartment to loosen it up. So, I spent a whole hour waiting for maintenance to unlock the lock, with their own lighter, and got to work at 9:15, instead of 8am. But really, it's not stressing me much at all. I am glad I am taking Friday off to go to the post office (dumb reason to take the day, but good enough reason for me!) and to refill my laundry card. I may even stop by the physical therapist to return a bone stimulator i had borrowed...and haven't used in months. In general though, I need to think clearly and start thinking about the interview & how I will present myself (what I will say!!). I have the basics, obviously, but, I need to have it on the tip of my tongue - and NOT in the back of my mind!
1700-1800, perfect.
exercise: only abs / upper legs. perfect.
Today ended up being a good day & I am thankful for so many things. :D
Progress as of today: -4 lbs lost so far, only 11 lbs to go!
DECIDING I GOTTA TAKE FRIDAY OFF...just not near being in the right mindset for my NYPD interview & medical next MONDAY...also, forgot to go to the post office to get the money orders that they require, and don't wanna wait till Saturday....so that's it....taking Friday OFF...and getting that done bc i can't wait till the last minute (Satuday) and be caught in a major problem somehow and not be prepared for Monday. I have not been on an interview or done really ANYTHING out of the ordinary like that in basically 3 years give or take...I really don't wanna flunk out of this opportunity....also, legs are better after 3 days of rest....i am stretching them more and more by pointing my toes...mostly down...and up a lil bit too....
early snack / breakfast = 500, good. (includes half protein shake, piece of butternut squash soufflé, small roll with 2 large eggs, some raspberries...good stuff. must start eating only the late breakfast while driving, gotta SAVE calories better! when i eat so early, when i get up, it leaves me too hungry...and lately i eat while driving...so i should really ONLY be eating mostly while driving...and eat even less for breakfast at home - only fruit / tea...etc, like 100 cal...
snack: bar, green tea. was good.
lunch: healthy - salad, sautéed eggplant, chicken...English muffin 600 or so, was good.
snack: almonds, not that many, maybe just around 50 cal.
1400 by 5pm, definitely good...
snack before awesome upper body weights routine (about 45-50 min) 200 cal.
dinner: a bit overboard, but totally healthy. better than a shake. leftovers. between 400-500.
total: 2000-2100, good. 2300 or so, eating at 2am.
after work plan: upper body strong set of weights....and, will take a supplement (caffeine-free) beforehand. it's 40 calories and increases oxygen flow to muscles....trying this for days where I do upper body weights.
Progress as of today: -4 lbs lost so far, only 11 lbs to go!
Edit: I weighed myself at the gym & I am actually scared. I am NOT in a good place mentally or physically right now. I do practically no cardio, always lower than the recommended amount because my legs hurt, still. Shin splints suck man! 10 months are now my body is really getting out of shape. Also, I like to eat & I cannot totally diet to the point of feeling deprived. So, basically, I need to just keep going slowly, keep sticking with at least the ROUTINE of going to the gym - even if I cannot do the things that I love to do...
I weighed 129 point something on the scale, and that is a MAJOR disappointment to me. After trying to hard, to stay slim, I am too heavy right now for my height. I don't like how heavy I am getting....and I am working not to binge - because I can't right now. Even eating a little too much is weight gain. It sucks. And no cardio to burn calories or raise my heart rate. yes, I still do upper body weights, thank god. but I really don't want to get heavier & my goal was actually to lose a couple pounds by the near year - I failed at that goal. What's wrong with me, man.
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Happy Sunday!
8am breakfast - 800 cal. pb and cooked cranberries on an English muffin, also some fruit / sautéed carrots. like 20 min later I also had a wrap with extra pb and cooked cranberries. almond milk.
10:30-11am snacking: not being so healthy, trying to curb that NOW...200 in sautéed carrots, fruit, yogurt, followed my some snack crackers and veggies 200, then 2 servings of triscuits 250 more.
1450 (def not great, but really, my body was craving carbs bad...!)
1pm: strawberries/blueberries and a raspberry candy 50 (could be a hair more in terms of calories...)
3pm - 1650 with cooked seasoned, veggies..may also have a protein shake before dinner with my parents to curb my appetite, or, save it.
5pm: protein shake but only half 150 cal.
around 1800, not great.
dinner: tofu vegetable soup 50...lol, probably 100. and lots of steamed veggies with a lil bit of rice, little bit of sauce, and a couple big shrimp and a few large scallops. 400-500 prob.
so, to be nice to myself, let's say I had 2250 cal today. success in keeping calories in check, despite that nasty breakfast.
but I'm gaining weight, ever so slowly. time to diet I guess. I hate dieting (keeping calories low) but maybe I should :(. If I diet, I will keep calories around 1700 per day. that should help me lose weight...but, do I wanna lose more weight faster?
I could only keep calories at the lower end if it were days where I am not doing the hardcore upper body workout. ...let me stop, I can already see that it's not gonna work for me....to lower the calories so much.
anyways, tomorrow is an upper body workout, so calories don't need to be real low.
perhaps on Tuesday, i'll keep calories at 1700.
tomorrow i'll try for 2000.
this is already too much to think about!
Progress as of today: -4 lbs lost so far, only 11 lbs to go!
8am tasty breakfast: cinnamon swirl oatmeal with bran added 240, fruit 60, cooked cranberries 50. 350. followed up with a small wrap with peanut butter and cooked cranberries 250: 600 really, really tasty calories!
2250. hardcore upper body. legs started to hurt while doing weights at gym, but I continued until I was finished. relaxed all afternoon after I got home - since 4pm.
wishing I never had this leg issue, I'd be walking so much, gosh.
Progress as of today: -2 lbs lost so far, only 9 lbs to go!
RYC: Glad my exercise is motivating--I wouldn't have thought that, but I'll take it! Hope you can get back to some of your favorite workouts again soon. I know what it's like to feel like you're never gonna be back to normal with a low back issue I had when I was in my late 20s.
2am snack because I woke up and was probably bored and just the slightest bit hungry (knowing I am not going to work..): a vegan, all natural type higher sugar protein bar 180, half banana 60, roll with peanut butter 200: around 450, good..
6am snack: water with apricot liquid stevia, strawberries 50
snacking: strawberries & a few almonds 100
8am breakfast: low sugar cinnamon swirl oatmeal with lots of extra bran crackers heated and warmed in it 240, extra berries and some cooked cranberries 60 = 300.
10am??weird/bored snacking = cooked teriyaki leftover veggies 150??
11:30am hungry before abs / lower legs at gym: protein bar. 200 (and will return a movie on the way home to the redbox where I rented it)...anything to get out of my apartment today!
total around 2200 cal, success! yes, calories are not great for a mostly sedentary day, but, they aren't blown out of proportion either.
glad I decided to take this day off. it's exactly what I needed, these past couple weeks being less busy & stressful. I feel like I can totally recharge my body, feel good when I have to take the medical test for the NYPD in TEN DAYS! whoa...just looked at the letter....the 13th! Feeling excited, feeling good....and KNOWING, I must stay less stressed & focused on my well-being. I can get it. I know I can.
My friend who is a nurse gave me really great advice at the New Years party...she asked if I was stretching enough or at all...I said, "not really." she said, "well, that's what you have to do!!! Shin splints are just tightness....you need to stretch and point your toes up and down!" well, I have been doing that. And I googled this, never finding it before on the internet without her telling me this tip...(never came across it earlier)...and it seems to be HELPING a lot! This may save me....fully...! Oh, and when I googled it, a few things came up, of people claiming this is what helped them, this trick of toe pointing, stretching out the calves....has helped others....!
Progress as of today: -2 lbs lost so far, only 9 lbs to go!
RYC: Thanks--your words hit the spot:-)
Happy Thursday! It's gonna be very cold & snowy tonight into tomorrow!
1250 cal including almonds as a snack after lunch!
around 1900-1950-2000. something in there.
no real exercise except walking to & from car (10-15 minutes total?) and 10 mintues on treadmill at lunch. also, running errands to stock up on some food before our snowstorm that we are currently underway with overnight until tomorrow...SICK day tomorrow! wahooooo! not going in!!! keeping my car dry and clean in the garage. maybe, if the snow stops early enough, gym in afternoon tomorrow. if it's open...either way, tomorrow's another day to recharge my batteries & relax. sounds great to me. just GREAT!
I needed these easy couple weeks and this extra day off tomorrow, away from work & the mundane usual is icing on the cake. not that I don't wanna work, I just like having some time off, to use at my leisure. TO. BE. LAZY.
Progress as of today: -2 lbs lost so far, only 9 lbs to go!
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butternut squash? how do you cook it?