Took a break from morning kombucha at home, then Had the entensive breakfast buffet which is great by work: egg white omelette with a little turkey 150 - maybe less, cheese too 150, 2 smallish chicken sausages 200?, oatmeal made with water one serving or so 150. 650, and will have a black coffee with stevia.
10am chocolate 50 sugar free...SO GOOD, ANOTHER WATERED DOWN COFFEE :) 50, ALMONDS 50
after the biggg breakfast, holy heck....hungry...big breakfast didn't help as usual...it satisfied me yes, but i still need snacks LOL.being tired doesn't help either!...i'm happy, ok, HAPPY FRIDAY!
Lunch: ended going out with coworkers. seaweed type salad light dressing 100, small roll of sushi avocado and tuna 400?. 500. healthy but of course not hugely filling LOL.
snacks: apple / almonds 200 and healthy!!! I am ending the week STRONG!!!!
Planning to do a shortened walk home, just some of it, then eat something followed by bed early. probably salads and sauted spaghetti squash 200, indian okra 200, half a big tasty everything seed bagel from work 200 followed by the other half ;) 200, ... for dinner and some popcorn or chips :) maybe fruit too. that'd be pretty balanced, quest protein bar 200 in chocoate hazelnut flavor 1000, no real protein, not in mood.
2500. decent.
7day 2213, decent - i thought it'd be worse actually!
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so far, the recovery book i'm reading is saying SLEEP is the most important factor and nothing matches it. i agree 100%...more on what she says about nutrition supps later...but basically it's that there's no proof in how most of them work and the studies are minute and usually quite small and the negative studies may be many before getting to one with positive results.
Progress as of today: -0.5 lbs lost so far, only 1.5 lbs to go!
MIGHT HAVE TO SKIP EXERCISE TONIGHT BC I'M REALLY TIRED, so, i've thought about it, my legs are sore, i'll do a quicker workout instead of skipping everything. i was even contemplating skipping work tomorrow, but, i am trying to save days right now since i was just away, so:
instead, i'll skip legs tonight (since my ankle and stuff is sore from yesterday's standing in place for a few hours at work), and just do a shortened strength workout of:
pushups, situps, biceps, and chest press exercises. that's it for tonight.
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Def not feeling my best today. feeling tired, emotionally and physically, and will leave ON TIME to get a workout in followed by sleep...then friday's only plan is to get in bed early for an early wakeup to do another 5k - yay!!!!
it was a physically / emotionally tiring week back from vacation with unexpected overtime Monday thru Wednesday. today and tomorrow i'll do what's expected but no more. OT is not hard, but it's draining.
SO, IN THE effort that i am not emotionally conquering the longer hours, i gave the boss his one night of my overtime, and going forward i will leave anyways.
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kombucha 50
atkins choc coconut 170, coffee 50.
choc covered almonds 70 (for just 3! wow!) chocolate 100
Midmorning: wrap 130 cream cheese 100, lox 70. 300
Lunch: will make sure it's very balanced. i have a thai flavored tuna pouch 100from home, half avocado150, tomato 50, banana 150, seaweed salad 50, salad 50. 550 tops really filling - happy & satisfied with this meal!
2pm-3pm espresso and chocolate!! 100
4:30pm small clementine, few almonds 50
Dinner before exercise: wrap with egg 200, okra indian style 200. 400...and strawberries 50.
I think 2000 cal was the total.
6day: 2166
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I need / crave more meat lately i think (also protein is VERY important for recovery - in addition to carbs - but the protein - not all at once but throughout the day is what helps muscles repair).
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I'm reading a book on RECOVERY. so far, SLEEP is MOST important. more than any technological invention.
The author shared she looks float tubs, which i did try once, but i got sick after and hated it - hated the hour soaking. it was a bit too warm and hard to breathe in that air so long....she likes it, maybe i went to the WRONG place!
For some sleep is not so important, but with my lack of sleep growing up since teenage years till my early 30's, i have totally experienced that feeling of being unrested enough to know that it was time for a change. nowadays i sleep wayyy better than i used to, and don't need to sip Monster Energy drinks like water, my skin is much clearer, and my fitness is starting to get stronger!
Ate more than i wanted yesterday bc i was laying in bed unable to sleep, so i decided just to have some carbs, quite a bit, to help me sleep which of course worked...
i've been working Overtime every night this week (monday over an hour, tuesday a half hour, thru Wednesday just over an hour), so i'm beginning to get edgy and tired. Tonight i should be able to leave on time, to get my workout in earlier than i did on this past Tuesday. I have noticed after standing all day, my body is quite tight in my legs, so, that makes sense. it should all go away as long as i de-stress and continue to sleep well.
Progress as of today: -0.5 lbs lost so far, only 1.5 lbs to go!
Leading up to lunch 750, healthy mix.
Lunch: cooked cauliflower rice, great serving and taste 150, cheesy eggplant rollettes - cheese part is like 200 cal? and the eggpalnt part i didn't finsih maybe like 150, apple 100. total here: 600. but probably i overestimated. will have black coffee as i've actually been on my feet a decent amount of the morning at work and could use a pick me up!..and some almonds 50.
couple candies on way home 50
dinner: leftover popcorn chicken by purdue around 200, sauteeed okra (a bit too spicy so next time i'll tell them NOT spicy - was made well though! 150) and a whole milk greet yogurt for dessert in banana flavor by oikos (it was GREAT!) 150. total here approx 500-550
2250today, better, wayyyy better than expected! go me!
Couldn’t sleep at all so finished off the night with many chips and bite chocolate 250
5day 2200
i was on my feet all day, so no exercise or walks. but did good. and i'm pleased with my day. i even worked OT, because everyone was gone and my boss i have had this year - this was the FIRST time it was JUST me and him in that office....so i bit the bullet and stayed to show him (since he doesn't really fully know), my work ethic to finish a task. so instead of coming home at 6pm, i'm home at 7:30pm, but, i didn't have anything planned and i got a good dinner and in time to relax before bed tonight! :) plus, i worked a hair less hours during the first night of passover and then also the day i left for my trip, so it's a fair give and take :)
not enough protein, but, for dinner i have options like the rest of the popcorn chicken in my fridge, even a yogurt for dessert....i have so many leftovers, def not trying to spend much this week!
thinking to not exercise today as i was on my feet all day, i'll just go home from work since it's late also and tomorrow i have my strength workout and need more sleep again...
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STAYED LATE again at work for over an hour, this time it's good i did....i do NOT think all weeks will be this way, but, the project i am doing is wrapping up maybe this year to a year and a half...so it may just be this way. but nobody was here, a couple people out attending a class and it's JUST ME and the BIGGGG BOSS.....so, i'm not gonna walk away without finishing the task, although it's menial....but then again a lot of my tasks are menial....so, i'm showing my work ethic and OF COURSE staying :)
Progress as of today: -0.5 lbs lost so far, only 1.5 lbs to go!
kombucha 50
coffee extra whole milk 100, 3 dark chocolates 150 (thinking to start delaying breakfast and just begin the day for awhile now with a sweet and coffee - trying to think of a way to feel more satisfied and less snacky all morning at work - or go back to my bars which are a mix of proteins/carbs/fats...)
Mid morning: wrap and lox and cream cheese: 300
Lunch: must include extra, extra veg...i have tons of leftovers, so, it's no problem...and also coworker gave me TONS of food, not really on the veg side, but things like homemade eggplant rollettes! and a shredded chicken dish with rice from slow cooker AND cauliflower rice - and THAT's a mighty fine veggie that i should eat later this week!!! she cooked so much lately...i've got TONS!...i overate and the rollettes were greasy. 700 cal for lunch.
1600 before late workout bc got out a little late again today I wanted to leave on time and ended up excusing myself bc I cant do long hours. (i simply said i was sorry, but i had to go...)
got home, started to make breakfast wraps, and ended up having some lox 50as well as my oiled, seasoned eggplant...at least 150,
during exercise wrap bread 150, strawberries 50
before exercise, starting around 7:30 and my goal is to end it by 8:30...starting now! seems current workout is approx 1.5 hours, that's ok. ended a little after 9pm. 1.5 hours is doable.
peanut butter bar and almond milk 250
2250, excellent.
4day: decent - 2185
Progress as of today: -0.5 lbs lost so far, only 1.5 lbs to go!
You're doing fantastic getting your workouts in. I seem to only do weights on Saturdays... wah wah. Glad I'm keeping up with the push-ups!
Some days, I too put limits on how late I will stay. Sorry, gotta go - and that's it. On days that I have chair yoga, I let the attorneys know, I need all outgoing letters by 4:30 because I'm out at 5p. It just has to be that way sometimes.
there were times i didn't listen to my body. once, i was rushing around, really tired, and fell at the upper part of the escalator in a mall after work on a day i left early but not as early as others. now, i realize i could have walked out also earlier since everyone was (it was an easter friday / passover first night combined holiday a few years ago on a friday).
so i fell, really hurt my knee and it was painful for a little while but luckily it did heal just fine.
no longer am i always trying to be the one with the smallest backbone and most patience. it serves me in a healthier way to sometimes just not be that person.
i know i could wait longer like you at work to eat, but, i'm unable to wait. the idea to have sweets for breakfast didn't work well yesterday and i realized it's better to have coffee and my small sandwich right away, to start on a good note with the first real sustainance i get in...it was worth the experiement yesterday !
kombucha 50
at work breakfast: one lemony shortbread cookie from paris for my coworkers and i ! 100, wrap with cream cheese and lox 250, coffee 50, chocolates 50
snack: TBD, carbs are my craving since Saturday morning. Had nicely salted sea salt almonds so good! 100
Noon early lunch: spaghetti squash with olive oil and spices 150, leftover saag and cheese in it (might as well eat the cheese and stop throwing it out like i used to!) 250, chips 150. 550.
got really hungry after not enough maybe protein in lunch or just anxiety so had a collagen lemony protein bar 200
4-4:30 black coffee, chocolate, almonds 100 total, later on walk a couple candies 50
healthy dinner: wrap and egg 200, 1/2 avocado 150, 1 large piece of baked eggplant with some oil 50-100. 450. blue tea.
1950, perfect.
2166 3day :)
did the full 2.5 mi walk home and it was easier than usual - paris was a good start to increasing my fitness abilities!!!!!!!
Progress as of today: -0.5 lbs lost so far, only 1.5 lbs to go!
Where did you find your trainer? When do you start with him?
Before i had the major leg tendonitis and pain, i was taking a bootcamp around 40 minutes away that i'd drive to on weekends. he was one of the marine trainers. they hired retired and active US Marines to teach the hour long group classes.
I've stayed in touch with him all these years on facebook, he's always supporting my fitness and happy to follow me. he's still very much coaching others.
i'm thinking to bite the bullet, start with him even before setting myself up with any cardio of my choice. i'd rather just follow his routine, half hour 2-3x a week and call it a day.
he lives far, but, that'd be part of the day on whatever weekends i catch up with him, approx 1x a month for several months. just to tweak and add exercises / delete exercises for a half hour routine. I don't want longer than that - the important thing is to do it, not to waste time either. get it in,get it done!
6:30am (still getting used to NYC time, slept a ton this weekend)..big serving of fresh strawberries 100, 2 cups cheerio-like Onyxorgum 250, almond milk 50. 400. tasty. may go back to bed for a bit.
yup, went back to bed for 2 1/2 hours!
Snack: 2 small rice cakes 50, with a good amount of palak spread 150 and an egg 80. 280. and strawberries 70
Light snack at noon before upper body workout / legs if i feel up to it: entenman's cookie bar and an iced coffee 200, chocolate protein nut butter 100,
during workout (took my time with it over couple hours): salami 100, indian masala chips 200, clementines 50, salami 150, 100 chocolate 100
dinner: spag squash and roasted eggplant 200, popcorn chicken 200, chips 150. 550
2300 :)
2day 2275 cal per day.
Today: I'm doing the new strength routine that i started before i left for trip, luckily it's all written down and i'm ready to open that email i wrote and get started again! woohoo!
Cardio: I've contacted the marine in the reserves that i'm using as my trainer for cardio! we are in the midst of planning a session for the end of this month!! he lives quite a hike away, it'll take most of a "day" to go there and come back for the hour session, but, i trust him and it's going to be a big part of my life (cardio training) this year. for now, i'll plan to see him 1x a month (he said $75 which is VERY reasonable) for a routine. then i'll practice it over the month until the following month's session with him! I plan to do the cardio 2-3x per week now - the routine will start up therefore in May so this month i have a couple walks scheduled and other good plans on the horizon before locking down this routine commitment. it's not gonna be fun & games i do realize i'm going to have to place it as a priority in my already busy schedue....but, if i can do it, i can start a new career at some point as a court officer...so, i'm going to give it a last attmept throughout this year.
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enjoying the time alone at home, really the only plan today is to get food possibly in Flushing if Rosie makes her way here with her husband. the woman i stayed with in Florida came for the weekend, last minute bday trip to her husband. they are staying at a hotel and i'm recovering from jet lag. If they can make it to the Chinatown by me, i'll take Ricky and meet them for a meal. really i don't care either way, because i'm rather exhausted and my body is very sore from the week of extensive walking. my legs are very weak feeling and a bit inflamed. they'll be fine but the rest is very important right now.
my plans with Rosie were cancelled as they want to sightsee much more of nyc today and not come to queens....that is good! i'll see her the next time she's in NYC. no worries. it was too much to see her after this trip as i'm quite pooped and needed to take a lot of this weekend to prepare myself for this coming full week. and the weeks will be full, aside from Memorial Day weekend which i look forward to!
I don't plan to take many days until summer comes, when i'll take a day here and there to balance out bigger weekend plans.
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the hamster cage really wreaks...so, i'm going to clean it, now....before i take my own shower. it's been about one month and it's totally time! yup, now it's nice & clean!! :)
Progress as of today: -0.5 lbs lost so far, only 1.5 lbs to go!
i idn't end up exercising and was home from around 1:30pm until nighttime. it was nice to spend the day at home. i wish i could also do this tomorrow, but i'm meeting up with a friend for real chinese prepared food (we may be cooking it ourselves actually) in the Queens Chinatown which is really close to me, thankfully!)
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Slept well, legs a bit sore so thinking i should roll them out later :)
Sleep is just a hair off but i'm not complaining as it's quite nice to be up so early at 6am and looking to start today early and be finished early!
6am-6:30am Breakfast: oatmeal 150 with almond milk 30, salt, stevia, greek whole milk flavored coconut yogurt 160, kombucha 50. 400.
8am lily's stevia dark chocolate 200, coffee50,candy 50
1pm full lunch: popcorn chicken a bit over one serving 350, lettuce, indian veggies with sauce including potato 150, indian saag one serving or so 150, popcorn 150, tea. 800, 2 egg whites oops forgot that 50
fell asleep after lunch for about an hour...
3:45pm snack of a large apple and 2 clementines 150
5:30pm chips salami and tomato 250
was thinking to do my upper body exercises, but i think i may just wait until tomorrow...
9pm later at night after company left (Ricky came over) yogurt and a cereal type natural bar. 300
2250 and calling it a night.
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Plans for today:
Maybe head back to sleep for a little after breakfast. also need to foam roll my legs before going out today
Head out to parent's to get Hamster back with cage and all the food, etc.
Shop at large supermarket near parents to get a decent amount of fruit/veggies/wraps/eggs/kombucha/almond milk/spaghetti squash or 2...loaded up on so many things, tons of seltzer too...set for a couple weeks on a lot of food, actually.
Come home to prep foods for upcoming work week and/or read a new book
do upper body workout only (legs need to recover!),
tomorrow i'd have relaxed too....but my friend from Florida that i stayed with this past January near Miami booked a last minute flight with her hubby to NYC for the weekend and i am meeting her (near me!) for Chinese in the Queens Chinatown in Flushing...so i'd like to get my upper body workout done today.
it's kinda good i'm meeting her, my body (legs) are sore and i don't need to do any cardio, just care for myself and heal properly before starting the cardio training later this month that i've been planning to START.
...and i think my stomach is mostly back to normal now (more my bowls actually lol!) took a couple days ;) (would have taken shorter i'm sure if didn't go to work friday, so now that i've had some time at home to relax i'm doing well again!)
Progress as of today: -0.5 lbs lost so far, only 1.5 lbs to go!
I remember coming back from the UK (many years ago) and it taking a couple of days to get back to a regular sleep schedule. That's OK, you can get a lot done while you're awake, and then go to bed early.
Do you think that, if money were no object, that you would like to live in Paris? How is your American friend feeling about living in Paris?
i did get to move around a hair yesterday, shopping in a large supermarket...but that was it. i am doing the foam rolling and will start to lay down with my legs up against a wall daily now. I had been doing it some nights in Paris too and last night here which helps blood flow and circulation...
it's been pretty decent getting back to sleep schedule as now i'm up on the weekend at 5:30-6 lol which will do me GREAT tomorrow for work! :)
yes, i've been sleeping TONS. very tired, low energy right now. wishing i could stay home a few days more before going back to work...but....this'll do.
also wishing to take more time off before going back to exercising my upper body...but, i have most of the day today at home so might as well start it up.
no, i like NYC better than Paris. Paris feels claustrophoic and the buildings care in a design where everything is crowded. food options are more over here. i can get more things here. plus, my family is here. i do like living in Queens. even compared to Long Island, where my parents live, i feel i am a Queens girl at heart. More city-like and not like these more "family centered" folks on the island. more free, more able to live freely with my own rules and nobody else's. i felt this at the supermarket yesterday on long island...
i find that in Queens people do more things with their hair styles - dying it, and more intricate cuts and fashion. on Long Island, i tend to feel people are more routine and regular, feeling the need to fit in...and less-so to stand out.
i just needed to be in the right mindset as you asked me quite a bit !...let me get to answering the above now!
Happy Friday!!! Relaxing at home drinking my kombucha before i leave for work on this Friday!!!!! Back from Paris!
Kombucha 100
Breakfast: egg on wrap 200, butter 100, coffee 50.
snacking: atkins choco coco bar and fruit tea with some sugar 250, later a choc 50, other choc
lunch: from buffet near work :) will be healthy maybe seared tuna 2 portions around 250 cal , salad light dressing 100, serving butternut squash 150, serving grilled eggplant 100. total around 600
snacking: apple 100, NUTS 50
dinner: good question! maybe i'll pick up something at lunch for dinner ;) more healthy food and veggies sounds good at this point! OR, i'll pick up indian food on the way home from work in NYC on the way to the subway, YES!
2100 tops
7day 2130
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I'll write little excerpts about Paris as the weekend continues ... was very busy and tired at nights, so was enough just to log calories and be done with it while i was on vacation!
In Paris, they do not snack like we do - especially on the go. it's more on healthy things like fruits. and they don't walk around on the streets with drinks, coffee, or food. they sit and eat properly. such a difference from the states! and yes, they were much thinner, way more than me! especially their legs, leaner - more lean muscle. overall the men especially are thinner, the older men do not have "bellies" like in the US at all.
Even in Disney outside Paris, much less snacks were available there and there weren't food stands everywhere to buy food, just more restaurants. i think that was great, as less temptations and thoughts about food, and more enjoyment just for the park and surroundings!
(I meant to delete some of my comment i wrote above here to BCGG and just post it here, sorry BCGG... )
Progress as of today: -0.5 lbs lost so far, only 1.5 lbs to go!
I'm really glad you made these Paris comparisons on your entry, too. That's very interesting. I know that the French do make more of a meal and walk more, but I didn't realize that they didn't snack, etc. I met an American woman who lives in France and she says that the every day pace is much more relaxed and slower. Americans are much more stressed and work more intensely.
I had pointed out to Male Co-worker this eek that the stress I'm under now is exactly how and why I got fat working here in the first place. Get stressed out, want to eat --- rather than eliminating the real cause of the stress.
they'll eat snacks at their desks or while sitting, not as they are moving along or on a commute or outside standing on the street....
and i think snacks are more like fruit and natural (not workout bars etc).
1850.....just landed at 4pm which is good enough to go to work tomorrow for sure !!
1950 after fruit...doing all my laundry so i don't have to do it on the weekend :)
more fruit, egg with salt, egg whites total 150
yogurt 100
laundry is getting done so thats off the list for this weekend thankfully and I’ll be able to really prepare well for next week.
I think 2400 after another snack bar.
6 day: 2140 - at least I walked a ton all week! It probably is less than all the calories I burned!
Progress as of today: -0.5 lbs lost so far, only 1.5 lbs to go!
Wednesday 2300.good!
2090 5day
Progress as of today: -0.5 lbs lost so far, only 1.5 lbs to go!
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Hope you are having a good day...any photos of your Paris trip?
yes, i'll post this weekend...
BearCountryGG on 05/10/2019:
If you think that you need sleep...then you need sleep....
love this!
legcramps on 05/10/2019:
What's up for the weekend? I'm so glad it's Friday and I don't have to work tomorrow...I don't care what BF says, i'm sleeping in! LOL
THAT breakfast sounds amazing, so much fantastic nutrition in one meal!
Enjoy your walk home today, and the early bedtime.
Book sounds interesting, what's the name of it? I agree that sleep is 100% make-or-break, but I also think there are other things we can do for recovery that will 'speed up' the process :) :)
Yes, i agree with you 100% about the book. she actually mostly knocks foam rolling and massage saying it's only the "relaxed mindset." but, i do love the foam rolling and it helps me to relax my legs.
she also says that the "float tubs" are great whereas i did it once and HATED it...so i guess the other things we do are things that we can term more individualized approaches. i do feel her book is a bit biased....but about the sleep, she's right on indeed!
thank you for the nice comments above...i will try indeed to do some walking tonight, though not too much so i can be energized tomorrow & sleep early tonight. thanks for thinking of me!
legcramps on 05/10/2019:
Wait, you have a 5k tomorrow, I already knew that ;)
oh yeah ;)
legcramps on 05/10/2019:
Good luck! Have fun! Don't break a leg :) :) :) LOL
i'll try not too ;) haha
Donkey on 05/11/2019:
Your food sounds SO delicious and well-balanced! Good luck on the 5k - can't wait to read about it!!!
It was good eats even though high cals!!