1955-7day average, good!
Proud of myself. I got thru March!
Planning my second (but really first in terms of timeline) trip to Cuba tonight with friend from Miami, Florida...for early May ....will book flight tonight with her. My trip has a stop, it stops and she gets on the flight from Fort Lauderdale to Cuba! We will get to sit next to each other on the plane! Even though i live in NY and her in Florida! So cool!
Next trip is already booked for the flight - Vegas in October!
This year I'm getting some awesome fun and adventure in - in the form of traveling especially, the most ever in my adult life, because next year i'll be in Academy for 6 months (Jan '18 thru June '18) for NYPD and def NOT traveling (more like studying!), and prob not traveling once working as a cop right away - (June '18 to Dec '18)...and after this - money will be extra tight.
So at 34/35 years old now, I want to enjoy life. And that's exactly what I'm doing!
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Home: kombucha 30, Vinegar drinks 30 total: 60 :-)
Breakfast: half bagel 200 with cream cheese 100 and sorta a quarter of a big corn muffin 200 (breakfast bought by company today!) 500. and coffee with skim bc that's the only milk that was there in work fridge.
Snack: 100 cal or so of almonds 100
Lunch: white rice 200, cabbage 50, kale 100, egg 100: 450
Snack: ?? prob a low cal no caffeine drink and some melon (leftover from work breakfast) 100
Dinner: chips 250 and a pita thing 100, a cauliflower mix someone cooked for me with some potato and oil 150?, some sauteed bitter melon 50-100, some veggie salad from supermarket 100-150, egg and egg white boiled 100, (YES, WAS HUNGRY / emotional maybe too just long week - i did good!) i think this is it..800-850 fine.
2100 tops. very good. and ice cream pop 100. 2200, fine :-)
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Getting new car breaks today - dropped off my car a few blocks from work and now getting it done while at work. Also getting an oil change. Hopefully less than $400 total and more along the lines of $350...we shall see when the owner of the car repair shop comes in and calls me back - i left my car with his brother, but i think his brother only does the electrical side of things, not mechanical....So, waiting for Neil's call :-D...
So glad to get car stuff done. I still need new windshield wipers...and now i remember, i also need a small screw replacement for my car - i forgot to mention it - i'll have to walk over there at lunch and show him...good it's close to work! there's a piece at the bottom that became unhinged, not a biggie, but needs to be tacked down again - just bc it's an older car...things wear away....it's a cheap and easy thing like five or 10 bucks tops this additional item i'm talking about.
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I wasn't happy with the start of this month - knowing I used up all vaca and sick days and that it's a long month & i'd have to get thru. But I made the best of it, even when i managed to get a lil virus, and I'm just so glad to move onto April now. Overall, i did pretty good in March...and learned some lessons too - again - involving peope / work / and that "Don't Assume Loud People are RIGHT and Quiet people are Wrong....!" ....better to sometimes remain quiet even if you are wrong because loud people don't wanna hear it either way...and even if you are right, best to sometimes shut up - as to not make any problems.
Progress as of today: 2 lbs lost so far, only 3 lbs to go!
Home: kombucha 50, drink and honey 50. 100 total.
Breakfast: coffee 50, wrap 100, cream cheese 100, lox 50. 300 total. oh and half a small banana. very small banana. 50.
Snack: almonds 150
Lunch: change of pace tasty chinese chop suey dish 300? with a mostly potato veggie 150 burger and white rice 200 650 or so. tasty, good.
Before gym: granola bar and caffeine 100
After gym (yay, going back finally!) protein cookie and two plums 550 and a few chips too. it the spot.
1950 :-)
1915 6-day :-) very good.
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Happy to be resuming weights....
First need to take out $300 from ATM now....for breaks repair for tomorrow while i'm at work, dropping off car down the block first :-D
lots of $ out the window but it's mostly for good reason...lol but some waste also. life is good...anyways. :-D yes.
Progress as of today: 2 lbs lost so far, only 3 lbs to go!
I took a total of 5 days off in between sessions. today marks 6 days since my last workout - and at 90% feeling better and not liking to miss workouts...time to resume :-)
And yes, i was able to actually eat well during my days off gym....
and amazingly, the extra rest has cleared my skin!!!!
it would be nice for skin to stay clear...as i'm going away next friday night to a casino for fun night!
Resting paid off :-D
Good to know you ladies / man are around the web <3 thanks for the comments letting me know that you are all out there :-D
Home 6:30am: honey at 6am, followed by a lavender kombucha 60: 100 total.
8:30am Breakfast: wrap 60, cream cheese 100, lox 50 coffee 50: 260.
Snack: NONE :-)
12pm Lunch: white rice 250, cabbage 30, sauteed kale 100, turkey burger 170 550.
granola bar 100. and later a 50 cal drink on way home
decent dinner: 1 large egg 90, two more whites 40. 130, banana 120, pumpkin mix (sauteed) 100, chocolate protein muffin 240: 600, good.
1650, excellent.
5day average: 1915 5-day. excellent.
exercise: 20 min walk in morning, was worth it because the day rolled thru and i didn't exercise anymore than that, plus moving around in afternoon at the court slightly but mostly sitting still.
I hope to be back at gym tomorrow eve as sore throat is practically gone already tonight. extra sleep as helped greatly.
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case was decided and i was guilty. is ok. i no longer touch my cell phone when driving, i must find the holder for it for when i use a gps with it. additionally, i need to get velcro for my gps when i do not use my phone gps since i do not have unlimited data.
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I had some (very small amount) honey before a 20min walk this AM before my shower and kombucha since yesterday i didn't do any exercise and it feels really BAD to not do anything for multiple days.
I am on the mend, as Donkey says about herself, so I also like a little light walking rather than just sitting. Feels good to move the body as it also get's the blood flowing, heart pumping & digestion moving.
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On another note, today I leave work midday @ 1:30pm to go to court (my time is 2:30pm there) to appear for a traffic ticket. Hopefully it will NOT result in any points. I am sure it will result, either way, in money down the tube but it's def my fault i was talking on my phone holding it while driving - I have learned my lesson and no longer do this at all. I know it's not safe for me and others - no more talking or texting on phone if i'm on the road - only if I pull over.
I have a defensive driving certificate with me in addition to other docs. I took an online course soon after i got the ticket. I then come back to work after court. Luckily, the court is around 20min only from work. Worked out very nicely this time in terms of the commuting part.
Even though i'm taking time outta work to do this event, court, I will not be working past 5pm today. Enough is enough & I am already sick.
Progress as of today: 2 lbs lost so far, only 3 lbs to go!
WHERE IS EVERYONE LOL~!....NOBODY'S POSTING BUT LIL OLD ME!
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Even though not 100%, close to it & planning on gym tonight - but i may change my mind if i feel very run down later on. Feeling still run down with slight body aches, not gonna exercise at all today - taking the day off :-) to read & AGAIN GO TO BED EARLY.
Then again, as long as I have the sore on my throat, right upper side only not the full throat, i may as well get rest...so...i'll bring gym clothes but not sure I am going. I do not want to be sick longer - so if I feel sick, I will go home after work. Maybe take a short walk in evening or at lunch instead of gym, yeah.
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1am: yes really woke up with sugar craving, komucha 60,
6am honey 20, ACV drink 20, kombucha 60 160 total..and small bites of plantain. total since 1am 200.
8:30am: wrap 60, cream cheese 100, lox 50: 210 and a packet of matcha stuff (healthy) 20: total 230.
...(so many little things lol adds up a little bit glad i'm keeping track bc too many things i've had already!)
12pm snack: almonds 150 cal also i did end up having a decaf coffee with milk and splenda, pretty much already accounted for.
1pm Healthy Lunch: white rice 200 so tasty still, cabbage 60 (yep, a full bag cooked previously at home), turkey burger 160, spinach sauteed 100, and some bitter melon (caribbean dish) sauteed 50? total here: 600 approx and very healthy.
1200 after a healthy lunch. craving gum. may have some later. throat starting to improve greatly. no gym tonight...getting extra rest so i can go back strong for gym.
...really pushing that i want to go to gym after work...i may!...
100 in snacks
1300...
Dinner plan - to have a small volume sorta thing so i am not bloated tomorrow. planning on gym Wednesday eve hopefully. will have a lot of this pumpkin that's stewed so on the very soft side and mixed with a protein pudding that has probiotics. looking to not be bloated in the AM. it should be around 600 cal, tops and strawberries also tonight.
1850 or so. good. no exercise still lethargic.
1980 4-day
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Def still no gym today even though i brought gym clothes to work bc i am still feeling sick...lower energy and not wanting to overdo. I may have to skip 2 workouts. It'll be like a week off, that's all. Hopefully I can resume Thursday (and just take around 6 days off)..since i hadn't had a week off in awhile, this is good.
I will try to resume tomorrow, Wednesday so that I can go W, F & Sunday. that means i am only skipping 1 workout this week, we shall see...
But then it's stressful also going into next week...so nevermind. I'll go back to the gym on Thursday eve. That's all.
SICKNESS SUCKS. Glad it's only a virus...but it's still a pain in the butt.
Progress as of today: 2 lbs lost so far, only 3 lbs to go!
I will comment on your diary, but i saw you said you are having a difficult time managing your time - trust me - i'm in your boat and you aren't alone in the least. EVERYONE IS TOO BUSY ! so don't feel to badly about that situation!
9pm Sunday: 2 med plums - 100 cal
6:30am Monday: kombucha 60, plantain 50? 100
8:30am Monday @ Work: Breakfast coffee 50, wrap 60, cream cheese 100, lox 50: 250
11am Snack: almonds 150 and sf throat lozenges throughout morning 50
1pm Healthy Lunch: little bit thai sauce from leftovers some beans and carrots 100, cabbage 50, chips 150, veggie burger 100: 400, good. prob a little caffeine after lunch to get me thru the rest of today. and a cough drop.
snacking before dinner 150 granola bar and a vitamin water.
Dinner: bitter melon sauteed 100, eggplant and potato sauteed 200, egg whites 100, 2 plums 100. total here: 500.
total today: approx 1700, good!
3-day avg: 2020, GOOD.
I have a virus only, according to the doctor...this is GOOD. I hope to be feeling better relatively soon...! She said taking ibuprofen should be enough.
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gonna gave to go to Walk-in Clinic type of dr on my way home after work to check this out. it's a sore throat and body aches...since Friday night and today being the worst of it - time to check it out - bc i am too run down for gym - means i am sick!
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Have a sore throat, planning to prob stop by dr after work....because i don't want it to get any wore...maybe make sure it isn't strep throat. I have had this since Friday eve, so i think it's good i go to doctor because i'm also feeling very run down, despite tons of sleep.
Progress as of today: 2 lbs lost so far, only 3 lbs to go!
8:30pm fruit 100 - 2 med plums - include with monday's total
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10am Tasty, comforting breakfast: raw Manuka honey therapeutic grade 60, cooked cranberries 60, almond milk 30, wheat bran and oatmeal mix 200, cocoa powder 40, peanut butter 200, cinnamon, stevia. total approx 600.
12:30 low cal frozen yogurt in a carmel flavor, not to buy again. 150. (not a big fan of caramel, but i wanted to try it as it was the only flavor left i hadn't tried!)
1pm turkey burger, i made them, on wrap with avocado 400 :-) and some chips 70.
took a nap from around 3-4pm, feeling very low energy.
Healthy dinner: turkey burger 160, avocado 160, wrap 80: 400, kombucha small amount30, egg & egg whotes 140, popcorn 160
dessert halo top choc chip cookie dough ice cream 100
2050 - good.
2175 2day avg
no gym, feeling sick, but did go for a 30min stroll outside instead of staying home all day.
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Yesterday was a lot of fun in city. Went out to dinner at a place i had a groupon for so it wasn't expensive & saw a wonderful broadway show - On Your Feet. It's the story of Gloria & Emilio Estefan.
A bit under weather with sore throat and stye in eye...busy month...overall i did great though!
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Because i've been doing more and stressed with no days off....i have a slight sore throat...i may skip gym to rest today.
Progress as of today: 2 lbs lost so far, only 3 lbs to go!
I do make my own turkey burgers. I enjoy using ground meat better than when i buy the ground meat that's already shaped into burgers at the store. I like to form my own with my hands bc i feel when i keep them a little thicker than the store's burgers, they cook up better. I am still experimenting. My burgers are so dry but i don't mind...this time i added some garlic, black pepper, dry cilantro i had in the pantry & some celery dried also like a spice in powder form. Def better than without any seasoning...
I am still learning the basics of cooking but I have gotten much better this year :-)
Turkey is so healthy and good for you. Pure protein and hardly any fat.
Oh, i broil the burgers in oven, around 5-6 minutes per side. when i turn them over, the fat is easy to just scoop right off...different from when i cook them stove top. Calories are really low, 160 cal per burger.
My mom told me to add breadcrumbs to the burger to make them tastier. I kinda like them as they are, maybe another time i'll add mushroom or something.
Still feeling under the weather but hoping i can resume gym tomorrow night, with only one of my workouts skipped (i workout 3x per week).
Even though i skipped a workout, i pushed myself to stroll around the neighborhood for 30 minutes and truly i am so happy i did that...because my real goal is on cardio for the remainder of this year (i am getting into running so i can join the nypd this coming january!)
thanks for your comments....we think alike on the food stuff. and the best about the whipped pb, is that it's healthy and same as regular pb - just some air. but same healthy nutrition!
10am breakfast Ice cream and chips 500,
snack kombucha, honey 100..
2pm lunch: wrap 100, lox 100, cream cheese 100 300...and butter popcorn 150, veggies with light sauce 50
1100..
Around 2250 today = awesome
Had dinner in city with friend and saw a Broadway show.
Actually 2300.
Progress as of today: 2 lbs lost so far, only 3 lbs to go!
1885 7-day average = EXTREMELY GOOD!
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Home: both strong kombucha as a treat 50 (worked beautifully) and part of a plantain 50. 100 or so total.
Breakfast: wrap 100, cream cheese 100, lox 50, coffee with milk and sugar 70. total here: 320.
420 :-)
11:30am almonds 150
570 or so
Healthy lunch: white rice 200? , lots of cooked spinach from a takeout place but they really don't know how too cook it as it tastes gross! so perhaps no more on getting their food as often as it hasn't been tasting good! 150, veggie burger 120, orange 80: 550 - this lunch was VERY satisfying!
before gym: caffeine and granola bar 100 and a chocolate
Quick drive home to pick up cell phone i forgot at home before going to gym :-D
After gym: 400 protein cookie :-D
total is so gooood 1650.
7day average will be very good: 1885 = super, made it back into the 1800's!
after gym (must drive home to get cell phone before gym after work - will go to gym closer to my home instead of next door to work so i can listen to my music on my phone at gym!): will be some kinda nice indulgence :-)...not high cal, but the type - like light ice cream or something :-D
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Slept so nicely Thursday into this AM. I needed it & I am glad i opted to be in bed early because I slept and woke slightly before my alarm but it meant i needed this sleep. I do feel better rested with sleep so it was good i did.
Usually I am very tired on Friday morning from gym the night before but tonight i will go instead of last night - seems this is yet another reminder that i must put sleep first & that sleep is going to be extermely, EXTREMELY, important as I work to continue to make my lower body stronger (WHICH I AM), legs prep for running (WHICH I AM!)....and sleep - it's just extremely NECESSARY for my well-being. Sleep is something my FATHER doesn't get enough of - but he has other qualities that make him in many ways "super-human" - in his mental strength to pull though.
But just because my father can do this doesn't mean he isn't affected - he has had to deal with LOTS of chronic health problems like asthma and chronic breathing problems, pollyps in his nose, chronic skin conditions that keep occurring like asthma...chronic lots of things...because he doesn't give himself (ever in his adult life) the proper sleep for restoration. I will be thankful from the bottom of my heart to him for all he has given me - he cannot EVER be repaid for the amount of endless love and support I have received from him. I am, eternally, grateful.
My eyes are tearing as I write this at work at 8:40am. Life is confusing. Life is complicated. Life sometimes doesn't make much sense at all. But we go with it.
Progress as of today: 2 lbs lost so far, only 3 lbs to go!
life is beautiful and sometimes the beauty passes by too fast before the next challenge....but this is the beauty of life too :-D
1925 6-day average with bed early.
so tired. gonna get some nice sleep before work tomorrow.
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Home: honey local on spoon!, some ACV in seltzer with stevia also. good combos right here! 50 Going to purchase expensive honey soon...maybe now on Amazon...there's special types for healing and health...that are expensive - another tax gift to myself i think!
Work almost 9am: Wrap 100, cream cheese 100, lox 50. 250. coffee with milk 50. and chocolate bar small from coworker of course eating the whole thing lol 150 more. the granola bar was a peanut butter flavored one covered in chocolate by quaker from a coworker - smaller than a chocolate bar from the vending machine and a fraction of calories so at least that's good ;)
Just ordered extremely high quality Manuka 20% UMF (unique manuka factor which is tops!) from Amazon. I am ready to join NYPD...you shall see...i am making it easier & easier by doing basically everything in my power to make my body the strongest and readiest EVER!...from oils that i bought from Doterra to this New Zealand anti inflammatory honey...we are going to academy Jan '18 oh yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!
150 almonds before lunch.
healthy lunch: popcorn 100 cal pack, tuna 1/2 pack 100, small orange 50, heavily marinated kale salad 150 at least (small size but dressing...) 450 i'll say to be safe :)
1100 after healthy lunch...looking forward to an early night tonight bedtime early :-D
bar on way home doing errands, granola bar 100.
1200...
dinner: chips 150 after 1 extra large egg 100, 2 mostly egg whites 50, potato like 100 only, spinach so gross from a restaurant 100, eggplant 100: 600 healthy.
1800, all healthy. not much walking aside from errands after work by driving was gonna walk but i'm tired and going to bed soon instead. gym tomorrow!
Progress as of today: 2 lbs lost so far, only 3 lbs to go!
I started off by saying how exciting I was considering the last three weeks I've been waiting on a giraffe to give birth - This went over rather well - got many laughs and chuckles from it. I then made the comment that I met Dianne during our sophomore year in high school in driver's ed. All the years I have know here she has always described herself as being a round peg fitting in a square hole. I believe that ever since she has known Kelly that her corners have all been filled. And then the last paragraph...which you have already read but will include it
Time as a way of showing us what really matters. This is your time know and I hope you continue to having those long meaningful conversations, listen and talk to one another about dogs and be happy together. And Kelly, if Dianne ever gets too made at your...remember she loves ice cream time. As you both continue on your fantastic journey together I hope you find peace and acceptance. I wish you both joy and happiness but above all of this, I wish you love. Here's to Dianne and Kelly!
I couldn't eat dinner that was catered because i was so nervous, but I was told I did a great job. It was a beautiful wedding and I had a great time. I didn't want to come back to Ohio when I was enjoying 75-80 degree weather while there. Oh well. Thanks for asking and thanks again for your input and assistance on editing. I appreciate it so much.
In all honesty though, I thought your speech, the long version, was brilliant and well thought out!
I know for a fact you did a good job on the abbreviated version as well! after you told me, too!...i would be nervous also and not able to eat much either before giving a toast..
In all honesty though, I thought your speech, the long version, was brilliant and well thought out!
I know for a fact you did a good job on the abbreviated version as well! after you told me, too!...i would be nervous also and not able to eat much either before giving a toast..
Continue with your plans about getting better and stronger! I know you will be so ready in January.
the supplements should help me also...i'm feeling good without work stress, as well. My boss is letting me relax.
Home: honey, some plantain also 100...hopefully not more..could be though. and my ACV with seltzer and stevia
9am Breakfast: wrap 100, cream cheese 100, lox 50, coffee 50 with sugar 20: 320.
Noon Lunch: popcorn 100 cal skinny pop, pumpkin 100 at least, salmon by bumble bee it think it was? 1/2 packet 100 or so, some sugary kale salad 150 i swear the dressing was like pure sugar gross but tasty but so darn sweet, and an orange small but i'll say 100: 550 tops.
950, wow good!..seriously feel like i'm forgetting something! not snacking before lunch seems better....calorie-wise..
Before gym: granola bar 100 & caffeine
After gym: will be higher carbs, of course, and maybe fruit as well: protein cookie peanut butter flavor 400, and whole small container blackberries 120 just gonna say 550.
total today is also absolutely GREAT (i def need low cal week(s) right now) 1600 today. very, very good.
Avg for 5days: 1960! the bomb! this is great i'm rocking back in the 1900s rather than higher like the past several weeks were, fabulous!
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Got a PERFECT spot on street which means easier dealing with parking situation and gym tonight next door to work :-D
Progress as of today: 2 lbs lost so far, only 3 lbs to go!
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You did well this month, hanging in there without time off. I know it's not easy!
Glad to hear you are going to Cuba -- personally, the better choice over Haiti. This is a perfect time in your life to be traveling, especially since, with a career change, then your focus and priorities will change. Even if it was "just a new job", as you know from experience, being a newbie means putting a hold on vacation and time off until you've put in some time.
And oh my oh my, you are so right about shutting up. Glad you learned this lesson now with not much damage done. I wish I could say the same for myself, but now I must walk the path I'm on and move forward :-(
Cuba will not happen. my dad was very upset about me going, very upset, so i promised him - to make him happy - that i wouldn't go.
even at 34, i owe 99% of my life to my father. my job now for the past 6 years, my apt he helped me get and my car now was his.
I am not my own person yet. still not in nypd...therefore, until i am more of an independent adult, i had to make the mmore appropriate choice not to go on the trip.
it's very upsetting to me...that because of my current life situations, i had to listen to my father and couldn't do what i wanted.
however, it drives me MORE to go to gym and get into the nypd. so i have my own life.