Should have weighed myself this morning. Planning on every Tues and Sat. But got up with hubby for the 6am bike ride.
Saturday is our usual Villa Chocolat Belgian treat day but I told hubby I wanted to skip it. He likes going and does have a small cake but he's not big on sweets at all. Wish I wasn't.
Plans for the week: going to a beachside restaurant we haven't been to yet this year - great sunsets, good food. I will have two cocktails (Mai Tais) with dinner.
Otherwise, no alcohol at all at least for a week. Next time I have any is when we take a tuk tuk into the beach town for dinner, a real ale at the English pub, and a couple of small beers and dinner at the Aussie bar.
Bike: 7.5 miles this morning
Menu:
B: porridge & raisins, fresh mango and passionfruit
S: sm cappuccino, only had a few animal crackers that they always serve with coffees
L: stir fried veggies and asparagus, tofu and cashews, water instead of iced tea
D: pad thai with tofu, water - husband rarely eats fries but for dinner he had stir fried veg, chicken satay, and french fries - I did not take any of his fries or chicken!
S: diet pepsi, herbal tea, sugar free iced tea
Progress as of today: 11.8 lbs lost so far, only 6.2 lbs to go!
Not feeling very energetic this morning.
Need to make a new plan. Beer of course is the biggie and needing to limit it more. Sure would be easier if I could order light beer when we're out. Anyway, need to eat porridge instead of bread as this bread we buy is homemade and heavily seeded (calories), no rice at all (I've cut back a lot and have also had to stop ordering fried rice).
Had our weekly massages today. Bliss.
Gym:
a few lunges and squats
Treadmill: 15 mins
Elliptical: 10 mins
Bike: 15 mins
Bike ride to gym and back - 1.5 miles
Menu:
B: toast, yogurt, mango, pineapple, passionfruit
L: chicken wrap (small amount of baked chicken with lots of raw veggies, herbs, seeds, herbal tea
D: stir fried veggies and tofu, no rice, water
S: diet pepsi, herbal teas
Dinner:
Progress as of today: 11.8 lbs lost so far, only 6.2 lbs to go!
Scale went down! Hope it's not because of my hair cut! I had it well below my shoulders and it's thick. Had it chopped to chin length yesterday. There was a massive pile of hair on the floor afterwards! LOL.
My shoulder is still sore but getting better. So I'm not doing any dumbbell work that targets my shoulders, in fact not doing any upper body work. Hope it's okay by Monday and I'll start again slowly.
Home workout:
abs - 3 routines - 10 reps x 3 sets
floor exercises 10 reps x 4 each
ankle weights - 3 routines for thighs, hips, glutes
Gym workout lower
Lower body 10 reps x 4 sets each
Lunges - 5 kg weights
Side lunges - 5 kg weights
squats - 5 kg weights
calf lifts - 8 kg weights
Cardio:
Elliptical intervals - 10 mins
Exercise bike - 15 mins
treadmill - 15 mins
Bike ride to gym and back: 1.5 miles (forgot to add yesterday that we cycled to restaurant for dinner which includes 2 big hills - 8 miles roundtrip)
Hubby has been wanting to paddle our kayak to a restaurant for dinner at happy hour (2 for 1 beers), so I finally gave in. It's the resort where my gym is. My favourite meal there is the Philly cheesesteak. Happy hour is two for one from 5-7pm. Well....at least I'll get some exercise paddling the boat.
Menu:
B: toast, yogurt, mango and passionfruit
S: sm cappuccino, animal crackers (actually they are letters - small cups)
L: stir fried asparagus, peppers, onions, cashews, tofu, iced tea
D: Philly cheesesteak and fries, 2 small beers (11 oz each)
S: NO beer at home
Progress as of today: 11.8 lbs lost so far, only 6.2 lbs to go!
lunch sounds awesome, i see no rice :-) thats good calorie savings.
looks like a really healthy day nicely done girlfiend!
i love reading how you bike around to the restaurants and gym and all...that's so wonderful.
are you happy with your haircut?
Mostly happy with haircut but think I'll go back and get more layering so it sits better on the sides.
You know what will work for you.... :-D
Think how good you will feel to be wearing the bikinis again!
Just looked back to see what I weighed when I arrived - 155. I went down to 152 but am up at 158 now. Really really unhappy about it but also hate feeling deprived. Had to wear my one piece to snorkel yesterday as my 3 bikinis are too tight in the top. I should have been under 140 when we arrived here. Blaming at least 10 pounds on politics.
Catching up. Went to the gym on Monday and yesterday did the early bike ride then off on a snorkeling trip,. We hired a private boat and it's for 3 hours. The water is still cloudy because of all the heavy rain. Last year it was crystal clear. We'll go again before we leave the end of the month and the water should be much clearer. It's the sunny season now!
Woke up with a bad sinus headache this morning. Don't know why. So no gym, no bike. It's almost gone now.
Menu:
B: toast, yogurt
S: toast
L: dropping hubby at restaurant while I get my hair cut - then had a small beer with him
S: yogurt
D: probably pasta with herbs, cashews and tofu
S: will try for herbal tea or diet Pepsi, but might have a glass of light beer
The island we stop on for an hour or so after snorkeling:
Our boat
Hmm....what's this? Oh, yes. The bar. That serves ice cold beer.
Brought my GoPro video camera which shoots underwater. You'll have to copy and paste to view it.
https://youtu.be/h3J7XFwogkk
Progress as of today: 8.5 lbs lost so far, only 9.5 lbs to go!
ice cold beer when it's hot sounds great. i have a good idea for future - different types of flavor sticks that you can add to water or seltzers....and you can add additional stevia drops for a sweeter taste. this is what i'd do in your situation where you need to cut calories to lose the weight but you do NOT want to feel deprived. or you can go for hot / iced teas herbal ones and add stevia drops to make it taste more satisfying and refreshing i n the heat - and NO CALORIES.
unfortunately you will have to decide what's more worth it...OR...you can make changes that change your calories but you can still eat / drink and be satisfied.
...you have other options you can make, especially next year to pack with you, that will satisfy you..maybe full out swaps like sugar free (but stevia not chemicals) drinks instead of the beers, etc...it will have to be a change :/ ....i don't mean to upset you, this is my opinion only!
Got up at 6am again and went on the 7.5 mile bike ride with hubby. Riding bike to dinner - about 4 miles roundtrip.
Menu:
B: toast, fresh mango and banana
S: sm cappuccino, sm cup animal crackers
L: asparagus, peppers, onions, cashews and tofu, sm portion of rice, iced tea
D: chicken satay, mango smoothie
Might stop for a sm beer at the tiny bar outside our masseuse shop on the way home from dinner. It was closed. So had a light beer at home.
The sun is here to stay. Snorkeling this week!!!
Progress as of today: 8.5 lbs lost so far, only 9.5 lbs to go!
Nice job. Wow - waking up early to exercise is one thing (while i have a regular job during the work week) that i do not like to do on weekends hardly ever unless it's an unusually busy weekend. but my reasons are good ones - to catch up on sleep :-D
I am so glad you are doing well now....good choice on the LIGHT beer. they can be good and much lower cals than the regular ones.
yay for snorkeling! fun fun! you have to be decent shape to do that!
I wish the restaurants would carry light beer!
6am bike ride with hubby this morning. 7.5 miles. Nice and cool and roads are quiet.
It's Saturday which is Villa Chocolat day. I shouldn't go but I will make whatever little cake I get my lunch. I'll have an Americano instead of cappuccino. Bike ride to and from will be another 6 miles. Walked to dinner and back - nearly 2 miles.
Looked like the weather may have broken. Showers at night but sun during day. Snorkeling soon??!!
Menu:
B: porridge & raisins, toast, banana and orange
L: cake and coffee
S: cheese and crackers
D: Pad Thai with tofu, large beer
Our trip is booked to the US to visit family in June. A week at the lake with granddaughters, niece's hs graduation, visits with other family.
Progress as of today: 8.5 lbs lost so far, only 9.5 lbs to go!
i have also been eating oatmeals for breakfast on weekends - my body these past couple weeks is starting to actually CRAVE natural, higher carb, food. it's amazing. skin is still improving - so happy!
what part of US do you go? i forgot. I'm in NY, right outside Manhattan.
The beer is my biggest enemy. So hard to resist when sitting in an outdoor restaurant and it's hot outside.
My family is in Michigan.
I love hearing about your bike rides. Do you ride a lot when you are home? That is something I would like to do, but the drivers around here kind of scare me. Plus I have no idea what I'm doing.
We bought cheap bikes here but at home we have the Rolls Royce of bicycles - a German electric pedal-assisted bike. We ride every chance we get at home when it's at least 60F and not rainy. We live in a wet climate so we don't ride as often as I'd love to. Lots of very quiet roads and lots of hills.
The scale is going the wrong way!!! No fault but my own. Need to stop right now as I struggled to get a pair of shorts on this morning.
Had our weekly massage. Bliss.
Gym workout upper Upper body 12 reps x 4 sets each 11 routines (3 - 8 kg dumbbells) Bike ride: to gym and back 1.5 miles Home workout:
triceps dips - 10 reps x 3
Cardio:
Menu:
Progress as of today: 8.5 lbs lost so far, only 9.5 lbs to go!
Rain and thunder kept waking me up last night so too tired to go to gym. However, I did my lower body muscle work at home using ankle weights instead of dumbbells. No cardio and we can't ride bikes because the rain is back off and on.
Later in the morning we went to the capital to do some shopping for family and got a couple of things for me. Not done yet but still plenty of time.
Gym workout lower
Lower body 10 reps x 4 sets each - ankle weights on wrists Lunges Side lunges squats calf lifts Home: floor exercises 10 reps x 4 each ankle weights - 3 routines for thighs, hips, glutes Menu: B: toast, fresh mango and passionfruit S: sm cappuccino L: stir fried chicken and cashew and veg, mango and sticky rice for dessert (mmmm) D: stir fried veggies and tofu, small portice rice, bottle of beer and on the way home bought an ice cream bar!!!! Bad bad bad!!!
I already got my sister 2 pair of black and white harem pants. These are for me.
These are for stepdaughter - placemats and 2 pants:
This is for 6 year old granddaughter - sorry, a bit fuzzy:
Progress as of today: 10 lbs lost so far, only 8 lbs to go!
sleep is very important for gym...you are smart to sleep in / base workout on your energy level.
last night i would have liked to walk, but i was too tired. caught up on sleep, but, now a bit tired at work (side effects of sleeping pills that i take around 2-3 times a week at most).
Mostly cloudy, but some episodes of sun. No rain. Nice breezes.
Gym had 3 men which is really crowded for such a small gym.
Gym workout upper
Upper body 12 reps x 4 sets each
11 routines (3 - 8 kg dumbbells)
Home workout:
abs - 3 routines - 10 reps x 3 sets
bridge - 10 reps x 3 sets
plank - 3 x 20 seconds
triceps dips - 10 reps x 3 hurts my shoulder
push ups - 10 reps x 3
Cardio:
Elliptical intervals - 10 mins
treadmill - 10 mins
Bike rides: to gym and back 1.5 miles, to dinner and back nearly 9 miles
Menu:
B: porridge & raisins, fresh mango and passionfruit
L: veg fried rice & bacon and 2 eggs, iced tea
S: stopped on bike ride for a small beer
D: pasta with veg, herbs, cashews, tofu, gin and tonic
Progress as of today: 10 lbs lost so far, only 8 lbs to go!
Lately i do more alternating ab work = better abs lately...feeling slimmer in my abs yay. besides legs, abs are my weakest. abs and lower body.
upper is extremely strong :-)
nice job on pushups...they are one of the BEST exercises. body weight exercises are NOT overrated, but the best in my honest opinion!
Breakfast sounds delicious! I had a mango flavored drink myself!
Lunch sounds tasty...though prob slightly high cal right? but at least it's natural & balanced. I'm beginning to really enjoy brown veggie rice too.
Nice ... bike to the beer :-)
Dinner sounds delicious too!
For lunch i have cashews and tofu also with some cabbage and rice and potato :-) Eating well is not as ovverrated as i thought.
honestly, i've eaten poorly my whole adult life...it's amazing what some simple diet changes do! wow. my skin is clearing up!
Didn't really notice the men except the one I' ve been chatting to a couple of times - he's about 40ish, English and does have a well toned body. The other two didn't even speak.
Didn't get on the scale but will do tomorrow.
Mostly sunny today. Started the gift shopping today. Got my sister 2 pair of harem pants.
Gym workout lower
Lower body 10 reps x 4 sets each
Lunges - 5 kg weights
Side lunges - 5 kg weights
squats - 5 kg weights
calf lifts - 8 kg weights
Home: floor exercises 10 reps x 4 each
ankle weights - 3 routines for thighs, hips, glutes
Cardio:
Elliptical intervals - 10 mins
Exercise bike - 15 mins
treadmill - 15 mins
Bike: to gym and back 1.5 miles, to lunch and back 1.8 miles, to dinner and back 4.4 miles
Menu:
B: porridge, yogurt, fruit salad with banana, passionfruit and orange
L: too early for lunch so I had an omelette with ham and toast
S: 3 crackers
D: chicken and cashew stir fry, mango smoothie
A temple near our house
Progress as of today: 11.9 lbs lost so far, only 6.1 lbs to go!
Since you didn't mention rain, I will! I'm in NY, right near NYC Manhattan, and well usually this time of year if we have precipitation it's in the form of snow. But this whole January, for the most part, it's been so nice with slightly warmer temps. Well, we had a major storm with flooding for people who live along the shore, NOT where I am, only right along the shore towns, with flooding...Mother Nature is so weird this year! We don't get rain with floods in winter. and this year we did! Usually these storms occur for us at the end of summer. or early fall.
Well, I'm glad your weather has cleared up and that you were able to do some biking (i'm sure you aren't sore anymore!) and weights.
Lovely picture of the temple. Such wonderful sites by you both nature and man-made temples and beauty. Love it :-D
I keep reading about temps being much warmer than normal. Same for my family in Michigan, same for our home in Scotland.
Hoping we can snorkel next week!
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Yes that darn beer is so nice when it is hot outside. Just keep doing your best and enjoy your outings Annie. Have a great day.
Yes it is! Iced tea just doesn't cut it. Thanks, Fran!
Horn_of_plenty on 02/04/2017:
I see you are going with the sugar free stuff ;) lol, my type of lady...! haha...
also, i thought of you - on facebook i saw a quick little video of how beer is good for you - lowers cholesterol, cuts risk of diabetes, and like 4 more things i do not remember. i think cuts risk of heart attack? not sure though. i was like, "well, well...Annie isn't so unhealthy in her choice to drink beer after all!"
anyways, i prob shouldn't have told you that....you are doing good girlfriend.
really, i wouldn't worry too much about the scale if i were you...you KNOW what to do....you don't even need a scale is the truth of it....just make the better choices and your biknis will prove your choices were worth it...maybe try no scale.
Always to sugar free and at home do Stevia. Can't get it here. Beer is okay it's just all the calories.
Yep I know exactly what to do it's just doing it that's the problem! Ack! It is motivating when the scale goes down.
Horn_of_plenty on 02/05/2017:
i have to look up the facts, facebook stuff might have been a joke....!
stevia i love :-D it's so good to use in like everything that sugar could have been used in....good to get a break off the stevia anyway like you are. good to switch things up!