grannyannie - Friday Sep 16, 2016
(Clean eating - serious workouts)
Weight: 153.0
Last day at gym. Closing after tonight for serious refurbishment and expansion.
Husband is off on a wee trip to an island and won't be back until Tuesday. So my dinners will be something different from our usual curries.
Workout at gym:
- 20 mins spin bike
- 10 mins rowing machine
- 15 mins elliptical - HIIT
- 4 x 12 on 4 resistance machines
- 3 x 12 rope/pulley
Workout at home:
- 11 routines usings dumbbells - 3 x 12
Menu:
- B: porridge/dried fruit/cinnamon/almond milk
- S: cereal bar
- L: grilled cheese sandwich, strawberries, grapes, yogurt
- D: 3 egg omelette w/asparagus/onions/peppers, toast, salad
- Tea w/soy milk, coffee w/almond milk, low cal tonic water, herbal teas
Cals: 1316
Edit: Discovered I forgot to buy mushrooms for my pasta sauce. So I rode my bike a total of 9.6 miles to pick some up. Electric bike so I'd only count that as 6 miles.
Progress as of today: 14 lbs lost so far, only 18 lbs to go!
grannyannie - Thursday Sep 15, 2016
(Clean eating - serious workouts)
Weight: 153.0
Tomorrow is the last day at the gym. I'm looking forward to seeing it totally refurbished and expanded. I won't see it until we come home from our winter trip in early March.
I'd love to be at goal weight on US election night, but there's no way that can happen. I always stay up all night on election night (even though I'm 5 hours ahead of eastern time). And my planned treats are usually: beer, Ben and Jerry's Karamel Sutra ice cream, and nacho cheese Doritos. I will especially need some 'comfort foods' for this one.
Workout at gym:
- 20 mins spin bike
- 10 mins rowing machine
- 15 mins elliptical - HIIT
Workout at home: (lower)
- squats w/dumbbells using step - 3 x 10
- lunges w/dumbbells - 3 x 10
- side lunges w/dumbbells using step - 3 x 10
- thighs/glutes with ankle weights - 3 x 10 - 5 routines
- planks - 3
- abs-4 routines x 3
- bridge (for glutes, core, thighs) - 9 x 10 seconds
- calf lifts w/dumbbell - 3 x 10
Menu:
- B: porridge/dried fruit/cinnamon/almond milk
- L: fried egg sandwich, strawberries, grapes, yogurt
- D: the rest of the leftover veg curry w/Quorn & basmati rice, salad
- Tea w/soy milk, coffee w/almond milk, low cal tonic water, herbal teas
Cals: 1252
Progress as of today: 14 lbs lost so far, only 18 lbs to go!
grannyannie - Wednesday Sep 14, 2016
(Clean eating - serious workouts)
Weight: 153.0
Two more days at the gym before it closes. I will miss the cafe where I sometimes get a tea or coffee after my workout and before my bus comes. It is being removed and replaced with a second floor for gym equipment.
Workout at gym:
- 20 mins spin bike
- 10 mins rowing machine
- 10 mins elliptical - HIIT
- 4 x 12 on 4 resistance machines
- 3 x 12 rope/pulley
Menu:
- B: porridge/dried fruit/cinnamon/almond milk
- L: fried egg sandwich, pear, yogurt
- D: veg curry w/Quorn 'meatballs' & basmati rice, salad
- Tea w/soy milk, coffee w/almond milk, low cal tonic water, herbal teas
Cals: 1394
Progress as of today: 14 lbs lost so far, only 18 lbs to go!
grannyannie - Tuesday Sep 13, 2016
(Clean eating - serious workouts)
Weight: 153.0
Had a nice long weekend with family - back yesterday late afternoon. I could have behaved better, much better. Back on calories today.
Stayed home from the gym today - tons of laundry to do and doing my muscle work. Gym Weds, Thurs, Fri then it closes down.
11 weeks today until we fly to Thailand! I need to get very serious!!
Menu:
- B: porridge/dried fruit/cinnamon/almond milk
- L: hummus on toast, pear, banana, yogurt
- D: veg curry w/Quorn & basmati rice, salad
- Tea w/soy milk, coffee w/almond milk, low cal tonic water, herbal teas
Cals: 1332
Workout at home:
- 11 routines usings dumbbells - 3 x 12
- squats w/dumbbells using step - 3 x 10
- lunges w/dumbbells - 3 x 10
- side lunges w/dumbbells using step - 3 x 10
- thighs/glutes with ankle weights - 3 x 10 - 5 routines
- planks - 3
- abs-4 routines x 3
- bridge (for glutes, core, thighs) - 9 x 10 seconds
- calf lifts w/dumbbell - 3 x 10
Progress as of today: 14 lbs lost so far, only 18 lbs to go!
grannyannie - Thursday Sep 08, 2016
(Clean eating - serious workouts)
Weight: 153.0
Tomorrow morning we are off to spend the weekend with stepdaughter and her family. Discipline required!
Workout at gym:
- 20 mins spin bike
- 10 mins rowing machine
- 10 mins elliptical - HIIT
- 5 mins treadmill
- 10 mins recumbent bike
Workout at home:
- squats w/dumbbells using step - 3 x 10
- lunges w/dumbbells - 3 x 10
- side lunges w/dumbbells using step - 3 x 10
- thighs/glutes with ankle weights - 4 x 10 - 5 routines
- planks - 3
- abs-4 routines x 3
- bridge (for glutes, core, thighs) - 9 x 10 seconds
- calf lifts w/dumbbell - 3 x 10
Menu:
- B: porridge/dried fruit/cinnamon/almond milk
- L: low fat cheddar on wrap, peach, banana, yogurt
- D: 2 Quorn chicken burgers, savoury rice with peppers/onion/peas/turmeric, salad
- Tea w/soy milk, coffee w/almond milk, low cal tonic water, herbal teas
Cals: 1365
Progress as of today: 14 lbs lost so far, only 18 lbs to go!
grannyannie - Wednesday Sep 07, 2016
(Clean eating - serious workouts)
Weight: 153.0
Gym closes Friday of next week. I asked one of the staff what routine to do with dumbbells to replace one of the resistance machines (for lats/back). He showed me two and I'm already doing both of them. So all I need to add to my home dumbbell routine is one for pecs.
Workout at gym:
- 20 mins spin bike
- 10 mins rowing machine
- 5 mins elliptical - HIIT
- 4 x 12 on 4 resistance machines
- 4 x 12 rope/pulley
Workout at home:
- 11 routines usings dumbbells - 3 x 12
Menu:
- B: porridge/dried fruit/cinnamon/almond milk
- S: pb on oatcakes
- L: low fat cheddar on wrap, peach, small banana, yogurt
- D: the rest of the butternut squash/sweet potato/veg curry w/Quorn & basmati rice, salad
- Tea w/soy milk, coffee w/almond milk, low cal tonic water, herbal teas
Cals: 1346
Progress as of today: 14 lbs lost so far, only 18 lbs to go!
grannyannie - Tuesday Sep 06, 2016
(Clean eating - serious workouts)
Weight: 153.0
Did housework most of the morning. Will workout this afternoon.
Menu:
- B: porridge/dried fruit/cinnamon/almond milk
- L: hummus on toast, raspberries, strawberries, yogurt
- D: Sweet potato/butternut squash and veg curry w/Quorn & basmati rice, salad
- Tea w/soy milk, coffee w/almond milk, low cal tonic water, herbal teas
Cals: 1264
Workout at home:
- squats w/dumbbells using step - 3 x 10
- lunges w/dumbbells - 3 x 10
- side lunges w/dumbbells using step - 3 x 10
- thighs/glutes with ankle weights - 4 x 10 - 5 routines
- planks - 3
- abs-4 routines x 3
- bridge (for glutes, core, thighs) - 9 x 10 seconds
- calf lifts w/dumbbell - 3 x 10
Progress as of today: 14 lbs lost so far, only 18 lbs to go!
grannyannie - Monday Sep 05, 2016
(Clean eating - serious workouts)
Weight: 153.0
Glad we didn't get invited to a BBQ yesterday. Always enjoy it but it's not low cal - lots of meat and wine.
Friday we go to stepdaughter's house for a couple of nights. I'll be due for a higher calorie day by then - keeping it low for too long has the wrong effect. She's bought some very expensive gin for us and she says it's very smooth. I can't drink tons of gin like I can beer or wine (unless on a long flight), so I'm going to try very hard not to over indulge.
Workout at gym:
- 20 mins spin bike
- 10 mins rowing machine
- 15 mins elliptical - HIIT
- 3 x 12 on 4 resistance machines
- 3 x 12 rope/pulley
Workout at home:
- 11 routines usings dumbbells - 3 x 12
Menu:
- B: porridge/dried fruit/cinnamon/almond milk
- L: hummus on oatcakes, apple, plum, yogurt
- D: butternut squash/sweet potato/veg curry w/Quorn & basmati rice, salad
- Tea w/soy milk, coffee w/almond milk, low cal tonic water, herbal teas
Cals: 1298
Progress as of today: 14 lbs lost so far, only 18 lbs to go!
grannyannie - Sunday Sep 04, 2016
(Clean eating - serious workouts)
Weight: 153.0
Couldn't resist getting on the scale. Don't know how accurate as I'm sure I'm not back to the same muscle mass I was before.
Sunny today so I'm betting we'll get an invitation for a BBQ tonight at our friends' house. Usually this means lots and lots of wine. And each glass lowers resistance to more wine and more food. So I'll have to skip the wine - or maybe have just one glass at the end of the evening.
Anyway, if we don't get invited, these are the plans for today:
Menu:
- B: porridge/dried fruit/cinnamon/almond milk
- L: grilled cheese sandwich, strawberries, yogurt
- D: veg curry w/Quorn & basmati rice, salad
- S: date and apricot bar
- Tea w/soy milk, coffee w/almond milk, low cal tonic water, herbal teas
Cals: 1254
Housework today. Otherwise, rest day.
Progress as of today: 14 lbs lost so far, only 18 lbs to go!
grannyannie - Saturday Sep 03, 2016
(Clean eating - serious workouts)
Weight: 155.0
Housework and organising and cleaning the laundry/storage room. Long overdue.
Workout at home:
- squats w/dumbbells - 3 x 10
- lunges w/dumbbells - 3 x 10
- side lunges w/dumbbells using step - 3 x 10
- thighs/glutes with ankle weights - 3 x 12 - 5 routines
- planks - 3
- abs-4 routines x 3
- bridge (for glutes, core, thighs) - 9 x 10 seconds
- calf lifts w/dumbbell - 3 x 10
Menu:
- B: porridge/dried fruit/cinnamon/almond milk
- L: fried egg sandwich, strawberries, small banana, yogurt
- D: veg curry w/Quorn & basmati rice, salad
- S: one bottle Brewdog Punk IPA (beer) - husband bought it for me
- Tea w/soy milk, coffee w/almond milk, low cal tonic water, herbal teas
Cals: 1370
Progress as of today: 12 lbs lost so far, only 20 lbs to go!
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I def want to live your mini trip through you...hope to hear all about it!
When does your gym reopen?
It's closed for at least 12 weeks as the project is major. However, by that time we'll be in Thailand for the winter. So it will be early March before I get to see the new gym.
puddles on 09/16/2016:
Wow 6 miles for mushroom you are got I would have eliminated it from the recipe... lol You are getting some alone time... nice to have little holidays from each other sometimes. Your cooking will be easy and not as tempting keeping it simple. Have a great day enjoy your last gym time Annie.
I love riding my bike so didn't mind at all. We go on very long bike rides (66 miles is the longest) and it's enjoyable because the bikes are pedal assisted electric. Hills are pretty easy.
I do enjoy when he takes little trips as I always seem to get a lot done and I also like to read in bed before sleep which I can't do when he's home.
hollybelle on 09/16/2016:
Ha. I agree with Puddles - I would probably have foregone those mushrooms, too. Good work!!
I didn't pay £2,000 for my bike to have it sit in the garage. I love riding!
Besides, pasta sauce with no mushrooms?? No way. LOL.