grannyannie - Thursday Mar 21, 2013
(Healthy food-fitness-getting back to ideal weight)
Weight: 140.2
Today I am grateful for a very warm house!
Really enjoyed my power shower! For those who live in the UK or have visited you might be familiar with what are commonly 'wimpy' showers. If you have a lot of hair like me it takes ages to rinse. No more. 
Too tired for spin class today. Worked hard yesterday in the house, plus we've been getting up earlier than normal. So I've been a bit short of sleep.
Menu:
- B: porridge/cinnamon/raisins/skimmed milk, tea w/milk
- S: toast
- L: low fat cheddar sandwich, oatcakes and pbj
- D: homemade veg & lentil soup, bread, salad
- S: dried apricots
- Teas and water
TOTAL: about 1700
Progress as of today: 26.8 lbs lost so far, only 12.2 lbs to go!
grannyannie - Wednesday Mar 20, 2013
(Healthy food-fitness-getting back to ideal weight)
Weight: 140.2
Today I am grateful for our new heating system and a bonus of a power shower!
Workmen finished up yesterday. It was a huge job - 5 days.
My menu plan for yesterday got messed up. Workmen didn't finish till nearly 6. We already used up the curries that I had frozen and it would take too long to cook something fresh. So hubby made an omelette with onions, mushrooms, broccoli, and sausage.
Haven't been able to do laundry for a week and all my gym clothes are badly in need of washing. So, since I did a cardio at the gym yesterday when Tuesday is not a normal gym day, I'm okay to skip the gym today and do my usual home workout.
Workout: (aside from getting the house back together and doing all the laundry)
- 7 min video routine for triceps/arms
- dumbbells - 3 sets of 12 - 7 routines
- side dips with dumbbell
- squats
- lunges w/dumbbells
- thighs/glutes with ankle weights
- planks (full and alternating)
- push ups
- triceps dips
- thigh master
- abs-4 routines
- bridge (for glutes)
Menu:
- B: porridge/cinnamon/strawberries/skimmed milk, tea w/milk
- L: reduced fat smoked sausage on 1 slice wholegrain w/mustard, clementine
- S: plain, fat-free yogurt w/fresh blueberries
- D: veggie curry & basmati rice, salad w/pumpkin seeds, diluted oj
- S: 2 oatcakes w/low fat cheddar
- Teas and water
TOTAL: 1446
Progress as of today: 26.8 lbs lost so far, only 12.2 lbs to go!
grannyannie - Tuesday Mar 19, 2013
(Healthy food-fitness-getting back to ideal weight)
Weight: 140.2
Today I am grateful for feeling fit, young(ish) and healthy.
Hoping the new heating is finished today! I can't use the washer till they are done. I have no clean gym clothes! And we're using electric space heaters and the gas fireplace for warmth. No hot water either. Fortunately the dishwasher heats the water itself but I have to wash some things by hand and our water comes out freezing!
I had to take the car into the garage today for its annual MOT and servicing. Because both hubby and I have our 60+ free bus pass we only put 2,000 miles on the car during the past year. Since hubby needed to be at the house with the heating guys, I took the car in and while in town went to the gym for just cardio.
Workout at gym:
- 30 mins spin bike
- 15 mins treadmill
- 15 mins elliptical
- 5 mins rowing machine
Menu:
- B: porridge/cinnamon/strawberries/skimmed milk, tea w/milk
- S: post workout: 2 oatcakes w/pb
- L: 2 veggie sausages on 1 slice bread w/mustard, 2 more oatcakes w/pb
- D: veggie curry & basmati rice, salad w/pumpkin seeds, diluted oj
- S: plain, fat-free yogurt w/fresh blueberries, dried apricots
- Teas & water
TOTAL: 1590 (oops. Think I'm addicted to oatcakes!)
Progress as of today: 26.8 lbs lost so far, only 12.2 lbs to go!
grannyannie - Monday Mar 18, 2013
(Healthy food-fitness-getting back to ideal weight)
Weight: 140.2
Today I am grateful for healthy food and a comfy home.
Workmen are back to finish installing heat. House is a huge mess. They should be finished tomorrow.
Workout at gym:
- 35 mins spin bike
- 10 mins treadmill
- 5 mins rowing machine
- 3 sets of 12 on 6 resistance machines (on each machine I added and extra 2.5 kg to the third set)
- cables/pulley for triceps - 3 sets of 12
Workout at home:
- 7 min video routine for triceps/arms
- dumbbells - 3 sets of 12 - 7 routines
- side dips with dumbbell
- squats
- lunges w/dumbbells
- thighs/glutes with ankle weights
- planks (full and alternating)
- push ups
- triceps dips
- thigh master
- abs-4 routines
- bridge (for glutes)
Menu:
- B: porridge/cinnamon/raisins/slivered almonds/skimmed milk, tea w/milk
- S: post-workout: 2 oatcakes w/pb
- L: cheese sandwich, plain, non-fat yogurt w/fresh blueberries, 1 oatcake
- D: veggie curry & basmati rice, salad w/chopped walnuts, diluted oj
- S: apple
- Teas and lots of water
TOTAL: 1598
Progress as of today: 26.8 lbs lost so far, only 12.2 lbs to go!
grannyannie - Sunday Mar 17, 2013
(Healthy food-fitness-getting back to ideal weight)
Weight: 140.2
Happy St. Paddy's Day!!
Today I am grateful for a peaceful day with a good book - a mystery - hubby is off to the city for the day to be a good nephew to his elderly uncle.
Finishing housework, but otherwise a rest day. I WILL stick to calories this week. Next high cal day is Saturday when we have guests for dinner.
I know we shouldn't be slaves to the scale, but my muscle gain is not sufficient to make a higher weight okay with me, although I do have a LOT of muscle. I can look in my full-length mirror and also feel how much weight I need to lose to be comfortable, and right now it agrees with what the scale says. I know that some time in the future I won't need the scale at all because it won't be an accurate reflection of a healthy and fit size for me. I'll just know.
Menu:
- B: porridge/cinnamon/raisins/slivered almonds/skimmed milk, tea w/milk
- L: chicken breast sandwich on whole grain w/extra light mayo, clementine
- S: plain, non-fat yogurt w/fresh blueberries
- D: veggie curry & basmati rice, salad w/pumpkin seeds, diluted oj
- S: small milk chocolate bar or banana (need to choose banana as I chose the chocolate last night!)
- Teas & water
TOTAL: 1427
Progress as of today: 26.8 lbs lost so far, only 12.2 lbs to go!
grannyannie - Saturday Mar 16, 2013
(Healthy food-fitness-getting back to ideal weight)
Weight: 140.2
Today I am grateful for where I live.
No workmen this weekend. Housework.
Didn't get a chance to do my home strength routine yesterday, so did it this morning as I normally do on Saturdays.
Menu:
- B: porridge/cinnamon/raisins/slivered almonds/skimmed milk, tea w/milk
- L: 2 veggie sausages on 1 slice bread w/mustard, grapes
- S: plain fat-free yogurt w/fresh strawberries
- D: veggie curry & basmati rice, salad w/walnuts, diluted oj
- S: banana, 2 oatcakes and low fat cheddar (or I might exchange the 90 calorie banana for a 95 calorie chocolate)
- Teas & water & diluted juice
TOTAL: 1452
Progress as of today: 26.8 lbs lost so far, only 12.2 lbs to go!
grannyannie - Friday Mar 15, 2013
(Healthy food-fitness-getting back to ideal weight)
Weight: 140.2
Today I am grateful for my husband's cooking!
New heating system is taking longer than expected. But it looks like we won't have to go through the weekend without heat and hot water. The workmen will come back on Monday. The laundry is piling up though as my washer and dryer had to be moved to the garage while furnace is being installed in my utility room. Not as big a thing as it sounds as they are British sized appliances.
Grocery shopping yesterday - all healthy except for a bag of single serve packets of baked crisps (chips) and small milk chocolate bars at 95 cals. Asking hubby to hide the chocolate and give me one when I ask for it. Although he has a tendency to forget where he hides things! 
The spin bike instructor told us the spin bike at the gym only gives a calories-burned count by counting revolutions of the wheel. So when you are peddling with high resistance or standing or doing jumps those calories can't be calculated. I watched the calorie counter while I was doing the bike today and found this to be true. On low resistance and high speed the calories added up quickly. But more calories are actually burned doing the standing and jumps. So I'd estimate that instead of 400 calories burned in 30 minutes it's actually more like 600. It certainly feels like I'm burning 600!
Workout at gym:
- 30 mins spin bike
- 15 mins treadmill
- 5 elliptical
- 5 rowing machine
- 3 sets of 12 on 6 resistance machines
- cables/pulley for triceps - 3 sets of 12
Workout at home: (might do this afternoon or might wait until tomorrow)
- 7 min video routine for triceps/arms
- dumbbells - 3 sets of 12 - 7 routines
- side dips with dumbbell
- squats
- lunges w/dumbbells
- thighs/glutes with ankle weights
- planks (full and alternating)
- push ups
- triceps dips
- thigh master
- abs-4 routines
- bridge (for glutes)
Menu:
- B: porridge/cinnamon/raisins/slivered almonds/skimmed milk, tea w/milk
- S: post workout: 2 oatcakes w/pb
- L: chicken breast sandwich w/extra light mayo, packet of baked crisps
- S: grapes
- D: veggie curry & rice, salad w/walnuts
- S: plain fat free yogurt with fresh strawberries
- Teas and lots of water
TOTAL: 1569
Progress as of today: 26.8 lbs lost so far, only 12.2 lbs to go!
grannyannie - Thursday Mar 14, 2013
(Healthy food-fitness-getting back to ideal weight)
Weight: 140.2
Today I am grateful for my family.
I have booked a house for a week in Ireland in mid-September for hubby & I and my sister. Faces a gorgeous Atlantic Beach.
House is in a mess with the heating being installed. But it will be so nice when it's done. A warmer house.
Workout:
- 30 mins spin bike class (that seems to last for hours!)
Menu:
- B: homemade whole grain seeded toast w/lite marg and jam (couldn't have my porridge because the workmen used up all the milk in their tea yesterday!), tea
- L: pbj sandwich in the car, then grocery shopping
- S: clementine
- D: veggie curry & rice, salad
- S: banana, 2 oatcakes w/low fat cheddar
- Teas and water
TOTAL: under 1600 (had to estimate the toast as I didn't weigh it)
Progress as of today: 26.8 lbs lost so far, only 12.2 lbs to go!
grannyannie - Wednesday Mar 13, 2013
(Healthy food-fitness-getting back to ideal weight)
Weight: 140.2
Today I am grateful for my stamina!
Sooo.....I've been a bit of a piggy for a few days, but at the gym today I was thinking about how it wasn't worth it. The food/drink are good at the time, but ONLY at the time I am consuming it. I'm trying to keep in mind at all times how much better I felt at 130lbs or less.
Next high cal day will be when we have our friends for dinner a week from Saturday.
They are putting in our new heating system today. Heat won't be turned off until tomorrow and will also be off on Friday. We'll use electric heaters in the mean-time and cold water, but when they are done the house will be warmer and our heating bills will be slashed. It will even be cheaper to pay for the heat AND and the loan than it is costing us now. The loan is interest-free through the government as they are pushing for more eco-friendly and cheaper energy.
Workout at gym:
- 35 mins spin bike - absolutely killed this machine today!!!
- 15 mins elliptical
- 10 mins rowing machine
- 3 sets of 12 on 6 resistance machines
- cables/pulley for triceps - 3 sets of 12
Workout at home:
- 7 min video routine for triceps/arms
- dumbbells - 3 sets of 12 - 7 routines
- side dips with dumbbell
- squats
- lunges w/dumbbells
- thighs/glutes with ankle weights
- planks (full and alternating)
- push ups
- triceps dips
- thigh master
- abs-4 routines
- bridge (for glutes)
Menu: and I WILL stick to my calories today! Need to get hubby to hide the oatcakes!
- B: porridge/cinnamon/raisins/slivered almonds/skimmed milk, tea w/milk
- S: 2 oatcakes w/pb
- L: chicken breast sandwich on whole grain w/extra light mayo
- S: clem
- D: bean/veg stew on tagliatelle, salad w/walnuts
- S: 2 oatcakes & low fat cheddar
- Teas & lots of water
TOTAL: 1480
Progress as of today: 26.8 lbs lost so far, only 12.2 lbs to go!
grannyannie - Tuesday Mar 12, 2013
(Healthy food-fitness-getting back to ideal weight)
Weight: 140.2
Today I am grateful for a world of diversity to explore!
Not a workout day. Been doing a bit of extra snacking last few days. 
I guess I was feeling deprived. Been doing all the laundry today in preparation for my utility room being out of commission the next 3 days. Getting new heating system. So the house will be cold except for electric heaters. And no hot water!
Between loads of laundry and other chores, I've been doing research on a cottage for a week in Ireland with my sister and hubby in September, and a hotel in Thailand in January for niece's wedding. NOT going to spend 2 weeks or more at the wedding hotel as the cheapest room is £155/night (about $200!).
Menu:
- B: porridge/cinnamon/raisins/slivered almonds/skimmed milk, tea w/milk
- S: banana
- L: grilled cheese w/low fat cheddar and whole grain bread
- S: skinny cappuccino, several oatcakes, 1/2 pint of hubby's new batch of home brew
- D: tagliatellie with bean and veg curry, salad
- S: clementine, dried apricots
- Teas & water
Probably under 1800 cals
Tomorrow: back on track!!!!!!
Progress as of today: 26.8 lbs lost so far, only 12.2 lbs to go!
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Did you get a new shower too??? I must have missed that... How exciting! Definitely catch up on your sleep! Your menu looks great today though, yummy and healthy!!
Not new shower but the pressure was changed with the new system.
OhioRaven on 03/21/2013:
I always like to see your porridge for for breakfast everyday.
hollybelle on 03/21/2013:
Yay for good power on the shower! Wonderful calories.
Umpqua on 03/21/2013:
Woo hoo for the power shower! Fantastic foods, I need to try to do something with lentils, I have no experience with them and I'm reading that they're so healthy and will be easier on my tummy....maybe lentil burgers?
I used to make lentil burgers years ago. In soups I just dump in some red or yellow lentils along with brown rice and all the veggies. Nice because you can a huge pot of it and eat for several days.
MzLovely on 03/21/2013:
Have a good day :):)
V on 03/21/2013:
Yayyy for shower power!!! YIPPEE :) Hope that your day was fantastic Annie <3