grannyannie - Saturday May 25, 2013
(Healthy food-fitness-getting back to ideal weight)
Weight: 134.8
Had planned to do housework today and my lower body routines. But it was sunny, not too windy, and low 60's (felt warmer in the sun and without a breeze). So hubby and I rode our bikes to the botanic gardens and walked around while I shot photos. Had a cup of black tea at the cafe and ignored all their tempting goodies. Brought my own pbj sandwich and a banana.
Workout:
13 mile bike ride and a long walk
Menu:
- B: porridge/cinnamon/date-raisin-apricot mix/soy milk, tea w/milk
- L: pbj sandwich on seeded whole grain (unsweetened pb and unsweetened jam), banana
- D: veggie, bean & soy meat substitute curry w/basmati rice, salad (spinach, celery, tomatoes, carrot, cucumber, radishes, mixed seeds and nuts)
- S: plain soy yogurt w/fresh strawberries, 1 oatcake
- Teas & water
TOTAL: about 1450
Progress as of today: 32.2 lbs lost so far, only 4.8 lbs to go!
grannyannie - Friday May 24, 2013
(Healthy food-fitness-getting back to ideal weight)
Weight: 134.8
Tried to buy some soy yogurt yesterday. Discontinued at my supermarket. Delivery to the only health food store in town was delayed. Even tried the small supermarket - nope. One of the few disadvantages of living in a somewhat remote location.
Left the gym early so I could walk up the hill to the health food store to buy some soy yogurt. There were 5 cartons (2 servings in each) and I tried to buy them all but the clerk said someone else had 'reserved' them. She did let me buy 2 of them though. She said this person reserved 6 of them every week and that they were very hard to get. So my options now are stop eating yogurt, go back to dairy yogurt, buy the soy yogurt in my supermarket that has added fruit and sugar. Grr...
Workout at gym:
- 35 mins spin bike
- 10 mins treadmill
- 4 sets of 12 on 4 resistance machines (upper body and back)
- cables/pulley for triceps - 4 sets of 12
Workout at home (upper body): since my workouts have been thrown off by our visit to Oban on Weds I'm trying to make up for what I missed. Doing extra sets on my upper body routine.
- 7 min video routine for triceps/arms using .5kg wrist weights (serious burn using these weights!)
- dumbbells - 5 sets of 12 - 7 routines
- push ups, triceps dips - 5 sets
- side dips with dumbbell
Menu:
- B: porridge/cinnamon/date-raisin-apricot mix/soy milk, tea w/milk
- S: post gym workout: 2 oatcakes w/pb
- L: hummous on toast
- D: tofu and chickpea curry & basmati rice, salad w/pumpkin seeds and walnut pieces
- S: plain soy yogurt & fresh strawberries
- Teas & water
TOTAL: under 1400
Progress as of today: 32.2 lbs lost so far, only 4.8 lbs to go!
grannyannie - Thursday May 23, 2013
(Healthy food-fitness-getting back to ideal weight)
Weight: 134.8
Enjoyed our day out yesterday. Posted last night what I ate yesterday.
I will continue with the vegan and 98% sugar-free diet until we go to the US. I've decided to be flexible with this as I know I can't be and don't want to be permanently 'vegan'. We travel too much and it's simply a big pain in the a**. I know it is the healthiest diet and I will basically be a non-dairy, occasional egg, vegetarian when at home. We love Quorn (which contains some egg) and will go back to using it when we come home from the US. I will try very hard to keep sugar minimal and will not use any artificial sweeteners at all because I don't trust them and don't know what to believe. When we travel or are guests at someone's house or have guests here, meat will be on the menu but I will try to keep mine to small portions.
Workout:
- 30 mins torture spin bike class
Workout at home (lower body):
- squats, lunges w/dumbbells
- thighs/glutes with ankle weights
- planks - full and alternating
- thigh maste r
- abs-4 routines
- bridge (for glutes, core, thighs)
- calf lifts
Menu:
- B: porridge/cinnamon/date-raisin-apricot mix/soy milk, tea w/milk
- S: post spin class and before grocery shopping: 2 oatcakes w/pb
- L: 3 oatcakes w/soy cheddar, plain soy yogurt w/fresh raspberries
- D: veggie curry & basmati rice, salad w/pumpkin seeds & walnut pieces
- S: grapes
- Teas & water
TOTAL: under 1400
Progress as of today: 32.2 lbs lost so far, only 4.8 lbs to go!
grannyannie - Wednesday May 22, 2013
(Healthy food-fitness-getting back to ideal weight)
Weight: 134.8
Just got home from our day out. Nice day with daughter weather was sunny but very chilly due to the direction of the wind. Brrrr... I didn't eat any of the cookies I baked for her and she was very happy to get them. She's enjoying her volunteering and all the people she works with and the guests. She's already met a fellow Ugandan, a Kenyan, a British woman who volunteered in Uganda.
Menu:
- B: porridge/cinnamon/date-raisin-apricot mix/soy milk, tea w/milk, plain soy yogurt w/fresh strawberries
- S: 2 oatcakes w/pb
- L: jacket potato topped w/baked beans and onion, green salad w/dollop of cole slaw (not stricly vegan as there would have been mayo in the slaw which contains some egg)
- S: had 3 or 4 of daughter's chips (fries), small amount of fruit-seed-cashew mix
- D: we found a pub that had a vegan dish on the menu - vegetable tagine w/couscous, 1 1/2 pints of beer
Nearly vegan for the day (except the mayo), no sugar, estimated calories about 1700-1750. Not bad.
Scale is going downwards. Just might make my deadline!
Progress as of today: 32.2 lbs lost so far, only 4.8 lbs to go!
grannyannie - Tuesday May 21, 2013
(Healthy food-fitness-getting back to ideal weight)
Weight: 135.4
Had to go for my mammogram this morning. In our area we go to a mobile unit that goes around to rural areas. Since the appointment time was good for taking the hourly bus I was dropped off in front of the hospital and afterwards I walked to the gym which is only 3/4 of a mile. Good warmup before the gym.
Been watching CNN here about those devastating tornaoes! 
No gym tomorrow as we're taking a day trip to Oban - a nice town on the west coast. Our (Ugandan) daughter is enjoying her volunteering on the island very much. She's going to take the ferry over to Oban and we'll meet up for lunch as it's her first day off. I am about to bake some oatmeal raisin cookies to take to her to share with roommates, and it's going to be a HUGE challenge not to do a taste test. Non vegan as it has eggs, has sugar, and has too many calories!
Workout at gym:
- 30 mins spin bike - intense
- 10 mins rowing machine
- 10 mins treadmill
Workout at home (lower body):
- squats, lunges w/dumbbells
- thighs/glutes with ankle weights
- planks - full and alternating
- thigh master
- abs-4 routines
- bridge (for glutes, core, thighs)
- calf lifts
Menu:
- B: porridge/cinnamon/raspberries/soy milk, tea w/milk
- S: post gym: 2 rough oatcakes w/pb
- L: 3 oatcakes w/soy cheese, hummous, plain soy yogurt w/fresh strawberries
- D: veggie curry & basmati rice, salad w/pumpkin seeds & walnut pieces
- S: small nectarine, clementine
- Teas & water
TOTAL: under 1400
Progress as of today: 31.6 lbs lost so far, only 5.4 lbs to go!
grannyannie - Monday May 20, 2013
(Healthy food-fitness-getting back to ideal weight)
Weight: 135.4
3 weeks from tomorrow we fly to the US (Michigan) to see my family for a month. Miss my granddaughters! I have ordered one pair of dumbbells, an exercise mat, ankle weights from amazon in the US and am having them shipped to my sister's house. I am bringing my jump rope and wrist weights with me. My sister and I will go to her over 50's fitness class a few times and then I'll probably go to a one hour spin bike class with my SIL. These muscles are not going to dissolve while I'm gone!
My diet is nearly sugar-free, but not quite. My porridge is unsweetened and I'm used to that. I found plain unsweetened yogurt a the health food store and it's a bit dull but I'm getting used to it. I like my fat free vinaigrette on my salad and it has a wee bit of sugar and I don't use very much anyway. My hot sauce for curries has a wee bit of sugar. When I have an occasional coffee or cappuccino I use a small amount of almond milk which has some sugar.
Workout at gym:
- 35 mins spin bike - intense
- 10 mins treadmill - uphill
- 10 mins rowing machine
- 4 sets of 12 on 4 resistance machines (upper body and back)
- cables/pulley for triceps - 4 sets of 12
Workout at home (upper body):
- 7 min video routine for triceps/arms using .5kg wrist weights
- dumbbells - 3 sets of 12 - 7 routines
- push ups, triceps dips
- side dips with dumbbell
Menu:
- B: porridge/cinnamon/date-raisin-apricot mix/soy milk, tea w/milk
- S: post workout: 2 oatcakes w/pb
- L: hummous on 1 slice homemade seeded whole grain bread, plain soy yogurt w/fresh raspberries & strawberries
- D: veggie curry & basmati rice, salad (spinach, cucumber, radishes, celery, carrot, tomato) w/avocado
- S: grapes
- Teas & water
TOTAL: under 1400
Progress as of today: 31.6 lbs lost so far, only 5.4 lbs to go!
grannyannie - Sunday May 19, 2013
(Healthy food-fitness-getting back to ideal weight)
Weight: 138.0
Restarting at Day 1 vegan diet. Didn't weigh myself this morning but will do so tomorrow.
I'm taking a B complex now even though B vitamins are added to the soy milk, etc. Just want to be sure. Hubby is doing this with me but he eats Marmite which is loaded with B vitamins. I hate it!
Workout at home:
- 45 mins tae bo/jump rope using .5kg wrist weights
- squats, lunges w/dumbbells
- thighs/glutes with ankle weights
- planks - full and alternating
- thigh master
- abs-4 routines
- bridge (for glutes, core, thighs)
- calf lifts
Menu:
- B: porridge/cinnamon/date-raisin-apricot mix/soy milk, tea w/milk
- S: splash of almond milk in coffee
- L: hummous, 3 rough oatcakes, plain unsweetened soy yogurt w/fresh strawberries
- D: bean and smoked tofu stew w/basmati rice, salad w/pumpkin seeds & walnut pieces
- S: banana
- Teas and water
TOTAL: under 1300
Progress as of today: 29 lbs lost so far, only 8 lbs to go!
grannyannie - Saturday May 18, 2013
(Healthy food-fitness-getting back to ideal weight)
Weight: 138.0
Ooops! 
Started out for the funeral early this morning with good intentions. Had my usual porridge breakfast, packed some oatcakes w/pb and weighed out some dried fruit/seed/cashew mix.
The gathering after the service was in a pub and was a sit down catered meal. I refused a beer and had some black tea and a glass of water. Then the server brought us all bowls of soup. Took a spoonful and could taste some kind of meat broth. A few more spoonfuls and I realized it was lamb. Gave away the rest of the bowl and had my oatcakes w/pb. Then the server came around with our meals - plates of steak pie, chips (fries) and peas. I ate the chips and peas and was going to give away the pie or just leave it, but I kept looking at that luscious golden, flaky crust and those big chunks of steak.....and I ate it!! 
Things were getting to a party atmosphere so also had a couple of beers.
So, Day 3 of vegan down the tubes. Calories not too great either.
But, tomorrow is another day and I'll be back to my very healthy vegan diet and my workouts.
Progress as of today: 29 lbs lost so far, only 8 lbs to go!
grannyannie - Friday May 17, 2013
(Healthy food-fitness-getting back to ideal weight)
Weight: 138.0
Internet is back up here! 
Wish we had a choice of which provider we use, but our area is stuck with only one.
Daughter is settling in at her volunteer position on the island. She enjoys her job and her housemates and roommates. As before when she spent a week at the community as a participant, they often serve soup which she doesn't like. Soup is never part of the menu in Uganda. They find it difficult to view soup as a main course. Often when hubby and I lived there and someone would stop by our house when having soup for dinner, we'd be asked where the real food was!
Tomorrow we are going to a funeral - husband's uncle by marriage. I don't think I've ever met him. The buffet afterwards will be a challenge - no vegan options I'm sure - and it will be loaded with sweets which I've cut as well. I'm going to pack a couple of oatcakes w/pb so I don't starve.
Workout at gym:
- 30 mins spin bike
- 15 mins treadmill - uphill
- 10 mins rowing machine
- 4 sets of 12 on 4 resistance machines (upper body and back)
- cables/pulley for triceps - 4 sets of 12
Workout at home (upper body):
- 7 min video routine for triceps/arms using .5kg wrist weights
- dumbbells - 4 sets of 12 - 7 routines
- push ups, triceps dips
Menu:
- B: porridge/cinnamon/date-raisin-apricot mix/soy milk, tea w/milk
- S: post gym: 2 oatcakes w/pb
- L: hummous on 3 oatcakes, plain unsweetened soy yogurt w/fresh raspberries
- D: smoked tofu & veggie curry & basmati rice, salad w/pumpkin seeds and walnut pieces
- S: grapes, dried apricots
- Teas & lots of water
TOTAL: under 1400
Progress as of today: 29 lbs lost so far, only 8 lbs to go!
grannyannie - Friday May 17, 2013
(Healthy food-fitness-getting back to ideal weight)
Weight: 138.0
My internet is down and it is far too difficult to post here using my android. Hope to catch up in a couple of days.
Progress as of today: 29 lbs lost so far, only 8 lbs to go!
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Sunny here too can't believe it after stormy weather yesterday have a great sunny day
Thanks! Our weather is being extra strange just like everybody's seems to be!
Supercheese on 05/25/2013:
Good job for resisting the goodies :) Have a good one annie!
Thanks! It was tough!
Umpqua on 05/25/2013:
Sounds like a great day, I'm jealous of your nice weather!
We don't get it very often so we really cherish it!
OhioRaven on 05/25/2013:
It's always a great idea to plan ahead. Great job with the pbj. This exactly the kind of great stuff I learn on this site. Take good care, Annie.
Thanks, Ohio. Deadline coming up so I can NOT cheat now.
V on 05/25/2013:
Awesome job avoiding temptations :) I hope the rest of your weekend goes just as spectacular Annie<3
biscottibody59 on 05/25/2013:
Sounds like a really good day there! Nice ride too--woo-hoo!