Thursday, January 31, 2008

Thursday

Okay, I deviated from the food schedule yesterday. No bad foods, just different because of quickeness or the desire for something different.

This morning:
7:30AM Bowl of Fiber One, Soy milk, an apple

11:30 AM: Fiber one bar, butternut squash soup

2:00 PM: Eggs with turkey and spinach, apple.
Heated soy milk

4:30 PM: Clif Bar

Dinner??? who knows. I'm going to the gym to do abs and cardio. Then I have to clean, after all that is done I can go home and rest. I'm tired and my contacts are getting old. :(

Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Wednesday

I'm doing good! I slip a little here and there. Nothing too big or unmanageable. I still feel full and satisfied. I need to exercise more. I was at the gym Monday morning at 5:00 AM (back, 20 min cardio), skipped Tuesday, 5:00 AM this morning (legs and 40 mins cardio). Tomorrow I will do remedial PT with Darrell (he beats them up and I kinda like the feeling of pushing myself so hard I'm going to vomit). I like going because its like those cardio bootcamps. Awesome.

Yesterday I had: 8AM-Bowl of veggie soup & a muscle milk pudding cup.
11AM-I can't remember ?????
2PM- Crab Salad with lemon juice, crackers, water
6PM-Pork Tenderloin stew, one roll. Water.

Today:
4:45 AM- Protein Shake
8AM- Oat bran with blueberries, eggs with spinach
11AM-Pork Tenderloin Stew, water, vitamins, cup of chocpeppermint soy milk heated.
2PM- cottage cheese and apple, green tea
4:30-Clif Bar (I'll be on my way home)

Friday, January 25, 2008

As my pants get tighter...

I've added on some winter weight. Although not large by any stretch of the imagination, I need something that'll keep me honest. I usually like blogging but I want to do it on my own, without friends or a contest. So this is all me. It will serve as both my fitness and diet journal. I may even occasionally post progress pictures.

For my diet, I am beginning to follow Tosca Reno's Eat Clean Diet. It isn't a diet but a guide to eating right. So far it is going well, nothing is restricted except sugar and sweets and gratuitous fats.

I'll start from today on blogging it all down.

8:00 AM: 1 serving of Optiumum Power Cereal with Soymilk. 1 Cup Coffee

9:00 AM: 1 cup Green Tea (no sugar, milk or honey)

11:00AM: Egg whites with spinach, Salt and pepper. Microwaved, so no additional butter or grease. 1 (small, smaller than my palm) loggers roll (with crusted oat top) with spinach and turkey. 1/2 cup of Peppermint Chocolate Soymilk heated for dessert (it tastes like a mint mocha!).

At work the women have stated that Monday is the Diet Start Date, so today the office is full of brownies, cookies, muffins, etc. I have yet to touch them. I would consider it a great success if I could go the whole day and not eat any sweets (other than my peppermint milk which did have sugars).

I have always tried to eat small multiple meals a day but I didn't know exactly what to eat. I would end up very hungry and eventually binge. Since I've started this plan, I stay fuller longer and when I go to bed at night I don't feel deprived. My meals have gotten healthier and more adventurous. It gets old to eat chicken breast and cottage cheese five times a day so I'm willing to try new things. Tofu is fun to cook with. I made an awesome tofu chili the other day and mixed this wonderful brown rice with it.

Tonight I have to work out. That is the one area that has slipped recently. I just am pressed for time and when I go into the gym and its packed, I shorten my workout. January is a horrible time to decide to get in shape, I don't know why people do it. I love going to the gym, I get cranky if I miss a day or two. Every January I always lose my motivation. I don't want to stand in line to wait for a machine. February-December, I have no problem. But January! Forget it. I understand why I've gained weight this month.

That rambled. Will post again after gym tonight.