Day 121 Croissant After Croissant!

Exercise: None yet, but thinking of doing some weights at home in a few minutes while I watch the biggest loser on TV.  Not feeling motivated lately.

I made my hubby 24 croissants with hotdogs in them for his Public Speaking Toastmasters group tonight. It was my day to skip Toastmasters and just have some time to myself to catch up on some things. Hadn't eaten dinner yet so I ate way too many croissants! Feel really full and regretting my choice.

Breakfast: 2 corn tortillas with one egg and mixed greens, frozen raspberries, green tea
Snack: 2 truffles offered in the teacher's lounge. RATS!
Lunch: chicken, quinoa with black beans and brown rice, apple slices, some multi grain crackers from another teacher.
Snack: too many cocoa powder covered almonds, later....peanut butter sandwich on whole grain bread.
Dinner: 4 croissants. Soup with chicken, celery, carrots, lentils, quinoa, greenbeans, broccoli, garlic salt, salt, pepper. Yum! Water.

Soup

Croissants with hotdogs in the middle.

 

Day 120

Exercise: None..home late. (guess that shouldn't be an excuse). Let me know if you know the secret to being able to work late, cook dinner, and still exercise. How do people with kiddos ever do it??

Breakfast: 2 corn tortillas, one egg, mixed greens, raspberries, green tea.
Snack: apple slices, way too many cocoa powdered almonds
Lunch: left overs from last night..chicken, quinoa/brown rice and black beans, green beans, water
Snack: no sugar hot chocolate, few walnuts
Dinner: chicken, mixed veggies (need to go to the grocery store for February!)
Snack: raspberries

Day 119: Workout Slideshows

Exercise: Ran 2.4 miles and walked .6 miles at Memorial Park. Burned 379 calories.

Click Beginner  exercises
Click Exercises not to do

Breakfast: scrambled eggs with spinach leaves and green onion in 2 corn tortillas, green tea
Snack: no sugar hot chocolate with vanilla soy milk
Late Lunch: baked chicken, mix of black beans, quinoa, brown rice and tomatoes, mixed veggies, water
Dinner: sweet potato french fries baked in the oven with a little olive oil, salt, garlic salt, paprika. Yum!
Raspberries.

Day 118

Exercise: Spin class this morning for 40 minutes. Instructor stepped up the pace and difficulty. Couldn't keep up. It was fantastic! There were more spinners there than usual and they all appeared to be hard core workout buffs! Burned 531 calories.

Breakfast: 2 corn tortillas with scrambles eggs with spinach leaves and green onions, green tea, oatmeal with walnuts.
Snack: no sugar hot chocolate with vanilla soy milk, peanut butter sandwich with whole grain bread
Dinner: Ate at Guadalajara Mexican Restaurant: chicken fajitas (clicken fajitas) with sauteed onions, refried beans, rice, guacamole, salsa all wrapped in 2 flour tortillas. We even had corn chips and queso (melted cheese) before the dinner! Water. That was almost 4 hours ago and I still feel like I can hardly breath. Why do I torture myself?
Snack: may have some raspberries soon. Need some fiber today!!

Day 117 Enjoyed Jogging At The Park Again

Friday Exercise: Getting back into the swing of things again. Ran 2 miles at Memorial Park yesterday. Beautiful weather and nice jog with my music. Walked 1 mile slowly.

Breakfast: 2 corn tortillas, scrambled eggs with spinach leaves and green onion.
Snack: apple
Lunch: 1/2 sweet potato, salmon patty, and mixed veggies
Snack: 3 oreo cookies from the assistant principal's office. Rats!
Dinner: Too lazy to cook...same as breadfast.

Day 116: Ate Out For Our 1/2 Anniversary

Exercise: None AGAIN! Meeting after work and then celebration out.

Yes, we like to celebrate our 1/2 anniversary. I know that is corney. Going to Fratelli's restaurant this evening. My husband's friend is the owner. I love it. Great food and atmosphere. Nice party room if needed. Delicious Italian food! Fratelli's Restaurant. We go to the one at 1330 Wirt Road, which is smaller than the one pictured.

Breakfast: 1 corn tortilla with 1 boiled egg and mixed greens, green tea
Snack: no sugar hot chocolate with soy milk (been hearing bad things about soy products lately)
Snack: apple
Lunch: chicken, mixed veggies, salad with tomatoes and cucumbers, water. Just as I finished lunch someone brought in some GIANT croissants. Had to have one. Every bite was amazing!
Snack: 1 boiled egg
Dinner: an entire pizza minus one slice and french bread! Pigged out.

Day 115 Ever Heard Of Aqua Jogging?

Exercise: None (can you believe it?) Apparently I'm slacking off. Got caught up on some things after a late meeting today. Starting to feel tired and sluggish. Won't work out tomorrow either due to a dinner out. Missing the workouts!

Click on Aqua Jogging. Looks like a good work out to try. Since my ankle seems to hurt when I run I was thinking of trying jogging in the pool until it gets better. Water isn't my favorite thing though and I need to get one of those floats that goes around the waist. Sounds like I'll look a bit ridiculous.

Breakfast: corn tortilla with mixed greens and 1 boiled egg. Green tea
Snack: few cocoa powder covered almonds, regular hot chocolate in water.
Lunch: salmon patty, broccoli, green beans, corn, 1/2 sweet potato, water
Snack: apple
Snack during faculty meeting: 5 Oreo cookies and enjoyed every one of them! 
Dinner: Baked chicken with broccoli, orange peppers, garlic, greenbeans, red potatoes, carrots in the oven.


Delicious! Enjoyed dinner!



Day 114: 5AM Workout!

Exercise: weights for 20 minutes/arms/abs/back, Spin class 30 minutes

Learned there was a 5:30am Spin Class. Had to do part of the workout on my own. The instructor didn't show up until 5:45am. I had to leave to get ready for work by 6am. I can see it would be easy to do early morning workouts if I went to work later. I have to be at work on or before 7:30AM so it is difficult.
Woke up at 4:40am. Never going to the gym early again! Done with it. Miss having green tea and breakfast with my husband in the morning. Took too long last night to get organized. Was a bit cranky and tired from yesterday's early workout. Had to go to bed at 8:30pm. Cuts into my evening giving me less time. Forget it!

Breakfast: green tea, boiled egg, 1/4 cup oatmeal with walnuts and soymilk
Snack: few cocoa powder covered almonds, apple
Lunch: salmon patty, 1/2 sweet potato, quinoa, water (forgot my veggies), orange
Snack: none
Dinner: Had a workshop after school to attend. Picked up a McDonalds hamburger on the way. STARVING. Didn't plan an extra snack today.

Day 113: Workout 5:30AM

Exercise: Elliptical machine for 30 minutes.

Tested the waters with an early morning workout at the gym. A whole other world at that time. Dark, delivery trucks, people walking their dogs, cold and creepy...surprised at how packed the gym was. Discovered 5am is too late to wake up. Need to try for 4:30am tomorrow. That just doesn't sound good. I thought I would have more energy, but I'm tired and have a dull headache. I really want it to work so I'll give it another try the rest of the week. I'm tutoring soon 2 times a week after work and seem to have a meeting everyday after work for the next 2 weeks so there just isn't much time for things anymore.

Pros of 5am Workouts: more time to myself and with my hubby after work, can focus on making new recipes, always say I should read a good book or finish knitting my scarf that I've barely touched! (that will never happen!)

Cons: How do I manage to take my lunch that needs refridgeration, organizing clothes, hair products etc, breakfast before the workout and after, hard to get out of bed, go to bed earlier and lose part of the evening.
If I shower at the gym, how do I eat a healthy breakfast that I'm used to? So many things to work through.

Breakfast: scrambled egg with spinach leaves, few sips of green tea, 1/4 cup oatmeal with walnuts
Snack: apple slices
Lunch: salad with canned chicken, tomatoes and cucumbers, almond butter sandwich, water
Snack: no sugar hot chocolate with soy milk
Dinner: 1/2 salmon, 1/2 sweet potato, broccoli, greenbeans and corn, water
Dessert: frozen raspberries and blueberries.

Dinner

Day 112: Ate Cow Head Parts !

Exercise: walked briskly in the neighborhood with Dad for 3 miles.

Was in Corpus Christi this weekend visiting my parents. My mom had some healthy meals for us, but with eating on the road during our 4 hour trip and eating at a restaurant with Dad it wasn't a healthy weekend. Stomach bloated. Feel gross. We ate barbacoa meat at a restaurant. My dad said it was meat from the cheek of the cow and sometimes eyeball and tongue parts. Sounds disgusting! I grew up around that sort of thing so I knew about it. I was surprised Vince ate 3 tacos! Barbacoa Meat

Dad and I eating barbacoa
tacos with iced tea.

Mom trying her best to
cook good meals for
Vince and I.



Ice cream

 Breakfast: oatmeal with few raisins, blueberry green tea
Brunch with Dad: 2 barbacoa tacos, iced black tea
Snack on the road: chocolate dipped ice-milk cone
Dinner on the road: BBQ chopped beef sandwich with pickles and onions
Late snack: corn chips with salsa
Later snack: couple bites of canned chicken with mayo, frozen blueberries and frozen raspberries.

Day 111 Ate Too Much Out Of Town!!

Exercise: None!  Missing the workout badly!!


http://www.active.com/nutrition/Articles/6-Simple-Meals-for-Runners-on-the-Go.htm?cmp=17-7-1924

Visited the parents in Corpus Christi.  Ate way too many things I shouldn't have eaten.

Breakfast: 2 corn tortillas, scrambled eggs with green onion, tomatoes, spinach leaves, green tea
Snack: no sugar hot chocolate, few walnuts
Snack: On the road...chocolate pralaine with nuts. (purchased one for tomorrow too!)
Lunch: On the road...McDonalds!! Grilled Chicken sandwich, water
Snack: orange
Dinner: Gluten free/quinoa pasta with tiny meatballs and garlic pesto sauce with tomato and pecans. Sauce was made in the blender. Lots of olive oil in the sauce...way too many calories. Side of 1/2 an avacado.


Mom washing parsley.
4 cups in blender for
the sauce along with
3 cups olive oil, garlic,
pine nuts and tomato



Dinner



Day 110: Donuts With Dads At Work

Exercise: None...no time. Home very late

Yes...DONUTS! Our school is trying to promote health and wellness, yet the "Dad's Club" serves donuts. Kiddos and Dads fill the cafeteria before school starts and the donuts are served. Imagine elementary students trying to learn after that sugar high. I think it is great to have Dads visit, but come on...what about "Fruit and Folks," or .....

Breakfast: oatmeal with walnuts, one boiled egg, green tea
Snack: few cocoa powder covered almonds, raspberry zinger green tea
Lunch: plain chicken with broccoli, one small egg roll, white rice, extra chicken with sauce.
Snack: no sugar hot chocolate with soy milk, few organic corn chips with tomato salsa (Vince HAD to buy them...RATS!)
Dinner: 1/2 salmon, red potatoes, mixed veggies with green beans.
Still hungry..may eat some frozen fruit or more corn chips in a bit!

The school parents (PTA) provided lunch today. Chinese food isn't my favorite. Didn't eat much, but very nice that lunch was provided for us!


Dinner



Day 109:Meals for under $4! Weighed 129.6!!

Click on Healthy Meals

Exercise: Spin class Burned 574 calories in 40 minutes.

CELEBRATION!! Been years since I've been in the 120s (if you can call 129.6 being in the 120s) LOL My new goal is to weigh 125 and to continue to work on toning up and gaining muscle.

Breakfast: oatmeal with soy milk, raisins, few walnuts, boiled egg and green tea
Snack: apple, STARVING and at a workshop...ate their 2 mini bagels and 2 small brownies. RATS!
Lunch: 2 corn tortillas with chicken salad (with tomatoes, cucumbers, green onion), green beans, water
Snack: hot chocolate
Dinner: extra lean turkey meat, red potatos, frozen mixed veggies, water

Day 108 Extra Lean Turkey Meatloaf

Exercise: Late 1 1/2 mile run at Memorial Park. Walked the other 1 1/2 miles. Middle of the run...strange and painful muscle cramp/pull near the side of my shin. Never had that before. Forced to walk. Beginning to question why I get injured so often. Others can do it so I should be able to also! Burned 266 calories. 

Breakfast: oatmeal with few walnuts and raisins, frozen raspberries, green tea
Snack: cocoa powder covered almonds, apple
Lunch: homemade chicken salad sandwich with mixed greens, carrot
Snack: 2 mini bite size snickers candies from the AP office. Rats! I need to not go in there.
Late Snack: Worked late. Had no sugar hot chocolate with soy milk around 6pm before my run.
Very Late Dinner: extra lean turkey meatloaf, green beans, red potatoes, water, frozen blueberries.


Lean Turkey meat seems pretty
good to eat. Little fat and not too
high in calories.

  

Dinner

Turkey recipe: Thaw 20 oz or more ground turkey meat. With hands, mix in about 1/4 cup of goat cheese or fetta cheese. Add about 4 teaspoons of no corn syrup BBQ sauce. Cook in oven uncovered about 40 minutes on 325 or 350. ( I had it on 325 for 1/2 the time and then moved it up).

Day 107 How Does Exercise Affect Your Heart?

Exercise: Only 30 minutes of weight lifting.

Read about how exercise affects your heart:
http://www.active.com/fitness/Articles/How-Does-Exercise-Affect-Your-Heart.htm?cmp=17-7-1899

Breakfast: little oatmeal with soy milk (something I hadn't eaten in over a year), boilded egg, frozen blueberries, green tea
Snack: apple
Lunch: Chicken and spinach with Indian spices (tumeric) and sauce, broccoli, 1/2 sweet potato, quinoa/brown rice, water, mixed greens with carrots.
Snack: 3 bite size Snickers candies from a meeting. Rats!
Dinner: canned chicken mixed with dijon mustard, walnuts, little mayo in 2 corn tortillas with mixed greens. (chicken tacos). Water.
Snack: no sugar hot chocolate with soy milk.


oatmeal with walnuts and a few raisins and soy milk




Chicken salad: cumumbers, tomatoes, green onion, walnuts
on a bed of mixed greens all in 2 corn tortillas



Day 106 Working On A Holiday

Exercise: Elliptical machine this morning. 45 minutes. Burned 385 calories.
Thinking of raking the yard...or shall I say, procratinating raking the yard.
Later...raked small portion of the yard. Did 10 minute ab workout.

We were asked to work for a couple hours on this Holiday today. Lunch was provided. Only problem was I couldn't eat it. Managed to eat one of the "white" breads loaded with processed ham and a pickle spear, but gave the cookie and potato chips to the student next to me. Took my own snacks anyway. Sure was nice of them to purchase us lunch though!

Breakfast: 2 corn tortillas with scrambled eggs with mixed greens, green tea
Snack: almond butter sandwich, small orange, apple slices, 1/2 sandwich (white bread) with lunchmeat, water.
Late Lunch: quinoa with spinach/tumeric chicken, frozen blueberries/raspberries, water
Snack: few walnuts, no sugar hot chocolate with soy milk
Dinner: Cod fish with olive oil, thyme, salt and peper on top, broccoli, corn, 1/2 sweet potato

Day 105 Walking Around Houston..No Car



Walking to church...carless

Exercise: Car in the shop for hours. Vince and I walked to church, then to the mall and back to Costco to pick up my car. 2.7 mile walk outside. About 1 mile walk in the mall. 60 degrees and sunny. Great walking weather! 
Check out some temptations along our walk:


Chocolate store in the mall!
Passed it up.




Pastries and sweets at Starbucks.
Sucumbed to a mini chcolate donut
and a tall hot chocolate with no whip cream

Day 104 Troubles!

Exercise: Great time at Spin Class this morning! Burned 691 calories in 55 minutes. Vince and I went to Memorial park this evening. Ran 1.5 miles. Enjoying the crisp cool air running until my ankle began hurting again. Walked the other 1.5 miles.

Locked out of the house after returning from the gym this morning. Cold and hungry. Long story.
Wanted to go out of town today, but still have a "donut" on my back passenger side (spare tire). Getting new tire put on tomorrow. Drove about 45 minutes to visit my friend Sherrie. The air pressure light began blinking so I pulled off the freeway. Atempted to air it up with the air mechanism Vince left in my car. Air just kept coming out of the tire more!
Not the best meals so far...
Breakfast: 2 corn tortillas with one egg and mixed greens, green tea.
Lunch: hot chocolate with soy milk, almond butter sandwich.
2nd Lunch!: Vince made me a hot chocoate on my way back home, Salmon sandwich with BBQ sauce and mayonaise, some corn chips (Vince's chips!) and picante sauce. Not feeling the best. Ate too  much.
Dinner: Pot Roast soup from the can. Water, frozen blueberries.

Day 103 Had a Dr. Pepper and Not So Good Day!

Exercise: None (worked late and tired on Friday)

Went to Escalantes for a late dinner. Dr. Pepper craving! Ordered one at the bar while waiting for our seat. Why do I still have cravings even though I don't like them anymore??
A waitress broke a glass on our table. So..it happens. No big deal. Due to that event, the manager surprised us both with slices of Thres Leches cake for dessert. I didn't want dessert, but felt I should eat it since they gave it to us. I have always hated that cake. Wasn't actually too bad.

Breakfast: 2 corn tortillas, one egg, spinach leaves, green tea
Snack: almond butter sandwich
Lunch: 1/4 cup Greek plain yogurt, one small orange, 1/4 quiznos sandwich (from front office)
Snack: several hershey chocolate kisses from the office.
Dinner: Dr. Pepper, 2 fajita tacos, grilled veggies on the side, refried beans, water, slice of cake.

The Infamous DP! This is what I
was so addicted to! I was out and
wanted one last night. Tasted like
prune juice. No longer impressed.



Chicken with fajita spices in cooked onions.
For those who don't know...we put this in flour tortillas
with beans, peppers, cheese, guacamole etc



My fajita taco with veggies on the side and beans and mushroom.
I ate 2 fajita tacos, water



Day 102

Exercise: Went to Spin class, but only lasted 3 minutes. My thighs were just too sore from the elliptical the day before. You don't realize it until you get on that bike! Did arm, shoulder and back weights. Some ab exercises. Tried running again. Ran 2 miles on the tredmill. Burned 200 calories running.  Hard to not do spin class. Miss it.

Great news! There were some healthy snacks in the teacher's lounge today....grapes, oranges, carrots! Someone must have donated the healthy treats. Yum!
I added the fiber brownies that I bought to the teacher treats. They do something fierce to my stomach. Of course I did attach a warning note to the box, "Eat at your own risk!"

Breakfast: 1 egg in 2 corn tortillas with spinach leaves and green tea
Snack: red grapes, water
Snack: small orange, handful of cocoa powdered almonds, water
Lunch: salmon patty, mixed veggies and greenbeans, sweet potatoes, water
            strawberry cake with creamcheese frosting (celebrating a b-day at work)
Snack: almond butter sandwich, water
Dinner: see pic


Thank goodness that my husband cooked tonight.



Day 101 Near Flat Tire and Too Many Hot Dogs

Exercise: Ballys today. Elliptical machine for 53 minutes. Burned 452 calories.

Tire pressure kept getting low repeatedly. Found nail in tire. Ordered new one. Riding on my spare tire next couple days. Managed to workout while car was in the shop.

Lunch was provided for me since I was working on a different campus today. So grateful to not have to think about packing lunch for a change! Problem...ate too much and candy was available! I can't resist chocolate candy!
Breakfast: 2 corn tortillas, 2 boiled eggs, spinach leaves, green tea, few frozen blueberries.
Snack: None
Lunch: 6 breaded chicken strips, 1 bag of baked Lays potato chips, water

Snack:  About 6 bitesize choclate candies RATS!
Dinner: While at Costco dealing with the tire trials, I had 2 hot dogs with mustard, relish, and onions, five sips of Mr. Pibb. No, it isn't the same as Dr. Pepper even though people say it is!! Stomach hurts a bit. Not the best food for me anymore.

Day 100! School Wellness Evening Tonight

Tonight is our big event! Presenters regarding aging, dental health, healthy foods along with workout trainers, nutritionists will be here tonight. We have a health fair section in the library as well, the blood mobile, mammograms, a dairy cow and so much more! What an amazing night all geared to living a better lifestyle.
Photos later.

Exercise: None
Breakfast: 2 corn tortillas, scrambled eggs with green onion and spinach leaves, green tea
Snack: apple slices, small handfull of cocoa powder covered almonds.
Lunch: almond butter sandwich, water
Snack: real sugar hot chocolate in water from work. Hungry.
Dinner: Provided for the teachers since everyone is staying so late: grilled chicken, white rice, greenbeans. Will try not to eat the roll and dessert.

Day 99 Steer Clear From Fiber One Brownies: 90 Calorie Waste

Exercise: Did the Spin bike at the gym on my own. 35 minutes. Burned 465 calories.
Looking forward to our Health and Wellness Evening tomorrow at the school I work at. Lots of opportunities to workout, hear some presenters, get good recipes from chefs and visit the health fair area.

BAD CHOICE: Worked late. Got to the gym late. Grocery store after that. STARVING by then! Had been eyeing a box of brownies for the past several grocery store visits, but was able to withstand the temptation. Not this time.



This item above pretends to be a healthy choice. It's a disguise in my book. Sure it has 90 calories and 5 grams of fiber. What else? Nothing. I was ready to endulge in what I thought would be a decadent brownie. Couldn't wait and so hungry. Opened the box while pumping gas. First bite reminded me of gritty sand. I had thoughts of the desert. Not worth the 90 calories. What shall I do with the rest of the 37? I'm sure I'll subject my tastebuds to the moist free dessert again. I hate that I paid way too much for them too. Arg!

Breakfast: 2 waffles with blue agave, walnuts, frozen blueberries, green tea
Snack: apple slices
Lunch: Leftovers..sweet potatoes, salmon patty, mixed veggies, water
Snack: too many cocoa powder covered almonds
Snack: a few corn chips dipped in mexican 5 layer dip. Bummer! Work stuff.
Snack: The 90 calorie brownie
Dinner: See below.
Snack: frozen peaches


Dinner: Salmon, quinoa with brown rice,
mixed veggies



Day 98 Free Workout APPS & Zesty Chicken Recipe

1. Cardio Trainer: Use every time I workout. Calculates what I want. Time, calories, distance, pace, maps
    your runs on GPS, how many miles you do each day, week, month, total. Can't be without it.

2. All the following are free and by Debbie Miller. Videos of workouts.
    Daily Ab Workout, daily arm workout, daily butt workout, daily cardio workout, daily leg workout.
    Great for those days you just can't make it to the gym! In fact I'm about to do the ab workout at home.

3. Plan to search for some healthy recipe apps. Let me know if you know of some.

Ankle bothering me yesterday after raking. No time for that! Better this morning. Determining if I should rake the other 1/2 of the front yard or rest the ankle. Could it be from the hour of elliptical maddness the day before? I'm trying to ignore it in hopes it will be nothing.

Exercise: Didn't rake after all. Did abs and floor exercises, squats. Arm weights at home and some push ups.

Breakfast: 2 blueberry whole grain waffles with walnuts and blue agave as the sweetner, frozen blueberries, one boiled egg, green tea
Snack: no sugar Flaxmilk hot chocolate
Lunch: Something new: Zesty Roasted Chicken (info below)
Snack: none
Dinner: Starbucks egg and chicken sausage tortilla taco and a chocolate brownie.

Zesty Roasted Chicken: 6 boneless skinless chicken breasts, 1lb small red potatoes, 3 tablespoons Dijon mustard 1/2 teaspoon pepper, 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped.

Here is what I did: 2 chicken breasts. Mixed garlic, 2 teaspoons oregano, 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard, 2 teaspoons blue agave (used in place of honey) and brushed that on the chicken. Top baked chicken with chopped green onions.
Cook zuccini and squash in pan on stove. Sprinkle with basil, salt, and pepper, olive oil.
Bake chicken at 350 for 35 minutes.

Day 97 Raking The Yard Again

Didn't go to Spin class today for 2 reasons. My legs are very sore from lunges and the elliptical. In fact it kept me up some of the night off and on. Raked the yard again. The leaves are starting to blow into the neighbor's yard. My hubby won't be home most of the day so I decided to do it and get some exercise.
Burned 404 calories in 95 minutes raking.



You can see most of the yard covered
in leaves



1/2 of the yard done, but I think that is
all for today.

  
Forgot to mention that a couple nights ago I wanted something sweet. Sweet stuff no where to be found. I sucumed to opening a new can of chocolate frosting. Dipped a spoon in twice. Felt better.  : ) Again, the frosting is one of the great things left over from all the Christmas baking. Hmmm..now I'm thinking about it again. Yikes! Better go grab some no sugar hot chocolate. That always stops my cravings!

Breakfast: 2 corn tortilla with scrambled eggs with spinach leaves and chopped green onions, little shredded cheddar cheese, green tea
Snack: no sugar hot chocolate with Flaxmilk
Lunch: Cod (fish), frozen veggies, red potato
Snack: frozen raspberries with plain Greek yogurt, blue agave and few walnuts
Dinner: Way too much garlic chicken alfredo pizza!

Tried some cod. Not sure how to cook it.
Added thyme, parsley, lemon peper, salt.
Would be better breaded.

We added spinach leaves to the pizza
to satisfy our need for a vegetable! ha

Vince and I went to Costo to get a box of extra thin crust pizza on sale. 3 pizzas for just over $8. I expected to have 2 slices and a great salad. Instead we found ourself gorging on not one, but 2 frozen pizzas! I had 6 slices and no salad. The horror.

Day 96 Homemade Hamburger

Exercise: Woke up early and did 50 stomach crunches. Ran on elliptical machine for 1 hour. At 45 minutes it became difficult for me to keep the pace over 6.0. Went down to 4.0. Tired. Burned 528 calories.

Breakfast: 1/2 peanut butter sandwich, green tea
Snack: apple slices
Lunch: salmon patty, mixed veggies, no sugar hot chocolate
No Snack: working off campus
Dinner: homemade hamburger with spinach leaves, tomato, little shredded cheese, no corn syrup BBQ sauce, and yes... a little mayo, water, salad with cumumbers and tomatoes.

I really wanted a burger today. I told my husband we were going out for a burger when I got back from working out, but when I got home I didn't want to ruin all the calories I burned so we stayed home and watched a movie. The burger was great. Vince doesn't eat bread due to glutten intolerance so he had his own healthy meal.

Day 95: New Recipe-Light Lemon Dijon Chicken

Exercies: None. Looked forward to Spin class, but worked quite late today. Plan to have my own Spin class tomorrow at the gym. Miss working out today!

Tried a new recipe. Not sure it was my favorite, but Vince liked it a lot.
Lemon Dijon Dressing:
1/4 cup reduced fat mayo (bad already!)
2 tablespoons lemon juice
2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
1 clove garlic, finely chopped

Chicken Salad ( I just made it with chicken breast)
4 cups romaine (used spinach leaves)
2 cups shredded cooked chicken breast
1/4 cup sliced, sun-dried tomatoes
1 hard cooked egg, chopped
2 medium green onions
1/4 cup shredded parmesan cheese (used none but added a little cheddar cheese)



I didn't mix it all together into a chicken salad.
Sort of ate it separately and drizzled the dressing over the chicken.
Also added cucumbers and veggies on the side.

 Breakfast: one corn tortilla, spinach leaves and boiled egg, green tea
Snack: banana, lots of pretzles I thought I would burn off while working out today!!
Lunch: 1/2 salmon, red potatoes, veggie mix with cheese sauce (hated the cheese sauce).
Snack: pretzles
Dinner: New recipe and Flaxmilk hot chocolate.

Day 94 Lost Almost A Pound

Exercise: Went to the gym to do arm and back weights at Ballys. Did some Ab exercises and lunges. Missed the endorphin rush of the elliptical. Have spin class tomorrow so I need to rest my legs. Burned only 127 calories.
Yesterday's workout was great. In fact I almost lost a pound in one day. I'm sure I put it back on today with the 1/2 bagel and cocoa covered almonds and other junk that found their way to me at work! I'm serioulsy realizing that work is the place I gain my weight!

Breakfast: 2 corn tortillas, 2 eggs with spinach leaves, green tea
Bad Choice: 1/2 bagel with cream cheese, about 8 cocoa powdered covered almonds
Snack: canned pineapple bits
Lunch: 2 extra lean beef tacos with spinach leaves on corn tortilla with pineapple tomato cilantro salsa.
Snack: 2 starburst candies, one crossaint, a couple bits of a left over muffin.
Dinner: PACKAGED veggies (thought I'd try them out), 1/2 salmon on a bed of salad, red potatoes in olive oil and a little salt. No sugar hot chocolate with Flaxmilk.




Didn't like the veggies. The cheese
tasted processed and fake. Sounds
picky, but it did taste strange. I have
to eat them again at lunch tomorrow.

Didn't feel like going to the gym. All these snacks are weighing me down! Sleepy today. I'm thinking of what my Sister says, "Go to the gym especially when you don't feel your best and you will feel so much better after!" So I'm went. Can't wait for Spin class tomorrow.

Day 93: Back To Work And Bad Foods Again

Exercise: Worked out at Ballys on the elliptical for 51 minutes. Kept pace above 6.0 mph most of time.
Burned over 400 calories according to the machine, but when I selected "intense" workout on my App, it states I burned 542 calories. I believe it! I was running so fast on it. Problem: At 48 minutes I realized my right foot had gone numb and my left foot was beginning to. I may have overdone it today. So I slowed dramatically and stopped.

Since I've been off work for the past 2 weeks I was able to focus on working out and desserts were NOT staring me in the face around every corner. I've got to stay away from all the treats somehow.

My favorite show begins a new season today. I don't enjoy reality shows except for The Biggest Loser!

Breakfast: 2 corn tortillas with 2 boiled eggs and spinach leaves, green tea ( I tried to eat a lot so I wouldn't want the muffins and crossants that I had to buy for the teachers today. It worked in the morning.
Snack: apple, couple bites of a carrot
Lunch: Bowl of chili. Went to Cafe Express with some teachers.
Snack: 1/2 almond butter sandwich, no sugar hot chocoate with flaxmilk.
Bad Choice: 1/2 chocolate muffin.
Dinner: Salad with salmon and side of veggies, raspberries, no sugar hot chocolate made with flaxmilk.

My sweet hubby made dinner so I
could have time to workout today.

Day 92 Organize Your Pantry

Exercise: Ballys: elliptical machine run for 45 minutes. Burned 345 calories.

Organized my pantry this morning to save a little time. You can find yourself searching for things or buying items you don't even know you already have. Going back to work tomorrow after a 2 week vacation. Lots of organizing to do today to make my work week easier. Want to focus on cooking great meals and working out instead of dealing with unorganized areas.



Here you can see
part of our pantry.
Most food is strored in
the freezer and fridge.
Running low on canned
foods at the moment.


Breakfast: wheat bread slice with almond butter, raspberries, green tea
Snack: no sugar hot chocolate with flaxmilk and soy milk
Lunch: left overs from dinner: beef tacos with pineapple salsa, water
Snack: last of the Christmas tamales...ate 2 of them, an orange, and 1/2 of a double chocolate muffin, water. Woops! I have to say it was to die for!
Dinner: chicken and dumpling soup, 1/2 butter sandwich, water

Day 91 Welcome 2012! Ran Without Knee Pain! : )

Exercise: Great start to the new year. Ran/walked 4 miles at Memorial Park without knee pain. I'm cured! Burned 310 calories.

New Years Resolution: To bring peace and joy to family, friends, co-workers, and strangers whenever I can and of course to maintain a healthy diet and active life-style.

Breakfast: Corn tortilla taco with spinach leaves, boiled egg, raspberries and plum green tea.
Lunch: Left over pepperoni and hamburger pizza from New Years Eve, water. Broccoli and salad in an attempt to make it healthier.
Snack: no sugar hot chocolate
Dinner: Extra Lean beef corn tortilla tacos with pineapple tomato corn cilantro salsa (add celery, white onions, teas. tomato paste and cumin, a cup of tomato sauce to the beef. Brown on the stove.
Snack: orange


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Delicious tacos. Added way too much
red pepper flakes. Didn't have the red
bell peper that it called for. Bad substitute.