I'm sure based on the title you know where this is going. Or rather, where I went. I think I'm going to institute a no eating after a certain time of day rule...it's shameful the lack of self control! But wow...I have heard good things about Chik-fil-A, and other than the weird skin-on waffle potato fries, the experience was everything I hoped it would be! That chicken sandwich was DELICIOUS. It might have really been delicious, or it could have been the fact that I knew it was forbidden but did it anyay. Whatevs. It is important to note that I talked myself out of Sweet Tomatoes (which in hindsight mightve been better...), OG (JN was working tonight) AND Baskin Robbins before I finally caved. Does that count as willpower? Certainly this was better than two scoops of Jamocha Almond Fudge...right??
So...now I have been trying to ponder how to work in rest days to this streak business. It is clear that the diet portion is not included in this streak, although I have had success in the past with using sparkpeople.com, so I think I will try to get back to that. I ran yesterday & the day before, and in my years of marathon training, or mock-training if you will, a key element was taking a day between workouts. At a good level of fitness that could mean just doing an easy day between hard days, or taking a complete rest in between hard workouts. It's safe to say (and somewhat depressing) that at this point it's hard workouts, considering I really am waddling around like my hips have taken a vacation. Right now it's 10:31pm, and I am sitting on the couch sans workout for the day.
I'm going to call this the streak stutter, and we'll start over at square one tomorrow...goin forward it will be yoga or weights or a long walk on the rest days.
As far as diet goes, I overslept again this morning...I was exhausted! And that bed was so freakin warm & comfy....so i didnt pack lunch this morning.
Breakfast - nothin
Midmorning snack - apple spice muffin & a green monster Naked smoothie
Lunch (does it count as lunch if you dont eat it till 2pm?) - 3/4 of a blueberry compote/granola/yogurt parfait
Afternoon snack - nothin
Pre-class snack (on the way to class at 530pm) - an orange
After-class Dinner aka Trainwreck - chik-fil-a deluxe chicken sandwich (YUM), less than 1/2 of the fries, 24oz diet dr pepper. And because I really have no self control, a bowl of frosted mini-wheats with skim milk when i got home.
Aaand...from here on, one snack allowed after 8pm and if it isnt fresh fruit or veggies (yeah right) it has to be 100 calories or less.
Tomorrow? Day 1A! Here we go...
Oh, and class tonight was Developmental Psych, which I think i really am going to enjoy. Especially the part where she has promised to let us out a full 40min before the scheduled time is up for most of our sessions. SCORE!
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Day TWO!
Ok, so I am going to need to come up with something more witty for the titles of these posts! Let's get to it.
After yesterday's run, I woke up this morning thinking that maybe I should have worked a little harder b/c I didnt feel sore at all. Aaand, then I realized I was walking like my hips needing replacing, and making an old lady noise every time I stood up to walk to the printer. Hm. Attractive. :) Other than the stiffness though, I was feeling pretty good today. My mood (usually crankiness running through my veins during this week of the month) felt more chill and patient for most of the day. I woke up this morning feeling like I slept well, and felt like I had more energy today. Could have been because the day was marginally warmer than it has been though, so who knows. :)
Measurements - I've decided that measurements will be weekly on Monday mornings.
Workout -
I overslept this morning, so no morning workout....and since I had class after work, I had to drop my stuff, change clothes and march straight down to the treadmill when I got home at 9pm. It was good though, I was wicked cranky from being hungry, so it did some good to get the bad mojo out of my system. To get a sense of my dedication, witness: when i got home from class i was CRANKY. hungry, mad at the ridiculous drivers, and just being ridiculous. Jeremy sensed Zelda's presence and ordered me to eat. But i said No! I must work out! (seriously...you can ask him.) So it mightve been the dedication, or maybe it was the issues with being told what to do. either way, WIN for day 2 of the workout streak. :)
40 min on the treadmill at an incline of 1 (still unsure if that's 1%. For now we will say yes until told otherwise...)
10 min was warmup & cooldown at a pace of 3.5
27 min was a slow jog at 4.7. Then my elbow bumped the darn emergency button (which works btw...i almost ran through the control panel!) and the belt stopped. I decided to push a little harder for the last 3 min, so i bumped the speed up to 5. SPEED! or not...still slow by the standards of the 22 year old in my mind. d'oh!
At the end the mileage was about 2.6 miles. Which is still surprising to me, but if i were outside I'd be nowhere near that. So i'm trying to think in terms of time for now instead of mileage. I was so hungry though, I forgot to stretch afterwards....which probably means i'll need an old lady walker tomorrow. ;)
Diet-
Breakfast - Nothing...which is not good. I overslept, and when I got to work was busy straight up through lunch.
Snack - Nothing...still not good, but see reasoning next to breakfast.
Lunch - Today was a team lunch & we went to Smokin Guns BBQ. ~HEAVEN!~ Brisket on a white bun with tasty bbq sauce, and potato casserole. 2 x 24oz diet dr peppers. Sigh...
Snack - Nothing, as I was in a coma from the deliciousness from lunchtime.
Dinner#1 at 4pm, before I left work for class - 1 cup of frosted shredded miniwheat and 1/2 cup skim milk.
Snack during break - Baked veggie wheat thins from the vending machine, and a bottle of h2o.
Dinner#2 at 10pm (bad form to eat this late...willpower never wins) - a slice of homemade pumpkin bread, leancuisine swedish meatballs, more water.
Bedtime snack because i cannot stop myself at this hour - 1 cup frosted shredded miniwheat & 1/2 cup skim milk.
BTW...last night i just went to bed, so no tea & no popcorn. That does not make up for today's debauchery though in terms of calories.
So, day two and the streak continues. I think i will start taking pictures of my meals, or of something, so the vast audience of people reading (wink, wink) will not be so bored by all of the text.
Happy Tuesday!
After yesterday's run, I woke up this morning thinking that maybe I should have worked a little harder b/c I didnt feel sore at all. Aaand, then I realized I was walking like my hips needing replacing, and making an old lady noise every time I stood up to walk to the printer. Hm. Attractive. :) Other than the stiffness though, I was feeling pretty good today. My mood (usually crankiness running through my veins during this week of the month) felt more chill and patient for most of the day. I woke up this morning feeling like I slept well, and felt like I had more energy today. Could have been because the day was marginally warmer than it has been though, so who knows. :)
Measurements - I've decided that measurements will be weekly on Monday mornings.
Workout -
I overslept this morning, so no morning workout....and since I had class after work, I had to drop my stuff, change clothes and march straight down to the treadmill when I got home at 9pm. It was good though, I was wicked cranky from being hungry, so it did some good to get the bad mojo out of my system. To get a sense of my dedication, witness: when i got home from class i was CRANKY. hungry, mad at the ridiculous drivers, and just being ridiculous. Jeremy sensed Zelda's presence and ordered me to eat. But i said No! I must work out! (seriously...you can ask him.) So it mightve been the dedication, or maybe it was the issues with being told what to do. either way, WIN for day 2 of the workout streak. :)
40 min on the treadmill at an incline of 1 (still unsure if that's 1%. For now we will say yes until told otherwise...)
10 min was warmup & cooldown at a pace of 3.5
27 min was a slow jog at 4.7. Then my elbow bumped the darn emergency button (which works btw...i almost ran through the control panel!) and the belt stopped. I decided to push a little harder for the last 3 min, so i bumped the speed up to 5. SPEED! or not...still slow by the standards of the 22 year old in my mind. d'oh!
At the end the mileage was about 2.6 miles. Which is still surprising to me, but if i were outside I'd be nowhere near that. So i'm trying to think in terms of time for now instead of mileage. I was so hungry though, I forgot to stretch afterwards....which probably means i'll need an old lady walker tomorrow. ;)
Diet-
Breakfast - Nothing...which is not good. I overslept, and when I got to work was busy straight up through lunch.
Snack - Nothing...still not good, but see reasoning next to breakfast.
Lunch - Today was a team lunch & we went to Smokin Guns BBQ. ~HEAVEN!~ Brisket on a white bun with tasty bbq sauce, and potato casserole. 2 x 24oz diet dr peppers. Sigh...
Snack - Nothing, as I was in a coma from the deliciousness from lunchtime.
Dinner#1 at 4pm, before I left work for class - 1 cup of frosted shredded miniwheat and 1/2 cup skim milk.
Snack during break - Baked veggie wheat thins from the vending machine, and a bottle of h2o.
Dinner#2 at 10pm (bad form to eat this late...willpower never wins) - a slice of homemade pumpkin bread, leancuisine swedish meatballs, more water.
Bedtime snack because i cannot stop myself at this hour - 1 cup frosted shredded miniwheat & 1/2 cup skim milk.
BTW...last night i just went to bed, so no tea & no popcorn. That does not make up for today's debauchery though in terms of calories.
So, day two and the streak continues. I think i will start taking pictures of my meals, or of something, so the vast audience of people reading (wink, wink) will not be so bored by all of the text.
Happy Tuesday!
Monday, January 24, 2011
Happy new year! (Day 1)
So anyone who knows me knows I like to do what "I" want to do...not what anyone tells me to do, or what the crowd wants to do...even if something's a good idea, and good for me, I can tend to wait 5 minutes & then decide to do it because "I" wanted to. Dumb...I know I have control issues, and maturity issues, and apparently problems with authority. :) I like to call it being spunky & independent. (cue eye roll)
Case in point? During our first year of dating, Jeremy & I were out with friends & had been drinking quite a bit. We all were loading into a car getting ready to leave, while someone was waiting for our parking space. I was concentrating more on talking to someone than I was on getting in the car, and apparently was taking my sweet time. Jeremy tried to get my attention, "Get in the car!!" Instead of getting in, I laughed & said "Are you telling me what to do?" and he of course said "YES! Get in the CAR!" I paused briefly & decided to get in, & while tripping over myself I mumbled "ok, but i'm getting in because I want to, not because you're telling me to..."
Ok, so enough rambling. So I know I need to get in shape...and I know I've said I was going to in the past...and we all know how that turned out...so I waited for all the other new year's peeps to get in the gym & give up on their resolutions so i would have plenty of space to see how I liked getting back on the wagon. I'm not pledging to run a marathon, a half marathon, or even a 5k. I'm not saying how many pounds I want to lose, or what size clothing I want to wear at the end of it.
However...last summer my friend mary & I made a decision. As we sat drinking our beverages on a raft in a river in the ozarks, watching a skinny little thing wearing a black bikini float by, enjoying that we had finally gotten to an age where we were comfortable with our bodies (um, yeah right)...we decided that next year we would be the ones in the black bikinis...and no, not THOSE girls who think it's a right instead of a priviledge.
So...there it is. I want to look better in my bathing suit. Pretty vain...but I also want to be healthier, take fewer medications, be firmly ON the wagon, maybe driving it, by the time I start nursing school in august. Once that starts if i dont have the health habits firmly going, there won't be any time or mental capacity to start. Classes for the spring semester start this week, so my pledge is to streak through my spring semester. Ha - NO nakie pictures. Sorry kids. I pledge to do something every day, whether it be yoga, running, whatevs, until the end of this semester. We're talking early to mid-May...this is doable. I'm thinking of it like a 3rd class i'm taking this semester, and the homework is to keep the motivation rolling. The end result is to have enough motivation that it has become a way of life, so that i have a snowball's chance in heck of staying sane/healthy through the next year of books and clinicals and stress.
With that said, without further ado....
DAY 1!!
Starting weight = 185 lbs (gah! please dont judge me...)
Starting measurements:
Chest - 41"
R. Arm - 11 3/4"
L. Arm - 11 1/2"
Waist - 40"
Hips - 45"
R. Thigh - 21"
L. Thigh - 21"
My streak starter:
40 min on the treadmill at an incline of 1 (is that 1%? dunno...)
10 min was warmup & cooldown at a pace of around 3.4
30 min was a slow jog at 4.7
At the end the mileage was about 2.6 miles...huh. that's farther than i thought i could go...but it was a comfortable effort & I didnt want to overdo things on my first day. Would be embarrassing to puke all over the fancy treadmill in front of the gymrats regulars.
What I ate today:
Breakfast - Smoothie made of 2 pears, 1/2c blackberries, 1/2c blueberries, 1c skim milk, 3/4c lowfat vanilla yogurt.
Snack - 12 oz can of low sodium V8
Lunch - an orange & leftover chicken/artichoke/gorgonzola/mushroom pizza from Waldo pizza, 2 pieces. (I know...but you cant let that stuff go to waste!!). Also 28 oz of ice water.
Snack - mozzarella string cheese
Dinner - chicken breast, spring mix salad, 2 Tbsp caesar dressing & maybe 2 Tbsp shredded italian mix cheese. Also 2 -12 oz diet cokes. Which i justify b/c i was parched, and didnt have any sweets all day...usually I have a 32oz diet dr pepper every day, so I'm still down 8 oz, right? :D Right. Tomorrow will be better.
Snack - Hot tea, and a 100 calorie pack of light microwave kettle corn. (maybe on the kettle corn...as of the writing of this post i havent made it yet, and might just go to bed early instead)
So, just day one, but I'll take it. Not a bad start.
Day two? Stay tuned.........
Case in point? During our first year of dating, Jeremy & I were out with friends & had been drinking quite a bit. We all were loading into a car getting ready to leave, while someone was waiting for our parking space. I was concentrating more on talking to someone than I was on getting in the car, and apparently was taking my sweet time. Jeremy tried to get my attention, "Get in the car!!" Instead of getting in, I laughed & said "Are you telling me what to do?" and he of course said "YES! Get in the CAR!" I paused briefly & decided to get in, & while tripping over myself I mumbled "ok, but i'm getting in because I want to, not because you're telling me to..."
Ok, so enough rambling. So I know I need to get in shape...and I know I've said I was going to in the past...and we all know how that turned out...so I waited for all the other new year's peeps to get in the gym & give up on their resolutions so i would have plenty of space to see how I liked getting back on the wagon. I'm not pledging to run a marathon, a half marathon, or even a 5k. I'm not saying how many pounds I want to lose, or what size clothing I want to wear at the end of it.
However...last summer my friend mary & I made a decision. As we sat drinking our beverages on a raft in a river in the ozarks, watching a skinny little thing wearing a black bikini float by, enjoying that we had finally gotten to an age where we were comfortable with our bodies (um, yeah right)...we decided that next year we would be the ones in the black bikinis...and no, not THOSE girls who think it's a right instead of a priviledge.
So...there it is. I want to look better in my bathing suit. Pretty vain...but I also want to be healthier, take fewer medications, be firmly ON the wagon, maybe driving it, by the time I start nursing school in august. Once that starts if i dont have the health habits firmly going, there won't be any time or mental capacity to start. Classes for the spring semester start this week, so my pledge is to streak through my spring semester. Ha - NO nakie pictures. Sorry kids. I pledge to do something every day, whether it be yoga, running, whatevs, until the end of this semester. We're talking early to mid-May...this is doable. I'm thinking of it like a 3rd class i'm taking this semester, and the homework is to keep the motivation rolling. The end result is to have enough motivation that it has become a way of life, so that i have a snowball's chance in heck of staying sane/healthy through the next year of books and clinicals and stress.
With that said, without further ado....
DAY 1!!
Starting weight = 185 lbs (gah! please dont judge me...)
Starting measurements:
Chest - 41"
R. Arm - 11 3/4"
L. Arm - 11 1/2"
Waist - 40"
Hips - 45"
R. Thigh - 21"
L. Thigh - 21"
My streak starter:
40 min on the treadmill at an incline of 1 (is that 1%? dunno...)
10 min was warmup & cooldown at a pace of around 3.4
30 min was a slow jog at 4.7
At the end the mileage was about 2.6 miles...huh. that's farther than i thought i could go...but it was a comfortable effort & I didnt want to overdo things on my first day. Would be embarrassing to puke all over the fancy treadmill in front of the gym
What I ate today:
Breakfast - Smoothie made of 2 pears, 1/2c blackberries, 1/2c blueberries, 1c skim milk, 3/4c lowfat vanilla yogurt.
Snack - 12 oz can of low sodium V8
Lunch - an orange & leftover chicken/artichoke/gorgonzola/mushroom pizza from Waldo pizza, 2 pieces. (I know...but you cant let that stuff go to waste!!). Also 28 oz of ice water.
Snack - mozzarella string cheese
Dinner - chicken breast, spring mix salad, 2 Tbsp caesar dressing & maybe 2 Tbsp shredded italian mix cheese. Also 2 -12 oz diet cokes. Which i justify b/c i was parched, and didnt have any sweets all day...usually I have a 32oz diet dr pepper every day, so I'm still down 8 oz, right? :D Right. Tomorrow will be better.
Snack - Hot tea, and a 100 calorie pack of light microwave kettle corn. (maybe on the kettle corn...as of the writing of this post i havent made it yet, and might just go to bed early instead)
So, just day one, but I'll take it. Not a bad start.
Day two? Stay tuned.........
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