After a long hiatus...

I ran into my friend Sara at the gym today and talking to her motivated me to actually DO a post! Surprise! Since it's been two weeks, I feel the need to reassure my fitness friends (who may have lost hope in me by now) that I AM still alive! To recap the last couple weeks, I'd say... "crappy diet, good exercising." From this I can attest to the importance of BOTH! The only way to ensure success is to focus on diet AND exercise! That being said, I am still where I was two weeks ago. I am, however, enjoying some NEW things, namely pilates and spinning. I think I was kind of getting a rut with my same-old routine that I had going before the Christmas break. My schedule is a little bit different now which has forced me to change things up a bit. For anyone who has never tried pilates, I cannot recommend it enough! There is nothing more rejuvinating! I literally feel like a rubber band when I'm done... it's great! As far as spinning, I am remembering why I loved it so much years ago! There is no other cardio workout that makes my lungs HURT at the end! I literally FEEL like my lungs are growing BIGGER! Anyway, aside from all that, I hope that everyone is doing well! I intend to check in on you all more regularly! So, until next time...

Wednesday/Thursday

Today and yesterday have been okay days. I have not done great with my diet (I've eaten ice cream for the first time in 4-5 months). I've tried to plug away on water intake but allowed more calories by drinking orange juice and milk (which are never good "fillers" for me). Yesterday was my "off" day with exercise. Today was great - I worked out for 2 hours... 1 hour weights, 40 minutes cardio jump-o-lean class, 20 minutes abs. Tomorrow I am going to weigh in and measure. I will actually be happy if I maintain. I feel like my body is just trying to get used to getting back into a regular routine again with exercise. That being my focus this week, hopefully next week I can focus more on the diet and continue with the exercise.

Until tomorrow...

Tuesday

Exercise:
hour long interval class
15 minutes running/walking on treadmill

Water:
25 ounces so far

I didn't measure or track amounts very well, but here goes...
Diet:
Cheerios - 200?
sugar (on cereal) - 80?
milk - 110
chocolate covered blueberries - 180
Hummus - 100
Pita chips - 350
total so far: 1020

Monday

EXERCISE:
hour long weights class
20 minutes on elliptical
ran 1 mile on track

WATER so far:
60 ounces

DIET:
Go Lean cereal - 200
yorurt - 120
milk - 30
cookie - 160
fruit bar - 140
cookies - 480 (no more today!)
turkey meatloaf - 200
rice pilaf - 150
vegetables - 100
cookies (two more!) - 320
total so far: 1900

Sunday

Why am I so HUNGRY all the time? I did okay today on my diet until Kolby and I made cookies after 8:00 and I ate 4 of them! I figured out that the recipe equals 160 calories for one cookie! Oops! That put me over! No exercise today but I did GREAT in the water department.

Until tomorrow when I will hopefully do BETTER!...

Saturday

Go Lean Cereal - 200
yogurt - 120
milk - 30
fruit bar - 140
half an open face tuna sandwich - 180
hot dog - 170
macaroni - 150
apple slices - 20
TOTAL so far = 1010

WATER: 28 ounces so far

EXERCISE
probably isn't happening today

Quick Friday Post

Well, seeing as how it's almost midnight, I better get my "post" in before the day is over. Today was an okay day. It was GREAT for exercise, but not so great with eating. You know how many of us get discouraged by the numbers on the scale and eat crummy? Well, today I think I was encouraged by the numbers, realizing that they were NOT as bad as I thought they should be and justified a little "wiggle room" in my diet. I actually did fine until after 8:00 when I should have STOPPED eating but had a few treats instead. I should NOT be allowed to go to Trader Joes because I physically CANNOT restrain myself from buying dark chocolate covered blueberries. I know I mention these A LOT on this blog, but they really ARE my biggest weakness in life. I will report what I remember with the diet, but it is not accurate...

DIET:
apple - 60
zone bar - 210
baked cheesies - 200
chocolate blueberries - 300
fruit bar - 140
potato chips - 150
spagetti - 130
meatballs - 200
sauce - 100
bites of kid's macaroni - 100
Caesar salad - 150
milk - 110
misc treats/junk - 300?
TOTAL = 2010

EXERCISE:
45 minute interval class
1 hour palates

WATER:
60+ ounces

Good news is that my % of body fat is not too far off (only about 1%)and my BMI the same. I HAVE gained two inches on my waist and 1 inch on my hips, arms and thighs. So, my goal before Hawaii is to LOSE THE INCHES! Even if I don't drop any pounds, I will be SO HAPPY if I can lose the extra inches! After today's weigh in I OFFICIALLY have...

4.2 pounds to LOSE before Hawaii!

THURSDAY

Well, the good news is that I cheated and weighed myself today (I was going to wait until tomorrow) and it seems I have only gained 2 pounds. I don't feel like it! I think I have gained in inches more than weight. I know that weight can fluctuate, so I'll do all the BMI, body fat %, inches and weight tomorrow to have it recorded on my progress chart. If today's weight is accurate, I have 4.5 pounds to go in 5 weeks. I think I am going to add an "inch" goal to my weight goal before Hawaii. Regardless, I feel good knowing that I have plenty of time to get where I want to be before I hit the beach!

Today was great in the exercise department, here is what I did:
EXERCISE:
30 minutes on cross ramp elliptical
1 hour "Jump-O-Lean" class
20 minutes abs

DIET:
apple - 50
1/2 banana - 50
Go Lean cereal - 200
yogurt - 120
milk - 30
bread - 100
peanut butter - 100
honey - 40
dried fruit - 100
gushers - 90
triscuits - 40
BBQ Chicken - 250
orzo bean salad - 100
romaine salad with hazelnuts and parmesan - 130
broccoli with swiss - 100
jo jo cookies (I've got to get rid of these) - 300
potato chips - 150
Total so far = 1950 (crap, I'll do BETTER tomorrow!)

WATER:
45 ounces so far

I'M BACK!!!

I am back after a 2 week vacation which cost me about 5 pounds (I think), I am going to weigh in on the gym scale on Friday for the official damage. Hopefully it is not as bad as I think it is. Getting life back to normal is crazy right now with about 7 loads of laundry and taking down all of Christmas (probably 6 or 7 totes of stuff!... ridiculous, I know!) So, I am going to keep this short.

DIET:
Raisin bran - 210
milk - 100
zone bar - 200
dried fruit - 200
string cheese - 80
doritos - 200
orange juice - 110
jo jo cookies - 400 (ouch!)
milk - 110
spagetti - 100
meatballs - 200
sauce - 100
total : 2010

WATER:
50 ounces

EXERCISE:
walking up and down stairs about 500 times (exaggeration) cleaning house

until tomorrow...