Thursday, BOTT Cafe & Cardio

Hi BOTTers,

Thursdays are my back-to-back training and meeting days so I need to get to everything.  I can't miss starting my day by touching base with my BOTT friends.

Here's my check-in:

B - 2 hard boiled eggs
S - String cheese with vegetable strips
L - Spinach salad with Italian dressing, feta cheese
S - Cinnamon Toast Pretzels (love these!)
D - Grilled chicken and grilled vegetables
S - Power Crunch bar

Have a Terrific Thursday!!

Cathy

Greeting Everyone!

This is one of my trouble days with work and a men's Bible study in the evening.  We usually meet at a local Mexican Restaurant which is a huge temptation for me.  Tonight, my wife is feeding everyone with a pot of pintos cooked with smoked turkey.  To help with this day, I'm going to fill up on protein throughout the day.

B - Egg White Cajun Omelet
S - Coffee Protein Shake
L - Cytosport Protein Drink - Tropical
S - Orange Protein Shake
D - 1 Cup of pinto beans w/Hot Chow Chow
S - Hard Boiled Egg and String Cheese

Calories = 1259  Fat = 25  Carbs = 88 Protein = 165

Blessing to All,
  Ed

Hi EveryBOTTy!

Here's my check-in for today:

Cardio:

1 mile  In home walking DVD (Yes, you know the one LOL!)

Food:

B:  2 turkey bacon strips with 1 scrambled egg

S- Trail mix (1/4 cup cashews with 1/4 raisens and sprinkled with pumpkin flaxseed cereal)

L- Open faced sandwich (turkey, ham, cheese, mayo)

S- Power Crunch bar ( I decided to have a protein ice coffee instead! )

D- Salmon burger (no bread) and mixed veggies

S- Fiber One yogurt (...and here is when I will have my Power Crunch bar )

 Enjoy your day!

I'm finding I'm a marvelous laboratory for learning about the power of the mind.  Tuesday night I was putting myself through agony fantasizing about all the unhealthy foods (plus mega calories) I could eat - then I gave myself a talking to and changed my thinking - the results, no agony.  Last night I was 50 calories short of the amount I'm allowing myself to consume - and I DIDN'T WANT TO EAT ANY MORE - even started to mix PB2 and put it aside because I just didn't want it (or anything else).  Obiously the difference wasn't physical for up to that point I had eaten the very same things at the very same time that I had Tuesday - it was all the focus of my thinking.  Remarkable!  It never ceases to amaze me - even though I keep telling my patients this over and over.  (Hmmm - suppose I need to practice what I preach )  Will I never again "mis-think"  Do pigs fly?  Hopefully, less often and when I do it won't take me as long to turn my thinking in a positive direction.  I know when I have a pity party, I tend to serve lavish refreshments.  So need to know off throwing pity parties and accept I simply can't have my cake (healthy life/weight) and eat it (lots of good food + lots of not good food - just LOTS of food in general) too.

So all that said, I commit to a 100% BOTT  food and exercise day.  Yesterday I even exercised a lot more - 3 times up the one flight of stairs to my office (compared to 0 times), signed up for a 1 hour walk (as compared to 0 extra walking) in the cancer Relay for Life walk a week from Sat. and 1/2 hr on free walk +15 min on basic walk (as compared to 30 min on basic walk) on Wiifit.  Actually enjoyed it.

Thanks for letting me share.

Have a marvelous BOTT day

Mornin everyone!

I busted my butt this morning at the gym, doing a ton more cardio than I've done in a while.  Felt great. Did you ever get that feeling when you finished mass cardio and got off the machine and it felt like you were walking on air?  I'm sure it was a combination of endorphines, muscle strain/release and the ending of the constant motion. It was cool tho. I felt light as a feather.

Cardio - 30 min hard core hills on the bike
               10 min hard core hills on the eliptical

Food -

B - 4 "Bites" and 4 fiber chews  (wish me luck... ugh)
S - EAS Advant Edge Carb Control Choccie Fudge
L - Burger, cheddar and bacon, grilled onion, mustard and 1/2 tsp relish (no bun)
S - EAS Advant Edge Carb Control ****ie Fudge
D - Taco meat or chicken?
S - Tryin for a salad if I have it in me

Hi Guys!
I had a good workout today, I did an hour of cardio and upper body weights.  I been crazy since getting a BodyBugg, I LOVE it!!  It makes you want to do more and more!  My food for today is:
Breakfast - lean dessert protein drink
Snack - apple w/pb2
Lunch - ham and cheese on 1 slice HL bread
Snack - click
Dinner - chicken w/veggies
Snack - 0 fage w/cf caramel
Have a great day!
Deb

What oh what is a bodybugg? Curiousity and desire to WANT to work out drives me!

BodyBugg is a monitor type device, worn on your left forearm to calculate your body temp and activities during a 24 hr. period.  You upload it on your computer at the end of your day to see how many calories that you burned, steps taken and the times that you worked out the on a scale type chart.  You also keep track of your calories consumed and it tells you what your balances are.  If you watch the Biggest Loser, all of the contestants wear them.  This thing is addicting!

I've had pretty a few good eating days, so I'm trying to stay true to form as Kathy S. has pointed out summer is coming...I have a yellow poka dot bikini that I'm dying to get in to.  Somebody call the police if you see me in a bikini!

No Cardio today

Here's my menu:

EM -  EAS Chocolate Shake w/ decaf coffee
B -     Cottage Cheese w/ strawberry jam
S -     Salmon salad w/crackers
L -     Tuna w/ tossed salad  LF Italian dressing
D -     Roasted Chicken Leg w/ green beans & stewed tomotes
S -     EAS Shake or Pea Soup (haven't decided)

Calories  1089  Fat  28.1g  Fiber  12g
Carbs  78.8g   Protein   122g