Tuesday, January 29th, Cardio & Cafe

Good Morning Botts:

I got up late and having be moving late ever since.  We are going to have a gorgeous day weather wise with around 73 degrees but tonight we are in for thunderstorms and possible tornados because of the heated atmosphere.  Lovely weather we are having here in the South.  My eats for today are:

Breakfast:  Coffee & Miralax

Snack:  Quest Protein Bar

Lunch:  BBQ Sandwich

Snack:  Quest Protein Bar

Dinner:  Protein Shake

snack:  Vitatop

I must confess yesterday I did great on my eating plan until 5:00 PM, from that point on, I ate like a starving person.  But, I shook it off and started fresh again today.  I am blaming yesterday on my TOM.

Have you have an enjoyable day, remember your vits and your fluids.

Good morning Tess and Botts:

I weighed in this morning at 175.6!! WHAT??? I'm not going to stress over it because my jeans feel so loose! Fluctuations are part of weight loss too, so I'll just accept it and move on!

Eats for today:

PRE BREAKFAST: Coffee, coffee, coffee made with 1 pkt of raw sugar, and about 1/4 cup of 2% milk

BREAKFAST: I FORGOT MY OATMEAL AT HOME So maybe cheese - 6 slices (pre-sliced cracker cuts) carrots, baby raw 5???

LUNCH: 1/4 cup of whole grain brown rice, and pinto beans! YUMMY!!

WATER, WATER, WATER, WATER, WATER, WATER, WATER

DINNER: Beans??? no rice  

Well, here we go again! Another day, BLESSED! So make it GREAT!!!

It's is okay.  My body is fluctuating any where from 157 to 159 on any given day.  My body just seems to like this weight on me.

Good Morning!!!!!!!!!! A little frustrated this morning but I'm getting over it. Went to have my fasting bloodwork this morning - ended up not happening. New practice wants all of my records from the past doc before they proceed. I can accept that. Just wish I hadn't driven those extra miles and taken time off from work this morning to be told that. Oh well. As soon as I got to work the "old" doctor's office called verifying my records request. She just didn't understand why I was leaving their practice. I was polite but I told her a prescription of vicodin was not what I wanted for an on-going aching knee. I guess this day and age that was shocking because she really didn't see the problem. Oh well. I'll try again on the labs later in the week or the first of next week but you can bet your bippy I'll have double checked everything before I drive over.

Breakfast:      Bacon & Cheese Omelet  (hey there's a great diner near the doc's office - hard to resist all the carb options)

snack:            Double Chocolate coffee with splenda and half&half

Lunch:           Gortons Tilapia filet & small side salad

snack:            Greek Yogurt & sunflower seeds

Dinner:           BBQ & coleslaw (trying a new vinegar based dressing - not typical mayo) & baked beans

Getting a late start on my water intake so that could be an issue. I probably need to skip the sunflower seeds because of the salt. I also need to restock my snack bin in the office fridge....any ideas? 

Sorry about delay at the doctor's office but I do think you are doing the right thing by switching.  My go to snacks at work when needed are:  Baby Bel Cheese, protein bars, 25 calorie hot chocolate, natural almonds, grapes, sliced turkey and 12 grain Orewheat bread for 1/2 sandwiches, these are really filling and I sometimes have them for lunch instead of a protein bar.  Hope this helps.  I am not a yogurt type gal.

Evening BOTTs!

I have to admit I am having a good day today.  Changed up my eating today and I feel fine.  I have to admit I am still full from my sandwich at lunch and I ate 4 hours ago.   So, this is what I had today so far:

PreBreakfast - 1/2 cup of Hi Lo Cereal with 1/4 cup of Almond Milk, vanilla (calc. 112.50, 12 grams of protein)

Breakfast was my power pack Smoothie (using 2 1/2 scoops of protein) (calc 450, 65 grams of protein)

                 Tomorrow I will change up my smoothie, because I have 3 four packs of the Dannon Light & Fit Yogurt and removing the banana and etc fruit.  Which I was using just to thicken up my smoothies.  And with the change I have an additional 20 cal to use at dinner and I gain 5 more proteins.

Mid-morning snack: NONE - I didn't finish my smoothie till 11 am

Lunch: Subway Meatball Sub with veggies (red onions, green peppers, tomato slices on 9 grain whole wheat) calc 480, 21 grams of protein).  I checked out the subway site and created my own sandwich so I knew what I was working with this morning.

Midday snack: NONE (I am still full)

Calc left to use for Dinner based on 1300 calc a day: I have 257.50 to work with.  My dinner plans are:

4oz of Seared Salmon and a garden salad with no dressing but Goya Salad Veggie Seasoning and that will be if I actually get hungry and need to eat, I my have another bowl of cereal (like my PreBreakfast) if I get caught up studying and forget to eat or it's too late for anything heavy.  Tess the Hi Lo cereal is a life saver, I order 8 boxes every 2 months (Maple Pecan and the Vanilla Almond).

               4oz of Salmon is only 140 calc with 23 grams of protein.

So now it time for my workout, today: 30 minutes of Tae Bo Boxing Basic.  Late BOTTS have a good evening.

Hi Wanda:

I love the Hi Lo Cereal.  I am out right now.  I get mine from Netrition.  I glad things worked good for you today.  Keep it up.

It was 86* today in TX!!  Tomorrow is going to get cold. Crazy weather keeps you on your toes!!

B: Choc shake, 1/2 cup cottage cheese

L: 4oz bbq turkey, 1/2 bag of potato chips

D: choc shake

This past weekend I ate a little more than usual, and more carbs than usual. But I heard it's good to shake things up a little. I must be doing something right...I've lost 9-10 pounds this month. Yippee!!

Awesome weight loss this month.  I got to asked, bbq turkey, how are you fixing yours?