Thursday, June 20th, Cardio & Cafe

Good Morning Botts:

 

It is a beautiful day in my neighborhood even though I got up late, my bad....My eats for today are:

 

Breakfast:  Coffee & Miralax

Breakfast #2:  Quest Brownie Bar

Snack:  Cheese & Crackers

Lunch:  Quest Cookie Dough Bar

Snack:  Greek Yogurt Bar

Snack:  Vitatop Brownie Bar

Dinner:  Roast Beef Pita Pockets

Snack:  Mini Ice Cream Cone

 

Exercise:  2 miles walk around the neighborhood

 

Have a purpose driven day, remember your vitamins and fluids and smile, Friday is almost here!!!

good morning. i know that it's only been a couple of weeks, but this is beginning to get frustrating. no change in weight, weighed in this morning at 189.4. it is strange. i would really like to be lower in the 180's. i need to be there. i'm not going to let the numbers sway me, but i am not happy. i just keep going back and forth between 190 and 189. 

 

first things first: coffee with fat free half and half

breakfast: 2 eggs with salmon omelette

snack: greek yogurt

lunch: turkey wrapped around cheese stick (2 slices, 2 cheese sticks)'

snack: fat free cottage cheese

dinner: chicken with mashed cauliflower

snack: fat free cool whip and jello

100 oz water 

walking 3 miles from my house into town ...

 

I would suggest adding more fat to your diet. Some natural fats: nuts, avocado, butter, etc. I don't think you are getting enough fat..  

I think you are on a plateau and it may take several weeks of doing the same thing over and over until your body realizes that it is not starving and can let go of some more weight.  Keep the faith, it will work, it is just taking its sweet, old time.

Sorry, I don't remember, do you log your food into something like myfitnesspal so you know how many calories you are consuming (may need to be increased of decreased) and the number of protein, fat and carb grams you're consuming? Another suggestion is a heart rate monitor...fat burning range is 110-130. Or a pedometer and try to reach 10,000 steps a day, which is 4-5 miles depending on stride length. And 30 minutes a day of exercise is good, 60 is ideal end it can be split into increments throughout the day. With all that being said. I plateaued for weeks and asked for suggestions, was given a lot of great ones from this group, tried as many as I could do, and it FINALLY broke last week. It will happen!

thank so much for your input. i am logging here, and i'm limiting myself to 1,200 calories or less, and carbs are under 40 with very little fat. i am going to try and increase my fat intake as someone suggested. i use my iphone as a pedometer (i had a fitbit, but i have killed 2 of them actually) and an app called striiv. i am usually over 13,000 steps a day. my walking is anywhere from 45 to 90 minutes a day since i'm not working. i do have a heart rate monitor that i got as a gift, and i'm looking to figure out how to use it! lol. i am willing to take and follow all suggestions. i'm glad your plateau has ended. congrats! thanks for the support!

You are really doing awesome! Hang in there!!!! Let us know if you want us to throw out more suggestions 😀

Long day. My son is doing a little better but still feeling lots of head pain, poor little guy. I'm hopeful tomorrow will be a turning point for him. He did feel well enough at times to sit up or play quietly. My two year old almost acts as if she never had surgery Tuesday, except she doesn't have her appetite back and she tires easily. Better each day though.

B protein coffee
S quest bar-chocolate chip cookie dough
L romaine & baby lettuce with ham, Swiss, ranch dressing
D pork roast, cucumber, ranch dressing
S smoothie-almond milk, protein powder, cocoa powder, PB2, 1/2 banana

50 minute fast-paced walk outside (another 5k "race" Saturday- I just walk fast and try to beat my previous time), 104 ounces fluid

Sleep well all!

Each day will get better and better for the children.  They will be bouncing off the walls before you know it.  Thumbs up on the 5K "race" Saturday.  I hope you beat your time.

Good evening, BOTT friends,

 

 

Short post tonight...busy day tomorrow.  I got my bike workout done, 61 minutes covering 8.6 miles.  Picked the meat from 17 large steamed blue crabs for broiled crab cakes tomorrow night.  Ended up with about 1 1/2 lbs of meat, so I will be feasting on one of my absolute favorite foods.  Today I ate:

 

B:  1 c cantaloupe, 3 ozs plain crabmeat

L:  4 ozs grilled T-bone steak strips on sandwich thin with 2 tbsps light ranch dressing, 2 tsps A-1 sauce

S:  1/3 Quest protein bar, 6 oz fresh fruit cup (small slice mango, pineapple chunks, few red grapes)

D:  1 1/2 c spaghetti sauce with ground turkey (no pasta), 1 oz grated parmesan

S:  SF French vanilla International coffee, 1/4 c skim milk

 

Good night to all