Monday July 29th, Cardio & Cafe

It is Monday... Tess is not here .. I miss her.. 

I am doing OK. My back is bothering me so at night I take pain pills and muscle relaxant .. I need to stop that because the combination makes me supper tired in the morning. 

Beside that - weight is stable, but I would like to lose 10 lbs.. I am slowly cutting some calories from fat. With my RH - fat keeps my  body happy and prevents low BS (not sure how)  but I need to give up something if I want to lose weight.  

I started yoga again in my fav studio as well as I set up a yoga space in my hose - so I can do that if I don't go to studio. I also set up my inversion table to help my back. On top of that I am committed to at least 20 min - to 1.5 hr per day walking.  We did some walking over the weekend.. so that is a good start. I love my flip-flops but I need to buy a better quality one (hate spending the money) so I can walk in them, or I need to start wearing my tennis shoes on weekends... (they don't look cute, and they are hot - I overheat very easy - and icy toes are my vents)

Eats: 

coffee x 2

cheese sticks wrapped in salami (not a low calorie food)
protein shake
proteins shake
hard boil eggs with cucumber
fiber- protein pancakes (maybe) 

veggies/ chicken frittata

LNS: strawberries with whipped cream.. 

 

Have fun guys.. post what you do and how..  

 

EATS

Early Morning:  2 cups coffee w/SF hazelnut creamer

B:  Quest protein bar, banana

S:  Unjury Protein Shake

L:  Salad, 2 Clementine’s

S:  Unjury Protein Shake

D:  4 oz Meatloaf, 1/3 c loaded smashed potatoes, 1/3 c corn

S:  none

TOTALS:   1359 calories, 119g Protein 

WEIGHT:  Pre-Op: 302, Current: 185 (Height:  5’ 7”)

I'm having a hard time getting back into the routine of exercising every night before bed.  I knew it would be after 6 weeks of not being able to while recovering from surgery.  I just got to keep pushing myself until it's just habit again.  Walking wasn't hard at all to get back to doing since I was able to start doing that again just 3 weeks after surgery.

Keep plugging along with the exercise. I started yoga again and walking.

H.a.l.a.  I hear you on the back pain.  Glad you're doing ok otherwise.  Tell me...does the inversion table really help with your pain? 

It helps decompressing the disks if you have that problem. I do. It does not help with the pain directly - but long term it helps with preventing the pain.
I have some narrowing of my disks.

Good evening, BOTT friends,

 

Very nice day today, weather-wise and all around.  Started my day at IHOP for breakfast with my boyfriend.  I stayed true to my eating plan and ate only turkey protein, eggs and coffee (with 2 ozs ham for good measure :).  I'm happy to say that I am now 45 lbs lighter as of this morning, and weigh 193!  I have NEVER been so committed to my health and weight loss (since my initial post-surgery loss), and it feels so good!

As I've said time and time again, this site was the ticket for me.  Something clicked when I found BOTT and it's keeping me strong.  I hope others find, or have found what clicks for them also.  It's not easy, and will be a never ending struggle, but I am totally committed and at the end of every day, when I have logged my food and exercise, I realize that I have made it through one more day.  I THANK YOU, LORD!

It's late, my bike workout is done...68 minutes, covering 8.6 miles, and today I ate:

 

B:  IHOP- 2 strips turkey bacon, 1 and 1/3 turkey sausage links, 2 ozs grilled ham and scrambled egg substitute, coffee with Splenda and 1.5 tbsp half & half

S:  peach

L:  2 grilled chicken legs (skinless), 1.5 c cantaloupe

D:  5 oz turkey burger on sandwich thin, mustard, 1.5 tbsp ketchup, 1 tbsp relish followed by coffee with Splenda and 4 tbsp light half & half

 

Goodnight friends :)

Great job Shelia. Making good choices at almost every meal is the trick for me.

(edited for spelling - stupid auto correct)

Thanks!  Works for me too!

I found some really nice Nike sandals in Rack Room that I live in on the weekend. Great support and very light. Price wasn't to awfully bad...plus the kiddo needed some shoes for back to school so this took advantage of the Buy one get one half off gimmick.