Wednesday, September 4th, Cardio & Cafe

Welcome aboard.  Good job on the 5 dpt.  You are almost at the finish line, keep up the good work.

Happy Hump Day BOTTs.

Still dealing with icky heat and even ickier humidity, I am anxious for the temp and humidity to get back to normal.  It really zaps me of my energy, which is actually lacking these days because my iron and ferritin levels are low.  My dr is on vacation but I am anxious to talk to him about my levels when he returns.  I switched primary care physicians a while back because my previous dr always waited until my levels were dangerously low before she'd order in iron infusion.  I explained this to my "new" dr so I am expecting him to be a little more proactive in my care. 

I gave in to a carb/sugar craving this morning and had oatmeal with brown sugar.  I haven't done the sugar detox but I am certain it would do me some good. 

Breakfast:  oatmeal and brown sugar

Snack:  Protein drink (recovering from the breakfast)

Lunch:  Protein drink

Snack: Protein bar

Dinner:  tuna salad with tomatoes

Snack:  watermelon

I have a big bottle of water staring me in the face right now so I guess I better start chugging.

Have a great day everyone!

Gaby

Can't mess with the iron or B12.  I have been very lucky with my iron and my levels have always be right on board.  I got a little low on B12 once and then got almost toxic on it trying to get it back up.  Now I am doing great on both.  I will send you some low humidity weather your way.  We are enjoying it here.

I'm thinking about doing the 5DPT too next week.  I certainly need a sugar detox.  My menu isn't too bad today if I can keep from having dessert tonight.  I plan not too!  Just hope I can resist lol.

EATS

Early Morning:  2 cups coffee w/SF hazelnut creamer

B:  Quest protein bar

S:  banana

L:  Homemade chili, RF Wheat Thins, banana

S:  Unjury Protein Shake

D:  2 slices of a small pizza

S:  none

TOTALS:   1482 calories, 96g Protein 

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

Sometimes we just need to detox.  I swear I feel much better each day afterwards.

...still waiting for some low humidity to be sent my way.  haha

Late again and posting for Wed.  Short one.  Bike workout was done for 48 mins, covering 6.1 miles.  Eats were:

B:  5 strips turkey bacon, 1 egg, sandwich thin, 1 tbsp butter sub followed by coffee with Splenda and 4 tbsps light half & half

L:  2 ozs low sodium turkey breast, cucumber slices, 4 tbsps yogurt "ranch dip"

S:  large peach

D:  5 ozs lean beef burger on sandwich thin, 1 slice deli cheese, mustard, 1 tbsp each ketchup and relish

Shelia I have been admiring your bike workout so my hubby is getting my exercise bike out of the garage and bringing it back into the house for me to ride.  Wish me luck.

That's great, Tess...I love the bike workouts, and it's easy to challenge yourself and vary your workouts simply by increasing/decreasing your speed/resistance, depending on how you're feeling that day.  My bike gives you a rundown of the calories expended, but I just started logging my workouts into myfitnesspal, and that site gives me a greater expenditure of calories than what my bike says.

Then, it (myfitnesspal) tells me that I can add extra calories to my food plan for the day, but I don't use them.  I try to stay under my calories allowed to lose weight, but it's nice to have that "cushion" if needed.  My docs are all thrilled that I can be at home sitting on my arse (not working) with a bad back, and STILL lose a significant amt of weight, which can only add to relieving some of my pain.

The best thing is that I use it constantly, but don't always count the "unofficial use" because it has become my SEAT in my family room, and I'll ride it while cooking, watching tv, on housework breaks, etc....Every little bit counts :)