Thursday, March 1st, Cardio & Cafe

Hi Botts:

March is here already.  Do you set goals for yourself at the beginning of each month?  What are some of the goals you have for this month?  My goal is to do more strength training this month.  I plan to increase my calorie intake by 200 calories as long as I do not show a gain.  I have increase my proteins up to 120-160 (to high with the 160) and I am showing a 3 lb. gain.  I hope that levels off in the next few days or I will go back down under 100 grams of protein.  I want to build a strong healthy core so that if I decide to do a little plastic surgery this year everything will heal quickly.  My eats and cardio for today are:

5:15 AM 40 minute walk on treadmill

Prebreakfast:  Coffee & Miralax
Breakfast:  Chocolate Unjury Shake with frozen banana & PB2 powder (yummy!)
Snack:  Quest Protein Brownie Bar
Lunch:  Grill Chicken Breast/grapes
Snack:  Pure Protein Chocolate Bar
Snack:  Protein Vanilla Pudding
Dinner:  Steak Taco
Snack:  NSA Ice Cream Sandwich

I hope everybody has a great day and great start to March.  Don't forget your vits and fluids.

Good Morning!!

I have been MIA this week and I missed you! Took a friend to Baltimore to have RNY. She did really well and was up and walking laps as soon as she was allowed! She made it home last night and I'll be calling to check on her shortly.

I did really well with my food at the hospital. I did have extra coffee, but I only ate the food I brought with me. The hospital has a food court and I didnt even walk over there. I was proud. I knew if I smelled the food, especially the pizza I would have given in.

I also took a break from working out the past 3 days, but I'll hit the gym tonight. I feel that I needed the rest.

Today's eats:

Coffee w/ cream
Banana and Quest bar
Baby carrots and Pure Protein bar
Orange and string cheese
Meatballs w/ marinara and parm
WW Fudge bar

Gym tonight. 30 mins elliptical and upper body strength training.

 Morning Ladies!

I love your idea to set a monthly goal! Mine will be to start planning my meals and protein


Breakfast:  coffee and protein powder
Snack:  Protein Bar
Lunch:  salad with protein
Snack:  veggies with almond butter
Dinner:  veggie beef stew
Snack:  protein pudding

cardio: 30 min jog and walk intervals

Good morning BOTT!

Well, my goal for the month is to stay on track....  I had about 7 really ugly days last month which caused me to yoyo in my weight lose over all,  lose was only 5 pounds could have been 10 if I didn't lose control, however I can still work with that.  (Looking for a 8 pound weight lose this month) So, plan to stay on track, still work out every day for a an hour and mix/change my workout every TEN days and keep my calories under 1200 daily the goal is 1100 and keep my proteins in the area of 100/140.  I have noticed I want to graze between the hours of 10pm & midnight so I purchased the Sensa Chews to help control my appetite during these hours. 

Since, I live alone and I am accountable only to me I need something to stop me.  And I have to say it works for me, used them twice so far...the plan is to take one only if I feel the need to graze after I had my evening snack.

Todays eats are:
Pre-Breakfast Coffee (DeCaf)
Breakfast:    Protein Shake with Mix Fruit (using V8 Diet Splash as my base)
Snack:          Protein Bar - Prue Protein
Lunch:          Egg White Omelet with Cheese & Mushrooms
Snack:          Protein Soup - Chicken
Dinner:         4oz of Grilled Chicken and 1 Cup Veggies
Snack:          Blueberry Short Cake with (S/F Lemon Taste Cake w/ Fresh Blueberries & Fat Free Cool Whip)

TT: 1135 Calories & 133 Protein

 Power up BOTT's...New month, time to re-evaluate

Feb 1st I marked my weight on the top of my work calendar...My plan was to see a reduction in the number by March 1st...OK that plan went down the toilet, today I am actually up 2 lbs from Feb 1st ...All of February I rolled up and down around the number I started the month with...I feel like I'm spinning my wheels & I know its all my own doing - I'm simply NOT sticking to my plan - too many days of exceeding a calorie goal, too many forays into the simple carbs & white sugar...SO goal for March is to keep myself in line (cals under 1200 EVERY day & keeping carbs to 1/2 my total protein for the day) and see a downward trend for the number on the scale by April 1st...

B - protein coffee & shortbread cookies ( still working on breaking the auto reach, maybe I will trying making a batch of protein balls to reach for instead )
S: fru fru coffee
L : 2 oz tortilla lime tilapia, 1/2 cup steam broccoli & 1/2 a plain bake potato (maybe)
S : cheese stick & 5 pretzel flips
D : 4 oz crockpot pork ribs, 1/4c steamed rice & cucumbers & carrots with a little ranch dip
Cardio : 1/2 walk with DH & the dogs

Totals : 1059 cals / 68 protein

Late-a

My food intake for today:

Breakfast 1 - 06:30am
1 hardboiled egg, large
1 glass water

Breakfast 2 - 08:30am
1 hardboiled egg, large
1 apple
2 tbsp peanut butter
1 glass herbal tea

Snack 1 - 11am
1 cheese stick

Lunch - 2pm
1 grilled chicken breast
0.5 c white rice
1 apple
(leftovers from last night's dinner)

Snack 2 - 3:30pm
1 cheese stick

Dinner - 6:30pm
0.5 grilled chicken breast
0.5 cup white rice

Snack 3 - 8:00pm
1 apple
2 tbsp peanut butter


Excercise:
Stationary bike - 35 minutes total (with 1 min 'spin' intervals every 10 minutes)


Totals for the day:
Calories: 1343
Fat: 56g
Net Carbs: 118g
Protein: 80g
Water: 6 glasses

My energy was great today. I increased my bike time by 5 minutes and will increase it again tomorrow. I'm still babying my ankle a bit, but its holding strong so far!
I've almost got my net carbs under 100. My Unjury order should be here in another day or so, which will definitely push me over the edge on protein and allow me to stop using the SlimFast shakes which are convenient, but have too many carbs.

I'm happy to report that I've lost 2.5lbs since Monday. Halfway to my first 5lb goal!