Wednesday, March 21th, Cardio & Cafe

Happy Hump Day Botts:

Looks like we are going to get rain today with a high of 82 degrees.  My eats and cardio for today are:

Prebreakfast:  Coffee & Miralax
Breakfast:  Chocolate Unjury Shake
Snack:  Quest Brownie Bar
Lunch:  Steak Taco
Snack:  Cheese & Crackers
Dinner:  Tuna Salad on Whole Wheat Sandwich Thins
Snack:  Vanilla Protein Pudding

Exercise:  1 hour walk around neighborhood in between the rains

Have a great day and don't forget your vits and fluids.

Good morning Botts:

Well, I've been thinking!  the past few days I've been wondering once I drop these next 18/20 pounds how do I want to address my maintenance phase.  I know that the Protein Shakes & Protein Fruit Smoothies in the morning & the Protein Bars as a snack are a keeper but moving forward with food is what I question.  Thinking out loud today!

Workout today will be 35 minutes with the Wii Active - Tennis and off to the gym around 9 am to treadmill for 1 hour.

My eats:

PreBreakfast/Breakfast: Coffee w/Benefiber
Snack: Protein Fruit Smoothie
Lunch: Fish Sandwich using 100 calc. Sandwich bread, Gordon Fisherman Grilled Haddock & a wedge of Laughing Cow Cheese as my spread.
Snack: Protein Soup
Dinner: 4oz of Pot Roast with Grilled Mushrooms
Snack: Protein Bar - Balance/Cookie Dough

1105 Calc./122 Proteins

Have a good day everyone.

good morning friends....rain rain and more rain here...they even canceled schools here in my area and surrounding due to drainage problems which is leading to flooding...sooo I am here at work to help with the call volume ( work for the Sheriff Department)  should be an interesting day....my kids were excited not to go to school and stay with their granny...she is cooking a chicken and sausage gumbo for lunch YUM ... they were also excited about that!!

I managed to get outta bed at 330 am and to the gym I was able to get only 20 min of cardio in before the weather got really bad and headed back home just in time not to be flooded in on the other side of town....any way here is the plan for today...oh I lost a lil weight since monday 4lbs ...(Low carb really does work for me...not no carb, just low carb )

EM- coffee x 2
B- cup cake quiche (egg ,spinach, cheese) turkey sausage, half of a protein pancake.
S- 1/2 apple, or protein shake
L- GUMBO ...chicken and sausage
S- protein cheese cake pudding
D- chicken salad with no cal Walden farms dressing
S- Not sure. ( peanut butter protein balls)??

Congrats on the 4 pounds!  Keep up the great work.

Good Morning Botts!

So, I did talk to my doc about changing my meds from Cymbalta since they were costing $50 a month. She switched me to Zoloft. I got that filled generic. Guess how much that is....ready for it... about $0.32 a month! WHAAT!? $.97 cents for a 90 day supply. Today is day 2 on it, and I have to say I actually feel chipper. Hmmm, hope it lasts cause its nice to be in a GOOD mood.

Yesterday I found a 5k that I want to do. Its on May 19th. Its the Leatherneck 5k which supports the Semper Fi Fund and they provide immediate financial assistance to injured and critically ill US Serivce Members and their families. Its also close to home. Im HOPING to be able to run the entire way by then. Not sure if I will. Started training last night and can only sustain a run for about 30-45 seconds at a time! LOL My plan was to walk 4 minutes/ run1 and repeat 4 times. Im going to try my hardest!

Eats for today:

Coffee w/ cream
Quest bar and banana
Greek yogurt 'parfait' Okios fat free yogurt, fresh strawberries and Kashi Go Lean Crunch
Pear and WW String Cheese
Pure Protein Bar
Not sure whats for dinner tonight.

Today is my rest day.

Zoloft is my friend...helps me do the happy dance! 

Hot and sunny today...cooler weather and rain moving in Thursday so I hope to get outside for a walk this evening after kids re in bed.

Prebreakfast -  protein coffee (12 oz decaf, 1/2 scoop protein powder, 2 T SF syrup, 1 tsp Benefiber, 1 T 1/2 & 1/2)
Breakfast - another protein coffee
Snack - protein shake made with almond milk and 2 tsp Benefiber
Lunch - 1 c chili
Snack - 1 hard boiled egg, 1 c chopped veggie salad
Dinner - going out to dinner with a girlfriend tonight.  A little nervous about food choices. I'm not at all familiar with the restaurant or menu, so I'll aim for salad of just veggies and dressing on the side, and steak, shrimp, or chicken with veggies
Snack - protein bar if I'm hungry

Hi everyone. Kind of humid here with lots & lots of gnats. Ugh.

AM - 2 cups coffee/ff milk 7 splenda
Breakfast- 2 breakfast turkey sausage (1 serving)
Lunch- Protein Drink
Snack- 1/2 banana
Dinner- tuna/side salad 1tbs. balsamic vinegar/1oz.red pepper
Snack- Either a handful of almonds or pineapple chunks

All vitamins taken, lots of water, no wine for me.

I was still crampy and feeling ick today, so I stayed home from work.  By the afternoon (and with a good dose of ibuprofen) I was feeling back to normal.

My food intake:

Breakfast 1 -06:30am
None

Breakfast 2 - 08:30am
1/2 cup cottage cheese
1/4 cup crushed pineapple
4oz orange juice

Snack 1 - 11am
1/2 cup Kashi Go Lean Crunch cereal

Lunch - 2pm
1 cup cottage cheese 
1/3 cup crushed pineapple
1 cheese stick

Snack 2 - 4:00pm
1/2 cup chocolate protein pudding

Dinner - 7:00pm
6 oz grilled chicken breast
1/2 cup corn

Snack 3 - 8:30pm
2 cups air popped popcorn


Exercise:
Treadmill - 45 minutes
Crunches - 102
Pushups - 47
Dips - 61
Squats - 89

Totals for the day:
Calories: 1160
Fat: 21g
Net Carbs: 97g
Protein: 104g
Water: 7 glasses