Day 32

Finally caught up on my blogging. :)
Wednesday :)


School today and some minor things at the property, ended up with 13533 steps for the day :)


Eats and drinks


multi grain cheerios, milk




snack
tostitos chips and salsa


lunch


1/2 of Wendy's blt cobb salad, water


dinner


chicken stir fry, breadstick, water

snack 
2 whole wheat rolls with peanut butter




calories 1248
carbs 123
fat 47
protein 82




I ran out of those Mona vie active supplements on Monday, not sure if they helped or not.
I keep forgetting to take my green tea, so I am sure that doesnt help, lol

Day 31

Tuesday! 


Only 8106 steps today.. very slow crummy sleepy sort of homework filled day.


Eats and drinks


breakfast


peanut butter sandwich


lunch


sausage mc griddle


dinner


sauteed chicken with tomatoes, whole wheat pasta, italian bread, lettuce with italian dressing and carrots, cheese

calories 1169
carbs 139
fat 59
protein 50

Day 30

Wow 30 days of blogging...


Monday


I worked this morning and worked at our property some. I got in 43,567 steps for the day! CRAZYYYYYY
:)
Six glasses of water and six servings of fruits and veggies :)


Eats and drinks:


breakfast


oatmeal, raisins, almonds, water


lunch


peanutbutter on whole wheat, fruit cup, tapioca pudding and half of a reuben, water




dinner


lettuce, salsa, sour cream, pinto beans, whole wheat tortilla chips, cheese and pineapple

calories 1376
carbs 208
fat 57
protein 58

Day 29

Sunday! Weigh in day!


I cannot believe that even after having Valentines day last week, and eating chocolates and dinner at Texas Roadhouse, that I still managed to pull off a 3lb loss!
So now I am up to 10 pounds total!!! Exciting stuff. I can already feel some looseness in my pants :)
I worked today, so I got a ton of steps in! I made sure I packed me something to eat so not to get tempted by the vending machines ;)


Eats and drinks


Breakfast


cream of wheat and milk


Lunch


salami, cream cheese, grapes, bell peppers, chips,fruit cocktail, water


Dinner
boneless porkchop, boilded potatoes with cheese, mac and cheese, water




snack


whole wheat roll x2, peanut butter and hershey bliss candy




calories 1411
carbs 167
fat 54
protein 64


only 5 glasses of water

Day 28

Saturday :)


Worked early this morning, walked A LOT TODAY, 33,690 steps!!!!


Used the resistance bands some  :)


Eats and drinks:


Breakfast:
toast and cheese, banana, and almonds, water


lunch
tapioca pudding, peanut butter sandwich, fruit cocktail, water




Dinner
lettuce, sour cream, cheese, pinto beans, multi grain scoops, fruit cup, water

I had a snack of:
Progresso soup and crackers, water and pineapple slices


1231 calories
189 carbs
62 fat
50 protein


actually went above on fat for the day :(


7 glasses of water


Tomorrow is weigh in day, wish me luck, It may not be good!

Day 27

Friday!

Busy day.. Got to go do some work at our property, so I got quite a few steps in for the day :) I wrote down the number but unfortunately when I cleaned my desk I think I through my note out. DOH!

Eats and drinks:

Breakfast
Orange juice, blueberry wheat pancakes, turkey bacon, water

Lunch
Turkey, cheese, italian bread, boiled potatoes, and pineapple slices, water

dinner:

---

snack:
pepperidge farm crackers


1138 calories
5 glasses of water
155 carbs
41 fat
45 protein

within all goals :)

Needed more water though!

Day 27

Thursday! 


Today I had another exam and practical. This time for Phelebotomy :) So not as stressful, thank goodness.


14802 steps for the day, maybe a few more since I am not sleepy yet. I count my steps from the time I get up, until I go to bed.


I decided to try this product I got as a sample a few weeks back. It is called Mona Vie. It is a acai complex, supposed to make you more active. You drink 2 little bottles a day. It's not to bad.


I also decided to start taking my green tea supplements again. I took 1 today, and forgot to take the 2nd dose. Big surprise, lol


I did purchase me a mini Pilates ball, to start doing some exercises I seen with a ball and resistance band. I got it blown up this evening, so tomorrow it will be all set. :) it came with a dvd, so I will have to check it out as well. (found some exercises from self magazine too)


I was going to get Zumba for the wii, however it is still like $40... So I may get Gold's gym dance workout wii game instead. The music seems more appealing to me with the Gold's gym dance workout, and it is only $19.99 at target.


I went to the grocery store, and picked up some more veggies, a little fruit, bottled water, and some health full bread. 


I also got signed up for the SELF jump start diet. It has a workout log, food diary, some Jillian Michael exercise's and tips, recipes and what appears to be a plan on how to lose weight.
From the site: 

You'll shed up to 2 pounds per week with our eat-right and exercise plan. We've got toning workouts and cardio you won't get bored with, and delicious, fat-blasting meals that we swear will keep you full and satisfied!


The work out is supposed to take only 16 minutes...

Eats and drinks for the day:

Breakfast:

Multi grain cheerios in milk , banana, water

Lunch:

cottage cheese, carrots, almonds, toast, peanut butter, water

Dinner:

Turkey bacon, cheese, multi grain bagel, orange juice, bell pepper, almonds, plus water

Pillsbury sugar cookies

calories: 1373

carbs: 182

fat: 55

protein: 63

Within all my goals :)

6 glasses of water

Day 26

Wednesday!


So stressed out today over my anatomy and physiology test. So i went to the gym for a quick 20 minute workout.
I also tried doing some random exercises with my daughter and with my resistance band.


As far as steps go, I managed to do 14,551 steps for the day :)
It feels like all I did was eat today since I woke up so early :(


Eats and Drinks:


Breakfast:
bacon, scrambled eggs, orange juice


Lunch
tostitos chips, salsa, sour cream, cheese


Dinner:
Lettuce, chicken,tomato  (I used what was left from my salsa, cheese, sourcream mix from lunch and added it to my salad) and a few more tostitos chips crunched up

Snack:
2 multi grain rolls, with peanut butter and a banana




Elmers chocolate


I actually went over in fat and under in carbs today. First time I have done either since doing these meal plans.
7 glasses of water

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Day 25

Tuesday, Valentine's Day


I was able to hit the gym for 35 minutes today! YAY.
I also got in a total of 18417 steps!
I tell you what, I am doing pretty good on staying over the 10 k mark now, and it feels AWESOME!
I did get a box of chocolate for Valentines day, it may be my downfall....


Eats and drinks:


Breakfast:


Banana, cheese, salsa, turkey, whole wheat wrap, water


Lunch:


fruit cocktail, water
whole wheat crackers, progresso soup, elmers chocolate (told you)




Dinner:


strawberries, whole wheat pasta, chicken, carrots and peppers, 1 slice of Italian bread, water


snack:
banana


6 glasses of water
7 servings of fruit and veggies




My down fall was waking up in the early AM and eating 2 slices of pizza.. major bummer, totally ruined my 1268 in previous calories consumed.

Day 24

Monday!


Today I was supposed to work on our property, but last night it snowed and it is soo cold outside!
I did manage to get some walking in. 17187 steps!! So not to bad.
We did go out and celebrate Valentine's Day early. So I had Texas Roadhouse for Dinner. :)


Eats and Drinks:


Breakfast:


2 slices of whole wheat bread, peanut butter, and orange juice




Lunch/dinner combo (texas roadhouse)


1 roll, 1 side of green beans, fried pickles, 1/2 a serving of fries, 2 bites of chicken, and a chocolate coconut egg for dessert
(2 glasses of water during supper)


I still stayed under my goal in calories


860 calories total!! for the day!

Day 23

Sunday! Weigh in day!


According to the scale, I have lost 1/2 a lb for the week. Of course I weighed in after just eating and I needed to potty. And of course the time of the month going on. I am just glad to see it move. :) I know next week will be better :)I worked today, so I got a lot of steps in :19930 :)I cannot wait for the Reach walking thing they do in the spring and fall. This time I am really going to be stepping up! Hopefully win a prize too!
Tomorrow we are going to our property to do some work, I hope it is nice so we can get some more stuff accomplished, and that means I will be burning some calories :)
I am also going to start using my resistance bands tomorrow.
I measured myself today for the first time in a long time. It says to do it monthly, so that is what I plan on doing. I want to see those inches fade away, lol


Eats and drinks


Breakfast
oatmeal, raisins, almonds, and water


Lunch
Pudding cup, trail mix and grapes, water


dinner
vegetarian chili, crackers, small hamburger (no bun) small brownie, water


Only 6 glasses of water today
Calories:1182
carbs: 137
fat: 50
protein 58


None went above goal :)


9hrs of sleep

Day 22

Saturday!


Has anyone tried the new product Vitamin gum? I have been chewing it a few days now, it is okay I guess.
I almost forgot to mention that I got myself a few resistance bands to start using. I paid quite a bit for 1 and then I found 2 in the dollar bins at Target so I got them too.
My daughter and I had a fun day out together, so I did eat some fast food. I have no idea my calories for the day, probably horrible!


We did do some walking, 14876 in steps! :)




Breakfast


Waffle, peanut butter, oikos yogurt, water


lunch
whole wheat pita, turkey, cheese, cucumber, fruit cup, water


snack


1/2 of a reuben from Arbys , water


Dinner:
chicken manaria flat bread from Target and a child fry from Mc donalds, water


Chocolate valentines day heart

Third week of BLOG!

FRIDAY!
I cannot believe I have been writing on this blog page for 3 weeks now. Time flies! And it has been almost 2 week of me following the meal plans from spark people. :)
Today I worked... and I worked hard, lol. Somewhere at work or on my way home I lost my pedometer. I was distraught about it and I had to go buy a new one. I know I walked well over 10, 000 steps. Just after getting home after 7 and putting it on I walked almost 2000 steps before I went to bed at 9. So I now have a new one. :) Sunday will be weigh in day , let's hope for more good results this week. :) However, it is that time of the month, so I have really been trying not to give into temptations and cravings.  I did have that serving of m & m's yesterday and today I had 2 doughnuts, which I felt really bad about for 2 reasons: 1, they really didn't taste that good, and 2, they consumed a whole meals worth of points without being that filling. So not worth eating them in the long run. 


Eats and drinks:


Breakfast:
Multigrain cheerios, milk, half of a banana, water




Lunch:
2 doughnuts, popcorn chicken, water




Dinner:
Vegetarian chili, cheese and crackers, water

This was pretty tasty, a little spicy, but delicious!


Total calories: 1441
carbs: 196
fat: 51
protein: 53


Barely squeezed in all the categories today. I have learned my lesson with doughnuts though.


9 glasses of water drank.
4 hours of sleep

Day 20

Thursday!


I did get to go to the gym today. I did a 20 min workout, 10 mins on the bicycle and 10 mins on the treadmill. I walked a total of 9000 steps.




Eats and drinks:


Breakfast:


oatmeal, raisins, almonds, milk, water


Lunch:
-


Dinner::


Baked potato with cheese and sour cream, lettuce, tortilla chips , pinto beans, tomato, water

Snack:
1 serving of m & M's
grapes


Total calories:1120
Carbs: 151
Fat: 33
Protein: 60
Within daily goals still


Only 6 glasses of water

CALORIES	CARBS	FAT	PROTEIN

Day 19

Today was pretty lame as far as exercising goes. I hardly walked any , only 5102 steps, and I tried to go to the gym only to find NO parking spaces...  I know what a lame excuse, but it is to cold to have to go to another place to park and walk to the gym. I did do some random exercising with my daughter, it was cute her trying to do the exercises with me :) I did stay within my calorie range for the day :) You may wonder how I keep track of what I eat and drink on a daily basis, and still be able to write a blog about it a day or 2 later sometimes. Well I use spark people to log my food, and exercise, and water on a daily basis.


Eats and drinks:


Breakfast
Multigrain cheerios, and half of a banana, water

Lunch
grapes, potato chops, salami rolls, bell pepper and turkey..water




snack
fiber one bar


dinner
Chicken, couscous, tomato, cottage cheese, Italian dressing and strawberries, water

Late night snack
of a few potato chips


Total calories: 1400
Fat: 42
carbs: 153
protein : 88


7 glasses of water
9hrs of sleep

Day 18

Tuesday! I did get to go work out after class today, 25 mins on the treadmill! 24023 total steps today! woot woot! I did have to take a nap again today, lol
School the next 2 days.. bleh!




Eats and drinks:


Breakfast:
2 slices of italian bread, cheese and pineapple, water


lunch
cheese, half of banana, lettuce, turkey, whole wheat pita, almonds and water


dinner
sauteed chicken with tomatoes and green chilies, whole wheat linguine,cottage cheese,  1 slice of italian bread, water

snack
lettuce and turkey, water
and 3 wafer cookies


7 glasses of water today




total calories: 1414
carbs 166
fat 43
protein 99


All still in acceptable ranges, tomorrow I am going to go for less calories though, these past few days I have been on the higher ends of my rage for calories. I just need to stay FOCUSED on the prize! :)

Day 17

Monday! I worked super early today! And of course I had to take a nap, lol I walked 21656 steps today!!






Eats and drinks:


Breakfast
Bowl of multigrain cheerios, banana, water


Lunch
baked potato, cheese, sour cream, pinto beans, celery,  peanut butter and water

Dinner
Turkey bacon, whole wheat bagel, orange juice, cheese, peanut butter, bell pepper, water

It was delicious!




Snack
carrots


total calories: 1326
carbs 176
fat 47
protein 61


7 glasses of water


Everything within acceptable range :)

Sunday, Weigh in Day!

Today is weigh in day! And I feel like all I did today was EAT! My weigh in showed that I lost 5.5lbs!!!!!!!!!!! Excited!! I hope I can do that every week!
I worked 8 hours this morning/afternoon, and I have been exhausted, so I did have to take a nap today.  I tried a new Crystal light energy drink mix flavoring for my water in Citrus flavor. Let's just say YUCK, way to sour tasting!  I also did 20 mins of exercise on the wii tonight.And walked a total of 31375 steps! My highest yet!


Foods and drinks:


Breakfast
waffle, peanut butter, strawberries, yogurt, water


snack
2 mini cinnamon rolls (so not worth 130 calories, was kinda yucky)


Lunch
cajun turkey, cheese, whole wheat pita, fruit cup, cucumber, water


Dinner

2 slices of Italian bread, salami, turkey, cheese, grapes, tomato, water  


Snack
Progresso chicken and dumpling soup, whole wheat crackers, chocolate chip cookie and water


Total of 11 glasses of water!
1hr of sleep plus a big nap


Total calories for the day: 1451
carbs 174
fat 65
protein 82


Fat was over my goal, but the others are in range for the day.
A lot of food today, It was a very long day.

Day 15

Saturday! :)


Today was a cold, wet, dreary day. I did go get some groceries, so I got my steps over 10k, with a total of: 13123! :) made it over that goal of 10k a day! Stuck to my spark people food choices today! Was delicious!!


Food and drink:


Breakfast
strawberries, cheese, salsa, whole wheat tortilla, turkey

Lunch :
Cheese, cajun turkey, whole wheat pita, bell pepper, almonds and grapes

Dinner:
whole wheat tortilla, cheese, tomato, sour cream, cajun turkey, and fruit cocktail

Snack:
2 pillsbury sugar cookies


Total calories:1357
Carbs: 154
Fat 43
protein 98


All still within my daily goals.
only 5 glasses of water though :(
9hrs of sleep 

Day 14

FRIDAY!!


Today was sorta productive.. We went over to our property and worked on cleaning up some of the mess that was left behind, 2 hours worth of walking around picking up sticks, sorting through trash and bagging it up/burning the burnable items. So I ended my steps for the day at 8304. Not that great, but not to shabby. Today I did stray from my meal plan, BUT I kept in line with my healthy eating and caloric intake standards :)


Eats and drinks!


Breakfast:
bacon, lettuce, tomato, and 2 slices of whole wheat toast, water


Lunch 
A Tuscan flat-bread pizza from Fazolis (only 480 calories), water


Dinner:
Turkey, swiss cheese, tomato, 2 slices of italian bread (toasted) some pickles and baked lays, water

Snack:
Cucumber slices


So I ended up with:


1298 in calories
137 carbs
53 in fat
69 protein
and 9 glasses of water
and 6 total servings of fruit and veggies

Day 13

Thursday!!


Today was a fairly good day. Right off the bat today my hubby made mention that he thought it looked like I had lost some weight :)
Plus I got to stop by the gym and get in a 30 min workout on the treadmill!
my steps for the day were at 21,514!! :)
We went late night searching for Johnny Depp, but failed.


Eats and drinks:


Breakfast:
cream of wheat, (with milk)and 4oz of apple juice, and water


Lunch:
hard boiled egg, cheese, tomato, fruit cocktail, almonds, whole wheat crackers and water

Dinner:
Chicken breast, salad, cheese, italian dressing, 2 slices of italian bread, water

Snack:
Turkey, water


I ended the day with 9 glasses of water!!
1202 calories
118 carbs
39 fat
97 Protein

Day 12

Wednesday! Good ole hump day! lol
Today I have a long Anatomy class, and the day always seems to go by without getting much else done it seems. I was sticking pretty good to my spark people menus, but I did lapse in my dinner tonight and have something not listed. Hopefully I still stayed within my calorie goal for the day though. I didnt get to work out, I really need to get back in the work out habit.


Eats and drinks:


Breakfast
strawberries, yogurt, waffle with peanut butter, water

Lunch
cottage cheese, hummus, whole wheat crackers, carrots, pineapple and peanut butter, water

Dinner
Biscuits and gravy, water


So I am thinking that I was really close to topping out my calories for the day, maybe even go over them just a little bit with the whole biscuits and gravy dish. However, I am not going to make going over a normal happening. That is the difference.


8 glasses of water

Day 11

Tuesday!!
Today was supposed to be my gym after class day.. Unfortunately I overslept and didn't even make it to class today :( Nothing workout related really got accomplished today, I only got 4000 steps in, very lousy bummed out sort of day. Tomorrow is a new day, hopefully I can work out after class tomorrow. I have been thinking, and I have decided to photograph some of the meals that I make off of spark people. I actually took a photo graph of today's lunch and dinner. Maybe it can give a better sense of what exactly I am eating. Of course I doubt I will photograph EVERYTHING, but I will do my best to take some pics of some yummy items. Oh and do not mind my fine china (aka paper plates, lol).




Eats and drinks:


Breakfast
Milk, raisins, oatmeal, almonds and cinnamon, water


Lunch:
Salami cream cheese rolls, bell peppers, grapes,(low fat) chips, and water

(this is of course before I rolled the salami and cream cheese into rolls to eat)




Dinner:
Home made chicken fried rice, (brown rice, peas, egg, and carrots, also soy sauce and olive oil)water

snack :
pineapple, water




total calories:1206
carbs: 120
protein: 70
fat: 53


Water drank: 8 glasses


8 hours of sleep

Day 10

Monday...They are always wonderful right? lol
I did have to work a short shift today a big 4hours.
So I got in quite a few steps! :)  23579 !!




Meals and drinks:
breakfast
strawberries, waffle with peanut butter, yogurt, water


Lunch
Cheese, turkey, tortilla chips, sour cream, salsa and pineapple, water


Dinner
Whole wheat pasta, tomatoes, chicken, olive oil , seasonings,lettuce and parm cheese, water


snack
fruit cup


Total of 1128 calories, and 7 glasses of water