Without The Biggest Loser! The finale was pretty entertaining - nothing new, exciting, or shocking... but a good episode nonetheless!
We got a working air conditioner last night... one that stands in the room and has a tube that sticks out the window... it's not the miracle I was hoping for, but it does help a bit and I'm sure it just takes a little time for it to cool the rooms down....
Today I'm heading to Val's after work for a lovely swim (our workout for the day!) and some dinner!
Meal Plan for Wednesday:
Breakfast - Blue menu dark chocolate bran muffin, 1 cup of skim milk (250 calories)
Snack - Sugar free pudding, 1 cup of raspberries (170 calories)
Lunch - Tortilla, 1/2 can of tuna, 1 tbsp. light mayo, Apple, Diet coke (300 calories)
Snack - Special k granola bar, 1 pkg. of crystal light in 2 cups of water (100 calories)
Dinner - Chicken, BBQ sauce, rice, veggies (approx: 425 calories)
Snack - 2 favorites mini chocolate bars, Mini bag of ruffled all dressed chips (270 calories)
Daily Total - 1515 calories, 24 grams of fibre
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
SLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP!
I'm quite tired today as we haven't quite figured out the portable air conditioner....apparently the one we bought won't work for the window we have... all I know is the heat is pretty unbearable...I'm hoping we get it figured out today so that I can sleep tonight :)
The weekend was pretty relaxing and as wonderful as I was expecting it to be! We had a friend over Friday night to play the game Scene It. I came last both times we played but still had a blast! We drove her home around 11:30pm. Saturday I slept in until 10:30am! It was pretty awesome! I met Val and Annie at the mall around 1pm and we went on a mega shopping spree until about 5pm! I got so many new things - 2 pairs of shoes, a bathing suit, 2 pairs of work capris, jean capris, jean shorts, pin striped shorts, 2 hoodies, a bracelet, a skirt, 3 blouses, 3 other shirts, a cardigan.... I definitely had fun :) Around 5pm we were done and exhausted! Annie drove me home and I just had some supper and vegged the rest of the evening.... Sunday Brian and I went to see Robin Hood, which was fantastic! And then we went to his parents house for a BBQ. We stayed there until about 9:30pm playing Skip-bo. I was on his sister's team and we won 2/3 games :) On Monday I decided to give my new workout dvd a try - Jillian Michael's Yoga Meltdown. I found this even more difficult than her 30 Day Shred dvd! It was intense! I definitely have some sore muscles this morning.... we also did a few loads of laundry, baked some muffins, a cheesecake and then made "smarter fettuccine alfredo with chicken" for supper.
As of Monday morning I was up 0.4 of a lb. So 147 on the dot. I did fairly well on the weekend... I didn't eat enough on Saturday though and perhaps ate a few extra calories on Sunday and Monday...the only thing I can think of is perhaps I'm gaining a bit of muscle or maybe my body is working on maintaining and is fluctuating like weight normally does...up a bit one week, down a bit the next, averaging out... I'll just keep an eye on it and hope that the number doesn't continue to go up.
Meals for Saturday:
Breakfast - 3/4 cup of honeynut cheerios, 1 cup of skim milk (200 calories)
Lunch - 1 slice of whole wheat toast, 1 tbsp. light peanut butter, 1/2 tbsp. honey, 1 cut up banana, 1 cup of raspberries, 1 sugar free jello pudding, 1 pkg. of crystal light in 2 cups of water (460 calories)
Dinner - Weight watcher's smart ones turkey and mashed potatoes frozen dinner, Diet coke (200 calories)
Snack - Skinny cow cookies and cream iced cream sandwich, Mini bag of Miss vickies chips, 3 fun size mars bars (470 calories)
Daily Total - 1330 calories, 21 grams of fibre
Meals for Sunday:
Breakfast - Blue menu dark chocolate bran muffin, 1 cup of skim milk (250 calories)
Lunch - 1 slice of whole wheat toast, 1 tbsp. light peanut butter, 1/2 tbsp. honey, 1 cut up banana, 1 sugar free jello pudding, Diet coke (390 calories)
Snack - 100 calorie bag of popcorn, 1 pkg. of crystal light in 2 cups of water (110 calories)
Dinner - 3 oz. chicken on the bbq with 2 tbsp. bbq sauce, 1/8 of a package of pasta salad, 1 cup of garden salad, 1 tbsp. light creamy poppyseed dressing (475 calories)
Dessert - 1 mini angel food cake topped with 1/4 cup of berries, 1/4 cup of melted dark chocolate, 2 tbsp. whipped cream and 1 tbsp. caramel sauce (approx: 500 calories)
Snack - Mini bag of lays chips (160 calories)
Daily Total - 1885 calories, 25 grams of fibre
Meals for Monday:
Breakfast - Blue menu dark chocolate bran muffin, 1 cup of skim milk (250 calories)
Lunch - 1 slice of whole wheat toast, 1 tbsp. light peanut butter, 1/2 tbsp. honey, 1 cup up banana, 1 cup of raspberries, 1 sugar free jello pudding (450 calories)
Snack - Apple, 2 cups of cheese puff crackers (170 calories)
Dinner - 1 serving of smarter fettuccine alfredo with chicken, Diet coke (480 calories)
Snack - 1 serving of kraft no-bake cheesecake, Mini bag of miss vickies chips (360 calories)
Daily Total - 1710 calories, 24 grams of fibre
Workout- 35 minutes of Yoga Meltdown dvd
Meal plan for Tuesday:
Breakfast - Blue menu dark chocolate bran muffin, 1 cup of skim milk (250 calories)
Snack - Banana (110 calories)
Lunch - Subway 6" oven roasted chicken on whole wheat with lettuce, tomato, hot peppers and light mayo, Diet coke, 1 bag of baked lays (540 calories)
Snack - Apple, 1 pkg. of crystal light in 2 cups of water (90 calories)
Dinner - Blue menu portion controlled burger, bun, 1 tbsp. ketchup, 1 tsp. mustard (300 calories)
Snack - Skinny cow cookies and cream iced cream sandwich, Mini bag of ketchup chips (290 calories)
Daily Total - 1580 calories, 23 grams of fibre
The weekend was pretty relaxing and as wonderful as I was expecting it to be! We had a friend over Friday night to play the game Scene It. I came last both times we played but still had a blast! We drove her home around 11:30pm. Saturday I slept in until 10:30am! It was pretty awesome! I met Val and Annie at the mall around 1pm and we went on a mega shopping spree until about 5pm! I got so many new things - 2 pairs of shoes, a bathing suit, 2 pairs of work capris, jean capris, jean shorts, pin striped shorts, 2 hoodies, a bracelet, a skirt, 3 blouses, 3 other shirts, a cardigan.... I definitely had fun :) Around 5pm we were done and exhausted! Annie drove me home and I just had some supper and vegged the rest of the evening.... Sunday Brian and I went to see Robin Hood, which was fantastic! And then we went to his parents house for a BBQ. We stayed there until about 9:30pm playing Skip-bo. I was on his sister's team and we won 2/3 games :) On Monday I decided to give my new workout dvd a try - Jillian Michael's Yoga Meltdown. I found this even more difficult than her 30 Day Shred dvd! It was intense! I definitely have some sore muscles this morning.... we also did a few loads of laundry, baked some muffins, a cheesecake and then made "smarter fettuccine alfredo with chicken" for supper.
As of Monday morning I was up 0.4 of a lb. So 147 on the dot. I did fairly well on the weekend... I didn't eat enough on Saturday though and perhaps ate a few extra calories on Sunday and Monday...the only thing I can think of is perhaps I'm gaining a bit of muscle or maybe my body is working on maintaining and is fluctuating like weight normally does...up a bit one week, down a bit the next, averaging out... I'll just keep an eye on it and hope that the number doesn't continue to go up.
Meals for Saturday:
Breakfast - 3/4 cup of honeynut cheerios, 1 cup of skim milk (200 calories)
Lunch - 1 slice of whole wheat toast, 1 tbsp. light peanut butter, 1/2 tbsp. honey, 1 cut up banana, 1 cup of raspberries, 1 sugar free jello pudding, 1 pkg. of crystal light in 2 cups of water (460 calories)
Dinner - Weight watcher's smart ones turkey and mashed potatoes frozen dinner, Diet coke (200 calories)
Snack - Skinny cow cookies and cream iced cream sandwich, Mini bag of Miss vickies chips, 3 fun size mars bars (470 calories)
Daily Total - 1330 calories, 21 grams of fibre
Meals for Sunday:
Breakfast - Blue menu dark chocolate bran muffin, 1 cup of skim milk (250 calories)
Lunch - 1 slice of whole wheat toast, 1 tbsp. light peanut butter, 1/2 tbsp. honey, 1 cut up banana, 1 sugar free jello pudding, Diet coke (390 calories)
Snack - 100 calorie bag of popcorn, 1 pkg. of crystal light in 2 cups of water (110 calories)
Dinner - 3 oz. chicken on the bbq with 2 tbsp. bbq sauce, 1/8 of a package of pasta salad, 1 cup of garden salad, 1 tbsp. light creamy poppyseed dressing (475 calories)
Dessert - 1 mini angel food cake topped with 1/4 cup of berries, 1/4 cup of melted dark chocolate, 2 tbsp. whipped cream and 1 tbsp. caramel sauce (approx: 500 calories)
Snack - Mini bag of lays chips (160 calories)
Daily Total - 1885 calories, 25 grams of fibre
Meals for Monday:
Breakfast - Blue menu dark chocolate bran muffin, 1 cup of skim milk (250 calories)
Lunch - 1 slice of whole wheat toast, 1 tbsp. light peanut butter, 1/2 tbsp. honey, 1 cup up banana, 1 cup of raspberries, 1 sugar free jello pudding (450 calories)
Snack - Apple, 2 cups of cheese puff crackers (170 calories)
Dinner - 1 serving of smarter fettuccine alfredo with chicken, Diet coke (480 calories)
Snack - 1 serving of kraft no-bake cheesecake, Mini bag of miss vickies chips (360 calories)
Daily Total - 1710 calories, 24 grams of fibre
Workout- 35 minutes of Yoga Meltdown dvd
Meal plan for Tuesday:
Breakfast - Blue menu dark chocolate bran muffin, 1 cup of skim milk (250 calories)
Snack - Banana (110 calories)
Lunch - Subway 6" oven roasted chicken on whole wheat with lettuce, tomato, hot peppers and light mayo, Diet coke, 1 bag of baked lays (540 calories)
Snack - Apple, 1 pkg. of crystal light in 2 cups of water (90 calories)
Dinner - Blue menu portion controlled burger, bun, 1 tbsp. ketchup, 1 tsp. mustard (300 calories)
Snack - Skinny cow cookies and cream iced cream sandwich, Mini bag of ketchup chips (290 calories)
Daily Total - 1580 calories, 23 grams of fibre
Friday, May 21, 2010
It's looking like the long weekend is going to be full of sunshine (30 degrees and sunny everyday!) and friends :) I'm super excited to go on my big shopping spree with Val and Annie tomorrow, picking up lots of cute summer clothes! It's been forever since I've last been on a full-on shopping spree!
Other than that the plan is to have a couple friends over tonight to hangout, perhaps go see a movie at some point this weekend, and to figure out how to set up our air conditioner! We're going to need it :)
Now the workday must go by fast today because my mind has gone into long weekend mode, as I'm sure everyone elses has....
Adding the extra 100 calories or so into yesterdays meal plan really helped out a lot! I wasn't hungry once :) Hopefully I can keep that up because sometimes I find it hard to find enough different things to pack in my lunch!
Meal Plan for today:
Breakfast - Blue menu dark chocolate bran muffin, 1 cup of skim milk (250 calories)
Snack - 1 cup of strawberries, 1 sugar free vanilla pudding (110 calories)
Lunch - 2 slices of whole wheat bread, 1 tbsp. light peanut butter, 1 tbsp. sugar free jam, Kiwi (340 calories)
Snack - Quakers 100 calorie granola bar, Apple (180 calories)
Dinner - Quesadilla - 1 tortilla, 1/4 cup of shredded mozzarella cheese, 2 oz. chicken, green pepper, 2 tbsp. light sour cream, Diet coke (375 calories)
Snack - 1 pkg. crystal light in 2 cups of water, Mini bag of ketchup chips, 3 mars bars (340 calories)
Total - 1595 calories, 25 grams of fibre
Other than that the plan is to have a couple friends over tonight to hangout, perhaps go see a movie at some point this weekend, and to figure out how to set up our air conditioner! We're going to need it :)
Now the workday must go by fast today because my mind has gone into long weekend mode, as I'm sure everyone elses has....
Adding the extra 100 calories or so into yesterdays meal plan really helped out a lot! I wasn't hungry once :) Hopefully I can keep that up because sometimes I find it hard to find enough different things to pack in my lunch!
Meal Plan for today:
Breakfast - Blue menu dark chocolate bran muffin, 1 cup of skim milk (250 calories)
Snack - 1 cup of strawberries, 1 sugar free vanilla pudding (110 calories)
Lunch - 2 slices of whole wheat bread, 1 tbsp. light peanut butter, 1 tbsp. sugar free jam, Kiwi (340 calories)
Snack - Quakers 100 calorie granola bar, Apple (180 calories)
Dinner - Quesadilla - 1 tortilla, 1/4 cup of shredded mozzarella cheese, 2 oz. chicken, green pepper, 2 tbsp. light sour cream, Diet coke (375 calories)
Snack - 1 pkg. crystal light in 2 cups of water, Mini bag of ketchup chips, 3 mars bars (340 calories)
Total - 1595 calories, 25 grams of fibre
Thursday, May 20, 2010
I came home after work yesterday STARVING.... so I ate a lot of extra food. It wasn't anything really bad for me - just a lot more than I normally would eat. So I've decided to try to add a bit more calories in the daytime so that I don't get too hungry on my way home from work. I figure it's better to add the 100 extra calories in than to wait until you're so hungry that you need 1000 calories worth of food in one sitting! I am continuously a work in progress.
Plan for today:
Breakfast - 1 pkg. of organic maple & spice oatmeal, 1/4 cup of walnuts, 1 cup of skim milk (415 calories)
Snack - Banana, Sugar free pudding, 1 pkg. of crystal light in 2 cups of water (180 calories)
Lunch - Weight watcher's smart ones chicken quesadilla, Kiwi (270 calories)
Snack - Fibre & Omega 3 granola bar (150 calories)
Dinner - 6 blue menu lean meatballs, 2 tbsp. bbq sauce, 2/3 cup of stir fry veggies in 1/2 tsp. of oil, 1/2 cup of rice, Diet coke (450 calories)
Snack - Mini bag of lays chips, coffee crisp singles bar (260 calories)
Daily Total - 1725 calories, 25 grams of fibre
I will also be going for a 30 minute run :) It's going to be a good day!
Plan for today:
Breakfast - 1 pkg. of organic maple & spice oatmeal, 1/4 cup of walnuts, 1 cup of skim milk (415 calories)
Snack - Banana, Sugar free pudding, 1 pkg. of crystal light in 2 cups of water (180 calories)
Lunch - Weight watcher's smart ones chicken quesadilla, Kiwi (270 calories)
Snack - Fibre & Omega 3 granola bar (150 calories)
Dinner - 6 blue menu lean meatballs, 2 tbsp. bbq sauce, 2/3 cup of stir fry veggies in 1/2 tsp. of oil, 1/2 cup of rice, Diet coke (450 calories)
Snack - Mini bag of lays chips, coffee crisp singles bar (260 calories)
Daily Total - 1725 calories, 25 grams of fibre
I will also be going for a 30 minute run :) It's going to be a good day!
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Sabotaging Your Efforts...
On Biggest Loser last night (I won't post any spoilers for those who haven't seen the episode yet!) but a contestant slips up a little and talks about how they'd do fine all day and then at night they'd stay up late and eat to "sabotage" themselves. Maybe they don't feel they deserve to lose the weight... maybe the food makes them happy momentarily.... who knows the true reason. But I definitely related with that contestant at that moment.... it broke my heart to hear someone feel that way... especially knowing that I, too, have had those moments. But what I've learned is that if you have those moments of weakness, for whatever reason, you can pick yourself back up and keep moving forward... no sense in going back to the place you were in before. Next week is the finale!!!!!!!
Meals for Tuesday:
Breakfast - 1 slice of whole wheat toast, 1 tbsp. light peanut butter, 1/2 tbsp. honey, Banana, 1 cup of skim milk (415 calories)
Lunch -1 serving of leftover foil-pack taco chicken bake (310 calories)
Snack - Fibre & Omega 3 granola bar (150 calories)
Dinner - Blue menu portion controlled burger, bun, 1 tbsp. ketchup, 1 tsp. mustard, 1 cup of orange juice (410 calories)
Snack - Diet coke, 100 calorie bag of popcorn, 3 fun size mars bars (280 calories)
Daily Total - 1565 calories
Meals for Tuesday:
Breakfast - 1 slice of whole wheat toast, 1 tbsp. light peanut butter, 1/2 tbsp. honey, Banana, 1 cup of skim milk (415 calories)
Lunch -1 serving of leftover foil-pack taco chicken bake (310 calories)
Snack - Fibre & Omega 3 granola bar (150 calories)
Dinner - Blue menu portion controlled burger, bun, 1 tbsp. ketchup, 1 tsp. mustard, 1 cup of orange juice (410 calories)
Snack - Diet coke, 100 calorie bag of popcorn, 3 fun size mars bars (280 calories)
Daily Total - 1565 calories
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Feeling Pretty Good Right About Now!
Just got back from an interview for a government screening and it went so unbelievably well! Now I just have to be patient and wait the forever it takes to get the results! It's looking good though :)
Yesterday after work Brian and I made this foil-pack taco chicken dinner off of the Kraft website. It was delicious! I also went for a run and then came back so exhausted that I just watched a couple episodes of Friends with Brian and then headed to bed early to be well rested for my interview!
Meals for Monday:
Breakfast - Blue menu dark chocolate bran muffin, 1 cup of skim milk (250 calories)
Snack - 1 cup of blackberries, 1 sugar free vanilla pudding (130 calories)
Lunch - Tortilla, 1/2 can of tuna, 2 tbsp. cut up onion, 1 tbsp. light mayo, Banana (340 calories)
Snack - Fibre & Omega 3 granola bar, Diet coke (150 calories)
Dinner - 1 serving of foil-pack taco chicken bake, 1 cup of light caeser salad (400 calories)
Snack - Mini bag of lays chips, 2 chocolate covered digestive cookies (280 calories)
Daily Total - 1550 calories, 24 grams of fibre
Workout - 30 minute run, 5 minutes of stretching
Yesterday after work Brian and I made this foil-pack taco chicken dinner off of the Kraft website. It was delicious! I also went for a run and then came back so exhausted that I just watched a couple episodes of Friends with Brian and then headed to bed early to be well rested for my interview!
Meals for Monday:
Breakfast - Blue menu dark chocolate bran muffin, 1 cup of skim milk (250 calories)
Snack - 1 cup of blackberries, 1 sugar free vanilla pudding (130 calories)
Lunch - Tortilla, 1/2 can of tuna, 2 tbsp. cut up onion, 1 tbsp. light mayo, Banana (340 calories)
Snack - Fibre & Omega 3 granola bar, Diet coke (150 calories)
Dinner - 1 serving of foil-pack taco chicken bake, 1 cup of light caeser salad (400 calories)
Snack - Mini bag of lays chips, 2 chocolate covered digestive cookies (280 calories)
Daily Total - 1550 calories, 24 grams of fibre
Workout - 30 minute run, 5 minutes of stretching
Monday, May 17, 2010
Reached (and Surpassed) the 50 lb Mark!
It's a happy Monday for me :) I'm down another 2.8 lbs this week for a total of 51.6 lbs! I could not be in a better mood! I'm 146.6 lbs! I'm just going to keep doing what I'm doing and anything I lose on top of this is just icing on the cake!
The rest of my weekend was good, but passed by way too fast of course! Brian and I had to go dog sit for his parents' puppy yesterday morning for an hour while there was a house showing (they were golfing). We took Bailey to the park to run around, then to walk around the neighbourhood for a bit, then to sit under a tree while we read. Poor Bailey was getting tired! We took her home and then we headed to get the car washed and then to our home! We watched Braveheart, which was pretty good, but 3 hours for any movie is far too long! We made a yummy chicken stir fry for dinner and had a relaxing evening in.... got organized for the week, etc.
Meals for Sunday:
Breakfast - 3/4 cup of honeynut cheerios, Banana, 1 cup of skim milk (310 calories)
Lunch - Tortilla, 1/2 can of tuna, 1 tbsp. light mayo, cut up onion, Kiwi, Sugar free pudding (340 calories)
Snack - Blue menu dark chocolate bran muffin, Diet coke (160 calories)
Dinner - Chicken stir fry - 1 oz. chicken, 2/3 cup of stir fry veggies in 1/2 tsp. of oil, 1/2 cup of rice, 3 tbsp. sweet chili thai sauce (375 calories)
Snack - 1 cup of orange juice, 1 mini bag of lays chips, 2 chocolate covered digestive cookies (400 calories)
Daily Total - 1585 calories
The rest of my weekend was good, but passed by way too fast of course! Brian and I had to go dog sit for his parents' puppy yesterday morning for an hour while there was a house showing (they were golfing). We took Bailey to the park to run around, then to walk around the neighbourhood for a bit, then to sit under a tree while we read. Poor Bailey was getting tired! We took her home and then we headed to get the car washed and then to our home! We watched Braveheart, which was pretty good, but 3 hours for any movie is far too long! We made a yummy chicken stir fry for dinner and had a relaxing evening in.... got organized for the week, etc.
Meals for Sunday:
Breakfast - 3/4 cup of honeynut cheerios, Banana, 1 cup of skim milk (310 calories)
Lunch - Tortilla, 1/2 can of tuna, 1 tbsp. light mayo, cut up onion, Kiwi, Sugar free pudding (340 calories)
Snack - Blue menu dark chocolate bran muffin, Diet coke (160 calories)
Dinner - Chicken stir fry - 1 oz. chicken, 2/3 cup of stir fry veggies in 1/2 tsp. of oil, 1/2 cup of rice, 3 tbsp. sweet chili thai sauce (375 calories)
Snack - 1 cup of orange juice, 1 mini bag of lays chips, 2 chocolate covered digestive cookies (400 calories)
Daily Total - 1585 calories
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