Food Journal (8-17-12 & 8-18-12)

Good evening!

I am still going strong with tracking my calories on the My Fitness Pal app. I have not weighed myself since Friday morning because, well, this weekend has been a bit of a fail. LOL. I've learned that eating out is so hard! Not just because there are not a lot of healthy choices, but I also consider eating out a treat. The last thing I want to get is a salad. I look for the most delicious thing I can find and I don't even hesitate to order it. I have fabulous self control, I know. 

So Friday night we had dinner with some friends at my absolute favorite restaurant. I tracked all of my calories but found myself going way over by dinner time. I ate as little as I could just to prepare myself for a great meal out, and I still went over!! Here is my journal for Friday:

Breakfast:
8 oz. Cup of coffee w/ 1 Splenda
Maple Brown Sugar Quaker Instant oatmeal make w/ skim milk
Total calories=107

Lunch:
Turkey on wheat bread w/ honey dijon mustard
Grapes
1 Fiber One bar
Total calories=440

Dinner:
Cajun Shrimp Pasta 
(I don't know exactly how many calories but I compared it to the Applebees Cajun Shrimp.)
Total calories=About 1210

Snacks:
1 Serving of Special K Multi-grain crackers (24 crackers)
Total calories=120

Total calorie intake: 1877
Total calorie goal: 1480 

:( FAIL! I also had some carrot cake after dinner. I didn't even add it. I was too depressed. Haha. 

I managed to consume 24 oz. of water.

So yesterday (Saturday) we went to Door County. We ate out every meal and even though we worked off some of those calories by going on a short hike, it was not even worth trying to figure out how many calories we consumed that day. 

So that brings me to today (Sunday). Things went very well today. I am, so far, under my calorie goal and hope to still get a ZWOW in. I'll update you tomorrow on how I did. I'll also weigh myself in the morning... I wanted to invite you all to join me on My Fitness Pal app. Its easier to lose weight with friends! So download the app and become my friend! :) Find me at Pbmommypl. Have a great night!

Love,
Lori

Food Journal (8-16-12)

Holy Moly! I lost 2 lbs. :) I followed along with "My Fitness Pal" app again yesterday and here is my food diary for the day:

Breakfast:
Maple and Brown Sugar Quaker Instant Oatmeal w/ Skim Milk
16 oz. coffee w/ Vanilla soy milk and 2 Splendas
Total Calories=193

Lunch:
Turkey sandwich on Wheat w/ honey dijon mustard
1 Serving of Wheatables (17 crackers)
1 Cup of Low Fat cottage cheese
1 Cherry Cobbler Yoplait Light
Total Calories=715

Dinner:
1 Serving of Kraft Macaroni and Cheese
Total Calories=400

Snacks:
2 Cups of raw cherries

Calorie goal: 1480
Total calorie intake: 1428

Starting weight: 149 lbs.
Goal weight: 134 lbs.
Current weight: 147 lbs.
My height: 5'11"

I did not exercise last night. I was plagued with a migraine and yucky tummy so I skipped it. But, I still managed to stay under my calorie goal!!

Have a great day!

Love,
Lori

Food Journal (8-15-12)

Hello!

Well, I broke down and decided to count my calories. I hate doing that! I figured if I eat well and exercise it shouldn't matter. But, after my little freak out yesterday I figured its time. I downloaded the "My Fitness Pal" app onto my iPhone. With my height and weight I am allowed 1480 calories a day. Its actually a really neat app and is really easy to use. You can even scan the bar code of what you ate and it will automatically enter it for you. You just adjust how many servings you had. 

You can also log your exercise. Of course, I have to improvise because they don't have Zwow's in their archives. LOL. They need to get on that ASAP! I just said I did 10 minutes of Circuit training. It said I burned 90 Calories but I'm assuming I burned more than that considering the intensity of a Zwow, but I'll just keep logging it as circuit training, unless you all have suggestions! 

So here is my diary for yesterday.

Breakfast:

Fruit and Maple Oatmeal from McDonald's

16 oz. coffee w/ original Coffee Mate creamer and 2 Splendas

Total=305 calories

Lunch:

Turkey sandwich on Wheat w/Honey Dijon mustard

1 serving of Special K Multi-grain crackers

1 cup of Low fat cottage cheese

1 Banana

Total=670 calories

Dinner:

Boneless, skinless Amish Farms Chicken Tenders w/ Mrs. Dash seasoning

Roasted veggies (Tomatoes, Squash, Green bell peppers)

Sweet potatoes

Total=304 calories

Snacks:

1 Cinnamon Roll Yoplait Light yogurt

1 1/2 cups grapes

Fiber One bar (Chocolate)

Total=283

Burned 90 calories

Goal calories: 1480

Total calorie intake (minus calories burned): 1472

Goal weight: 134 lbs.

Today's weight: 149 lbs.

My height: 5'10''

Have a great day! 

Love,

Lori

ZWOW #26

I did it!!!

I stuck to it and did tonight's workout. ZWOW #26, which was titled: This is Sweat, was a 10 minute interval workout. Do as many reps of the exercise as you can in 30 seconds and move on to the next exercise. I set my Gymboss timer for 10 minutes with a 5 second break in between the 30 second intervals just so I had enough time to write down my reps. 

Here is the link to the workout I did:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqWcz3KgxZI&list=UUrd4Hfglr4EczsLXKdGvCLA&index=2&feature=plcp

This workout consisted of the following exercises and you had to do 2 rounds of each (I'm also posting how many I was able to do in 30 seconds for round 1 and 2):
Plank w/Leg Lift and Jump Up (Left side) - 4, 4
Side Crunch (Left side) - 18, 17
Plank w/Leg Lift and Jump Up (Right side) - 4, 4
Side Crunch (Right side) - 18, 17
Side to Side Squat - 14, 15
Side to Side Push Up - 7, 6
Knee Hugs - 14, 14
Elbow Plank - (held pose for 30 seconds)
Bike Press - 11, 10
Plank Jump - 20, 17

Here are some pics!

Plank w/Leg Lift and Jump Up:

Side Crunch:

Side to Side Squat:

Side to Side Push Ups:

HI MILO!! :)

Knee hugs:

Elbow Plank:

Bike Press:

Plank Jump:

So there you have it! I downloaded "My Fitness Pal" onto my iPhone. It says that I can have 1480 Calories a day. I'll post my food journal and stats next! :) Have a great night!

Go WarriorZ!!!

Love,

Lori

Tonight!!!

Hey everyone! I have completely fallen off track. I have still been eating decent but not writing it down and definitely not working out. 
Its time for change!

Whoo!! Hoo!!! Ordered it the day the website opened! :)

I recently got my hair cut...short!! With cute little colored disconnections! I love it!

On that note, I've also made a huge change in my career path. I have been running my own in home daycare for 4 years now and I have decided to move on and pursue my dream of going to Cosmetology school. I've been accepted at Paul Mitchell The School and my start date is September 17th! I am so excited. I've been doing in home daycare to be home with my kids. Before my divorce, I was a stay at home mom. Now, my kids are 8 and 10. They don't need me at home like they used to. I'm very excited and so are my girls! :)

So two big changes in my life! One of them, completely life changing! So I have decided today, after spotting cellulite on my inner thighs, to get my ass in gear again! I have never had cellulite on my inner thighs! Outer; yes. Butt; yes. But inner thighs?! Why, God, why? 

I have not gained or lost any weight, really. Just sitting at 149 lbs. and hating it. It is time to kick start a diet and get back into doing daily workouts like I was doing. Why did I ever stop?! Grr. So tonight I am doing ZWOW #26! I've eaten healthy so far today but I need to do more. Eating healthy isn't doing it for me. I think I need to actually look into counting calories. Ugh. I'm downloading the "My Fitness Pal" App right now and taking charge of my body. 

When I look at my body, I'm certainly not back to my before pics but I've reverted a little bit. I'm ready to get healthy again! 

Are ya with me?! :)

Have a great night! I'll talk to you later...soon...with my results for tonight's workout.

Love,
Lori

Food Journal (8-1-12)

Quick blog just to show you what I ate on Wednesday!


9:30
1 Bowl of Maple Brown Sugar Quaker oatmeal w/ skim milk
1 Cup of coffee w/1 cream and 1 Splenda


11:00
Turkey sandwich on whole wheat bread and Sweet & Spicy Mustard
A handful of grapes

1:00

Chocolate Chip Frappe from McDonald's. :( Oh, the temptation got to me.

8:00

6 Inch turkey sub on flat bread from Subway; lettuce, tomatoes, green peppers, cucumbers, black olives, light mayo and salt&pepper.

I only managed to drink 1 1/2  24 oz. cups of water.

Busy day! Had a late dinner but, all and all, did pretty good!

Yesterday's journal coming up!

Love,

Lori

ZWOW #25

This workout was titled "Butt Push". Sounds like exactly what I need! :) In this workout, Zuzana decided to try something new. We had to "buy" our way into this one. Not with money. That would be so easy. We had to buy in by doing 30 Burpees. Awesome. Did you sense the sarcasm there? 


No problem! I did it! I finished the whole workout in 16 minutes and 3 Seconds. I'm pretty happy with that considering I've been slacking. I will say, I was absolutely dripping with sweat by the end and I had to sit down in my shower because I felt a little whoosy and sick. Haha! I may have overdone it a bit. :)


Here is the link to the workout I did!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8ZW3v9RStk&list=UUrd4Hfglr4EczsLXKdGvCLA&index=8&feature=plcp


This workout consisted of:
30 Competition Burpees
20 Plyofly
15 Squat Overhead Press
10 Lateral Jump Touch
5 Ab Splitters
3 Rounds (excluding the burpees) for time!


Here are some bad quality pics for you. Sorry it was getting dark so they turned out blurry. :)


Competition Burpees:

 Plyoflies:

 Squat Overhead Presses:

 Lateral Jump Touches:

 Ab Splitters:

Stay tuned for the next couple of  food journals!

Have a great day!

Love,

Lori