Day Four: The only thing keeping me on this cleanse is the weight loss and relatively healthy feeling I have each morning. While I realize I won't retain all of the loss, it has been a great jump start to shedding some lbs and eating better. I'm down 3lbs total since starting this nonsense and while I'm not having the same weight loss results as my cleanse partners in crime {they are both around 10 lbs!} I think it's because I haven't been working out which it recommends. It's so hard to try and balance the morning routine {I'm already getting up at 5am with no time for exercise baked in}, drive to work in the dark and drive home from work in the dark to spend some time with little man & daddy. By the time we get him fed and put down for bed, I'm exhausted and ready for bed myself {if I don't have emails to catch up on from all day meetings at work}. I know...this is just a pile of excuses, but it's the truth and I don't think I anticipated not being able to make time to workout when I started this cleanse...and perhaps I started this too soon after having just returned to work and not having gotten 100% caught up there yet.
5am: 32oz lemon water - room temp of course
7:45am: oatmeal {had to sneak this in before a 4 hour work meeting & a lunch meeting in the buffet following so that I wouldn't fall over from starvation}
8:30am: peppermint herbal tea {refilled in the middle of the meeting}
12pm: blueberry & almond milk smoothie {was supposed to have a lunch meeting at the buffet BUT our morning meeting ran over...it worked in my favor}
2:30pm: raw carrot sticks & green beans & an apple
4:30pm: herbal tea & handful blueberries
7pm: detox chicken & herbal tea
Water: lots today. I would say 80 oz
I look back on the article and for this being the end of day four, I'm not feeling the way she did. I don't have a ton of energy, my skin isn't glowing and I'm still crabby and wondering why I did this damn thing in the first place. At least we're finally over halfway done...
Saturday, January 28, 2012
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Daily Download: Week Two: Thursday
Day Three: Again I woke up feeling great {one of the major pluses of this cleanse...at least so far} this morning. I hopped on the scale and saw that I was down 2 1/2 pounds {total, not just from yesterday} and that got me so excited. I have a number in mind that I want to eventually get to so if I can do so by having done this cleanse, that would make it all worth it.
5:30am: glass room temp water with lemon
7am: peppermint herbal tea
9am: oatmeal with almond milk
{half inclined to walk into my bosses office and sneak a Diet Mt Dew}
11:30am: we had an employee service luncheon today, so I planned ahead and brought my coconut water and herbal tea to "enjoy" while everyone else was feasting. I also snuck some of the shredded raw carrots off the salad they put in front of me {calm down there was no dressing on it yet}. Their meal looked truly amazing, while I was gagging down my coconut water. Man, I really wanted some of that dessert.
Immediately after the luncheon we had a manager's meeting, so I could get my smoothie in, plus I really didn't want my "snack" of cucumber basil and lime juice so I had another herbal tea.
7pm: choked down the last of the miso soup and had a cup of herbal "Calm" tea w/ lemon
I'm beat at this point and going to finish this post and head to bed....well, first I will feed little man, daydream of sweets and then head to bed.
Water: approximately 72oz
5:30am: glass room temp water with lemon
7am: peppermint herbal tea
9am: oatmeal with almond milk
{half inclined to walk into my bosses office and sneak a Diet Mt Dew}
11:30am: we had an employee service luncheon today, so I planned ahead and brought my coconut water and herbal tea to "enjoy" while everyone else was feasting. I also snuck some of the shredded raw carrots off the salad they put in front of me {calm down there was no dressing on it yet}. Their meal looked truly amazing, while I was gagging down my coconut water. Man, I really wanted some of that dessert.
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| While they enjoyed buttered rolls, chicken, roasted potatoes & steamed veggies, I got to drink coconut water & herbal tea {and yes, that is a chocolate Eiffel Tower and truffles in the background next to the bread basket...really} |
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| An amazing chocolate cake w/ fresh fruit |
Immediately after the luncheon we had a manager's meeting, so I could get my smoothie in, plus I really didn't want my "snack" of cucumber basil and lime juice so I had another herbal tea.
7pm: choked down the last of the miso soup and had a cup of herbal "Calm" tea w/ lemon
I'm beat at this point and going to finish this post and head to bed....well, first I will feed little man, daydream of sweets and then head to bed.
Water: approximately 72oz
Daily Download: Week Two: Wednesday
Day Two: I woke up this morning feeling great. I wasn't hungry {surprisingly} and my body felt abnormally good and tight {in a toned way}. I jumped on the scale before my shower and noticed I had lost 1 lb from the prior morning's weigh in session {while I understand this will be hard to maintain, it was pretty damn cool to see!}However, my excitement quickly faded once I got into the swing of my new daily food routine.
5:30am: a hearty breakfast of room temp water with lemon
{Texting with Tessa to give each other a pep talk. It wasn't very peppy}
6:30am: peppermint herbal tea {my stomach was growling at this point}
9am: blueberry/almond milk smoothie - for some reason this tasted way worse today and was difficult to choke down, plus I waited to long to finish it and it was a bit nasty toward the end. That resulted in me throwing away half of it.
{Cue growling tummy}
11:30am: part of the container of coconut water...still not a fan.
{Called Tessa to complain that I want to quit, she was not nearly as positive as yesterday but still a voice of reason.}
3:30pm: drug out lunch as long as I could - detox Teriyaki chicken - because I knew that I really didn't want to eat the miso soup that was outlined as our 4pm snack. My chicken was pretty good - although I didn't have the energy to run upstairs to the microwave at work so I ate it cold....and the fridge here must be cold because parts of my chicken were frozen. Mmmm...chicken popsicles.
7:30pm: finally home from work {stomach growling in my car the entire way} and heated up the miso soup {thought it would be better than the broccoli & arugula soup from the night before}. Choked down part of it and threw the rest out. Made another glass of herbal tea and threw a lemon in it for good measure...quickly drank that and went to bed soon after.
Water: tons of water, more water than I've ever drank, thus lots of bathroom breaks to go along with it.
I am miserable...I agree with the women from the OWH article, the only thing keeping me afloat is looking back on my goals for this cleanse - losing some lbs and proving my husband wrong!
5:30am: a hearty breakfast of room temp water with lemon
{Texting with Tessa to give each other a pep talk. It wasn't very peppy}
6:30am: peppermint herbal tea {my stomach was growling at this point}
9am: blueberry/almond milk smoothie - for some reason this tasted way worse today and was difficult to choke down, plus I waited to long to finish it and it was a bit nasty toward the end. That resulted in me throwing away half of it.
{Cue growling tummy}
11:30am: part of the container of coconut water...still not a fan.
{Called Tessa to complain that I want to quit, she was not nearly as positive as yesterday but still a voice of reason.}
3:30pm: drug out lunch as long as I could - detox Teriyaki chicken - because I knew that I really didn't want to eat the miso soup that was outlined as our 4pm snack. My chicken was pretty good - although I didn't have the energy to run upstairs to the microwave at work so I ate it cold....and the fridge here must be cold because parts of my chicken were frozen. Mmmm...chicken popsicles.
7:30pm: finally home from work {stomach growling in my car the entire way} and heated up the miso soup {thought it would be better than the broccoli & arugula soup from the night before}. Choked down part of it and threw the rest out. Made another glass of herbal tea and threw a lemon in it for good measure...quickly drank that and went to bed soon after.
Water: tons of water, more water than I've ever drank, thus lots of bathroom breaks to go along with it.
I am miserable...I agree with the women from the OWH article, the only thing keeping me afloat is looking back on my goals for this cleanse - losing some lbs and proving my husband wrong!
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Daily Download: Week Two: Tuesday
Day One: Well it's here...day one of the seven day Goop Cleanse. Here is what I started with this morning - each of my carefully planned steps throughout the day. I weighed in right at my pre-preggo weight and will use this number as a guide throughout these seven days to understand if I'm shedding any pounds. I've started this day excited to see if I can finish this cleanse and prove myself {and a few others} wrong.
5am: I woke up and got a glass of room termperature water w/ lemon to drink while I was getting ready for work.
7am: herbal tea {decaf}. I had heated up water for my tea at home and then realized I didn't have a travel mug, so after dropping off little man I hit up Scooter's. I asked if they had a decaf herbal tea, but theirs were all flavored and I didn't think that would fly so I asked for a cup of hot water and then passed my tea bag through the window for them to add to it. Surprisingly they were cool with this. {As I'm drinking my tea, my stomach is growling...when do I get my smoothie?!?!}
9am: I held off as long as I could for my blueberry smoothie {1/2 cup fresh blueberries, 1 1/2 cups almond milk, scoop whey protein powder and scoop Probiotics green powder}. It was pretty decent...until I tried to make it last and it separated. {Note to self: drink quickly}.
12pm: time for a coconut water. I'd had one of these when I was preggo to help with leg cramps and hated it...so I wasn't looking forward to it. It didn't help when I had my co-worker try it first and she basically did everything but throw up in my office. Great...well bottoms up.
1:30pm: lunch time was made up of a salad with mixed spring greens and the carrot & ginger dressing we made. It was ok...not great, but ok.
OMG I need caffiene. I've told everyone in my office space that I'm doing a cleanse {or they've stopped by after hearing me dry heave} so all I could think of is how I could sneak a can of diet mt. dew and open it without the person next to me hearing it....I.can.do.this.
3:30pm: for a snack I got to indulge in a handful of unsalted, boring old pumpkin & sunflower seeds. As sad as it is to say, this was one of the best things of the day...behind the smoothie!
On my way home I had to use all of my will power not to allow my hands to turn the wheel into a gas station to get a diet mt. dew. My head throbbed from a caffiene headache. Surprisingly, I prevailed.
7:30pm: I heated up the broccoli & arugula soup that we prepared Sunday while talking on the phone with Tessa about how miserable I was...fortunately she was the voice of reason to my extremely unreasonable requests to quit. She said she didn't mind the soup and was excited for me to try and tell her what I thought. After getting off the phone, I tried it and did everything I could not to let myself spit it out. I asked Nick if he would try it...and he did...and he complained for 15 minutes about the disgusting taste in his mouth {me: "well, just use those thin mints you were just eating to cover up the taste."}. So I did what any other 30 year old woman would do - I plugged my nose, took a huge swig of almost half the bowl soup and then ditched the rest of it down the drain. I figured it would tide me over until I could feed Cruz and hopefully fall quickly asleep and ignore my growling stomach.
Water: tons of water - close to 80oz I would say
Exercise: none...and don't judge me or you'll get what's coming to you
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| My entire day's intake packaged for work |
5am: I woke up and got a glass of room termperature water w/ lemon to drink while I was getting ready for work.
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| About as filling as it looks |
7am: herbal tea {decaf}. I had heated up water for my tea at home and then realized I didn't have a travel mug, so after dropping off little man I hit up Scooter's. I asked if they had a decaf herbal tea, but theirs were all flavored and I didn't think that would fly so I asked for a cup of hot water and then passed my tea bag through the window for them to add to it. Surprisingly they were cool with this. {As I'm drinking my tea, my stomach is growling...when do I get my smoothie?!?!}
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| Peppermint Herbal Tea |
9am: I held off as long as I could for my blueberry smoothie {1/2 cup fresh blueberries, 1 1/2 cups almond milk, scoop whey protein powder and scoop Probiotics green powder}. It was pretty decent...until I tried to make it last and it separated. {Note to self: drink quickly}.
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| Blueberry Smoothie |
1:30pm: lunch time was made up of a salad with mixed spring greens and the carrot & ginger dressing we made. It was ok...not great, but ok.
OMG I need caffiene. I've told everyone in my office space that I'm doing a cleanse {or they've stopped by after hearing me dry heave} so all I could think of is how I could sneak a can of diet mt. dew and open it without the person next to me hearing it....I.can.do.this.
3:30pm: for a snack I got to indulge in a handful of unsalted, boring old pumpkin & sunflower seeds. As sad as it is to say, this was one of the best things of the day...behind the smoothie!
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| Unsalted sunflower & pumpkin seeds |
7:30pm: I heated up the broccoli & arugula soup that we prepared Sunday while talking on the phone with Tessa about how miserable I was...fortunately she was the voice of reason to my extremely unreasonable requests to quit. She said she didn't mind the soup and was excited for me to try and tell her what I thought. After getting off the phone, I tried it and did everything I could not to let myself spit it out. I asked Nick if he would try it...and he did...and he complained for 15 minutes about the disgusting taste in his mouth {me: "well, just use those thin mints you were just eating to cover up the taste."}. So I did what any other 30 year old woman would do - I plugged my nose, took a huge swig of almost half the bowl soup and then ditched the rest of it down the drain. I figured it would tide me over until I could feed Cruz and hopefully fall quickly asleep and ignore my growling stomach.
Water: tons of water - close to 80oz I would say
Exercise: none...and don't judge me or you'll get what's coming to you
Monday, January 23, 2012
Cleaning Out All The Toxins...Am I Really Going To Do This?
Cleanse...detox...what does that even mean? Clean out the toxins in your body, eat cleaner {i.e. fresh produce with little to no flavor}, eat little to nothing {I can hear my stomach growling now}, workout to sweat out all the junk, sleep as much as possible so I don't have to think about how hungry I am. Tomorrow I'm starting this Goop Cleanse and I'm scared sh*tless.
Last week I read an article in the Omaha World Herald and it got me really pumped up to jump start my get fit routine. Ever since little man was born, I've been telling myself I'm going to get serious about this every week and I've never sustained it, so when I saw this article I knew I had to try it. Fortunately, it doesn't seem to be as barbaric as the Master Cleanse which consists of subsiding on water, lemon & cayenne pepper, but it's not as lax as other cleanses I've seen - you actually get to eat food {not good food}, but solid food. Tessa & I got together yesterday at Whole Foods armed with our massive list of produce, probiotics, coconut waters, etc. It was an overwhelming trip trying to pick out so many different types of vegetables and fruits, most of which I've never heard of. Kale, arugula, garlic, ginger broccoli, scallions, shallots, beets, celery, pears, apples, lemons, limes to name a few. After a couple hours of shopping we headed to her house for a couple hours of cooking every meal and blending every juice to make sure we're making this cleanse as easy as possible...and we were cussing ourselves the entire way.
Fast forward to now....and I'm extremely nervous and wondering what.did.I.get.myself.into? Tomorrow morning is the first day of the seven day detox. I'm nervous I'm going to be starving myself throughout the day, being a crabby you-know-what and despising anyone who is eating normal food and most importantly drinking an ice cold diet soda.
So...why am I doing this?
torture er, cleanse is to buy myself a new pair of skinny jeans. I haven't bought any new jeans this year {due to being pregnant for most of it & then not wanting to buy when I still hadn't gotten rid of the preggo weight}, so I think this will be a great reward at the end of this very long, dark tunnel.
Well, wish me luck. I will be checking in along the way.
Last week I read an article in the Omaha World Herald and it got me really pumped up to jump start my get fit routine. Ever since little man was born, I've been telling myself I'm going to get serious about this every week and I've never sustained it, so when I saw this article I knew I had to try it. Fortunately, it doesn't seem to be as barbaric as the Master Cleanse which consists of subsiding on water, lemon & cayenne pepper, but it's not as lax as other cleanses I've seen - you actually get to eat food {not good food}, but solid food. Tessa & I got together yesterday at Whole Foods armed with our massive list of produce, probiotics, coconut waters, etc. It was an overwhelming trip trying to pick out so many different types of vegetables and fruits, most of which I've never heard of. Kale, arugula, garlic, ginger broccoli, scallions, shallots, beets, celery, pears, apples, lemons, limes to name a few. After a couple hours of shopping we headed to her house for a couple hours of cooking every meal and blending every juice to make sure we're making this cleanse as easy as possible...and we were cussing ourselves the entire way.
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| Our produce pile...never even heard of 1/2 this stuff {Check out Cruzer in the background} |
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| I've never chopped so many vegetables in my life.... my hands were stained red from the beets |
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| We look happy, but that just covers up the fact we were seething mad that we decided to put ourselves through this. |
So...why am I doing this?
- Shed the last few pounds of my pregnancy weight
- Detox my body and start clean
- More energy {not driven by numerous Diet Mt Dews throughout the day}
- Get myself to make healthier food choices...and perhaps discover some new foods that I like to eat
- Nick doesn't think I can do it {thanks, honey}...that's ammunition enough for me to complete it. {Plus I really don't think I can do it...it would be great to prove myself wrong as well.}
Well, wish me luck. I will be checking in along the way.
Daily Download: Week Two: Monday
Whoa...I'm a tired girl today...to the point that I felt myself wanting to drift off on my way to work this morning. As I was crossing the bridge from Omaha to Iowa. Seriously. I woke up with little man at 4:30am to feed him and then got him changed and ready for day care - at this point he was wide awake as was I so he got to experience my morning routine...direct from his seat in his pompesan chair. Fortunately I've only got a half day of work today due to his PT appointment this afternoon, so I know I can make it...even if I'm yawning repeatedly through my meetings this morning.
Breakfast: apple, three Lemonade girl scout cookies {eff it, I'm starting that cleanse tomorrow so I'm going to fill up with some good treats today}
Lunch: La Mesa chimichanga, queso/salsa & chips
Dinner: well I can't really count this as dinner but it happened relatively close to dinner time - we took little man to a movie this afternoon {Contraband = excellent}. Diet Coke & movie theater popcorn was a must!
Beef Jerky & Diet Mt Dew
Water: 10 - 8oz
Tomorrow starts our cleanse....all I can say is O.M.G. If I'm a tab bit short and crabby this week...please don't judge me, it's all the clean foods & lack there of that is causing it!
Breakfast: apple, three Lemonade girl scout cookies {eff it, I'm starting that cleanse tomorrow so I'm going to fill up with some good treats today}
Lunch: La Mesa chimichanga, queso/salsa & chips
Dinner: well I can't really count this as dinner but it happened relatively close to dinner time - we took little man to a movie this afternoon {Contraband = excellent}. Diet Coke & movie theater popcorn was a must!
Beef Jerky & Diet Mt Dew
Water: 10 - 8oz
Tomorrow starts our cleanse....all I can say is O.M.G. If I'm a tab bit short and crabby this week...please don't judge me, it's all the clean foods & lack there of that is causing it!
Daily Download: Week One: Sunday
Woke up after a relaxing night of uninterrupted sleep {sans baby} and hurriedly packed our bags so we could get to Nanu and Grammy's to pick up little man. On the way they asked if we wanted to get brunch {of course, we were starved!} so we headed to Le Peep {our fav}.
Breakfast: egg white omelet w/ cheese, ham & green pepper, bagel w/ cream cheese, vanilla latte
Lunch: since we had brunch, I sort of skipped any type of lunch.
1/4 skinny vanilla latte while shopping at Whole Foods
Dinner: 1/2 Jimmy John's Vito sandwich with meat, cheese, lettuce, onions and vinaigarette, Diet Mt. Dew
Sampled our meal plan for the Goop Cleanse - but let me tell you this definitely wasn't a treat. I'm not sure how I'm going to survive on this rabbit food.
Water: 6 - 8oz
Exercise: nada, zip, zilch...but I felt as exhausted as I'd run a marathon after all of the running around we did to collect groceries and cook for the cleanse my sister, her hubby and I are starting this week. More to come on this absolute craziness...
Breakfast: egg white omelet w/ cheese, ham & green pepper, bagel w/ cream cheese, vanilla latte
Lunch: since we had brunch, I sort of skipped any type of lunch.
1/4 skinny vanilla latte while shopping at Whole Foods
Dinner: 1/2 Jimmy John's Vito sandwich with meat, cheese, lettuce, onions and vinaigarette, Diet Mt. Dew
Sampled our meal plan for the Goop Cleanse - but let me tell you this definitely wasn't a treat. I'm not sure how I'm going to survive on this rabbit food.
Water: 6 - 8oz
Exercise: nada, zip, zilch...but I felt as exhausted as I'd run a marathon after all of the running around we did to collect groceries and cook for the cleanse my sister, her hubby and I are starting this week. More to come on this absolute craziness...
Daily Download: Week One: Saturday
A bit delayed in posting this, but it was a busy weekend! Originally Nick & I were supposed to go to a wedding out of town, but plans changed and we decided to get a hotel room downtown and hit a friend's surprise birthday party {we already had a sitter so we had to take advantage}. Remember this was my cheat day, so be prepared...
Breakfast: glass of skim milk
Beef Jerky {can you say addicted?!}
Lunch: at 1:30pm we went to DJs Dugout-Downtown before the Creighton basketball game & shared a plate of chicken nachos w/ cheese {lots of it!}, lettuce, tomatoes, jalapenos & corn chips, 2 Corona Lights
At the game, I had a draft Bud Light, a Diet Pepsi, 2 handfuls popcorn, 2 handfuls shelled peanuts. Creighton won pretty easily but it was still a great game.
Dinner: we had a hotel at Midtown Crossing so we hit Crave for a quick dinner before heading to the party. I had two glasses Pinot Noir, a cup of chicken & wild rice soup in light broth and a mixed greens side salad with goat cheese and balsamic.
At the surprise party I had two Corona's, a Diet Pepsi and lots of water - what was supposed to be a night of partying it up without having to get up with the little guy, turned into this girl just doesn't love drinking as much as she used to. {BUT I felt great the next morning....can't say that much for my hubby!}Also snacked on some pretzels and tortilla chips.
Exercise: I only got 20 minutes on the treadmill before Nick came down to get me because little man was awake and he needed some more sleep - better than nothing, but I barely got my heart rate up.
Breakfast: glass of skim milk
Beef Jerky {can you say addicted?!}
Lunch: at 1:30pm we went to DJs Dugout-Downtown before the Creighton basketball game & shared a plate of chicken nachos w/ cheese {lots of it!}, lettuce, tomatoes, jalapenos & corn chips, 2 Corona Lights
At the game, I had a draft Bud Light, a Diet Pepsi, 2 handfuls popcorn, 2 handfuls shelled peanuts. Creighton won pretty easily but it was still a great game.
Dinner: we had a hotel at Midtown Crossing so we hit Crave for a quick dinner before heading to the party. I had two glasses Pinot Noir, a cup of chicken & wild rice soup in light broth and a mixed greens side salad with goat cheese and balsamic.
At the surprise party I had two Corona's, a Diet Pepsi and lots of water - what was supposed to be a night of partying it up without having to get up with the little guy, turned into this girl just doesn't love drinking as much as she used to. {BUT I felt great the next morning....can't say that much for my hubby!}Also snacked on some pretzels and tortilla chips.
Exercise: I only got 20 minutes on the treadmill before Nick came down to get me because little man was awake and he needed some more sleep - better than nothing, but I barely got my heart rate up.
Friday, January 20, 2012
Daily Download: Week One: Friday
Lazy butt here didn't get out of bed to work out this morning {or at least early enough} because I forgot about an 8am meeting I had this morning...which means no workout. Ugh...
Breakfast: Skim milk with high protein slim fast, apple
Bottle Diet Mt. Dew
Lunch: it was breakfast day at work to celebrate employee service scores and I really wanted pancakes and one of those biscuits w/ the white gravy and a chocolate muffin...BUT I settled for an omelet with ham, cheese & green pepper {egg whites weren't an option & cheese was a must today}, a banana and a piece of bacon {this can only be defined as a moment of weakness b/c I don't even like bacon!}
Needed something sweet afterwards and found some laffy taffys in my office that I'd stashed when I was pregnant...stuck a cherry one in my mouth, chewed it and then spit it out because it was too hard and didn't taste right. However, I might have stumbled upon a new trick - put all of the fatty treats {that I crave} in my mouth, chew them and get some of the flavor & then spit them out so I don't retain the fat/calories {has anyone seen that SATC episode??}. I get the all the flavor and not the inevitable cellulite. Hmmm... :)
Teryaki beef jerky for a snack
Dinner: chicken noodle soup w/ crackers, chicken salad
Piece of dark chocolate w/ blueberries, cranberries & almonds
Water: 7 - 8oz
Exercise: now it's late...and I'm going to bed because if I worked out now I would be amped up and I need sleep.
Breakfast: Skim milk with high protein slim fast, apple
Bottle Diet Mt. Dew
Lunch: it was breakfast day at work to celebrate employee service scores and I really wanted pancakes and one of those biscuits w/ the white gravy and a chocolate muffin...BUT I settled for an omelet with ham, cheese & green pepper {egg whites weren't an option & cheese was a must today}, a banana and a piece of bacon {this can only be defined as a moment of weakness b/c I don't even like bacon!}
Needed something sweet afterwards and found some laffy taffys in my office that I'd stashed when I was pregnant...stuck a cherry one in my mouth, chewed it and then spit it out because it was too hard and didn't taste right. However, I might have stumbled upon a new trick - put all of the fatty treats {that I crave} in my mouth, chew them and get some of the flavor & then spit them out so I don't retain the fat/calories {has anyone seen that SATC episode??}. I get the all the flavor and not the inevitable cellulite. Hmmm... :)
Teryaki beef jerky for a snack
Dinner: chicken noodle soup w/ crackers, chicken salad
Piece of dark chocolate w/ blueberries, cranberries & almonds
Water: 7 - 8oz
Exercise: now it's late...and I'm going to bed because if I worked out now I would be amped up and I need sleep.
My {Bad} Habits During Pregnancy
I had told myself I wasn't going to become one of those girls who ate everything in sight when I became pregnant...and I tried not to {well, a bit half assed}. I also tried to be relatively healthy {I use this term loosely} for the baby. BUT I had major cravings for things that I cannot believe I actually ate {and a lot of}. Here's a little snapshot:
....at least not until my cheat day!
- Hostess Cupcakes - these little guys were my favorite and the most long lasting craving during my pregnancy. I bought them by the box {or two} and loved having them as a 'before bed' snack...mmm...
- Movie Theater Popcorn - we love to go to movies and when I was preggo we were going to a movie a week basically and one of the main reasons we sat through some crappy movies was due to its melted buttery goodness. I love me a big pop and a vat of popcorn to go along with it.
- Hostess Pudding Pies - I hadn't had one of these suckers since I was living at home when after church we got to stop at our local Foodtown and pick out a "treat"...flash forward to four month preggo Katie and I was stopping at the gas station just to pick one of these up...seriously...it was embarrassing.
- RF Oreos - toward the end of my pregnancy, this was my chocolatey snack of choice....dipped in a big glass of skim milk.
....at least not until my cheat day!
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Daily Download: Week One: Thursday
Working out this morning was not in the cards...little man had a bad night with this congestion and runny nose junk that won't go away and was up quite a bit. {this is harder than I thought...}
Breakfast: skim milk w/ slim fast protein around 6am
9am egg white omelet w/ ham & green pepper, two pieces wheat toast w/ butter, fresh fruit
Lunch: at 2pm had a Healthy Choice Fresh Mixer - it was the margherita kind and really good and just the right size. Also, snuck in my Diet Mt Dew.
Smoothie with orange juice, fresh bananas & strawberries with whey protein
Dinner: chicken noodle soup w/ crackers, 2 glasses chardonnay {this was awesome after a long day...but not part of my get healthier plan}
2 handfuls Pirate's Booty White Cheddar popcorn + a handful of Baked Doritos {originally it was the popcorn...then decided I was going to grab another handful and opened up the doritos...I blame the wine for this.}
Water: 6 - 8oz
Exercise: fail....had work to finish up tonight after little man went to bed and now it's straight to bed for me too...
Breakfast: skim milk w/ slim fast protein around 6am
9am egg white omelet w/ ham & green pepper, two pieces wheat toast w/ butter, fresh fruit
Lunch: at 2pm had a Healthy Choice Fresh Mixer - it was the margherita kind and really good and just the right size. Also, snuck in my Diet Mt Dew.
Smoothie with orange juice, fresh bananas & strawberries with whey protein
Dinner: chicken noodle soup w/ crackers, 2 glasses chardonnay {this was awesome after a long day...but not part of my get healthier plan}
2 handfuls Pirate's Booty White Cheddar popcorn + a handful of Baked Doritos {originally it was the popcorn...then decided I was going to grab another handful and opened up the doritos...I blame the wine for this.}
Water: 6 - 8oz
Exercise: fail....had work to finish up tonight after little man went to bed and now it's straight to bed for me too...
A Picture's Worth A Thousand Words
This weekend I'm going to work up the courage to take a photo of my "now" body and then progressively through this experience I'm going to snap a few more to see how I've come along. I initially thought about sharing them here...BUT I've decided that is a bit too much for me to handle. There is no reason for you to see the jiggle in my belly and that stubborn linea nigra that just.won't.go.away...
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Daily Download: Week One: Wednesday
Little man made it a very easy night on us last night, plus it didn't hurt that we got to bed by 10pm. He slept 6 hours from 8:30pm - 2:30am, when I got up to feed him. During these morning feedings, I don't need to engage with him as much since I need him to go back to sleep {and he's usually sleeping through the bottle anyway} so I had a chance to read my new issue of Shape magazine and there was some great information in there {will share a couple tidbits that I took away later - some great reading!}.
Breakfast: had a slim fast protein shake on the way to work {not because I'm on the slimfast diet, but because I didn't have anything else good for breakfast and it was in the cupboard, plus it gives me my skim milk in the morning}. Around 9:30am I had two hard boiled eggs.
Diet Mt Dew {unfortunately my caffeine is still a must}
Late morning these little devils were delivered to my office {I always buy from my employee's kids} and were staring at me until I finally walked them down to the host office and left them for everyone else. Last year, I devoured a whole box of those lemonade cookies in a two day span...not going to risk repeating that again.
Lunch: remainder of chicken salad from dinner last night. Chicken, celery, hard boiled eggs, mustard and a dollop of light mayo - no bread or crackers.
...all I can think about is walking all the way down to the Host office to shove a couple of cookies into my mouth. Need.Will.Power.
Diet Mt Dew & teryaki beef jerky
Dinner: 1/2 vegetarian enchilada I made the other night from my Cooking Light cookbook
Water: 8 - 8oz
Exercise: drug myself out of bed by 5am for my girl Tracy Anderson...I really enjoy this workout, but find it hard to believe that after gaining 60lbs with her son a couple years ago that she has a body like that. Unless she's some type of superwoman or something...
I have to say I'm pretty impressed that I did not give in to my cookie craving...now it's out of sight, out of mind.
Breakfast: had a slim fast protein shake on the way to work {not because I'm on the slimfast diet, but because I didn't have anything else good for breakfast and it was in the cupboard, plus it gives me my skim milk in the morning}. Around 9:30am I had two hard boiled eggs.
Diet Mt Dew {unfortunately my caffeine is still a must}
Late morning these little devils were delivered to my office {I always buy from my employee's kids} and were staring at me until I finally walked them down to the host office and left them for everyone else. Last year, I devoured a whole box of those lemonade cookies in a two day span...not going to risk repeating that again.
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| Lemonades & Thin Mints...oh my! |
Lunch: remainder of chicken salad from dinner last night. Chicken, celery, hard boiled eggs, mustard and a dollop of light mayo - no bread or crackers.
...all I can think about is walking all the way down to the Host office to shove a couple of cookies into my mouth. Need.Will.Power.
Diet Mt Dew & teryaki beef jerky
Dinner: 1/2 vegetarian enchilada I made the other night from my Cooking Light cookbook
Water: 8 - 8oz
Exercise: drug myself out of bed by 5am for my girl Tracy Anderson...I really enjoy this workout, but find it hard to believe that after gaining 60lbs with her son a couple years ago that she has a body like that. Unless she's some type of superwoman or something...
I have to say I'm pretty impressed that I did not give in to my cookie craving...now it's out of sight, out of mind.
A Little Bit About Me
Contrary to what you might think {or what the title may convey}, I'm not planning to starve myself to accomplish my goals here. However, I thought I should be realistic in titling this blog since I know quite often throughout this time I will feel like I'm starving myself...I'm quite dramatic when I'm hungry.
Here is a bit about me:
Here is a bit about me:
- I
lovelike running outdoors and I despise the treadmill that has taken up residence in my basement. What this means...the weather needs to improve so I can keep up with my cardio plans. - I really enjoy eating and I've already decided I'm going to need cheat days to make this work. I'm planning on one cheat day a week where I can eat what I want...within reason {I know...I'm already predicting I will fail, but I know me and I can't quit cold turkey}. Most often on these cheat days you will find me eating a La Mesa chicken chimichanga, some form of Italian food, munching on some cheese or bread or enjoying a big vat of movie theater popcorn...to name a few.
- One of my favorite things to do is unwind with a glass of wine after work...however since I assume they mean an actual serving of wine {generally 1-2oz}, then my wine glass that holds almost a bottle of wine doesn't count and will only add unncessary calories. Because of this, I will no longer be having a glass of wine after work during the week. This will be hard.
- And because of the above, I've decided that I'm not giving up Diet Mt. Dew right away. I had been relatively good during my pregnancy and refrained from too much caffeine. Once I had little man, though, it seems I felt I needed to make up for the previous nine months. During my maternity leave, it was nothing for me to drink a 32oz Diet Mt. Dew and then have a can later in the day. I needed caffeine to operate because I've never been a good napper. It's due to this that I will not be giving it up right away - with my new sleep schedule mixed with getting up in the mornings by 6am {more often earlier}and trying to work out more, caffeine will be a must.
- I really wish I had a workout buddy. Without, I get very bored and never seem to push myself as hard as I should. BUT it's hard to find a workout buddy when you can't nail down a time to work out each day due to having a new baby. I see this changing once our little guy hits 3 months and I can bring him to the gym's kid area. As much as I don't want to waste any minutes I get to spend with my little man, having time to myself and being able to take care of myself is extremely important.
- I'm not looking to lose a bunch of weight here but I still have a few post preggo pounds to shed...give or take 3lbs. I want to tone up and get back into running mode {no more sideaches and getting winded after a couple miles}.
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Daily Download: Week One: Tuesday
Around 1:30am this morning during my Cruzer feeding, my stomach was growling and I thought when I finished I would grab a glass of milk, but after I put him down exhaustion got the best of me and I couldn't drag myself into the kitchen so I made myself fall asleep. By morning, I was better.
Today was a bit of a tough day at work with back to back meetings and having to give bad news to some of my employees at work....all I could think of was getting home, kissing my son and grabbing a glass of wine to unwind.
Breakfast: Banana around 6am
9am Breakfast meeting - egg white omelet w/ ham, grn pepper {I actually got it without cheese!}, 1 piece wheat toast w/ butter & fresh fruit
Lunch: snuck in 1/2 a bowl of chicken noodle soup w/ Tony Chachere's
Dinner: made Nick mostaccoli w/ parm cheese while I feasted on chicken salad with mustard, celery and hard boiled eggs
Poured a glass of wine...had two drinks and then decided that it wasn't worth it. Poured the wine back into the bottle {classy, I know} and then got myself a big glass of skim milk.
Water: 5 - 8 oz glasses
Exercise: my alarm was set for 5am this morning, but since I didn't get much sleep last night I couldn't get up that early. Woke up at 5:30am instead and starting getting ready for work and little man ready for day care. After a busy day at work the last thing I want to do is workout...I may sneak in some abs and legs before bed...or maybe not.
Today was a bit of a tough day at work with back to back meetings and having to give bad news to some of my employees at work....all I could think of was getting home, kissing my son and grabbing a glass of wine to unwind.
Breakfast: Banana around 6am
9am Breakfast meeting - egg white omelet w/ ham, grn pepper {I actually got it without cheese!}, 1 piece wheat toast w/ butter & fresh fruit
Lunch: snuck in 1/2 a bowl of chicken noodle soup w/ Tony Chachere's
Dinner: made Nick mostaccoli w/ parm cheese while I feasted on chicken salad with mustard, celery and hard boiled eggs
Poured a glass of wine...had two drinks and then decided that it wasn't worth it. Poured the wine back into the bottle {classy, I know} and then got myself a big glass of skim milk.
Water: 5 - 8 oz glasses
Exercise: my alarm was set for 5am this morning, but since I didn't get much sleep last night I couldn't get up that early. Woke up at 5:30am instead and starting getting ready for work and little man ready for day care. After a busy day at work the last thing I want to do is workout...I may sneak in some abs and legs before bed...or maybe not.
Monday, January 16, 2012
Daily Download: Week One: Monday
The first day of the rest of my life...feeling good this morning. Didn't get up in time for a morning workout before work...little man had a bad night...very congested which kept him {and me} up quite a bit.
Breakfast: 3 cutie oranges, 2 hard boiled eggs
3/4 Bottle Diet Mt. Dew
Lunch: Mr. Goodcents ham sandwich on wheat w/ green peppers, banana peppers & mustard, BBQ Baked Lays
Dinner: one vegetarian enchilada, can Diet Mt. Dew. New Recipe {see below}! I got the new Cooking Light cookbook and decided to check out a recipe for meatless enchiladas. They were pretty yummy...next time I will use less enchilada sauce {maybe the recommended amount would've been good}. Plus all in they only took about 25 minutes.
Banana
Exercise: 2 mile run/walk {damn sideache!}, 5 hills @ Black Elk Park, Tracy Anderson Post Baby Workout
Water: 6 - 8oz {this is going to be a big focus...need more H20!}
Vegetartian Enchilada Recipe: serving size 4 enchiladas. 4 whole wheat flour tortillas. Can FF spicy refried beans. 1 cup Morningstar meatless ground. RF shredded cheese. 3/4 cup enchilada sauce. Take one tortilla and spread 3 tablespoons refried beans {leave 3/4 inch along the sides of the tortilla}. Sprinkle 1/4 cup meatless ground down the middle of the tortilla. Roll the tortilla up and place it seam down in an 8-inch glass cooking dish. Repeat with the other three tortillas. Cover with enchilada sauce and sprinkle cheese. Bake at 400 degrees for 15 minutes or until cheese is melted. Enjoy!
All in, today was a great start to my new lifestyle. Tomorrow is Tuesday so let's see what's in store!
Breakfast: 3 cutie oranges, 2 hard boiled eggs
3/4 Bottle Diet Mt. Dew
Lunch: Mr. Goodcents ham sandwich on wheat w/ green peppers, banana peppers & mustard, BBQ Baked Lays
Dinner: one vegetarian enchilada, can Diet Mt. Dew. New Recipe {see below}! I got the new Cooking Light cookbook and decided to check out a recipe for meatless enchiladas. They were pretty yummy...next time I will use less enchilada sauce {maybe the recommended amount would've been good}. Plus all in they only took about 25 minutes.
Banana
Exercise: 2 mile run/walk {damn sideache!}, 5 hills @ Black Elk Park, Tracy Anderson Post Baby Workout
Water: 6 - 8oz {this is going to be a big focus...need more H20!}
Vegetartian Enchilada Recipe: serving size 4 enchiladas. 4 whole wheat flour tortillas. Can FF spicy refried beans. 1 cup Morningstar meatless ground. RF shredded cheese. 3/4 cup enchilada sauce. Take one tortilla and spread 3 tablespoons refried beans {leave 3/4 inch along the sides of the tortilla}. Sprinkle 1/4 cup meatless ground down the middle of the tortilla. Roll the tortilla up and place it seam down in an 8-inch glass cooking dish. Repeat with the other three tortillas. Cover with enchilada sauce and sprinkle cheese. Bake at 400 degrees for 15 minutes or until cheese is melted. Enjoy!
All in, today was a great start to my new lifestyle. Tomorrow is Tuesday so let's see what's in store!
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Where To Start...
Here lies my attempt to eat better, exercise more and live healthier. I am that girl who spends her weekend eating {and drinking} badly, swearing to myself that I will do better starting Monday and then going back to my old ways by Thursday, ok Tuesday {if I'm going to do this, I need to be honest with myself}.
I've always heard that you need to journal what you eat each day {EVERYTHING you eat each day....you can't leave out that handful of mini Twix you quickly shoveled in your mouth & wish you could forget} or you won't hold yourself accountable and make change, so that's what I'm doing here, as well as documenting my exercise and overall healthy habits.
Why am I doing this, you may ask? I recently had a gorgeous baby boy {so as you can imagine my body isn't what it used to be}...and prior to that I simply had started getting older {so as you can imagine my body wasn't what it used to be} and I miss it....dearly. Most recently, I have a smooshy stomach {completely worth it, but still not cool}, my inner thighs seem to have gotten considerably larger and my arms are flabbier. I gained 19 lbs with little man and while that isn't a huge amount overall, its still a big change to your body. I used to be part of that group of people who didn't have to work hard to have a reasonably decent body {trust me all you young 'uns, it does change}, but once I got to twenty-five or so, I started to see my body change and since I didn't change my bad habits its progressively gotten worse.
So...I've made a pact with myself that I'm going to start working on my fitness and get my body back into tiptop shape. Let's do this!
I've always heard that you need to journal what you eat each day {EVERYTHING you eat each day....you can't leave out that handful of mini Twix you quickly shoveled in your mouth & wish you could forget} or you won't hold yourself accountable and make change, so that's what I'm doing here, as well as documenting my exercise and overall healthy habits.
Why am I doing this, you may ask? I recently had a gorgeous baby boy {so as you can imagine my body isn't what it used to be}...and prior to that I simply had started getting older {so as you can imagine my body wasn't what it used to be} and I miss it....dearly. Most recently, I have a smooshy stomach {completely worth it, but still not cool}, my inner thighs seem to have gotten considerably larger and my arms are flabbier. I gained 19 lbs with little man and while that isn't a huge amount overall, its still a big change to your body. I used to be part of that group of people who didn't have to work hard to have a reasonably decent body {trust me all you young 'uns, it does change}, but once I got to twenty-five or so, I started to see my body change and since I didn't change my bad habits its progressively gotten worse.
So...I've made a pact with myself that I'm going to start working on my fitness and get my body back into tiptop shape. Let's do this!
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