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!
Monday, January 23, 2012
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...
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