food&fitness!

NOV. 7

yesterday i slept most of the day due to my pneumonia…i also didn’t have much of an appetite.

FOOD!

• breakfast: lower sugar maple brown sugar oatmeal
• afternoon snack: string cheese and a yogurt
• dinner: edamame and a cucumber roll
• dessert: only 8 frozen yogurt and popcorn

FITNESS!

• i did some weights for about 20 minutes but even that exhausted me so i just rested the rest of the day.

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NOV. 5

FOOD!

• breakfast: rice cake with peanut butter and a strawberry smoothie
• lunch: 6in veggie delight with some lays light chips
• afternoon snack: rice cake with peanut butter and cottage cheese (not together obviously) and some mangos
• dinner: baked potato
• dessert: mug of low fat frozen yogurt

FITNESS!

• biked for 30 minutes (8.23 miles)
• ran for 10 minutes (1 mile)
• swam for 35 minutes (1500 yards)
• total time: 75 minutes
• total ECB: 500

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NOV. 3

FOOD!

• breakfast: rice cake, kashi caramel chocolate bar, mangos with whipped cream (i like whipped cream)
• lunch: turkey burger, spinach salad, unsweetened applesauce
• afternoon snack: hot chocolate and some peanut butter
• dinner: an orange mango vivanno (i have these at work when i work through a meal)
• dessert:

FITNESS!

• 20 minutes on the stationary bike kinda slow but on a high resistance (+ a 5 minute cool down) – it was really hard today for some reason…oh well.
• 15 minutes on the row machine
• weight training class: we talked about grades, got our tests back, and then just ran sprints for a few minutes…nothing too hard so im not counting it
• total time: 40 minutes
• total ECB: 300

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NOV. 2

FOOD!

• breakfast: 2 pieces of toast (1 with apricot jelly and 1 cinnamon sugar), and an egg with a tiny bit of cheese and ketchup
• morning snack: rice cake with honey and a short vanilla cream
• lunch: a bag of trail mix and an orange mango vivanno
• afternoon snack: a few pita chips with hummus, a sip of jessica’s peanut butter banana vivanno, turkey slices, and a cheese stick
• dinner: a turkey burger and steamed broccoli
• dessert: moosetracks frozen yogurt with some whipped cream

FITNESS!

• 20 minutes of yoga
• 45 minute “shape & burn” workout
• total time: 1 hour 5 minutes
• total ECB: 250

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NOV. 1

FOOD!

• breakfast: lower sugar maple brown sugar oatmeal and a short nonfat sugar free vanilla misto
• lunch: cucumber sandwich, strawberry yogurt, and a cheddar cheese stick
• snacks: cottage cheese and some popcorn
• dinner: an apple and a salad
• dessert: moosetracks frozen yogurt

FITNESS!

• 30 minutes on the stationary bike kinda slow but on a high resistance (+ a 5 minute cool down)
• 15 minutes on the row machine
• 15 minutes on the stair elliptical thing (+ a 5 minute cool down)
• total time: 1 hour 10 minutes
• total (estimated) calories burned (ECB): 550

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OCT. 31

my last hoorah before i get down to serious business!

FOOD!

• breakfast:lower sugar maple brown sugar oatmeal and a short vanilla cream
• snack: a sample cup of left over vivanno
• lunch: a frozen lean cuisine: turkey and green beans
• snack: lots of candy at work (a customer brought some to us)
• more snacks: strawberry yogurt with granola, a banana, and a cup of soy milk…and a couple more pieces of candy
• dinner: grilled cheese and applesauce
• dessert: more candy of course
• late night snack: (when i meant my last hoorah i meant it) an elegant meal of sonic french fries and a glass of wine…oh goodness.

FITNESS!

• nothing!

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OCT. 30

ok…i havent been doing this because im sort of ashamed of how i’ve been eating.  but i decided today right here and right now that i am going to put whatever i eat on here.  it really will keep me accountable because i don’t really want to say that i ate like 30 pieces of candy in one sitting like i did the other night…that’s just sad.  so anyway…i am going to try to be super serious about eating healthy and exercising.  starting right now!

FOOD!

• breakfast: lower sugar apples & cinnamon oatmeal and a cup of steamed vanilla milk
• lunch: apple, sliced turkey, cheddar cheese stick, and peanut butter
• afternoon snacks: caramel corn rice cake with peanut butter and an unsweetened applesauce
• dinner: a bowl of veggie chili with just a bit of cheese and low fat sour cream (it was amazing chili…my mom’s chili cookoff winner recipe…minus the turkey add squash and zucchini)
• dessert: 3 smarties tubes, 2 dum dums, 1 caramel chew, bowl of mangos and pineapple with lots of lite whipped cream, another rice cake and some honey

im going to eat candy today (obviously) and tomorrow…come on…it’s halloween.  then barely any candy from then on!

FITNESS!

• 30 minutes on the stationary bike kinda slow but on a high resistance (+ a 5 minute cool down)
• 15 minutes on the row machine
• 15 minutes on the treadmill: walking at 4mph on an 8 (50%) incline (+ a 5 minute cool down)
• 15 minutes on this weird machine that doesn’t have a name…it’s kinda like an elliptical but not (+ a 5 minute cool down)
• total time: 1.5 hours
• total (estimated) calories burned: 615

yesterday i worked out hard too: i did 30 minutes on the bike, weight training class, 30 minutes on the treadmill (15 running/15 inclined walking), and 30 minutes of swimming.

woohoo for getting in shape!  if only i can stick with it!

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OCT. 15

FOOD!

• breakfast: quaker oatmeal breakfast cookie, 2 slices of whole wheat bread (in toast form): one was cinnamon sugar and one was strawberry jelly, and hot chocolate
• snack: unsweetened applesauce, 10 wasabi soy sauce almonds
• lunch: tortilla pepper pizza (1 tortilla topped with mushrooms, onions, jalapeno, tomatoes, green onion, and cheddar cheese)
• snack/dinner: edy’s strawberry fruit bar, graham crackers with pumpkin dip, squash bread, a few apple slices, a few nuts, a couple cheese cubes, a couple squares of bread, and a short coffee (i went up to the church for something and they were having snacks for preacher appreciation…then i went to whole foods to do some grocery shopping and snacked on some free samples…then i went to starbucks and got a coffee)
• dessert: a bowl of berries, mangos, and peaches

FITNESS!

• 75 minutes on the treadmill/550 calories burned…here’s the breakdown
  - 5 minute warm up/no incline/4 mph = 17 calories
  - 60 minute workout (breakdown of that)
  —- 15 minutes/8 incline/4 mph
  —- 15 minutes/no incline/ 6 mph = 250 calories
  —- 15 minutes/8 incline/4 mph
  —- 15 minutes/no incline/6 mph = 250 calories
  - 10 minute cool down/no incline/3 – 4 mph = 33 calories
• yesterday i did an hour on the bike and burned 400 calories

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OCT. 8

yikes!  im already slacking!
im nipping that in the bud. 
i ate like crap today so im not even going to put it on here…we had dinner at moes and i ate lots of greasy bbq.  it was delicious of course but i regret it already…oh well…what’s done is done.

FITNESS!

• walked on the treadmill for 30 minutes = speed: 4 mph; incline: 8
• weight training class: 45 minutes of a mixture of jogging, abs, jumping, medicine balls, and free weights. fun times. 

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OCT. 4

FOOD!

like i said in my blog…i ate waaaay too much peanut butter this week…i am cutting back.

• breakfast: tall coffee with one little class=”mceItemHidden”> half & half thing and some pure via sugar and a kashi breakfast bar
• lunch: PB&J (100% whole wheat bread, all natural peanut butter, polaner all natural apricot jelly) and an apple
• snack: 1 jaw breaker and 1 cup of pineapple chunks
• dinner: a starbucks orange mango vivanno with match (green tea) powder
• dessert: a 100 calorie pack of chocolate cookies and 1 cup of organic lite vanilla soy milk
• peanut butter!  lots and lots i probably had around 4 or 5 tbps…yikes.

FITNESS!

i usually try to run on sunday mornings before church but today was cold and rainy so i didn’t.

• 10 minute abs video, 10 minute cardio video, 10 minute lower body

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OCT. 3

FOOD!

• breakfast: 3/4 cup sliced bananas, caramel rice cake with 1/2 tbsp of all natural peanut butter, packet of lower sugar apple and cinnamon oatmeal
• lunch: lean cuisin shrimp and angel hair pasta
• snack: another caramel rice cake…only this time with 2 tbsp of peanut butter, string cheese
• dinner: grilled ham and cheese sandwich with jalapeno (100% whole wheat bread with 1/2 tbsp smart balance butter, 1 slice mild cheddar cheese, 2 slices of thin sliced ham, 1 tbsp of diced jalapenos), 1/2 serving of pretzel sticks with mustard, a small spinach salad with white balsamic vinegar
• snack: some chocolate, 1 jaw breaker, 4 peanut butter kisses, sugar free candies…i kinda like candy
• dessert: 3/4 cup of mango chunks topped with some lite whipped cream

FITNESS!

• none…this was my rest day.  i did stand for 7 hours at work though…and helped casey rearrange the house…that counts for something.

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OCT. 2

im not even going to talk about what i ate in philly. 
i ate way toooo much…it would be embarrassing to put it on here.
i seriously gained 3 pounds while i was there…ugh.

im also not going to go back and talk about what i ate after i got back because that’s too much trouble.

FOOD!

• breakfast: 1/3  cup of pineapple chunks, 1 packet of lower sugar apples and cinnamon oatmeal
• snack: handful of chocolate pieces
• lunch: 1/2 of egg stirs with 1 tbsp of ketchup and 1 tsp of parmesan cheese
• snack: 4 sugar free hand candies, 2 tbsp of all natural peanut butter, 2 peanut butter kisses
• dinner: 2oz black pepper rosemary chicken, 1 cup steamed broccoli, 1/2 cup spinach with 1 tbsp caesar italian dressing, 1 mini margarita pizza (1/2 whole wheat english muffin, with 1/2 tsp olive oil, basil, 1 slice tomato, and 1 tbsp mozzarella cheese)
• dessert: 3oz mango chunks and 3oz sliced bananas

FITNESS!

• tuesday – treadmill: 5 minute warm up at 4mph on an 4 incline (highest include is 15), 30 minutes at 4mph on an 8 incline, increased up to a 10 incline every 5th minute, 5 minute cool down; weight training class: 5 minute warm up jog, abs, jogged a mile, lifted for 30 minutes
• wednesday – 10 minute abs video, 10 minute lower body video, 10 minute total body video, ran 1.5 miles
• thursday – stationary bike: 5 minute warm up (stayed above 50rpm), 30 minutes alternating  every 5 minutes between cardio (above 80rpm) and fat burn (above 60rpm), 5 minute cool down; weight training class: 5 minute warm up jog, stretching, lifted for 30 minutes, jogged a mile
• friday – 10 minute cardio video, 10 minute lower body video, 30 minute of random stuff with an exercise ball and free weights

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PHILLY!

woohoo we are in philly.
good times.  i’m not too worried about the food situation anymore.  gene and laura have lots and lots of veggies and we went to whole foods so i got some fruit, veggie burgers, and yogurt.  so at least now i know i don’t have to eat out EVERY meal. 

FOOD!

• breakfast: granola bar and starbucks via coffee.
• snack: 100 calorie cracker packet on the plane
• lunch: shrimp fajitas (just 3 shrimp with lots of the veggies and no tortilla) and some mexican rice
• snack:16oz honey lemon ginger iced tea and some raw sugar cubes from a cute cafe
• dinner:4oz of grilled pepper/rosemary chicken, steamed broccoli, 1/2 cup of mashed potatoes, and a salad with some really awesome tahini dressing
• dessert: a couple pieces of dark chocolate and 1/2 cup of vanilla ice cream (yes, real vanilla bean ice cream!).

FITNESS!

• nothing!  we did walk quite a way to the cafe to get iced tea and iced coffee though…so that counts for something i guess.

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FOOD&FITNESS

hello there this blog is going to be about food…and fitness! 
let me start out by saying that i don’t really expect anyone to be super interested in what i eat and how i work out.  this blog is more for my own benefit…mostly to keep myself accountable.  i’ll just be posting what kind of things i eat and what how i work out.  one reason i want to start blogging about this is that i think it will sort of force me to add variety to my diet and excercise so that i don’t have to type the same things every time.  the other reasons are personal and boring so i’ll spare myself from typing and you from reading. 

i’ll be posting recipes as well for you all to steal and try!  i’ll link to the recipes on my other blog so that you don’t have to keep checking here since it will mostly be boring stuff. 

so…lately i’ve kinda started to slack off on eating healthy and working out.  also, since starting at starbucks in april, i’ve gained 5 lbs!  i know that’s only 1 pound a month but still.  so i’ve decided to give up starbucks pastries cold turkey.  i don’t eat that much of them…i just eat little pieces and crumbs here and there but obviously those add up.  i’ve also been putting a little extra ice cream in my mugs at night and i guess that’s adding up too…haha.  anyway, starting today i am going to see how long i can go without eating starbucks pastries and extra ice cream.  wish me luck! 
with my workouts, i’ve just gotten bored with jogging all the time so i am trying to incorporate different cardio, strength training, and stretching.  i am also trying to focus more on working out in my fat burning zone and not just working out in my cardio zone all the time. 

anyway, the following will be what a typical update on this blog will be like:

FOOD!

• breakfast: 1 whole wheat english muffin with a tbsp of all natural apricot preserves, 7 ounces of frozen fruit (mangos, bananas, and grapes), and 1 cup of light vanilla soy milk
• lunch: orange bbq salmon salad (4 ounces of canned salmon with about 1 tbsp of orange juice, 1 tbsp of fat free mayo, 1 tsp of hickory bourbon bbq sauce, a sprinkle of dill, and a handful of spinach leaves…i just made this up on the spot and it was really yummy), and 7 ounces of steamed broccoli with 1/2 ounce of shredded cheddar cheese.
• snacks (throughout the day):3 jawbreakers, 3 dark chocolate kisses, a mug of hot chocolate chai topped with some light whipped cream, 1 caramel rice cake with 1 tbsp of all natural peanut butter
• dinner:grilled cheese with jalapeno (2 slices whole wheat bread, one slice of cheddar cheese, 1 tbsp diced jalapeno).  i left for a work meeting around 6 without eating dinner and got home at 9 so i just wanted something quick and yummy. 
• dessert: 1 cup of vanilla low fat frozen yogurt with some cinnamon and starbucks via sprinkled all over.

FITNESS!

•  jogged a 5K: jogged for 1.6 miles, stopped and stretched, jogged for 1 mile, stopped and stretched, jogged for .5 miles, finished and stretched.

speaking of weight training…that class is hardcore!  it’s like boot camp.  yesterday we jogged around the gym for 5 minutes, did all these hard basketball drills, did abs, did 1 set of 15 reps on each machine (there’s 13 machines), then did these sprint things.  it was an hour of non stop moving…we were all tired and sweaty.  not to mention before class i biked for 30 minutes at the rec center.  my legs are quite sore which made my jog this morning a bit harder but i pushed through.

i’m a bit frustrated that i won’t be able to work out and eat as healthy as i want to on our trip to philly but i’ll do my best.

well there you have it…thanks for reading!  

p.s. like i said…this blog is mostly just for my own personal benefit so i won’t be offended if you never come back.