Daily Report: 11/24

Exercise:
30 mins on the elliptical

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Breakfast:
1/4C trail mix (I forgot my other half in the car and it made me SO HUNGRY.)

Snack:
1 yogurt (not a gross flavor this time yay!)

Lunch:
2 wheat/pumpkin pancakes w/butter (I know. Weird. But they were leftover.)

Snack:
1 Rachel's Cottage Cheese

Dinner:
Jason's Deli mediterranean wrap. It was something like 350 calories. I also had some of Fiance's baked lays and I had some of the chocolate mousse.

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Pedometer:

Steps: 9150
Calories: 457
Miles: 3.45

This is without my gym time included. I like seeing how much I walk, not including the gym.

Daily Report: 11/23

Exercise:
30 minutes on the elliptical

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Breakfast:
1/2 C trail mix (split before and after workout)

Snack:
1 bite of yogurt (gross flavor! do not get cantaloupe....)

Lunch:
1 pulled pork sammich
Green beans

Snack:
1 Rachel's cottage cheese
Apple

Dinner:
Etouffe (chicken) & rice
(too much rice, but I was so hungry)
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Pedometer: I put it on after my workout. (Why do I keep leaving it on my desk??)

Steps: 9364
Calories: 492
Miles: 3.65

I got a lot of steps in today! I made a point to take a walk during my lunch break. I also walked to Fiance's work (we both work on campus) instead of having him pick me up. We also had to run some errands. Yay! With my gym time, I hav about 5.65 miles today. Woo!

Weekend Report: 11/21-11/22

Well the weekend was semi-kind to me. I haven't posted b/c I had a friend some visit from out of state, and I have been working on a paper I need to finish before I leave for Hawaii.

Saturday:

Oatmeal, etouffe (chicken) with rice, pulled pork sandwich w/fries and a salad, 2 muffins (from SparkPeople)

Sunday:
3 pumpkin whole-wheat pancakes, FF milk, some popcorn and soda at the movies (Fiance and I shared a kid's meal thingy), spicy beans & sausage, few bites of chips & salsa, muffin (from SparkPeople)

That's the gist of what I've eaten. I may have forgotten some things.

I didn't wear my pedometer or go to the gym. Back to these things tomorrow!

Daily Report: 11/20

Exercise:

30 mins on the elliptical.

I didn't work as hard as I usually do this time--for some reason I felt a little nauseous after 5 or 10 minutes and my body temp went up. I slowed down until I felt better than proceeded at a moderate pace. I've pushed it too hard before (and forgot to eat breakfast) and nearly vomited-slashed-passed out so I didn't want any of that business.

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Breakfast:
1/2 C trail mix: split before and after workout

Snack:
1 apple
a couple bites of Yogurt (I didn't like the flavor)

Lunch:
Small side of spicy beans & sausage
chicken salad sandwich

Snack:
1/2 orange
small slice of pie

Dinner:
spicy beans & sausage
2 cornbread muffins

Dessert: two low-fat muffin thingies (recipe from SparkPeople)

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Pedometer:

Steps: 8084
Calories: 424
Miles: 3.11

I forgot to wear it to the gym again and I took it off at aboug 6:30 so I actually have way more steps than that! Go me!

Daily Report: 11/19

Exercise:
30 mins on the elliptical

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Breakfast:
1/2 C of trail mix (split before and after work-out)

Snack:
1/2 of my yogurt

Lunch:
1 piece of turkey w/gravy; 2 red potatoes, green beans, (creamed?) corn, 2 deviled eggs, asparagus/proscuitto thing, cookie, and something called "sopapilla cheesecake" (delicious)

Dinner:
Home-made spicy beans w/sausage (about 1C) and 2 cornbread muffins (home-made)
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Pedometer:

I forgot to wear it again during the gym. This is after the gym & my shower.

Steps: 8249
Calories: 408
Miles: 3.11

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I took that many steps not including the gym. Awesome! It's because I walked around campus for an errand I had to do at work and then walked to Fiance's office to go home instead of having him pick me up. What I'm seeing is that it doesn't actually take that much time to get the steps in that you need. I maybe walked for an hour, max. If you add my gym time in there, I've probably got 12,000 steps and 5.1 miles!

I also ate just a little too much at work. But I didn't have an afternoon snack. That corn business was delicious! I'm not sure what was in it, but I assume it was pure fat. Haha. It looked like butter/cream business. There was A LOT OF CAKE that I passed up though so yay? I didn't even eat any of the dessert I brought.

All in all, I guess it was a good day. I should have drunk just a bit more water.

Daily Report: 11/18

Breakfast:
Rachel's Sun-Dried Tomato Cottage Cheese


Snack:
chips & salsa


Lunch:
chicken salad sandwich; 3 godiva truffles (I have a chocolate problem.)


Snack:
tortilla chips.


Dinner:
Spaghetti & turkey meatballs

Snack (again!):
1 small slice of mushroom pizza

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I apparently can't say no to Godiva truffles and mushroom pizza. I mean seriously.

Ok, my bat-shit-crazy thinking with the chocolate was that: it keeps tempting me. I keep eating it day after day so I should just eat it all now and get rid of it. I know. Effed up, right? Oh well. It is gone now and THANKFULLY there were only 3 pieces left. :P

The pizza came out of left field. I have class on Wednesday nights and tonight, my prof brought pizza. And of course, my FAVORITE PIZZA passed by my face. Mushroom. Why are you so delish? Why do you smell like heaven? I couldn't say no. I did, however, say no to the soda. Yay?



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Pedometer:
Steps: 3932
Calories: 168
Miles: 1.45



I didn't go to the gym today because I had to finish this presentation that was due tonight. I regret this. One thing I've noticed is that I do not walk around a lot, overall. Most of my "steps" are from going to the gym. Today was also a bad day for steps, as I was sitting at home all day working on finishing my presentation. Not much stepping happens around your own house.

Daily Report: 11/17

Exercise:

30 mins of cardio (elliptical)

2 sets of 10: L, R, C crunches

2 sets of 10: leg raises

2 sets of 8: lunges

2 squats holding for 10 seconds each (I forgot how much these make my legs shake!)

2 sets of 10: lat pull

2 sets of 10: fly

2 sets of 10: triceps

2 sets of 8: chest press

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Breakfast:

1 slice of toast (whole wheat) with 1 tbsp apple butter (from the farmer's market!)

1 yogurt

Snack:
Turkey pepperoni slices
Rachel's cottage cheese

Lunch:
Mini Chicken Salad Sandwich: chicken salad (w/pickles) and a slice of reduced fat colby on 1 slice of bread
Apple

Snack:
Trail Mix

Dinner:

Spaghetti & Meatballs (whole wheat pasta, turkey meatballs)

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Pedometer:

I am still battling lameness and forgot to wear my pedometer when I woke up. I did not put it on until 10:30 am. I took it off at 9:30 pm. This does not include my trip to the gym.

Total steps: 3495

Total calories: 161

Distance: 1.35

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I decided to try to use SparkPeople again. I've used it before, but I'm just so lazy in tracking this sort of thing. However, I think I'm eating more calories than I realize so it'll probably be helpful. I think I'm just going to use it for tracking food and exercise, although it has a huge community for those interested.

What's neat is that you can get this breakdown of where your calories are coming from. Here's my pie chart for the day:

I ate almost 2000 calories today! Definitely more than I thought.

Daily Report: 11/16

Breakfast:
I didn't really eat breakfast...I had some pepperoni slices. I was busy working on the wedding invites (so time consuming)

Lunch:
Jason's Deli--salad bar (italian dressing) also had hummus w/crackers, a few bites of pasta salad & cottage cheese as well as some of the chocolate mousse (one spoon) and some fruit they had mixed with yogurt

Snack:
Trail mix

Dinner:
Menu tasting for wedding reception: 1 slice of french bread w/spinach dip, 1 stuffed cherry tomato, 1 stuffed mushroom, 1 small empanada, 1 little egg quiche, 1 bite of stromboli. I also had a half glass of tea w/sweet 'n low.

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I forgot to wear my pedometer. Lame. I also didn't go to the gym because of my lack of sleep over the weekend. Double Lame.

I'm proud that I passed up CHEESECAKE (one of my all time faves) today at work. Go me! I didn't really eat much today so that's good. I'm going back to the gym tomorrow. Woo!

I wasn't good on water intake today though (I usually drink 10-12 glasses). I was just so busy that I didn't have time to think.


EDIT: I also ate 2 or 3 chocolate truffles. I had forgotten. I got them as a bachelorette party gift. I plan on eating one every now and again as a treat. :)

Daily Report: 11/12

Exercise
30 mins on elliptical

* side note*

I definitely felt the bit of soreness from the strength training yesterday. I feel it in my inner thighs and in my abs. Nothing bad, just more of an 'awareness' and 'pulling' every now and again. It has been months since I've done any strength training, so that's to be expected. =)

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Breakfast:
a few bites of granola w/FF milk (we're out of bagels and I didn't care for this mixture)
1 C chocolate soy milk

Snack:
yogurt & granola

Lunch:
freaky combination of: rice, pizza sauce, mozz and turkey pepperoni

Snack:
Trail mix
3 pieces each of: strawberries, blackberries, pineapple chunks

Dinner:
Whole wheat pasta with sauteed chick peas, spinach, garlic, onions, and tomatoes. I thought it was delish! Fiance didn't like it as much. Too bad for him. I do the cooking. ;)

Dessert:
1 skinny cow dipper

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I took this off about 6:45 pm since I was at home and not going anywhere anymore. :)

Steps (including gym): 9235
Miles (including gym): 3.86
Calories burned (including gym): 509

I actually did a little more, as the pedometer didn't record all of my mileage on the elliptical. Yay!

Daily Report: 11/11

Exercise


Cardio:
30 mins on elliptical


Strength Training:
Hip abduction (outer thigh): 3/10
Hip adduction (inner thigh): 3/10
Seated Leg Press: 3/10
Quads: 3/10
Hamstrings: 3/10
Abs: 2/10 each of L, R, C crunches; 2/10 leg raises

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Breakfast:
1/2 whole-wheat bagel, w/1tbsp of PB & drizzle of honey
1 C chocolate soy milk


Snack:
yogurt & granola


Lunch:
2 slices of pizza, leftover from last night


Snack:
Trail Mix


Dinner:
CrockPot Chicken Pot Pie--a variation found on A Year of Slow-Cooking


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Overall steps (including gym time): 8881
Overall miles (including gym time): 3.95
Calories burned (including gym time): 529

Not bad! Two of those miles were on the elliptical. Actually, this is probably more than I would walk in a 'normal' day since today I had class, which I only have once a week.

Daily Report: 11/10

Exercise: 45 mins of cardio

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Breakfast:
1/2 whole wheat bagel w/1tbsp PB

Snack:
Yogurt & granola

Lunch:
Freaky combo of rice, pizza sauce, mozz, and turkey pepperoni


Snack:
Trail Mix

Dinner:
3 slices of Little Caeser's Pizza
Some broccoli & green beans
Dinner did not go as planned. I had something cooking in the crockpot that did not cook right. I was going to make a pizza for us, and then realized that we didn't have yeast. :( So we just picked up some pizza. *sigh*

Dessert:
1 Skinny Cow Dipper

Daily Report: 11/9

Breakfast:
1 Rachel's Cucumber Dill Cottage Cheese
1 Orient Pear
1 C chocolate soy milk

Snack:
yogurt & granola
Cheese cubes

Lunch:
sandwich
1 orange

Snack:
1/2 C (home-made) trail mix
Cheese cubes (WTF the cheese at work needs to go away....It's almost gone now. Thanks in part to me hahaha)

Dinner:
Chips with salsa & hummus
Vegetable soup w/rice

Dessert:
1 Skinny Cow Dipper

Daily Report: 11/8

Breakfast:

Baked & Salt-free chips with Salsa (don't ask. I'm not sure why either)

1 piece of cheese

Lunch:
2 slices of home-made bread w/butter

Snack:
A few slices of turkey pepperoni

Dinner:
1 bowl of soup: veggies, beans, rice
1 biscuit

[EDIT 11/9]: I totally forgot that I also ate chips with hummus. Oops.

Daily Report: 11/7

I forgot to post this yesterday so the food is probably not as accurate as it could be....
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Breakfast:

2 whole wheat biscuits made from scratch

1 fried egg

1.5 gardenburger "sausage" patties

1 C chocolate soy milk


Lunch:

Almond butter & apple butter sammich on whole wheat bread
1C chocolate soy milk

Dinner:

3 slices of home-made pizza (with homemead wheat pizza crust!)
2 bites of ice cream

Snack:

some chips (baked, salt-free) & salsa

Daily Report: 11/6

Breakfast:
Half whole wheat bagel, 1tbsp natural PB, drizzle of honey
1 C FF milk

Snack:
1 Voskos greek yogurt & 1/4 C homemade granola (Did not eat. See my review here.)
Cheese!

Lunch:
1 Sandwich: sandwich thin, deli chicken, cheese, pickles

Snack:
Trail Mix, Carrots

Dinner:
1/2 Chicken breast, marinated
~1 C green beans (cooked w/olive oil & garlic)

Snack:
Rachel's Sun-Dried Tomato Pesto Cottage Cheese

Daily Report: 11/5

Breakfast:


1 C Kashi Cinnamon Harvest Cereal w/FF milk


Snack:


Cubes of various cheeses (I LOVE CHEESE)

Yogurt with 1/4 C homemade granola


Lunch:

More cheese (WTF I can't stop)
Sandwich: 1 sandwich thin, 2 slices chicken, 1 slice cheese, pickles, and 1 tbsp low-fat mayo (made w/olive oil)

Snack:
Trail mix
Grapes

Dinner:

Tofurky Kielbasa hot-dog
Sweet potato fries

Nibbles of trail mix (I can't get enough of it!)

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I'm feeling .... unproductive since I'm sick and can't go to the gym. Which I think is fueling my "snack-attacks."

Daily Report: 11/4

So, because I'm sick I've been told to not work-out.

Apparently, this (to me) also means eat like a fat-ass.



Breakfast:

* 1 sausage & cheese kolache. Why? Because that's what you do when you go to Target at 7:50 am to get medicine, but they don't open until 8 and there's a Shipley's around the corner.



Mini-meal:

Stroganoff



Snack:

Trail mix



Mini-meal:

Beans & Sausage

3 bites of ice cream

Mini-meal:
more Beans & sausage

Snack:
trail mix
piece of cheese


Overall, I'm disappointed in what I ate. I could have cut down but for some reason I found myself REALLY hungry today. Blame it on the sickness? Who knows. Hopefully tomorrow will be better.

Daily Report: 11/3

Morning:
* Half whole-wheat bagel and 1 tbsp peanut butter
* 45 minutes of cardio

Snack:
* yogurt (1) and 1/4 C granola (home-made)

Lunch:
* 1C beans & turkey sausage (make in crockpot)
* Trail mix nibbles

Snack:
* Some pimento cheese sandwiches I couldn't resist at work (maybe equaled 1/2 sandwich)
* Grapes/pineapple to go along with aforementioned evil sandwiches
* Home-made trail mix
* A few cubes of cheese along with grapes/carrots

Dinner:
* About 1C stroganoff & 1C beans and turkey sausage
* 1 piece of candy

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I ate too much today. I couldn't resist those snacks at work (sandwiches, cheese). Also, I've been feeling under the weather and I went to the doctor. She told me to rest up for a few days so that means no gym. Boo!