3/31--heather

Breakfast:
luna bar (180)

Lunch:
pasta (250)

Afternoon snack:
bread w/ Nutella (180)

Dinner:
sloppy lentils (150)
fresh juice (250)
banana (100)


Water:
10

Fruits and veg:
9

Exercise:
weights (225)
pilates mat (150)
funk (425)

Total calories:
1110

3/30--heather

Breakfast:
luna bar (180)
grapes (150)

Lunch:
nutella bread (200)

Afternoon snack:
tortilla chips (150)
grapes (50)

Dinner:
pasta (450)
cookies (375)

Evening snack:
strawberries (50)
bread (50)
grapes (50)

Water:
10

Fruits and veg:
8

Exercise:
dance (325)
reformer (150)

Total calories:
1700

3/29--heather

Breakfast:
luna bar (190)

Lunch:
fresh juice (250)

Dinner:
tacos (690)
apple turnovers (600)

Evening snack:
cookies (275)

calories: 2005 Yikes.

3/28--heather

Breakfast:
cayenne tea (60)
banana (70)

Gym snack:
luna bar (180)

Lunch:
eggs (180)
bread w/ Nutella (300)
grapes (50)

Afternoon snack:
strawberries (50)
almonds (100)
banana (70)

Dinner:
homemade pizza--yum (600)
cookies (225)

Evening:
tortilla chips (300)

Water:
20

Fruits and veg:
8

Exercise:
weights (200)
step (400)
dance (350)

Total calories:
2185

Weight:
135.2

3/26--heather

Breakfast:
cayenne tea (60)
almonds (50)
banana (60)

Morning snack:
fresh juice (170)
almonds (100)

Lunch:
tuna and bread (175)
banana (70)

Dinner:
yogurt (140)
french onion soup (50)
ww sourdough rolls (250)

Evening snack:
cookies (325)

Water:
10

Fruits and veg:
a pitiful 9

Exercise:
weights (275)
mat (150)

Total calories:
1450

3/25--heather

Breakfast:
banana (60)
cayenne tea (60)

Gym snack:
Luna bar (190)

Morning snack:
fresh juice (175)

Lunch:
eggs (150)
pineapple (25)

Afternoon snack:
almonds (100)
greek yogurt (140)
banana (60)

Dinner:
2 Lara bars (380)
banana (60)
french onion soup (120)
bread (50)


Water:
12

Fruits and veg:
10

Exercise:
spin (400)
yoga (200)

1570

3/24--heather

Breakfast:
cayenne tea (50)
almonds (50)

Morning snack:
nutrition bar (110)
fresh juice (200)

Lunch:
tuna and bread (250)

Afternoon snack:
almonds (100)
banana (60)
yogurt (140)
cookies (150)

Dinner:
banana (60)
lentils and rice (150)
cookies (300)
Water:
14

Fruits and veg:
12

Exercise:
weights (200)
mat (150)
funk (400)

Total calories:
1620

Weight:
136.4

3/23--heather

I've been sick, and am now back among the living (at least mostly). My body finally decided to kick the sinus infection, I'd say I'm at 90% of normal now. The bad news is that food doesn't taste right. Yesterday I ate all day long, and I think I was just trying to put something in my mouth that tasted good! No such luck.

Breakfast:
cayenne tea (60)
green smoothie (250)
almonds (50)

Morning snack:
jam and bread (100)

Lunch:
stir fry (150)
greek yogurt (140)

afternoon snack:
egg sandwich (290)
green smoothie (100)
plum (35)

Dinner:
lentil salad (200)
yogurt (140)
cookies (280)

Evening snack:
jam and breaD (200)

Water:
14

Fruits and veg:
11

Exercise:
dance (250)
reformer (200)

Total calories:
1995

Rut

So, in case you can't tell, I'm in a rut. The weight's not moving, my diet's still crap and the rest of my life isn't going that great either.
Anyhow, so I'm taking a break from blogging. I've been kinda bad with it anyway and, frankly, it's just one more thing in life to feel guilty about.

Not giving up entirely, just saying "I'll be back when I get my crap together."

Nj

3/18--heather

Cleanse day 2

I feel good today. Yesterday I ate more than I wanted to, but I was having this battle between what I knew I needed to do and feeling deprived. Once I got to the end of the day, I finally formulated a plan for the whole high-raw, all vegan thing. I plan to eat 100% raw until dinner, have a salad, then have some cooked food, so long as it's at least 90% vegan (ie the music man made pancakes tonight and used 1 egg, and tha'ts ok, but not eggs, milk, and butter, yikes). That way I'm eating the bulk of my meal times as well as calories from raw, but still getting that cooked food warmth.

Breakfast:
fresh carrot/orange/peach juice with bulk fiber (150)

Morning snack:
banana (75)
almonds (100)

Lunch:
apple (75)
banana and rice protein smoothie (200)

Afternoon snack:
vegan cole slaw (100)
plum (40)
apple/carrot/orange/ginger juice (220)

Pre-gym
pure bar (240)


Dinner:
lentils (400)
pancakes (150)
rice chips (150)

Evening snack:
banana (80)
almonds (50)

Water:
17

Fruits and veg:
20

Exercise:
spin (425)
step (450)

Total calories:
2080

Weight:
136.2

3/17-heather

Today is day 1 of my cleanse. I'll post what I can, but I'm not really counting calories. Mostly guesses! I decided to eat high-raw, all vegan to start, and we'll see where that leaves me feeling. So far, so good. :)

Oh, a small point of clarity: I'm still consuming honey. It's not a "pure" vegan diet, but I mostly meant I'm not doing any dairy.

Breakfast:
1 c. applesauce with 1 TBSP bentonite clay (100)

Morning snack:
green smoothie w/ bulk fiber (200)
almonds (150)
tortilla chips (50)
banana (100)

Lunch:
bread and jam (150)
apple (100)

Afternoon snack:
almonds (100)
green smoothie (100)

Dinner:
lara bar (190)
almonds (50)
chocolate (40)
lentils (250)
banana (70)
chips (200)


Water:
15

Fruits and veg:
15

Exercise:
(skipped weights, and the baby had a fever so we skipped Pilates mat)
funk (400)

Total calories:
1890

Weight:
138.2

3/14--heather

I'm hacking up things I imagine you wouldn't care to hear about, so suffice it to say that, aside from the gym, all I did today was lounge and try to make myself feel better. That is all.

Breakfast:
cayenne tea (60)
banana (70)

Gym food:
almonds (75)
banana (70)
larabar (180)

Lunch:
banana (70)
tuna and bread (300)
jam and bread (150)

Afternoon:
strawberries (50)
green smoothie (150)

Dinner:
pizza (700)

Water:
13

Fruits and veg:
12

Exercise:
weights (225)
step (475)
dance (400)

1875

3/13--heather

early morning:
cayenne tea (25)

breakfast:
green smoothie (150)
strawberries (50)
almonds (100)
cayenne tea (50)

Lunch:
ravioli (75)
sweet potato (150)
almonds (50)

Afternoon snack:
green smoothie (150)
almonds (100)
oatmeal (200)

Dinner:
chicken (240)
sweet potato (140)
green beans (40)
chocolate (100)
almonds (75)

Evening snack:
rice protein smoothie (150)
bread. Lots of bread (350)
tortilla chips (200)

Water:
15

Fruits and veg:
15

Exercise:
kickboxing (400)
yoga (200)

Total calories:
2390

3/12--heather

Breakfast:
cayenne tea (20)

Morning snack:
green smoothie (160)
almonds (100)
strawberries (50)

Lunch:
almonds (50)
eggs (200)
1/2 apple (50)
cayenne tea (50)
chocolate (40)

Afternoon snack:
almonds (100)
green smoothie (100)
cereal and milk (200)

Dinner:
Chili's guiltless grill w/ side salad (550)

And THIS is where things broke down. I don't know what the hell came over me. Really, I don't. I just know that I'm so freaking HUNGRY and wanted a Blizzard. I decided to be "good" and eat a couple Samoas that the Music Man brought home from school. I ate five in the car.

Then I went to Target and Old Navy, got back to the car. And ate THE REST OF THE BOX! When I was scarfing down 14 and 15, I realized that there was no way I could keep that down, and it was a really strange feeling. I haven't purged in YEARS. I got home to a quiet house, and realized that I just couldn't do it. I didn't even want to, which is nice.

So here it is 7:23 pm and I'm STILL hungry. WTH? Seriously, what do you do when you've already eaten 2600 calories?

Now, I recognize that I'm probably working out a bit too much to eat as little as I was early in the week, but I honestly wasn't hungry. Now I am, and my body is fighting back, it REALLY wants to keep this weight. I'm starting a cleanse on Monday night, up to 90 days. I don't know if I'm just prepping myself for the raw vegan diet that I plan to keep for at least the first week (and perhaps through the whole thing, I don't know).

Uhhh....whatever that was:
Saomoas (1050)
ravioli (300)

Water:
12

Fruits and veg:
10

Exercise:
weights (200)
mat (150)


Total calories:
3020

3/11--heather

Math-wise, I'm not going to make this weight loss goal. I've got 18 days to drop 5 lbs, and I'm not sure that's going to happen, even as much as I've been working out. I'm really nervous about eating too much because mathematically; 1350 is my upper limit even if working out this much. Typically, it's not bad but today I am hungry. And I know myself well enough to know that when I'm hungry, I actually NEED to eat. I did 3 hours and 15 minutes today, so I don't feel terrible about eating this much, but it makes me goal seem that much further away.

But in other news, I went to Ross last night after the gym. I found a Champion running skirt for $6.99. The ONLY one they had in any size was a small, but I figured I'd eventually get into it. Well, that puppy fits and looks pretty cute; I wore it to spin this morning. Loving it!

Breakfast:
almonds (100)
banana (80)

Morning snack:
strawberries (50)
almonds (50)

Lunch:
almonds (100)
green smoothie (200)
ww pasta, just a couple of bites that were too much for the kids (50)
eggs (150)

Afternoon snack:
green smoothie (100)
grapes (50)
almonds (50)

Dinner:
chili (150)
brown rice (100)
cauliflower (30)
tortilla chips (100)
green smoothie (50)

Evening snack:
chocolate (90)
Carvel ice cream cake(300)

Evening mini-binge: :D
eggs (200)
almonds (50)
grapes (50)

Water:
17

Fruits and veg:
15

Exercise:
spin (400)
yoga (175)
step (525)

Total calories:
2100

Another Brilliant Idea…

March 9, 2009 – Nicole’s Food Log

So I shot my mouth off today after coming up with another “brilliant idea.” I was reading Runner’s World on Sunday and saw an ad for the Air Force half and full marathon that they do at Wright Patt in September and thought “Hmmmm… well, if I’m really going to do the Disney Marathon in January, then I should have a smaller goal before then.” Technically, there’s a half in May up in Denver I could do, another here over Labor Day and the big one in Denver in October, but for some reason going back to the DYT to run appealed to me.

Maybe it’s the decreased altitude…

The other (more practical) thing is that I’ve sworn I’ll fly home for a weekend in September to see the kid brother play football. It’s his last year and (as so often happens when you move out when your youngest sibling is going off to kindergarten) I’ve really missed out on most things involving the child growing up and, though showing up to one football game ever doesn’t quite make up for that, I figure it’s a nice thing to do.

I’m not too nice, though, on the grounds that I want to see him play when it’s not snowing… hence the reason for the September visit. Hahaha…

Anyhow, I thought I’d kill two birds with one stone and do a race and a football game in the same weekend.

But who wants to run alone? That’s lame… Thus I recruited my kid sister and the hubby. For those who know me, Genny and I have never been, uh, close, but I knew she and Josh had been running a bit so thought it would be a nice gesture.

Dumbass.

I know better than to do things without proper research, ‘cause had I asked around I might’ve found out that they’re planning on doing the Flying Pig half in May which means that they’re going to have a significant leg up on my slow plodding ass who’s just hoping to finish the thing without being carted off to Good Sam. Sigh. Oh well, maybe the sib and sib-in-law will take pity on me when I keel over and at least find a cute paramedic…

Anyhow, on to the food…

Breakfast
Two slices bread and peanut butter (280)

Snack
Cheese Nips (40)

Lunch
Weight Watchers Lasagna (300)

Workout
1.25 mile intervals on treadmill (135 calories)
53 minutes on bike (303 calories)

Dinner
Mac and cheese (780)
Tuna (50)
Mayo (100)
Skinny cow (150)

Total calories: 1700

Weight: 72.1kg

3/10--heather

Breakfast:
cayenne tea (30)
banana (90)

Morning snack:
green smoothie (200)
almonds (100)

Lunch:
jam and bread (100)
banana (80)

Afternoon snack:
green smoothie (100)
almonds (75)
chocolate (45)

Dinner:
almonds (50)
ww pasta and sauce (350)


Evening snack:
cereal and milk (140)
chocolate (40)
banana (80)

Water:
17

Fruits and veg:
14

Exercise:
weights (200)
pilates mat (150)
funk (350)

Total calories:
1480

Another Day, Another Trip to a Yummy Italian Restaurant

March 8, 2009 – Nicole’s Food Log

So today went ok… Brunch was kinda heavy, but I got a decent workout in and the world was a happy place.

And then Jess and I went to dinner. We were going to go to this Italian place where I’d scoped out the menu in advance and decided how to minimize damage.

Uh yeah, til we got there, found out it was closed and opted for plan B… Zio’s. I’ve only been there once and clearly didn’t appreciate the fabulousness of this place. A world where every appetizer involves fried goodness and cheese. The bread is warm and crusty. The pasta comes in troughs.

Sigh.

I feel my ass starting to expand.

I did try to research the caloric intake, but couldn’t find the restaurant info anywhere and, frankly, probably don’t reallllly want to know because if I did, well, I’m smart enough (or at least
I spend most of my life eating similar foods) to put for a solid guess.

But I won’t.

Breakfast
Pancakes (590)
Syrup (100)

Snack
Easy Mac (200)
*I’m not really sure why, but not long after breakfast I was craving Easy Mac like it was my damn job.

Workout
3.6 miles on treadmill (378 calories burned)
30 minutes on bike (150 calories burned)

Dinner
I’m not even guessing…
Bread… a lot of it
EVOO
Toasted ravioli
Ravioli on a bed of noodles with meat and alfredo sauce
½ chocolate Oreo dessert thing

Weight: 71.7kg

3/9--heather

Breakfast:
cayenne tea (60)
jam and bread (100)

Lunch:
green smoothie (200)

Afternoon snack:
green smoothie (100)
chicken burger (100)
almonds (50)

Dinner:
ww pasta w/ feta and arugala/tomato stuff (250)
salad (50)

Evening snack:
banana (80)
chocolate (75)
tortilla chips (150)
peach (50)

Water:
17

Fruits and veg:
13

Exercise:
cardio dance (300)
reformer (150)

Total calories:
1265

3/8--heather

Breakfast:
jam and bread (125)

Lunch:
green smoothie (225)

Afternoon snack:
green smoothie (100)
jam and bread (125)

Dinner:
TGI Friday's dragonfire chicken w/ broccoli (430)
side salad (270)
chocolate (100)

Evening "snack":
carvel cake (380) (so not worth it, but the icing is pretty darn tasty)

Water:
14

Fruits and veg:
13

Exercise:
step (400) I was SO not feeling step today, just in a funky place, so I half-assed it. Sorry to say, but so true.

Total calories:
1755

March 7, 2009 – Nicole’s Food Log

March 7, 2009 – Nicole’s Food Log

Lunch
Mac & Cheese (780)
Tuna (50)
Mayo (100)

Workout
20 minutes intervals on treadmill (178 calories burned)
30 minutes on stationary bike (147 calories burned)
3,500m row (188 calories burned)
25 minutes on bike (114 calories burned)

Dinner
Spaghetti (600)
EVOO (120)
Sauce (70)
Crumbles (40)
Parmesan (60)
Skinny Cow (150)

Total Calories: 1970

Weight: 71.7kg

I’m Back… Again

March 6, 2009 – Nicole’s Food Log

So I haven’t been doing too bad in the exercise department, but the food department’s been a combination of “bad” and “too busy or lazy to bother writing down even when it’s not.”

That said, I’m trying to return to the blog wagon… whether it’ll do any good or not, who knows, but worth a shot, right?

Breakfast
Two pieces Little Ceasar’s pepperoni (600)
*While this looks bad, at least I was smart enough to know there was Little Ceasar’s in the office that I’d probably eat anyway, so at least I skipped eating breakfast in the house. Hahaha…

Snack
Bagel with light cream cheese (450)

Lunch
Little Ceasar’s (300)

Snack
Bagel with light cream cheese (450)
*This is the boss’s fault for bringing in Bruegger’s!

Workout
25 minutes intervals on treadmill (220 calories burned)
52 minutes on stationary bike (303 calories burned)

Dinner
Mac and cheese (1280)
Turkey dog (60)

Total calories: 3140

Weight: 72.3kg

3/7-heather

Breakfast:
green smoothie (200)

Morning snack:
Luna bar (220)

Later morning snack:
Prana bar (180)

Lunch:
rice and veggies (200)
green smoothie (100)

Afternoon snack:
chocolate (35)

Dinner:
chicken burgers, broccoli, and sweet potato (450)
chocolate (60)

Evening snack:
grapes (50)

Water:
13

Fruits and veg:
13

Exercise:
weights (250)
step (350)
dance (300)

Total calories:
1495

3/6--heather

I have arrived at a goal of getting below 130 lbs by March 29. This is a BIG goal, even for 5 little pounds, because it's 23 days away. That means I have to work out and torch at least 4500 cals a week at the gym (doable with my present schedule, so long as I don't get slack) and eat no more than 1350 per day (MUCH more difficult for me). So we'll see. I have a pair of pants that I want to wear to a concert that night, and we'll see if they fit. I can already zip them and whatnot, but my butt looks like, in the words of Olympia Dukakis, "Two pigs wrestling under a blanket". I also think that 5 lbs would put me comfortably in a size 6, which puts me 1 measly size away from my goal. So we'll see!

Breakfast:
green smoothie (200)

Morning snack:
grapes (100)

Lunch:
sweet bean filling (250)
jam and bread (100)

Afternoon snack:
green smoothie (100)
pineapple (100)
chocolate (35)

Dinner:
fajitas (290)
pineapple (75)
chocolate (40)

Water:
13

Fruits and veg:
13

Exercise:
kickboxing (450)
yoga (250)

Total calories:
1290

Weight:
134.4

3/5--heather

Breakfast:
green smoothie (200)
banana (70)

Lunch:
cupcakes (350)
jam and bread (100)

Afternoon snack:
green smoothie (100)
grapes (50)
chocolate (35)

Dinner:
eggs (250)
jam and bread (175)
tortilla chips (110)

Evening snack:
cupcake trifle (400)
cheese (100)
chicken (50)

Water:
13

Fruits and veg:
10

Exercise:
pilates mat (150)

Total calories:
1990

Weight:
134.4

3/4--heather

I'm working hard at the gym, though I only did 3 hours today instead of 4. I've decided to ease the kids into the child care center, so tomorrow we'll go for an hour while I'm at mat class, then Friday we might try two hours between kickboxing and yoga. I'm trying to get 14-15 hours in per week to jump start my last push to 20 lbs. gone (or maybe 10, we'll see once we get there).

Breakfast:
bananas (160)

Lunch:
Sweet bean filling w/ guac and tortilla chips (350)
chocolate (40)

Afternoon snack:
jam and bread (175)
grapes (125)

Dinner:
apple (80)
banana (70)
green beans (50)
salad (50)
chicken (150)

Evening snack:
chocolate (70)
cereal and milk (200)

Water:
17

Fruits and veg:
13

Exercise:javascript:void(0)
spin (475)
weights (200)
step (475)

Total calories:
1520

Weight:
135.4

3/3--heather

I didn't have a green smoothie today, and I really missed it. However, my calories were so low! I was totally satisfied after 1000, but I pushed to get to that 1295 to keep myself in a mentally safe place (1000 was my "number" when I was eating disordered, so I don't ever go that low). Tomorrow is the big day, the day when I do two hours of cardio. I'll hit my first spin class in months in the morning, then hit weights and step when the Music Man gets home. I'm hoping there's enough room in child care in the morning so I can feel the burn in my bum from the hated and miserable spin class. Then I'll come home and rest for a bit before getting my butt kicked in weights and step. I'm a little intimidated getting back into my summer-like gym schedule, but if I want to make this final push, I gotta do what I gotta do!


Breakfast:
steel cut oats (100)
jam and bread (100)

Lunch:
almond butter and jelly (200)
cole slaw (50)

afternoon snack:
plum (50)
chocolate (40)
banana (100)
tortilla chips (75)

Dinner:
sweet bean salad (250)
chocolate (35)

Evening snack:
cereal and milk (220)
grapes (40)

Water:
12

Fruits and veg:
9

Exercise:
mat (150)
funk (350)

Total calories:
1295

3/2--heather

OK, yesterday's was done but apparently didn't save. All I remember specifically was the numbers, so here they are:

Water:
12

Fruits and veg:
14

Exercise:
cardio jazz (250)--pam was 15 mins late, so we started considerably later than usual!
reformer (200)

Total calories:
2000

3/1--heather

Feeling much better today. Once I realized what I was doing, I was able to stave off the sugar cravings and refocus. I didn't try to watch calories today, just the kinds of food I was eating, and am pleased with the result. Tomorrow is the baby's birthday, so I'm hoping I'll do well again!

Breakfast:
jam and bread (100)
green smoothie (200)
banana (75)

Morning snack:
lara bar (250)

Lunch:
cole slaw (50)
egg whites (60)
jam and bread (125)

Afternoon snack:
green smoothie (100)
jam and bread (100)
banana (50)

Dinner:
lo mein and green beans (350)
chocolate (105)

Evening snack:
green smoothie (100)
coleslaw (100)
grapes (30)
monteray jack (100)
jam and bread (100)

Water:
12

Fruits and veg:
17

Exercise:
tri-step (400)

Total calories:
2000