Friday, January 13, 2012
Bad
I have not been doing well this week and it was my first week. I suck. Next week is a new week though and I will get back on track! I haven't gained any this week, but I haven't lost any either. I probably won't be posting this weekend, but I will be on "the plan" next week and will be blogging about it. :)
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
The Good: I followed my eating plan fairly closely, with one mistake that I will discuss in the bad below. My weight stayed mostly the same as was expected. I was 156.8 this morning.
The Bad: I ate a cup of chocolate chips last night after dinner. It was not good and I am thinking that I should get myself some 70% dark chocolate to have around when I start craving chocolate.
The Ugly: We did not exercise at all yesterday. The hubby had a bad day at work and had to work from home until around 10 last night. Yes, I could have exercised anyway, but sitting on the couch eating chocolate chips sounded way more fun.
The plan for today looks like this:
Breakfast: Two small apples and a low carb yogurt
Lunch: Homemade beef vegetable soup (it was really yummy yesterday, a little spicy), and a pudding
Dinner: Chicken stir fry. Lots of veggies and chicken in szechuan sauce. Yummy!
Exercise: We are doing the video tonight, no excuses! We are also going to clean the house, so I will be cleaning the kitchen and the bathrooms. (Hubby does the laundry, cleans the front rooms and bedrooms, and vacuums).
The Bad: I ate a cup of chocolate chips last night after dinner. It was not good and I am thinking that I should get myself some 70% dark chocolate to have around when I start craving chocolate.
The Ugly: We did not exercise at all yesterday. The hubby had a bad day at work and had to work from home until around 10 last night. Yes, I could have exercised anyway, but sitting on the couch eating chocolate chips sounded way more fun.
The plan for today looks like this:
Breakfast: Two small apples and a low carb yogurt
Lunch: Homemade beef vegetable soup (it was really yummy yesterday, a little spicy), and a pudding
Dinner: Chicken stir fry. Lots of veggies and chicken in szechuan sauce. Yummy!
Exercise: We are doing the video tonight, no excuses! We are also going to clean the house, so I will be cleaning the kitchen and the bathrooms. (Hubby does the laundry, cleans the front rooms and bedrooms, and vacuums).
Monday, January 9, 2012
Day One
Welcome to my fitness blog. I decided this is the year I really want to work on getting myself into better shape and to the weight I want to be. My goal is to lose 17 pounds and tone up my body. Currently I weigh 157 pounds, which puts me just on this side of the normal weight range according to BMI. I would like to be solidly in the normal range in the next few months.
My plan is fairly simple: Eat better and exercise more. My eat better plan includes eating lower carb and eating a lot more vegetables. I won't necessarily be going Atkins low carb as I will continue to eat lots of fruit and sometimes beans. My exercise plan is two-fold. My husband and I will be walking the dog most mornings for half an hour. In the evening we will be working out to this video: Power 90. We have had this video for almost a year now, but we are not very consistent about using it. Our goal is to do it 6 days a week, just like the program suggests. Power 90 is a mix of cardio and strength training, which is a good combination. I would like to work my way up to P90X and Insanity.
So my idea is to post everyday or every few days with updates regarding weight, what I have eaten or what I am going to eat, and the exercise that I have done. So here is today so far:
Weight: 157
Meals: Breakfast: Two small apples, low carb raspberry yogurt, and maybe a no sugar added pudding cup
Lunch: Is either eating out, so I will probably have a chorizo sandwich with a salad, or if I eat in, I will have homemade low carb beef vegetable soup
Dinner: Salmon fillet with italian herbs and lemon, and vegetables
Exercise: We did not walk the dog this morning. He is still pretty sore from Saturday when CJ and I took him and Karley hiking for two hours. He chased two rabbits and had a great time, but hurt the pads of his feet a little bit. When his feet heal we will take him on a walk.
We will do the video tonight though, probably the cardio video.
My plan is fairly simple: Eat better and exercise more. My eat better plan includes eating lower carb and eating a lot more vegetables. I won't necessarily be going Atkins low carb as I will continue to eat lots of fruit and sometimes beans. My exercise plan is two-fold. My husband and I will be walking the dog most mornings for half an hour. In the evening we will be working out to this video: Power 90. We have had this video for almost a year now, but we are not very consistent about using it. Our goal is to do it 6 days a week, just like the program suggests. Power 90 is a mix of cardio and strength training, which is a good combination. I would like to work my way up to P90X and Insanity.
So my idea is to post everyday or every few days with updates regarding weight, what I have eaten or what I am going to eat, and the exercise that I have done. So here is today so far:
Weight: 157
Meals: Breakfast: Two small apples, low carb raspberry yogurt, and maybe a no sugar added pudding cup
Lunch: Is either eating out, so I will probably have a chorizo sandwich with a salad, or if I eat in, I will have homemade low carb beef vegetable soup
Dinner: Salmon fillet with italian herbs and lemon, and vegetables
Exercise: We did not walk the dog this morning. He is still pretty sore from Saturday when CJ and I took him and Karley hiking for two hours. He chased two rabbits and had a great time, but hurt the pads of his feet a little bit. When his feet heal we will take him on a walk.
We will do the video tonight though, probably the cardio video.
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