FOOD FOOD FOOD! (a rant, sort of)

Grrr! Some of you may know my birthday is coming up soon..we are in Red Robin's birthday club and each year we get a free burger for our birthday by bringing in the printed off e-mail from them. Well, I got mine today and decided to look up just how many calories I am getting! You won't find it on Red Robin's website...at least i didn't find it there. I looked it up on Calorie King.com I decided I ain't eating there! My coupon is printed but holy cow! The calorie content even on their so called trim food is horrendous! My favorite Shroom Burger: 971 calories, The Croissant BLTA: 726, Lighten Up Grilled Turkey (which you would think wouldn't be too bad): 704 calories. I suppose I could eat half which is what I normally do anyways! But then there is the "Bottomless fries" temptation that is hard for me to resist...and being my birthday...they give me a sundae...312 calories. I didn't even list the fat content on these to save you from that horror! Most Ben and Jerry's ice cream has less calories and fat then Red Robin's birthday sundae! So if I ate there--I would have to starve myself the whole day...not good. And I would feel miserable for the next several days..also not good. Now I will have to break the news to David. I think he will get over it when I tell him it is best for both of us. :-) There is also the financial aspect of all this...we end up buying two burgers since there is two of us and spending $10-$20 all for a "free" burger.

Feeling good!

Hello again! I waited until today to post since yesterday I was sooo tired! I worked out and also had a meeting to go to in the evening so I went to bed around 8:30. You would think I would be rested today but no. David snored the first couple hours and finally I went to the other room, but couldn't fall asleep LOL! Figures! I got up and took a PM pill and heard he had stopped snoring so I went back to sleep with him. I woke up late--around 8:00. Grabbed breakfast, watched the news and then went to the pool! So here is how the last two days workouts have gone:
Weds.
7 minutes on bike:warm up
3 sets of each:
15 reps wall squats with ball
15 calf raises (standing on a board)
15 crunches on ball (sorry Paulette I didn't use an extra weight! LOL)
then 5 minutes on the bike again
2 sets of 20 reps, standing rows with resistance band
3 sets each of:
15 chest presses 10 lb dumbbells
15 leg lifts (laying on back and bringing knees up to chest)
15 cobras
10 minutes on bike to cool down and stretches

Thursday-today: swam laps for 15 minutes, then 45 minutes jogging/ leg lifts/squats, treading water. Basically cardio type stuff in pool. Whew--am tired and THIRSTY! Still drinking water after swimming! It's funny how you don't realise how much you did until you get out of the pool!

Biggest Loser Tuesday!

Happy Tuesday readers!
This morning I was supposed to meet with a wedding customer here at the house at 10:00 a.m. Well, 10:00 came and no customer! 11:00 came and no customer. *sigh* I had send out reminders last week too. So I went to JoAnn Fabrics since I had a gift card. I was specifically looking for a cutting pad for my Sizzix but they were out. Oh well, still had fun looking at the crafts and fabrics! I'll check back with them next week. Needless to say I did not get a workout in today! But here is my food list:
Breakfast:
Cooked cereal
1 TBS plain Greek yogurt
1Tbs honey
walnuts
hard boiled egg
Lunch:
Homemade soup (from yesterday)
slice of homemade bread (wheat)
Snack:
Dannon light and fit Key Lime yogurt
Dinner:
3 oz pot roast
carrots
small red potato with broth from roast
Evening snack will be a banana

Biggest Loser comes on at 8:00 tonight! Week 3 and as usual they are saying that "shocking" things will happen! LOL! It would be a much better show if the producers wouldn't screw with everyone's heads so much..including mine! David has e-mailed suggestions about things but so far no response..not that one was expected!
On another note..I have talked to a couple online buds about starting an exercise group at church. They think I could lead one. I am praying about it more and more today when it came to my mind again. I have to look into the "legalise" part...you know, the music, etc. I am sure I could come up with a decent workout for my fellow couch potatoes..not that I am one of those much anymore but you know what i mean! I would want women to feel at ease there and see someone who "looks like them" leading the group, not someone who is already fit and healthy. I wold want us to get there together and support and encourage each other. I also know I would have to get up in front of about 200-300 people on a Sunday morning to talk about the group! YIKES! Need more prayer! Maybe I wouldn't have to--will wait and see. I am working on a playlist and so far I seem to have wayyy more cool down music then I would need LOL! I will let you all know how this works out!
Love ya!

Hello bloggers! Today was a productive day! I did some maopping, and cleaning, laundry, baked bread in the bread machine--then wrestled it OUT of the machine when done! LOL! It should be an Olympic sport I tell ya! Then I got the workout in!
3 sets of each:
15 reps of crunches on stability ball
15 wall squats using stability ball
20 reps of standing rows using resistance band (the black one)
Biked 10 minutes
3 sets of the following:
15 reps chest presses with 8 lb weights
15 reps chest flies with 8 lb weights
15 reps pullovers with 8 lb weight
Then 1 set of bicep curls with 10 lb weights
1 set of 15 "pull-ups"
Stair stepped 5 minutes
For descriptions of these you can go here and look them up!
http://www.sparkpeople.com/resource/exercise_demos.asp?exercise_type=upper

Food for Monday:
cooked multi-grained cereal (My "bird seed" LOL)
4 oz. Greek yogurt
walnuts
Lunch:
Homemade Sicilian Chicken soup
slice of homemade wheat bread w/ olive oil
Dinner:
Spinach salad with oil and vinegar
croutons
fish
small baked potato (with skin) and plain Greek yogurt
slice of wheat bread

Happy Sunday

Happy Sunday everyone!
Had a good time of worship in church this morning. Then went to Subway for lunch...$5 footlongs....the low fat ones of course! I eat half and save the rest for another meal! Last night was Carrabba's Italian Grill. Now I know it wasn't the best meal. We had a gift card to use and so we tried it. I had the lasagna and a bowl of the mama ???? Spicy Chicken soup. Which I liked. The lasagna I could take or leave. IN fact if we do ever go again I will try something else. Maybe just a bog bowl of the soup! Of course no nutritional info so I probably had over my calorie intake for the day there. Today After Sunway we went grocery shopping. I Bought some Greek yogurt for the first time and tried a little when we got home. I like it! It is different then what I am used to but it was good! And a coupon always helps! LOL!
I will start the food and workout journals again tomorrow so don't give up on me!
Have a great Sunday!