Missing but not idle!

Hi everyone!
I have been missing the past week or so but not slacking off! Sometimes it's hard to get everything crammed into a day that I want to do! At least 3 times a week I worked out for 45 minutes. This was on the bike, or a DVD I have, etc. Today was my last session with Trainer Paulette and it makes me sad. :-( Paulette--you are WONDERFUL and don't forget it! Hopefully I will someday soon be able to join the fitness center and work out with you again! In the meantime....I know I have some friends and family keeping me accountable on here, SO I will do my best (again) to keep up daily. You can't get rid of me that easily! :-)
Food has been somewhat of a challenge. We are out of many of my non processed stuff like frozen veggies. I am ok on the fruit and we are using up meat from the freezer so tonight is more TURKEY! Yay! I am making a baked sweet potato to go with it and probably a salad. BALANCE! Tomorrow I may head up to the store for some chicken or whatever else is on sale. Another thing I need to start doing is make out menus for the week. That helped a lot when it came to the budget.

Many of my family and friends have said they need me to come motivate THEM! Thank you to all of you who said that! But YOU are what motivates ME! If I know you are watching my Facebook page to see me post that I worked out or walked or rode the bike, whatever, it is always in the back of my mind...and Paulette on my shoulder saying I can do it! That is what motivates me!

See you all tomorrow!

Tuesday and Weds.

Hello again blog readers! I will start with Tuesday and go from there! I had my workout with trainer Paulette yesterday. It went great as always! I rode the bike instead of walked for the cardio part of it (Paulette was not able to walk so we decided I would bike and she would watch!) Food was the following
cooked oats
apple sauce
hard boiled egg
cheese
orange
1% milk
salad with oil and vinegar
tuna
1/2 slice of homemade bread
Manwich
Sandwich thins bread (Arnold Bakery brand)
peas
6 Triscuits
Calories for the day was 1545

Weds:
No workout. I woke up with sore knee. Still trying to figure that one out! I did do a few upper body strength training but mostly kept knee elevated and popped Aleeve.
Food was:
Whole grain toast
low fat cream cheese
small apple
Healthy Choice Chicken Marsala Cafe Steamers (Has whole wheat pasta that actually tastes good! LOL)
small baked potato (someone told me I shouldn't eat potatoes but I disagree, see an earlier post)
Triscuits and a few Townhouse crackers (boo hiss, bad yes I know!)
Homemade Chicken soup with homemade whole wheat noodles
Sugar free hot cocoa
I have not entered all this in Sparkpeople yet to know the total count but as far as I can tell I am around 1400-1500 for the day

I also went to the Pound for Pound Challenge and pledged 25 pounds. My other friend pledged 50 but this is until June 30 2010 and that is 25 weeks. I felt for me 25 was a decent pledge! Everyone go and do this! It's for a great cause --feeding people! Eat less and pledge more! :-)

Happy Monday!

It's a lovely cold snowy day out today! LOL! That is why I did not go anywhere!
I did day 2 workout in the boot camp from Sparkpeople today..WHEW! I modified of course, did not want to over-do strength training since I work out tomorrow so only went through it one time. I also did 15 minutes on the Gazelle and 15 on the recumbent bike.

Food for today was:
hard boiled egg
oatmeal
apple sauce
Triscuits (only 6 this time LOL!)
1 oz. cheese
homemade veggie soup
Hard boiled egg white (gave the yolk to the cats)
Navel orange
Baked fish --lightly breaded
small baked potato with spray butter
green beans and carrots
popcorn as a snack

Tomorrow is workout with trainer Paulette. Only two more sessions left :-(

June 2009 pic

Just for the record, here is a pic taken in June 2009.

Day one of a virtual bootcamp!

I completed the first workout video for the Sparkpeople.com "Spark Your Body Bootcamp" It was tougher then I thought and I had to modify it (they tell you that it's ok to do so) Who would have thought jumping or stepping over an imaginary line for 10 minutes was hard??? The whole idea was to get your heartrate up and it did! I also biked 10 minutes and did a few sets of strength training. Tomorrow's video looks good also. Some of the things it showed I am already doing at the fitness center.

Eating-wise I am still stuck in Christmas mode. Junk food around the house from New Years and I am trying to stay away from it as much as I can. I am planning on making some veggie soup tomorrow so that should be good!

I am starting a scrapbook this year for weight loss. I am having David take a pic of me once a month so I can see my progress. I will be posting these pics on here and in another blog on MyTrainerBob.com No laughing when you see these pics! I am wearing my sports bra and capris pants so there will be NO lying to myself or others!

Breakfast today:

Hard boiled egg

1/2 c rolled oats

Lunch

Homemade steak fajita

1 serving corn tortilla chips

salsa--tomato and also some of corn salsa

milk

Then it gets crazy LOL: triscuits, cream cheese, popcorn, toast the rest of the afternoon and evening! See what I mean about the crap in the house yet? Well, that will change again soon!

Have a good one bloggers!

Happy Freaking New Year!

Ok, so that may not be a great title. I really am happy that it is 2010. I was having a good time and fairly nice visit with my sister and brother-in-law. She gave me and early birthday present (29 days early) that i got to open this morning. :-/ Part of the gift was very nice..she got me some embossing folders for my Sizzix. But the other part of the gift was a diet book called "Sugar Busters" --sigh-- I can't win somedays! I glanced through it and said "This is pretty much how I already have been eating the last 9 months" She replied "Yeah, I thought so too" Oh really? Then why the heck buy it for me? Why is it she always wants to give unsolicted advice on eating? This is the same person who keeps food past the expiration date and leftovers for more then 4 days. I would have thought after many conversations with her on things Dad has said and ones in years past when I have more or less told her to mind her own business on such subjects as my weight and diet that she would "get it". I guess that once again I was wrong! I guess some people don't get that if you want a diet book you will 1. Buy it for yourself or 2. Request that specific book. You do not give someone a diet book that they don't ask for.
On a brighter note: I did a workout today (with sis who could not keep up!) and I pre-viewed the Sparkpeople bootcamp that starts Sunday. Would it be cheating to start it a day early? Everyone have a great weekend!

Monday and Tuesday journals

One of my goals (not resolutions!) for the New Years is to be more consistant with my blogging. Especially the food and fitness journals. Here are this weeks so far:
Monday
orange
Steel cut oats
3 pecans
honey
green tea
roll with butter
spinach salad
2 oz cheese
olives
croutons
meringue cookies
mini candy cane
sugar cookie
cheesecake
homemade potato soup
popcorn
total calories for the day: 1763
Tuesday
banana
hard boiled egg
1 oz cheese
orange
Haelthy Choice Sesame Chicken (steam fresh type)
green tea
non fat yogurt
olive oil
spaghetti with marinara sauce
lean ground beef
4 saltine crackers
Neufachatel cheese
Total for day: 1483
Exercise:
Monday: 30 minutes walking
20 minutes on stationary bike
Tuesday: 60 minute workout with trainer.

There it is so far this week. I will post a typical routine with trainer in my next post and what my "homework" is.