Week 11- Day 1

Chest, Shoulders, & Triceps
Run/Walk - 1 hr



I received a package.....

The nice people from POM Wonderful sent this to me. The recipes on their site look wonderful especially the dessert ones and I can't wait to try one hopefully tomorrow. That is if mini me doesn't drink them all before I can do so. She guzzled 3 bottles down today. Later this evening I found "POM juice" written at the bottom of the grocery list on the fridge. I drank one and I have to agree it was delicious. Pretty much anything  that's made from my most fav fruit is friggen awesome to me.



Breakfast: egg scramble (1/2 whole egg, 1 egg white with onions, spinach and Morningstar Farms sausage scrambles)

Lunch: Morningstar Farms veggie Chicken Patty on an Earthgrain thin bun with herb mix and fat free mayo , 8 Alexia Garlic & Rosemary potatoes &  POM Wonderful Pomegranate Blueberry juice

Dinner: Super Salad ( Marketside herb mix with mushrooms, carrots, chickpeas and 6 Morningstar Farms veggie Chicken Strips)

Dessert: 1 Deep Chocolate Vitamuffin

xoxo

Week 10 - Day 3

Shoulders & Arms, AbRipperX


Another busy day today but at least I managed to make breakfast thank goodness. I skipped lunch, not by choice. I wasn't hungry and forgot all about it because breakfast weighed on me like a ton of bricks!


Breakfast: 3 whole wheat pancakes & sliced strawberries ( I put cinnamon and truvia in the pancake batter so they were a little sweet)

Lunch: nada


Dinner: Morningstar Farms lasagna, salad w/ cherry tomatoes & garbanzo beans

                                           *I LOVE Morningstar Farms*


Dessert: BAD BAD BAD...... today was very stressful but this is no excuse I know..

    4 Pillsbury chocolate chip cookies & So Delicious peanut butter and chocolate ice cream



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Week 5 - Day 7

KenpoX
Elliptical- burned 300 calories


Today was supposed to be my rest day but because I missed the workout yesterday I decided to do it today.  Tomorrow I hope to get a chance to walk/jog and ride my bike.

Goals for this week:
*do not skip any meals
*at least 3 bike rides/walks/jogs


Breakfast: 2 egg white omelet w/ mushrooms, onions, & spinach , 1/2 Larabar
Lunch: banana protein smoothie
Dinner: baked salmon with 1 tbspn teriyaki glaze, 1 ear of corn, 1 mixed salad w/carrots, mushrooms, tomatoes & 9 grilled shrmp, 2 tbspn Balsamic vinaigrette
Snack:  crackers, 1/2 Larabar

xoxo

Week 3- Day 1

Chest & Back, Ab RipperX
Elliptical- 400 calories(I don't pay attn to the time, only my set goal of how many calories I want to burn)
Walking- 30 mins

One thing that I can say about P90X is that it definitely works in strengthening. I am getting better by the week with the push ups in this video. My daughter walked in the room as I was doing the dive bombers and said "oh wow mom you're killing it",(I interpreted that to be good but had to ask to make sure ;) She is my witness. She has watched me work out with these vids since day one. That 1st week was definitely a comedy show for her (and me too). I heard her go on to tell a friend on the phone how in my 1st week I could barely do one of each move. My chin up bar is still sitting in the corner sadly. I replaced the chin up exercises with more push ups.
I'm going to make it my mission to get my walk in early in the am. We waited until 7pm this evening and it was just frustrating for some reason. I'm super, super shy or rather very self conscious ( a new low that has come over me since gaining weight). There were too many people on the trail, walking, running and biking. Just too much was going on for me and as soon as I attempted to break out into a sprint, Sashi got herself wrapped around a pole. I ended my walk after 30 minutes.

I lost an old friend today......

Just as I was making my lunchtime smoothie, my blender started smoking BAD. Now I don't know about you, but I'm not one of those people who go looking for the problem when I see smoke. I pulled the plug, poured the little smoothie that did get mixed in a glass, and chocked that thing in a box then out to the trash bin. I'll definitely have to head out to Wal-Mart tonight before bed to get another. I'm loving those smoothies too much to let it all end so soon.

Breakfast: 2 crepes filled with scrambled egg whites (with spinach, mushrooms, & onions) and a teaspoon of Dijon mustard

Lunch: smoothie (half scoop syntha 6, 3 teaspoon flax seeds, 1 cup frozen strawberries, 1 whole frozen banana, 1 cup almond milk) 

Dinner: mixed salad with 2 boiled egg whites, 1/2 cup sliced mushrooms, 3 baby carrots shaved,1/2 cup chopped tomatoes, 1 teaspoon flax seeds, 1/2  grilled chicken breast

Snacks: 1/3 cup energy trail mix, 3 Dare cabaret crackers (found them in the pantry & didn't want to throw them out) with 1 tablespoon of spicy three pepper hummus

                                                                
Breakfast crepes

                                                       
Dinner salad

 

I was invited to two bbq's but thought it best that I just stay away. I don't feel that I'm strong enough to be in a setting with an abundance of delicious fatty foods and not stuff my face with more than my share. I knew what the menus were going to be for both people and both are great cooks. Especially dessert wise. One person was serving one of my favorite simple desserts- punch bowl cake. She makes it exactly how i used to like it with buttery cake and lots of pudding. I knew I would have gone overboard with that so I was ok with my decision. :)

R.I.P old friend

Week 2- Day 3

Brisk walk for 1 hr
Elliptical: 420 calories burned
p90x Shoulders & Arms

I did not get my 8 hrs of sleep last night at all. I went to bed around 1 but didn't fall off to sleep until 2:30 am. Ugh! I woke up sluggish and grouchy and didn't think I would get my walk in but...with determination I knocked out one of my goals for the week today! Today was my 2nd day walking. Sashimami and I headed out at 8:15 this morning and walked for a little over an hour. I felt great and energized when I got home. I showered, ate breakfast and ran out to run a ton of errands. I didn't take any snacks with me while I was out but surprisingly my stomach did not growl...that's a first. When I got home I made a nice lunch to eat at my desk while I worked. That burger was so good I forgot all about working :)

I was better with the Shoulders and Arms video this week. I kept up with the people in the video. I actually like this one as well. I couldn't do the chair squats though because my thighs were soooo sore from my walk this morning, but I guess that's a good thing. After my usual 200 cal burn on the elliptical, I just kept "upping" it to 20 calories until it all equaled up to 420 calories burned. This is the most that I've ever burned in one day on that thing. Baby steps...

I am definitely getting at least 7 hrs of sleep tonight. Epsom bath here i come and then it's off to la la land. I also put in some lavender to help me relax more. Maybe that's the problem? While I was blog reading H.S. posted some great tips that I will be trying out starting............now.



Breakfast: Dannon Greek Yogurt w/berries, Naked protein shot
Lunch: Turkey Burger, apple, and watermelon
Dinner: Homemade salad & chicken breast
Snacks: 1/3 cup of energy trail mix from Publix


I used the P90X recipe for turkey burgers and it is so good. Much better than the dry burgers I used to make. One thing I can say is I always hated dieting because to me (and alot of other people) it meant terrible tasteless food. I love reading other blogs with recipes for healthy stuff I am so inspired by so many.

My dinner salad was a spring mix that I got from Publix. I added spinach, carrots,cut up boiled egg whites, mushrooms, tomatoes, onions and a grilled chicken breast. I ate every bite..and I mean every. Delicious.