Mar 26

Food:
Snack: Sml. Non-Fat Mocha
Breakfast: Spring Garden - ~2 Eggs Scrambled, 2 Sml. Pieces of Ham
Snack: none
Lunch: none
Snack: Cottage Cheese & Banana
Dinner: Moe's - Chicken, Rice, Lettuce, Little Salsa Burrito, Very Little Cheese Dip & Chips
Snack: none

Water: 4 Waters, + Vitamin

Exercise:

Planned: Upper & 30 Minutes Cardio (Walk/Run)
Actual: None - Hopefully tomorrow w/ extra cardio

My Thoughts:
Possibly getting sick. Have an upset stomach. Maybe what Eric had the other day, maybe what 3 people in my office have had all week. Ugh. Feel very nauseous! Still looking forward to the weigh-in and measurements tomorrow. I think this was a good week even though the exercise slacked towards the end of the week.

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Weekly Weigh-In as of March 20
GWO GOAL: Weigh 135 by April 21
CURRENT WEIGHT: 145
TOTAL LOST: -7

Mar 25

Food:
Breakfast: Plain Bagel w/ CC
Snack: none
Lunch: Salad w/ Southwest Grilled Chicken, Little Cheese, & FF Ranch & Radishes
Snack: Cottage Cheese & 1/2 Cup Strawberries
Dinner: Chicken Breast w/ Lime Marinade & Mashed Potatoes
Snack: none

Water: 3 Waters, 2 Hot Cinnamon Tea, 1 Milk + Vitamin

Exercise:

Planned: Upper & 30 Minutes Cardio (Walk/Run)
Actual: Moved to Saturday - Spring Cleaning Tonight now.

My Thoughts:
Realized it is Easter weekend yesterday. Mom is coming up Sat night for dinner and then I got a call last night saying we were invited to a breakfast Saturday morning. Plan on definitely eating a good breakfast. That's easy b/c I like the healthy side of b-fast. No lunch, but maybe a mid-day snack to tide me over. Dinner that night at DP's. I am getting fire beans w/ tortillas. Not eating any chips & salsa though. That will be tough. Also getting the low-carb chicken fajitas as my meal. Seems like a good plan to me.

Needed some motivation to get me through Sunday for my weigh-in and measurements. Man did I ever get it this morning! The good ol' scale gave me a whopping 142, which means I've lost 10 POUNDS! Now to keep it off til Sunday. I know I can do it. This extra cardio is really paying off and the good thing is that I don't even mind doing it!

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Weekly Weigh-In as of March 20
GWO GOAL: Weigh 135 by April 21
CURRENT WEIGHT: 145
TOTAL LOST: -7

Mar 24

Food:
Breakfast: Plain Bagel w/ CC (I did use a little less than normal)
Snack: none
Lunch: EFL Sloppy Joe on Wheat Bun, Salad w/ Cheese & FF Catalina
Snack: none
Dinner: Subway - 6" Chicken Breast on Wheat w/ American Cheese, Lettuce, Black Olives, Sweet Peppers
Snack: none

Water: 3 Waters, 1 Hot Cinnamon Tea w/ Honey, 1 Milk + Vitamin

Exercise:

Planned: Lower & 20 Minutes Cardio
Actual: Lower & 20 Minutes on Treadmill (1.17 Miles, 84 Cals)

My Thoughts:
Planned on eating my low carb bagel snack bar, but it didn't look great as in it might be expired, so I opted for a bagel.

Change of plans for dinner. We have to get Eric another suit for his interview, but I'm firm w/ eating Subway since it is the most healthy fast thing we can get.

Decided to only walk for cardio on days we also do lower. Its rough enough doing both on the same day!

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GWO GOAL: Weigh 135 by April 21
CURRENT WEIGHT: 145
TOTAL LOST: -7

Mar 23

Food:
Breakfast: Low Carb Bagel Snack Bar
Snack: Cottage Cheese & 1/2 Cup Strawberries
Lunch: 2 Chicken Tenders w/ Seasoning, Salad w/ Cheese & FF Ranch, Kiwi
Snack: radishes
Dinner: Moe's - Joey Bag of Donuts Burrito - Chicken, Rice, Salsa, Shredded Cheese Rolled up in a Tortilla
Snack: none

Water: 3 Waters, 1 Hot Cinnamon Tea w/ Little Honey, 1 Milk + Vitamin

Exercise:

Planned: Upper & 30 Minutes Cardio
Actual: Upper, 15 Min. Treadmill (.91 Miles, 81 Cals), & 15 Min. Stepper

My Thoughts:
Weighed myself this morning and am back at 144, so that made me happy. Hopefully I can drop 1 more pound by Sunday. Since we are doing upper tonight I'm also going to try to jog more and stretch before we even head to the gym.

NO CHEESE DIP, GUAC, OR SOUR CREAM AT DINNER. THANK YOU, THANK YOU

Eric's stomach was really upset so we only did 15 min. on the treadmill at the gym. HOWEVER, if you notice, instead of coming home and sitting on my butt I did 15 min. on the stepper to make sure I hit my goal of 30 total min. of cardio.

Not the best dinner, but I am allowing myself a max of 2 meals out per week. We are not eating out for lunch tomorrow either like we normally do. Good job me!

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GWO GOAL: Weigh 135 by April 21
CURRENT WEIGHT: 145
TOTAL LOST: -7

Mar 22

Food:
Breakfast: Plain Bagel w/ CC
Snack: Cottage Cheese & 1/2 Cup Strawberries
Lunch: Salad w/ Southwest Chicken Strips, Cheese, FF Ranch & Few Baby Carrots
Snack: none
Dinner: 2 Chicken Tenders w/ Seasoning, Noodles, Small Salad w/ FF Italian
Snack: none

Water: 3.5 Waters, 1 Hot Cinnamon Tea (Little Honey), 1 Milk + Vitamin

Exercise:

Planned: Lower & 20 Minutes Cardio
Actual: Lower & 20 Minutes Cardio (1.17 miles, 91 cals)

My Thoughts:
So far pretty much on track today. Not sure what we are having for dinner yet, but it's got to be healthy.

Feel really good about the lower body workout. Increased my weights more and really felt a burn. That had a negative impact on my cardio though. I still did good, but could have done better. I tried jogging periodically in the beginning, but my shins started bothering me, so I just kept it at a steady 3.5. Might not be the best idea to jog on lower days. Will try jogging more tomorrow and see how it holds up. I know I'll have to ease into it and get my shins worked up to it.

Overall, not a bad day. Should have ate a healthier breakfast, but it still wasn't too bad. Already have lunch & dinner planned for tomorrow so that's good, too.

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GWO GOAL: Weigh 135 by April 21
CURRENT WEIGHT: 145
TOTAL LOST: -7

Mar 21

Food:
Breakfast: Banana & 3 Pieces Turkey Bacon
Snack: none
Lunch: Burrito Supreme & Soft Taco Supreme
Snack: 1/2 Cup Strawberries
Dinner: Salad w/ Southwest Chicken Strips, Cheese, & FF Ranch
Snack: none

Water: 4 Waters, 1 Milk + Vitamin

Exercise:

Planned: Lower & 20 Minutes Cardio
Actual: 15 Minute Walk w/ Doggies

My Thoughts:
Not at all happy at that weight increase yesterday, but should be too surprised. I think this new cardio plan will help tremendously. At least I hope!

We changed this week's exercise already. Eric was exhausted from driving to Chicago and back so we just went on a walk w/ the dogs. Yes, I could have went to the gym w/out him, but we decided to do Lower on Tuesday and Upper on Wednesday (our normal day off). I'm not out of the game yet this week.

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GWO GOAL: Weigh 135 by April 21
CURRENT WEIGHT: 145
TOTAL LOST: -7

Mar 20

Food:
Breakfast: 2 Slices Wheat Bread w/ Peanut Butter
Snack: none
Lunch: California Rolls
Snack: Radishes
Dinner: Homemade Chicken Salad on Wheat Bun
Snack: none

Water: 4.5 Waters, + Vitamin

Exercise:

Planned: Cardio
Actual: 45 Minutes on Treadmill - Periodically Jogging - 2.72 Miles, 230 Calories

My Thoughts:
Totally disgusted with myself. I gained 1 pound back this week. I knew it would catch up to me, but in a way it's a good thing b/c I got a reality check!

Kicking my ass into high gear! No excuses this week! Changing cardio.
On Lower Days - Do 20 Minutes Cardio
On Upper Days - Do 30 Minutes Cardio
On Cardio Days - Do 40 Minutes Cardio
Must stick to this plan!

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GWO GOAL: Weigh 135 by April 21
CURRENT WEIGHT: 145
TOTAL LOST: -7