Week 7, Day 6

Food:
Breakfast: 1 Slice Wheat Toast w/ RF Peanut Butter
Snack: none
Lunch: BW3s - Naked Chicken Tenders Salad w/ FF Ranch dressing
Snack: none
Dinner: Bourbon Chicken, Fried Rice
Snack: DQ - Dilly Bar

Water: 3 Waters, + Vitamin

Exercise:

Planned: 20 Min. Cardio (Hopefully) + Walking around Mall
Actual: Walking around Mall

My Thoughts:
Shopped all day long, so I did get exercise that way. Didn't get back until late, so didn't get any additional exercise in.

Week 7, Day 5

Food:
Breakfast: 1 Slice Wheat Toast w/ RF Peanut Butter
Snack: String Cheese & Watermelon
Lunch: Southwest Grilled Chicken Salad w/ Sunflower Seeds, Grape Tomatoes, FF Ranch
Snack: 1/4 Cup Cashews & Almonds
Dinner: Bean Burrito, 1/2 Side Rice, Chips, Salsa, Little Cheese Dip
Snack: 1/3 Chocolate Chip Milkshake

Water: 5 Waters, + Vitamin

Exercise:

Planned: 20 Min. Cardio (Hopefully)
Actual: None

My Thoughts:
Realized I'm drinking a lot more water than I originally thought. My water bottles are about 9 oz and my work bottles are about 16 oz. I've been drinking 2-3 of the 16 oz at work and just counting them as one, but also counting the regular water bottles as one, too. Oops No wonder I'm peeing like crazy! Am going to start logging it in water bottle measurements and not work bottle measurements. Confused? :D

Hope to get 20 min of stepper in tonight, but not sure if I will. We have to drive to Turkey Run to pick up my sister and won't get home til after 7 and have to get dinner in there sometime, too, so it will probably be closer to 8 when we get home. Will try though.

Week 7, Day 4

Food:
Breakfast: 1/2 Cup Raisin Bran w/ 1% Milk
Snack: String Cheese & Watermelon
Lunch: Grilled Chicken on Salad w/ Grape Tomatoes and FF Ranch
Snack: 1/2 Protein Shake
Dinner: Teriyaki Chicken Breast, Baked Potato w/ Little ICBIN Butter
Snack: none

Water: 4 Waters, + Vitamin

Exercise:

Planned: 20 Min. Cardio
Actual: None

My Thoughts:
I couldn't get to sleep last night after the gym thing. Ugh! I have my lower worked out in my head for the most part and some of my upper. I'm going to work on actually writing it out w/ weight and taking it to the gym with me each time. I hadn't actually planned on doing any exercise tonight b/c we are taking Godiva to her class, but I decided I had time to do 20 min on the stepper at home after dinner and before her class. Even though I know Beefy was off on my %, I also know he is right in some things and I need to get down to a healthy body fat %.

Notice I didn't put any cheese on my salad today. I think I will put the sunflower seeds back on though to give it a little more kick!

Tried the protein from the gym and it was gross. I can't drink something unless it appeals to me. I also brought an EAS shake in case and started to drink it, but for some reason it bothered me, too. I only drank about 1/2 of it.

Wasn't able to get 20 min of the stepper in like I had planned between supper and leaving for Godiva's school. :(

Week 7, Day 3

Food:
Breakfast: 1 Slice Wheat Toast w/ RF Peanut Butter
Snack: String Cheese & Watermelon
Lunch: Teriyaki Chicken & Salad, Cheese, Sunflower Seeds (Forgot dressing)
Snack: 1/4 Cup Almonds & Cashews
Dinner: Subway - 6" Roasted Chicken on Wheat w/ Lettuce, Tomato, Black Olives, Sweet Peppers
Snack: none

Water: 4 Waters, + Vitamin

Exercise:

Planned: Upper & Cardio
Actual: Upper

My Thoughts:
Feeling pretty good today. Did a mid-week scale check and am down 1 lb (138), which means I have 1 more to go by Sunday. I can do it. I'm hitting it hard on upper tonight at the gym. I really want to get my arms more toned.

Eric might have to play on the men's softball team tonight, so we are getting Subway for dinner and hitting the gym after the game. Thankfully the game is at 6 (over by 7) and close to our house and the gym.

My evening was completey crashed at the gym... We were talking to a guy that works there and I was asking about body fat. They had a caliper and so I told them to figure mine. The guy who does it was busy, so I went ahead and workout, then found him after my workout. He used a caliper and measured 9 areas on my body then did this mathematical equation and figured out I had 47% body fat. I was floored. I think its closer to the thrities, but even still. Damn. I wanted to cry even though I knew he was off. (I hope!) He told me it was accurate b/c his ex-wife was built just like me and was at 49%. :( Anway, he told me he could get me down to 17% body fat in 10 weeks. This guy is huge into body building and has been since he was very young. ESP*N used to sponsor him even. His plan is the following:

Meals - 4/Day
Breakfast - Egg Whites/Beaters & a Starch (Most likely hash browns)
Lunch - Salad w/ any veggies, chicken, and LF or FF Dressing
Snack - Protein Shake (EAS ready made are fine, if you use myoplex powder only do 1/2 and he gave me another drink to try today)
Dinner - Any Meat, Potato or Little Rice, & Steamed Veggies

Workout -
Cardio - 20 Min. 6 x week (Treadmill, Eliptical, Bike, Stepper)
Total Body - Twice a week

With Total Body, I should do stuff in couples w/ no resting in between similar musle groups at 2 Sets x 15 each. (ie. leg press, glutes, leg press, glutes - done; thighs - inner, outer, inner, outer - done)

I definitely know I'm not getting enough cardio in, so I know kicking that up will definitely help. I already eat 5 small meals a day and that should be fine. Basically I need to lose the body fat before I can actually start building more muscle. He knows I don't want to buff up though. He said after the 10 weeks then I can start eating differently and changing stuff up. I'm going to try it for one week and see how it makes me feel.

Week 7, Day 2

Food:
Breakfast: 3 Slices Turkey Bacon
Snack: String Cheese & Watermelon
Lunch: Baked Chicken Ziti, Salad w/ Cheese, Sunflower Seeds, & FF Ranch
Snack: String Cheese & Radishes
Dinner: 2 Slices Turkey on Wheat Bun
Snack: Veggies (Carrots, Celery, Tomatoes, Mushrooms, Brocolli) & Ranch

Water: 4 Waters, 1 Milk + Vitamin

Exercise:

Planned: Softball Game OR Upper & Cardio if it rains
Actual: Softball Game

My Thoughts:
I'm sorta hoping I get to be catcher tonight, so I can continue getting a good lower body workout. Ironically enough I don't mind it as much now as when they first put me there.

I am a watermelon freak right now. I just love it! YUMMY!

Didn't plan on having that lunch again, but apparently I don't have anymore chicken/rice casserole in the freezer. I didn't realize until I got to work or I would have brought something different. O'well, still good and ironically healthy.

I was the catcher again, which means I got a nice workout the entire game. hee hee We went out to the bar afterwards and I drank 2 glasses of water and only ate veggies & ranch dip. I'm pretty proud of myself!

Week 7, Day 1

Food:
Breakfast: 1 Serving Raisin Bran
Snack: 1/4 Cup Cottage Cheese & Banana
Lunch: Baked Chicken Ziti & Watermelon
Snack: 1/4 Cup Cashews & Almonds
Dinner: Taco Salad - 2 Shells Crunched, Meat w/ Seasoning, Lettuce, Grape Tomatoes, Cheese, Salsa (NO SOUR CREAM)
Snack: watermelon

Water: 3 Waters, + Vitamin

Exercise:

Planned: Lower & Walk Doggies
Actual: Lower & Short Walk w/ Godiva

My Thoughts:

Official Weigh In: 139
I'm not real happy w/ that, but should have expected it. I'm back in the game as of today.

We went grocery shopping yesterday and have a plan for the rest of the week.

We have a lot going on right now, but here is our plan on exercise.
Monday - Lower
Tuesday - Game or Godiva's School (Game this week)
Wednesday - Upper
Thursday - Game or Godiva's School (Godiva's School this week)
Friday - Lower
Saturday or Sunday - Upper (Depending on which day we can get it in) It will be Sunday this week.

We'd also like to get a game of tennis in once a week, but from the looks of it right now, that's going to be on the weekend and they seem a little hectic right now. We'll see how it goes.

Goal for this week is to lose 2 pounds.

Having a real problem eating cottage cheese. Think I need a break from it. Good thing I bought string cheese yesterday. Need to get more low-salt nuts, too. Thought about getting some shakes, since I have a few more receipes for them, but haven't yet. Not sure I want to start spending money on them... We'll see.

Had a great lower body workout. My hamstrings were already sore from working outside over the weekend, but I pushed them more and really felt them burn. Walked Godiva for a few minutes on her gentle leader. The pollen count was too high to walk outside and my allergies kicked it up a notch while outside. Ugh!

Week 6, Day 7

Food:
Breakfast: 1 Serving Coco Wheats
Snack: none
Lunch: Healthy Grilled Cheese Sandwich, 1/2 Cup Cottage Cheese
Snack: none
Dinner: Moe's - Chicken & Rice Burrito, Lettuce, Cheese, Sour Cream, Guac; Chips & Little Cheese Dip
Snack: Watermelon & Few Radishes

Water: 2.5 Waters

Exercise:

Planned: Walk Doggies
Actual: Walk Doggies & Work around pond

My Thoughts:
Not the greatest breakfast, but I have a bad sore throat b/c of my allergies and it was the only thing that sounded good. It soothes my throat.

I forgot to weigh myself this morning, so I will do that tomorrow morning.

Week 6, Day 6

Food:
Breakfast: Banana
Snack: none
Lunch: Chicken & Rice Burrito w/ Cheese, Lettuce, Guac, Sour cream, Chips & Cheese Dip
Snack: none
Dinner: 4 Meatballs, BBQ on Bun, 2 Crackers w/ cream cheese dip, 4 cherry tomatoes
Snack: none

Water: 3 Waters

Exercise:

Planned: None
Actual: See Below

My Thoughts:
Spent the morning pulling weeds and working in the landscape. Then my dad & stepmom came up and we moved the rest of the stuff from the storage shed to our garage. Unloaded everything and put it neatly in our garage. Then we ran a few errands, came home and set up the new filter in the pond. We spent the evening at a wedding reception.