Breakfast:
2 eggs ---140c
2 Potato Pancakes (& butter) ---115c
Chocolate Milk ---130c
Total ---385c
Tonight we actually cooked.
We had chicken on the grill with sweet potato fries and steamed vegetables on the side. You know I like statistics, so here's a rundown of the meal.
Chicken -150 calories $5
Sweet Potato -150 calories $1.50
Vegetables -30 calories free (leftovers)
Banana -100 calories $0.50
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430 calories / person
$7 ($3.50/ person)
Plus, there are leftovers, so if we eat it for lunch tomorrow, then the cost goes down to $1.75/person/meal.
Hopefully, I'll put pictures on the next post.
i went to the gym today for a "kickstart" session. the trainer showed me how to use a bunch of resistance equipment and gave me a program to follow. she said i could do cardio pretty much every day of the week, but the weight training days needed a day of rest between them. i plan on going and doing 30 minutes of cardio/elliptical machine tomorrow. updates to follow...
I need some kind routine or i'm never going to be able to live a healthy life.
I tried really hard to eat only 2,000 calories.
It's tought to figure out what i really ate, but i estimated that food my mom gave me, and I checked the labels whenever i could. My best guess is that I had closer to 2,500.
That would be fine if I were active at all.
I cooked tonight and put the food in tupperware bowls, like I always do.
the only difference is that this time I paid attention to how many calories went into the bowls.
It was 400 calories each.
So if oatmeal is 200 (with milk) and lunch is 500, i should be able to eat dinner normally and not be a fatty. We'll see how it goes.
Also, I lifted my little 10 lb. dumbells quite a lot tonight.
I didn't count, but maybe I did it a hundred times.
I'm also planning on walking on the treadmill for 30 minutes to an hour while i watch colbert and jon stewart. i know i already told you that, but i feel like if i write it down, maybe i'll actually do it.
that would be a nice routine.
Yesterday I went to checkout the greenway in town. It was cool and sunny, so it was perfect for a long walk. I ended up walking for about 3.5 miles and jogging for a half mile. I wanted to do it again today, but I have been lazy all day, and pathetically sore from my outing yesterday. I'm going to get up earlier tomorrow and check out another part of the trail.
I'll tell ya a secret too... a few times I stopped to dance around to the music I was listening to... after I looked around to make sure no one was there to see me. FUN!
Tonight I ran 16 minutes and 48 seconds.
Then I got into the car and checked the length. It was 1.7 miles.
The coolest part is that I didn't have to stop and walk even once. It really helps to listen to music while you run so that you don't think about how you can't breathe and you're seconds from death.
Since I survived, I'm thinking I could EASILY be ready for the Turkey Trot (Bowling Green's 5K run)on Thanksgiving weekend. It's only 3.2 miles. I did it once a few years back, but I had to stop and walk several times during the event.
Want to do it with me?
I think planning to do this would be good motivation to get me out running a couple of days a week. waddaya say?
It's been 4 days since that first post with my goals in it. I have done pilates twice since then and I hope to do it again today. I'm doing OK on the eating healthy thing. I didn't have a soda yesterday, but I did have a 16 oz. bottle of sweet tea which probably has way more sugar in it. Baby steps. I started using my big blue nalgene bottle again to make sure I drink water all the time. It's cool because it's got measurements on the side so I know how much water I'm drinking. That's pretty much it for me.
Good Stuff:
1. I rollerbladed to dinner and back. It was a mile I think.
2. I played 4 games of ping pong (and counting).
3. I did 50 pushups (and counting).
4. I'm sweating.
Bad Stuff:
1. I ate half of a 14'' pizza for dinner, and I may have the other half before I go to bed.
I'd like to live for a very long time. I'd also like to feel good during that time. I want to avoid that seemingly inevitable equation of "getting older=getting fatter." My real goal is to never ever EVER tuck in a t-shirt. Oh, and I want to eat right.
More concretely though, I want to weigh 140 pounds or less. I'm currently 145. I think your idea of getting 30 minutes of exercise 4 times a week is a really good goal. I'll make it mine, too!
I also HAVE to limit my eating-of-nasty-shit to once a week, and i'd like to reduce the number of times i over-eat to ZERO. there's no point in doing that. it's stupid.
I want to never have more than a coke a day, and I don't want that to even be the norm.
I'm going to get 5 servings of fruits and vegetables a day, starting today, September 12th. I want to spend $100 a month on groceries and $50 a month on fastfood. I think that's more than enough, but i'll do it for a month and then adjust it if I need to.
Ok, I thought it would be a good idea to lay out my goals somewhere we can both see them so maybe you can help motivate me, David. Here's what I want to do...
I'd like to exercise at least four times a week for at least 30 minutes each time. I'd like to stay under 120 lbs. and have some nice muscle tone. I'd like to not jiggle so much. So the answer to that "ya wanna jiggle?" question is "NO!"
That's pretty much it. How about you?
