Monday, June 6, 2011
Size 16 to size 16!
I can sum up this past week in one 4 letter word~! BUSY! Anyways, been making pretty good choices & not eating as much as I used to. However, I've not been getting all of my exercise in but hey it sometimes happens. Good news is that for my cousin's wedding I was able to wear this super summery & cute GIRLS size 16 dress! Not to mention wore VERY comfortably a pair of fitted size 6 pants today too! Anyways, the photo difference is below!
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Wed/Thurs 5/25-26
WED~Breakfast~ Choc. MRS
Lunch ~ Famous Dave's pulled pork with blackberry BBQ sauce/ chopped veggies & lettuce wraps. (leftovers for lunch tomorrow)
Late afternoon snack~ 2 sips of Curves vanilla protein shake... tasted like ~ivory liquid soap :P I stopped as I knew I had a very small peach to eat instead.
3 Catalyst~
30 min ZIC & 1 hour of Zumba Toning. No one was there for the Zumba hour afterwards. It was fine with me as I've had painful horrible female issues Wed. & Thurs. THANK goodness for Nighttime Recovery or I wouldn't be able to sleep either! Rapidly reminded of why i'd been on something the past 14 years to prevent such pain & agony from occurring.
Grocery shopping at Woodman's
pre-dinner snack 8:45pm~ 7 seasalt & vinegar almonds & 3 spinach/artichoke kettle potato chips. TOTALLY craving seasalt & vinegar (my DUH craving) I think I stuffed a small amount of something else in my mouth but I don't remember... & possibly not too. which is why I should diary daily.
Dang cravings... really?
9pm Dinner~ some leftover chicken helper & the zucchini casserole. Blackberries & strawberries for dessert & 1.5c. Dark choc. almond milk
Bedtime~ 1c. real apple juice w/ L-glutamine & Nighttime recovery
Thurs~ MRS vanilla with mango smoothie mixer additive & pineapple (pre-made which was only purchased as it was not something I'd buy unless on mega clearance) I wasn't that impressed either with it.
Lunch~ Leftover lettuce wrap/pork
Afternoon snack ~ Greek peach yogurt & blueberry/blackberries
3 Catalyst Zumba 1 hour subbing Rehydrate
Late afternoon snack 7:45pm~ Oreo filling Coldstone ice cream (SMALL) & NO mix ins... Ok so I wouldn't have stopped but Sprint had a lot of people waiting & I have been putting off getting a bluetooth & really need one & the guy said I could come back in 15 min. & he'd help me out. Was sick of buying a new headset every year. The wire keeps breaking up & then I can't hear anyone on the other line. Not cool. We'll see how I like it. not sure how I can shut it off but I'll figure that out tomorrow....
Dinner 9pm~ Fresh trout 1.5 servings. 1.5c. dark choc. almond milk. 1c. Zucchini casserole, 1 corn on the cob ear with some butter (yes, the real stuff) & seasoning salt & pepper. stuffed.
Bedtime~ .75c. real apple juice & L-glutamine & Night time Recovery (why because I know that horrible ibuf has been rotting my gut the past few days) I REALLY hope that these horrible cramps go away any day now.... they're ruining my AdvoCare bliss.
At least nighttime recovery works VERY well on cramps just an FYI. Only problem is that you take it... yes, you guessed it at night.
Lunch ~ Famous Dave's pulled pork with blackberry BBQ sauce/ chopped veggies & lettuce wraps. (leftovers for lunch tomorrow)
Late afternoon snack~ 2 sips of Curves vanilla protein shake... tasted like ~ivory liquid soap :P I stopped as I knew I had a very small peach to eat instead.
3 Catalyst~
30 min ZIC & 1 hour of Zumba Toning. No one was there for the Zumba hour afterwards. It was fine with me as I've had painful horrible female issues Wed. & Thurs. THANK goodness for Nighttime Recovery or I wouldn't be able to sleep either! Rapidly reminded of why i'd been on something the past 14 years to prevent such pain & agony from occurring.
Grocery shopping at Woodman's
pre-dinner snack 8:45pm~ 7 seasalt & vinegar almonds & 3 spinach/artichoke kettle potato chips. TOTALLY craving seasalt & vinegar (my DUH craving) I think I stuffed a small amount of something else in my mouth but I don't remember... & possibly not too. which is why I should diary daily.
Dang cravings... really?
9pm Dinner~ some leftover chicken helper & the zucchini casserole. Blackberries & strawberries for dessert & 1.5c. Dark choc. almond milk
Bedtime~ 1c. real apple juice w/ L-glutamine & Nighttime recovery
Thurs~ MRS vanilla with mango smoothie mixer additive & pineapple (pre-made which was only purchased as it was not something I'd buy unless on mega clearance) I wasn't that impressed either with it.
Lunch~ Leftover lettuce wrap/pork
Afternoon snack ~ Greek peach yogurt & blueberry/blackberries
3 Catalyst Zumba 1 hour subbing Rehydrate
Late afternoon snack 7:45pm~ Oreo filling Coldstone ice cream (SMALL) & NO mix ins... Ok so I wouldn't have stopped but Sprint had a lot of people waiting & I have been putting off getting a bluetooth & really need one & the guy said I could come back in 15 min. & he'd help me out. Was sick of buying a new headset every year. The wire keeps breaking up & then I can't hear anyone on the other line. Not cool. We'll see how I like it. not sure how I can shut it off but I'll figure that out tomorrow....
Dinner 9pm~ Fresh trout 1.5 servings. 1.5c. dark choc. almond milk. 1c. Zucchini casserole, 1 corn on the cob ear with some butter (yes, the real stuff) & seasoning salt & pepper. stuffed.
Bedtime~ .75c. real apple juice & L-glutamine & Night time Recovery (why because I know that horrible ibuf has been rotting my gut the past few days) I REALLY hope that these horrible cramps go away any day now.... they're ruining my AdvoCare bliss.
At least nighttime recovery works VERY well on cramps just an FYI. Only problem is that you take it... yes, you guessed it at night.
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Tuesday 5/24~ "e" is for Doubl"e" workout s"e"ssions
Breakfast~ Choc. MRS
30 min.~ Zumba Workout!
Lunch~ Chicken breast & 1.5c taco seasoned brown rice
Lo & behold the granite counter of goodness actually had something on it that my will power couldn't muster to reject... I had 2 mini choc petite cakes made by the Fran Skemp bakery... These my friends are the solid gold of yummies. I wanted a 3rd but felt my stomach going WTH after I'd had 2 split apart & felt like if I attempted a 3rd that would have sent the AdvoCare food police on me.
5:30pm ~30 min. Zumba in the Circuit.
Dinner~ Leftovers from Bamboo house (split with hubby & a side of the zucchini casserole)
30 min.~ Zumba Workout!
Lunch~ Chicken breast & 1.5c taco seasoned brown rice
Lo & behold the granite counter of goodness actually had something on it that my will power couldn't muster to reject... I had 2 mini choc petite cakes made by the Fran Skemp bakery... These my friends are the solid gold of yummies. I wanted a 3rd but felt my stomach going WTH after I'd had 2 split apart & felt like if I attempted a 3rd that would have sent the AdvoCare food police on me.
5:30pm ~30 min. Zumba in the Circuit.
Dinner~ Leftovers from Bamboo house (split with hubby & a side of the zucchini casserole)
Monday, May 23, 2011
Friday-Mon. brief overview
Ok, so now that it's summer i'm going to cut back as I'll be out doing gardening on top of my regular Zumba schedule... Looking to possibly do a 3 week session in June but not sure yet of the location. Been eating pretty good & making good decisions most of the time. Not down at all this week on the scale, but that's not as important as I'm within 12 lbs. of goal weight & did have an inches lost instead this week as my "fat pants" were a 7/8 Jr's. Mother nature get meaner too when you get closer to your ideal weight it seems. Solidly into a size 6 so I'm ok with that... or at least for the next 3 days ok with it. Not that I have any choice in the matter.
I'm fairly certain I have not yet hit a plateau & need to start taking a look again at caloric intake. because it's the only thing left I really can do to continue to reduce my size. What stinks is that I haven't got a whole lot of play there even with my activity level. I mean seriously I can't go under 1,200 calories with my workouts or I'll pass out or something.... or at least feel like it. I can't exercise all that much more either or my body is going to just revolt or something there too. Is a size 2 too much to ask?
What also stinks is the fact that now I've gotten a taste of being normal sized again, I still want to go back to my HS weight/size. :P
I'm fairly certain I have not yet hit a plateau & need to start taking a look again at caloric intake. because it's the only thing left I really can do to continue to reduce my size. What stinks is that I haven't got a whole lot of play there even with my activity level. I mean seriously I can't go under 1,200 calories with my workouts or I'll pass out or something.... or at least feel like it. I can't exercise all that much more either or my body is going to just revolt or something there too. Is a size 2 too much to ask?
What also stinks is the fact that now I've gotten a taste of being normal sized again, I still want to go back to my HS weight/size. :P
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Thursday~ "e" is for day off gard"e"ning
Day off: briefly put 9 hours of gardening. LOTS of water all day.
1 choc. MRS & added coconut milk 50/50 with water for breakfast & lunch (same MRS 1 total for both meals I wasn't very hungry for breakfast). If just coconut it thickens too much & forms pudding. :) which is also equally Yummy!
spread thru the day with appropriate timings: 1 serving Rehydrate, 2 Mass Impact, 4 Catalyst, 3 Seasonal Support, my "e" vitamins, 1 calcium, 1 extra fish oil, Amplify AT & .5 scoop of Spark, 3 ThermoPlus (recently read you can have up to 5 a day of these if desired).
Snack~ hummus & a few chips. 1c. orange juice
Dinner~1 chicken breast w/ seasoning & chipotle blackberry marinade, zucchini, a baked potato with sour cream & buttery spread, 1 peppermint generic Oreo cookie & 2 small caramel bunnies. Not to mention 1.5c. dark choc. almond milk. Please remember I did 9 hours of manual labor I think I deserved the cookie & 2 choc. bunnies.
Bedtime~2 nightime recoveries L-glutamine with 1c. Oj (it's going to go bad if I don't which is the only reason why i'm having a lot lately of it).
1 choc. MRS & added coconut milk 50/50 with water for breakfast & lunch (same MRS 1 total for both meals I wasn't very hungry for breakfast). If just coconut it thickens too much & forms pudding. :) which is also equally Yummy!
spread thru the day with appropriate timings: 1 serving Rehydrate, 2 Mass Impact, 4 Catalyst, 3 Seasonal Support, my "e" vitamins, 1 calcium, 1 extra fish oil, Amplify AT & .5 scoop of Spark, 3 ThermoPlus (recently read you can have up to 5 a day of these if desired).
Snack~ hummus & a few chips. 1c. orange juice
Dinner~1 chicken breast w/ seasoning & chipotle blackberry marinade, zucchini, a baked potato with sour cream & buttery spread, 1 peppermint generic Oreo cookie & 2 small caramel bunnies. Not to mention 1.5c. dark choc. almond milk. Please remember I did 9 hours of manual labor I think I deserved the cookie & 2 choc. bunnies.
Bedtime~2 nightime recoveries L-glutamine with 1c. Oj (it's going to go bad if I don't which is the only reason why i'm having a lot lately of it).
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
WED 5/18~"e" is for "e"xtra Zumba
Breakfast~ Choc. MRS & some fruit punch Rehydrate & then switching to water... it was leftover from last night so I wanted to finish it off.
Lunch~ Crudbutt... I forgot my additional before & with lunch pills of, ThermoPlus, Amplify AT, Omegaplex & Calcium Plus. I'll have to get those with dinner tonight instead. I did have my "e" lunch pills which were with me. Lunch was 5 pieces of philly/salmon roll sushi, 1 salmon/avocado & 6 of tuna/avocado & hot & sour soup. STUFFED... I should have taken at LEAST 3 pieces home... or better yet won't be ordering 2 choices & will just go with 1 next time.
2:45pm~ ate apple in fridge, not because I was hungry but.... Oh crap.... I'm comfort eating... Going to have some more water or something. Stressful day at work just hurry up & waiting I really dislike. At least it rained which is why I'd wanted off in the 1st place to get gardening done.
Zumba in the Circuit 30 min. Zumba Toning 1 hour
Late Snack~ a few chips & olive hummus
Dinner~ will be my "smaller meal" Cheese burger in a wheat thin wrap flatbread & salad with 5 small green olives & 1 cup of dark choc. almond milk.
Lunch~ Crudbutt... I forgot my additional before & with lunch pills of, ThermoPlus, Amplify AT, Omegaplex & Calcium Plus. I'll have to get those with dinner tonight instead. I did have my "e" lunch pills which were with me. Lunch was 5 pieces of philly/salmon roll sushi, 1 salmon/avocado & 6 of tuna/avocado & hot & sour soup. STUFFED... I should have taken at LEAST 3 pieces home... or better yet won't be ordering 2 choices & will just go with 1 next time.
2:45pm~ ate apple in fridge, not because I was hungry but.... Oh crap.... I'm comfort eating... Going to have some more water or something. Stressful day at work just hurry up & waiting I really dislike. At least it rained which is why I'd wanted off in the 1st place to get gardening done.
Zumba in the Circuit 30 min. Zumba Toning 1 hour
Late Snack~ a few chips & olive hummus
Dinner~ will be my "smaller meal" Cheese burger in a wheat thin wrap flatbread & salad with 5 small green olives & 1 cup of dark choc. almond milk.
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Tues 5/17 "e" is for Gard"e"ning again
Breakfast~Choc. MRS .5 scoop grape Spark (finished around noon)
Zumba toning~ 30 min.~ Catalyst right afterwards (I forgot)
Lunch~spinach wrap (see Monday lunch) & organic applesauce
3:30pm Snack~ Banana
Catalyst ~10 min. before ~Zumba in the Circuit 30 min.
~ Mass Impact before ~ & Rehydrate during & after
Gardening until dark 1.5 hours ~ I didn't get home as early as I'd hoped & chose the less intense workout vs. digging rows today with pending 2.5 hours of Zumba tomorrow
Dinner~ 2c. seafood mix (muscles, squid, shrimp, etc.) with rice noodles, frozen pear tomatoes & seaweed with healthy sauce packet (little high on the sodium but could be WAY worse.) 2c. 70/20 Vanilla/Dark Choc. almond milk & 1 serving of choc. caramel warm cake bowl. (I split it with hubby so it wasn't 2 servings)
Bedtime~ .75c. orange juice with L-glutamine
Zumba toning~ 30 min.~ Catalyst right afterwards (I forgot)
Lunch~spinach wrap (see Monday lunch) & organic applesauce
3:30pm Snack~ Banana
Catalyst ~10 min. before ~Zumba in the Circuit 30 min.
Gardening until dark 1.5 hours ~ I didn't get home as early as I'd hoped & chose the less intense workout vs. digging rows today with pending 2.5 hours of Zumba tomorrow
Dinner~ 2c. seafood mix (muscles, squid, shrimp, etc.) with rice noodles, frozen pear tomatoes & seaweed with healthy sauce packet (little high on the sodium but could be WAY worse.) 2c. 70/20 Vanilla/Dark Choc. almond milk & 1 serving of choc. caramel warm cake bowl. (I split it with hubby so it wasn't 2 servings)
Bedtime~ .75c. orange juice with L-glutamine
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