Breakfast - Protein Shake and a banana
Green Tea & Cold Meds
Lunch - Turkey meatloaf w/steamed butternut squash and grilled portabello drizzled with White Truffle Oil
...more OJ and cold meds that just don't work =(
Bad Snacks:
Small bag of Shrimp Chips (yum!)
Kettle BBQ Chips
Let's hope the rest of the night goes better...minus all the crap snacks!
.................
Ended up working a 12hr day. By the time I got home I was just too exhausted to do anything.
I don't think I even ate dinner.
Tired. Still sick. Downed some Nyquil and passed out.
Monday, August 9, 2010
Sunday, August 8, 2010
Day 1
I've been MIA for quite awhile - with many ups and downs - since my last post.
I had ballooned up to a whopping 150 lbs! The biggest I have ever been - and will I ever let myself get again.
This weight gain was a result of so many things...
I had ballooned up to a whopping 150 lbs! The biggest I have ever been - and will I ever let myself get again.
This weight gain was a result of so many things...
Layoff + career change + HUGE pay cut + depression + confusion + school = NO MOTIVATION to make time for myself or to even care to.
Positives in the last 12 months?
Graduated with my MBA in Oct 2009.
Started a "lifestyle" change in December and lost 17lbs in 3 months - but I've plateaued since.
Hired on as an FTE at Microsoft in March 2010 (2 days before my birthday)! Not my life long career - but foot's in the door and time to start networking and studying for my cert to get into my true passion ... HR.
Ran my first half marathon in June in 2:31:15 - Seattle Rock 'n' Roll
Was a Bridesmaid (as always) at one of my BFF's wedding in Texas in late July - haven't seen her in 2 yrs.
Positives in the last 12 months?
Graduated with my MBA in Oct 2009.
Started a "lifestyle" change in December and lost 17lbs in 3 months - but I've plateaued since.
Hired on as an FTE at Microsoft in March 2010 (2 days before my birthday)! Not my life long career - but foot's in the door and time to start networking and studying for my cert to get into my true passion ... HR.
Ran my first half marathon in June in 2:31:15 - Seattle Rock 'n' Roll
Was a Bridesmaid (as always) at one of my BFF's wedding in Texas in late July - haven't seen her in 2 yrs.
Eloise (MOH) - Zahania (Bride) - Me - Rosa (Bridesmaid)
As of today....I have 30 days to prepare for another half marathon - 14th Annual Chicago Half!
Goal for the Seattle RnR was to finish in 2.5hrs. So I was 1min 15 sec over...I'm still happy with it.
Goal for this next one? Shave off 15 min. Can I do this in 30 days?
I've been out of commission since returning from Texas - thanks to a sore throat, fever, and wonderful cold/cough I just can't seem to shake =(
Yesterday was my first workout since coming back from Texas. I hate losing momentum.
Cardio - sucks.
Strength training - weak.
Doesn't help that I'm still stuffy and coughing up a lung in between reps.
But... I'm going to keep at it and hit the gym again today.
Giving myself a 30 day challenge to not only prepare for another 13.1 mile run, but to do some much needed overall toning.
I guess you could say I'm trying to get my "in my 20s" physique back... if not better!
Can I do it?
I guess we will see.
The hardest part of all this isn't so much making time for the gym.
It's .......GIVING UP WINE! And the oh so wonderful cheeses and breads that pair so great with it.
Come to think of it - going wine tasting this next Saturday.
Guess I better squeeze in an extra day of intensity to compensate what I'll be consuming Saturday.
So yesterdays workout I will count as just a warm up to the next 30 days challenge.
Day 1 - Sunday, Aug 8
Starting Weight: 130.7 lbs / 24.1 BMI
Breakfast - Protein Shake w/PB
Lunch before gym - Wheat tortilla wrapped grilled chicken w/pico de gallo, and 1 laughing cow wedge
WOTD: Shoulders - Legs - Abs - Cardio / 3 set of 15 reps
SHOULDERS:
Shoulder Press
Lateral Raises
Rear Delt Raises
Shrugs
LEGS
Squats w/18lb Body Bar
Side to Side Lunges w/9lb Medicine Ball
Goal for the Seattle RnR was to finish in 2.5hrs. So I was 1min 15 sec over...I'm still happy with it.
Goal for this next one? Shave off 15 min. Can I do this in 30 days?
I've been out of commission since returning from Texas - thanks to a sore throat, fever, and wonderful cold/cough I just can't seem to shake =(
Yesterday was my first workout since coming back from Texas. I hate losing momentum.
Cardio - sucks.
Strength training - weak.
Doesn't help that I'm still stuffy and coughing up a lung in between reps.
But... I'm going to keep at it and hit the gym again today.
Giving myself a 30 day challenge to not only prepare for another 13.1 mile run, but to do some much needed overall toning.
I guess you could say I'm trying to get my "in my 20s" physique back... if not better!
Can I do it?
I guess we will see.
The hardest part of all this isn't so much making time for the gym.
It's .......GIVING UP WINE! And the oh so wonderful cheeses and breads that pair so great with it.
Come to think of it - going wine tasting this next Saturday.
Guess I better squeeze in an extra day of intensity to compensate what I'll be consuming Saturday.
So yesterdays workout I will count as just a warm up to the next 30 days challenge.
Day 1 - Sunday, Aug 8
Starting Weight: 130.7 lbs / 24.1 BMI
Breakfast - Protein Shake w/PB
Lunch before gym - Wheat tortilla wrapped grilled chicken w/pico de gallo, and 1 laughing cow wedge
WOTD: Shoulders - Legs - Abs - Cardio / 3 set of 15 reps
SHOULDERS:
Shoulder Press
Lateral Raises
Rear Delt Raises
Shrugs
LEGS
Squats w/18lb Body Bar
Side to Side Lunges w/9lb Medicine Ball
I didn't do anymore leg exercises as planned after the side lunges. Either I did it wrong, or I should have done it without the med ball for starters. I pulled something in my inner thigh and any kind of squatting/lunging was just too painful.
Great. Set back?
ABS - 25 reps each
Bicycle
Laying Leg Raise
Plank - 1 minute
CARDIO
15 min elliptical
15 min treadmill: 15 incline/ 3.8 speed
Meal before church:
6 pieces of Salmon Sashimi w/wakame salad and nori
3 pieces of spicey ahi
Came home and continued reading "Eat,Pray, Love"....
Now I'm craving wine =) And bread....
So I bake a baguette, roast a garlic clove, and mix it with my Moroccan Balsamic Vinegar & Date Balsam Cream. Dee-lish.
So bad....but oh so wonderful.
Not only is it carbs w/butter and wonderful balsamic oils... but I'm having it before bed along with 3 glasses of red wine.
We'll see how Day 2 goes ;)
Friday, March 13, 2009
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Day 10.
Well as you can see...I've been doing great. =/ Ugh.
So much for losing more weight and for "work/life balance." Lately it's been work work work...followed by homework homework homework. Sigh................................
I TRIED to eat well by pre-packing "protein" snack bags for the entire week for all three of us.
And if/when time permits, I'll cook up lunch to bring to work. That doesnt happen much. Sometimes I'm too busy to even eat lunch. I'll have the snack bag, and get so busy that I don't even notice I've missed lunch.
Turning 31 in six days.....and STILL not happy where I am... with work... in life...physically...
The ONE thing I should be able to have control over and I can't even do this right.
There's just not enough hours in the day to do my work, homework, take care of me, and have ME time. sigh.....
Can't seem to sleep early enough to wake up early to hit the gym before work.
By the time I leave the office, I'm too exhausted to even do an hour of cardio, and I'm crunched with time in getting my postings/homework done for the evening.
Weekends....well... that's spent catching up on the papers I just don't have time to even start during the work week.
And you wonder why I choose to have a shot or two every now and then of whatever is strong enough to knock me out quick. =/
OH. BTW....I've gained 5lbs. =(
So much for losing more weight and for "work/life balance." Lately it's been work work work...followed by homework homework homework. Sigh................................
I TRIED to eat well by pre-packing "protein" snack bags for the entire week for all three of us.
And if/when time permits, I'll cook up lunch to bring to work. That doesnt happen much. Sometimes I'm too busy to even eat lunch. I'll have the snack bag, and get so busy that I don't even notice I've missed lunch.
Turning 31 in six days.....and STILL not happy where I am... with work... in life...physically...
The ONE thing I should be able to have control over and I can't even do this right.
There's just not enough hours in the day to do my work, homework, take care of me, and have ME time. sigh.....
Can't seem to sleep early enough to wake up early to hit the gym before work.
By the time I leave the office, I'm too exhausted to even do an hour of cardio, and I'm crunched with time in getting my postings/homework done for the evening.
Weekends....well... that's spent catching up on the papers I just don't have time to even start during the work week.
And you wonder why I choose to have a shot or two every now and then of whatever is strong enough to knock me out quick. =/
OH. BTW....I've gained 5lbs. =(
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Day 2
I'm even more stuffy today. Fatigued even tho I did sleep early. Cold even tho I AM dressed warmly. Dammit.
Late breakfast:
Protien snack bag: 1 egg, 6 crackers, 1 Laughing Cow Swiss Cheese Wedge
8 cans of oj throughout the day
Got home 5:30ish
Ate a bagel with jalapeno cream cheese then cooked up a totinos pizza. Mmmm....
So not on the right track. Sick Myra = Comfort food!!!
Expense report.... Nyquil....Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Late breakfast:
Protien snack bag: 1 egg, 6 crackers, 1 Laughing Cow Swiss Cheese Wedge
8 cans of oj throughout the day
Got home 5:30ish
Ate a bagel with jalapeno cream cheese then cooked up a totinos pizza. Mmmm....
So not on the right track. Sick Myra = Comfort food!!!
Expense report.... Nyquil....Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Monday, March 2, 2009
8:30am - Oatmeal and a cup of green tea
11:20am - 1 hard boiled egg,
6 ritz crackers w/1 wedge of Laughing Cow swiss cheese
32 oz G2 (forgot my water bottle - DANGIT!)
I'm really starting to feel sick (dangit Liam strikes again!!!) That child is FOREVER sick or has the damn "just sniffles." And it never fails....his "just sniffles" ALWAYS kicks my ass into a damn fever/flu. So now instead of having my grilled veggies for lunch I have....
8 cans of oj (sugar)
1 Nong Shim Kimchi Soup bowl (yay sodium)
horrible....just horrible.
Get home early. Dinner for sicky me?
Arroz Caldo.
Had a bowl of Pumpkin ice cream and a crushed sugar cone while sissy ate her dinner.
Finish up my paper. Down some Nyquil.....
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
11:20am - 1 hard boiled egg,
6 ritz crackers w/1 wedge of Laughing Cow swiss cheese
32 oz G2 (forgot my water bottle - DANGIT!)
I'm really starting to feel sick (dangit Liam strikes again!!!) That child is FOREVER sick or has the damn "just sniffles." And it never fails....his "just sniffles" ALWAYS kicks my ass into a damn fever/flu. So now instead of having my grilled veggies for lunch I have....
8 cans of oj (sugar)
1 Nong Shim Kimchi Soup bowl (yay sodium)
horrible....just horrible.
Get home early. Dinner for sicky me?
Arroz Caldo.
Had a bowl of Pumpkin ice cream and a crushed sugar cone while sissy ate her dinner.
Finish up my paper. Down some Nyquil.....
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Lost. Plateaud. Gained. Disappointed.
It's been months since I've been online updating my "results" AND on track with getting myself together.
Stats is over (yay!) but this class I'm in now is pissing me off because my learning team are a bunch of procrastinating, bad grammar-horrible spelling idiots.
Grrr I say.........
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr..................
There has been a shift in my job as well...and I find myself working 10+ hrs a day AND occasionally logging on on the weekends.
And what for? With the recent announcement of more layoffs and knowing that there is no possiblity of converting to an FTE.... it can get depressing.
Especially on the real EMO days.
And to top things off, someone that seriously lacks social common sense and respect for the present STILL insists to make their presence known. STILL insists on making sure that past "memories" are not forgotten.
ANNOYED.
Whatever.
So I can't control stupid people.
I can't control my learning team.
I can't control my job stability.
And the one thing I WAS controlling - and pretty well too - I lost control of these last 2 months. =/
I need to be able to control SOMETHING in my life...
So starting tomorrow... back to eating better and downing that darn gallon and a half of water daily.
New goal - 15lbs in a month and a half.
I've stocked the fridge with a healthy snack and roasted veggies to last the week.
For Lent, I've given up candy, chips, fried foods, and fast food.
As for working out at the gym..... that's the hard part.
I can't wake up at 5am to work out before work because I stay up late finishing up on homework or catching up on work work.
Working out during "lunch" is a no go because, well....I rarely even take a lunch break. My day is THAT busy.
And after work, especially depending what time I actually leave the office, I'm exhausted AND I need to get home and log in to class.
Whether I eat dinner or not doesn't really matter to me, but there's other folks that might want dinner.
I'm so tired. I work too. I'm tired too. AND I have to squeeze in school and homework in my already long day. I have to selfish now, and not worry about what's for dinner.
We can all fend for ourselves.
So..... here's to taking control again in the ONLY thing I can have control over.
Daily food log to begin tomorrow!
KEEP ME ON TRACK =)
Stats is over (yay!) but this class I'm in now is pissing me off because my learning team are a bunch of procrastinating, bad grammar-horrible spelling idiots.
Grrr I say.........
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr..................
There has been a shift in my job as well...and I find myself working 10+ hrs a day AND occasionally logging on on the weekends.
And what for? With the recent announcement of more layoffs and knowing that there is no possiblity of converting to an FTE.... it can get depressing.
Especially on the real EMO days.
And to top things off, someone that seriously lacks social common sense and respect for the present STILL insists to make their presence known. STILL insists on making sure that past "memories" are not forgotten.
ANNOYED.
Whatever.
So I can't control stupid people.
I can't control my learning team.
I can't control my job stability.
And the one thing I WAS controlling - and pretty well too - I lost control of these last 2 months. =/
I need to be able to control SOMETHING in my life...
So starting tomorrow... back to eating better and downing that darn gallon and a half of water daily.
New goal - 15lbs in a month and a half.
I've stocked the fridge with a healthy snack and roasted veggies to last the week.
For Lent, I've given up candy, chips, fried foods, and fast food.
As for working out at the gym..... that's the hard part.
I can't wake up at 5am to work out before work because I stay up late finishing up on homework or catching up on work work.
Working out during "lunch" is a no go because, well....I rarely even take a lunch break. My day is THAT busy.
And after work, especially depending what time I actually leave the office, I'm exhausted AND I need to get home and log in to class.
Whether I eat dinner or not doesn't really matter to me, but there's other folks that might want dinner.
I'm so tired. I work too. I'm tired too. AND I have to squeeze in school and homework in my already long day. I have to selfish now, and not worry about what's for dinner.
We can all fend for ourselves.
So..... here's to taking control again in the ONLY thing I can have control over.
Daily food log to begin tomorrow!
KEEP ME ON TRACK =)
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