Amy's Way of Life Journal

[gwenshack]

Mmmmm chicken and biscuits! That sounds so good.
We all have off weeks - it's ok. I hope you enjoy your vacation and use it to treat yourself with a healthy holiday.

[yam102284]

Change of dinner plans. FH wanted Chinese food tonight, so I gave in and let him get it. I just got some pork fried rice and crab rangoons. So I'll limit myself. I've been looking up how many calories in each so I can see how much I can have tonight without going over too much.

I'm gonna do the chicken and biscuits tomorrow though. I didn't have all the ingredients to make it tonight and didn't feel like going to the store today. It was rainy all day.

[yam102284]

So we had Chinese last night. I had 3 servings of pork fried rice and 3 crab rangoons. I wanted boneless spareribs but decided against it to save calories. I ended up with 1800 calories, only going over by about 300.

Even with the bad job I did at exercising and eating right last week, I still managed to stay at 149 lbs. So I feel good about that. I ranged anywhere from 1800 to 2000 calories a couple days last week, so that may be how many calories I need to eat per day to maintain the weight I'm at.

For today,

I made apple pancakes and had 3 of them, for 300 calories, roughly. We are going out shopping today, so I won't be tempted to eat in the house. I'll just bring some water with me to drink in the car, and maybe a granola bar or something if I get hungry.

[gwenshack]

So you had a little cheat week and didn't gain any weight? That's awesome! Glad you and FH enjoyed your Chinese food. Have fun at the mall!

[yam102284]

Yeah, I don't know how that happened, but I'm hoping to do better this week and actually lose a pound or two.

Today, was an eh day ..

Had 3 apple pancakes for breakfast for 300 cals

We were out later than we thought, and got hungry, so we had lunch at D'Angelos. Had a small Thanksgiving Toasted grinder (mmmmmm) for 620 cals. Then we went to Bob's to look at couches and they have the Cafe there, so I had a couple choc chip cookies, for around 100 cals. Then I made chicken and biscuits (another mmmmmmmmm) for 600 cals, and had a sugar free pudding later for 60. Total of 1675. No workout today, we got home much later than we thought and I had to immediately start dinner.

I plan on doing the elliptical in the morning tomorrow, then relaxing, then going on a nice 2 - 2.5 mile walk in the afternoon. It's supposed to be in the high 50s, low 60s tomorrow, so it's going to be beautiful! So I'll get plenty of exercise to make up for today.

[yam102284]

I've kicked my own butt today working out.. Let's hope I don't regret it tomorrow ..

I did the elliptical this morning, 25 minutes. And the some floor exercises. Then I went for a 2.75 mile walk around 2. Just got back. I wanted to do more like a 3.5 mile walk, but halfway through my knee started hurting real bad, and I didn't want to push myself too much. My thighs and calves are burning! But I love it.

And for food, all I've had for today was 1.5 cups of my pork fried rice from Saturday night, and a cup of sugar free hot chocolate. I'm gonna eat something after my shower though, just got figure out what.

[gwenshack]

Great workout today!!!

[yam102284]

Another double workout day today .. Did the elliptical for 25 min, crunches and twists, then the Wii Fit step aerobics and leg exercises later in the day. No walk today; dinner was going on the stove all day so I couldn't leave the house. I'll be walking to the post office tomorrow, then continuing on with my walk. Hoping to do 3.5 miles tomorrow, depending on how my knee feels.

Food today; went a little over, but that's cause FH brought home a soda for me.

hash brown
toast w/ butter
sugar free hot chocolate

mixed salad w/ tomato & lite salad dressing
white rice w/ cheddar cheese

corned beef
cabbage and carrots
cherry coke

choc mint pudding

Total of about 1675 .. FH won't be home for dinner tomorrow, so it'll probably be a good day for food tomorrow.

[yam102284]

Only worked out once today .. 25 minutes on the elliptical, and 30 situps. After FH called me and told me he didn't get the apprenticeship, I wasn't in the mood to workout anymore....

food was okay,

2 scrambled eggs
1 hash brown
sugar free hot chocolate

1 cup white rice w/ cheddar cheese
granola bar
gushers fruit snack

mixed salad w/ tomato & lite dressing
lean cuisine turkey & apples
hot apple cider

grand total of 1360 so far. don't think i'll eat anything else tonight.

tomorrow i won't be able to watch what i eat. i have training at work and they'll be providing lunch. i have no idea what it is, so it's kinda hard to plan what to eat.

[yam102284]

So, i haven't updated in a couple days ..

Thursday - didn't watch what i ate or exercised. Training at work and pizza for lunch does not do good with watching what i eat. Hello 4 slices of pizza.

Friday - okay .. did 25 min on the elliptical and 30 situps, then did a 4.4 mile walk in about an hour. My legs were burning yesterday, but I felt good today. For food ..

apple toaster strudel
granola bar

salad w/ tomato and lite dressing
another granola bar

1/2 a cheese pizza
another granola bar

i had an intense craving for chocolate and the granola had a little choc in it .. total for yesterday was 1581 ...

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today, i did the dallas cowboy cheerleader workout .. and 15 situps ..

for food ..

toaster strudel

italian wedding soup
1 serving special k crackers

i know i may go over a little .. we're going to the movies (new moon!) and we'll have popcorn and soda and prob candy .. but oh well .. we almost never go to the movies so a lil treat is good ..