January 24th, 20121 Day 22

I know its been a few days and I Apologize! I did a little test to see how well I would do without writing everything I ate. I think I have done surprisingly well. I have been choosing wise when it comes to meals. I try to start every meal with a filling low cal soup or salad. In the past 10 days since my last post, I am still losing. I have kinda pseudo cheated once with Sesame Chicken but I only ate half but OMG it was DELISH! Damn you Bamboo Kitchen in Manhattan!
I was in NYC for a week and if you have been to NYC you KNOW the amazing food there! I am VERY proud of myself. Still no cookies, cakes, chips junk food! No pop (soda for ya northerners :) ) and most importantly NO CANDY! YAY!!!. I started hitting the gym like it was my JOB on Saturday (01/21/2011) So here is my regime

Treadmill          1 hour vary the speeds and inclines burn about 500-600 calories
Circuit              Various machines 4 reps of 15-25 worth 50 pounds resistance
Areas               This is a where I pick a specialized area and work it (Legs, Arms, Core etc)

Last night I did:
Treadmill          1 hour inclines up to 9.0 and folks sit down I RAN!!!! (insert Flock of Seagulls song)
Wall Squats      Ouch 4 reps 30 seconds
Ab Crunch        weighted 100 reps with 60 pounds
Ab Crunch        Resistance 60 50 reps Resistance 70 25 reps Resistance 100 25 reps (BRING IT!)

So today is my Birthday and I weighed in  Drum Roll......<10> Double Digits! I am losing on average .5 pounds a day! which is about 3.3 a week! Pretty damn good!
AND I JUST started hitting the gym hard! Now I am so PUMPED!!!!!

OK I will post the Food stuff later ! I am off to get Allergy tested, meet Billy at 12 and then to the Gym :D... Make it a GREAT DAY!

January 13th. 2012 Day 11

Ohhhhh I did really good today! Except I didn't work out! But thats ok. I met my buddies for dinner! I am headed to the gym tomorrow!

Breakfast 240
Chobani Peach       140
Orange                   100

Lunch    395
Turkey, Spinach lite Mayo Wheat Pita  205
Cream of Tomato soup (no crackers)     190

Dinner   604
Pan Fried Hake   170
½ Baked potato     94
3 Scallops            120
Garden Salald       50
Balsamic Dressing 50
5 Fried Mushrooms 120

WOW yay!  1239 I am going to add 100 more for good measure because I used a little bit of Cocktail sauce! still under 1500 :D

January 12th, 2012 Day 10

OK gang this is not going to be as chatty. I am in a little pain and gonna hit the sac soonish. BUT damn your girl WORKED it tonight! First I went and saw Dr Piccioni. My knee has been jacking up and I wanted to make sure I wasn't injuring it further. He said I am good to go and if it hurts stop. I said Cool. He put me on Voltaren(?) to reduce the inflammation. I did the treadmill for over and hour and I RAN OMG I have never RAN I RAN (insert Flock of Seagulls music) I was SO excited! So I did interval speeds and inclines that was 400 calories and then I did an hour of upper body Seated Row, Pull Down, Butterfly, bi-curls all of them were (about 60 avg, 4 sets, 20 reps) and finished with some leg presses (100x4x20) 600+ Calories!!! YAY

Breakfast     150           
Veggie Burrito Dunkin D      150
Water

Lunch          670 ( i know what a major FAIL)
McDonald's 10 piece nugget  460
Fruit\Yogurt\Walnut Snack    210

Dinner         340+64 404
Seasoned Steak Strips with peppers 140
½ Whole Wheat Pita                           40
Pepper Jack Cheese 2x80                  160

Orange      64

Daily Total            1204 (burned 600 at the gym HOLLA AT YOUR GIRL :D)

January 11th, 2012 Day 9

Wow this was a high stress day! Ever have one of those days, where you are doing 500 things and accomplishing nothing? So I missed working out with Billy yesterday because of work and today he had to cancel :( So I ended up meeting Frannie at Bob Evans for dinner so we could catch up. I did better at dinner than I did at lunch. I was starving by the time I got to take lunch (2:30 PM) and opted for quick! So KFC is NOT the best option :) ((sigh)) Live and Learn! Right?

I need to figure out how to adjust my schedule. :/ I am, however, SUPER PROUD of myself. One of the girls at work I won't mention names (TAMI) filled up the candy basket!!!!! So this thing sits ON THE COMPLETE Opposite side of my office. So I go down to the bathroom back upstairs and like moths to the light I see this damn thing GLOWING I SWEAR! Like birdies were flying around it and chipmunks and squirrels were dancing... I walk over and I look at the rest of the girls and I say "Who brought the damn candy?" SERIOUSLY???  Now I am not sure if it was because they could hear the venomous words coming from my office all day or because I was sporting crazy eyes but they all go "TAMI DID IT!" Poor girl wasn't even upstairs... but I am sure she felt the cold chill run down her spine. I will deal with her appropriately! >:D Never anger the IT people :) HOWEVER I said ALL that to say.. I did not eat 1 piece of it! YAY :) Might have been better and I would not have opted for the KFC (Killer of Food Calories) :D

Breakfast 150
Veggie Burrito 150

Lunch  800
Popcorn Chicken 560
Wildberry Smoothie 240

Dinner  723
Vegetable Beef Soup (cup) 100
Potato-Crusted Flounder 177
Baked Potato (plain) 193
Whipped Topping (side portion) 37
Cherry Bread (1 slice) 223

Daily total 1673 :) Have a great evening! MUAH

January 10th, 2012 Day 8

GOOOOOOOODDDDDD MMMMMOOOORRRNING YAY MY FUNKY 15!
So it snowed. AGAIN and YAY  AGAIN for being in Delaware where we have such amazingly great drivers in the snow! On my way home last night between Winner Ford and Route 8 there was like 4 accidents? I am all SRSLY? WOW! Anyway. Warren is now up & running on his first Smart Phone! YAY! He is so resistant to change but he is doing well. Fly little bird fly...

Last night I was SO proud of myself! Warren parboiled 2 huge packages of chicken. I cut up peppers, cukes, celery and strawberries. YAY then walked right out the door and only grabbed Strawberries and Yogurt because I didn't pack last night! Stellar Kelly really! I was in bed at 12, which for me is MUCH better. I am striving for 11. I really need to get at least 8 hours. This 5 & 6 is not good

QUESTION
Workout play list. What songs get you moving? I have a couple of play lists, depending on my mood. I have some good driving rock to some bootayyyy shaking tunes.

APP ALERT
New APP! This one is pretty cool! Its called Calorie Counter. Put in your stats etc...and then you can log your food HOWEVER this one has a bar code reader so you can scan your food and it puts it into your diary.

Daily Food Diary (DFD)

Breakfast   390 (protein 25 )
Southwest Veggie Wrap 150
Brown Sugar Oatmeal  150
Medium coffee with cream  90*
Water 17 oz.

Lunch  640 (Protein 48 )
12 count Chick Fil A nuggets
1 Yogurt Parfait

Dinner 347  (Protein 45.29)
1 cup of sauerkraut and 4 ounces of Turkey Kielbasa

Snacks 400 (Protein 26.23)
Peanurt butter on toast
raspberry greek yogurt

Total calories 1779 total protein 144.52

There ya have boys n girls! :) Bed at midnight still shooting for 11 :/ Much better than 1 am :D

January 9th, 2012 Day 7

Update on weigh in
Today is the 7th day since I started.I weighed in and I was down 4 pounds, I am going to weigh in tomorrow to see if there is a lot of difference. I may just take the short week weigh in and make Mondays my weigh in day :D

DOWNLOAD Noom for Android! Awesome little stay on track App :D

Self Reflection
So I had my review today and it was excellent. :) So I am really trying to understand why I have such great difficulty taking a compliment when it comes to my appearance. If someone says I am pretty I cringe and say something witty or Nah I am average or just shake my head and blush. If someone says I am smart, or funny or a great mom or sweet I am like Ah thanks! I am so weird sometimes! I don't see myself as one of those girly girls but I kinda always wanted to be? One of the popular ones that the others envied because of whatever reason. I think it stems from past relationships where I was told I was less than what I was (over and over) You start believing stuff like that. I don't understand how people can talk so mean to someone. Or parents to children? How is that possible? How do you talk down to your kids and hurt them? How do you not lift them up and tell them they can do anything and they are beautiful.
OK rant over. So I was told today that I was so pretty. I just made scrunchy face. (laugh) I think its one of my most "famous" faces :D because I make it ALOT! So I will work on that!
I was thanked by one of my Employees for being wonderful. Now that made me smile. If I can have a positive impact on someone everyday of my life, then that means more to me than anything

OK and What about Mr Tebow? What a guy! No denying he has heart and plays with heart! Love someone that perseveres!

Food Diary
Breakfast 9 450
IHOP 350
2X2X2 2 Eggs, 2 pancakes with SF Syrup 2 Turkey bacon.(SUCKED didn't eat)
Coffee Medium 100

Lunch (I was starving by 2)   715
Chik-Fil-A Spicy wrap I ate ½  410 = 205 (no cheese but...Not sure how much that would be)
8 Chicken nuggets no sauce 250
Medium Wild berry Smoothie 260

Dinner  300
Turkey on Hungry Girl Flat bread with Spicy Mustard 200
Apple 100

Total 1465 YAY Under 1600....

Week 1 Totals

So here is the week 1 summary, This is based on research that it takes 3,000 calories deficit to lose one pound. I calculated my BMR.. Basal metabolic rate, or BMR, is the pace at which the body burns calories as fuel to maintain essential functions required for life. Height, Weight, Age, Gender and activity level are used to calculate.
The Harris Benedict Equation is a formula that uses your BMR and then applies an activity factor to determine your total daily energy expenditure (calories). The only factor omitted by the Harris Benedict Equation is lean body mass. Remember, leaner bodies need more calories than less leaner ones. Therefore, this equation will be very accurate in all but the very muscular (will under-estimate calorie needs) and the very fat (will over-estimate calorie needs).

Calorie Needs to lose weight
There are approximately 3500 calories in a pound of stored body fat. So, if you create a 3500-calorie deficit through diet, exercise or a combination of both, you will lose one pound of body weight. (On average 75% of this is fat, 25% lean tissue) If you create a 7000 calorie deficit you will lose two pounds and so on. The calorie deficit can be achieved either by calorie-restriction alone, or by a combination of fewer calories in (diet) and more calories out (exercise). This combination of diet and exercise is best for lasting weight loss. Indeed, sustained weight loss is difficult or impossible without increased regular exercise.

If you want to lose fat, a useful guideline for lowering your calorie intake is to reduce your calories by at least 500, but not more than 1000 below your maintenance level. For people with only a small amount of weight to lose, 1000 calories will be too much of a deficit. As a guide to minimum calorie intake, the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) recommends that calorie levels never drop below 1200 calories per day for women or 1800 calories per day for men. Even these calorie levels are quite low.

An alternative way of calculating a safe minimum calorie-intake level is by reference to your body weight or current body weight. Reducing calories by 15-20% below your daily calorie maintenance needs is a useful start. You may increase this depending on your weight loss goals.


With all the above taken into consideration and I am not taking exercise into account. The below is based on food consumption. Calories needed at previous activity level and weight and then cutting my calories down and the deficit.

6 days total calorie 8235
Average 1373 calories daily, previous was 3,000 calories +
6 days *3500 calories=18,000
Deficit of (9765)9765/3500 (a pound) = 2.79 pounds lost

We shall see:) Anything 2.0 pounds or more and I will be please and on projection. I hope this is helpful! (((hugs))))