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Day 1 (*not actually day 1, I've been at this for over 2 years, just day 1 of my diary...lol). I'll be tracking my diet, exercise and weight here. Any comments or suggestions would be most appreciated. TIA:cheers2:

Disclaimer: I'm a work in progress. I'm attempting to be a vegetarian, with a goal of someday being a vegan. I'm a big follower and tend to munch when my husband is home w/ me in the evening, thank goodness he's not here more nights than he is....lol We're both doing so much more for our health though, huge difference in our diets and we've both added daily exercise. Life is just different now and so much better.:hurray:

Current weight: 140

Breakfast: Pot of coffee. I promised to do better on this one in another post, I'm boiling eggs as we speak. I did have a slurp of a blueberry/banana smoothie I made for my kiddos......
Made a yummy fruit n Nut bowl (grapefruit/almonds/1/2 banana and topped w/ Muslix). I hope it doesn't turn on the hungries, sometimes breakfast does.

EEK! Clearing off counter and was attacked by a Hersheys Dark Chocolate mini. They are now safetly locked in a closet....oye! Followed by 32 oz of water, maybe that will errase the chocolate mishap.

Lunch: Romaine/spinach salad w/ tomato/peppers/left over Morningstar Farms Ribs cubed and salsa and a cup of homemade veggie lentil soup.

snack: handful of raw veggies (carrots/green beans/califlower), half chedder rice cake, boiled egg. Probably over did it on the snackage...

Dinner: Veggie burger salsburry steak over brown rice & steamed veggies.

Exercise: Tae Kwon Do class...a killer one!
 
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RadioActive said:
It's amazing what a little exercise will do for you health and mood. Can't wait to see your progress. good Luck!
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Thanks!

It has made such a difference in our health and moods. Thinking back, we ate the typical "American fare" lots of meat, potatoes, tiny sides of vegetables and then felt so loagie that we'd hit the couch until bedtime. YUCK!

Now I take Tae Kwon Do 3 times per week w/ my 2 boys and either run or walk for 30 minutes every day and try to squeek in some time on my Total Trainer. My husband runs for 45 minutes every day. He's lost 36 pounds and I've lost 28. I never thought I'd get him to go along w/ my mostly veggie diet but after a little health scare last year he started listening to me more and is right on board now.

Oh! another benefit...the back problems I had for more than 10 years are no more. I never would have believed that one.
 
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Day 2:

Breakfast: Better start than usual. Still having the pot o coffee, but along side, a hard boiled egg/sliced tomato/handful of spinach. Pretty yummy! Go me.

Weighed myself on the way by the scale: Down 1 lb, now at 139. Cool, it seemed like I was eating a lot yesterday, but they were all pretty good foods.

Total Trainer workout for 20 minutes along w/ a few floor exercises (sit ups/ sit up twisties w/ legs raised/butt lifts).

Got the shakies so had another snack: a cut up grapefruit topped w/ Muslix and 5 almonds.

Lunch: Big salad (romaine/spinach/yellow pepper/tomato/slice of rice cheese/left over veggie burger/croutons...no dressing, still tasty cool!)

snack: (this was too much, will try to keep dinner to a minimum...will be hard it's pizza night..ugh) I had a slice of sprouted whole grain bread w/ peanut butter topped w/ apple slices. Healthy, but caloriewise..hmmm I dunno..............

Dinner: Honestly, I wasn't hungry, the above snack could have easily been dinner and I would have been fine. The follower in me wouldn't allow such a thing so I had A slice of pizza! 1 slice for me would never have been possible, but I did it..cool and it had spinach/red pepper/black olives on it so at least there was some veggies on it.

Went to my tae kwon do class....wish it was a little more butt kicking.

Husband was home: very nasty munch fest...BAD BAD BAD! And worse yet, what I wanted was some shredded wheat. *smacks self hard on forehead* I shall repent tomorrow w/ my own workout on the heavy bag, jump rope and Total Trainer.
 
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Day 3:

Breakfast: Pot O coffee and the spinach/boiled egg/ tomato plate. Delish!:drool5:

Off to kick my own butt for yesterday's slip up.:svengo:
*kicked own butt...WHOO HOO!*
15 minutes heavy bag/15 minutes total trainer/sit ups/ butt lifts/twistie leg raised situps

32oz water

weighed self: no gain from naughty munchies..hmmm still 139

Lunch: Taco Salad: Romaine/spinach, tomato, black beans, olives, salsa, a few crushed corn chips.

snack 1: green tea/ hard pretzel (white flour..bad...yet yummy!)

snack 2: 2 handfuls uncooked green beans.

25 presses on total trainer, dunno why, it was sitting there and so was I...lol

starving today...ate 4 almonds.
 
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Day 4:

Woke up feeling crummish, had shredded wheat w/ rice milk, went back to bed.

Woke up again, had coffee and 2 boiled eggs.

Packed a little lunch to eat on the way back from shopping because I knew I would be tempted by the fast food places. Had a banana/apple/carrots & green beans.

Got home still hungry..ugh! slice of sprouted grain bread w/ leftover steamed veggies and a splash of canned mushroom gravy...ahhh comfy food.

Dinner: veggie chili made w/ tvp/loads of beans & corn.

taekwondo sparing night tonight...hoping for some weird burst of energy. I feel droopy.
 
Day4:

Breakfast: Pot O Coffee (actually about half for some reason, just don't want the usual. Chick pea salad stuffed romaine leaves. YUM!

Lunch: Big salad w/ left over veggie chili on it.

Dinner: 2 morningstar farms "chicken" patties on romaine leaves w/ tomato slices and a cup of organic mac n cheese. over did...blah
 
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Day 5:

Breakfast: shredded wheat w/ rice milk

Lunch: salad w/ 1.5 morningstar farms chicken patties

dinner: steamed carrots/broccoli/cauliflower/beans over pasta w/ cool sauce made of peanut butter/braggs Liquid Aminos/ginger/garlic & onion powder.

Worked out on the total gym, increased level to 5. Also some additional exercises w/ my new 5# hand weights.

Had a handful of pretzels while couching later.
 
Day 6:

Breakfast: About a cup of banana/blueberry/flax/yogurt smoothy leftover from kids batch. Pot O coffee. Making "Dad's Day" Mommy McMuffins w/ egg/kale/veggie bacon/on an english muffin.

Off to sneek in quick workout on the total gym and a few extra floor exercises.

Gone a good part of the day shopping so it kept me away from food. YAY I did treat myself to a couple Jr. Mints when I got home.

Made a nice dinner for my husband for Father's Day. Homemade spaghetti sauce! I was SO proud of myself, for the first time in my entire life, I didn't pig out on past night. I did place a couple speed bumps in my path. I made some spaghetti squash and replaced half my pasta w/ it. delish! I did have a slice of italian bread...mmmmmmmm but 1, not nearly as bad as it could have been. I stayed clear of the kitchen for about 20 minutes knowing that if I went in there too soon, I would have gotten into something.

Later: Not so good, had a peice of celebratory carrot cake. yummy though! I'll work it off tomorrow.;)
 
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Day 7:

Breakfast: Yogurt/blueberry/banana/liquid vitamin/orange fish oil smoothie. How's that for doing better! Also had about 1/4 c of shredded wheat w/ rice milk, gave some of it to the dog....very happy dog...lol

Worked out on the heavy bag for a half hour. Great work out, worked the bugs out of a few combinations which is good because the head black belt will be at sparing this week. eek! Of to do a few floor exercises then move on w/ day.

Lunch: giant salad w/ black beans, tomatoes, peppers, carrots & salsa

4 Jr. Mints...hee hee

got the shakies, don't know why there was lots of protien in lunch..hmmm Ate a slice of sprouted grain bread w/ a slice of Rice Dream swiss "cheese" and water.

Dinner: Made some awesome cauliflower/carrot/asparagus curry soup. Had a little side dish of 1/2 spaghetti and 1/2 spaghetti squash w/ some sauce.

Killer taekwondo workout, may have even hurt myself on a flying side kick....ouch! Tomorrow will tell the story on that one.

Snack: popcorn, snagged 4 pringles from my little guy and 2 squares of a chocolate almond bar. *smacks self hard on forehead!* To be paid for tomorrow, total gym day, taekwondo again in the evening.
 
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Hi there, thought I'd pop in and say hello.

You seem to have things well under control.

Just wondering - what are your goals? You already look like you're active and eating well.
 
HI! :) I was so excited to see I had a visitor...lol

I've been perminently stuck at this 140 pound mark for a while, I'd like to see the scale move closer to 130ish, not a stickler on the actual numbers, just have some jigglies that need some firming up.

I'm really into good nutrition (although admittedly, love to munch..oye). I've gotten some great advice here as to where I can finally start tracking what I'm eating and seeing that it needs to be tweeked a bit. My calories have been roughly 1500 give or take, but too many carbs. I'll get there.

Stop by again, I love company!
 
Well, if you're stuck it sometimes means we need to shake things up a bit.

Maybe some weight training would be useful.
I see you are using a Total Gym - that's cool, it is probably the best of the home-type machines. I have one myself, actually.
But it is possible you are strong enough to not be getting as much benefit from it as you used to. And I know that there is only so much you can do on a Total Gym. I find benches and curls to be particularly weird on it, for example.
You may want to try some free weights - dumbbells are particularly good because they aren't as balanced as a machine or a barbell, forcing you to use muscles to stabilise the weight that you wouldn't use if it was perfectly balanced.
And maybe some interval-type training for a few weeks might help kick-start your body.

These are just a couple of suggestions. Lord knows I'm not any kind of expert.
 
I see you are using a Total Gym - that's cool, it is probably the best of the home-type machines. I have one myself, actually.
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I've had the Total Gym for a while, but this is the first I've actually been steady at using it. Until now, it sat there taunting me. Hopefully, if I stay regular at it, I'll see some results. I don't have any free weights here, except for my 5# hand weights.

I have the hardest time on this thing trying to gracefully get into position with the leg cuffs on to do leg raises. I hurt my back almost everytime. If there were a camera rolling, I'm sure money could be made by sending to the funny videos...lol
 
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Day 8...I think...lol

Started off w/ great Total Gym work out, increased slightly and got a little better routine going. Hopped on the floor for a few extra exercises for the middle.

Breakfast: OJ w/ vitamins & fish oil (I even garnished w/ a strawberry on the side of the glass...lol). Slice of whole grain pumpernickle w/ sunflower bread, w peanut butter and strawberries. About a half pot o coffee...needing less for some reason.*shrug*


WAAHHHOOOOIE!!! Stepped on the scale.....(drum roll) 137! progress:)

Lunch: Very pretty. Romaine/spinach salad w/ chick peas/red pepper/pineapple/croutons and left over cauliflower/asparagus curry soup.

Dinner: Morningstar farms riblets (love these things!) and some tator tots. Not a healthy dinner, but we were celebrating the last day of school. YIPPPEE!

Killer workout at taekwondo tonight! I'm a little sore, but in a good way.
OH! I ordered the P90X series. I can't WAIT to get started!

A really cool thing about toning up, my cloths from last year aren't fitting AT ALL. They are silly loose. Good excuse to go by cute new ones.YAY

My husband was home last night, usually an excuse for a munchfest. I was fully prepared to make some black bean salsa and chips when he threw me a curve ball. He didn't want to eat bad. WOW! I thought to myself somewhat bewildered, is HE the munch monster, or is it me??????? So I put the nasty ingredients back and had an awesome snack of leftover saute'd kale topped w/ a slice of melted smoked hot pepper cheese and pretty tomatoe slices around the edge. It was colorful and restaurant worthy:)
 
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About a half pot o coffee...needing less for some reason.*shrug*
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When I started this I was a serious caffeine addict. I would drink minimum of 1 can of cola per day, usually 2. I switched to tea at the beginning to stop the cola/caffeine cravings. That tapered off over the first two weeks and since then I am almost totally caffeine-free.

It makes me wonder that maybe as we treat our bodies better, they start feeling better and we don't need that jolt to stay alert and feel good.

Just musing.
 
Wow. Your meals are pretty amazing.. .. You sure eat your vegtables like nobody's business. That's great! Keep up the good work and I hope I can get down to at least 140 soon... I will keep coming here for inspiration!!
 
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Hi BansheeBabe:)

I love to cook and love being a "veggie." It's really going to get interesting now, my 2 little guys just started summer vacation, so I'll be getting creative to keep them on the right track too. It's pretty easy to slip into bad eating habits over the summer. My littlest (7) wants to be a chef and tends to eat anything I let him cook, so I'll have a helper.

They work out w/ me too. I keep the Total Gym set up in the living room and they lay on it to watch their cartoons, pretty soon they're working out w/o even realizing it. They make little muscles and tell me they're "buff" LOL

Hope to see you in here again soon:)
 
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