Getting it back - Josie's journey...

Today is going well, keeping on track... for work our company has pizza on fridays, so i had a piece of white whole wheat with chicken and broccoli. it took a helluva lot to resist the pepperoni. im a girl that loves meat - and i officially envy all the people in my company who devoured the pepperoni, sausage and meatball pies :(

This weekend is going to be a tough one, as my bf and i are going to my mothers house. Hopefully there are good healthy food choices for me there, but who knows. plus a 4 hour car ride is going to be interesting with food options on the road :driving: saturday is supposed to be an 'off' workout day, but i think im going to do yoga in the morning for my own enjoyment only...

i'll post my meals from today tomorrow morning, but other than that, i'll be back after the weekend to post how the plan went over the weekend...

have a nice weekend everyone! :seeya:
 
Yes, in your arms and lower legs and chest....maybe I am just seein things than...:rolleyes:
 
Friday 5/8/09

"on" day

930am - breakfast
1 slice wheat toast w/butter
1 hard boiled egg white
red grapefruit
1 L. Water

1200pm - lunch
1 slice whole wheat pizza w/chicken and broccoli
couple sips diet coke
1 L water

330pm - mid pm snack
1 hard boiled egg white
1 cube cheese
1 bottle water

545pm - 700pm - workout
5 minute warm up
full body stretch
abs/obliques, upper/lower/mid
circuit training, alternating upper/lower body resistance, 1 set each
25 mins treadmill HIIT 3.8-7.0 mph
full body stretch
1 L water

900pm - dinner
chicken breast
piece of whole grain bread
spinach
1 glass water

1130 - bed
 
Saturday 5/9/09

"off" day - w/yoga

1030am - 1130am
yoga
1 L water

1200pm - brunch
egg white omelete
cheese
broccoli
1 glass water

330pm - mid pm snack
1 string cheese
1 bottle water

630pm - dinner
brown rice
grilled chicken
small piece of cake (hope it was less than 10 grams sugars)
1 L water

830pm - pm snack
plate of green beans
1 bottle water

1100pm - bed
 
Sunday 5/10/09

"off" day

1100am - breakfast
half oat bran muffin
1 bottle water

200pm - lunch
zucchini
spicy tuna rolls
couple sips of miso soup

530 - mid pm snack
1 blueberry light and fit yogurt

900pm - dinner :( so late
shrimp/lettuce steamed spring rolls

1200pm - bed
 
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This weekend was kind of hard in eating consistently... but i tried my hardest to not let so much time go by before i ate something. i had late starts on both days, but i dont think i did too bad considering all the tempting food choices that were in my face.

todays food isnt going to go so well with the nutritional piece as i have run out of fruits and veggies. but i will go grocery shopping later tonight and tomorrow for the next couple of weeks i should be good to go.

I still feel fresher and lighter, even though my body is probably still trying to figure out what im doing to it. this week is my uh... monthly friend - and it will be a challenge to not consume salt like i will want to. but if i get through this week, i should be good to go for the next month!

lets hope so!
 
Monday, 5/11/09

"on" day

930am - breakfast
1 slice wheat toast w/butter
1 hard boiled egg white
1 L. Water

12pm - lunch
1/2 onion bagel
cream cheese
1 hard boiled egg white
1 L.

200pm - mid pm snack
peanuts
1 bottle water

400pm - late pm snack
1 hard boiled egg white
1 bottle water

530pm - 630pm - workout
1 hr powerflex
full body stretch
1.5 L water

800pm - dinner
turkey
whole wheat bread
honey mustard
pickles
lettuce
1 L water

1100pm - bed
 
So this concludes week 1, and my body is still adjusting... it isnt getting hungry on its own yet, and im still totally full after a measley breakfast of a piece of toast, an egg white and fruit.

though i havent been recording my cals, im eating somewhere between 1100-1400 depending on if its an on day or off day - and im full ALL the time. eating is a pain in my butt.

i hope that at the end of week two, i will start to automatically become hungry after a couple of hours and my body will start talking to me again.

then i can feed it, give it some exercise, and hopefully i will start seeing results shortly after.

oh and my gym time was limited yesterday, so I did the PowerFlex class at my gym and used WAY too much weight, so today I cant lift my arms very high, or walk very fast, or really do anything at all. tomorrow is going to feel like hell... :eek:

oh and FINALLY I went fooood shopping!!!!!!! :D so this week should be very plentiful in veggies and fruit... even though my blueberries are sour :ack2:

in case anyone is reading, good morrrrrrrrning! :seeya:
 
Tuesday, 5/12/09

"on" day

915am - breakfast
1 slice wheat toast w/butter
1 hard boiled egg white
big handful of blueberries
1 L. Water
1 cup green tea

1130pm - am snack
red grapefruit
cheese
1 bottle water

130pm - lunch
roasted chicken
zucchini and green beans
1 L water

330pm - pm snack
1 hard boiled egg white
1 bottle water

600pm - 730pm - workout
5 mins warm up
full body stretch
40 minute HIIT treadmill 3.5 - 8.0 mph
abs/obliques - upper, lower, mid
full body stretch
1 L water

830pm - dinner
turkey
whole wheat bread
honey mustard
pickles
lettuce
1 L water

1100 - bed
 
This week is supposed to be my bitchy, bloated, moody week, if you get my drift... and so far since all the exercise and water/diet, it has been a walk in the park. I havent had cramps at all, I have no dehydration headaches or fatigue, and I still feel energized, awake and healthier.

Also, yesterday at the gym, I was only going to jog/run at 5.0 for half an hour, maybe hitting 2 miles or so... but I had SO much energy, that it turned into HIIT, and lasted a good solid 40 minutes and was at 8.0 at the max speed, when I can only usually take HIIT for 20 mins tops at 7.5 mph (im short and just cant run that fast :p!). Weird, since I havent been sleeping any earlier.

sugar cravings arent as bad as its been in the past when i've been on this plan. but they ARE there. so i brought sf choco pudding with me to work, so when i absolutely need chocolate, I wont raid our subsidized vending machine, where you can literally buy king size candy bars for 30 cents :leaving:

but so far i havent had any serious struggles yet, and today my hunger has begun. i devoured my breakfast this morning, and was counting the minutes until my morning snack. i just ate it and now i cant wait for lunch! :piggy:

also, my arm pits are SOOOOOOOOooooOOo sore from that powerflex class on monday, probably because i never do flys. I should prob start since that body part obviously never gets touched. SO sore, cant even lift my water bottle properly. ok... done with my moaning
 
Hey girl!!!!! how are you!!!?:seeya:

So i caught up on writing in journals finally here at lunch time so im sorry i suck at it!!!

Checked out your pics and wow girl... you and i seem to carry out weight pretty much the same.... well it looks like it. Your weight is exatly where i started in the before pics i just posted today. I was 153. That was february and progress so far has been steady but im not gonna lie.... sloooooooow. Its worth it though.


ok so i was looking for anything i could when i was trying to start getting moving. Still am actually. Here are some snacks that i stocked up on because I dunno bout you... but everyone here has brownies, cookies, ice cream, chocolate, etc.... i cant eat that all day every day!!! So these are my favorite snacks!! :)

Rold Gold pretzal Rods ( 3 for 110 cals.. i normally just have one)
LIGHTLY salted or no salt mixed nuts
peppridgefarms goldfish ( parmesan).... they allow 60 of them for 130 cals.... i eat like 20 and im good!
90 Cal Special K bars
NAVAL ORANGES!!!! LOOOOVE THIS!!!! does the trick... they are so big haha.
Lite applesauce ( 50 cal)
string cheese
2% milk fat cottage cheese




Those are just some of the SNACKS i like :) Just ideas. Hey any ideas you have pass em along sista!!!! :) Hope we can stay in touch and motivate each other!!!!!

byes!
 
M_Marie said:
Rold Gold pretzal Rods ( 3 for 110 cals.. i normally just have one)
LIGHTLY salted or no salt mixed nuts
peppridgefarms goldfish ( parmesan).... they allow 60 of them for 130 cals.... i eat like 20 and im good!
90 Cal Special K bars
NAVAL ORANGES!!!! LOOOOVE THIS!!!! does the trick... they are so big haha.
Lite applesauce ( 50 cal)
string cheese
2% milk fat cottage cheese
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on my plan I can definitely take you up on all of those suggestions... do you know how much sugar is in the special k bars? oh and i'm allergic to applesauce.. allergic to all apples!!! :cuss:

i used to eat one a day and when i turned 24, i became allergic to pollen, cats, apples, peaches, almost all grass, etc.... i miss it :((

i dont actually have many snacks in my house... i have a lot of string cheese, grapefruit and berries. im really glad you named more snackies because i def need more variety.... dunno how long i can take the egg whites :ack2:
 
Hi Josie, nice to meet a local girl here! I'm just stopping to say hi. I'll be back later when I have some time to read a little of whatyou have going on and comment in more detail. Mostly wanted to say hello and pick up a subscription for your journey here!:seeya:
 
jmlls07 said:
on my plan I can definitely take you up on all of those suggestions... do you know how much sugar is in the special k bars? oh and i'm allergic to applesauce.. allergic to all apples!!! :cuss:

i used to eat one a day and when i turned 24, i became allergic to pollen, cats, apples, peaches, almost all grass, etc.... i miss it :((

i dont actually have many snacks in my house... i have a lot of string cheese, grapefruit and berries. im really glad you named more snackies because i def need more variety.... dunno how long i can take the egg whites :ack2:
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Josie"
Special K bars have 8g of sugar in them girrrrl


egg whites....i might yak hahahahah
 
Hey Josie, just checked out a litle bit here and there. What is your diet plan? It sounds like you are paying close attention to sugar, are you doing a lower carb type of diet?

I was reading your post on HIIT up top here. Have you done the research on it/ 40 minutes sounds like a long time. When I'm cycling on a mag trainer, I will typically do a max of 25 minutes, and that includes warm up and cool down time. I'm usually roasted by the time I'm done. It's my understanding that there may be risk factors if you do too much...

Anyway, glad you came over to my place here. It gets a bit crazy (I'm a bit crazy, so it goes with the territory). You're an in the city Bostonian huh? I live out in in north central Mass (near Fitchburg).
 
Wednesday 5/13/09

"off" day

830am - breakfast
1 slice wheat toast w/butter
1 hard boiled egg white
big handful of blueberries, strawberries and kiwi
1 L. Water

1045pm - am snack
1 raspberry light/fit yogurt
cheese
1 bottle water

100pm - lunch
roasted chicken
zucchini
1 L water

330pm - early pm snack - STARVING HERE :piggy: :eek:
1 hard boiled egg white
red grapefruit
1 sf choco pudding
peanuts
1 bottle water

600pm - dinner
whole wheat bread
turkey
lettuce
light mayo/mustard
1 bottle water

900pm - late pm snack
piece of deli turkey
1 bottle water

1100pm - bed
 
reluctantcabbie said:
Hey Josie, just checked out a litle bit here and there. What is your diet plan? It sounds like you are paying close attention to sugar, are you doing a lower carb type of diet?

I was reading your post on HIIT up top here. Have you done the research on it/ 40 minutes sounds like a long time. When I'm cycling on a mag trainer, I will typically do a max of 25 minutes, and that includes warm up and cool down time. I'm usually roasted by the time I'm done. It's my understanding that there may be risk factors if you do too much...

Anyway, glad you came over to my place here. It gets a bit crazy (I'm a bit crazy, so it goes with the territory). You're an in the city Bostonian huh? I live out in in north central Mass (near Fitchburg).
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well helloooo!!!!!! my diet plan isnt exactly lower carb, though i am really watching my sugars since it only allows a max of 10g per sitting. I can eat as I wish, just in certain combinations... it just so happens my kitchen is stocked with super healthy stuff right now.

the "diet" is in a nutshell, a "plan" to use as much fat as possible for energy, rather than carbohydrates. it almost seems impossible, which is why the food combinations are as such; i am paying close attention to GI as well, and the reason I do weights before cardio, or just cardio for 40 minutes, is to release the glycogen stores as best as i can... it definitely doesnt work for everyone, and probably isnt the norm, but most certainly has worked for my body many times before, and i will get it back as long as i stick to it! (hows that for psyching myself out!) :p

for HIIT, I did an extended treadmill variation of it since i didnt lift

3 min run at 5.0, 2 min walk at 4.0
3 min run at 5.0, 2 min walk at 4.0
3 min run at 5.5, 2 min walk at 4.0
3 min run at 6.0, 2 min walk at 4.0
3 min run at 6.5, 2 min walk at 3.8
2 min run at 7.0, 3 min walk at 3.5
2 min run at 7.5, 3 min walk at 3.5
2 min run at 8.0, 3 min walk at 3.5

totally sucked. i remember how much i hate it :(

oh, and its nice in your neck of the woods. much quieter :D
 
Hey Josie! Thought I'd come over and return the journal kudos! :)

Sounds like you're doing pretty good on your plan, sugar cravings aside. I think I'm very lucky that I don't crave sugar. My weakness is anything potato-y, and especially chips, but if they're out of sight, I can handle it.

Your HIIT sounds intense - sounds right up my alley. I just started doing the Couch to 5k program and found that it actually makes a great HIIT routine (at least in the beginning stages - dunno what I'll get into later).

Anyway, just wanted to say "hi". I'll come back and visit. :)
 
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