Nicole1011's Diary

YaY! It's friday. I love the weekend. I love my job and everything but it's nice to take my time to get up in the morning, to be more spontaneous. I actually missed going to the gym. It was my day off. Wow, weird that I would miss that. I went for a nice hour long walk on the beach. I love living on the ocean. It's incredible. I saw a flock of Canadian Geese with their babies sitting on some rocks on the shore. The wind was whipping so the waves were crashing. I always am amazed when I am in nature. I love it. Anyway here's today's stats.

Exercise
60 minute walk with dog
Day off from gym

Food

Breakfast:
2/3 cup of Shreddies
1 small box of raisans
1 small banana

Snack:
14 snap peas

Lunch:
1 small orange
Salad with peppers, tomatoes, cheese, cucumber, mushrooms, lettuce (variety), sunflower seeds, and garlic bruschetta turkey breast
Rrench dressing (only 60 calories per tablespoon - I can sacrifice for that)

Snack:
10 cashews

Dinner:
1 shake n' bake chicken thigh (no skin)
10 brussel sprouts
broccoli, cauliflower, and carrots in cheese sauce (1 tablespoon)
long grain with wild rice

Snack:
1 delmonte no sugar added popsicle
2 pieces of chocolate - no sugar added (112 calories)

Beverages:
Water
 
Didn't get a chance to update yesterday so I will do it now. Went out dancing with the girls last night. Was a lot of fun. Drink a bit too much. Although I was only thinking about the calories consumed, lol. Stuck to red wine and diet coke/vodkas. That's ok, a girl's gotta have fun. I danced most of the time we were there anyway as well as going to the gym.

Exercise
20 minutes treadmill, 4 mph - did intervals where I increased the incline to 0.5%, 1% and 2%.
20 Minutes elliptical, started at 3 for 2 minutes then increased to 5 for 15 minutes and finally 7 for the last 3 minutes
5 minutes cardio wave
20 minutes on arms, back and abs

Food

Breakfast:
2 scrambled eggs
2 pieces of mulitgrain toast with margerine
1 small orange

Lunch:
Tuna salad with celery, green onions, miralce whip on whole grain roll
4 strawberries
5 cubes of melon, assorted

Snack:
10 cashews

Dinner:
chicken breast (with a little skin - couldn't resist)
1 tablespoon macaroni salad
1 tablespoon potato salad
1.5 cups ceaser salad
garlic bread

Snack:
tuna salad on one piece of garlic bread
4 pieces of fruit
*I was hungry when I got home from the bar

Beverages:
500ml of red wine
2 diet cokes with vodka
1 diet sprite
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Water
 
Today's update. Went to the gym. Ate well.

Exercise
20 minutes cardio
20 minutes elliptical
20 minutes on legs, and abs

Food

Breakfast:
Tuna salad on a french type bread
Assorted fruit

Lunch:
Wholegrain nachos with tomatoes, onions, salsa and light sour cream

Snack:
1 piece of sugar free chocolate

Dinner:
Big salad with turkey, cheese, sunflower seeds, greens, spinach, cucumber, tomato, snap peas, carrots with 2 tablespoons of french dressing

Snack:
No sugar added fudgesicle (only 20 calories!!)
10 cashews
 
Today was an ok day. I ate pizza and wings but then felt yucky afterward. I was really craving it though. Perhaps I am mistaking hunger for cravings. Who knows. I took my dog for an hour walk as penance. It was my day off from the gym. I find myself longing to go to the gym, weird eh?

Exercise
60 minute walk with dog on beach

Food

Breakfast:
2/3 cup of shreddies
1 banana
1 piece of wholegrain toast with peanut butter

Snack:
14 cashews

Lunch:
1 turkey sandwich with tomatos, spinach and mayo on wholegrain roll
10 baby carrots
1 kiwi fruit

Dinner:
3 pieces of veggie pizza
5 hot wings
jalepeno ranch dip
blue cheese dip

Snack:
No sugar added creamsicle (20 caloreies!!)

Beverages:
Water
 
Good day today. Found out that I am getting two sessions with a personal trainer for mother's day. That's so awesome! They can set me up on a good program and then changed it again in six weeks. I had a good food day too. Exercised. Today was a bit harder than usual. I think it's almost my TOM. Could explain the pizza and wing craving yesterday.

Exercise
20 minutes treadmill (0, 2, 4 and 6% incline)
20 minutes elliptical (5, 7 and 9 level)
5 minutes rowing
20 minutes on arms, abs, chest

Food

Breakfast:
2/3 cup shreddies
3 medium strawberries
1% milk for cereal
1 medium banana

Snack:
14 cashews

Lunch:
1 small piece of veggie pizza
14 baby carrots
1 medium pear

Dinner:
Multigrain Omega-3 rotini with spinach, feta, portobello mushrooms, garlic, cherry tomatoes, basil and black olives tossed with olive oil and balsamic vinegar
Half of a whole grain dinner roll with margerine

Snack:
1 no sugar added piece of chocolate (55 calories!!)
1 no sugar added popsicle (20 calories!!)
 
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Why oh why am i craving chicken wings of all things? All I can think about is yummy buffalo style chicken wings with blue cheese dip. So good. Anyway, forgot to update yesterday so there will be two entries for today.

Exercise
20 minutes treadmill (0, 2, 4, 6% percent incline)
20 minutes elliptical (5 and 7 speed)
20 minutes legs and abs

Food

Breakfast:
2 pieces of wholegrain toast with peanut butter and honey
1 small orange
1 cup of 1% milk

Snack:
5 cherry tomatoes
Marbe cheese string

Lunch:
Leftover pasta from last night
Apple

Dinner:
Chef's salad with chicken and hard boiled egg

Snack:
No sugar added popsicle
No sugar added piece of chocolate
 
Yay!! I found a compromise to the chicken wing situation. I found this buffalo chicken sauce that has ZERO calories!! So I baked a chicken breast in the sauce and viola, craving is gone! Woohoo!! I do have to admit that I dipped the chicken into ranch dip but that's OK since I only had a salad with the chicken breast and I had enough calories to spare. YAY YAY YAY :jump:

On another note, I lost another pound so I am now in the 170s. Woohoo.

Exercise
20 minutes treadmill (0, 1, 3, 5, 7% incline)
20 minutes upright bike (5 speed)

Food

Breakfast:
2 pieces of wholegrain toast with peanut butter and honey
1 orange
Glass of 1% milk

Snack:
14 cashews
Apple

Lunch:
Turkey wrap from Subway with all the veggies except hot peppers, mustard, light mayo
Cheese string

Dinner:
Boneless skinless chicken breast with Buffalo sauce (hot!!)
Ranch dressing for dip
Side salad with dressing
Small slice of cheddar

Snack:
No sugar added popsicle
No sugar added piece of chocolate
 
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Wow I sure have been slacking off in the updating department. Yesterday was a day off from the gym but I did walk home from work, a good hour walk. It was nice out so I quite enjoyed it.

Exercise
60 minute walk from work

Food

Breakfast:
A bowl of Shredded Wheat Bites with 1% milk
Banana

Snack:
Cheese slice
14 cashews

Lunch:
Turkey Sandwich with cheese, lettuce, mayo and cranberry sauce on wholewheat

Snack:
Apple

Dinner:
Buffalo flavored chicken breast
Baked sweet potato with salt and pepper
10 baby carrots with ranch dip
 
Well today was one of those days where I probably ate too much but in my defense, we did go out for Mother's day dinner and I didn't have dessert, just chicken wings (of course).

Exercise
20 minues treadmill (0, 1, 3, 5, and 7% incline)
20 minutes elliptical (5 AND 7)
20 minutes on legs, hips and abs

Food

Breakfast:
2 pieces of wholewheat toast with peanut butter
1 orange

Lunch:
4 chicken wings
1 cup of greek salad
10 baby carrots with dip

Dinner:
1/4 pita type bread with 3 kinds of dip
4 chicken wings
Coconut curry prawns on jasmine rice (I still have 2/3 of it left - 2 days of lunches!!)
Naan bread
 
Another day down. I find it hard to count calories sometimes, especially when you go out for dinner. Oh well. I tend to eat a bit different on weekends. For example, I don't eat a morning snack on weekends. Tomorrow is my day off from the gym.

Exercise
20 minutes on the elliptical (5, 7 and9)
20 minutes on upright bike (4 and 5)
20 minutes on arms, abs and back

Food

Breakfast:
1 cup of shredded wheat with raisens and 1% milk
1 piece of wholegrain toast

Lunch:
Left over cocunut curry prawns and jasmine rice (I still have one serving left -restaurant servings are gigantic!!)
Apple
Small glass of chocolate milk

Dinner:
Egg white omelet with chicken breast, peppers, tomatoes, spinach and cheese
2 pieces of wholegrain toast
Assorted melons and some grapes
Glass of 1% milk

Snack:
2 pieces of no sugar added chocolate
1 no sugar added popsicle
 
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Getting behind again. Oh well, it's not as if anyone reads this but me. Walked home from work today, was a beautiful day. I love Victoria in the spring, nice ocean breezes. So here's the breakdown:

Exercise
60 minute walk home from work
No gym - day off

Food

Breakfast:
Bowl of Shredded Wheat Bite Size with raisins
1% milk to wet it
1 Banana

Snack:
14 cashews

Lunch:
Veggie quesadilla with sour cream
Leafy salad with carrots and beets and a honey balsamic vinegar dressing (boss took me out to lunch)


Dinner:
BBQ steak (size of deck of cards
Salad
Tablespoon of long grain rice

Snack:
1 no sugar added popsicle
1 piece of no sugar added chocolate
 
Here, so here's the deal. It's my TOM and I have never worked out with that before but it was ok. The scale I won't believe right now as I usually gain 5 pounds during this time. If that's tru then that means I weigh 173 but I won't hold my breath. Came in under my calorie range again but I am not too stressed. I have decided that as long as I am in the range for the week than it's ok.

Exercise
20 minutes elliptical (5 and 7)
20 minutes treadmill (0, 2, 4, 6, 8% incline)
20 minutes on abs and legs

Food

Breakfast:
2 pieces of whole grain toast with peanut butter and no sugar added blueberry jam
1 orange

Snack:
12 baby carrots
10 cashews

Lunch:
Salad (spinach, herb mix, tomatoes, olives, cucumbers, broccoli, peas, celery, sunflower seeds and feta with french dressing)
Pear

Dinner:
Tuna melts on whole grain bun
Salad
Baby carrots with french onion dip

Snack:
1 no sugar added popsicle
1 pice of no sugar added chocolate
 
Hey it sounds like you're doing really good sticking to a healthy diet and keeping up the exercise! Way to go! as for working out when it's the TOM...if you usually have problems with it working out can help a lot. Anyway keep up the excellent job!
 
Thanks a lot!! It's not always easy but the benefits are plenty. I already feel healthier and I don't miss sugar at all.
 
Today was a great day. I went golfing for the first time today and sucked so bad but it was lots of fun and even counts as exercise! I'm not sure if I will take it up permentantly but my partner likes to do it so it's nice that I can share it with him. My weight loss journey has motivated him to join the gym too so I must be infectious. Anyway, here are the stats for the day. I can't wait to reach my goal. I really want to wear a bikini!!

Exercise
1.5 hours of golf
20 minutes treadmill (0, 2, 4, 8% incline)
20 minutes elliptical (5 and 7)
20 minutes on arms and back

Food

Breakfast (main meal today):
2 scrambled eggs
4 pieces of bacon
2 buttermil pancakes with no sugar added syrup
Assorted fresh fruit

Snack:
Apple

Lunch:
2 rice cakes with peanut butter and no sugar added blueberry jam
14 snap peas
Glass of 1% milk

Dinner:
6 inch chicken breast sub on wholewheat bread
Pear

Snack:
1 no sugar added popsicle
1 piece of no sugar added chocolate
 
Getting behind again. Yesterday was a weird day at the gym. One of the elliptical's I was using was crazy (or I was - I am not sure). I was doing my usual intensity. My heart rate usually ranges from 149-165. All of a sudden it jumped up to 210!! I am not sure if it was me or the machine, but then it seemed like the calories were off to because I wasn't exercising any harder than usual and it said I burned 290 calories instead of the 150-160 I usually do at the same intensity for the same period of time. Who knows.
 
As you can see I am really falling behind here. I have decided to save time by just entering my food into fit day instead of both place, so if you are interested, go to the link below.



Yesterday was a fun day. Went for a 2 and a half hour hike on the most challenging trail in the park. It was my first time hiking it so it was a little difficult but I did it. Managed to burn 800 calories in the process. Thank goodness yesterday was not my gym day. Today is!! My partner got me two sessions with a personal trainer for mother's day so I shoud be seeing one soon. I only need to lose 47 more pounds
 
Well it's been awhile since I've updated. I think I just got tired of logging all my food and activity in more than once place. I just use fit day for that now. I have decided that if I want to be 130 by the end of this year, I need to up the ante a bit so I have decided to work out 6 days a week and have only one day off. I seriously want to get this done. I am averaging about 1580 in caloric intake, some days are higher. I am ok with that. I had fries the other day and felt horrible. I won't do that again. My newest craving is cherries, expensive and hard to find this time of year. I paid $4.99 for about 28 cherries but they were sooooo yummy. I can't wait to get hot. I am determined.

Bye for now
 
I have been seriously slacking off on the updating, at least I have not been doing that with my diet and exercise!! Busy these days. So I have decided to help speed up the weight loss that I will go to the gym 6 days a week but only do weights 4 of those days and cardio for all of them. I have lost 18 pounds so far and about 6 inches (3 from my hips which I didn't want as I am shaped like an upside down triangle and my hips are the littlest part of me). I wouldn't mind keeping my booty either as everyone seems to like it. I've only lost one inch off my chest so that's good to. Now if only my midsection would lose all of the inches I would be a happy camper. I had my cheat meal for the week, 2 slices of hawaiian pizza with ranch dip, very yummy and I am satisfied. Tomorrow night I am going to the club with the girls and I am going to shake it. I love to dance. I am always out on the dance floor. I treated myself to a real bling-blingy watch yesterday as a present for keeping up the good work. Man I have champagne tastes on a water budget. I plan on drinking vodka and diet pop (7 UP or diet coke). I will only have 5 or so and that's about 250 calories. As long as my cheat meal doesn't put me over for calories today (it shouldn't as I have about 700 left) than I can do it.

Bye for now!!
 
Great job on keeping up with the exercise and nutrition! Have fun with the dancing..I loove to dance as well! good workout too!
 
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