Stickin' to it

Thanks for stopping by Rachel and Sam and for the info. I hope you guys have a wonderful day (when it starts).

I'm sitting here waiting for class to start, and thought I'd make a post or 2.

Tuesday Weight Update: 156.8 Still not sticking into the 155's, but I'm only up 1 lb from that lowest of 155.8, so we'll see when we get there.

Dinner last night was salad, grilled chicken, rice and some vegetables. They were so yummy, but since I didn't prepare them, I'm afraid there was probably some sodium and stuff I shouldn't have had. So, lets hope that tomorrow brings a better number on the scale and looser fitting clothes.


I tried to jazz up my menu some this week, so we will be having meatloaf (made using hubby's mom's recipe) at least one night, perhaps 2 depending on how little I can make. I'm so excited, I love this recipe. YUMMY!

Well, class will be starting soon enough, so I'll check you guys out in the 9 o'clock hour.

Tasha
 
Pish-posh Tash, that one measely pound will be gone in no time. It's most probably just water weight or something. I can tell you that I'm registering at five pounds heavier than I *actually* am right now. It's all of this water retention I tell you. Blasted hormones are boggling Scalentino's dense little mind. LOL.

You'll be back down to 155 in no time, you wait and see. Well with all of this cardio exercise you and the hubby are doing, I wouldn't be surprised if you hit 154 by the end of the week!!

Love to you, chica!
 
Wednesday weight update: 156.0

Tuesday's Food Update
Breakfast:
1C Fiber One
1/2 C Skim Milk
Coffee w/cream sweet n low
2 Fiber Chews
1 serving Glucosamine Chondroitin

2 bottles water

Lunch:
2 slices whole wheat bread
2 tbsp organic pb
2 tbsp low sugar jelly
2 bottles water

snack: welch's fruit snack

For Dinner...
I made 8 hamburger patties using 93% FF beef/ 1/2 C sloppy joe sauce, 2 egg whites, 1 C italian bread crumbs and some chopped onion.

Usually I do this and make it like meatloaf, baked in the oven with the remainder of the sloppy joe sauce on top and then served w/veggies and over egg noodles.

Last night I had this:

Dinner:
1 Hamburger patty (appx 200 cals)
peas
breaded spinach
2 bottles water

Hubby a little later surprised me with some cookie dough ice cream but it wasn't even the full serving which is 1/2 cup. I was satisfied with that.


Exercise:
.65 miles treadmill then we went to the gym and did our workout.

P90X AbripperX workout

---All exercises are 1 set w/8-12 reps with weight bumped up at 12 reps---
Squats (on the track) 90 lbs + bar
Leg Extension 90 lbs
Leg Curl 60 lbs
Adductor 100 lbs
Abductor 100 lbs
Lat pull down 90 lbs (needs to be increased)
Seated Row 90 lbs
Lateral Raise 10 lbs
military Press 50 lbs
Shrugs 90 lbs
Dumbbell Chest Flys 15 lbs
Decline Press 95 lbs (2 reps) 85 lbs (3 or 4 reps)

1 lap around the indoor track, stretches and then came home.
 
Wow, look at all those exercises! Puts me to shame for sure. All I do is run. LOL.

Your meatloaf sounds intoxicating. You always have ways to come up with the most creative recipes. I envy that talent. If I could come up with something so tasty as you do everynight, you could bet I would. Instead, I live on cereal and milk and/or frozen veggies. I need a T-shirt that says "I want to eat like Tash."...you wait and see, I'll get one made. Haha.

Your exercise regime is really impressive, honey. You're going to be toned for Summer. That has got to be exciting!

Hope you're having a good day! (((Big Hugs)))
 
Thursday Weight: 157.0
Friday Weight: 156.0

Too much sodium from Wednesday caused a spike in weight for Thursday. I watched everything I ate, I did my running on Wednesday spent 60.08 minutes on the treadmill, doing the C25K running and jogging and finishing up W3 D3, I walked at an incline of 10 at 4.0mph, I walked backwards too. I'm noticing my shins are getting better during the exercise, but are hurting pretty intensely the next day. I had to take the elevator to class yesterday because I couldn't move fast enough up the stairs. heh.


Thursday Food:
1C Fiber One Cereal
1/2C Skim Milk
Coffee
32oz water

Lunch:
2 mini cheesburgers (frozen, target brand)
ketchup & mustard on the side
1 serving baked plain potato chips
1 water

snack:
1/4C ice cream Loaded cookie dough

Dinner:
5 Spinach nuggets
1 meatloaf patty
whole wheat bun
ketchup
water

3 sips of a Cran-Grap Ape:
Cran-Grape Juice
Malibu coconut rum
vodka

Snack:
1 ff chocolate jello pudding
2 tbsp ff whipped cream
 
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Your meatloaf sounds intoxicating. You always have ways to come up with the most creative recipes. I envy that talent. If I could come up with something so tasty as you do everynight, you could bet I would. Instead, I live on cereal and milk and/or frozen veggies. I need a T-shirt that says "I want to eat like Tash."...you wait and see, I'll get one made. Haha.

Your exercise regime is really impressive, honey. You're going to be toned for Summer. That has got to be exciting!
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Awww, thank you so much. I like to cook (I just hate cleaning the mess). There have been times when I've made food though that I wouldn't eat. It's all a trial and error process and I get recipes from neighbors and family and friends and then sometimes try to mix and match some things. Lately with my alcoholic drinks this hasn't really panned out, but I don't make those much anyway.

Your T-shirt idea sounds fabulous!! Last summer I took classes at the U and these students would salivate over my lunch that I'd bring to eat and then I started making sandwiches at home and bringing them to the students. They were amazed because I used ham, turkey bacon, turkey, lettuce, tomato, mayo, s&p and oregano. I'd usually bring a piece of fruit or low fat chips too.

And, Rachel, I really hope I have a toned body for the summer. The scale isn't making much progress lately, and I know I'm working my rearend off and eating good to boot, so we'll see.
 
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Awww, thank you so much. I like to cook (I just hate cleaning the mess). There have been times when I've made food though that I wouldn't eat. It's all a trial and error process and I get recipes from neighbors and family and friends and then sometimes try to mix and match some things. Lately with my alcoholic drinks this hasn't really panned out, but I don't make those much anyway.

Your T-shirt idea sounds fabulous!! Last summer I took classes at the U and these students would salivate over my lunch that I'd bring to eat and then I started making sandwiches at home and bringing them to the students. They were amazed because I used ham, turkey bacon, turkey, lettuce, tomato, mayo, s&p and oregano. I'd usually bring a piece of fruit or low fat chips too.

And, Rachel, I really hope I have a toned body for the summer. The scale isn't making much progress lately, and I know I'm working my rearend off and eating good to boot, so we'll see.
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Tash, I love how you can make a sandwich sound like a gourmet meal. I was reading that and thought, "Wow, what a meal" lol. I might actually have a ham sandwich for lunch now...with oregano. Haha.

I know what you mean, hon. We're doing ALL of this work now to see, in three months, a transformation of muscle, and it's harder then heck to try and maintain. It would be SO MUCH easier if life didn't keep throwing us into unpredictable situations we can't control. It's great you know, to have a workout regime, but we can't always get to it every time we intend to. Trust me, I know how it is. Look at me and my constantly debunking muscles. I don't *mean* to push them too hard, apparently I just *do*.

All I can say is to just hang in there with your routine chica. You know what, you may not be ripped this summer, but think in the long run, think of *next* summer or even *next* spring. You'll definitely be able to see an improvement in a year's time. It does seem like quite a while, I know, but it'll definitely be worth it in the end.

You're doing and will do great, chica. I've faith in ya' honey!
 
Friday exercise so far- 60 mins cardio, C25K W4D1 done and additional 30 mins on the cross trainer to avoid shin pounding (and the ellipticals weren't available).
 
Tash, look at that honey! You and I both weighed inat 155 on Saturday! What an awesome coincidence or what? That's so cool, chica. I've got the biggest smile on my face right now, I'm not kidding you.

I really admire your motivation toward your C25K routine. It's really inspiring, I'm not kidding. If I don't feel like running I'll think, you know what, Tash is a machine and if she can do it, so can I. I'm not kidding you, I get inspired by little things like this. And you know, all of those little things add up to one gigantic entity of meaning.

I hope your Easter is going well, honey! Try not to eat too much holiday ham. LOL.
 
Well, it's been a bad last few days. I've been sleep deprived and unable to control my decision making processes (FOOD) in addition to being on the verge of a cold. So, I haven't been able to watch what I eat.. I'm sick of eating like a pig too. Today, I am going to force myself to eat only what is good for me and no more gross yucky foods. :willy_nilly:
 
Tash hon, I'm sorry to hear you've been tripping over yourself with bad choices. I know how crappy an impending cold can make you feel. My advice is ALOT of grapefruit and oranges. It always seems to work well enough for me.

Don't worry about this speedbump, chica. You have the determination to get over it, I'm sure. You won't let yourself stay stuck, and that's admirable.

Just keep your chin up, sweets. I'll be cheering in your corner!

Hope you're having a good Wednsday!
 
Thanks, Rachel!

I ended up doing exactly what I wanted to do yesterday. I ate a total of 1431 calories and I also went to the gym and spent 32 mins on the treadmill and 30 mins on the cross trainer with 3 stretching times in between and after. WOOOT!

1431 Cals
33G Fat
80G Protein
212G Carbs
2796mg Sodium
90 oz water

Food:
Oatmeal Squares
Skim Milk
Banana
PB&J w/organic pb and low sugar jelly on whole wheat bread
turkey burger on whole wheat w/fat free cheese
ketchup/mustard
broccoli & rice w/cheese
welch's fruit snack
4 club crackers
few bites of pineapple

Sodium is a little higher than it should have been but at least cals/fat and everything else was ok.


Thursday March 27 Today: Exercise 45 mins: 30 cross trainer hill intervals, 15 mins elliptical on fat burner setting, but my HR was still around 150 instead of 120 during the entire 15 minutes. (Hope that doesn't mess it up).

Food:

Fiber One
Skim Milk
Fiber One Chewy Bar
PB&J same as usual

and not sure about dinner as we are heading out, but it might be something like Gasp.. Cracker Barrel! Oh NO! :drool5:
 
Man, you're working out like a demon!!! You definitely are going to be ripped.

It sounds like you're cooking practices are much like mine. No recipes just something that sounds good in my head. A lot of times its good... other times not so good. I'm always so irritated when somethings ends up tasting like crap. Then I always look at is as wasted calories. If I'm limiting my calories so much they better be darn good enjoyable ones! My fiance's tastes are a bit on the picky side, so I don't know how he's gonna put up with me. He doesn't mind doing dishes, whereas I hate them. In that way we're a good match. How ever he might start refusing to do dishes if I keep making too much weird crap!
 
Your food and exercise looks good (well except for cracker barrel :p)! Keep it up!
 
HI PC! Did ya have a good weekend? Heres to another great week!!

btw...you are soo beautiful in your avatar!!!
 
Hey Tasha

I love that crosstrainer. I've been doing it almost everytime I go to the gym for 30 minutes as well. I usually run for 30 minutes on the treadmill afterwards. I really feel like I've got a good cardio plan going on here. For some reason, on the crosstrainer, it seems like I could go for hours, lol. At my gym though, we only have 3, so sometimes they are not always available...

My C25K is coming along nicely as well. I've been running some on my off days as well. I think your smart about all the stretching you do. I've been stretching out a lot lately as well. I definitely think it has been saving me.

Hope you had a nice weekend,
Sam:)
 
Hey Tash!

Look at you, you're a monster! I'm proud of you sweets. Keep this up and you're going to be toned in no time!

Hope you're having a good Monday and that Tuesday is even better! Much love, darling!
 
Hey everyone! Thanks for keeping my diary warm while I was out of town. Yes, I was out of town this weekend and let me tell you, not a great weekend to be out of town. It is so hard eating when it's a normal week, but add PMS into the mix, and there are so many dangerous cravings. YIKES. I wanted a cookie for a few days and didn't get any..and well, my mother-in-law bought a package of choco chip and peanut butter cookies on Sunday. I was terrible. I ate cookies until they were coming out my eyeballs and then I probably ate some more. Sigh.

Needless to say over the last two weeks with all the crap, I didn't meet my goal for April 1, but I'm changing my goal for May 1. As of May 1 I am shooting for 148 lbs. It's only 2 lbs off of what I wanted to be for May 1, but I think I can do it if I focus and stick to my healthful eating habits and exercise.

I'm also shooting for cardio 6 days a week and Strength training every other day with 1 FULL day off.

I have already done my cardio today. W5D1 of C25K 2.58 miles in 33 minutes and then 29 minutes on the cross trainer thingy with lots of stretching. We'll hit the gym later for our strength training!


Today's Food:
Fiber One
Skim Milk

Snack: Fiber One PB chewy bar

Lunch: Organic Bean, cheese, rice burrito

Dinner:


***** Also, only 4 weeks remaining of class! I'm so amazed that this semester is almost finished! One more semester to go after this one, and I finally received permission from all of the professors to take the last 3 courses online at another college YAHooo!

And drum roll... my class ring came in today! YAY! Although I have to send it back, dummy me had them put Class of 2009 because I wasn't sure if I'd still be considered class of 2008 because I am not finishing by May, but I am finishing in July, and I can still be class of 2008, so, I'm sending it back to get it corrected woohoo!

Ok, enough from me.

Thank you all for your kind words and for thinking of me while I was away! :grouphug:
 
That sounds like a plan Tasha. I want to have a weight goal in mind for May 1st as well... I enjoy that crosstrainer. I like to crank up the resistance and incline some, and it really works my booty.

Good news on your schooling. Bet that is a relief.

Now we better get busy with our cardio 6 days a week! I'm trying to be in with that.

-Sam
 
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