I'm officially at the heaviest I've been in at least 6 months. I just looked back through my calendar and nowhere between now and January have I ever gone over the 156lb mark (usually not over 154 if I can help it).....today I am 156.4...boooooooooooooooooo!! My maintenance is supposed to be under 155...my goal was 150, but my body is generally it's happiest at 152-153. Meh. So at least 3 pounds need to take a hike...like NOW!We had a fun weekend, with LOTS of tasty eats and far too much wine....but today I am back on the straight and narrow. Most of the extra cheese and treats and such have vacated the building (mainly because we ate it at like 11:00 last night!) so aside from a couple of pieces of pizza there isn't too much left to taunt me. I will fit in one piece of pizza as my lunch...and honestly don't care if the rest goes to the trashcan.I already hit the gym this morning, so that's a great motivational start! I did a sweaty power-walk with random inclines on the treadmill for 25 minutes, followed by a 10 minute random hill ride on the recumbant bike (with a 3 minute cooldown), and a complete set of my strength training routine. I really pushed myself today and was able to up the weights on two more of the exercises. My exercise was non-existant for the long weekend and I'm determined to make it up this week....shouldn't be a problem. :)On the way home from the gym, I stopped at the grocery store and picked up some fresh produce, dairy, lean meats, etc so there are no excuses for dinners and snacks for the next few days. My friends the fresh fruits have returned and I am sooooo on them! I'll be keeping them company with lots of water....and laying off the booze until I can rehydrate and knock off at least a pound or two...sun or no sun I can drink Coke Zeros with fresh lemons and limes if I need a bevvie on the deck!And my final hurrah for today is that I stopped for my Starbucks treat after shopping, and I only got a coffee. No latte. No Doubleshot. No tasteless baked good. Just good old coffee! Yaaieeeee!Today's healthy, yummy, super-duper menu plan:- 1 litre water already down- 1/2 of a Satisfibre Express natural blueberry bar- coffeeeeeeeeeeeee- plum- 1% cottage cheese with pineapple tidbits & chopped orange- lunch will be one slice of leftover Costco pizza with another full litre of water- last of the cherries and 1 apricot- baby carrots if I need another snack- dinner is chicken breasts marinated Asian style grilled on the BBQ, served with steamed asparagus with sesame oil, and that yummy Asian slaw. oh, and another litre of water.- evening snack...either a creamsicle or blackberries with vanilla yogurtWoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!
What a good night! and a lovely day yesterday! But booooo to the water retention this morning! I saw 155.8 on the scale, which is up 1.2 lbs from last week....not exactly the direction I want to go....but not exactly a surprise either. A whole lotta meaty, cheesy goodness....and not enough veggies and water. Obviously today is the beginning of a week of picking up the pieces. :)Our Eight Week Summer Challenge has now ended. What are we doing now?? I didn't make my gym goal...I got in 13 of the 20 days I needed in the last 28 days. For Summer I can't confine myself to indoor activity....although I think that 3 days per week is what still needs to happen. I did however bust through my 50km goal so I'm pretty happy about that! I think some sort of LuluLemon giftie to myself might still be in order for that. haha. :) I still want to get in another 20km before the end of June as my personal challenge, but that shouldn't be a problem at all.I'll be heading off to the gym later this morning, and stopping at the store for a few items to help with today's recovery plans. We are in need of yogurt and veggies big time.Todays' big plan....- water, water, water- vitamins- coffeeeeeeee- All Bran bar- cherries & nectarine- skim milk- GYM- yogurt, cottage cheese, pineapple- PC BM bagel with light Laughing Cow & sliced tomatoes- baby carrots & celery- dinner: grilled asparagus, salad, chicken breasts with havarti & salami- WALK THE DOG- grapes- 100 cal pack organic cookies- peppermint teaapprox 24 points out of 22+AP
Very carefully planned so as to keep hunger to a minimum before our dinner out tonight...9am - 1/2 serving PC Strawberry Banana smoothie- coffee- 500ml water11am- 3/4 cup Kashi Crunch w/ 1/2 cup skim milk- 500ml waternoon- walk the dog- 500ml water flavoured with Nestea ice tea single(I find this helps trick my hunger pains)1pm- Fibre Eggo w/ 1/4 cup 1% cottage cheese- 1/2 banana, chopped- 1/2 cup strawberries- 500ml water3pm- yoga podcast3:30- yummy peach tea w/ honey4pm- off to hair appointment- small apple in car6pm- 1 oz light cheddar cheese- 500 ml water8pm- dinner at Five Fisherman (salad bar, mussel bar, wine, lobster...possibly steak & lobster)11pm- after-dinner drinks (vodka & soda)11+dinner/22+3FP(I've guesstimated 35 points for dinner and after-dinner drinks...so tracking is moot at this point, but I felt the need to get it down on paper...)Water: 2.5 litres, plus whatever I drink at dinner
