January 4, 2017 -
Breakfast - Lemon water, 12 oz flat white (from my favorite coffee truck in Huntington!!!) and an egg mcmuffin from McDonalds Lots of water - at least 12 oz before breakfast.
Lunch - 1 cup garlicky broccolini and 1/8 lb pasta with bolognese sauce. 40 oz of water throughout the morning/lunch.
Dinner - Portobello mushroom and curly kale "cheese steak" sandwich on flatbread with a Christmas Ale and one and a half servings of dark chocolate... :(
Snack - Fage Greek Yogurt Crossover, a clementine, and 20 oz of water.
Have you tried the crossovers??? I love the few I've tried. I get the ones with nuts in them so it adds more protein and limits the sugar. And since I'm limiting my sugar and can't eat ice cream every day like I want to, I use these as my treat.
Exercise - 3.4 mile run with 120 ft elevation change with Bernie and Nick before work. Stretched for 5-10 minutes afterwards. 1.9 mile walk with Bernie after work.
How I Feel - The run was hard with the lungs (coughing a lot). My right calf was incredibly tight and had to stop and stretch it out. I feel better about myself already and it's only day 4. I just need to keep going. They say after 21 days, you develop a habit. I am determined to make this a habit again.
Wednesday, January 4, 2017
Tuesday, January 3, 2017
Day 3
January 3rd, 2017 -
Breakfast - Hot lemon water. 3/4 cup of 2% greek yogurt, 1/2 cup of blackberries and blueberries (total, not each), 1/4 cup of pecans, 2 tablespoons of honey, 1/2 clementine and white chai tea with a teaspoon of honey.
Lunch - 2 cups of mixed greens, 1/2 cup red cabbage, 1/4 cup carrots, 3 tbsps of cheese and 3 tbsps of ranch. 1 chicken breast and 1 potato with sour cream. 16 oz water to drink.
Dinner - Garlicky broccolini, 1/6 lb of fettuccine with bolognese sauce and red wine
Snacks - 1.75 oz of peanuts and 10 chocolate covered almonds
Exercise- 1.9 mile walk with Bernie and Nick before work and 2.3 mile walk with Bernie and Nick after work.
How I Feel- The cough is worse today :( Had a hard time getting out of bed this morning. I didn't sleep well. Sinus headache in the afternoon. Was supposed to do a weight workout of some sort in the evening, but I didn't leave work until 4:30/4:40, so by the time we got home from our walk it was time to make dinner so we didn't eat at 8PM.
Breakfast - Hot lemon water. 3/4 cup of 2% greek yogurt, 1/2 cup of blackberries and blueberries (total, not each), 1/4 cup of pecans, 2 tablespoons of honey, 1/2 clementine and white chai tea with a teaspoon of honey.
Lunch - 2 cups of mixed greens, 1/2 cup red cabbage, 1/4 cup carrots, 3 tbsps of cheese and 3 tbsps of ranch. 1 chicken breast and 1 potato with sour cream. 16 oz water to drink.
Dinner - Garlicky broccolini, 1/6 lb of fettuccine with bolognese sauce and red wine
Snacks - 1.75 oz of peanuts and 10 chocolate covered almonds
Exercise- 1.9 mile walk with Bernie and Nick before work and 2.3 mile walk with Bernie and Nick after work.
How I Feel- The cough is worse today :( Had a hard time getting out of bed this morning. I didn't sleep well. Sinus headache in the afternoon. Was supposed to do a weight workout of some sort in the evening, but I didn't leave work until 4:30/4:40, so by the time we got home from our walk it was time to make dinner so we didn't eat at 8PM.
Monday, January 2, 2017
Day 1 and 2
I do realize that technically I should've posted this on January 1st, but my real first day was January 2nd.
I can tell you what I ate on January 1 - it was delicious and mostly healthy...... except when I fell off the wagon.
January 1, 2017 -
Breakfast - Lamb, potato, swiss chard hash with two fried eggs
Lunch - I was at my in-laws and they NEVER eat lunch. So nothing
Dinner - Grilled salmon with olive oil/salt/pepper, brussel sprout salad with brussel sprouts/cheddar cheese/homemade lemon vinaigrette/apples/pecans, and roasted butternut squash with goat cheese and toasted almonds. The salad was 95% brussel sprouts and is one of my favorites with eggs in the morning for breakfast.
Snacks - Comfy cow ice cream...... Oops...
Exercise - 2.75 mile walk with Bernie and Nick around lunch.
How I Feel - hopeful about the running goals I set for myself. Tired and run down. I have a cold/cough.
No headaches. Because I have insulin resistance, if I eat too many carbohydrates I get headaches from the spike and then drop in blood sugar. The better I watch my diet, the better I feel.
January 2, 2017 -
Breakfast - Two pieces of avocado toast with two fried eggs
Lunch - Whole wheat pita with chicken breast, green pepper, spinach, tomato, carrots, black beans, jalapeños, and pepper jack cheese with ancho chipotle dressing.
Dinner - Mixed green salad with chicken breast, cashews, black beans, corn, roasted red peppers, tortilla strips, and ranch dressing. Glass of red wine.
Snacks - dark chocolate covered almonds - too many - I think it was around 20 of them since I munched on them all day
Exercise - 3 mile run with Bernie and Nick. 5-10 minutes of stretching afterwards. 20 minute walk with Bernie and Nick in the evening.
How I Feel -
I got nervous in the morning. I had to bring the indoor cat and the dog to the vet. Bernie was fine. No issues - just an annual exam. Boo has been vomitting a lot lately. And not acting like herself sort of. She has a bladder infection, maybe kidney infection. I had to meditate and focus on my breathing to calm myself down.
I really didn't want to run. I did though and afterwards was glad I did. The run was harder because I couldn't breath very well with this cold/cough. The pace was probably pretty slow but some run is better than no run.
No headaches again! Even with the sinus drainage.
I can tell you what I ate on January 1 - it was delicious and mostly healthy...... except when I fell off the wagon.
January 1, 2017 -
Breakfast - Lamb, potato, swiss chard hash with two fried eggs
Lunch - I was at my in-laws and they NEVER eat lunch. So nothing
Dinner - Grilled salmon with olive oil/salt/pepper, brussel sprout salad with brussel sprouts/cheddar cheese/homemade lemon vinaigrette/apples/pecans, and roasted butternut squash with goat cheese and toasted almonds. The salad was 95% brussel sprouts and is one of my favorites with eggs in the morning for breakfast.
Snacks - Comfy cow ice cream...... Oops...
Exercise - 2.75 mile walk with Bernie and Nick around lunch.
How I Feel - hopeful about the running goals I set for myself. Tired and run down. I have a cold/cough.
No headaches. Because I have insulin resistance, if I eat too many carbohydrates I get headaches from the spike and then drop in blood sugar. The better I watch my diet, the better I feel.
January 2, 2017 -
Breakfast - Two pieces of avocado toast with two fried eggs
Lunch - Whole wheat pita with chicken breast, green pepper, spinach, tomato, carrots, black beans, jalapeños, and pepper jack cheese with ancho chipotle dressing.
Dinner - Mixed green salad with chicken breast, cashews, black beans, corn, roasted red peppers, tortilla strips, and ranch dressing. Glass of red wine.
Snacks - dark chocolate covered almonds - too many - I think it was around 20 of them since I munched on them all day
Exercise - 3 mile run with Bernie and Nick. 5-10 minutes of stretching afterwards. 20 minute walk with Bernie and Nick in the evening.
How I Feel -
I got nervous in the morning. I had to bring the indoor cat and the dog to the vet. Bernie was fine. No issues - just an annual exam. Boo has been vomitting a lot lately. And not acting like herself sort of. She has a bladder infection, maybe kidney infection. I had to meditate and focus on my breathing to calm myself down.
I really didn't want to run. I did though and afterwards was glad I did. The run was harder because I couldn't breath very well with this cold/cough. The pace was probably pretty slow but some run is better than no run.
No headaches again! Even with the sinus drainage.
Sunday, January 1, 2017
In the beginning...
Well... Here we are in 2017. I turn 31 in a couple of weeks. I'm not sure I'm ready for it. One thing I do know is that I don't feel as healthy as I did a couple of years ago. So this year I am going to do the 100 days challenge that John Green (the young adult author) and his friend Chris are doing on YouTube. You should check it out. I think it'll be really cool. They plan on posting healthy recipes and talking to people about physical and mental health. I think they post videos every Tuesday and Friday. 100 Days YouTube Channel <-- the link!
I am planning on using this blog as my fitness diary. It'll be my food journal along with my exercise and feeling journal. The goal is to write it in daily.
Here are the beginning statistics for myself. I'm not happy about these at all. But I do hope to see an improvement as the 100 days progresses.
Weight: 203 lbs
Height: 5' 6"
BMI: 32.8
This number is really hard for me to swallow. I don't feel obese, but the numbers say I am. And I'm sure if you look at my blood work or a scan of my liver, it would agree with the numbers. I HATE this number and the whole goal is to drop this one. Since I can't get taller, I guess I'll drop the weight. The thing that REALLY SUCKS is that I have hypothyroidism and PCOS complete with insulin resistance. I'll write about those in a separate blog, but lately they have been an excuse for me instead of motivation. At this point I'll just clue you in that having these two illnesses means that losing weight is a very hard process for me.
I have before pictures, but I'm not brave enough to post them yet. My plan is to take pictures once a month to document the changes.
Year goals: Run the Flying Pig 10K in Cincinnati in a time faster than the last time I ran it - so less than an hour. I also want to run the Marshall University Half Marathon in November. I ran my first and only half in Indianapolis a couple of years ago. I had a hard time with running injuries in 2016.
I am planning on using this blog as my fitness diary. It'll be my food journal along with my exercise and feeling journal. The goal is to write it in daily.
Here are the beginning statistics for myself. I'm not happy about these at all. But I do hope to see an improvement as the 100 days progresses.
Weight: 203 lbs
Height: 5' 6"
BMI: 32.8
This number is really hard for me to swallow. I don't feel obese, but the numbers say I am. And I'm sure if you look at my blood work or a scan of my liver, it would agree with the numbers. I HATE this number and the whole goal is to drop this one. Since I can't get taller, I guess I'll drop the weight. The thing that REALLY SUCKS is that I have hypothyroidism and PCOS complete with insulin resistance. I'll write about those in a separate blog, but lately they have been an excuse for me instead of motivation. At this point I'll just clue you in that having these two illnesses means that losing weight is a very hard process for me.
I have before pictures, but I'm not brave enough to post them yet. My plan is to take pictures once a month to document the changes.
Year goals: Run the Flying Pig 10K in Cincinnati in a time faster than the last time I ran it - so less than an hour. I also want to run the Marshall University Half Marathon in November. I ran my first and only half in Indianapolis a couple of years ago. I had a hard time with running injuries in 2016.
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