I decided to generate a chart with my body weight against time spent exercising. This is from DailyBurn which I still recommend everyone go check out and sign up for. I’m really happy with their service.
I was very happy to see the scale go down a little more to 211.5 the other morning. On Thursday night I took ambien and actually woke up early and feeling rested the next day. I knew it was supposed to rain, but leaned over to Craig and said, “is it raining yet? if not want to go for a ride.” Much to my pleasure, Craig said yes.
I checked the radar before we left and we had a good window. We went over to Larkin, I was happy to see other people out on the trail at 7am, even though it technically doesn’t “open” until 8am. Craig walked while I biked.
For those who’ve ridden this trail, it’s mostly a 3% grade up on the way out, and then a gentle down hill for the ride back. I do about 5mph out and 10mph on the way back. I even remembered to wear my heart rate monitor. I rode 3.5 miles out and back, got it all done in an hour. As I was finishing up my ride it begin to drizzle. We got back home, got the bike off and I got showered as the sky opened up for a day of torrential rain.
The only thing I’m a little bummed about is that I’m needing ambien a bit more than I’d like to get off to sleep at decent hours. But hopefully this is a short lived thing if I can get up for a full week early, because I won’t be able to keep up late nights.
So that’s where I’m at, how’s everyone else doing?
I put together a yummy salad tonight for dinner. This is what I put in it.
- Organic Romaine Lettuce
- Organic Baby Spinach
- Bell & Evans Grilled Chicken
- Organic Gala Apple
- Organic Shallot
- Organic Walnuts
- Organic Broccoli
- Flax Seeds
- Parmesan Cheese
- Garlic Cheese Croutons
- Ken’s Italian Dressing
I washed everything and put everything in this big metal mixing bowl, with a little bit of parmesan cheese. Then added some salad dressing and tossed, I like doing it this way because I think we actually use less salad dressing. Everything gets coated evenly.
I think dished it out into individual bowls and sprinkled a little more parmesan cheese on top.
My friend Meagan posted this recipe on my facebook profile. In case you didn’t see it, I decided to post it here. I just tried it just now. It is soooo yummy!!!! Must share with my pals. If you love peanut butter, this one is for you.
1 banana
1 table spoon of peanut butter
10 oz. of milk (I used soy milk)
blend for like 20 or 30 seconds in a blender.
It is just yummy. This sure is a keeper for me.
Have a swell day.
So like Diana, I came back from vacation a little discouraged with my diet plan. I was well rested and had a great time with the family. I went bike riding and hiking and even did my workout tapes… But all the over eating still show through. I was back up to my starting weight. 138 lbs - which means according to my BMI, I was .2 over my healthy weight. Yup, officially overweight. So that got me back into getting serious. So last week I really monitored what I was eating. I did my exercise tape on thurs. and Friday. I also enjoyed the nice weather and went running on Sat. and Sunday. I ate some naughty things with the 4th of July festivities… but I didn’t go overboard. So now I am down to 135.7 lbs. Phew! My first goal is 125 lbs. Then I will try to get down to 120. My pants still don’t fit me… I refuse to buy more… so I must keep going. 
Today will be bad - we are taking a colleague out for lunch for her birthday. And then another colleague brought in a cake to celebrate. Eeek! I must order a healthy sandwich and have a small piece of cake. Ugggh. Larisa’s cakes are sooo good. But I will stay strong!
I’m really happy to report progress this week. We really stuck to our goals!
- We didn’t eat out
- Ate 3 meals a day
- Went to bed on time
- Ate breakfast at home, with fruit
- Had veggies and salad with each dinner
- Exercised
- Almost no coffee (*had iced coffee on Saturday)
When we returned from vacation, I stepped on the scale on Sunday to see 219lbs, which didn’t make me very happy. I was determined this week not to be swayed by anything and just eat healthy. I didn’t want to try to get workouts in too, since tackling one of those two goals is hard enough.
We biked on Friday, biked on Saturday and today we’ll be doing the Power90 DVDs. I signed back up for DailyBurn (formerly Gyminee). Tim Ferriss got involved with the site and it’s revamping, it’s set up much better and much easier to use. I sent invites out if your interested.
This morning I stepped on the scale to see 213.5lbs and my clothes are feeling a bit better. Let’s see how this week goes.
My first step goal is to get down to 210lbs, then 200lbs. I haven’t been under 200lbs since 2000.
Goals for this week:
- Continue eating healthy and at home
- Work out to the Power90 DVDs at least 4 out of 5 nights
- Get 2 bike rides in
- Come home on time
- No coffee
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