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Post by krb on Apr 5, 2006 15:04:03 GMT -5
Hellooooooo everyone! Let's see, it's been several several months. At least! My last entry way back when ended on the note of "I am in a foul mood," or something to that effect. I have come to realize that I had been suffering from BAD PMS. Long story short, after totally falling off the core wagon for a good couple of weeks I decided to buck up and kick some @$$. Sooooo, I started Body for Life, stayed with that plan for oh about 8 weeks, lifting a few times a week, spinning a few times a week. Then, as is my tendency, I got a little bored. But, before I got bored I discovered kettle bells, which is a Russian form of excercise using weights that look like cannonballs with handles. Well, I am totally hooked. I have now been working out (hard core workouts) an average of 4-6 days a week since the beginning of January (with a little hiatus while a broken finger healed). I am acutely aware of how easy it is for me to lapse into old, sedantary behaviors, and will sometimes go a few days without excercising, and then it is a mental excercise to get back on track. but I'm working really hard at making this a lifelong habit. I have made tremendous gains in terms of strength, endurance, and flexibility. My arms are getting that "cut" look, and I am definitely looking slimmed down. More importantly, I seem to have broken through whatever mental shenanigans I used to use to keep myself from excercising. However, I haven't really lost pounds, so it's time to get back to Core. I drove by my old WW meeting place thinking there was a noon meeting today, but I was wrong. I'll go on Monday to re-register. In the meantime, I'll start journaling here again, as I know a wee bit of food-tracking obsessiveness goes a long way in keeping my focus. (oh, and regarding the PMS, I have found excercise to really help in reducing symptoms. It's true; what they say is true...)
B: coffee w/ ff condensed milk and stevia, ff cottage cheese, strawberries S: Green Chocolate nutrition bar (5...should have read the label before eating that!); banana L: Tomato & Roasted red pepper soup (2), 0-pt tortilla w/ff cheese, lettuce & nayonaisse (0) D: Lentil soup, salad (green, yellow, red), sf/ff hot chocolate after S: split pea soup, popcorn
Excercise: 45 min kettlebell class
APs 3/3 WPAs used 4/35 f/v iiiii h20 2L ff dairy ii
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Post by nightsinge on Apr 6, 2006 20:40:02 GMT -5
Welcome back and good for you! Boy you have me ready to do a google search on the kettle bell thing. I'm totally curious!
That soup sounds yummy. Did you buy or make?
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Post by krb on Apr 6, 2006 21:17:55 GMT -5
Thanks for visiting my journal, Nightsinge. I bought the soup. Trader Joe's, in a box. Today for lunch I had the corn and roasted pepper version, also delicious. For kettlebells check out dragondoor.com and ironcorelajolla.com. I came upon them via stumptuous.com (go to "iron").
Food today: B: coffee, shredded wheat, banana, L: soup, green salad w/guacamole, fresh strawberries and ff yogurt S: granny smith apple, baby carrots D: ground sirloin and marinara over ww linguine, steamed green beans, cucumber salad w/ lemon and herbs Desert: Husband's birthday: one serving Ben&Jerry's (5) (have you seen the little single serving containers? Like B&J hoodsies. They're so cute!! Except I had to laugh when I saw what is considered a serving...it's like two mouthfuls. My idea of a serving....well, let's just say it differs, lol.)
f/v viii dairy ii+ WPA 3 (28 remaining) APs 2/2 (light kettlebells)
ps: I just read the label again for my tomato soup...it's got lowfat milk in it. who knew?! so that's 2 pts a serving. Oh well. The corn/pepepr version does meet Core criteria as far as packaged soup goes.
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Post by kally on Apr 6, 2006 21:40:22 GMT -5
I wanna do kettleballs. Sounds like fun. Welcome back.
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KimB
Corebie
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Post by KimB on Apr 7, 2006 9:07:24 GMT -5
Kettlebells sounds really interesting. I'm definitely going to check that out.
Welcome back, from a total newbie.
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Post by krb on Apr 7, 2006 9:36:49 GMT -5
Hey thanks for stopping by my journal Kally and Kim! Stick with it, Kim. It all becomes intuitive after a while. Even when I'm "off program" I automatically gravitate towards Core principals. Good lifelong changes! now I just gotta get rid of this extra 20 lbs. For me, that means portion control.
Here's the plan for today: coffee, banana, soy milk, ff cottage cheese, grapes, last night's leftovers for lunch, soup, salad/veggies w/beans and polenta. Maybe a ff/sf hot chocolate or pudding after dinner for another dairy.
Here's how it went: Essentially as planned up to the soup. Then for dinner I pulled a mommy-as-garbage-disposal move and ate the dregs of chinese food on my kids' plates (5), Just grabbed it when I got back from the gym, I was so hungry. Then I polished it off with a 0-pt tortilla w/ff chedder and leftover veggies, soy/flax tortilla chips (3), and poporn.
Spinning class after work (6).
f/v iiiii dairy ii protein ii APs 6/6 WPAs 2 (26 remaining)
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Post by krb on Apr 8, 2006 15:53:34 GMT -5
Being obsessive. Doing well. I'll see how it is eating my APs. I'm trying hard to be honest with how much I'm earning. Eating them keeps me sane and lessens the potential for me to feel deprived (and also gives me an incentive to excercise). The scale will be the final judge, and if I don't lose, then I'll adjust how I utilize my activity points. In the meantime, I'm really digging getting strong and feeling like a brute.
B: coffee, 1 egg S: baby carrots, granny smith apple, 0.5c ff yogurt L: 0.5c ww linguine w/tuna, nayonaisse & ff chedder, soup (3) S: popcorn D: EGAD!!!!! I was planning on pizza (2 sm slices planned=12) and lots of veggies, and as I'm writing this my husband comes home without the pizza, and announces we're having turkey burgers and broc. Well if that don't beat all....I guess it's a guiltless day in the end. Sigh. 2 slices sprouted grain bread (4) with the burger. Tomato, lettuce, avocado. S: Core-legal hot chocolate made partially with nf condensed milk
5 servings F/V-- iiiii 2-3 servings nonfat dairy-- iii 6(8 oz.)glasses water-- 3L 1-2 servings lean protein-- iii Daily vitamin(s)-- y Limited sugar / alcohol-- y 2 tsp. healthy oil-- ii Choosing whole grains-- y Eating only to satisfaction-- y Daily Exercise-- (6) 30 minutes moderate lap swimming, 45 minutes intense kettlebells
aps 6/6 wps 1 (25 remaining)
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Post by gingerjenny on Apr 8, 2006 20:45:44 GMT -5
welcome back!!
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Post by krb on Apr 9, 2006 10:19:30 GMT -5
B: coffee, 1 egg, ff chedder, salsa, in a 0-pt tortilla (do you all know about La Tortilla Factory's whole wheat, low carb tortillas? 50 cal/2g fat/8g fiber = 0 pts for one. Not the tastiest, but they're servicable for a 0 pt wrap. I get them at Trader Joe's. S: grapes, green tea with stevia. L: lightly fried polenta (oil), ff marinara, chick peas S: beach grazing: carrots, celery, red pepper slices, guacamole, salsa, wheat thins (3), grapes popcorn D: pizza (15) (tonight's the pizza night!), veggies, ice cream (4), pudding
5 servings F/V-- iiiii 2-3 servings nonfat dairy-- ii 6(8 oz.)glasses water-- y 1-2 servings lean protein-- ii Daily vitamin(s)-- y Limited sugar / alcohol-- y 2 tsp. healthy oil-- y Choosing whole grains-- +/- Eating only to satisfaction-- y Daily Exercise-- none today
aps 0 wps 22 (3 remaining)
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Post by krb on Apr 10, 2006 9:17:20 GMT -5
I had a controlled mini-binge last night. It's DD's birthday today and last night her best friend slept over and we watched a movie, and ate pizza and ice cream. While I am still within my points, I still get this panicky feeling about straying from more wholesome foods, as though any minute I'm going to spiral out of control...an appropriate fear, as this is a predictable pattern for me. Now, of course, if I want any sort of DD birthday treats, I'll need to work out and earn those APs. I'm going for my official weigh-in sometime today!! There's a WW down the street that has several meetings throughout the day today.
Brunch: Ate out at a healthy neighborhood joint. Veggie/tofu stir-fry over brown rice. Threw a blob of milk or cream or something in my coffee without thinking (1). I asked them to go light on the oil, but I'll count a point to be on the safe side (1). Late lunch: 0-pt tortilla, ff chedder, tomato slices. Pudding. Late Dinner: Souplantation. DD's choice. Really easy to eat Core there. I had salad, vegetable soup, low-fat chilli (93% lean ground beef...I've asked) and frozen yogurt (3). I didn't have much of an appetite at first because an arrogant, hostile driver nearly ran over my daughter and me as we were walking through the parking lot (literally, he made eye contact with us and then accelerated and whipped around us into a parking space. He came within 6 inches of my leg, and then laughed at me when I confronted him. I was shaking I was so enraged. I called the police, but they just gave me a number at the DMV. My complaint will sit in a pile, I'm sure. Primal mother rage is not to be reckoned with, and I'm having a hard time coming down off of it. This incident happened nearly three hours ago.)
Oh, and my weigh-in plans got derailed because I had to take DD to the pediatrician. Long story, but it seems she might be a chronic strep carrier. For simple things I usually treat my kids myself, but this is getting a little complicated for my expertise. Bleh.
5 servings F/V-- iiiiii 2-3 servings nonfat dairy-- ii 6(8 oz.)glasses water-- 3L 1-2 servings lean protein-- ii Daily vitamin(s)-- y Limited sugar / alcohol-- frozen yogurt (aps and wpas) 2 tsp. healthy oil-- y Choosing whole grains-- y Eating only to satisfaction-- ate to a "4" at both brunch and dinner Daily Exercise-- kettlebells (4) (ps, I read that a high intensity kb workout burns 20 cal/min. I believe it.)
aps 4/4 wpas 1 (0 remaining)
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Post by nightsinge on Apr 10, 2006 16:03:22 GMT -5
Ooh I get the same feeling about eating non-core foods. Good for you for counting the points up and staying on track with the WPAs!
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Post by krb on Apr 11, 2006 21:52:33 GMT -5
I'm relieved I'm not the only one, Nightsinge. Sometimes it's pure stubborness that keeps be from bailing.
I had such a busy day. Gone for a few days starting tomorrow...family adventure. I'll check in when I return.
B: coffee, shredded wheat, soy milk, grapes L: large green salad with chicken and balsamic vinaigrette D: curried chicken, brown rice, cauliflower, pudding
5 servings F/V-- iiiiii 2-3 servings nonfat dairy-- i 6(8 oz.)glasses water-- not enough 1-2 servings lean protein-- ii Daily vitamin(s)-- y Limited sugar / alcohol-- y 2 tsp. healthy oil-- y Choosing whole grains-- y Eating only to satisfaction-- y Daily Exercise-- none today
wpas 0
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Post by krb on Apr 12, 2006 9:52:54 GMT -5
We're delaying our trip till tomorrow, too much to do today. It's been one week since I started Core again. I lost 5 pounds!!!!!! This is using my scale, and I know the WW scale will read higher, but a 5lb loss is a 5lb loss using the same scale!!! I know a lot of this poundage was PMS water retention, but still, I followed the guidelines and am so gratified to see the numbers decrease. I'll go to WW and re-register this morning, and then make my ticker with the official weigh-in. Huzzah! Addendum after weigh-in: because I still had prepaid coupons from my last WW tour, I didn't need to pay registration. And, they recommended I choose a goal high within my range (I was 135.6 today, and my range is 109-137 for my height, 5'2"). Since I'm already withih that range, I just picked 130, an even number representing about a 5 pound loss. Then if I maintan for 6 weeks, I get lifetime! Now, my personal goal is 125 to start with, and then I'll reassess. Oh, and I am retroacting my ticker to last week. I worked hard for that loss and I want credit! Food today (a lot of it!!): Coffee w/ ff condensed milk, banana, soy milk eggs & polenta w/ salsa and ff sour cream popcorn, a little pudding oatmeal w/banana, stevia, cinnamon, ff condensed milk eggplant slices, grapes boca burger w/avocado and condiments on ezekial bread (4 aps), yam 5 servings F/V-- iiiiiii 2-3 servings nonfat dairy-- iii 6(8 oz.)glasses water-- 3L 1-2 servings lean protein-- ii Daily vitamin(s)-- y Limited sugar / alcohol-- y 2 tsp. healthy oil-- y Choosing whole grains-- y Eating only to satisfaction-- y Daily Exercise-- kettlebells wpas 35 remaining aps 4/4
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Post by katelight on Apr 12, 2006 19:48:55 GMT -5
Wow!! Congratulations on a great loss. Core works when we work Core. Have a great family adventure. Katie
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Post by nightsinge on Apr 13, 2006 14:00:26 GMT -5
Thank you so much for your kind and caring response in my journal. I can't tell you how much it means to me.
Hope your family adventure is wonderful and huzzah on a great first core week!
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