February's Rotation

I just finished figuring out my workout rotation for February. It's mostly Cathe with some Firms and other stuff thrown in. It'll probably get tweaked a bit as I go since I've got Nick's birthday and my anniversery coming up.

2/1 Complete Aerobic and Weight Training
2/2 Random Cardio from TiVo
2/3 Complete Body Sculpting
2/4 Steamin' Cardio
2/5 Rest
2/6 Cardio & Weights
2/7 Kick Punch Crunch
2/8 Legs & Glutes
2/9 Pyramid Upper Body
2/10 Step Blast
2/11 Imax 2
2/12 Rest
2/13 Pyramid Lower Body
2/14 Ultimate Calorie Blaster
2/15 Boot Camp
2/16 Super Cardio Mix
2/17 Jiggle Free Arms & Express Cardio
2/18 Maximum Cardio Burn
2/19 Rest
2/20 Super Cardio Mix
2/21 Super Charged Sculpting
2/22 Rhythmic Step
2/23 Step Blast
2/24 Supersets
2/25 Rest
2/26 Cardio & Weights
2/27 Imax 2
2/28 Rest

Doing the Happy Dance!!!

I weighed myself this morning and I'm down 1.5 pounds since last week. I literally danced around the bathroom! I've worked really hard this past week and it felt good to see a loss on the scale. My eating hasn't changed much (I was actually a little more lax since I knew I had plenty of flex points to spend) but I've been working out every day to make sure I earn my activity points. 24 points only comes out to 1200 calories so I really need to make sure I get my exercise in so I can eat more. I've even been choosing my workouts by how negative I am after dinner (or how bad I'm going to be at dinner.) Last night I did Cathe's Supersets. It was REALLY hard but kinda fun since I got to use the ball a lot. There were a couple of really cool exercises on the ball. There was one where you use the ball to support your arms for preacher curls and another one where you've got the ball underneath your quads and you do these wacky pushup things (my poor triceps were sooooo sore after that one.)

Here's my log for yesterday:

S: apple 1 pt
B: 1/2 c. oatmeal, 1 c. strawberries, 3/4 c. soymilk 4 pts
S: 2 rice cakes 2 pts
L: veggie curry w/ tofu over coconut rice 10 pts
S: rice crispy treat 3 pts
D: 1 c. pasta, sauce (tomatoes, mushrooms, onions, garlic, oregano) 4 pts
S: 10 hershey's kisses 7 pts

Workout: Supersets 4 pts

Points Eaten:31
Target Points: 24
Points Earned: 4
Flex Points Used: 3
Flex Points Balance: 32

I'm all alone

Well, yesterday Sean left for Boy Scout training in Texas. So it's just me and the kids for two weeks. At least we can call each other on our cell phones for free. The only good thing is that I'll be able to cook all the health-nut foods that he doesn't like for two weeks. That should help with my diet at least. I'm hoping to drop a couple of pounds while he's gone and look really good for him when he gets back.

Here's my log for the weekend:

Friday:
S: apple 1 pt
B: 1/2 c. oatmeal, 1/2 c. blueberries, 3/4 c. soymilk 4 pts
S: granola bar, orange 3 pts
L: orange tofu, 1/2 c. rice 6 pts
D: blue ribbon burger (w/ boca patty) & fries 22 pts
Workout: Step Blast 6 pts

Target Points: 24
Points Earned: 6
Points Eaten: 42
Flex Points Used: 6
Flex Points Balance: 28

Saturday:
B: 1 c. Kashi Go-Lean, 1 c. strawberries, 3/4 c. soymilk 4 pts
S: baby carrots 0 pts
L: Chicken wrap 9 pts
S: celery sticks 0 pts
D: 3 slices pizza 18 pts

Target Points: 24
Points Earned: 0
Points Eaten: 31
Flex Points Used: 7
Flex Points Balance: 21

Sunday:
B: 1 c. Kashi Go-Lean, 1 banana, 3/4 c. soymilk 5 pts
S: 1 slice pizza 3 pts
L: 2 veggie corn dogs, fruit bar 7 pts
S: 1 c. special K, 3/4 c. soymilk 3 pts
D: Veggie Curry with Tofu over coconut rice 10 pts

Target Points: 24
Points Earned: 0
Points Eaten: 28
Flex Points Used: 4
Flex Points Balance: 17

TGIF!

For some reason this week seemed excruciatingly long. Sean and Emily are both sick with a cold. Emily claims to feel fine but her nose is still running like crazy. Hopefully they'll both be feeling better tomorrow so we can have some fun before Sean leaves for Texas for two weeks. I plan on using the time alone to really step up my diet and exercise and hopefully lose a couple of pounds before Sean get's home. As far as diet goes, I had a really good day yesterday. We went to Jack-in-the-box for lunch and I decided to 'spend' a few flex points on fries. I ordered the Southwest chicken pita and small curly fries. I was really pleased with the pita. It was half a pita stuffed with chicken, black beans and corn with a little salsa on top. When I got back to work, I went to JackInTheBox.com and checked the nutritional information. The whole meal with the curly fries was only 10 points (500 calories.) Not bad at all! I only had to use 1 flex point so I've got 34 to play with over the weekend.

Here's my diet and exercise log for yesterday:

S: apple 1 point
B: 1/2 c. oatmeal, 3/4 c. soymilk, 1/2 c. blueberries 4 points
S: 2 rice cakes 2 points
S: carrot sticks 0 points
L: SW Pita, curly fries 10 points
S: salad 0 points
D: Sprint Chicken with leeks, tomatoes and avocados, rice 11 points
S: FF pudding 3 points

Workout: LowMax 6 points

Points Target: 24
Activity Points: 6
Points Eaten: 31
Flex Point Balance: 34

Joined the Club

Yesterday we finally went down and got our membership cards for our HOA's "club". It's way cooler than what we had in Virginia. There's a fitness center, a minigolf course, a pool, a hottub, racquetball courts, etc, etc, etc. Sean had been debating joining 24 hour fitness but when I found out the HOA has a fitness center, he decided not to waste his money.

Here's my food log for yesterday:

S: apple 1 point
B: 1/2 c. oatmeal, 1/2 c. blueberries, 1 egg 5 points
S: 1 slice WW bread, 1/2 tbsp. peanut butter, 1/2 tbsp. jam 5 points
L: 2 carrots, leftover lasagne, 2 c. salad, FF dressing 6 points
S: yogurt, granola bar 3 points
D: Pizza 8 points

Workout: Aerobic Body Shaping 4 points

Here's my point tally for the day:
Target points: 24
Activity points: 4
Points eaten: 28
Flex Points Used: 0

Fishtank Weekend

Our big weekend outing was to Brilliant Reef where we got some live rock for our fishtank. We're all excited because we've got a big glass box of saltwater with sand and rocks in it. This morning we noticed that there's a bunch of little tiny organisms running around on one of the rocks. We're pretty sure they're brine shrimp. I'm sure they'll be eaten once we get fish in there. We'll probably put in the cleanup crew (shrimp and snails and hermit crabs and stuff) either right before Sean leaves for Texas or right when he get's back.

As far as diet and exercise goes, I totally flaked on exercise and I ate some crap yesterday so I don't know what my points look like. I'll try to figure them out right here.

B: 1 c. Special K, 1 c. milk 4 pts
L: Western Bacon Cheeseburger, crisscut fries 21 pts
D: 2 c. salad, 1 tbsp FF dressing, lasagna (made with lowfat cheeses) 6 pts
S: 1 slice orange sponge cake, 1/2 c. strawberries 5

Total for the day: 36 pts

Pretty aweful but I'll do better this week. I'm starting with a clean slate, I've got my food for the day all planned out, I made up little single serving baggies of carrot sticks last night and I've got my weights all ready to exercise when I get home.

Started Weight Watchers yesterday

Okay, I feel kinda bad for not paying for it. Shell, one of my friends from mailed me a copy of all the Weight Watchers program information so I got started tracking my points yesterday. I actually did really well. I've noticed that it's great incentive to exercise when you start getting low on points towards the end of the day. So now when I log my food and exercise, I'll add in my points too. Since I started midweek, I pro-rated my flex points so I've got 20 extra points to play with over the weekend (that comes out to about 1000 calories! WOOHOO!) I smell french fries in my future! Sean owes me some fries anyway since he slipped and scarfed some fish&chips a few days ago without thinking about it.

Here's my log for yesterday:

B: 1/2 c. oatmeal, 3/4 c. soymilk, 1/2 c. mixed blueberries and mango 5 pts
S: 2 rice cakes, 1 apple 2 pts
L: Shrimp Burrito, spanish rice 8 pts
D: baked potato, chilli, salad 9 pts
S: 1 c. FFSF pudding 3 pts

Workout: Express Cardio +4 pts

Total Points Eaten: 27
Total Points Earned: 27
Flex Points Balance: 20

A better day

My day was boring yesterday so I'll just do my food & exercise log:

B: 3/4 c. oatmeal, 1/4 c. blueberries, 4 strawberries, soymilk
L: hot & sour soup, 1/2 order orange tofu & rice
S: leftover orange tofu & rice
D: 1 c. pasta, 1/2 c. zucchini, 1/2 c. eggplant, 1/2 c. tomato chunks, 1/2 tbsp. olive oil, 2 tbsp. mozzarella cheese

Workout: Calorie Killer

The new regime begins today

I went a little out of control on my eating yesterday. It wasn't too bad since I didn't eat anything deep-fried and didn't go over 2000 calories but I went almost 400 calories over my target because I wasn't careful enough. I really need to get my eating under control and I'm starting today. I need to be much more careful when I eat out.

Here's my log for yesterday:

B: 3/4 c. oatmeal, 1 c. soymilk, 1/2 c. blueberries
L: Shrimp Burrito, rice
S: 1 orange
D: 3 breadsticks, 2 c. ceasar salad, 1/2 c. pasta w/ marinara, 1/2 c. pasta w/ cheese sauce, 1 rib

workout: Complete Aerobics & Weight Training

King Kong

We went and saw King Kong over the weekend. It was good but about an hour too long. At one point during the movie, Emily leaned over and said, "That must be how you say I love you in monkey language." Jack Black was great in it. He plays a really good movie producer sleazeball. We also saw "Fun with Dick and Jane". I laughed so hard I almost peed. If you've ever been out of work for so long that you seriously consider robbing banks, it's the movie for you.

As far as my diet and exercise log goes, I don't remember what I ate over the weekend. I did Body Sculpt on Saturday and rested yesterday.

It's Friday!!!

I don't know why this week felt so dreadfully long but I'm glad it's almost over. I'm so looking forward to sleeping in tomorrow morning. I forgot to blog yesterday so here's my food log for Wednesday:

B: 2 slices WW toast, jam
S: 1 english muffin, 1 egg, 1 slice cheese
L: 2 c. salad, 3 oz. tofu, 1 tbsp. dressing, 1/4 c. hummus, 1 pita
S: 16 wheat thins, 2 oz. LF cheese
D: 4 oz. tilapia, 1/2 c. rice, 1 c. roasted carrots & fennel

Workout: Super Body Sculpt

Here's my food log for yesterday:

B: 3/4 c. oatmeal, 1 c. soymilk, 1/2 c. blueberries
S: 2 rice cakes, 1 tbsp. peanut butter
L: veggie lomein
S: 1 slice WW toast, 1/2 small hass avocado
D: 3 oz. chicken, bok choy, leeks, mushrooms, 1/2 tbsp. olive oil, 1/2 c. rice
S: 1 c. SF FF pudding

The holiday season is over

The good news is that I gained no weight. The bad news is that I didn't lose anything either. I'm pretty much back to my regular exercising and my eating is far less frightening than it's been in the past. Me and Sean are going to work on our eating together. We're shooting for 8 weeks with no deep-fried food. We picked up a book called the Change One Diet and this week we're working on getting a good, healthy breakfast every day. We're supposed to eat 1 serving of grains, 1 serving of fruit and 1 serving of dairy. Next week, we'll be working on lunch. I also found a cool (free) website called SparkPeople.com. It's a free, personalized diet and exercise plan. It's given me a lot of meal ideas so I don't get bored.

I made up a new workout schedule for January (subject to change at whim):
1/2 - Cardio Sculpt
1/3 - Rest
1/4 - Super Body Sculpt
1/5 - Super Cardio Mix
1/6 - Body Sculpt
1/7 - Cardio Sculpt Blaster
1/8 - Rest
1/9 - Complete Aerobic & Weight Training
1/10 - Calorie Killer
1/11 - Total Sculpt
1/12 - Maximum Cardio Burn
1/13 - Fat Blasting Cardio
1/14 - Rest
1/15 - Rest
1/16 - Total Muscle Shaping
1/17 - Advanced Cardio Blast
1/18 - Complete Body Sculpting
1/19 - Express Cardio
1/20 - Express Total Body Shaping
1/21 - Rest
1/22 - Rest
1/23 - Aerobic Body Shaping
1/24 - Ultimate Calorie Blaster
1/25 - Super Charged Sculpting
1/26 - Low Max
1/27 - Jiggle-Free Arms, Jiggle-Free Buns
1/28 - Rest
1/29 - Rest
1/30 - Cardio & Weights
1/31 - Kick Jump & Pump

Here's my food log for yesterday:
B: 1/2 c. oatmeal, 1/2 c. strawberries, 1 c. yogurt
S: 2 rice cakes, 1 tbsp. peanut butter
L: Shrimp burrito
S: 14 baby carrots, 1/4 c. hummus
D: 1 c. pasta, 1/2 c. tomatoes, 1 tofurkey sausage
S: 2 pieces fudge