January 7th Food Diary

Today all I had before work was a cup of coffee with creamer in it.

It was doughnut Friday so I had a chocolate frosted cinnamon roll and a glass of water at break this morning.

I had a light microwave meatloaf and mashed potatoes meal for lunch with a string cheese, cutie orange, and pineapple yogurt. The pineapple yogurt was great and so was the meatloaf. The meatloaf made me want to make meatloaf for supper sometime and then I could have the leftovers at lunch.

In the afternoon I finished my 8 cups of water and broke down and had a cookie that was in the break room at break.

You may notice there is no dinner recap here. Friday night dinners and everything from the weekend will be included in the weekend recap on Sunday Night or Monday Morning.

January 7th Exercise Diary

Today I walked on the treadmill for 20 minutes again. I stated out at a speed of 2.0mph and worked my way up to 3.2mph with a two minute warm up. I only went with 3.2 today because my body felt a little fatigued from all the exercise it isn't use to yet. I did inclined intervals again today. The first and last ones were for thirty seconds at a five degree incline, the second and forth ones were for one minute at a five degree incline and the third was for thirty seconds at a ten degree incline. This was my first week exercising and I got all four days in like I wanted to. Now for a few days off then keeping this exercise thing up again next week!

First Doughnut Friday Test

I am on the doughnut Friday list at work so every Friday someone on the list brings in doughnuts for everyone else on the list. This will be my first test of how much I want to lose weight. I usually eat two doughnuts every morning break and sometimes one in the afternoon. Today (and in the future) I am aiming to have only one doughnut in the morning and none in the afternoon. Here is crossing my fingers to see how I do.

January 6th Food Diary

Once again I had my bowl of grape nuts followed by a glass of OJ and a cup of coffee (which I made a little strong today LOL) with creamer in it.

During the morning I had three little Christmas cookies and a glass of water.

For lunch I had a Clementine orange (It is just a tiny orange), a string cheese, a yogurt and a Salisbury steak and mashed potatoes (my second favorite behind the enchilada bake) light microwave meal. I also drank half of my 64oz. water bottle.

Finally for supper I had a bowl of chicken raviolis with cheese on it, and two bowls of chips and salsa. Then to take care of my sweet tooth I had two fudge stripe cookies.

January 6th Exercise Diary

I walked on the treadmill for twenty minutes today. I averaged a little over 3mph and walked a total of 1.1 miles. I did four incline intervals of five degrees for thirty seconds each and did one incline interval of ten degrees for thirty seconds. I did a two minute warm up to get to 3.5mph and a two minute cool down to 2mph.

Feel the Pain

I have never used an elliptical before so I don't know exactly what Parts of the body it works the hardest. I can tell you after using one for two days that the front of my thighs are where i can feel the elliptical the most. It isn't crippling or anything like that but there is some discomfort when I go to stand up and sit down or when I am going up and down the stairs. But all in all this is a good thing and hopefully after another week I won’t feel that anymore.

January 5th Food Diary

I started off the day with a bowl of grape nuts and skim milk. I washed them down with a glass of orange juice and then a cup of coffee with some creamer in it.

At break I had 3 sugar cookies again and a glass of water.

For lunch I had a leftover baked chicken breast from Sunday night, a yogurt, a string cheese and a Christmas tree cake.

In the afternoon I finished off my 8 glasses of water for the day.

Then at home I had two enchiladas, a glass of chocolate milk, a chocolate chip cookie and a fudge stripe cookie
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January 5th Exercise Diary

I did 20 minutes on the elliptical again today. That makes it two days in a row now. I once again kept a good pace of over 4.0mph the entire time with 3 intervals of 30 seconds at over 6.0mph. This time I averaged 5.3mph and went a total distance of 1.7 miles.

Fat Free Coffee Creamer?

I thought that I had gotten Fat Free French Vanilla coffee creamer at the store on Monday but I was wrong. I noticed this morning when I was getting it out of the fridge that I had in fact gotten regular coffee creamer. So I guess I lied to you guys yesterday when I called it fat free. But it still tastes good and it is a lot better than having a can/bottle of pop in the morning isn't it?

January 4th Food Diary

I had a bowl of grape nuts and glass of orange juice for breakfast and then a cup of coffee with no fat creamer on the way to work.

At my morning break I had 3 or 4 small Christmas sugar cookies.

At lunch I had a string cheese stick, a cup of fat free yogurt, a Christmas tree cake and a low fat microwave dinner (Enchilada Bake).

In the afternoon I finished my 64oz. water bottle getting my 8 cups of water in for the day.

For supper I had a cheese Runza, large onion ring, onion ring dip and a large lemonade.

January 4th Exercise Diary

I was on the elliptical for 20 minutes. I keep a good pace of over 4.0mph the entire time. I also did three 30 second intervals where I did greater than 6.0mph for the full 30 seconds. I went a total of 1.6 miles and had an average speed of 5.0mph.

Didn't Go Well

Well as you may be able to see things didn't go well after that first post. I am going to try this again since it is a new year and I am hoping to keep it going for a entire year this time. My starting goals are to try and eat better and exercise at least 4 times a week and then see where we go from there. So wish me luck and here we go!