I wanted to do the treadmill today but it was being used when I got the workout room today so I did twenty four minutes on the elliptical again instead. I must be getting stronger or more use to working out because I did 2.4 miles at an average speed of 6.0mph today. I was surprised and excited by this. If I can get to the point where I am averaging 6.0mph every time I am on the elliptical that would be awesome!
I went 4/4 this week working out again for the third straight week. I am very proud of myself. I am finding that I am starting to look forward to working-out every day. That can only be a good thing as far as I am concerned. Now I am looking forward for a few days of rest then back to the grind next week to make it an entire month of working out. Wow time is flying by, now if only the pounds would start to melt off.
Friday, January 21, 2011
New Goal Weight
I decided this week that my new goal is just to get to 330lbs so my scale will show me how much I weigh. Then I will reset the goal to a more lofty weight lose goal after that. You can see the change reflected in the side bar.
January 20th Food Diary
For breakfast I had my slandered bowl of grape nuts and a glass of V8 strawberry and banana juice. Also I remembered by coffee today with creamer today so I had that when I got to work.
For lunch I had my favorite frozen dinner the Enchilada Bake, yogurt and a small orange.
Almost didn’t finish my water before the end of the day but I did and that is what matters.
We ordered out for some Chinese for supper. I had General Tso’s Chicken, fried rice and crab rangoon. I know it was not a healthy meal but what we had planned for supper didn’t work out because some of it had gone bad and nothing else we had around the house sounded appetizing. I am going to try and have a good weekend to make up for it.
For lunch I had my favorite frozen dinner the Enchilada Bake, yogurt and a small orange.
Almost didn’t finish my water before the end of the day but I did and that is what matters.
We ordered out for some Chinese for supper. I had General Tso’s Chicken, fried rice and crab rangoon. I know it was not a healthy meal but what we had planned for supper didn’t work out because some of it had gone bad and nothing else we had around the house sounded appetizing. I am going to try and have a good weekend to make up for it.
January 20th Exercise Diary
Today I got a little work out in before work as I snowblowed the driveway for twentyish minutes. It was such a light snow and with no wind it was almost pleasant be outside under the star filled sky this morning with the glistening white snow all around me.
I did twenty-four minutes on the elliptical today and went 2.2 miles. I did speed increments and had an average speed of 5.8mph. I had a trying morning so I burned off a little steam with the work out hence the higher than normal average speed.
I did twenty-four minutes on the elliptical today and went 2.2 miles. I did speed increments and had an average speed of 5.8mph. I had a trying morning so I burned off a little steam with the work out hence the higher than normal average speed.
Thursday, January 20, 2011
January 19th Food Diary
For breakfast I had a bowl of grape nuts with skim milk and a glass of V8 strawberry banana juice. I also made a cup of coffee with creamer in it and left it on the counter at home.
For lunch I had a salisbury steak and mashed potato frozen dinner, a yogurt and a small orange.
In the afternoon I polished off my eight cups of water.
For supper we made Doritos Casserole (See Recipe Below) with ground turkey meat instead of hamburger on it. I put lettuce, light sour cream and some taco sauce on top. Then after dinner I had a bag of microwave popcorn while we watched TV.
Doritos Casserole Recipe:
1lbs of ground meat browned
1 bag of Doritos
1 can of enchilada sauce
1 bag of shredded cheese
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Fill a cake pan with the bag of Doritos then scatter the browned meat on top. Next pour the enchilada sauce evenly over the chips and meat. Then cover the top of it with the bag of cheese. Place the pan in oven for 5 - 10 minutes or until the cheese is melted and the top of the chips are browning. Remove from oven and dish on to plates and add any toppings you would like. (Ex. Sour Cream, Lettuce, Tomatoes, Onion, Black Olives, ect.)
For lunch I had a salisbury steak and mashed potato frozen dinner, a yogurt and a small orange.
In the afternoon I polished off my eight cups of water.
For supper we made Doritos Casserole (See Recipe Below) with ground turkey meat instead of hamburger on it. I put lettuce, light sour cream and some taco sauce on top. Then after dinner I had a bag of microwave popcorn while we watched TV.
Doritos Casserole Recipe:
1lbs of ground meat browned
1 bag of Doritos
1 can of enchilada sauce
1 bag of shredded cheese
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Fill a cake pan with the bag of Doritos then scatter the browned meat on top. Next pour the enchilada sauce evenly over the chips and meat. Then cover the top of it with the bag of cheese. Place the pan in oven for 5 - 10 minutes or until the cheese is melted and the top of the chips are browning. Remove from oven and dish on to plates and add any toppings you would like. (Ex. Sour Cream, Lettuce, Tomatoes, Onion, Black Olives, ect.)
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
January 19th Exercise Diary
Today I hit the treadmill for twenty four minutes. I went a total of 1.25 miles! I did seven one minute inclined intervals, two at five percent, four at ten percent and one in the middle at fifteen percent. The fifteen percent was really hard but I did it.
I talk about intervals a lot and there is a reason I do them. I have read multiple times that by increasing your speed or grade for short intervals in the middle of your walking is suppose to keep your body burring fat for a greater amount of time. The first few times I did the speed and incline intervals it really killed me. After two weeks I am getting use to them so they aren't as hard and I am really starting to like them. Now if I could just see that weight loss benefit they always talks about in those articles. LOL
I talk about intervals a lot and there is a reason I do them. I have read multiple times that by increasing your speed or grade for short intervals in the middle of your walking is suppose to keep your body burring fat for a greater amount of time. The first few times I did the speed and incline intervals it really killed me. After two weeks I am getting use to them so they aren't as hard and I am really starting to like them. Now if I could just see that weight loss benefit they always talks about in those articles. LOL
January 18th Food Diary
For breakfast i had a bowl of grape nuts and a glass of v8 banana strawberry juice. I made my coffee a little strong by mistake this morning so I only drank about half of it.
For lunch I had a piece of left over pizza, a yogurt and a small orange.
I finished up my eight cups of water in the afternoon.
I stopped at Runza on the way home to get the temperature Tuesday Runzas for supper again. Next week is the last week of temperature Tuesday, which is good and bad. Good because I don’t need to be eating Runza every week but bad because I love cheap Runzas, LOL. Anyway I had a Runza, a large order of onion rings and a large lemonade. After supper I had a bag of microwave popcorn while we watched some TV.
For lunch I had a piece of left over pizza, a yogurt and a small orange.
I finished up my eight cups of water in the afternoon.
I stopped at Runza on the way home to get the temperature Tuesday Runzas for supper again. Next week is the last week of temperature Tuesday, which is good and bad. Good because I don’t need to be eating Runza every week but bad because I love cheap Runzas, LOL. Anyway I had a Runza, a large order of onion rings and a large lemonade. After supper I had a bag of microwave popcorn while we watched some TV.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
January 18th Exercise Diary
Today I went about twenty four minutes on the elliptical. I am not sure exactly how far and how long I went because the maintenance guy came in the middle of my work out to tighten a few bolts on the elliptical so I lost my data. I do know that I went more than twenty four minutes and did at least two miles. I did four speed intervals as well. It felt good to get back on the elliptical after four days off.
Januray 17th Weigh In
The scale still read ERR but after the weekend I had that didn't suprise me. Now back to working out on Tuesday and we can see how we do next week.
January 14th - January 17th Weekend Update
Well this weekend didn’t go so great. I started it off my going to a buffet at the casino on Friday night and eating way to much food (I did win seventy dollars though). Saturday daytime wasn’t too bad, we spent the day taking down all of the Christmas stuff so that involved going up and down the stairs a lot. I had half a frozen pizza and some chips for lunch and for dinner a club sandwich I got comped from the casino on Friday night. We had a Wedding Reception on Saturday night where I had water and a piece of cheese cake. Sunday I had two hotdogs and some cottage cheese for lunch and we ordered some pizza and bread sticks for supper. The big problem on Sunday was I ate half a bag of chips while I sat and watched football in the afternoon. Monday I had some leftover pizza for lunch. I slow cooked a chuck roast in barbeque sauce all day and we had that with some cottage cheese for supper. My problem came in the afternoon when I kept munching on little chocolates we had in the living room all day. Over all I wasn’t happy with how my weekend went food wise and I will be looking to improve it next weekend.
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