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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