OK Gals!

Well . . . I have messed around long enough. It is time to get serious! Well, after my trip to San Francisco! :)

Way to Go, Paula! Karen Day 2/3

You are tearing it up out there. But what is sweet potato with ICINB (was that supposed to be icing?) -- I need to learn about this.

Yesterday:

Breakfast: 3 small square homemade waffles (I know, not exactly diet material, but the kids were begging for waffles, and that's one thing I can't pass up -- but I didn't eat the sausage); nonfat vanilla yogurt; 1/2 C fresh OJ; 1/2 C milk

Snack: Handful of peanuts; string cheese

Lunch: Chipotle chicken salad; water

Snack: Handful of almonds; string cheese; carbonated flavored water

Dinner: Taco salad (I made tacos for dinner and skipped the tortillas); water

Dessert: Sugar free/fat free vanilla frozen yogurt with almonds and raspberries

TODAY:

Breakfast: 1/2 grapefruit; 1 C total with milk

Snack: pita crisps with hummus; string cheese; quarter apple

Lunch: spinach salad with swiss, cucumbers, almond slices, dressing

Snack:

Dinner:

Day 2 Paula

So glad to see a post from Karen!!! Yeah! It is always great to see what other people eat. THANKS! Where is a post from Annie??? ;)

I seriously can't walk down the stairs because I went to a new "pump" class this morning. I seriously got sick and thought I was going to pass out. I think I overdid it a little and plus I am out of shape! Yikes! My thighs are sooooo sore already. It is all good though!

Breakfast: Multigrain Cherrios with raspberries and milk

Snack: small rice cakes, string cheese

Lunch: 2 slices of turkey breast and a big sweet potato with a little bit of ICINB (leftovers!), Diet Coke

Snack: 2 bites of choc. cupcake :(

Dinner: 2 chicken tacos on a whole wheat tortilla with cheese, green beans.

Exercise: 1 hour pump class - KILLER! Taught 3 dance classes.

Yeehah!

Okay, I've never published a blog post, so this is a first for me. Go, fight, win! I'm excited for the chance to work on my fitness/figure again; so thanks for the motivation. Not sure that I'm ready to pull out all the stops and live off of tofu, bean curd, and alfalfa sprouts though. Let's see if I can remember the day:

Breakfast:

1/2 grapefruit; 1 serving Cream of Wheat with a little milk, honey

Snack:

1 string cheese; handful of peanuts

Lunch:

steak spinach salad (with 1/2 apple, grated swiss, and Ranch dressing)

Snack:

handful of almonds

Dinner:

1 filet tilapia, broccoli, Parisian salad

Snack:

Fresca, handful of almonds

Exercise:

Run with Paula

Here We Go!!!! Paula Day ONE!

Well, I am actually excited to get MOOOOOVING again. I have been on a two month vacation from eating healthy and exercise. Surprising, I don't think I gained any weight, just not feeling healthy! Not really a vacation. Lots of stuff going on that hasn't been exactly fun, but it is time to get serious again. I don't really know what food program I am following, maybe my own, but this is what I am eating today. . . .I am mainly trying to cut out sweets and cut back on portions. We will see what results I get from that . . . .

Breakfast: Multi Grain Cherrios, 1% milk

Snack #1: String Cheese, Orange, a couple mini-rice cakes

Lunch: Cottage Cheese and tomatoes, Diet Coke

Snack #2: Rice Cakes, Diet Coke

Dinner: Turkey breast, sweet potato, raspberries, cantaloupe, pineapple, with a little marshmallow cream dip :)

PS
I need to go grocery shopping and stock up on healthy stuff!

Exercise: 1/2 hour run with Karen :)

Day 18 Paula I think . . .

Meal #1: Kashi Heart Healthy with bananas, milk

Meal #2: Cottage Cheese with tomatoes

Meal #3: Roxane's birthday dinner at Magleby's: 2 rolls, Halibut, little rice, veggies, salad with ranch. Of course, CHOCOLATE CAKE!!!!

Exercise: P90X Arms

Fallen Off the Wagon!

Sorry, kind of fallen off the wagon.

I will get back on today, Monday!!!

THANKS!

Day 15 - Annie

Breakfast: Bowl of Kashi Go Lean cereal with skim milk

Lunch: Chicken flavored rice (Knorr Rice Side), steamed broccoli, and a 12 oz. Orange Fanta.

Snack 1: 1 light string cheese

Snack 2: Bowl of vanilla ice cream with brown sugar sauce...couldn't resist :(

Dinner: 1 taco--1 tortilla, dab of sour cream, a little cheddar cheese, meat, olives, salsa, and a couple slices of avocado.

Exercise: 1 hour pump class

Day 15 Paula

Meal #1: Kashi Healthy Heart Cereal, milk

Meal #2: Oriental Chicken Salad & Butternut Squash soup (Blue Lemon), Diet Coke

Snacks: I was sooooo snacky this afternoon! Yikes! Costco Chips with Salsa, Fiber One Key Lime Pie Yogurt, A few snowballs (Ya, Annie your favorite!) Kind of a cute story . . . Cade was suppose to share a favorite Christmas tradition with his class tomorrow and he asked me to make snowballs because that is his favorite tradition! So of course I had a few! I wonder why I don't lose any weight!

Meal #3: Chicken Noodle Soup, wheat bread with cheese

Exercise: Taught elementary school musical choreography! That is my excuse for not exercising this morning! :) I did get out of breath a few times. ha ha

Day 14 Paula

Meal #1: Zone Bar G2 Gatorade

Meal #2: Healthy Heart Kashi Cereal with Milk

Meal #3: 2 slices cheese, Noodles with butter

Snack: Special K Crackers

Meal #4: Casey's work party! Green Salad, Roll with butter, mashed potatoes with gravy, stuffing, sweet potatoes, chicken breast, and a very yummy eclair!

Exercise: 45 minutes walk/hills, taught 3 dance classes

I have been looking over my eating and I definitely need more fresh, raw veggies and fruit. I am going to try and be better!!!

Day 14 - Annie

Breakfast, 8:30am: 1 4oz. strawberry Greek yogurt, 2 pieces of WW toast with ICBINBL and honey. Water to drink.

Snack 1, 11:00am: 1 light string cheese

Lunch, 1:00pm: A few Costco chips with homemade salsa and a bowl of vanilla ice cream with brown sugar sauce on top! Yeah, I know--no wonder I'm a big tub of goo. You are what you eat...
Dinner, 7:00pm: 1 Vanilla protein shake made with skim milk.

Dinner #2, 9:00pm: I should've just stayed upstairs...1/2 cup of cottage cheese with mandarin oranges, 1 cheese tortilla with salsa, and 2 pieces of WW toast with ICBINBL and honey.

Exercise: 1 hour pump class

Day 13 Paula

Meal #1: Zone Bar, Light String Cheese

Snack: Special K Crackers

Meal #2: 2 slices cheese, Cottage Cheese with tomatoes

Meal #3: Brown & Wild Rice, Pork Chops in BBQ sauce (crock pot) and corn

Snack: Jello Sugar Free Mousse Temptations (these are the BOMB!) Mine was Carmel. YUMMO!

Exercise: p90X Arms, Taught 3 dance classes

Day 13 - Annie

Breakfast, 9:15am: 1 cup Kashi Go Lean Cereal with skim milk, 1/2 of a banana. Also had 2 candy cane kisses--couldn't resist.

Lunch, 12:30pm: Ham and cheese sandwich with a little mayo, mustard, and 1/4 avocado on a thin bun. Finished off the sweet potatoes with brown sugar sauce from last night. Also had a bite or two of Ryan's pasta. 12 oz. Orange Fanta. 5 or so candy cane kisses with Ryan.

Snack 1, 4:30pm: 2 pieces of WW toast with ICBINBL and honey. Water to drink.

Dinner, 9:30pm: Jim had actually made dinner but it didn't sound that great and I wanted to save the mashed potatoes for Ryan for lunch tomorrow...so, I had a light string cheese, 1 bowl of Rice Chex with skim milk, and 2 pieces of WW toast with ICBINBL and honey. Seriously, I think I could live on that, yum!

Exercise: 1 hour pump class

Day 12 Paula

Meal #1: Zone bar and mandarin organge

Meal #2: Cottage cheese and tomatoes with Diet Coke

Snack: Special K Crackers

Meal #3: Orange Chicken with peas

Day 11 Paula

Not even going to write what I ate. Not too bad until Jack's party. I seriously was sick on the way home and felt like I was going to puke. When I got home I had to lay down and I had a horrible headache all night. I went to bed. Casey made the kids scrambled eggs and put them to bed.

Not good!

Day 12 - Annie

Snack 1, 9:00am: Low-fat Smores Granola bar

Breakfast, 10:40am: McDonalds Egg Mcmuffin and orange juice (awesome, I know. We took Ryan to get his H1N1 shot and decided to get breakfast after cause we were ravenous. The sad thing is, I was still hungry after I ate. Not worth it.)

Lunch, 1:30pm: Wasn't super hungry so I had some Costco chips (yummy, thank you...I owe you some $$, too) and some homemade salsa. YUM! Oh, and half of my Fanta for the day. I'll keep sipping on it throughout the rest of the day.

Snack, 3:40pm: 2 pieces of WW toast with ICBINBL and honey.

Dinner, 7:30pm: Sweet potatoes with brown sugar sauce, 1/2 of a light vanilla yogurt until Ryan took it over...still hungry so I had a ham and cheese sandwich with a little mayo and mustard and 1/4 of an avocado on one of those thin buns. Water to drink.

Exercise: 1 hour pump class

Day 11 - Annie

Breakfast, 9:00am: 1 buttermilk waffle with ICBINBL and sugar free syrup, 1/2 cup of hash browns with homemade salsa, skim milk to drink.

Snack 1, 12:00pm: Handful of raw almonds

Lunch, 1:30pm: Small piece of pork roast, mashed potatoes and gravy, roasted carrots, 12 oz. Orange Fanta.

Dinner, 6:30pm: 2 frosted sugar cookies, 1 brownie with cream cheese frosting, 1 super rich red velvet cream cheese filled cupcake and Sprite to drink. Whew--it's like my dream dinner come true but I actually have a headache from it.

Snack 2, 9:00pm: 1/2 cup cottage cheese with mandarin oranges. Needed something to take the sugar high down a bit, haha. Water to drink.

Exercise: None today :(

Day 10 Paula

Meal #1: Whole Wheat Waffles with buttermilk syrup - HELLO Calories. Milk

Meal #2: Nachos with Costco chips with black beans, salsa, cheese and olives

Meal #3: Buttered noodles -

Snacks: a few rolls

My eating is a MESS! It is going to be a lot easier to get back on schedule when the kids go back to school! I have had a tummy ache too. I don't know what the deal is!

Exercise: Walk/Hills one hour

Day 10 - Annie

Snack 1, 7:45am: 1 light string cheese, a low-fat Smores granola bar and water to drink.

Breakfast, 10:30am: 1 large buttermilk waffle with ICBINBL and syrup, 2 pieces of bacon, some hashbrowns with homemade salsa, and a glass of skim milk. The skim milk made it all better, haha. So much for going to the gym...

Snack 2, 2:30pm: Handful of smokehouse almonds

Snack 3, 4:00pm: 2 pieces of WW toast with ICBINBL with honey. Water to drink.

Dinner, 7:15pm: 2 pieces of pizza. We just made a frozen pizza for dinner and the slices we quite small. I also had a 12 oz. Orange Fanta to drink.

Snack 4, 9:30pm: 3 scoops of vanilla ice cream with chocolate and butterscotch topping. It tasted good but not very healthy :(

Exercise: 15 min. on the elliptical machine, 30 min. of pump class. Pump class is an hour, but I got sick and had to leave. I think I didn't have enough to eat before I went to the gym. So embarrassing to leave but I guess it's better than puking in front of everyone :)

Day 7, 8 & 9 OH BOY Happy Thanksgiving!

You are better than me, Annie!

I blew it this weekend, even today I have been having left over rolls and apple pie. But hey, I feel I am further ahead because of some choices in the past two weeks.

So I am getting back on the wagon . . . TOMORROW! :)

PS: I took the Costco Chips to Thanksgiving with my spinach dip and everyone loved them. I didn't tell them they are healthy chips! wink wink!

But now mine are gone. Maybe I will go get some tomorrow and bring them up Sunday and we can split the bag. OK?????