Too much holiday fun for me! So I”m reigning it in. Wanna join me for #DryJanuary AND/OR #sugarfreeJanuary? Yesterday was my first day. I promised to keep a food diary everyday so here I go.
January 3, 2017
3:15 a.m. Wake up!
4:45 a.m. Coffee and a couple of slices of no-salt turkey from Deli.
12:00 p.m. 2 cups of steel cuts oats soaked in almond milk.
3:30 p.m. 2 cups of turkey chili. It had two servings of goat cheese and a cup of pasta
3:45-5:15 p.m. Nap
8:30 p.m. 2 TBSP of organic crunchy peanut butter.
7:00 p.m. 40 minutes on treadmill. Burned 300 calories.
9:30 p.m. Bedtime
Wish me luck today and lemme know how you’re doing.
January 4, 2017
Wow! Keeping a food journal is quite the motivator when you realize a lot of people can see it. I did way better on portion control today but was not as good on water and didn’t fit in a workout. I had an afternoon meeting and took a nap that was too long. So here’s the “skinny” on my food today. The #dryjanuary thing hasn’t been an issue YET…but FRIYAY happy hour is coming and that FireBall whiskey whispers. I’ll have to come up with a list of things to do to keep my mind off the B word.
6a Luna Lemon Bar (180 cal)
9a Banana
3p Lettuce/grilled chicken/pico de gallo
4p Apple
5p Apple
9p Bedtime
Stay tuned….
January 5, 2016
Weird day. Cold. Cold. Cold. Super tired in afternoon. I feel like I ate too much but I kept rying to make decent choices. Didn’t nap. Stuck at home waiting for serviceman. In bed at 7. Great on water. No work out. Tomorrow is another day.
5a apple
7a 2 boiled eggs
10a oatmeal (2 packets) Not flavored. #basic
11p trader joe’s PB bar (130 cal)
12:30p apple
2p small caeser salad (1 tbsp of dressing)
one cup of low sodium butternut squash soup (70 cal)
4p can of tuna with balsamic vinegar and dijon mustard
with two low carb tortilla (45 cal each) 4 bread and butter pickles (40 cals)
6p Inkind Healthy Grain bar (150 cal)
Week One…
If it takes two weeks to form a habit, I’m half way thru. It’s been really great to get back to being more aware of what I’m taking in. Still figuring out my calorie intake and what kind of calories I need. Only made it to the gym twice which is a bummer. However, that’s two times more than I made it in all of December so I consider that a W. Not looking for perfect just looking for progress. The #nobooze was not a problem at all. Believe it or not!!!! Although I love me some bourbon, I’ve always preferred chewing my calories as opposed to drinking them. Problem is that when I drink I wanna eat All in all proud of my effort for the first week. I lost 4 pounds!!!!! Yay me.
How you doing? Let me know.
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BTW: If you’re looking for a handy way to calculate your calorie intake, use this link.
https://authoritynutrition.com/how-many-calories-per-day/
January 6, 2017
*Friyay!
So cold. Hungry. No gym. C on water. Too many cals. #NoBooze
6a Apple (95 cals)
8a Steel Cut oats with chia and almond milk (300 cals)
10a Lara Bar (210 cal)
12p Two boiled eggs (78 cals X 2)
1p Skinny Vanilla latte (120c)
3p Wendy’s Grill chicken/no sauce (300c)
6p 1/2 of Domino’s Thin Crust veggie pizza with light cheese and light sauce (650 cals)
7p Dark Chocolate 70% (120 cals)
January 7, 2016
Got up late. Cleaned up. Ran errands. Went out to BBQ restaurant for dinner with my son so that was a bit of a challenge. But I didn’t eat a ton during the day and tried to make best choices I could. B on water intake. No gym. #NoBooze
9a Coffee
10a Oatmeal
2p 20 minutes on treadmill
3p Grande Skinny Vanilla latte (120 cals) and Starbucks Turkey bacon breakfast sandwich (230 calories)
5:30p Jacks BBQ: Smoked Chicken breast and wing (no skin) Green Beans and Cucumber Onion salad (no ideas how many calories)
7p Coffee with creamer at Opry
January 8, 2017
*SundayFunday
Went into work early to get Gracie Award entry edited. Hit the gym on the way home. Burned approx 260 calories on elliptical trainer and did arms. Then went to grocery with Bren and came home to watch Packers game. A-plus on water intake. This was probably best nutritional day yet.
8a Coffee
9a Oatmeal (140 c)
2p Wendy’s grilled chicken w/ mulit-grain bun and no sauce (300 c)
3p Almonds -1/4 a cup (170 c)
4p Kale chips (100c)
5:30 8 oz lean steak (322 c) and 1 cups of greens.
January 9, 2017
Not much to say about today. Sad my son is leaving but glad I won’t be going out to eat so much. Yesterday was his last day and we hit St. Anejo which is one of my favorite restaurants in Nashville. REAAALLLLy wanted a margarita but it’s a #dryjanuary. #progressnotperfection.
7p Oatmeal (300c)
2p handful of tortilla chips and about a 1/2 cup of guac.
Roasted chicken and peanutt/corn/romaine salad (no idea on cals)
5p Rest of roasted chicken from lunch and rest of salad.
January 12, 2017
Let’s just call this my “cheat” day. #nobooze
January 13, 2017
6a pint of blackberries
7a Oatmeal 300c
12p pint of blackberries
4p spinach salad with grilled chicken
7p a few brisket nachos at birthday party
January 14, 2017
8a Skinny Chai with almond milk 70c and rice cake with PBfit 120c
1p veggie penne with spinach and tomato sauce 500c
3p rice cake with PBfit 120c
6p large sweet potato with filet mignon
January 15, 2017
8a Oatmeal
9a Two clementine oranges
11a blueberries coconut milk smoothie.
12:30 tomato/mozzarella/pesto sandwich
4p 2 cups of smart pop popcorn
5p tomatoes/chicken/spinach
January 16, 2017
9:30a egg white fritatta bowl of fruit
12p spinach/blueberrie almond milk smoothie
3p two bars from whole food
and skim milk latte
7p rest of chicken/tomato/spinach mix
Gonna move to weekly updates til I lose the 10 lbs. I’m doing that because I’ve started using an app called My Fitness Pal to track my calories. And, TBH it’s a ton of extra work to also jot them down. Overall, I had a solid week. Still sitting at a 5 pound weight loss since New Year’s. As you may know, I”m also participating in #dryjanuary which had been easy til last weekend. Confession: I had my first #dryjanuary infraction. Forgive me for I have sinned. I had a glass of red wine when I was out with the girls. But truly only one. That part’s getting harder and harder. Perhaps because the payoff hasn’t been that huge. I am really proud of my exercising. I have been doing Cardio Barre and holy cow! It’s hard. You work muscles I would certainly never work. Thanks again for all your support. Slow and stready wins the race. #progressnotperfection
January 30, 2017:
Well #dryJanuary is a wrap. Yes I’m calling it early. I made it 28 days out of 31. But decided to celebrate with my sisters Saturday night in Louisville. Overall, I feel good about my effort. Lost 6 pounds. My goal is 10. I wanted to reign it back in after the holidays. Still on path. I’ll blog here and there and keep everybody up to date from time to time but I won’t be posting weekly. The truth is that my bar is low. When I say #progressnotperfection I mean it. As a woman of a certain age, I wanna put good things in my body and take care of myself, but I also wanna live. I have not/nor will I ever give up, but I’m also not aspiring to be a ripped Ms. Universe contestant. I hope to continue to inspire and be inspired by you.
