So posting everything I eat and it's corresponding calories is too time consuming for me. I'm changing it up and will be posting my weight and exercise daily. I'll also reflect on how I did calorie-wise for the day.
Weight: 136.4
Exercise: 30 minutes slow pace walking
I didn't do so well eating today. I'm not really sure what's been going on with me but I can't get enough sugar. I've never really craved anything (even while pregnant) but lately, sugar is my BFF. I'm hoping it will pass soon.
I am going to start waking up early to workout in the morning. I used to do this while I was following Weight Watchers a few years ago and I loved it. It made my morning so much more leisurely than they normally were. I'm looking forward to having that time to myself again. But I do have to keep chanting to myself "I will get up early and workout". Whatever it takes, right?!
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Friday, September 30, 2011
Teeny by Halloweeny - September 30th
Weight138.2
Breakfast
Half Panera Asiago Bagel - 165 calories
1 tbsp Panera Reduced Fat Veggie Cream Cheese - 60 calories
4 oz Applesauce - 50 calories
2 tbsp coffee creamer - 120 calories (I'm not sure I agree so I need to do more checking on this one)
Lunch
1 slice wheat bread - 70 calories
2 ounces ham - 60 calories
Mustard - 3 calories
17 Mini ranch rice cakes - 130 calories
Dinner
Jimmy Johns turkey lettuce wrap w/ Dijon mustard - 82 calories
Jimmy Johns Reduced Fat Chips - 260 calories
Jimmy Johns Pickle - 22 calories
Snacks
Mini Twix bar - 50 calories
Cherry Air Head - 47 calories
Mini Blow Pop - 8 calories
Mini Whoppers - 30 calories
Half graham cracker - 33 Calories
Exercise
30 minutes walking - 77 calories burned
Total
1,191 calories. 9 remaining
Reflections
Today was a good day. I made good choices - mostly because I knew I'd be putting it all out on the inter webs.
Tomorrow we're having family pictures taken, here's hoping I get enough sleep and I'm not bloated!
Breakfast
Half Panera Asiago Bagel - 165 calories
1 tbsp Panera Reduced Fat Veggie Cream Cheese - 60 calories
4 oz Applesauce - 50 calories
2 tbsp coffee creamer - 120 calories (I'm not sure I agree so I need to do more checking on this one)
Lunch
1 slice wheat bread - 70 calories
2 ounces ham - 60 calories
Mustard - 3 calories
17 Mini ranch rice cakes - 130 calories
Dinner
Jimmy Johns turkey lettuce wrap w/ Dijon mustard - 82 calories
Jimmy Johns Reduced Fat Chips - 260 calories
Jimmy Johns Pickle - 22 calories
Snacks
Mini Twix bar - 50 calories
Cherry Air Head - 47 calories
Mini Blow Pop - 8 calories
Mini Whoppers - 30 calories
Half graham cracker - 33 Calories
Exercise
30 minutes walking - 77 calories burned
Total
1,191 calories. 9 remaining
Reflections
Today was a good day. I made good choices - mostly because I knew I'd be putting it all out on the inter webs.
Tomorrow we're having family pictures taken, here's hoping I get enough sleep and I'm not bloated!
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Teeny by Halloweeny - Thursday September 29th
My best fabulous friend, Jaci, has invited me to be part of her Teeny by Halloweeny adventure. My plan is to post as often as I can what I've eaten for the day and how much I weighed that morning. Jaci is a Weight Watcher, as was I, however now I track calories instead of Points. The program I use is called My Fitness Pal. It's a free calorie and exercise tracking online tool. So far I haven't had any issues with it and it's really easy to find the foods you eat. My user name is WorkingMama11 so if you decide to join the program, we can be friends and motivate each other!
I will post everything I eat, broken down in to meals and snacks, along with how many calories it is. I'm allotted 1,200 calories based on my age, weight, height and weight loss goals. At the end of each post, I'll reflect on the day and figure out ways I can improve the next day.
On with the good stuff...
Morning Weight - 138.6. They're baaaack! :(
Breakfast
Wheat English muffin - 130 calories
Brummel & Brown butter (1 tbsp) - 45 calories
Coffee creamer - 90 calories (I try to avoid sugar free stuff which means higher calories).
Lunch
Marinated chicken breast - 239 calories
Pretzel (half)- 170 calories
Baked beans (half cup) - 140 calories
Pasta salad (half cup) - 139 calories
Cheez Whiz (2 tbsp for pretzel) - 90 calories
Dinner
Fareway wheat bread (2 slices) - 140 calories
Mustard - 3 calories
Ranch mini rice cakes (17 pieces) - 130 calories
Honey smoked ham (2 oz) - 61 calories
Snacks
3 homemade brown sugar cookies - No idea how many calories
Total Calories
1,377. My goal calorie is 1,200 so I was over by 177 plus whatever the cookies were.
Exercise
Walking, 30 minutes. 77 calories burned.
Reflections
Even though I was over my calories for the day (dang cookies made by co-workers!), I feel good about the choices I made. I said "No!" to extra servings at a company provided lunch and because of the afore mentioned cookies, I opted to have a healthier dinner instead of the hamburgers that were on the menu. Here's hoping taking part in this Teeny by Halloweeny challenge will motivate me to make better choices.
I will post everything I eat, broken down in to meals and snacks, along with how many calories it is. I'm allotted 1,200 calories based on my age, weight, height and weight loss goals. At the end of each post, I'll reflect on the day and figure out ways I can improve the next day.
On with the good stuff...
Morning Weight - 138.6. They're baaaack! :(
Breakfast
Wheat English muffin - 130 calories
Brummel & Brown butter (1 tbsp) - 45 calories
Coffee creamer - 90 calories (I try to avoid sugar free stuff which means higher calories).
Lunch
Marinated chicken breast - 239 calories
Pretzel (half)- 170 calories
Baked beans (half cup) - 140 calories
Pasta salad (half cup) - 139 calories
Cheez Whiz (2 tbsp for pretzel) - 90 calories
Dinner
Fareway wheat bread (2 slices) - 140 calories
Mustard - 3 calories
Ranch mini rice cakes (17 pieces) - 130 calories
Honey smoked ham (2 oz) - 61 calories
Snacks
3 homemade brown sugar cookies - No idea how many calories
Total Calories
1,377. My goal calorie is 1,200 so I was over by 177 plus whatever the cookies were.
Exercise
Walking, 30 minutes. 77 calories burned.
Reflections
Even though I was over my calories for the day (dang cookies made by co-workers!), I feel good about the choices I made. I said "No!" to extra servings at a company provided lunch and because of the afore mentioned cookies, I opted to have a healthier dinner instead of the hamburgers that were on the menu. Here's hoping taking part in this Teeny by Halloweeny challenge will motivate me to make better choices.
Monday, September 26, 2011
Updates and photo dump
Warning: This is a completely random and somewhat incoherent post. Read at your own risk - though there are some good pictures!
Colin had his 9 month check up a couple weeks ago. He weighs 18 pounds 2 ounces (20th percentile), is 28.5 inches long (50th percentile) and his head circumference is 45 cm (50th percentile). He got a clean bill of health. He says "da da da" a lot...which breaks this mama's heart! He's starting to get stranger anxiety but mostly only with men. If I'm in the room, he wants to be near me. And if I leave the room or walk past him without stopping, he usually screams until I acknowledge him. Attachment parenting at it's best :-). He's more objective, too. If we take a toy or anything he's playing with away, he gets fuming mad.
Mark and I celebrated our 2nd wedding anniversary today (September 26th). Mark's parents offered to keep Colin overnight for us last night. It was nice to have an adult only evening but we definitely missed him. Mark slept in until 9 this morning and I actually had time to do some Pilate's and get a run in.
In other news, I think I am finally finished with the living room make over. I hung some red cube shelves to add some visual balance to the large wall. It's not a major Betty but a vast improvement - name that movie ;-). I do love all the color the room has now. It's perfect for fall - a season the Testa household is opening with wide open arms!
Colin had his 9 month check up a couple weeks ago. He weighs 18 pounds 2 ounces (20th percentile), is 28.5 inches long (50th percentile) and his head circumference is 45 cm (50th percentile). He got a clean bill of health. He says "da da da" a lot...which breaks this mama's heart! He's starting to get stranger anxiety but mostly only with men. If I'm in the room, he wants to be near me. And if I leave the room or walk past him without stopping, he usually screams until I acknowledge him. Attachment parenting at it's best :-). He's more objective, too. If we take a toy or anything he's playing with away, he gets fuming mad.
Mark and I celebrated our 2nd wedding anniversary today (September 26th). Mark's parents offered to keep Colin overnight for us last night. It was nice to have an adult only evening but we definitely missed him. Mark slept in until 9 this morning and I actually had time to do some Pilate's and get a run in.
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| Second anniversary |
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| Such a happy boy! |
Saturday, September 24, 2011
Post Baby Weight Loss
So this really isn't an update...just me sharing something that became shockingly clear last night.
I was getting ready for my usual Friday night routine - taking a hot bath and shaving my legs - when I thought to myself "I've never really looked at my post-baby body. Maybe I should. It may help me feel more confident."
WRONG. Big mistake. HUGE. I never should have turned around and looked in that mirror.
See, I've been fooling myself by repeating I'm "only 10 pounds" heavier than I was when I first got pregnant over a year and a half ago. Sure, it's true that I am only 10 pounds heavier but these 10 pounds are sheer FAT pounds...not muscle pounds as I had been thinking. There is more cellulite on my ass and thighs than I even care to know about. Side note: I'd like to call bullshit on all these new moms who say "I just love my new voluptuous body!'. You're all damn liars. No one likes a pudgy stomach and thighs.
I believe it's a sign fromhell heaven that the newest issue of Self magazine came in the mail on the very day I decided to sneak a peek at myself. I plopped down in the tub praying the hot water would melt away the fat (don't judge, it works on meat and this just proves how diluted my reasoning is). I flipped open the magazine to the exact page where the hip new workout Cross Fit was being featured - another sign from below above. I read through it and decided once I was done baking in the tub, I would give it a shot. It seemed simple enough - it just mixes cardio with strength training. Easy peasy!
Um...turns out it's not so simple. I was ready to quit about 30 seconds in and I hadn't even got through the warm up! But with those thoughts of quitting came mental images of my ass in the mirror so I pushed through. I got through the first WOD (workout of the day) and was convinced I was going to die. Where the hell did my endurance go? I used to be able to spend an hour on the elliptical then an hour of Pilate's and still clean my entire house without resting.
What became shockingly clear to me as I lay on the floor, gasping for air, was that I am STARTING OVER. I'm not who I used to be. I'm the out of shape version of that person and I am going to have to work my ass off - literally - to become her again. My plan now is to build up my endurance again. This Cross Fit exercise routine is a good way to do it because it's short and simple. It takes 20 minutes tops and there is no fancy equipment needed. And the best part is it's all in one. I'll no longer have to make time for cardio and strength. Plus I can do it without leaving my house.
So hasta la vista, cellulite! You're not welcome on my cheeks any more!
I was getting ready for my usual Friday night routine - taking a hot bath and shaving my legs - when I thought to myself "I've never really looked at my post-baby body. Maybe I should. It may help me feel more confident."
WRONG. Big mistake. HUGE. I never should have turned around and looked in that mirror.
See, I've been fooling myself by repeating I'm "only 10 pounds" heavier than I was when I first got pregnant over a year and a half ago. Sure, it's true that I am only 10 pounds heavier but these 10 pounds are sheer FAT pounds...not muscle pounds as I had been thinking. There is more cellulite on my ass and thighs than I even care to know about. Side note: I'd like to call bullshit on all these new moms who say "I just love my new voluptuous body!'. You're all damn liars. No one likes a pudgy stomach and thighs.
I believe it's a sign from
Um...turns out it's not so simple. I was ready to quit about 30 seconds in and I hadn't even got through the warm up! But with those thoughts of quitting came mental images of my ass in the mirror so I pushed through. I got through the first WOD (workout of the day) and was convinced I was going to die. Where the hell did my endurance go? I used to be able to spend an hour on the elliptical then an hour of Pilate's and still clean my entire house without resting.
What became shockingly clear to me as I lay on the floor, gasping for air, was that I am STARTING OVER. I'm not who I used to be. I'm the out of shape version of that person and I am going to have to work my ass off - literally - to become her again. My plan now is to build up my endurance again. This Cross Fit exercise routine is a good way to do it because it's short and simple. It takes 20 minutes tops and there is no fancy equipment needed. And the best part is it's all in one. I'll no longer have to make time for cardio and strength. Plus I can do it without leaving my house.
So hasta la vista, cellulite! You're not welcome on my cheeks any more!
Sunday, September 18, 2011
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Sometimes...
...I worry I'm making all the wrong decisions
...I worry I'm failing at being a mom and a wife
...I'm afraid I don't spend enough quality time with Colin.
...I'm afraid I don't give Mark enough of my attention.
...I feel like I'm living someone elses life.
...I let Colin cry until he calms himself because OMGfortheloveofallthingsholy, mama needs a minute!
...I ignore Marks cries for help.
...I lock myself in the bathroom just to have a few precious minutes where I don't have to be something for someone else.
Then when I need it the most, Colin reaches for me and pulls me in close for a hug. Mark says "I got this. Go take a bath".
And just like that, I realize I'm doing something right.
...I worry I'm failing at being a mom and a wife
...I'm afraid I don't spend enough quality time with Colin.
...I'm afraid I don't give Mark enough of my attention.
...I feel like I'm living someone elses life.
...I let Colin cry until he calms himself because OMGfortheloveofallthingsholy, mama needs a minute!
...I ignore Marks cries for help.
...I lock myself in the bathroom just to have a few precious minutes where I don't have to be something for someone else.
Then when I need it the most, Colin reaches for me and pulls me in close for a hug. Mark says "I got this. Go take a bath".
And just like that, I realize I'm doing something right.
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