Tweaks

Yesterday, I went into my closet and saw that I had forgotten to pack my red dress. It's a cute sleeveless drape necked sheath I purchased from Kiyonna when I was in school. At the time I bought it, it almost fit. It's an 18/20 and is the measure for the OND goal. Unfortunately, Kiyonna doesn't make this style anymore.

Seeing that dress made me realize that I've been taking in too many calories and not burning off enough through exercise. In the past week, I averaged 2,133 kcal/day with minimal cardio and no strength. I don't think that's going to get me to my goals in time.

Now that I've tracked my baseline, I am making some tweaks to my eating and exercising. I have access to a variety of classes via exercise on demand as well as Tae Bo and Pilates DVDs. So I am adding two aerobic sessions and one strength session to the mix this week.

As far as intake - definitely need to add more water and fruits/veggies. For the most part, I'm eating the right stuff, just need to eat less of it (Translation: Portion control). Target daily intake: 1,800 kcal.

Emotionally, I'm in a good place. Last week was really rough as temporary unemployment was starting to get to me. However, some crying and praying helped and I felt much better by Friday. Which was a good thing because I had 2 interviews that day! I know that exercising also helps keep me in a good place (double bonus).

Last but not least, I've decided to add bi-weekly weigh-ins to track fat loss. The first will be tomorrow...and I'll update it every other Sunday - when possible. I know that when I move to the new city and start the new job, the schedule will change some. I'm actually looking forward to what the new life brings...until then, I'll keep doing my thing here.

Impromptu situation (updated)

This afternoon I was forced out of my apartment by the noxious fumes from downstairs. The neighbors moved out the the landlord is having the floors redone. Instead of using fans to ventilate the place, the floor guys sealed the apartment tight and turned on the AC. I had been doing some prep work for tomorrow's interviews when I felt like I was going to pass out...so I found a movie at the local theatre.

Since I didn't plan for this, I didn't plan for the food. The movie started at 4 and ended around 6:30 PM...and I needed to eat.

What to do? What to do?

I ended up getting a soft pretzel, unsalted and a side of chemical cheese. Since I've been eating mostly unprocessed food lately, the chemical cheese turned my tongue. I couldn't even eat it...and I used to LOVE chemical cheese. The pretzel was okay. When I got home and entered it into Fit Day, I realized it was a meal in and of itself. Pre-movies, I was around 1,500 calories...post movies - 1,900. I'm shooting for 1,700 - 1,800 a day.

But, here's another small victory - I'm not beating myself up for going over my target limit. I made a good decision given the circumstances and the rest of the day I ate well. So tomorrow's another day...and another step towards reaching my goals.

Update - I was still really hungry so I had a sandwich...this put me to 2,200 kcal

Phases of Exercise

found on comics.com

It's the little things

I'm happy for the small victories. Small victories combine to win big battles and big battles combine to win the war.

This morning, I put on my jeans and they weren't tight. In the past, I had to break-in fresh washed jeans. This time - not so much. They fit right straight from the hanger. Plus, this morning I broke the 300 barrier and am down to 298.6. I've been eating better for a week and exercising for almost that long...and it's starting to pay off.

Breaking the barrier was good...however, for the first time in awhile, I noticed my body fat measurement. Currently it's 54% (GASP, SHOCK, MOAN). Well, there goes the notion that I'm just "big-boned" (LOL!)

I'm adding it to the official goal list.

Current 54%
Target: 25 - 27%

Fun with Food

This morning I decided to have french toast for breakfast. Not the calorie and fat laden french toast, but a lighter healthier version.

Since I just KNEW the french toast was going to be so diet friendly, I splurged and had 3 pieces of turkey sausage.

Here's the french toast recipe:
2 pieces high fiber whole wheat bread
1 egg
1 egg white
~1/8 cup fat free soy milk
splenda and cinnamon to taste

I used one tablespoon of Polaner all fruit in place of syrup.


Where did the french toast and fruit spread net out?

Total calories: 361 kcal
Total fat: 7 g (sat fat 2 g)
Total carbohydrates: 57 g
Total fiber: 8 g
Total protein: 23 g

The sausage added an additional 120 kcal, 7 g fat and 6 g protein.

At the end of the day, that's a little more than I wanted to eat for breakfast. Instead of having a sandwich for lunch, I'll do a salad.

The big takeaway for me is to think before I eat...not just about the current morsel, but how it will work with the rest of the day. I have diet/exercise tracking software on my computer, I need to be a little more diligent with using it in the prepping stage...not AFTER I've eaten.

OND Goals

Today is October 1st...the beginning of OND.

OND Goals

Clothing Size < 20W
5 hours of cardio a week
3 hours of strength training a week

Exercise

Found this today courtesy of comics.com....it's too true.

Happy to report that I did exercise this morning...not only a good walk, but some ab work as well.