Walking Challenge - Day 7 of 30

Thursday, August 7, 2008

Progress Report - Day 7

Miles today: 2

Total miles: 15.21



Food Diary - Day 11
Thursday, August 07, 2008
Woke up 6:55 am

WATP – 2 mile walk (7:30 – 8:00 am)

Breakfast (8:45am)
½ C. Kashi go-lean
1/3 C. fresh blue berries
½ C. 8th continent soy milk
1 c. hot green tea

1 hard boiled egg
Lg green tea

Lunch (12:10pm)
2 slices deli turkey
1 piece whole wheat bread
Yellow mustard

Snack (3:00)
1 turkey burger
1 piece of bread
Tomato salad

Dinner (7:00pm)
1 grilled chicken breast
½ c. tomato salad
¼ c. steamed green beans & carrots

Walking Challenge - Day 6 of 30

Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Progress report: Day 6
Walking off the pounds 30 day challenge
Miles today: 1
Total miles: 13.21

Food Diary: Day 10
Breakfast (8:00am)
1 hard boiled egg
Kashi bar
Cup green tea

Snack (10:30am)
1 hard boiled egg
¼ c fresh blue berries
15 walnuts

WATP – 1 mile

Lunch (12:30pm)
1 can albacore tuna
3 C. salad greens
10 squirts of vinegar/oil dressing
1 C of fresh bing cherries

Snack (3:45 pm)
2 slices deli turkey
2 tomatoes
Mustard

Dinner (6:30 pm)
2 turkey burgers
½ steamed broccoli
1 piece whole wheat bread
1 ½ C. tomato salad (fresh tomatoes, garlic, onion, bell pepper, salt, pepper, 1 tsp olive oil)

Feeling blah... hump day

I'm kind of hitting a wall. I feel really tired and whiny. I slept wrong last night. It could have been the toddler that attached himself to me at weird right angles and then proceeded to do a tae bo work out in his sleep... or I could be wrong. But I am cranky and tired and the book I was so excited about was kind of a dissapointment. In the Company of the Courtesan was somewhat like how I imagine being in the company of a real courtesan would be; lots and lots of foreplay and promises of excitement but then when you get to it, it really isn't anything but plain old vanilla sex. The book's climax was just plain old vanilla and not even a good vanilla.

Maybe I just need a new motivation. Something to lift me up over this little hump in the middle of the week.

I did already do my 1 mile WATP but that seems so blah. Even though I promised myself I wouldn't reset my goals during the challenge it's hard to be all "rah rah rah" when I'm having trouble just busting out one mile when the past few days I was able to do up to 3.

Walking Challenge - Day 5 of 30

Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Progress report: Day 5
Walking off the pounds 30 day challenge
Miles today: 2.12
Total miles: 12.21

Food Diary: Day 9

Woke up 6:30am
Meditation 6:30am – 7am

Breakfast (8:00am)
2 slices of deli turkey
1 pita pocket
Shredded lettuce
1 cherry tomato
Mustard
1 C. green tea

Elliptical: 36 min/ 2.12 mi

Snack (10:16am)
½ C. fresh blueberries
½ C. kashi go-lean crunch
½ C. 8th continent light soy

Lunch (1:30 pm)
1 can albacore tuna
Yellow mustard
Pita pocket
Shredded lettuce

Snack (3:30 pm)
1 C. cherry yogurt
¼ C. all bran

Snack (5:30 pm)
2 hard boiled egg whites (no yolk)
2 TBS feta cheese
Hot sauce

Dinner (6:30 pm)
2 small turkey tacos
2 C. Salad
Water

7pm Blood pressure 111/72 92bpm <<< The best it has been in years!!!

Walking Challenge - Day 4 of 30

I had gone to the library and found some books on cd that I've really wanted to read, but just haven't had the free time. I loaded them onto my ipod and right now I'm enthralled with In the Company of the Courtesan by Sarah Dunant. Usually, I am not a huge fan of historical fiction, mostly because the authors butcher the history but I'm really enjoying this book. I made a little mental bargain with myself that I wouldn't listen to it unless I was working out or walking.

Today, I went to the gym and used the elliptical for 30 minutes and then jumped on the treadmill for another 17 minutes just so that I could finish listening to a very intense part of the book. It was a win...win...win for me.

Tonight my DH asked if I had done my WATP video and I hadn't because of my earlier workout. But, I decided that I could at least do the 15 minute mile with him and keep my commitment to press play on that video every day for 30 days and walk at least a mile with Lesilie. DH and I walked the mile then did the five minute stretching exercises. Now, I'm tired and sweaty, but feeling a little proud of what I've been able to do in just 4 days.

Progress report: Day 4
Walking off the pounds 30 day challenge
Miles today: 3.79
Total miles: 10.09

Food Diary: Day 8
Monday, August 04, 2008

Woke up 7:30am
Breakfast (8:00 am)
½ C. Kashi go-lean crunch
½ C. fresh blueberries (41.5 cal)
½ C. 8th continent light soy
Hot green tea
Vitamins & blood pressure med

Exercise
9:30 am – Prairie (running total 9.31 mi)
1.98 mi on elliptical 30 min
.81 mi on treadmill
water

Snack (11:30 am)
15 whole raw almonds
1 Blackberry crème yogurt (WBB 80)
Lg. iced green tea

Lunch (1:30pm)
Whole grain pita pocket (80cal)
2 slices turkey (60 cal)
Lettuce, tomato, red onion, mustard
7 sprays of ken’s steak house (7 cal)
water

Snack (3:30pm)
½ C. 1% cottage cheese
4 dashes chipotle Tabasco
4 small celery sticks
Water

Snack (5:30pm)
Kashi trail mix granola bar
1 slice turkey w/ yellow mustard on it
Lg green tea

Dinner (6:45pm)
2 low carb corn shells (40 cal each)
Turkey taco meat
½ c. black beans
Steamed green beans
1 C salad with spray vinegar
2 TBS shredded chedder cheese
1 TBS ketchup
Water

8:20 pm – WATP – 1 mi

Walking Challenge - Day 3 of 30

Sunday, August 3, 2008

Progress Report: Day 3 of the 30
Walking off the pounds Challenge
Miles today: 3.3
Total miles: 6.3

My dear partner and I did the 2 mile walk on Lesilie's video. Then later we wanted to take the kids over to Prairie Life Fitness club to let them play and swim. While they were playing in the kid gym, DH and I used the elliptical for 20 min. I didn't fall off and though I had it set on level 3 (it goes to 20) I managed to sweat a lot and move my body another 1.3 miles.

Food Diary: Day 7
I get a free meal today!! WhooHoo!

Woke up at 9am

Breakfast (9:30am)
2 eggbeaters
¼ red pepper
¼ red onion
Green tea

Vitamins & bp meds

10:20 am - WATP – 2 miles (running total 5mi)
11:30 am Elliptical 1.3 miles (running total 6.3 mi)

Snack (12:00pm)
Kashi roll bar
16 oz water

Lunch (1:45pm)
Salad
Chicken fajita mix
Handful of fresh bing cherries

Snack (3:00pm)
Smoothie (peanut butter & chocolate – 230 cal)

Dinner (7pm at In-laws)
Using my “free meal”
2 C. mixed salad
½ C. white rice
1 C. chicken, seafood gumbo
2 small pork ribs
10 corn chips
5 Tbs. cherry salsa

Walking Challenge - Day 2 of 30

Today was day 2 of my 30 day walking challenge. My husband, who has been sick for the past two days with a fever around 101, decided that he too would walk with me. We pushed play and started walking with Leslie Sansone and her groupies. Let me just say she is waaaay too happy to be exercising. She is peppy and very encouraging and I'm glad she can't really see me flip her the bird when she says things like, "Ok, let's take it up a notch! Yeah, that's fun!!"

But I digress.

Back to my ill husband who was working out next to me and at the end of the first mile I was waiting for him to bend over, look up at me, grey, sweaty and with pitiful eyes, winded gasp out "Ok... that's good." Instead, he looked like he was enjoying the workout and was ready to go another mile. I wasn't about to let a sick guy continue on to mile 2 while I dropped out, grabbing my sides, mumbling breathless curses since I can't get enough air in my lungs to articulate real words. Noooo... sick dude is still going and that means I was going to keep going. We finished two miles and hey I survived. So, I guess that means I need to bump it up and do the two mile walk again tomorrow. The good news is that I did it!!

Progress Report -Day 2 of 30
Walking Challenge
Miles today = 2
Total miles = 3

Food Diary - Day 6
Saturday, August 02, 2008

Woken up several times by kids starting at 1:00am
surrendered at 7:30am

Breakfast (8:30am)
2 egg beaters
Ham diced (53 cal)
¼ yellow pepper
3 TBS onion
1/3 C. fresh blue berries

9:30 – WATP – 2 miles (running total 3 mi)

Snack – skipped b/c of getting son’s glasses fixed
Lunch (12:40 pm)
Salad
Grilled chicken breast
Rice wine vinegar & olive oil spray dressing
¼ C blueberries

Snack (3:00pm)
½ C. 1% cottage cheese
2 lg. Cherry tomatoes
Black & red pepper
Lg. Green Tea

Snack (5:00pm)
½ of the following smoothie
Banana
6oz low fat vanilla yogurt
¼ C. Vanilla Soy milk
6 mandarin orange slices
¾ C. frozen mix berries
Ice

Dinner (7:00 pm)
2 C. Thai beef soup
2 C. mixed salad with olive oil and vinegar
Asparagus w/1 egg beater, garlic, red pepper & hot sauce
Water

Day 4 & 5

Day 4 Thursday, July 31, 2008
Woke up at 6:30 (meditation 20 min)

Snack (7:45am)
Kashi trail mix granola bar (140 cal)
Vitamins & bp med

Breakfast (10:30 am)
½ C. cottage cheese 1% low fat
½ C. fresh blueberries
Glass of water

Lunch (1:00pm)
Fajita Salad
3 C mixed greens
¼ ripe avocado
2 carrots diced
3 lg cherry tomatoes
¼ c diced cucumber
1/8 c red onion
¾ C. chicken fajita mix
1 TBS shredded cheddar cheese
3-4 TBS medium Salsa

Emergen-C vitamin pack in water

Snack (3:30 pm)
1 C. vanilla yogurt (wells 80)
¼ C all bran cereal
Two dashes of cinnamon

Dinner (8:30pm)
DH was sick and I had to take him to the doctor so I ate very late.
3 C mixed greens with spinach
3 lg cherry tomatoes
¼ c diced cucumber
1/8 c red onion
Lg. sliced grilled chicken breast
Ken’s steak house spray dressing (10 cal)


Day 5
Friday, August 01, 2008
First Day of my 30 day walk challenge!
Woke up 5:40 am

7:50 – 8:05 am WATP – One Mile

Breakfast (8:20 am)
½ C. Kashi
5 walnut halves
¼ C. fresh blueberries
½ C. Vanilla Low Fat Soy Milk
Vitamins and bp med

9:30 – 1 C. Green Tea

Snack (12:09pm)
½ C. 1% Cottage cheese
1/3 C. fresh blueberries

Lunch (1:34 pm)
2 C. Tossed Salad
1 tomato fresh from garden (yuuuuuuuum!!)
Ken’s steak house spray dressing (10 cal)
Black & Red Penzeys pepper
Lean Cuisine Fettuccini w/alfredo & chicken

Snack (5:05 pm)
1.5 oz Mozzarella cheese
1 apple

Dinner (6:45pm)
1 C. Thai beef soup
2 C. Mixed greens salad with olive oil & vinegar
Asparagus w/2 egg beaters, garlic, red pepper
16oz brewed green tea on ice

Today was the BIG day! Mile 1

Today I started my exercise and training. I know it's only one mile, but it's the first intentional exercise I've done in a year, maybe even two. Amazing, considering how much weight I gained over those 24 months. But, I'm walking away from that and walking toward a fourteener in Colorado and let's not forget the 20k.

Today was the very first mile, the very first day of this challenge that I've laid out for myself. I started the Walk Away the Pounds today and I did a mile. Whoo! Hoo! Me. :D I'm proud of myself for doing it. I said, I would start today and guess what? I did it. I put on my tennis shoes, shorts and a t-shirt that really feels a bit too tight and I put the DVD in and started walking. I did a mile. Now, I know some people would say, "So, what? A mile? That's it?" But that mile was the beginning the first of many to come. I'm laying down each mile and they are going to lead me where I want to go. Each month I'm going to challenge myself to something new for a set amount of time and build on it. I'm not going to burn myself out right away, I'm building and training and I can do anything for 30 days. Consistency and challenge and progress through action are my buzz words. I can do this. I am doing thing. I am strong and I am going to continue to improve my health and body.

Here is my food log from yesterday. It was a little off with the timing because my husband was sick and I hardly had time to breathe let alone sit down and eat dinner. But, I stuck to the plan and I ate healthy, nutrient rich foods and I didn't even take a taste of those deliciously tempting chocolate brownies from Panera's that were for the kids. I'm proud of myself for not putting that into my body. If I still want it, I can have it on my free day. :D

My One Year Plan

On August 1, 2008 I will start the Walk Away the Pounds videos. I’m going to work out/walk to them every day for 30 days. I will start with the one mile and hopefully in a couple of weeks move up to the 4 mile one. I am going to stick with the eating that I’m doing now based on the ABS Diet and You On a Diet. I will continue to put good food/fuel into my body to heal it and make it stronger and lean. I’m also going to add a multivitamin with pro-biotics to my nutrition plan and maybe add vitamin D, if the multi-vitamin doesn’t cover it. If I keep to the plan all during the week then I can pick a meal on Saturday or Sunday to eat what ever I was craving during the week. I will be done with this challenge on August 30, 2008.

September 1, 2008 - I will start Slim in 6 ® with the matron of masochism Debbie Siebers. I will need to order copies of her DVDs because my old ones were scratched by some little kids that live with me and call me “mom”. I’m going to keep up with my eating plan and give myself a meal on Saturday as a free day, but I will work out on the elliptical at Prairie Life on Sat & Sun for at least 30 min. I should be done with this goal by Oct 13, 2008.

Oct 14, 2008 - I’m going to start P90 with Tony Horton – Bring it Tony! I want a beach body. I think I still have my BIL’s DVDs, but if I don’t then I will order them. This is an investment in me and I will give myself every opportunity to be successful and not set up roadblocks. I’m going to continue eating healthy food and fueling my body with good nutrients, to both heal and strengthen my physical, mental, emotional and spiritual being. I will give myself one meal pass a week, so if it’s Thanksgiving I’ll have it for one meal, Christmas and parties same deal. But if stall out or start to slip, then I will need to kick up my physical fitness and cut back on the free days until things can stabilize again. If people give me shit about that or say it is unhealthy or an eating disorder – I will tune them out like a whining child. They can say it but I need to not allow it to sway me from my course. I know what is best for my body and I’ve seen what happens when I have let people’s comments affect me. I will also buy a swim suit in November and take my kids swimming at Prairie Life after I’ve done my 45 min on the elliptical Saturdays and Sundays. I should be done with Tony and P90 and ready to dump him for another hot sweaty body by Jan 11, 2008 .

Jan 2009 – I’ll finish out the P90 workouts and keep up with my healthy eating and taking my vitamins. I will then sign up and join Farrell’s and do the 10 week body challenge. I’m not sure when they will start so it may overlap with my P90. If that is the case then I’ll stop the P90 and do Farrell’s. If there is a gap in between P90 and Farrell’s then I will just use Prairie Life and do the circuit weight training and elliptical until the Farrell’s challenge starts. I should be done somewhere around the second or third week of March 2009. My big goal here is to be in good enough shape that I’m not embarrassed to put on a swim suit and we will take our boys to the Kalahari water park for spring break. While I’m on spring break, I will take my P90 or Slim in Six videos and workout.

March 2009 – After I’ve finished the Farrell’s challenge then I will work out at Prairie Life alternating between cardio and weights for six weeks. During those six weeks I will pick at least two group exercise classes to attend. One of the classes I will try is the spinning cycle class. I’m also going to start running for at least 2 miles per day in preparation for the 20K Dam to Dam in May. This plan should carry me through until the end of April.

May 1, 2009 – I will be in the best shape of my life. I will feel healthy and strong and continue to look forward to life and making every day count. May will be a training month for running the Dam to Dam. I will continue with my resistance training, but cardio will alternate between kick boxing Farrells/P90 type exercise and running. After the Dam to Dam is over, I will start preparing for the Colorado Fourteener climb that DH and I will do the last week of June 2009.

July 2009 – I will start the Turbo Jam DVD. I will continue to supplement my cardio and resistance as needed by working out at Prairie. We should be in kick ass shape by the time the third week of July rolls around and we head to the sugar colored beaches of Alabama to spend a week playing with our family. It will then be a year nearly to the day that I made this plan. I will then map out my next year’s plan for fitness and continuing to challenge myself to be who I want to be.

***I am hereby committing to this plan as a contract with myself for the next 12 months.****

Mom made lean

Day 3

Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Woke up 8:00 am

Breakfast (9:15)
½ C. Kashi go-lean crunch
½ C. fresh blueberries
1/3 C 8th Continent Light Vanilla Soy milk

Snack (10:45am)
½ C. 1% Cottage cheese
1 TBS sunflower seeds
1 TBS dried cranberries
1 stalk of celery

Lunch (12:30)
Small salad with vinegar & oil
Lean Cuisine
Water

Snack (3:00pm)
½ C. all bran
8 oz cherry yogurt (80 cal Well’s Blue Bunny)

Dinner (6:45 pm)
Chicken fajita (1 low carb flour tortilla; chicken; bell pepper; onion; tomato & seasoning)2 cups of salad with olive oil and rice wine vinegar

Day 2

Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Woke up at 7:30 am

Breakfast (9:20 am)
½ C Kashi
¼ C fresh blue berries
11 almonds
½ C soy milk
1 c. green tea (no sweetener)

Snack: (10:30)
Celery sticks

Lunch (12:30)
Water
Lean Cuisine
Salad with olive oil and dressing

Snack (2:00pm)
Yogurt

Snack (5:30)
Celery sticks
Couple of pieces of broccoli
Baby carrots

Dinner: (7:30)
LoMein noodles with sesame oil
Turkey stir-fry with veggies

Day 1

Monday, July 28, 2008
Woke up at 7:00 am

Breakfast: (7:31 am)
½ C. cheerios cereal
1/8 C. dried blueberries
5 walnut halves
½ C. skim milk
8 oz. Chai latte

Snack (10:00 am)
Under ripe plum (didn’t eat all of it)
15 almonds

Lunch (12:30pm)
South Beach frozen meal
Garlic sautéed Broccoli

Snack (4:00 pm)
Glass of water
Half of a banana
Sunflower seeds

Dinner (6:30 pm)
Salad with vinegar & oil
Chicken breast
Sugar snap peas
Glass of water

Snack (9:30 pm)
5 prunes
5 walnut halves

Bed at 11:30 pm