Workout 8/17/10

I'm going to post about my workouts, maybe not every time I go, but just sometimes so I can look back and see where my fitness level was.

Cardio: 20 minutes Cybex cross trainer, 20 minutes exercise bike
Strength training: upper body machines... 12 reps each one

I have an appt Thursday morning with the trainer, Joe... he is super awesome... a retired health teacher. He has a great knowledge of the machines and how to safely use each one... and how to deal with health conditions and the machines and such. I really like him.

SBD Day 2, aka, Gabby's first day of school!

Well, to those who might come across this who do not know me, we were homeschooling until this fall. We decided to send Gabby to school (2nd grade) so I could work more on my health goals. I have a sizable amount of weight to lose, and with me developing high blood pressure recently, and my arthritis being ok sometimes and not others, homeschooling plus working out all of it just can't happen for me at once. We decided me being alive and healthy was ultimately more important than homeschooling. Anyway, she had a wonderful first day. :)

Now for my food. Ate on plan, but didn't eat enough I'm thinking...

Breakfast: meatballs with provolone cheese (ha! didn't want eggs again)

Snack: none (oops... will pack some nuts in am to take with me to snack on after my workouts)

Lunch: turkey and cheese on lettuce leaves, and SF popsicle... (I am NOT hungry... it's baffling that I'm already feeling not hungry after 1 day LCing it...)

Snack: probably nuts, since I didn't have any this morning...

Dinner: grilled chicken breast with some kind of seasoning, salad... not sure what else...

SBD Day 1

Today is the first day of SBD. Here is what I'm eating....

Breakfast: eggs sprinkled with bacon bits and cheese. (should add a veggie, but I'm full... sooo)

Lunch: McD's Caesar salad w/grilled chicken, no croutons

Dinner: meatballs with spaghetti sauce (leftovers we NEED to eat, will do w/o bread or pasta tho), topped with provolone cheese... broccoli and salad on the side

Snacks: 20 peanuts, celery w/Ranch dressing...

I need to pick up cheese sticks for quick snacks too, and a few other odds and ends. We've got a list going and will hit the store in the next day or two.

Stocked up on SBD foods....

I went to Aldi and stocked up on foods we can eat on SBD. So far I'm making up meal ideas in my head. Breakfasts for me will be eggs with cheese, possibly veggies or some bacon bits sprinkled on (very few, just enough for flavor). I'll do snacks of cheese sticks (darn, forgot to buy those. need to go to the store tomorrow), nuts, and veggies. Lunches will most likely be salads, whether chicken salad in a lettuce leaf, a regular salad with some kind of meat on top, or something salad. For dinners we have lean beef we can make, tilapia, chicken breasts... and I'm sure there's more in the freezer... I got fresh green beans to make this week too since we all love them. Sugar free popsicles will help us get a "fruit fix" since for the next two weeks we cannot do fruits. I got peanuts and pistachios for snacking. Pistachios are awesome because they take effort to eat and are super yummy... helps with the salty cravings I get. I'm sure I will have to run back to the store mid week to be sure we have enough to make it, but we should be pretty well set. Planning on a taco salad (no tortillas, just salad w/taco meat) too. We've got left over meatballs from meatball subs this weekend, so we'll do those with cheese on top (bread for the girls too) with salad or something. I can't let that go to waste, but we can watch how much sauce we get when we dish ours up and it will help.

Tomorrow is it! I'll post what we end up eating in case it helps anyone.

If you read this, please let me know

I would LOVE to know if anyone is reading along with me. I am trying so hard to blog about my progress here instead of driving all of Facebook world nuts. ;) I'd love to know someone is out there besides CSK. ;)

Embarking on a South Beach Diet Journey

My husband was diagnosed as diabetic a couple years ago. For a while he was pre-diabetic and he was able to get things normal with diet. After a while the numbers were higher and he was declared diabetic and put on Metformin. He has struggled with this. I guess it's much like my experience with weight loss. The denial that "it's not that bad" or "I only ate a little of XYZ" or "I will watch my diet next week". Anyone who has done the weight loss game knows all of the excuses. And he's scared, frustrated, etc.

So, to help him, and myself, we're going low-carb with South Beach Diet again. The first two weeks are the hardest. You only eat veggies, meats, cheese, and some nuts (sparingly). This means if I take the girls to play at that clown restauraunt my options are salad, salad or salad. This is not a bad thing. I can still eat so much crap even when calorie counting. We're starting Monday to give us time to get things into/out of the house and make meal plans.

I did South Beach about 5 years or so ago when Gabby was 2 and I got 20lbs away from my ultimate goal. I guess at that point I felt I had arrived, I was "done", so I stopped caring. Stopped working out because at the time I had pre-paid for Curves and there was no childcare. I was home all summer with G and it was hard to workout and take her. Bleh. Membership ran out after a year and I just fell into my old patterns again.

Now, I have my husband and he has me for accountability. I have a new friend who has completed her weight loss journey and is on a maintaining journey. I have a friend who works out in O'Fallon I can meet up with and a friend who comes to Collinsville to work out so there is no reason I can't keep up a routine when I have positive folks around me to help.

I think I will post about our dinners here too, in case someone else needs LC ideas. My family is going to do this together.

Things are not going too well....

I'm really down. I got to the gym one day the week we were sick... and with missing my RA shot the next week was a wash too. Right now we're doing tons of stuff before Gabby starts school next Tuesday and I basically have not made it to the Y in ages as a result.

Later today Ruthie has swim lessons so I'm going to at the very least ride a bike if my ankle is still hurting like it is now. I went on a new RA med that has caused gas and bloating and my tummy is all puffy. I know I've had a gain but I did not weigh because I know I've got bloating and weighing right now will depress me--cycle due to start any day now too. I do need to weigh Sunday though, because I need to know where I'm at.

This is the point in the process where I give up because I get discouraged about the whole weight loss process. I had lunch with a new friend yesterday who has lost 100lbs and it was a good kick in the butt. I'm still struggling to see myself as a "fit person" too. Back at it later today though... must do it!