05-05-14

Breakfast:

 
     Spam and Hash Brown

Snack:

     Yogurt with blueberries and granola

Lunch:

     Lentil stew with ham and crackers.

Snack:

     1/4 cup sunflower seeds.

Dinner:

     Mexican casserole, salad and tortilla chips.

Water:

     64 ounces

Activity:

     11,060 steps. Walked at lunch.

05-04-14

Pre-run snack:

Post-run snack:

Lunch:

     Spaghetti,roasted veggies, and a slice of bread with butter.

Snack:

     Pumpkin seeds

Dinner:

     2 sliders with cheese and fries.

Water:

      I'm lucky if I drank 16 ounces today.

Activity:

     10,606 steps. Ran 3 miles today.

05-03-14

Pre-run Snack:

     1/2 banana and 1/2 muffin. But then didn't run because of rain.

Breakfast:

     2 eggs, spam, hash brown and toast.

Lunch:

     cheese, crackers and a pear.

Dinner:

     2 chicken enchiladas and rice.

Water:

     Probably only about 32 ounces of water and way too many margaritas.

Activity:

     7805 steps.

05-02-14

Breakfast:

     Green smoothie and banana muffin.

Snack:

     Apple

Lunch:

     Hummus and pita bread.

Dinner:

     Chicken Marsala with buttered noodles, mostaccoli (yikes), green beans, carrots and bread. Strawberry Torte for Frank's birthday dessert.

Activity:

     8792 steps.  Suprised it was this high did no intentional walking today.

Water:

     Probably around 56 ounces or so.

05-01-14

Breakfast:

     Oatmeal with walnuts and blueberries.

Snack:

     Almonds

Lunch:

     Almond butter and jelly sandwich with a salad.

Dinner:

     Pork chop, cauliflower casserole and 1/2 a pear. Had a extra scoop of cauliflower.

Water:

     64 ounces

Activity:

     10,102 steps. Walked on both breaks today.

04-30-14

Breakfast:

     English muffin with almond butter and blueberries.

   

Snack:

     Almonds

Lunch:

     Taco meat and salad.

Snack:

     mini marshmallows.

Dinner:

     Cheeseburger and chips

Water:

     32 ounces. That's horrible.

Activity:

     4732. This was a disaster of a day. 

04-29-14

Breakfast:

      Bagel with salami and cream cheese.

Lunch:

     Pot Roast.

Snack:

     Pantry Bread.

Snack:

     Cheese and crackers.

Dinner:

     Southwestern egg rolls.

Water:

     48 ounces. Not so good today.

Activity:

     9,200 steps. No intentional exercise.

04-28-14

Breakfast:

     Egg muffin, banana and pantry bread.

Snack:

     Almonds

Lunch:

     2 soft tacos and a salad.

Snack:

     Pear.

Snack:

     Cheese and crackers.

Dinner:

     Pot roast,apple and slice of bread and butter.

Water:

     64 ounces.

Activity:

     9,706 steps. Went for a short walk on afternoon break.

04-27-14

Breakfast:

     1/2 egg muffin and 1/2 granola bar. Pre-run snack.

Snack:

     Yougurt.

Lunch:

     Way too much. 2 blueberry pancakes, piece of bacon, piece of toast, cornbread and apple struedel. Went to Doug's dad's and he always makes so much good food. My will power was not very strong after our run.

Snack:

     A few tortilla chips.

Dinner:

     2 soft tacos and a salad.

Water:

     64 ounces. I did a real good job of getting my water in this weekend.

Activity:

     11,653 steps. Went for a 3 mile run.

04-26-14

Breakfast:

 
     Homemade egg mcmuffin and 1/2 a banana

   

Snack:

     Handful of almonds

Lunch:

     6 inch italian sub

Snack:

     Yougurt with granola

Dinner:

     Crunchy chicken salad with pita bread. (1/2 order)

Water:

     64 ounces. That's great for a weekend day.

Activity:

     Just 8702 steps today. No intentional exercise.

04-25-14

Breakfast:

     Green smoothie and banana muffin.

Lunch:

     Grilled chicken with rice, broccoli and cheese. Cucumber and grape tomatoes.

Snack:

     Cheese and crackers

Dinner:

     Chicken pita with fries. Cup of clam chowder.

Water:

     64 ounces.

Activity:

     9044 steps.  Weather was yucky today so I didn't get any walks in. Need to figure out some way to get my steps in when the weather's bad because it looks like rain everyday next week.

04-24-14

Breakfast:

     Yogurt with granola.

     

   

Snack:

     Banana

Lunch:

     Salad with grilled chicken.

Snack:

     Apple.

Snack:

     Handful of almonds and way too many crackers with cheese.

Dinner:

     1 rib, 1 chicken wing, rice salad, cole slaw and berries.

Dessert:

     Piece of birthday cake. No sweets for me this weekend.

Water:

     56 ounces.

Activity:

     12,288 steps today.

04-23-14

Breakfast:

     Yougurt with granola.

Snack:

     1/4 cup almonds.

Lunch:

     Fuji Apple Salad with a roll.

Snack:

     This was bad but I made a birthday cake today for a friend's birthday tomorrow and I scraped the frosting bowl clean and ate it.

Dinner:

     Pulled pork sandwich with fries. I should have only ate 1/2 the sandwich or no fries but I cleaned my plate.

Water:

     I did get my 64 ounces in today which is a positive especially since I didn't work. I usually have a hard time getting all my water in on days I don't work.

Activity:

     10,096 steps today. I didn't do any intentional walking today but was on my feet all day cleaning and running errands. I haven't done any strength training this week but I'm setting my alarm right now so I have time in the morning tomorrow.

04-22-14

Breakfast:

     

      Green smoothie with banana muffin.

Snack:  

     

       1/4 cup almonds

Lunch:

     Cheeseburger, cucumber and watermelon. (leftovers from dinner last night)

Snack:

     Apple

Snack:

     Leftover dinner roll from Easter. (Glad those are finally gone)

Dinner:

     Irish Nachos (not even 1/2)

Water:

     Drank  64 ounces today. Yay!

Activity:

     10,029 steps today.  Only walked at lunch, not at breaks.

     

04-21-14

Breakfast:

     

     Bagel with salami and cream cheese. Not the healthiest breakfast but I try not to eat this more than once a week.

Snack:

     Small salad. I try to have either a green smoothie or a salad every day.

Lunch:

     1/2 a quesadilla with salsa. Leftovers from Saturday night, I was happy I only ate 1/2 at the restaurant.

Dinner:

     Cheeseburger, cucumbers and watermelon. It was a beautiful day today so we grilled out for the first time this year. I was still a little hungry so I had a leftover dinner roll from Easter.

     

Water:

     I probably only drank about 40 ounces or so of water today. I had been doing real good drinking at least 64 ounces a day but the last couple of weeks I've dropped the ball on this. I going to start a new rule of no diet pop until all my water has been drank for the day.

Activity:

     As of right now I have 14,227 steps, very happy with that. My goal is at least 10,000 steps a day, I would like to get where 12,000 steps a day is the norm. I also want to add strength training at least 4 days a week. 

Accountability

I've struggled my whole life with my weight, my low point or high point depending on how you look at it was when I weighed in at 196 pounds in January of 2011. I lost 40 pounds that year and have been able to keep it off since then, however lately I've been slipping into some of my old bad habits. After reading a post over at Organize yourself Skinny where Tammy talks about how blogging has helped on her weight loss journey, I figured I would give it a shot. I think I'll just use this space as a food/exercise journal to keep track of what I ate and my activity or lack of for the day.

But as this is Easter Weekend I will be back on Monday to start this journey.