Burrrrrp

I took the weekend off from exercising for a couple of reasons. Saturday, I was aware of every muscle in my body, which meant they weren't done healing yet, and the rest was nice. Sunday, the BF and I had had plans to go out for a few hours wherein there would've been lots of of walking, but the plans got altered at the last minute resulting in much bored TV watching. Not that I hadn't wanted to watch the TV show we were watching, I just wanted to get out. Of course, the TV we were using was the only one that has room to exercise in front of :(
I discovered, yesterday, that there are some things that you shouldn't substitute whole wheat flour for white flour in. Pumpkin gnocchi is one of them. Suddenly, all you can taste is wheat, no pumpkiny-goodness, no subtle spices, just.... wheat. It wasn't quite like ingesting cardboard, but it's definitely not the best way to enjoy grains.
This looks fun and I can't wait to get it and play with it.

Today the BF came over and joined my family in the annual decoration of the Christmas tree. It was nice, how normal it seemed and how much we didn't explode considering we spent the morning disagreeing stoutly with each other. Today, I took measurements and comparison pictures and received a huge shock. I had known I had gained back 25 pounds [and have lost about 5 since realizing that happened]. But this year, at about the same weight I was last year, I'm proportioned much bigger. My comparison photos to earlier this year to when I had lost 50 lbs since the beginning of my weight loss journey started made me cry compared to today's. The last 15 pounds I put back on came on in a matter of 3 weeks. My knees still aren't completely healed but I should've started exercising again sooner. I don't know what really happened to them, but the pain lessens a tiny with regular exercise. I don't think, sadly, that I will be able to meet my goal of 192 by the end of the year, the weight seems to be stubbornly clinging on. Perhaps the refill of my mood stabilizers will help.


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Breakfast:
1 Can Progresso Chicken Noodle Soup: 200 cals
1 whole wheat English muffin: 130 cals
1.5 oz red pepper hummus: 90 cals
Total: 420 cals

Exercise:
Jillian Michael's 30 Day Shred: Level 2 [Day 1]


Lunch:
2.5 cups garbanzo beans: 271 cals


Dinner:
2 apple gouda sasauges
4 oz salad
4 oz egg noodles with light sour cream and poppy seeds

Now Bob is handing me my ass

and at 1 am I have nothing interesting to say.


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Breakfast:
1 can Progresso Chicken Noodle Soup, 200 cals
1 whole wheat english muffin, 130 cals
1.5 oz red pepper hummus, 90 cal
Total: 420 cals

Exercise:
Bob Harper's Yoga for the Warrior


Lunch:
Chocolate Bluberry Protien shake: 210 cals
1 slice ham: 30 cal
1 oz red pepper hummus: 60 cals
Total: 300 cals


Exercise:
Jillian Michaels 30 Day shred: Level 1 [day 6]

Dinner:
1 can Chickpeas: 350ish cals

Upping the Stakes

This morning the scale said 209.4,as opposed to earlier this week when it refused to budge from 212 where it had jumped  4 lbs since my coming home. I think I will have to be more incredably strict with my diet. For the life of me I can't remember what I was eating the last time I successfully lost weight, but I know these days I feel a lot more hungry than I used to :( gotta love stress and bottom of the barrel feelings. 
Currently im looking for the huge hammer somone decided to hit my tail bone with while I was sleeping because damn is that rude.
ONe day at a time [to beat my old Karaoke Revolution scores. yay]

I did a mock up of how I want to look in 6 months time vs how I am now, But I can't really share it here because of the nuditity. While its good for me to see because I know how i look naked, just not the thing to share with the interwebz for weight loss. Maybe sometime I can do a comparison/mockup with clothes...

Can't wait to add in Bob Harper's Yoga for the Warrior dvd. I think it will make a nice addition to my soon to be full rotation.


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Breakfast:
1 can Progresso Chicken and Wild Rice: 200 cal
4 oz feta and parmesan: 175 cals [?]
Total: 375    Remaining: 825 cals


Exercise:
Jillian Michael's 30 Day Shred: Level 1 [day 5]



Lunch:
2 slcies whole wheat bread: 200 cal
4 slices ham: 120 cal
2.5 oz red pepper hummus: 150 cal
1 slice swiss cheese: 80
Total: 550  Remaining: 275 cal




Snack:
Jalapeno Cheetos


Dinner:
4.5 oz Beef
1.5 oz corn
3 oz simple gravy
slow-cooked onions, carrots, celery, mushrooms



Exercise:
Jillian Michael's Shred It with Weights
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I'm curious to see how adding in a second routine is going to affect tomorrow's scale reading, though I may have screwed myself by trying out the jalapeno Cheetos [only had 2 handfuls, not a whole bag] since my body reacts badly to msg and sodium.

Contemplating a simple dish of garbanzo beans, jalapeno bits and roasted peppers. Sounds good, and I'm thinking healthy too.

Want some awesome Recipes?
Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner Quinoa You only cook once!
6 Days of Pumpkin
She did it all for the Gnocchi personal favorite

Chicken! Chicken Good!

Blahhh. Ok yes chicken is good but boy howdy does it get old. I had 2 pollo asada tacos and its the first time in weeks chicken has tasted good. I may be to blame on that since I haven't done any precooking for myself...

I'm in the mood to go bowling, but I spose Ill have to settle for Wii bowling at the BF's. Might help loosen my back since my bed is trying to eat it.



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[now yesterday's] Breakfast:
Campbell's Hearty Chicken Noodle soup: 240 cal
1 Slice Irish cheese: 70 cals

Exercise:
Jillian Michael's 30 Day Shred: Level One [Day 4]

Lunch:
2 Pollo Asado tacos: 340 cals,  6g Fib, 20 g Prot
1  small Cherry coke: 250 cals

Dinner:
1 piece 3oz chicken

1 small [5in diam.] ham n cheese quessadilla

Later:
2 Slices whole weat bread: 200 cals
3 tlbsp red pepper hummus
1 slice ham

I sound like a joke.

I wke up this morning barely able to walk, seemingly temporary displaced hip.  Other than playing on the BF's new wii, sports and Fit [to show his mother all the options] I didn't exercise today. I think when I first got up this morning, if there had been cameras, I would've made tons off of the comedic pratfalls I was taking. I'm now very sleepy and very excited about my new dvd Bob Harper's Yoga.



Also, I dont like the difference in my wii weight and digital scales. How can I get accurate readings? grrg.

Jillian Michaels

30 day shred is totally handing my ass to me. This is sad because I'm only on level one, and back before my knees went out level three was only moderately hard to me. Of course, they don't include jumping jacks which hurt my chest both inside and out from the boobage and asthma. And from wearing 2 sports bras to contain the boobs, Im thinking I just need to suck it up.
I think I'm going to take my sore muscles  into the shower and hope it helps.

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Breakfast:
2 eggs sunny side easy
1 whole wheat english muffin
3 tlbsp roasted red pepper hummus
1 can progresso chicken noodle soup
Estimated calories left: 650-700

Exercise:
Jillian Michael's 30 Day Shred: Level 1 [Day 3]

another day, another avocado. I can do it.huzzah. The benadryl is kicking in sot hings that shouldn't make sense are bubbling about in my brain.


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Exercise:
Jillian Michael's 30 Day Shred [day 2]

Lunch:
2 Jennie-o turkey franks
1 c black beans

Dinner:
3 homemade tacos
2 oz lettuce & taco meat

Snack:
1 large avocado

Amusement parks

and starbucks really kill calories fast. Yesterdays were wasted. I spent all day walking around, so I suppose that can be exercise,  but the scale is showing what it did 2 days ago: 210. granted, my scale is off, but i dont know who much anymore. I'm also having my monthly, which may contribute, but ultimately it's one thing.
I need to exercise and eat better.


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Breakfast:
1 can Progresso rotini and chicken
1 slice sourdough with roasted red pepper hummus.

one day back with the stressful person in my life, A.,  and when I got home to change some spark plugs I immediately started devouring things. At least that's how I felt, since pigging out to me is still smaller portions than most.  But I snacked all yesterday after lunch, and before dinnewr. Dinner wasn't too unhealthy 3 small tamales. tasty really.

I waited too long to weight myself today so I'm not going to believe that number until tomorrow morning when I've just woken up and not had breakfast and a gallon [no joke] of tea.

I'm fairly annoyed that A. and her life are stressing me out this bad when I just got home from a fairly relaxing vacation for 2 1/2 weeks. Might've been anticipation since she called me with her problems halfway through the vacation.

What's done it done.

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Breakfast:
1 can Heart Healthy Campbell's Chicken and Sausage Gumbo
1.5 oz irish cheese
3 saltines

Exercise:
Day 1 of Jillian Michael's 30-day Shred.

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Going back to my no cheese in my diet, because I love cheese, and it's verboten in my cholesterol diet. Also, remembered for the umpteenth time I shouldn't eat spicy for  breakfast and then exercise. my throat hurts now :(

Wowee zowee

Hi there. It's amazing how weird it feels to be home.  Especially considering Tuesday we got to the airport early, and to find out right before boarding time our flight was delayed 3 hours, which made us miss the connecting flight and had us staying overnight near the second airport. and as soon as I was home yesterday, I had the fun of  going to the dentist for an appointment made a month ago, and have my head completely numbed for hours because the drilling hurt badly. And when at home later, while putting away dishes, had two frying pans fall and hit the side of the face the dentist had been working on. The last two days really felt like one long one. the eating wasn't wholly healthy but there was less of it. But we start again today.



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Breakfast:
Whole grain toast 1 slice, 100 cal
2 large eggs, sunny side up
Progresso Chicken Rice soup, 1 can, 180 cal.
Total: 400? cals,   Remaining: 800ish cal