Weight this morning – 130lbs! That was my goal weight before Cancun – I am so happy. Would still like a flatter stomach and smaller tush, but I am happy with my results – I have worked hard for it!
Crazy busy day! Getting the house and the dog cleaned today, lol. So,just the other night I was telling hubby how I don’t really like evaluating my progress solely on the scale, and this morning proved why: I weighed myself this morning like I always do – scale said 130.6 – yay! But that really seemed too low. So I went upstairs, drank a large glass of water, then weighed myself again: 131.6 – that seemed better. But it just blew me away how much drinking water could cause the scale to vary, hmm…
Workouts: Last night was so not in the mood to work out – didn’t get home from meeting until 9:45pm. But hubby was working out, so jumped on treadmill next to him and before I knew it I had run 3.5 miles – and at a fairly good pace!
I then proceeded to stay up too late reading a magazine, but did manage to pull myself out of bed around 7:30. After then usual routine of feeding the animals, weighing myself and streching I worked out – 10 min on the elliptical followed by 25 on treadmill – most of it was running!
Food: I surprised myself last night – I made seared Ahi tuna! I love Ahi tuna, and my grocery store had a great deal on it. I had googled recipes last week for seared Ahi tune, they all seemed rather complex. But we needed something quick for dinner, so I finally got some, along with some sesame seeds, wasabi and wasabi-ginger salad dressing.
All I did was season the tuna with salt and pepper, then sprinkle it generously with black and white sesame seeds. Heated some safflower oil in a pan over medium high heat, put tuna in – about 2-3 minutes on 1 side, flip then 2 min more. Let it cool a bit, sliced it up and served with salad. So, so good!
11:30am – Another late night working – it is starting to affect my sleep schdele. Managed to get up at 8:30 this morning, got in a pretty good workout: 3.5 miles on elliptical and treadmill. Yummy egg-white scramble for breakfast, got to work at almost 11, but hey, I was up until 1am working.
2:23pm – Did a new 20-minute yoga workout at lunch – Yoga with Weights. I have done yoga scuplt in the past, so the concept of yoga + weights was not new to me. The 20 minute session goes by rather quick. It is a nice basic flow, I really enjoyed it. This is another of yogadownload.com’s workouts that I may buy a longer version of.
I was happy to find the gym back to normal attendance - lunch time usually draws 6-8 people. During the “January Resolution Rush” there would be a dozen or more people crowding my gym, lol. After the yoga I was putting my weights away in the weight room – decided to do chin-ups – got 3 good ones in! Thought I would try a 4th, but just couldn’t do it. Still, pretty proud of myself.
I am getting so sick of the cold – can’t wait for vacation next week! Had a good run on the treadmill this morning while watching Caprica – its pretty good actually. I was up late for work, but still got up at 7:30 because I thought the housecleaner was coming today and I had to get the house picked up. Well, she was scheduled to come, but is coming Wednesday instead. Not really a big deal.
Weight was back up to 134.2 this morning, ugh. I guess thats what I get for indulging at Chino Latino and drinking alcohol Saturday night. Hopefully it will go back down – Saturday morning I hit 132.4!
Was set to do a little 20 min yoga over lunchtime – fortunately I looked at my calendar and saw that I had a chiropractor appointment. Great adjustment. Maybe I will pop over the gym around 3 and still do that yoga – my muscles could really use it.
It was a busy weekend to end a busy week. And it really wasn’t a weekend for me – I ended up working both Saturday and Sunday. So I missed meeting on Sunday, boo. Saturday I got a good cardio session in – 4.5 miles –first a mile on the elliptical, then 3.5 on the treadmill. Mixing the elliptical in has been good for me I think. I wanted to workout extra because I knew it would be a long day – and my girlfriend was in town so we were planning a night out.
I worked until after 5 (crazy) but was able to relax and chill and had a fun night with my friend – we hit up Chino Latino, then headed downtown to Envy and Aqua. It was a quiet night, I haven’t been out dancing in forever, so I am not sure if it was because it was so cold, or the economy or the places we went are just not happening. Either way, we had fun. Funny moment of the night: a slightly drunk guy walked passed me and said, “You have nice hair” and that was all – it just cracked us up.
More work on Sunday, and fortunately didn’t drink too much – when dieting down like this I can get in trouble when I do have a drink, with tolerance dropping and less food intake. It was a long work day. EC stack kicked in (starting it again for this final week) and felt rather good most of the day. Lunch was at Champps with co-workers, not many good choices there. Had seared Ahi Tuna salad, not too bad, should have asked for dressing on the side, but all in all it was a good lunch choice.
Finally left the office around 6:15pm – headed straight for the gym. I did a cardio/strength split – 15 min cardio, light lifting, 15 more cardio. I had a good amount of energy so the workout felt great. Ran a lot. The change of scenery was nice too.
Dinner – I was good, had some chicken and Chana Palak I made in the crocpot (tossed it in before work Sat, smelled wonderful when I got home, but the spinach really turned dark. Next time will just make it on the stovetop). But I failed by snacking late, but I was up working until almost 1.
Goals for this upcoming week:
- I would love to lose 3 more pounds, but 2 is more likely
- Get organized – send out invoices
- Call my mom
- Pack for Cancun!
Workouts: 12
Miles ran: 33.75
Calories burned: 3514
9:30am – Stuck at 133.0 again today. But, I am wearing my size 6 jeans – they are a bit snug, but that is probably good – will help remind me to keep on track throughout the day.
Decided to mix-up the workout this morning – did 10 minutes/1.5 miles on the elliptical (listened to music on my HTC Hero – love it!) and then did Workout 1 of the 30-Day shred. I am amazed at how much it makes me sweat, and it hits the muscles different than when I lift, which is great.
11:52am – Argh – the co-workers are going the Indian buffet, and are trying to get me to go! But I will be strong, and eat the lunch I brought (which also happens to be Indian – my very own homemade Wild Rice Curry Turkey Meatballs) as planned. And they were pretty understanding, actual Skype conversation (names changed to protect the innocent):
John: Indian Palace!
Abby: lol
Abby: I can’t...
John: BOO!
Abby: dieting
Abby: yeah
John: so am I
Abby: ha
John: Indian food is good for diets because it is mostly rice
John: or something
Abby: yeah
Abby: my diet is really strict
Abby: 
John: ;(
John: I’m going to have Peter peer pressure you into comming.
Abby: I am going to Cancun in a week
John: OH!
Abby: but, once I get back I will be all over those milk balls!
John: sounds like a good plan
Abby: so thats why so strict – just for a short time
I love when people are supportive!
10:30am – I had a breakthrough! I think I got through the plateau – weight this morning was 133.0. Hope I can keep it there and keep going down. I have a girlfriend coming into town this weekend, we a planning a little “girls night out” on Saturday night, will have to focus so that doesn’t derail me too much.
Was up late last night doing some work, but still got in a good workout last night, and this morning, just slept a bit later. All indoors – temperature outside is below zero, not including wind chill. Gotta love Minnesota winters!
Smoothie for breakfast again this morning, added the chia seeds. Didn’t taste any different, but I know they add a lot. Added a couple walnuts too (very little), it really hit the spot. But it is higher in sugar and calories than my usual egg white scramble, so I will probably go back to that tomorrow.
1:15pm – lunch – big salad, yum. Did a 20 minute yoga session over lunch break -Yoga for Weight Loss . Really enjoyed it, I am considering buying one of the longer versions (maybe when I have a promo code or there is a sale, lol). Dawnelle gets right into the flow, so next time I will warm a bit more with childs pose and rag doll.
10:18am - Happy Wednesday! Feeling pretty good today – the sun is shining! Its still terribly cold, but the sunshine helps. Drug myself out of bed at 5:40 this morning (didn’t go to bed until nearly 11pm, yikes. Was playing with my phone looking for cool apps to download, lol), barely made it to 6am yoga. Nice class, just what I needed – lots of leg stretching.
Weigt is stalling right about 134.6 (my scale rounds everything to even decimals – I never get an odd decimal, so weird), I think I am hitting a plateau. Any suggestions on pushing through it? Was talking with hubby this morning, he suggested switching up my cardio, which is exactly what I was thinking. I am going to try to work in more elliptical training, and vary my treadmill routine more. The yoga has been good, but I am just using up the final session on my package, I don’t think I will buy another package. And I should do the Jillian Michaels – 30 Day Shred video again.
For breakfast I had a smoothie! I don’t remember the last time I had a smoothie, but I saw this recipe in Oxygen magazine’s Glutes special issue and thought I should try it.
“Green” Smoothie
- 1/2 cup spinach (I steamed it in the microwave for a minute and half to get maximum nutritional benefits)
- 1/2 cup mixed frozen berries
- 1/3 fat free plain Greek yogurt
- 1 scoop protein powder (i have a plethora of BSN’s Banana cream, so I used that)
- 1/4 cup skim milk
Place all ingredients in blender and blend until smooth. The smoothie isn’t actually green – it was more dark blue/purple from the blueberries and blackberries. Next time I am going to add some Chia seeds for added nutrition
11:10am – just ate some of the trail mix from the break room – bad Abby. Especially because I also had some of the imitation crab meat I brought from home to snack on (weird I know, but it was past its sell by date, and its good protein)
4:23pm – just downed a Kombucha - 60 calories (sugar) but so worth it. At least my 3pm meal was light – egg whites with veggies (under 150 calories), and a couple nuts. 10 days until Cancun, gotta keep focused!
1:30pm Feeling full, which is weird, since lunch was small – sautéed cabbage with turkey lettuce wrap. I did eat rather quickly, then had a couple gulps of kefir, and some snack nut mix from the break room (bad I know, but it has been a really stressful day already). Ha, was just talking with hubby this morning about how women emotionally eat.
I was scheduled to go to the doctor for my yearly physical this afternoon, but my boss is leaving town and wants some projects finished. Ugh. At least I was able to reschedule the appointment rather easily. Ran an errand at lunch instead of working out – I had planned to do a short training session after the doctor, now I am not sure. Maybe I will go at 3.
Sore from last night’s massage – yeah, that’s right, sore. It was intense, not a relaxing massage. But I think it was good…
3:49pm – just returned from a quick workout. Warmed up on the treadmill, then did some squats, deadlifts, shoulder work, 3 fairly good pull-ups (yay, I feel so strong when I do pullups), back extensions, step ups, and hanging knee raises. Did some jumping jacks (betweeen exercises) and cooled down. Total time from leaving the office to returning: 48 minutes. That includes drive time and changing clothes. Not too shabby.
Someone brought more treats into the break room – fudge oreos, peanut butter oreos and pecan sandies. I was very tempted by the sadies, but instead had a couple almonds and some good dark chocolate – half of one the the Ghirardelli 60% Cacao Dark Chocolate squares – so about 30 calories. It really hit the spot.
Got my sweat on at Corepower this morning – 6am C2 class. It was not easy, but I made it there, despite waking up to flurries of snow. Good class, I have been running so much my legs really needed the stretching. After class I intended to run outside with the dog – we didn’t make it far – I discovered the limitations of the Yak Trax. The combination of the snow on top of ice was just enough that I did not have traction. Plus, it was windy and cold, so we ran about ¾ of a mile. I finished off my morning workout with a little over a mile (100 calories) on the elliptical. I should be using that thing more – its kicks butt!
Welcome! My name is Abby, I am a 20-something self-proclaimed fitness freak living in the Midwest. I have 2 cats, 1 dog, and a wonderful hubby. This site is a place for me to indulge in my fitness obsession - write about my workouts, products, clothes and food. Hope you enjoy!
