Change from last week : 0 (hey at least I'm not gaining anything)
Took a week off to catch up on stuff before my mom got here on vacation (and to have a few days with her and the kids). I'm on vacation all this week so I have a bit of extra time to sleep and do updates and stuff. Some quick hits from the past week I've been away :
Tuesday - saw Biggest Loser, not surprised that Julio went home even though he was one of the bigger guys on campus, he just wasn't striking me as a hard worker. One quick note to Shay - if it takes you three jobs to pay for your food, then STOP FRICKIN EATING SO MUCH. I mean, dang, no wonder you were 450 pounds.
Wednesday - spent the whole day alternately working and cleaning, plus had a second band practice for the new project (yes the comeback has started, quietly). Broke down and got fast-food Mexican for the first time in months, regretted it the next day as did anyone downwind.
Thursday - picked up mom from the airport, still working, picked up the kids, did dinner and soccer practice and then still had to work when I got back home.
Friday - my final day of work before vacation, totally sucks trying to fit in everything before you take off for a week.
Saturday - Macy's soccer team wins 2-0, she notches an assist on the first goal. I am attempting to raise Kristine Lilly Jr. slowly and surely - she has a hell of a boot, just has to learn how to use it. We also hosted Ness' mom's birthday party.
Sunday - went to a friend's kid's birthday party and then out for dinner to make mom try sushi for the first time ever, thus totally ignoring my "no dinners out on Sunday nights" rule. I'm pretty sure between Saturday and Sunday I blew any losses I'd made during the week.
Monday - marked out three solid days of birthday parties by celebrating MJ's birthday a few days early (since she'll be with her mom).
Sleep - I obviously didn't get much and it shows, although...this not being the Biggest Loser I pretty much step on the scale any time I feel like it, so I'm able to monitor my weight and the effects of eating certain things, getting varying amounts of sleep, etc. The truth is my weight has not always 100% been at 221 pounds for the past 4 weeks, there's a huge swing depending on the circumstances. Like if I eat a lot, I'll gain 3-5 pounds through the day. If I sleep a lot (meaning 7 hours or more), I'll lose 4 pounds from the night before pretty solidly. If I get around 6 hours of sleep, that goes down to 3 pounds. Less than that, the floor is generally 2 pounds lost overnight. The end result is that my weight has been swinging back and forth between 218 (low) and 223 (high), and it just so happens that on Mondays it's been clocking at that steady 221. I suppose this week if I watch my diet a little better and get some more sleep, I'll get the breakthrough I'm looking for. So from personal experience, sleep matters and if you want to lose weight, then regular overnight sleep is a must.
Recaps from the past week :
Diet for Tuesday 10/6/09:
Breakfast
- Cheerios w/fat-free milk
- 4 oz orange juice w/vitamins
- Big cup of coffee
- 2 pieces wheat toast w/yogurt spread
Lunch
- Leftover fettucine alfredo
- 3-4 oz chicken breast
Snack
- one red apple
Dinner
- Subway foot-long roasted chicken breast on wheat
- small bag of Baked Lays
- 20 oz Diet Coke
Dessert
- fat-free chocolate frozen yogurt
Exercise for Tuesday 10/6/09:
- 5 min warmup on treadmill @ 3.5 mph
- 10 min stretching
- 30 min running on the treadmill:
- 15 min @ 8 mph
- 10 min @ 7.5 mph
- 5 min @ 7 mph
- 5 min cooldown : 1 min @ 5 mph, 1 min @ 4.5 mph, 1 min @ 4 mph, 1 min @ 3.5 mph, 1 min @ 3 mph
- helping out with Macy's soccer practice for about 10-15 minutes
Sleep for Tuesday 10/6/09:
- 8.5 hours
Diet for Wednesday 10/7/09:
Breakfast
- Cheerios w/fat-free milk
- 4 oz orange juice w/vitamins
- Big cup of coffee
- 2 pieces wheat toast w/yogurt spread
Lunch
- Tuna sandwich w/fat-free cheese, fat-free mayo & mustard
- 1 red apple
Dinner (from Carolina's)
- Chicken super burrito
- Cheese quesadilla
- 1 can Coke Zero
Exercise for Wednesday 10/7/09:
- over 2 hours of cleaning
Sleep for Wednesday 10/7/09:
- 8 hours
Diet for Thursday 10/8/09:
Breakfast
- Fiber One Original w/fat-free milk
- 4 oz orange juice w/vitamins
- Big cup of coffee
- 2 pieces wheat toast w/yogurt spread
Lunch
- Turkey sandwich w/fat-free cheese
- 1 red apple
Dinner
- 3-4 oz chicken breast
- 1 cup lima beans
- 1 serving Cheddar broccoli rice
Dessert
- fat-free chocolate frozen yogurt
Drinks
- 1.5 glasses of wine w/mom :)
Exercise for Thursday 10/8/09:
- played in scrimmage for Macy's soccer team, 20 minutes (and yeah I took it easy on em)
Sleep for Thursday 10/8/09:
- 6 hours
Diet for Friday 10/9/09:
Breakfast
- Cheerios w/fat-free milk
- 4 oz orange juice w/vitamins
- Big cup of coffee
- 2 pieces wheat toast w/yogurt spread
Lunch
- Subway foot-long roasted chicken breast on wheat
- one small bag Baked Lays
- 20 oz Diet Coke
Dinner
- 7 slices whole wheat Boboli pizza
- 2 glasses red wine (my mom is such a bad influence)
Exercise for Friday 10/9/09:
- took a day off
Sleep for Friday 10/9/09:
- 6 hours
Diet for Saturday 10/10/09:
Breakfast
- Fiber One Original w/fat-free milk
- 4 oz orange juice w/vitamins
- Big cup of coffee
- 2 pieces wheat toast w/yogurt spread
Lunch
- Turkey sandwich on white roll
- a bunch of Baked Lay's potato chips
- 1 slice angel food cake w/strawberries and cool whip
Dinner
- 3-4 London Broil steak
- one serving mashed potatoes
- one cup asparagus
- 1 glass red wine
Dessert
- smores over a fire pit (yeeeeaaaah)
Exercise for Saturday 10/10/09:
- 5 min warmup @ 3.5 mph
- 10 min stretching
- The Tar Heels medicine ball Workout (2 sets of 15, took about 40 minutes)
Sleep for Saturday 10/10/09:
- 4 hours (ouch)
Diet for Sunday 10/11/09:
Breakfast
- Cheerios w/fat-free milk
- 4 oz orange juice w/vitamins
- Big cup of coffee
- 2 pieces wheat toast w/yogurt spread
Lunch (at the kids' party)
- Hamburger w/cheese on white bun
- one scoop potato salad
- some chips/veggies and dip
- 20 oz coke classic (no diet in sight there)
- one piece of birthday cake - some sort of fruit/white cake thing, pretty good actually
Dinner
- 8-10 pieces of Maki sushi with enough wasabi to burn a hole in the seat
- Diet coke
Dessert
- fat-free chocolate frozen yogurt w/Hershey's chocolate
Exercise for Sunday 10/11/09:
- washing/vacuuming/detailing my car with help from Macy, took well over an hour
Sleep for Sunday 10/11/09:
- 7 hours
Diet for Monday 10/12/09:
Breakfast
- Fiber One Original w/fat-free milk
- 4 oz orange juice w/vitamins
- Big cup of coffee
- plain bagel w/yogurt spread
Lunch
- Turkey sandwich on white roll
- 3 carrots, raw, peeled
Dinner (MJ's choice)
- one hot dog on wheat bun w/ketchup
- 1 serving Bush's vegetarian baked beans
- some Baked Lay's potato chips
- 1-2 strawberry daquiri's (and hell yeah with rum, toldya mom's a bad influence
Dessert
- one slice of ice cream cake
Exercise for Monday 10/12/09:
- 5 min warmup @ 3.5 mph
- 10 min stretching
- 25 min on treadmill
- 15 min @ 7 mph
- 1 min @ 7.1 mph
- 1 min @ 7.2 mph
- 1 min @ 7.3 mph
- 1 min @ 7.4 mph
- 1 min @ 7.5 mph
- 1 min @ 7.6 mph
- 1 min @ 7.8 mph
- 1 min @ 8 mph
- 1 min @ 9 mph
- 5 min cooldown : 1 min @ 5 mph, 1 min @ 4.5 mph, 1 min @ 4 mph, 1 min @ 3.5 mph, 1 min @ 3 mph
Sleep for Monday 10/12/09:
- 6 hours
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