The next few weeks are going to be a little rough with holiday travel, time off work, etc. so I am going to take a short break from blogging until 2011. I'm excited to get through this holiday eating healthy, working out and getting familiar with the new PointsPlus program. So far so good.
Next time you hear from me, it will be 2011 and 9.5 short months to go to reach my goal!! It's on friends...it's on.
Have a wonderful holiday! Remember...nothing tastes as good as thin feels :).
PK
Monday, December 20, 2010
Friday, December 17, 2010
Down down down...
My Friday started off pretty fantastic! I lost another 1.8 at WW today!! I didn't know what to expect when I got on the scale, but I basically jumped in the air like a 1990's Ford commercial. 23.2 lbs more to go. I feel like I have been in the 0 - 5lb range for quite some time. I was thrilled to finally get past the 5 lbs.
Lisa is the leader on Friday mornings and she rocks! Honestly I feel comfortable asking her any question and talking through my week, my menus, etc. I stayed after the meeting today and had her explain the new PointsPlus plan. I am actually really excited about it, now that I understand... I bought myself a little purse calculator that should help me figure out points throughtout the day. It's cute! Looks like a compact.
This weekend may be a little rough. We have Monster's work holiday party tonight, an ugly sweater party tomorrow night and we are celebrating the holidays on Sunday with dinner at Ruxbin. Oy. It's a lot of great stuff going on, but just need to make sure I watch my portions, alcohol and get my booty to the gym.
My meal plan for the day:
Breakfast - 2 pieces whole wheat toast, egg beaters and laughing cow - 5 pts
Snack - granola bar - 3 pts
Lunch - TBD. I have lunch here, but I plan on running errands over lunch which may mean I am grabbing something while wondering around. I should just eat what I have here which is a Lean Cuisine panini.
Dinner - We will be dining at Sunda tonight. I'm not sure of the menu, but plan to eat some great sushi.
I will report on Monday. Have a great weekend! Also, sorry if I haven't been blogging as much as usual. It's been a crazy few days with work, etc. Forgive me :).
PK
Lisa is the leader on Friday mornings and she rocks! Honestly I feel comfortable asking her any question and talking through my week, my menus, etc. I stayed after the meeting today and had her explain the new PointsPlus plan. I am actually really excited about it, now that I understand... I bought myself a little purse calculator that should help me figure out points throughtout the day. It's cute! Looks like a compact.
This weekend may be a little rough. We have Monster's work holiday party tonight, an ugly sweater party tomorrow night and we are celebrating the holidays on Sunday with dinner at Ruxbin. Oy. It's a lot of great stuff going on, but just need to make sure I watch my portions, alcohol and get my booty to the gym.
My meal plan for the day:
Breakfast - 2 pieces whole wheat toast, egg beaters and laughing cow - 5 pts
Snack - granola bar - 3 pts
Lunch - TBD. I have lunch here, but I plan on running errands over lunch which may mean I am grabbing something while wondering around. I should just eat what I have here which is a Lean Cuisine panini.
Dinner - We will be dining at Sunda tonight. I'm not sure of the menu, but plan to eat some great sushi.
I will report on Monday. Have a great weekend! Also, sorry if I haven't been blogging as much as usual. It's been a crazy few days with work, etc. Forgive me :).
PK
Monday, December 13, 2010
A Little Lost
I spent some of Saturday and Sunday trying to figure out this new WW program and I am lost! I don't understand the new plan and a little annoyed that I have to buy a brand new ww calculator just to figure out how many points each product is. Just seems annoying that they don't have the tracker that slides and configures each items of food on the WW food guide anymore. F. I am going to have listen extra carefully next Friday so I actually get what this new deal is.
Well this weekend was one of the best! Friday after the holiday party, we just hung out and relaxed. We actually relaxed most of Saturday too! It was cold, snowy and rainy outside so my apartment was the perfect place to be. I did manage to make it to the gym for an hour of cardio on Saturday which was great. Walking to and from the bus in pouring cold rain was not great.
Saturday night we hit Sushi Toro for dinner! It was awesome! Maybe one of my faves. We did pretty well with the rolls. Monster allowed me to order some healthy ones which were all very good. The Futo Veggie roll was great. I also ordered the salmon avocado roll. Yummo! Toro is BYOB, so we brought some Goose Island Sofie's which were nice.
After sushi we hit "Black Swan" at the Landmark theater. I really have no words about the movie. It was just plain nuts! Very dark.
On Sunday we brunched at Perennial. I went with a spinach and mushroom omelette and asked the waiter to be very light on the goat cheese. I managed to order turkey sausage and wheat toast too. Whoops. It was breakfast and lunch so it was ok. The omelette was served with potatoes which I shared with Monster. They were good!
After lunch we hit the new Jewel on Southport. Wow, now this is a dream! This Jewel is big and bright! It also has the liquor store upstairs. Wowza. I wish I lived closer so I could frequent this Jewel. I had to pick up some groceries for Emily's holiday party which was at 4pm yesterday. I made Oreo Balls and a brie and apple toast appetizer. Both were delish! Emily served lots of great things at this party. Everyone brought some really tasty stuff too.
Two parties down, Two more to go...
This morning I planned my breakfasts and lunches for the week along with my workouts. I packed some great lean cuisine meals with 100 calorie packs of baked cheetos for some lunches and soup for the other days. I also brought 2 multi-grain bagels to have for the week. I will just have half of one bagel for breakfast. These bagels are big so should keep me full. I may have some yogurt and granola left over from last week that I can have if I got bored of the bagels.
For my work outs I plan to do cardio tonight, lift tomorrow, cardio with abs on Weds and Thursday and then Friday a little of everything. I may take one of these days off depending on what my week looks like. I also plan on hitting WW on Friday to try and figure out this new WW plan! Ug.
My meal plan for the day:
Breakfast - Egg white and soy sausage egg wrap - 6
Snack - WW pretzel bar - 1
Lunch - Baked Cheetos, green apple and Philly style cheese and steak panini (great LC meal!) - 8
Snack - PBGB - 2
Dinner - maybe a cutie pie from Homemade Pizza Co. I am having dinner with the gals at Kenoe's and not sure what our final plan is. TBD.
I hope you are staying warm and having a good Monday!
PK
Well this weekend was one of the best! Friday after the holiday party, we just hung out and relaxed. We actually relaxed most of Saturday too! It was cold, snowy and rainy outside so my apartment was the perfect place to be. I did manage to make it to the gym for an hour of cardio on Saturday which was great. Walking to and from the bus in pouring cold rain was not great.
Saturday night we hit Sushi Toro for dinner! It was awesome! Maybe one of my faves. We did pretty well with the rolls. Monster allowed me to order some healthy ones which were all very good. The Futo Veggie roll was great. I also ordered the salmon avocado roll. Yummo! Toro is BYOB, so we brought some Goose Island Sofie's which were nice.
After sushi we hit "Black Swan" at the Landmark theater. I really have no words about the movie. It was just plain nuts! Very dark.
On Sunday we brunched at Perennial. I went with a spinach and mushroom omelette and asked the waiter to be very light on the goat cheese. I managed to order turkey sausage and wheat toast too. Whoops. It was breakfast and lunch so it was ok. The omelette was served with potatoes which I shared with Monster. They were good!
After lunch we hit the new Jewel on Southport. Wow, now this is a dream! This Jewel is big and bright! It also has the liquor store upstairs. Wowza. I wish I lived closer so I could frequent this Jewel. I had to pick up some groceries for Emily's holiday party which was at 4pm yesterday. I made Oreo Balls and a brie and apple toast appetizer. Both were delish! Emily served lots of great things at this party. Everyone brought some really tasty stuff too.
Two parties down, Two more to go...
This morning I planned my breakfasts and lunches for the week along with my workouts. I packed some great lean cuisine meals with 100 calorie packs of baked cheetos for some lunches and soup for the other days. I also brought 2 multi-grain bagels to have for the week. I will just have half of one bagel for breakfast. These bagels are big so should keep me full. I may have some yogurt and granola left over from last week that I can have if I got bored of the bagels.
For my work outs I plan to do cardio tonight, lift tomorrow, cardio with abs on Weds and Thursday and then Friday a little of everything. I may take one of these days off depending on what my week looks like. I also plan on hitting WW on Friday to try and figure out this new WW plan! Ug.
My meal plan for the day:
Breakfast - Egg white and soy sausage egg wrap - 6
Snack - WW pretzel bar - 1
Lunch - Baked Cheetos, green apple and Philly style cheese and steak panini (great LC meal!) - 8
Snack - PBGB - 2
Dinner - maybe a cutie pie from Homemade Pizza Co. I am having dinner with the gals at Kenoe's and not sure what our final plan is. TBD.
I hope you are staying warm and having a good Monday!
PK
Friday, December 10, 2010
Bravo
Well, the weigh in went down and bam, I lost! Only .2, but that makes me happy. It's not a gain. I am extremely happy b/c I haven't weighed in since before Thanksgiving! I have 2 more big holidays to get through, but I feel good about it.
WW has a new point system that I need to read up on. Looks interesting. Basically the ProPoints plan revolves around the different kinds and amounts of fats, carbohydrates, proteins and fibers found in food and drink, as opposed to just their saturated fat and calorie values.
This new system doesn’t totally depart from the old one; each Weight Watcher is given a certain point limit which has been calculated from their height, weight, sex and age.
The average daily allowance is 29 ProPoints. However, one of the main differences to the old system, and arguably one of its biggest selling points, is that there is an extra bank of what they call 49 real living points. Any dieter can use some or all of this bonus allocation when they fancy being a bit naughty, whether it be for a birthday night out or when they want to have some junk food.
Another change from the old system has ALL vegetables and/or fruit having no ProPoint value. This can encourage dieters to eat as much healthy foods as they want. It could also help people to achieve the 5 portions of fruit or vegetables per day recommendation from the Department of Health.
I need to give it some time, but hopefully this is a good change! I plan on keeping up the workouts and blogging my meal plans.
One thing that I love is that if you lost a certain amount of weight or doing something over the top, the WW leader gives you a Bravo sticker. It's just a simple sticker that you can buy at a craft store, but this sticker makes me happy. I strive to get one each week. I only have one, but I the plan is to have atleast 5 by the time I have reached my goal :).
Well last night I never made it to the gym. I decided to nap for 30 mins and the 30 turned into 2 hours! So instead of the gym, I decided to make dinner instead. The taco bake turned out great! I ended up eating this which was fine b/c I watched my portion size.
Today we have our holiday party at work and we leave around 11:45 to head to the Chopping Block for some competition amoung our co-workers. I love this idea for a holiday party. There will be drinks, appetizers, food, desserts and more! The best part is cooking. Not sure what we will be served, but I am on a weight loss high and plan to stick to my routine.
Aside from the party, this weekend should be low key. Staying in tonight, maybe a movie tomorrow night, brunch on Sunday and a small holiday gig at my friend Emily's. I will be back Monday with a full report!
Have a great weekend and stay warm!
PK
WW has a new point system that I need to read up on. Looks interesting. Basically the ProPoints plan revolves around the different kinds and amounts of fats, carbohydrates, proteins and fibers found in food and drink, as opposed to just their saturated fat and calorie values.
This new system doesn’t totally depart from the old one; each Weight Watcher is given a certain point limit which has been calculated from their height, weight, sex and age.
The average daily allowance is 29 ProPoints. However, one of the main differences to the old system, and arguably one of its biggest selling points, is that there is an extra bank of what they call 49 real living points. Any dieter can use some or all of this bonus allocation when they fancy being a bit naughty, whether it be for a birthday night out or when they want to have some junk food.
Another change from the old system has ALL vegetables and/or fruit having no ProPoint value. This can encourage dieters to eat as much healthy foods as they want. It could also help people to achieve the 5 portions of fruit or vegetables per day recommendation from the Department of Health.
I need to give it some time, but hopefully this is a good change! I plan on keeping up the workouts and blogging my meal plans.
One thing that I love is that if you lost a certain amount of weight or doing something over the top, the WW leader gives you a Bravo sticker. It's just a simple sticker that you can buy at a craft store, but this sticker makes me happy. I strive to get one each week. I only have one, but I the plan is to have atleast 5 by the time I have reached my goal :).
Well last night I never made it to the gym. I decided to nap for 30 mins and the 30 turned into 2 hours! So instead of the gym, I decided to make dinner instead. The taco bake turned out great! I ended up eating this which was fine b/c I watched my portion size.
Today we have our holiday party at work and we leave around 11:45 to head to the Chopping Block for some competition amoung our co-workers. I love this idea for a holiday party. There will be drinks, appetizers, food, desserts and more! The best part is cooking. Not sure what we will be served, but I am on a weight loss high and plan to stick to my routine.
Aside from the party, this weekend should be low key. Staying in tonight, maybe a movie tomorrow night, brunch on Sunday and a small holiday gig at my friend Emily's. I will be back Monday with a full report!
Have a great weekend and stay warm!
PK
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Weigh in is approaching
Last night was wonderful. RJ is so adorable and I could just stare at him all night. He is such a good baby. His parents are doing an awesome job too! What an adjustment!
The ladies stayed in and ordered Pockets for dinner. I went with my favorite tuna salad. I'm glad we stayed in, it was way too cold outside!
I decided to work from home today so I'm sitting in the chair working on some docs that need my undivided attention. I will probably get to the gym this afternoon/early evening for some cardio and abs. I'm going to weigh in tomorrow morning so I need to bust my butt at the gym and really focus on what I eat today.
My meal for the day:
Breakfast - Egg beater and soy sausage wrap - 6 points
Snack - pita and hummus - 4
Lunch - Morningstar buffalo nuggets and a salad - 8
Snack - granola bar - 2
Dinner - I am making a taco bake for dinner tonight. I will probably just have a tiny taste of it, but really am excited to bake it! I got the recipe from a friend at work and it's not too healthy. I'm sure I could make it low fat, but maybe I can try that next time.
Enjoy your day!
PK
The ladies stayed in and ordered Pockets for dinner. I went with my favorite tuna salad. I'm glad we stayed in, it was way too cold outside!
I decided to work from home today so I'm sitting in the chair working on some docs that need my undivided attention. I will probably get to the gym this afternoon/early evening for some cardio and abs. I'm going to weigh in tomorrow morning so I need to bust my butt at the gym and really focus on what I eat today.
My meal for the day:
Breakfast - Egg beater and soy sausage wrap - 6 points
Snack - pita and hummus - 4
Lunch - Morningstar buffalo nuggets and a salad - 8
Snack - granola bar - 2
Dinner - I am making a taco bake for dinner tonight. I will probably just have a tiny taste of it, but really am excited to bake it! I got the recipe from a friend at work and it's not too healthy. I'm sure I could make it low fat, but maybe I can try that next time.
Enjoy your day!
PK
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Holiday Parties
A few weeks ago I was bummed that we didn't have one Holiday Party to go too this year. Luckily everyone got their s#!* together and there are a few on the books. Yippee!!! This Sunday I am going to bring an appetizer and wine to Emily's to kick off party season. Not 100% sure which appy, but I am thinking my brie and green apple baguette appy. The sauce on these bad boys are ridic!
The past few years there was always an Ugly Sweater Party planned mid-December that I looked forward too. I have a miserable red plaid skirt (tee length) with a holiday turtleneck (has holly on it) and sweater vest from Kmart that is perfect for this occasion. For some reason, this year the party isn't happening. Luckily one of our friends is throwing a party on the 18th with this theme, so I am all set.
These parties always have great food and drinks. It's the perfect time to make that holiday cocktail with egg nog or cider that is TDF. One thing I noticed is that both of these kill my stomach, so I'm going to pass on these drinks this year and try something lighter. Maybe just my standard vodka, soda with a splash of cran or red wine. I haven't been drinking much lately, so I may just stick to H2O. Game time decision.
Last night we skipped Potbelly's and I just made a quick dinner at home before the movie. I had soy nuggets and pita chips with hummus before venturing out in the cold to check out 127 Hours. It was an awesome flick! A little bloody, actually a lot bloody, but this story amazes me. If you have a strong tum, def go check it out. After the movie, we watched the Dexter Season 4 final eppy. Now that was bloody too! It was ridiculous and mind blowing, but bloody. Glad we got in this last eppy so we can finally watch season 5 of FNL!!! I have missed Coach T :).
Today I got up and did 45 mins of cardio. I was a sweat machine!! Luckily I'm not too sore, so the cardio wasn't miserable to do. The most miserable part was walking from the bus to the gym. Brr!!!
My meal plan for the day:
Pre-gym - vanilla cereal bar - 2
Breakfast - vanilla yogurt with low fat granola - 6
Snack - WW pretzel bar - 1
Lunch - Pizza pocket with a red apple and laughing cow - 8
Snack - pretzel slims
Dinner - TBD. Tonight I am having dinner with RJ Hull. I guess his mom and Ali will be there too :). Not sure what our plan is, but we are ordering in. It's too cold for the babe to be roaming around! I'm looking forward to catching up with the ladies.
Have a great day!
PK
The past few years there was always an Ugly Sweater Party planned mid-December that I looked forward too. I have a miserable red plaid skirt (tee length) with a holiday turtleneck (has holly on it) and sweater vest from Kmart that is perfect for this occasion. For some reason, this year the party isn't happening. Luckily one of our friends is throwing a party on the 18th with this theme, so I am all set.
These parties always have great food and drinks. It's the perfect time to make that holiday cocktail with egg nog or cider that is TDF. One thing I noticed is that both of these kill my stomach, so I'm going to pass on these drinks this year and try something lighter. Maybe just my standard vodka, soda with a splash of cran or red wine. I haven't been drinking much lately, so I may just stick to H2O. Game time decision.
Last night we skipped Potbelly's and I just made a quick dinner at home before the movie. I had soy nuggets and pita chips with hummus before venturing out in the cold to check out 127 Hours. It was an awesome flick! A little bloody, actually a lot bloody, but this story amazes me. If you have a strong tum, def go check it out. After the movie, we watched the Dexter Season 4 final eppy. Now that was bloody too! It was ridiculous and mind blowing, but bloody. Glad we got in this last eppy so we can finally watch season 5 of FNL!!! I have missed Coach T :).
Today I got up and did 45 mins of cardio. I was a sweat machine!! Luckily I'm not too sore, so the cardio wasn't miserable to do. The most miserable part was walking from the bus to the gym. Brr!!!
My meal plan for the day:
Pre-gym - vanilla cereal bar - 2
Breakfast - vanilla yogurt with low fat granola - 6
Snack - WW pretzel bar - 1
Lunch - Pizza pocket with a red apple and laughing cow - 8
Snack - pretzel slims
Dinner - TBD. Tonight I am having dinner with RJ Hull. I guess his mom and Ali will be there too :). Not sure what our plan is, but we are ordering in. It's too cold for the babe to be roaming around! I'm looking forward to catching up with the ladies.
Have a great day!
PK
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
It's Freezzziinnggg out...
This is the weather where you never want to leave your place. You dread getting out of bed and the second you step outside, you do everything in your power not to run back in the door.
Rewind to last night...After 45 minutes of cardio and a cold bus ride home, I made spaghetti and turkey balls for Monster and I had a salad with 4 soy nuggets with bbq sauce. I'm really trying to watch my points this week. It was awesome to be back at the gym after the weekend off. The gym was packed though!!! Unfortunately on Monday's I like to bring breakfast and lunches to work for the week, so I have to hit the gym post work. The rest of the week, I prefer the mornings. That's my plan this week.
I woke up this am and got in a great hour work out. I did a 10 min cardio work out followed by legs, abs and then arms. I felt wobbly legs when I walked down the steps to shower up at Xport. I tried out my leg move from last week. Let's pray I can walk the rest of the week.
I couldn't wait to get to work and eat! The work out made me very hungry.
My meal plan today:
Pre-gym - cereal bar - 2
Breakfast - vanilla yogurt and low fat granola - 6
Snack - WW pretzel bar - 1
Lunch - pizza pocket from Aldi, carrots and pop chips - 7
Snack - apple with laughing cow - 3
Dinner - TBD. We are going to catch a movie tonight and I think we may grab something close to the theater. My vote is Potbellys!!! There salads rock.
Have a great cozy evening.
PK
Rewind to last night...After 45 minutes of cardio and a cold bus ride home, I made spaghetti and turkey balls for Monster and I had a salad with 4 soy nuggets with bbq sauce. I'm really trying to watch my points this week. It was awesome to be back at the gym after the weekend off. The gym was packed though!!! Unfortunately on Monday's I like to bring breakfast and lunches to work for the week, so I have to hit the gym post work. The rest of the week, I prefer the mornings. That's my plan this week.
I woke up this am and got in a great hour work out. I did a 10 min cardio work out followed by legs, abs and then arms. I felt wobbly legs when I walked down the steps to shower up at Xport. I tried out my leg move from last week. Let's pray I can walk the rest of the week.
I couldn't wait to get to work and eat! The work out made me very hungry.
My meal plan today:
Pre-gym - cereal bar - 2
Breakfast - vanilla yogurt and low fat granola - 6
Snack - WW pretzel bar - 1
Lunch - pizza pocket from Aldi, carrots and pop chips - 7
Snack - apple with laughing cow - 3
Dinner - TBD. We are going to catch a movie tonight and I think we may grab something close to the theater. My vote is Potbellys!!! There salads rock.
Have a great cozy evening.
PK
Monday, December 6, 2010
Zoo Lights
Friday night was such a perfect little date night. I picked up pizza at Homemade Pizza Co (cutie pie light cheese and pineapple on whole wheat for me and medium tomato, garlic and mozz on whole wheat for Monster) for dinner and we went off on our fun night on the town. We picked up a few road soadys for our trip around the zoo. Half of the zoo was decorated with beautiful lights. Holiday music played on the loud speakers and there were quite a bit of people just walking around enjoying the night. I loved it and hope to make it a tradition! We had our friends Mike and Jenna with us too which was a great time!
After the zoo, we headed downtown to see "Love and Other Drugs." I gave the movie a 6 out of 10. I was so excited to see it, but I was kind of confused throughout the movie. The storyline was random and a few of the characters were just thrown in for no reason. My reco is to not pay money to see it in the theater. Def go to the cheap theaters or redbox it.
On Saturday, we had plans to shop and that was it. We hit up some furniture stores and I knocked out a few Xmas gifts on North Avenue and Armitage. I started to feel crummy so I went home and napped and decided to be a bum all night. It was much needed!
We celebrated Stacie on Sunday at her baby shower. It was lovely to catch up with the girls and see a few of our cute pregnant friends. Stacie is due mid-January and I can't wait to see Baby E! Stacie is not finding out the sex of her baby so that will be a wonderful surprise! We hit the grocery store last night to end the weekend and I crashed early. I was still fighting this bug.
I did fine on the diet this weekend. I didn't make it to the gym, but I truly didn't feel well enough to go. I plan to get back on gym mode this week and have a great week on the diet as well. I spent about 20 minutes this morning organizing my week of meals and writing down points for every item. I may try and do this every Monday am. It gets me motivated to eat well all week.
My meal plan today:
Breakfast - low fat vanilla yogurt with 1/2 cup of low fat granola - 6 points
Snack - N/A
Lunch - Healthy Choice soup and oyster crackers, carrots and pretzels with hummus - 10 points
Snack - PB choco chip granola bar - 2
Dinner - I have lots of options at home for dinner. I need to figure out what Monster is in the mood for, but I'm thinking comfort food. It's freezing today! Maybe some stir-fry??
I'm off to the gym for some cardio tonight. I think I'm going to start running again. Maybe not tonight, but soon :).
Hope you had a good weekend!
PK
After the zoo, we headed downtown to see "Love and Other Drugs." I gave the movie a 6 out of 10. I was so excited to see it, but I was kind of confused throughout the movie. The storyline was random and a few of the characters were just thrown in for no reason. My reco is to not pay money to see it in the theater. Def go to the cheap theaters or redbox it.
On Saturday, we had plans to shop and that was it. We hit up some furniture stores and I knocked out a few Xmas gifts on North Avenue and Armitage. I started to feel crummy so I went home and napped and decided to be a bum all night. It was much needed!
We celebrated Stacie on Sunday at her baby shower. It was lovely to catch up with the girls and see a few of our cute pregnant friends. Stacie is due mid-January and I can't wait to see Baby E! Stacie is not finding out the sex of her baby so that will be a wonderful surprise! We hit the grocery store last night to end the weekend and I crashed early. I was still fighting this bug.
I did fine on the diet this weekend. I didn't make it to the gym, but I truly didn't feel well enough to go. I plan to get back on gym mode this week and have a great week on the diet as well. I spent about 20 minutes this morning organizing my week of meals and writing down points for every item. I may try and do this every Monday am. It gets me motivated to eat well all week.
My meal plan today:
Breakfast - low fat vanilla yogurt with 1/2 cup of low fat granola - 6 points
Snack - N/A
Lunch - Healthy Choice soup and oyster crackers, carrots and pretzels with hummus - 10 points
Snack - PB choco chip granola bar - 2
Dinner - I have lots of options at home for dinner. I need to figure out what Monster is in the mood for, but I'm thinking comfort food. It's freezing today! Maybe some stir-fry??
I'm off to the gym for some cardio tonight. I think I'm going to start running again. Maybe not tonight, but soon :).
Hope you had a good weekend!
PK
Friday, December 3, 2010
It hurts to walk...
I AM SO SORE!! I feel like I did the first time I ever worked out. Has that ever happened to you? It hurts to walk, sit, put on shoes, etc. Haha. Monster told me that my muscles are not used to the new exercises I did. Really legs? Let's get better.
Even though it hurts to do anything, I did make it to the gym this am for 45 mins of cardio. It was so nice to have a good sweat session though.
I'm excited for a nice chill weekend. We are hitting zoo lights at the LP zoo tonight and then a movie (Love and Other Drugs.) I hear zoo lights is a good time and will be sure to let you know how it goes when I blog on Monday. We have some shopping to do on Saturday and then Sunday I have Stacie's baby shower! She is such a cute little pregnant chick. I'm excited to see her, her belly and all of my girls + Nate on Sunday. Rumor is there will be mimosas! Score.
My meal plan today:
Pre-gym - choco cereal bar
Breakfast - toast with rfpb
Snack - WW pretzel bar
Lunch - chicken chili, side salad and a wheat roll
Snack - Nada
Dinner - TBD. May hit up Homemade Pizza Co before zoo lights.
Have a great weekend! It's going to be a snowy one tomorrow so stay warm and dry.
PK
Even though it hurts to do anything, I did make it to the gym this am for 45 mins of cardio. It was so nice to have a good sweat session though.
I'm excited for a nice chill weekend. We are hitting zoo lights at the LP zoo tonight and then a movie (Love and Other Drugs.) I hear zoo lights is a good time and will be sure to let you know how it goes when I blog on Monday. We have some shopping to do on Saturday and then Sunday I have Stacie's baby shower! She is such a cute little pregnant chick. I'm excited to see her, her belly and all of my girls + Nate on Sunday. Rumor is there will be mimosas! Score.
My meal plan today:
Pre-gym - choco cereal bar
Breakfast - toast with rfpb
Snack - WW pretzel bar
Lunch - chicken chili, side salad and a wheat roll
Snack - Nada
Dinner - TBD. May hit up Homemade Pizza Co before zoo lights.
Have a great weekend! It's going to be a snowy one tomorrow so stay warm and dry.
PK
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
And snow
Well it's official. We have flurries and it's cold! I mean really cold. Walking to the gym this am was painful, brutal and made me cry. Well not really cry, but my eyes were watering when I arrived to the gym. I don't ever think I have been that happy to step inside Xport. Ha.
I had about 45 minutes to lift and decided to try some new leg exercises and my legs didn't stop shaking until about lunch. Who knows how I will be feeling tomorrow. The mornings are started to get crowded which I don't love, but it's so nice to get the work out of the way. I plan on going tomorrow am for a good cardio session as well.
I picked up a loaf of whole wheat bread last night and decided it was time to bring toast back into my life for breakfast. I love toast so much. It actually reminds me of my girlfriend Beth. She used to make toast every morning when we worked together. She loves it more than I do! I also packed some reduced fat peanut butter for the toast as well. This breakfast kept me full until lunch.
My meals today:
Pre-gym - chocolate cereal bar
Breakast - 2 pieces of toast with RFPB
Lunch - chicken with stars and oyster crackers along with morningstar buffalo nuggets
Snack - WW pretzel bar
Dinner - I think Monster and I are going to The Counter tonight. I bought a groupon the other day - pay $10 for $20 worth of food. Now that's a deal!
Monster and I are going to The Apollo Theater to see one of his friends in a comedy deal. I don't know much about it, but i'm sure it will be a great. Stay tuned for a report tomorrow.
Have a good night!
PK
I had about 45 minutes to lift and decided to try some new leg exercises and my legs didn't stop shaking until about lunch. Who knows how I will be feeling tomorrow. The mornings are started to get crowded which I don't love, but it's so nice to get the work out of the way. I plan on going tomorrow am for a good cardio session as well.
I picked up a loaf of whole wheat bread last night and decided it was time to bring toast back into my life for breakfast. I love toast so much. It actually reminds me of my girlfriend Beth. She used to make toast every morning when we worked together. She loves it more than I do! I also packed some reduced fat peanut butter for the toast as well. This breakfast kept me full until lunch.
My meals today:
Pre-gym - chocolate cereal bar
Breakast - 2 pieces of toast with RFPB
Lunch - chicken with stars and oyster crackers along with morningstar buffalo nuggets
Snack - WW pretzel bar
Dinner - I think Monster and I are going to The Counter tonight. I bought a groupon the other day - pay $10 for $20 worth of food. Now that's a deal!
Monster and I are going to The Apollo Theater to see one of his friends in a comedy deal. I don't know much about it, but i'm sure it will be a great. Stay tuned for a report tomorrow.
Have a good night!
PK
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