Another early wake up call: Went and lifted some weights in the gym downstairs. All they had was free weights - and honestly I wasn't feeling it. I didn't spent much time there. Went back to the hotel room and did P90x Ab Ripper X.
Breakfast: A few bites of egg whites. Got a big coffee to go with heavy cream.
Lunch: Ate here. Ordered a small naked burrito (no tortilla). Got a mixture of pork and steak, added pico and guac and that was it.
Had a few pieces of gum throughout the day.
Early dinner/snack: Had the remaining salmon leftover from last night's dinner around 5pm.
(Now just waiting in the Norfolk airport to fly back home).
Had 2 packs of peanuts on the plane and a hard boiled egg when I got home.
Thursday, August 11, 2011
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Day 10
Morning: Got up early (5:45 - too darn early), and jogged 2.28 (24:12) miles outside. My thighs are sore, and feet are uncomfortable from working in those shoes. Yikes. Anyways, when I woke up, I could barely get out of bed, but I was happy with my jog.
Pre-Breakfast, post jog: Starbucks coffee in the hotel room with 1/2 and 1/2 (that's all they had besides dry creamer)
Breakfast: 3 pieces of bacon. Big starbucks coffee, but i asked for either whole milk/cream instead of creamer.
Lunch: Ate here. Made my own burger. No bun. Hand avodaco, sauteed onions, mushrooms, pepper bacon and a fried egg. My side was sauteed spinach. Barely touched the spinach and had 1/2 the burger. Was disappointed I even ate, I wasn't hungry at all, but everyone wanted to go out. Next time, I'll just not eat and wait and have leftovers later. I felt REALLY FULL even though I didn't consume that much. Must be my body telling me I wasn't hungry. Duh.
Post work in hotel room: Ate some leftover brisket from the other day. Now I'm starving.
Dinner: Went out with the team, no time to workout. We went here: We had awhile to wait, so we sat outside and listened to a band. On the suggestion of a friend, I tried vodka soda (as opposed to my vodka tonic, or some other sweetener) again and this time added a lime and orange slice and surprisingly could tolerate it. Subbing soda for tonic cuts almost 32g of sugar. Ok, i'll make the sacrifice. I had a few at dinner, and one back at the hotel. For dinner I ordered grilled salmon, made sure it was at least gluten free, and ask what they cooked their veggie sides in. One was cooked in vegetable oil, so i nixed that and went only for steamed broccoli with butter on the side and my salmon. They gave me a baked potato too (not sure why), but I didn't touch it. Also said no to calamari and desert. Ate 1/2 my salmon, took the rest home, and ate some of my broccoli. I even had a bite or two of my brisket (before I threw it away before I went to bed)
I drank tonight, didn't get drunk or tipsy, but I felt comfortable drinking in a social situation (sans beer and lots of calories). I'd say tonight was a hit on the food. I ate healthy, made smart decision and was able and felt comfortable going out in a group situation. On the drinking front, I drank, but hopefully I'll learn to like this drink in order to cut more calories and grams of sugar. It wasn't bad, not my favorite, but maybe my tastebuds will want less sugary items as I try to continue this healthy eating.
Good day, not the best with drinking, but I'm feeling more confident about my decisions....however, the weekend is fast approaching...
Pre-Breakfast, post jog: Starbucks coffee in the hotel room with 1/2 and 1/2 (that's all they had besides dry creamer)
Breakfast: 3 pieces of bacon. Big starbucks coffee, but i asked for either whole milk/cream instead of creamer.
Lunch: Ate here. Made my own burger. No bun. Hand avodaco, sauteed onions, mushrooms, pepper bacon and a fried egg. My side was sauteed spinach. Barely touched the spinach and had 1/2 the burger. Was disappointed I even ate, I wasn't hungry at all, but everyone wanted to go out. Next time, I'll just not eat and wait and have leftovers later. I felt REALLY FULL even though I didn't consume that much. Must be my body telling me I wasn't hungry. Duh.
Post work in hotel room: Ate some leftover brisket from the other day. Now I'm starving.
Dinner: Went out with the team, no time to workout. We went here: We had awhile to wait, so we sat outside and listened to a band. On the suggestion of a friend, I tried vodka soda (as opposed to my vodka tonic, or some other sweetener) again and this time added a lime and orange slice and surprisingly could tolerate it. Subbing soda for tonic cuts almost 32g of sugar. Ok, i'll make the sacrifice. I had a few at dinner, and one back at the hotel. For dinner I ordered grilled salmon, made sure it was at least gluten free, and ask what they cooked their veggie sides in. One was cooked in vegetable oil, so i nixed that and went only for steamed broccoli with butter on the side and my salmon. They gave me a baked potato too (not sure why), but I didn't touch it. Also said no to calamari and desert. Ate 1/2 my salmon, took the rest home, and ate some of my broccoli. I even had a bite or two of my brisket (before I threw it away before I went to bed)
I drank tonight, didn't get drunk or tipsy, but I felt comfortable drinking in a social situation (sans beer and lots of calories). I'd say tonight was a hit on the food. I ate healthy, made smart decision and was able and felt comfortable going out in a group situation. On the drinking front, I drank, but hopefully I'll learn to like this drink in order to cut more calories and grams of sugar. It wasn't bad, not my favorite, but maybe my tastebuds will want less sugary items as I try to continue this healthy eating.
Good day, not the best with drinking, but I'm feeling more confident about my decisions....however, the weekend is fast approaching...
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Day 9
AM: Got up and went for a jog. 1.9 miles around town. My shins and calves and ankles started to hurt, I think it's all from the new shoes. Again, they are completely different then tennis shoes. (I'm not fast), but I was happy with my time at keeping it about a 6.0 (what would be on a treadmill). I had 2 lights I had to stop at, and other then that, I never let myself stop moving!
Breakfast: a few pieces of bacon, water
Lunch: went here. Made my own "sandwich". No bread. Had roast beef, portabello mushrooms, tomato and avocado. Ate about 2/3 of it.
Snack: Leftover "sandwich" stuff.
WOD: Practiced some DUs, did a 400M warm up run. Then the plan was to do: 10 rounds (5 DU, 5 HSPU), Got through the DU's and did 35 HSPU's and 15 knee push ups. So much for working on DU's! I'm definitely understanding how to do them, but boy, i'm getting worn out!!
Dinner: Went here again. Maybe lame, but it's easy to walk in, order gluten free mussels and have nothing else. This dinner made me feel way more full then last nights. Was it more mussels? Was I just fuller because I ate more protein today and all paleo? Not sure, but this is a weird full feeling. Not uncomfortable, just a different full feeling. 2 days paleo. I like it - i can do DU's!!
Breakfast: a few pieces of bacon, water
Lunch: went here. Made my own "sandwich". No bread. Had roast beef, portabello mushrooms, tomato and avocado. Ate about 2/3 of it.
Snack: Leftover "sandwich" stuff.
WOD: Practiced some DUs, did a 400M warm up run. Then the plan was to do: 10 rounds (5 DU, 5 HSPU), Got through the DU's and did 35 HSPU's and 15 knee push ups. So much for working on DU's! I'm definitely understanding how to do them, but boy, i'm getting worn out!!
Dinner: Went here again. Maybe lame, but it's easy to walk in, order gluten free mussels and have nothing else. This dinner made me feel way more full then last nights. Was it more mussels? Was I just fuller because I ate more protein today and all paleo? Not sure, but this is a weird full feeling. Not uncomfortable, just a different full feeling. 2 days paleo. I like it - i can do DU's!!
Monday, August 8, 2011
Day 8 - Finally a success
Breakfast: Wasn't really that hungry. Went downstairs and got a few pieces of bacon. Ate that, and asked for some eggs to go. Never ended up eating those.
Lunch: Finally got hungry around noon. Went here. Got 1lb of brisket only, sauce on the side. I ate maybe 1/3 and used not much of the sauce (They gave 4tbsp of sauce). Consulted with a friend who suggested brisket was probably the best out of the choices. Although I doubt it was grass fed, it was only meat I ate. I felt hungry a bit later, say 4pm, but resists the urge to eat any more.
During the day I had just water and some plain hot tea.
Workout in the hotel room:
TABATA (similar to one we did last week - for reps)
Tabata squats
Rest 1 min
Tabata flutter kicks
Rest 1 min
Tabata pushups
Rest 1 min
Tabata sit ups
I also ran a mile as a warm up.
Dinner: Went here. Ordered the gluten free mussels and had water.
Good day I'd say. I wish I could be at the gym for a better wod with some lifting, but I'll make do this week.
Again, wishing I had a scale. I know it's not about numbers, but I'm ready (once I can get my eating habits down) to hopefully see the weight come off.
Lunch: Finally got hungry around noon. Went here. Got 1lb of brisket only, sauce on the side. I ate maybe 1/3 and used not much of the sauce (They gave 4tbsp of sauce). Consulted with a friend who suggested brisket was probably the best out of the choices. Although I doubt it was grass fed, it was only meat I ate. I felt hungry a bit later, say 4pm, but resists the urge to eat any more.
During the day I had just water and some plain hot tea.
Workout in the hotel room:
TABATA (similar to one we did last week - for reps)
Tabata squats
Rest 1 min
Tabata flutter kicks
Rest 1 min
Tabata pushups
Rest 1 min
Tabata sit ups
I also ran a mile as a warm up.
Dinner: Went here. Ordered the gluten free mussels and had water.
Good day I'd say. I wish I could be at the gym for a better wod with some lifting, but I'll make do this week.
Again, wishing I had a scale. I know it's not about numbers, but I'm ready (once I can get my eating habits down) to hopefully see the weight come off.
Weekend Recap - Day 6 and 7
Day 5 ended with mussels at Palm Valley Fish Camp. I ate a piece of bread, tried someone else's pasta seafood dish, and split bread pudding 6 ways. Also consumed wine (YUM!). All in all, not awful.
Day 6: Went for a jog in my new shoes, it was hot, I had a slight headache, and going from running shoes (still...I'm no runner), to almost barefoot running shoes is no easy task. It wasn't far, but I did something. Ate eggs in the am. Packed roast beef for the beach (which i ended up not even eating - boo). Snacked on pistachios on the beach and drank. Dinner was steak, tuna, veggies and garlic bread. I ate some bread, and it was damn good. But boy of boy did i feel awful after doing that, sticking to the meat should have been enough. I also tried some pecan pie a neighbor brought over. Delish, but I couldn't tell you how much sugar, syrup etc must have been in that thing!
Day 7: Refresher! Deviled eggs and leftover steak for breakfast...same for lunch. Pistachios as a snack along with a few pieces of fruit. No drinking! I had 2 flights to get back to VA for work. No airport food, just ate the 2 bags of peanuts we got on the plane. Finally landed at 1am, with my travels starting at 6. Interesting to say, I wasn't hungry. Perhaps it was the eggs and meat - I'd sure like to think so. If it was only that easy to keep eating that way on the road!
Weekend Recap: Not great, but not AWFUL. I'm disappointed in decisions I made, but I tried to make each day new and start fresh and clean. Trust me, there were times when i wanted to say "F it", I already ate poor last night, what's one more meal. I'm happy that I was able to avoid that.
Day 6: Went for a jog in my new shoes, it was hot, I had a slight headache, and going from running shoes (still...I'm no runner), to almost barefoot running shoes is no easy task. It wasn't far, but I did something. Ate eggs in the am. Packed roast beef for the beach (which i ended up not even eating - boo). Snacked on pistachios on the beach and drank. Dinner was steak, tuna, veggies and garlic bread. I ate some bread, and it was damn good. But boy of boy did i feel awful after doing that, sticking to the meat should have been enough. I also tried some pecan pie a neighbor brought over. Delish, but I couldn't tell you how much sugar, syrup etc must have been in that thing!
Day 7: Refresher! Deviled eggs and leftover steak for breakfast...same for lunch. Pistachios as a snack along with a few pieces of fruit. No drinking! I had 2 flights to get back to VA for work. No airport food, just ate the 2 bags of peanuts we got on the plane. Finally landed at 1am, with my travels starting at 6. Interesting to say, I wasn't hungry. Perhaps it was the eggs and meat - I'd sure like to think so. If it was only that easy to keep eating that way on the road!
Weekend Recap: Not great, but not AWFUL. I'm disappointed in decisions I made, but I tried to make each day new and start fresh and clean. Trust me, there were times when i wanted to say "F it", I already ate poor last night, what's one more meal. I'm happy that I was able to avoid that.
Friday, August 5, 2011
Day 5
It's a new day.
Woke up, drank lots of water and went outside to work on my double-unders (I brought a jump rope to the beach - which will also go to VA-with me!)
Breakfast: Deviled eggs and 2 pieces of bacon
Snack: A few pistachios on the beach
Lunch: 2 deviled eggs (4 halves) and a stack of roast beef. I've only had water to drink up to lunch. However, alcoholic drinks aren't far behind.
Dinner: Tonight we are eating here. Last time I went I got the mussels and tried others' fish. It's yummy and it shouldn't be hard to stay on track eating.
No scale here....that could be a good thing after stuffing my face last night.
Woke up, drank lots of water and went outside to work on my double-unders (I brought a jump rope to the beach - which will also go to VA-with me!)
Breakfast: Deviled eggs and 2 pieces of bacon
Snack: A few pistachios on the beach
Lunch: 2 deviled eggs (4 halves) and a stack of roast beef. I've only had water to drink up to lunch. However, alcoholic drinks aren't far behind.
Dinner: Tonight we are eating here. Last time I went I got the mussels and tried others' fish. It's yummy and it shouldn't be hard to stay on track eating.
No scale here....that could be a good thing after stuffing my face last night.
Thursday, August 4, 2011
Day 4
Drinking will ensure today (leaving for JAX beach for until Sunday), then off to VA for work again. Goal - no beer. I'll try and stick to Patron, Patron Citron, and fresh lime juice, they made delicious fresh/(more paleo) margaritas. But I've already decided my $20 pay out is more like a donation to someone else. With being on the road, I don't have much a chance stocking up on local food/ingredients. Also, drinking is just going to occur, but my goal is to cut out beer and make smart choices on mixers and ingredients. On a side note, stomach is still off - boo.
Breakfast: 2 hard boiled eggs around 10am and coffee and coconut milk prior to that.
Lunch: TAP, ordered the Salmon salad. Dressing on the side, pretty much just ate the salmon, nuts and pears (i don't like salads)
Plane: No snacks, just rum, oj, cranberry juice (-2)
Beach: Vodka, OJ, cranberry juice (keeping on the -2 path)
Dinner: planned to eat some deli meat and eggs, instead, ate some pizza and cheese dip (-2).
I felt bad and embarrassed so I just went to bed. I hated that I caved so easily! Grr
Morning Weight: 134
Breakfast: 2 hard boiled eggs around 10am and coffee and coconut milk prior to that.
Lunch: TAP, ordered the Salmon salad. Dressing on the side, pretty much just ate the salmon, nuts and pears (i don't like salads)
Plane: No snacks, just rum, oj, cranberry juice (-2)
Beach: Vodka, OJ, cranberry juice (keeping on the -2 path)
Dinner: planned to eat some deli meat and eggs, instead, ate some pizza and cheese dip (-2).
I felt bad and embarrassed so I just went to bed. I hated that I caved so easily! Grr
Morning Weight: 134
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