Tracking my eating....

When I began this blog I wrote down all my meals and it helped me to see where I was doing well and where the calories were adding up.

Ive almost reached my goal of 125 pounds (from 143 pounds!) but not tracking my eating daily is leading to too many 'treats!'.

I need to be eating more like this (minus the fish!)

Its time to get back to it! I just had a weekend of awful eating- funnily enough it was mainly from attending our health food stores annual birthday bash! They gave away free samples of wine, cheese, fresh bread and hummus, mozzarella balls with pesto, pie....you get the picture!

I also need to shake up my work outs! I started last night, instead of going to the gym Ty and I went on a 45 minute walk and then a 20 minute run with our dogs in the evening. It was fun! I probably need to shift away from the elliptical/strength circuit for a week or two and try different machines! We also went kayaking on the lake and climbing the biggest tree in Florida!

Certainly a big tree..

Trying to hug it lol

Is it a bird, is it a plane?

Like many of you I was also touched by the events of September 11th and my heart goes out to all those affected by the tragedy! I was living India at the time, and my dad was flying back from America. He was flying through New York and the first we heard about the tragedy was when an American family friend called us in the middle of the night to tell us the news.

We didn't hear from my dad for a few hours after that,and those hours stretched long into the night!! Our family was relieved to finally hear from him, and that he was ok, but I can only imagine the pain felt by other families as they realized their loved ones where on those planes or in the World Trade Towers.

Breakfast:

Half a large Bolthouse Farm Mango Protein Smoothie (16oz)

Lunch:

A whole wheat pita bread stuffed with Mexican grilled fajita mixed veggies, hummus and spinach. Ty made if for me for lunch :D

Snack:

Chobani Yogurt

Dinner:

I'm planning on a quick Amy's organic soup as I will be rushing from work to class!

Not the most exciting/healthy option but I had a busy weekend and didnt get around to cooking ahead for the week!  I'm hoping to bake a spinach pie later in the evening for tomorrow's lunch, based on this recipe:

Spinach Pie
(serves 8)
10 ounce box frozen spinach
1 1/2 cups onion, chopped
3 cloves garlic, chopped
2 Tbs oil
3 cups crumbled tofu (soft or silken tofu is best)
1 Tb lemon juice
Salt and pepper to taste
1 pre-made pie crust

Cook spinach according to package directions. Saute onion and garlic in oil in a large pot over medium heat for 3 minutes. Add spinach, tofu, lemon juice, and seasoning. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Meanwhile, continue cooking spinach/tofu mixture for 5 minutes. Mix well. Pour into pie crust. Bake at 350 degrees for 15-20 minutes until crust is brown.

Total calories per serving: 180
Fat: 11 grams
Protein: 7 grams
Iron: 2 mg
Calcium: 87

Workout:

Today is technically a rest day! I can't go to the gym on Mondays and Fridays because I have college classes right after work!

Cinco de Mayo means its time to get to my May goals!!

Happy 5th of May! I hope you have lots of yummy Mexican food and maybe even a drink or two.....

I'm hoping that even with a chore list the size of the Eiffel Tower

 maybe I will be able to cook dinner for my man and I and make something Mexican themed :) In my dream life I would have friends over for a delicious home cooked Mexican feast but in my real life I don't have the time or money! One day....

Today I realized that it IS May and I have a tough goal to reach!

I'm at 132 pounds (April's goal CHECK!) and my goal for my as 128.5 pounds. Not an unachievable feat, but if I'm not going to just stay at where I am at I will need to push myself to do something different.
I know what that is- get to the gym!
I must confess, I've not been putting in the hours on the elliptical or with my Jillian DVD's! I want to work out three times a week at least!

So how does a person lose 3.4 pounds in a month? I read this helpful article
http://www.ehow.com/how_4682079_lost-lbs-month.html

I liked these tips:

Eat every 3 hours. If you eat every 3 hours your body does not have time to stop digesting your food. This will maintain your metabolism. This is great for people who are not active.

 

Buy a calorie counter. These are $20 at any wal-mart or department store. This will gauge about how much you burn just by walking everyday. Walking to your car, walking to your house, to the fax machine all the way upstairs. If you see your progress it will encourage you.

By now, if you count and weigh all of your food. Weigh yourself every other day, in the morning at the same time, NAKED. You will start to see at least a 1 lbs a week coming off.

Read more: How to Lose 4 Lbs a Month | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/how_4682079_lost-lbs-month.html#ixzz1LVXO8ckz


and then double checked my BMI and daily calorie needs on this great website:

http://nutritiondata.self.com/tools/calories-burned

I also entered gym workouts onto my outlook calendar at work to try remind myself to go, as well as put a sticky not on my monitor with the cryptic message: 128.5- no one else will know what it means but to me it will be a daily reminder of this months goals! I think I might put one up at home on the fridge too!

Today's Food Log:

Breakfast:
1 Banana Nut Vitatop (100 calories)
Wallaby Organic Australian Yogurt, Raspberry Flavor (140 calories)

Milk and Creamer in coffee= 150 calories

Lunch:
Amy's Tofu Scramble with Hash Browns (320 calories)

Snack

Dreaming Cow Strawberry Pomegranate Yogurt (140 calories)

So far today=
 850 calories

Dinner:
Baked eggplant/tofu/ parmesan towers with maranira sauce and I also tried to make Mama Pea's Sauce but it was a bit toooo curry flavored!

I will put up my own pic later when I get one of my camera, but for now this is kinda how it looked

Calorie count? Who knows! Low I hope, I did bake the eggplant, went light on the sauce and cheese and only ate until I was satisfied, not gorged!

Workout: I did it- Level 2 Jillian DVD :D

Day 43

Breakfast:


I grabbed a 100 calorie banana nut vita top on my way out the door! Running late....


Mid Morning Snack:


Activia strawberry yogurt- 70 calories
Coffee- creamer = 50 calories


Lunch:


I went to the veggie lunch on campus where I work and had- Potatoes, Cauliflower, Broccoli, Carrots & Chick Peas in a Curry Sauce; salad, Southern Red Beans and Rice; Raspberry Rage Halava and Shanti Tea
About 600 calories
I felt on the cusp of being sick all day, and thought that maybe real cooked food would be good, but no, still felt bad......and I was really craving soda! I had diet soda on Monday to get me through the day but then found myself really wanting it Tuesday- I had tea, water, shanti tea- nothing felt like it would be as good as a soda.....but I didnt do it, I held off!


Dinner:


Finally something as good, even better than a soda- a Green Goddess Smoothie-
Sliced Mangoes
blueberries
strawberries
yogurt
almond milk
spirolina
spinach
Blended into pure amazingness, soooo delicous, even my man loves it!


about 450 calories


Evening snack:


Peanut butter and almonds- 200 calories


Workout:
I tried out our new neighbourhood gym, it was great! I was also pretty stoked that I could run for half an hour, its been aaaaages since I was in an offical gym but my home workouts have kept me in shape!


Wow, way too many calories for the day though! 1500 when I should have been at 1200!! Not good!  At least they were quality calories, still toooo many of them!