Food and (no) Exercise 2

-big bowl soup (300 cals)

-whole wheat crackers (80 cals) with 1 tbsp peanut butter (90 cals) 

-1/2 a banana (50 cals)

-12 oz serving Recharge sports drink (100 cals)

-water

-same fake chicken parm-type sandwich as yesterday b/c it's so freaking good (400 cals)

-small bowl soup (150 cals)

-jr ice cream with reeses (160 cals)

-1 mug yogi chai redbush tea (0 cals)

total: 1330

Unfortunately, I couldn't work out at all today :(. I woke up with a delayed reaction to the Jillian Michaels DVD and can barely move my arms! My calves are also uber sore from all the running. I feel pathetic and walk like a robot in pain LOL. Hopefully by tomorrow I can at least do *something*..even some type of stretching/yoga? I think the problem with my arms was that I used 5lb hand weights when I should have started out with 2 or 3. Although, I kept doing the arm movements, but I never could do the entire sets w/o dropping the weights, so ugh I thought I was helping prevent this! Weird the pain took 2 days to show up, but..surprise.

But I do have some good news. I have 2 sigg bottles to carry water around in, but I lost the top to the one I use the most. I figured it'd show up and it finally did. When I was toasting the bread for my dinner I saw it was right next to the toaster. Random, but yay. Now I can go back to drinking copious amounts of water without even thinking about it. 

I also turned down the opportunity to go out for dinner tonite and opted to make my own at home.

Although of course I'd love to lose as much as possible, I think I've decided my current goal is to lose 25lbs by June 1. I heard that goal from someone else (forget who) and decided that sounded good for me too. Especially because I'm going on vacation June 2. Wish me luck.

XO,

Amanda

Food and Exercise 1

What I ate/drank today:

-medium iced skim latte with blueberry flavoring from dunkin d's--about 100 calories

-1/3 box (entire box is 2.5 servings) Annies organic mac n cheese w/ a little added 2% cheese (because I accidentally thinned out the original with too much milk)--about 300 calories

-half a scoop of whey protein powder w/ half a teaspoon creatin powder and 4 oz organic skim milk--about 100 calories

-leftover chicken with sour cream sauce, mushrooms, and peppers, and a side of black bean dip (about 1/2 a serving total of everything?)--no idea, but I'd guess ballpark of 400 calories

-2 sugar free chocolates (i know, i know...) --50 cals each/100 calories total

-fake/soy "chicken" patty on 2 tiny pieces of womens health bread (yeast-free), 1 slice cheese, pizza sauce--about 400 calories

-half a serving of Recharge sports drink--about 25 calories

-1 mug green tea with pomegranate flavoring--0 calories

-lots of water (didn't keep track the amount)--0 calories

total: 1425

Not a v. good day nutritionally, but could be worse & the calories are pretty good. 

I decided today that I think when I go to restaurants I'm going to try to eat more vegetarian meals or seafood. I really don't trust nonorganic meat/meat with antibiotics, hormones, not grain-fed, etc. Although I eat that at home and that's fine, I go out to eat A LOT, so this may help me not only eat healthier calorie-wise, but also with the kinds of things I put through my body. We'll see *shrug*. I've already been mostly adding soy (instead of skim) milk to my lattes (except at Dunkin Donuts, b/c I doubt they even have it?) since I realllly don't want to drink nonorganic milk. Every little bit helps. Also, I'm usually torn between Americanos or lattes, and I found the perfect blend... & it's healthier and cheaper, too! I just ask for an Americano and have them add a little soy to that. I feel so dumb that I didn't think of that before. DUH! I usually drink Americanos black, but this works great too. Yummm. 

As far as exercise goes, today I alternated between walking and running for 35 minutes and then I took my dogs on a walk for an additional 15 or so. I wanted to do a yoga DVD before bed, but I think I'm too sleepy. There's always tomorrow...

I think once I get serious about a plan I put my ALL into it when my body isn't quite ready, so I'm trying verrrry hard not to overexert myself. I'm already pretty sore as is from yesterday and today. Also, you know Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred? Well, obviously given the name you're expected to do it for 30 Days in a row, but I've been thinking.....I've always learned that you shouldn't train the same muscle groups every day, because they need time to repair and recover. My abs are still sore from yesterday even. I think I'm gonna try and do it every other day and see how that goes. I guess it's safe to do every day, it just seems to go against everything I've learned in the past. *shrug*

Anyway, goodnite for now. 

XO,

Amanda

p.s. reminder to self: tomorrow talk about the AWESOME soup I made

New Beginnings

I've decided to start this blog to have a separate place to talk about what I eat & what I do for exercise. I've really been neglecting my (former) healthy lifestyle lately and I want to actually GET on track, not just talk and think about getting on track. I'm now on Day 2 of working out again and although I am sore, I feel GREAT already. How ironic is it that the more out of breath you make yourself when exerting energy, the better you breathe overall? I have asthma (fairly mild, I don't get attacks or anything really, I just feel short of breath sometimes when I shouldn't). I've always been fairly obsessive about working out and knowing anything and everything about health food (and junk for that matter), but it's time to get back in the habit of practicing what I preach! I don't believe in dieting, but I am attempting to loosely follow the Anti-Candida eating plan for health reasons (which I'll get into another time). Overall, though, I identify with the "everything in moderation" lifestyle (well, for the most part) and just being your best self. I am also trying to eat predominantly whole foods (i.e. very little processing, no dyes, chemicals, artificial sweeteners, etc.), but I know this is not always realistic in the world (and country...) I live in today. But again, I'm doing my best and that's all I can really ask for of myself! 

In a little bit I'll post some "before" pics & at the end of the day I'll list everything I ate and all the exercise I did.

Talk to you soon!

XO,

Amanda