Walk/Ran for 40 minutes today......

So ran for one minute and walked for one and a half for a total of 40 minutes.  Then did abds and upper body.  Felt really good and a bit stronger!!!  Came home to find Parker home from his spend the night at a friend.  I made our two whole wheat tortilla pizzas.  Both were with pesto instead of red tomato sauce.  Loaded mine with veggies; mushrooms, tomato, peppers, and onion.  Then added parmesan cheese, goat cheese, and Weight Watchers Mexican cheese.  Baked our pizzas for about 12 minutes.  They were delicious and nutritious!!!

Started our laundry for our trip to the beach on Saturday.  Unwrapped our new beach chairs and man are they cool.  They've got a pocket for sunscreen, a small cooler, cup holder, and pocket for your cell phone.  Folded our beach towels to take with us.  I've got some of our groceries already pulled out I've just gotta put them in a bag to take with us. 

Not quite sure what I'm making for dinner yet.  I'm thinking salad with some type of fish and lots of veggies.  Seems that I have the hardest time at dinner time and I'm not quite sure why.  Probably because I'm bored.  I need to get back to reading my book and that might help my boredom at dinnertime.

Gotta give the World Gym in St. Augustine a call to find out about their hours and how much it will cost me for about a week of working out.  Wish me luck:-)

Will post more to my weight loss and healthy eating later................. 

One pound down.....

Stepped on my new bathroom scale this morning to a one pound difference!!!  I know some people lose way more than one pound in six days but I'm pleased.  As I continue to up my cardiovascular workouts the pounds will hopefully come off more quickly.  Slow and steady wins the race is what I heard once.

So breakfast today was a bowl of Special K w/red berries and fat free milk.  Lunch was a bit larger with a can of light Progresso soup, whole wheat tortilla, fat free cheese, alfalfa sprouts, lettuce, tomato, oven roasted turkey meat, and Dijon mustard.  It was very filling and I'm trying to stick to Bob Harper's advice of "no carbs after lunch time."  I love carbs!!!  I'm having Mahi Mahi fish for dinner with a corn salsa over probably a pound of lettuce.  Another of his advice is to "go to bed hungry."  That one will be hard but I will try.

One the advice of Mr. Harper he also suggests, "one cup of water before every meal."  This does not seem to be a problem with me because I've been drinking a 24 ounce glass of water about 7-8 times a day.  The bathroom has been my friend A LOT lately.  I do feel lighter though and that keeps me motivated to keep going.

Talk with you tomorrow... 

Keep on moving.....

So got up had some coffee and a small breakfast of cottage cheese with blueberries.  I know it sounds weird but it really was good :-)  Got dressed for the gym and went in for a great workout.  Walked for 40 minutes, did 4 sets of 25 abdominal crunches, and upper body workout.  Was good and I'm feeling stronger each and every day.

Came home and had a sensible lunch.  Flat-out, sautéed onions, mushrooms, and chicken.  Melted some Weight Watchers cheese on the bread and then put the veggies/chicken in the middle for a delicious wrap.  Snack a couple hours later was a Light Mini-Babybel and then a couple hours later a Activia Vanilla Yogurt with blueberries, delicious!!!

For dinner tonight we are having sautéed onions, peppers, and turkey cutlets with brown rice.  The turkey cutlets are boneless and skinless so they are only 120 calories for 4 ounces.  Our veggie will be a salad with lots of veggies.  I've got to find my food scale and get new batteries for it.  I know it is somewhere in my kitchen but I haven't been able to find it, yet.

Until tomorrow....

Day 2: Week 1 of C25K......

Started off by eating Special K, banana, and fat free milk.  Though I personally don't like bananas it did fill me up. 

It helps when I lay out my workout clothes the night before so that I can jump into them, eat breakfast, and then get to the gym.

The workout was actually good.  I ran for 8 segments of one minute each which wasn't bad at all.  After the C25K thirty five minute segment I did abds (abdominals), and a bunch of lower body stuff.  Felt good and was feeling a lot better about myself just for getting up and going to the gym.

Lunch was a big salad with tuna as my protein.  Snacks have been mixed fruit and veggie straw chips.  I've been drinking a lot of water too. 

Dinner is going to be salmon on the grill, some whole wheat pasta and tomato cucumber salad.  Hopefully I'll be able to keep this up.  I'm already feeling a lot less bloated and stronger.  It doesn't take much to help you feel better about yourself.

More tomorrow..................

Second day of working out and eating healthy.....

So today I walked for 40 minutes which was a little over two miles.  Then did upper-body workout and abdominals.  Felt good, went to the grocery store to get stuff for going over to friends.  Came home took a shower and started my appetizer to take over to our friends for a dinner party.  I made puff pastry with a little bit of butter, Italian shredded cheese, tomato slices, basil, and then bake.  It is in the oven now and we are waiting for it to finish so we can go.

Breakfast was Special K and fat free milk.  Lunch was a flat-out, fat free cheese, oven roasted turkey breast, sprouts, cucumber, lettuce, and mustard.  I've snacked on a mandarin orange and a mini-baby-bell cheese.

Hopefully, they have lots of veggies and protein so that I won't have a hard time sticking to my calorie intake.  I've got 932 calories left for the day which should be enough.  I know that it sounds like a lot but when you are sitting around chatting with friends, a nibble here, a nibble there, and it starts to add up.

I did step on the scale this morning and it was a realty check but it did motivate me to push myself a little harder this morning.

Keep going......more to follow tomorrow.

Day 1: Week 1 of Couch to 5K

Started my journey today, went to the gym by 9am.  Love the C25K app on my iPhone!!!  I was able to listen to my audio book and get the coaching on when to walk/run in this app.  This first workout was only 25 minutes total but felt great.  Did 100 abdominal crunches on the exercise ball, felt good but my back was still a little sore on the left side. 

Came home drank another glass of water and made myself a "Flat-out" flatbread wrap with fat-free cheese, roasted turkey breast, alfalfa sprouts, lettuce, and mustard.  Also, ate a small container of low fat cottage cheese.  Only 305 calories per MyFitnessPal app on my iPhone.  About an hour later I ate a small mandarin orange as a snack.

I've got to keep it up, but I'm not stepping on the scale until I'm up for it.  I'm going to just continue eating right and exercising.  If my clothes start feeling loose then I'll know it's working.  I'll step on the scale but not till later.

Lunch will be a salad with protein and lots of veggies.  I've got to plan dinner, probably be tilapia, brown rice, and salad.

I'm going to make it.  Until tomorrow, Lisa :-)