It's summer again and I am finally getting off my butt and getting back in shape! School is almost over and I have no more excuses.

Starting Stats
SW: 165 lbs
GW: 135 lbs
CW: 158.2 lbs

I will post my workouts and food journal here!

I'll get it all started with yesterday's information. I measure everything I eat but I'll keep the food journal simple.

Wed. May 14th, 2008

Breakfast
Fat Free Greek Yogurt
Kashi Go Lean
Strawberries
Apple Slices

Lunch
Salad with spinach, Chicken breast, Baked Zucchini, and 1 tbs light dressing.
Raspberries
2% Cottage Cheese
Kashi 7 grain crackers

Snack
100% Whole wheat mini bagel with 16 g Natural Peanut Butter

Dinner
4 oz lean ground beef with a Low Carb tortilla, light sour cream salsa, lettuce, and 65 g avocado.
Loads of baked Zucchini dipped into 1 tbs of Ketchup

Snack
6 raspberries, 6 grapes, 2 kashi crackers, and a slice of lean ham (all while making lunch... writing it down made me aware I was eating!)


Exercise
52 minute Spin class

I hope you're a female.

You have a cool screen name. For your sig you should post a link in which anyone who clicks is instantly rickroll'd.

Thanks!

I'm a female, I can't believe I forgot to mention that! I just took some 'before' shots that hopefully I'll have the guts to post in a couple weeks! I'll get working on that sig!

Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna turn around
And desert you



Um, yeah. Post them pics.

Today went really well and got in some good strength training. I am going out of town this weekend so I'll bring my laptop, pedometer, and workout in the hotel.

Thursday, May 15th.

Breakfast
Raspberries, Blueberries, and Strawberries
2% Cottage Cheese
Kashi 7 grain crackers

Lunch
Baby Carrots
Dannon light and fit yogurt with 1 tbs milled flax seeds
Grapes
Sandwich on a Trader Joe's Whole Wheat Bun with 1.75 oz lean ham and spinach.

Snack
100% Whole Wheat mini bagel with 18 g of Natural PB

Dinner
10 g Avocado (to hold me off)
Pasta- Zucchini and Squash (over 300g!), 56 g WW Penne, Spinach, 3 oz chicken breast, garlic, lemon, and 16 oz of Part Skim Mozzarella.

Post Workout
Protein shake with 1 scoop of designer whey
50 g banana


Workout
Strength Training:
Squat Kickbacks
X Lunges
Hammer Curl Curtsies
Ab Rotation with ball
Balancing Reverse Press
Teeter Totter Push ups
Crab Dips
Concentrated Curls
Overhead Press

Cardio: 45 minutes elliptical.

Not too bad of a day

Teeter totter pushup? Hammer curl curties?

Typo on the 'curtsies' sorry about that!

Teeter Totter Push ups work chest, shoulders, arms and butt. "Get in plank position on hands and knees. bend arms, lowering chest until upper arms are parallel to the floor. As you push up, lift left leg 6 inches off the flower. Lower leg, repeat and alternate legs

Curtsies- hold a 5-12 lbs dumbbell in each hand, arms at sides and palms facing in, and stand with feet hip width apart. lunge left leg back and to the right as you curl weights to shoulders. Return to start position and lung back and to the left with the right foot to complete one rep.

Both moves are from Shape Magazine so maybe that's why they have 'cutsie' names.

Hey welcome to the forum and good luck with the journal!

Thanks NBS!

For being on vacation, I think I did really well today. I ate breakfast and lunch at home and actually got some cardio in before we left.

Friday, May 16th, 2008.

Breakfast
Oatmeal- 1/2 cup oats, 1/2 cup soy milk, banana, and 16 g Natural Peanut Butter.

Lunch
Strawberries and Blueberries
Fat Free Greek Yogurt
Baby Carrots
Can of tuna with 1 tbs light mayo spread onto a WW Bun

Dinner
Went to mellow mushroom:
Part of a Greek Salad with no dressing
2 slices of White Pizza
Apple in hotel room


Exercise
40 minutes elliptical
Walking around town

I am so, so tired! We ended up walking for hours today so my feet are pretty sore. Vacation has been wonderful and I allowed myself to splurge tonight and it was totally worth it!

Breakfast
4 oz Light and fit yogurt
Mini Box of Plain Cheerios
about 50 g banana
1/2 of a small apple

Lunch
Salad- 4 large shrimp, about 1 tsp soft goat cheese, 4 spiced pecans, and 1/4 cup chopped apple
Grilled chicken breast and fruit salsa with steamed green beans and 1/2 cup wild rice

Snack
Whole Wheat Pita with 4 tbs of Tribe Roasted Red Pepper Hummus. Walked to a Piggly Wiggly to pick this snack up.

Dinner
Side salad with ice berg lettuce, 4 shrimp, and 1/2 tbs fat free italian
Broiled fish dish- 3 oz mahi mahi, 7 small shrimp, and 6 scallops. They were broiled in white wine and I passed up on the garlic butter.

Dessert
Peanut butter Chocolate Rice Crispy from Kilwin's Chocolate shop


Exercise
35 minutes on the hotel elliptical
Hours of walking

Kick ass girl.

It was so nice to have a home cooked meal tonight! I loved vacation and definitely stuck to my plan but you can never turn down healthy, homemade meals. Tomorrow is my last real day of school. I have two exams later this week but tonight was the last time I'll have to pre-pack breakfast and lunch.

Breakfast
Mini Box of Plain Cheerios
About 50 g banana
8 oz Dannon light and fit yogurt

Lunch
Salad with romaine, 2 cucumber slices, 2 tomato slices, and 2 tbs fat free ranch
Grilled Chicken sub- 1/4 cup marinara, around 4 oz grilled chicken and half of a 6 inch sub roll. Also had 2 pickle spears
Medium Apple

Snack
126 g Baby Carrots
16 g Natural Peanut butter- I have been craving this!

Dinner
5.7 oz NY Strip Steak
55 g avocado with 15 Kashi 7 grain crackers
Spaghetti Squash
Baked Squash and Red Pepper

Dessert
1/4 cup of Canned Pumpkin
Fat Free Greek Yogurt
15 g Kashi GO Lean



Exercise
40 minutes on hotel elliptical

I took the day off today and didn't exercise. I am starting my 'summer training' tomorrow since i'm finally out of school and will have the time to work out for long periods of time. Not the best day food wise but i'm not going to beat myself up.

Breakfast
Oatmeal made with soy milk and 50 g banana

Lunch
Baby Carrots
Apple
Leftover Spaghetti Squash
2 % Cottage Cheese
1 slice of 100% whole wheat with lettuce, 2 oz chicken, and mustard
mini Twix bar

Snack
Kashi Go LEAN
Soy Milk
Natural PB

Dinner
Black Beans and Rice
Tilapia
60 g Avocado
Green Beans
WW Pita Bread

Snack
Healthy Pop Popcorn
Mini Box of raisins

I am trying to figure out your avatar and have it narrowed down to:

1. an alien
2. A neuron
3. Some sort of microorganism

Give me a hint?

Hmm, your guesses are a little off so I'll give you a hint...

It has to do with the band Nine Inch Nails.

Good luck!