May 18 2012 a promise to my Booter Peeps

Here I am again with another set of pictures. Truthfully, when I set up for boot-pictures I do it because I like stupid goofy pictures. However... I have to say I can see progress so I am pleasantly surprised with these results in spite of myself.  

Disclaimer:
IF YOU ARE READING THIS: you are one of my most intimate friends whether or not we have met in person, this is something I don't share openly.  Even though I'm perfectly OK with the skin I'm in, my summer bathing suit covers my gut, and on a day-to-day basis I stay secretly hidden behind clothing.

In the next few months going forward, my goal is to have a more defined neck and chin - I stand to loose  more inches around my mid section as well as some fattage around my arms and my legs.... But for now and for today, this  ~ my friends ~ is me!!!.  Sorry to have chopped my head off in the second set of pictures but I was trying to show my socks to prove this was a brand new set of pictures and I was in a hurry with no time to retake.  Here goes :-)

Ones on the left are from April 2012                              Right side is May 2012

not a big "wow" but I like this change.  I was pleasantly surprised

even my legs look skinnier - nice!

                 Side view           April 2012                           May 2012

SERIOUSLY!!!   I lost boob flesh !!!   agggggggh 

but very glad to see the 1.5 inch lost around my waist  

but my legs don't look skinnier after all :(((

                 Back                   April 2012                          May 2012

ok.... strangely a bit better picture but I can't quite figure out why. 

It looks like the back fat

was somehow shifted around to be a bit more symmetrical, but I'll take it.

Might mean better posture -- YES!

Last but not least ---- me attempting to touch my nose to my knees   :)

HAHAHAHAHAHA

next time I will move my arms out of the way

BUTT (no pun intended) I'm  in a hurry for now and

this picture will have to do....

April 16 2012

Wow - had an incredible day with the new exercise program. Almost kicked my butt! :)

Exercise:
Morning - Chest and back #1 -- did primarily 8-12 lbs 3 sets of 12 reps
Evening - Mix and Match #1 --- ok this one is ridiculously difficult but I did 3 sets of 12 reps --- with a LOT of rest in the middle

FAST day so only had dinner

Dinner - ok went out to eat with some friends. Had a MOST FANTASTIC grilled veggie spinach salad. Bad news.... Chips and salsa ... More bad news ... 3 glasses of wine :( I cant be trusted. Picture to follow

April 15 2012

Well it's Sunday and tomorrow starts a big 3 weeks. I swear I will be 100% ED compliant in the next 21 days and will follow the program verbatim. :-0 There are going to be several challenges the first being girls night out dinner tomorrow. My choice tho, so will be picking the place with a fantastic greek salad. I'll just have to say "no" to the wine. I've done it before, I can do it again !!!

Exercise - none

B - 2 eggs over easy and a couple of pieces of leftover steak, also 1/2 oatmeal pancake (with syrum - ** zoinks **)

L - no lunch only had 2 meals today
Snk - true confession I had about 10 tortilla chips with salsa :(
D - small piece of pan seared halibut with caper/butter sauce, baked sweet potatoes, cucumber salad, and fresh pineapple

Breakfast --- DANG I forgot to take a picture :)
Lunch --- none
Dinner - very yummy stuff described above

April 14 2012

Exhausted and going to bed - and wow - it's only 8:45pm. Had a good day and will post pictures tomorrow to catch up my posts. Night!

Exercise - had a great workout with PT gang we did timed circuits multi-body parts. Did 30 secs, 45 secs then 1 min circuits. Very nice!

B - pineapple & nuts
L - sausage on a stick at a park party (plus 1.5 beers -- dang!)
D - steak and veggies

Breakfast - oops almost ate all the pineapple before I remembered to snap the pic :)


Lunch - OK, yes this was bad but it could have been a lot worse. We went to "Art in the Park" event out in our neighborhood and decided to eat from the food trucks. Choice was BBQ, tacos, pizza, or hotdogs. I opted for the BBQ truck and picked an item that didn't have bread. Shared a beer with my hubby then later had another one while we were hanging out in the park listening to some really good live music.


Dinner - Grassfed ribeye steaks, roasted brussel sprouts, and cucumber salad. Very yummy and the brussel sprouts were so good, they were deserving of their own spotlight :)

I steamed these guys and then placed them in a baggie with a little olive oil and balsamic vinegar and garlic to keep them from drying out on the grill. Then DH grilled them for a few minutes with the steaks. YUM


Rest of the meal

April 13 2012

Thought for the day: Make it through this weekend alcohol-free please!
Uh..... that didn't happen. Had about 3 glasses of wine tonite at a potluck dinner

OK for today I fasted during the day so I had only one meal - dinner. Took it in at a neighborhood potluck. Served one plate - just what you see below. Cucumber salad, mediterranean lamb over couscous, asian slaw and a small helping of homemade chicken teriyaki. It wasn't the perfect meal, but I did bypass the pizza (yay) but had 3 glasses of wine (boo)

April 12 2012

Thought for the day: It's time to be strong and just suck it up and do it right!! This next 3 weeks can be very powerful if I put my mind to it and remain true to the plan. I can do this!!!

B: none
L: green beans and 12-vegetable soup
Sn: none
D: chicken kabob, cooked kale, & a hard-boiled egg

Exercise: PT class 7-8pm

Had an overall very good day. Didn't snack on anything, took supps, had 2 healthy meals (yay). Only downside is I probably didn't have enough water (boo)

Breakfast - no brekkie :)

Lunch - for lunch I had green beans from work cafe and a 12-veggie soup from Au Bon Pain. OK YUK on the work cafe soup that was incredibly overly SALTY. After two bites I decided to throw it out and go to Au Bon Pain for the veggie soup. On the way walking over there kept the mantra running in my head: no bread. no bread. no bread. no bread. absolutely no bread :)


Dinner - I RESISTED SNACKING!! And was actually hungry for dinner. We had some leftover chicken kabobs, fresh kale out of our garden ~ sauteed with a little hot sesame oil and low-sodium soy and some onions. Accompanied everything with a hard-boiled egg. YUMMY and healthy dinner.

April 11 2012

Thought for the day: Time to muster up all my strength to remain disciplined.

Exercise: Karate sunrise class 6am
work by 7:30am -- no chance to take a morning walk with Magic :(

B: veggie omelette w/salsa
L: mixed green salad with beans
Sn: rice crackers & nuts
D: mango smoothie

Breakfast - I'm not much of a breakfast eater. I rarely like to eat before 11:30am, so I skip breakfast quite a bit. On Weds mornings, I have to get up at 5:30 for a 6:00am karate class and to work by 7:30... so by 8:30a I'm pretty darn hungry!! So, this is my veg omelette breakfast from the work cafe (uhhhh...)

Lunch - mixed salad. Love this salad! I absolutely could not resist the bell peppers and the artichokes on this salad, so.... consumed!

Dinner: OK, I snacked today before I went to the garden. Ate some rice crackers and nuts (there we go with being bad on ED 2.5 ... ) I really do need more discipline. So, for dinner I wasn't very hungry and had a mango-pineapple protein shake. Very yummy

April 10 2012

Thought for the day: What I put in my mouth today is paramount to good health for myself tomorrow.

I haven't been perfect with my workouts but have been a very active person over the last several months. I'm strong, I can lift, I can run, I can pushup, I can pull up. But everytime I compromise my nutrition, I have cut myself short of reaching my goal! So.. the food and exercise log is now revived!

Food for the day
B: herbal tea
L: chicken veggie lettuce wraps
D: protein shake

Snk: approx 1oz raw nuts

Breakfast. Can barely find Tulsi Tea for some reason and stumbled upon this Rooibos tea I really enjoy! I add 2 squirts of hibiscus extract to my tea and drink once or twice a day


Lunch: Yummy chicken / veggie / lettuce wraps. OK darn !! I honestly didn't notice I ate the "nightshades" until I looked at this picture when I posted it. I'll try to be more cognizant.


Dinner - yummy mango protein shake

April 9 -- R4 starting Pics

Ha ha! this is the part I dread but it really does help in the long run.

These are pictures taken April 9, 2012. In 2 weeks I'll post a side-by-side comparison, and then again after 4 weeks in order to track progress

I decided to keep a close eye on hip-to-waist ratio this month in reboot. Right now with hips at 42.5 and waist at 37, the ratio is a dreaded .87 If I drop 2" from waist then it would go down to .82 assuming no change to hips ... uh, maybe I'm being too detail oriented. o well, I need a goal to shoot for so this is it.

Apr 9, 2012

Reboot is on. I pretty much pissed away the R3, but I'm recreating my goals for R4 . This is a birthday present for myself. Would like to shrink my waist by 2 inches for this round of Reboot. Hoping also for 7 lbs weight loss as well.

Measurements
Chest - 42"
Waist - 37"
Hips - 42.5"
Thigh - 23.75"
Knee - 18"
Arm - 13"

Weight - 169 lbs


R4 Goals:
1) NO Alcohol , NO Coffee, NO tortilla Chips :(
** calling these items out ~ because they are my absolute weaknesses

2) 100% ED Compliance in all other areas / follow R4 nutrition / take supps. Daily
** L2.5
Exclude
Rice – all kinds, including brown, white and wild variants
Potato – all kinds including white, red, sweet potato and yam
Grains – all kinds, including amaranth, buckwheat, barley, oats, quinoa, rice of all kinds, rye, etc
Starches – potatoes, sweet potato, turnip, swede (rutabaga), artichokes, corn, parsnips, squash, banana and plantain

Limited to Once a week (or less)
Legumes– all kinds UNLESS they’ve been pre-soaked for at least 12
hours prior to cooking and even then, only eaten sparingly. This includes all beans, peas (including chickpeas) and peanuts.
Nightshades – all kinds, including potatoes, tomatoes, peppers, aubergines (eggplant)

3) Consume 3 liters water / herb tea every day / sleep by 10:30pm / wake by 6:30am
** need more compliance around water consumption

4) Complete 85% of all workouts
** Just being real

5) Maintain food / exercise log / daily check-in to reboot forum
** revive blog used during MAP since this was very effective for me

6) Weigh in / measure / take pics & start progress report on forum
** haven’t done this yet. will provide monthly update to reboot forum

Day 21 - Tuesday low carb

I woke up today and still felt horrible. My eyes were puffy and my hands were swollen and sore. I really learned a hard lesson with how I strayed WAY away from ED over the weekend and it is taking more than 24 hours to get the crap out of my system. Luckily I drank a lot of water today and was able to pee quite a bit. By the evening after karate I feel much better

Exercise was limited again today. I got up at 6am to do the morning workout but I had an awful stomach ache so I took Magic for her walk and came home and actually broke down and took a tablespoon of Pepto Bismol. I was really feeling bad to do that. Then I laid back down for 45 more minutes and went to work.

I went to Karate at 7:15pm and that was good exercise. Then I stayed after class and did the Body Weight Workout as best I could. I can barely do 4 dive bombers in a row and I certainly cannot do the squat roll back stand up yet, but I tried and went through the series twice...

Food:
B - skipped but had tulsi tea
L - chicken breast, spinach and mixed salad
D - turkey, spinach and cabbage mix

Lunch picture


Dinner picture



I SHOULD BE BACK TO NORMAL TOMORROW !!!!

Day 20 - Monday and back at work

I feel like total crap on this day!! After lots of alcohol yesterday and eating crap, I have certainly learned the HARD WAY.

Exercise: none I slept in late and didn't even take Magic for a walk :((

Food:
B - skipped but I had 2 cups of coffee
L - work buffalo chicken salad
D - chicken lettuce wraps

Here is a picture of my lunch - the chicken part is not too healthy :( the only saving grace is I did not dress this salad


Dinner - much healthier I ate 2 chicken lettuce wraps - lettuce, lots of fresh veggies and some chicken. Now we are talking much healthier option!!

Day 19 - Fast Day

Again, posting late - so for Day 19 we had a fast day. Today I did only one exercise - it was the new Body Weight workout. I went to Mass, and then Orlando and I went to Lake Jackson. At mom's house, I had 3 glasses of wine and I broke the fast with some chips and quacamole.

Later I went to Lesa's house and we went out to eat around 6pm. We had chips and salsa, I had 3 more glasses of wine and we had some queso flameado!

OHHHH TODAY WAS SO BAD with regards to my program!!

Lesa and I had a heart-wrenching conversation through all of this and we talked and cried and I have since felt a really bad feeling of dispair that has taken me about 2 days to shake !!!!!

No pictures for this day :((

Day 18 - Carb day

Wow I have some catching up to do on my blog.
Im posting this late, so for my own memory, day 18 is Saturday it is a carb day.

Exercise:
Karate - 8:00am - 9:30am
PT - 11am - noon
DB Matrix x 2 - 3pm-ish

Food:
B - Blueberry protein smoothie
L - Rice and beans
D - Turkey, sweet potato, spinach salad, bread, wine, pie :(

OK breakfast was a super yummy blueberry protein smoothie that I drank between karate and PT training.


I ate lunch after PT training and had some brown rice and some home made beans my hubby made (the bad news is it ws so yummy, I think I had one and 1/2 bowls) but I think after some pretty intense working out, this may not have been too bad.


Dinner was a bad cheat. I broke my ED meal plan and had about 3 glasses of wine, had 2 pieces of bread with some turkey, sweet potatoes, and spinach salad. After dinner I had a piece of sweet potato pecan pie and a piece of spice cake. it was not ED compliant this night :((

Day 17

Thought for the day: Tired? So what! do it anyway :)

Exercise:
Mobility Matrix - 6:30am
Walk Magic - 7:00am
PowerCircuit - 12:00pm 64/34 !!

Food:
B - 2 hard boiled eggs and leftover kale salad
L - baked tilapia with pico de gallo
Sn - no snack
D - not sure yet but something low carb and ED healthy

OK, to my point yesterday about some times I should not listen to myself, I had brought this kale and hb eggs to work, but was trying to convince myself it was yukky or somehow bad for breakfast. Well... I forced myself to eat it and it was absolutely DELICIOUS!!


Lunch - really good too. I wasn't huge hungry so I purchased a piece of baked tilapia (yes at the dreaded work cafe) but it was prepared well and it was very yummy

DAY 16

Thought for the day: There are times I shouldn't listen to myself. My brain has a tendency to try to talk myself out of the committments I've made, so I need to ignore me sometimes.

Being at the half-way mark is easy to start waning away from the overall goal. I just spent a good portion of today FORCING myself to do the program! That worked for me :)

Exercise:
DB Matrix - 6:40am (2 rounds)
Walk Magic - 7:00am
Pyramid - 11:30am finished within 20 minutes with 1:09 to spare
Stairs - 3:45pm up & down 7 flights. did this 3 times for 15 minutes
Karate - 7:15pm
PT - 8:30pm-9:00pm

Food:
B: You know... i skipped breakfast and just had some tulsi tea because I am very tired of eggs :)
L: Grilled chicken salad with home made dressing
Sn: Smoked salmon pieces (4)
D: 1/2 rotiserrie chicken breast and kale,artichoke,walnut salad YUM

For breakfast there is not a picture

Here is my standard lunch option from work

Snack was some smoked salmon pieces from Whole Foods - I ate this before karate

Dinner was 1/2 rotisserie chicken breast and a kale, artichoke walnut salad that I pieced together from the Whole Foods salad bar. It was very yummy.

DAY 15

Thought for the day: If I make it through the first half that's absolute proof I can certainly make it through the second half !

Today is the half-way mark for our 30 days with MAP. Wow, I think it will continue to get more interesting from here. Now I just need some motivation to do my exercise

Exercise:
OK today I was a total slug with regards to exercise. The only thing I did was the morning jog with Magic! Yikes!! I think my issue started with getting up late this morning and letting myself off the hook from there. Oh well, no sense beating myself up. Tomorrow is a new and better day :)

Food:
B: Egg and turkey-ham scramble
Sn: Nuts
L: Spinach-green bean - Grilled chicken - mix
D: Warm Spinach & Scallop salad

Breakfast came early today as I was hungry! This is approx 1.5 eggs with some turkeyham scrambled together.


Lunch was leftover leftovers haha, but today I mixed in a bunch of extra green beans and spinach with the leftover grilled chicken. This weekend we will grill more chicken because it sure is diverse and easy to re-use. Oh, forgot to mention a spoonful of GHOST PEPPER salsa! Hot hot hot!!!



Dinner soooooo yummy! I think this is my favorite meal so far. And by far the easiest to make. Pan sauteed scallops with warm spinach salad. Small chopped up turkeyham to give it some bacon flavor, and lots of garlic cooked into this as well.

TWO WEEK RESULTS

Here are my stats and my pictures after 2 weeks on MAP

Day 1 / Day 14 / Change
Weight 176 / 169 / (- 7lbs)
Chest 41" / 40.5" / (- .5 in)
Waist 39" / 36.5" / (- 2.5 in)
Hip 43.5" / 42.5" / (- 1 in)
Knee 19" / 18.5" / (- .5 in)
Thigh 24.75" / 24.25" / (- .25 in)
Arm 13.5" / 13" / (- .5 in)

FRONT


SIDE


BACK


FACE

Day 14

Today's thought - My brain is raring to go, but my body feels a little exhausted! I think the stair climbing yesterday and the 3 days of low carb have slowed me down a bit, but I feel good and I will achieve my days goals !!!

Exercise:
Power Circuit 6:30am - wow an amazing 62/32 with only 1 stop during the walkouts!
Karate 7:15pm
PT 8:15pm

Food:
B: Blueberry-Banana smoothie
L: Fajita meat with onions and spanish rice
Sn: Grapefruit
D: grilled chicken / spinach / broccoli

I used my Magic Bullet I got for Christmas ;) and breakfast was super delicious smoothie I made with 1/2 frozen banana, a handful of blueberries, 4oz unsweatened coconut milk & (shame on me) vanilla protein powder.


Lunch... well... OK... yes I ate at the work cafe again. Seems like the only time I get any variety is to have someone else cook it for me :( Oh well, it was a decent lunch. It started as fajita meat in a flat bread with a side of rice. I took off the flat bread and smelled it several times, and I ALMOST took a bite out if it, but I refrained from that and tossed it in the trash can :) I had to pull the cheese off the fajita meat, and then - I had me lunch :) I must comment that the rice was heavenly! Carbs today are heavenly !!!


Snack - I forgot to take a picture of my super yummy and juicy grapefruit so I'm using this one from the internet instead


Dinner - yum. We found some grilled chicken in the freezer that we had not eaten yet, so thawed it out and then peeled it off the bone and heated it in a pan. Combined that with some fresh veggies - made an awesome meal!

Day 13

Thought for the day: BREATH !! Working out should not be stressful.

I have noticed how shallow and unhealthy my breathing is, so I am going to make a conscious effort to BREATH and breath deeply and meaningfully. This should help my cause with stress. And... working out should not be stressful. Sometimes I think I put a little too much pressure on myself with regards to working out and I really need to chill out and have some fun.

Exercise:
Pyramid - 6:30am
ICP - 11:20am
Stairs with work friends - noon 3x7 flights
Practice karate (il soo sik hand and foot 1-10) - 6:30pm
DB Matrix - 8:00pm

Food:
B - 2 eggs over medium
L - ground turkey with cucumbers and celery
S - piece of fish with cucumbers and celery
D - I had a few nuts as a snack before my workout and I felt satisfied so I didn't have any more to eat after that :)

Here is my breakfast - yes, I got it from the work cafe ....


Lunch was from home - ground turkey with fresh cucumbers and celery. This lunch pleasantly surprised me. It was yummy and very refreshing.


Snack: Leftover piece of fish and I polished off the veggies I brought to work :)

Dinner: A few nuts (no pic)

Day 12

Thought for the day: no thought :)

Exercise:
DB Matrix
Meltdown

Food:
B: Spinach-sausage scramble
L: leftover meatballs
Sn: Mixed raw nuts
D: Broiled fish (we caught it last summer in the gulf)

Breakfast was spinach, kale, cabbage mixed with sausage and eggs. Very yummy

Lunch was leftover meatballs from yesterday (darn i don't have a picture)

Dinner was fish we caught in the gulf last summer and some cabbage salad. Yummy! Well, originally I was counting on my hubby to cook the fish ---uLLLLL --- I just don't like messing with it. But he was late getting home and I didn't want to eat too late, so I looked at it and determined that I could deal with it. Then I took that knife and cut down both sides away from the back bone. I slapped a few pats of butter and some spices on it, baked it for 10 minutes and then broiled it for 3. My husband came home and was shocked that I filleted the fish and said now I can do it all the time. This was a specked trout and it was DEVINE!!!! I ate 1/2 a filet and saved the other half for a snack on Monday.

Day 11

Thought for the day: It feels good to feel good. It tastes good to eat healthy and it feels good to feel good... did I say that already :) ?

Exercise:
Karate - 8:00am - 9:30am
PT - 11:00 - 12:00pm (balance and core strength)

Food:
B: Salmon and veggie scramble
L: meatballs
D: more meatballs and deviled eggs (went to a party)

OK, besides breakfast, my food day was not very healthy. Yes I stayed off the alcohol, sugar, caffeine, and carbs, but I did not get enough veggies in the day. The meatballs I made with grassfed beef. I didn't take a picture (unfortunately) so I only have my breakfast picture for today. The tomatoes kind of hogged the picture, but there is spinach, kale, cabbage, eggs and salmon scrambled together and this was absolutely delish!