Monday, July 27, 2009

Back to Life – Day 8

Monday Weigh In : - 7 lbs. (Weight change July 12 to date)
Wooo hoo! I checked at work and at home. Both scales are showing the same amount lost. I’m pretty surprised, but I also know that weight can drastically fluctuate. We’ll see what my results are next Monday for comparison. I am happy.

Weekend in review

Friday
Exercise Journal

20 minute walk before work
20 minute walk at the airport. We skipped the train in the ATL airport and walked to our concourse. Ya’ll in Atlanta know that is a workout.

Food Journal
100 - Oatmeal
150 – ½ Frozen Banana with Peanut Butter
Unknown Lunch– Arugula, yellow beet, blue berry, and gorgonzola salad, 2 oz beef tenderloin, ½ chocolate peanut butter cupcake, ½ meltaway cookie (yumminess)
Unknown Dinner – 1 beef slider no bun, 1 fish slider no bun, 1 onion ring, 2 cheese curds, 1 mini-meatball, 2 sips strawberry milkshake
Unknown drinks – Irish Car Bomb and Kamikaze

Good News. Skipped the beer at the Happy Gnome in St. Paul. Bad News. The Irish Car Bomb and Kamikaze at dinner. Less worried about the two shots of worthless alcohol and calories, but more worried that I’m too old to do shots. After taking both shots, my college roommates and I were tired and immediately went back to hotel to sleep. Rather unlike nights of debauchery in our younger days.


Saturday
Exercise Journal

30 minute walk in downtown St. Paul pre-breakfast
1 hour – 3 mile walk/run along the Mississippi river


I want to give a special thanks to my friends for taking a long walk with us on Saturday. Extra motivation and fun! I'll tell you more about it in tomorrow's blog.


Food Journal
Unknown calories most of the day. This is bad news. Good news is that I tested my judgement and portion control skills.
½ hotel omelet, ½ sausage, 50 calories of honeydew, 40 calories of coffee with milk
Lunch – 1 Bratwurst and 1 hot dog no buns. 1 tsp potato salad, cole slaw, and kraut. 1 piece of rye bread, 1 slice of corned beef, 2 mini-lemon cookies, 1 oatmeal cookie.
Dinner – Wedding reception. Lost track here, but I was nervous about giving a toast to bride and groom. I made better food choices than normal. Enjoyed 2 mojitos and a glass of champagne.

Good News. I brought my running shoes and did a 3 mile walk/run while traveling! Bad news. I remembered running shoes, but not my workout pants. Good thing Minnesota is the home of Target. No excuse not to workout on this trip!

Sunday
Food Journal

200 – ½ turkey sandwich
040 – Coffee with skim milk
Peanut butter and jelly sandwich
280 – 2 pieces Pepperidge farm soft oatmeal bread
090 – 1 tbsp peanut butter
080 – 2 tsp Polaner’s cherry preserves
120 – 1.5 eggs
160 – 2 oz salmon
050 – Sautéed spinach and green peppers
50 – 4 oz Organic limeade

Exercise Journal
1.5 hours in the Great Barn at Stone Mountain Park. It is like Cross Fit for kids. Running jumping, sliding, climbing, throwing. I got a lot of exercise in there! I also felt a lot better than the last time I was in there with my monsters. Better fitness actually means more fun for all.
20 minutes Paddle boat at Stone Mountain Park. Big monster is too short to paddle so I had to do all the work.

Weird Weight Loss Tip
Don’t just take the stairs instead of the escalator. Don’t just walk instead of the moving sidewalk. Pick someone on the escalator or moving sidewalk and try to keep up with them while you are on foot. It might seem creepy at the mall, but if you do this at the airport, people with think you are just trying to catch your flight!

Weird Weight Loss Tip for Weddings
As my dear friend Mamie said as she walked on to the dance floor this weekend, “I’m just here to burn calories.” Don’t forget to dance. No one cares if you dance like Elaine Benes from Seinfield, Mamie. Oh, wait. That's how you run. Different story. Have fun, burn calories!

7 comments:

  1. Hey Nicki!

    Way to go! It sounds like you're doing really well- congrats on the 7 lb. loss. Just wanted to say a quick hi.

    Take care-
    Marea (HHH)

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  2. You rock! Keep on inspiring me!!!

    Denise M (H3)

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  3. Marea and Denise,

    Thanks for stopping by. Miss you guys. I need you to write blogs for me. I'd like to know how you are doing and what has been working for you since H3. Take care!

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  4. 7lbs is awesome Nicki! Great job! I am gonna come back after the baby and follow this week journal :)

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  5. Caroline, you are going get so much exercising chasing two kids you won't have to worry about dieting. But I would like you to take my "after" photo. :)

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  6. 7 LBS!!!! That is awesome!

    My good news is that the kids are back in camp and I'm finally back on the wagon again. Had over 21,000 steps on my pedometer from walking the kids to and from the busstop, strolling around two grocery stores and a mall, and 60 min of walk/run on the treadmill with incline - DIY treading is my new thing!

    Guestimating under 1200 calories, including an evening snack of cheese and crackers that I'm learning not to feel guilty about.

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  7. Mamie, you are awesome. I keep forgetting my pedometer, but since it falls off all the time it is probably for the better. My 7/29/09 blog is about our fun guestimating calories in St. Paul. And a picture of us enjoying some of those unknown calories. 21,000 steps is great. You are my hero. I will try to keep up with you this week. Happy walking.

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