I'm so bad at this.

I haven't been keeping track of my meals lately, so this is all you get. 

Saturday:

Breakfast:

honey nut cheerios

skim milk

Exercise:

4 mile walk

45 minutes hot yoga

Breakfast 2:

muesli

greek yogurt

Snack:

1 piece string cheese

Vitamin!!

Dinner:

Steak

pasta salad

Snack:

granola bar

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I've been doing quite a bit of walking lately. I walked 2.5 miles on Tuesday night. Yesterday I missed hot yoga because I had a modeling shoot. Bummer. I plan on going for another two mile walk tonight after I go to the store. 

I've continued to take my vitamins w/ folic acid, and am making an effort to get more than 64 oz. of water daily. I took a three-hour nap earlier today. I'm definitely trying to eliminate stress and be healthier!

I'll try to keep better track of what I'm eating. Dave is doing a body wrap on me on Saturday (provided it's safe!) so hopefully Monday's photo will show some progress!

Photo op Monday.

Well, here goes. I haven't lost any weight and I feel super bloated.

I also need to clean my mirror.

I'll update with my meal diary tomorrow. I'm super tired. Goodnight!

Thursday and Friday meal updates

Thursday!

Breakfast:

honey nut cheerios

fat-free milk

Lunch:

1 piece string cheese

1 organic banana

1 organic gala apple

1 peach

Snack:

approx. 1 oz. Cashews

1 Tbsp. Peanut butter

Dinner:

1 ear sweet corn

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Friday:

Breakfast:

honey nut cheerios

skim milk

Lunch:

1 organic avocado

1 piece string cheese

Dinner:

2 servings raspberries

2 servings marinated artichoke hearts

approx. 3 oz. cashews

I also walked for about a mile and a half on Thursday. Friday, no exercise. I'm getting up in the morning, though, for my walking group and some hot yoga. 

Goodnight!

Calorie counts for the last few days!

Sunday, 9/11

Breakfast:

2 slices french toast

1 organic black plum-berry

Snack:

¾ c. greek yogurt

1 Tbsp honey

Snack:

1 canned water thing – 90 calories

approx. 4 artichoke hearts, marinated – 108 calories

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Monday:

Breakfast:

Cinnamon Life w/ soy milk

Snack:

Klondike bar

Dinner:

1 organic banana

1 piece string cheese

some chicken enchilada “slop”

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Tuesday:

Breakfast:

1 serving steel cut oats

1 Tbsp honey

Snack:

1 organic banana

approx. ½ c. raspberries

1 piece string cheese

1 Tbsp. Peanut butter

approx. 1 ½ oz. cashews

Vitamins:

B-complex w/ 800 mcg folic acid

Dinner:

some chicken enchilada “slop.” It's my leftover chicken enchilada filling when I didn't have enough tortillas. Erika coined the name when I was telling her about it yesterday.

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Wednesday:



Breakfast:
1 serving steel-cut oats
½ c. raspberries



Lunch:
… I went to the Intel/IBM HPC event at school. It was catered with a lot of delicious food. I might have had five chocolate-dipped strawberries... and a lot of other things that are bad for me.



Dinner:
1 banana
the rest of the chicken enchilada “slop.” 


I also did hot yoga. I stepped outside the room every 10 - 15 minutes to cool down and drink some water, and I modified a few poses. (No back bends, no compressions, and no tummy stuff.) Marco said he would look up some other studios in town that had different offerings, and he'll have some suggestions for me on Saturday when I go back in, as well as other modifications for my current practice. 

Photo-op Mondays.

I suppose Monday is as good a day as any, so from now on, I'm going to post photos of my progress Monday evenings.

Me tonight: 

I'm starting to see hip bones peeking out on the sides. And my legs actually look pretty skinny in that picture - I think, anyway.

Today was the first day since I've been home that I have worn pants. I wore those grey BR crops that I adore... and they fit! I didn't hang over the sides at all. I wore pants, and they were flattering. Today was an AWESOME day. Good thing, because I needed it.

Breakfast was some Cinnamon Life with soy milk.

I had a Klondike bar around 3:30.

And then I had an organic banana and a piece of 2% string cheese tonight. Pants-wearing aside, today wasn't the greatest day. Hence the lack of appetite.

I got some cauliflower and 18 oz. of raspberries at Albertsons tonight. Looking forward to mashing the cauliflower, for sure! yum, yum.

I'm baring it all.

Okay, not all, but I need something to hold myself accountable, and photos are the best motivator for me. So here goes!

My goal. This was taken February 18th. 

May 25th. Obviously heavier. 

June 12th. You can see my hip bones a little better. I think I had been working out a little more.

A week after my vacation. August 27th. 

And about a week later. (This photo isn't dated for some reason.)

I feel a lot smaller now than I look in that last photo, but I'm nowhere near the February lady I would like to be. There you go. There's nothing I'm more sensitive about than my weight and my intelligence, so this really means a lot to me! 

Trying to get back to February. 

I fail again.

So we've established that I'm really bad at this. 


Tuesday, I did Crossfit. Amazing. I love it. I'm going to do their new student three-week special as soon as I pay tuition off. 


Wednesday, I did some hot yoga. Bought a month unlimited membership since this week was the last week of their sale. Prices went up today. 


Last night, I ran for about half an hour. Today, ran for another 25 minutes and then lifted weights. I did 24 lb. presses and then curls / a few other things with 5 lb. weights. 


I haven't been tracking my eating habits very well, but I think I'm doing a pretty good job of keeping my calories down. In fact, I was just thinking today that I needed to be careful because I probably wasn't eating enough. 


So there you have it. I'm going to try harder; I promise! At least to update with my workouts. I ran for just under a mile and a half today, and plan on running again tomorrow. Hopefully I'll make it a little longer. 

I'm really bad at updating.

Friday:

Breakfast:

1 packet reduced sugar instant oatmeal

Snack:

Strawberry yogurt granola bar: 140 calories

Lunch(ish):

approx. 6 oz. artichoke heart pasta

1 ½ artichoke hearts, marinated in oil

approx. ½ oz. Feta: 35 calories

Dinner:

1 small grilled chicken breast

1 grilled chicken drumstick

approx. 2 shots Johnny Walker Blue Label

This looks like a super awesome day calorie-wise, too! It would have been even better, but when I was down at the pool, there were some Indian guys grilling and having a great time, and invited me to sit with them and have a drink, and then shared their food. Hence the alcohol and the grilled chicken.

Again, did about 45 minutes of walking, and probably 15 minutes of stretching at home.

Saturday!

Breakfast:

1 piece string cheese

snacked on some Cinnamon Life cereal (dry). Unknown amount.

Hmmm. Apparently I fail at logging for yesterday. I don't remember what I had for lunch, and dinner was a potluck so obviously that's hard to log.

I feel like I might be getting my skinny self back. I woke up yesterday morning and wasn't hungry for the first time in a long while. (My alarm went off at 5, and I didn't even eat anything until probably 10:30.) When I wake up not hungry, I am usually less likely to overeat throughout the day, so I'm pretty excited about this new development!

I also ran on the treadmill yesterday for 36 minutes. I did some stretching at home afterward, and then went crazy along with the other Brianna last night playing Dance Central (I think is what it's called? Some dance Wii game).

Sunday:

Breakfast:

1 piece string cheese: 70 calories

A few handfuls of whole-grain honey nut cheerios

granola bar (from Czech. Yikes.): 409 calories

Snack:

2 slices smoked Gouda: 140 calories

Some chocolate chips (oops!)

Sooo... It's Monday, and I'm really bad at this. Both updating the blog, and keeping track of everything here.

I bought a Groupon for a Crossfit class at the women's gym in Ahwatukee tomorrow morning at 6AM. I think I've gone certifiably insane. Even Mom said she wanted to puke after some of the workouts. Yikes.

Guess that means I should get some sleep since I'll be up at or before 5 in the morning. I'll try to do a better job of updating – at least for the next few days before I leave. Ciao!

First week down!

Yesterday was day seven! Go me!

Breakfast:

2 servings steel-cut oats

1 c. raspberries

1 Tbsp. Honey

Lunch:

6 oz. Veggie pasta

approx. 2 oz. Feta

½ Tbsp. Garlic & herb butter

Snack:

1 piece string cheese

1 serving Skittles

a few chocolate chips

Dinner:

chicken marsala(ish), courtesy of Kyle.

Exercise :

Walking (about 40 minutes)

Stretching (about 15 minutes)

Yesterday was a little weird as far as this whole exercise/diet thing goes. I did great until I came home for lunch. I was craving something sweet, and I don't really have anything sweet in the house, so I ended up eating some Skittles. They didn't satisfy my craving, so I turned to the chocolate chips I had in the freezer. I moderated myself, but eating chocolate chips from the bag still makes me feel like a piggy.

Then I took the puppies over to Josh & Miranda's for a bath, and Kyle was making dinner, so I had some of whatever it was. (I think chicken marsala.) Not worth what was I'm sure a ton of calories from the sweet wine.

All in all, I guess it was a decent day. My goal for today is to use up some of the corn I have in the fridge! I love corn on the cob (especially grilled!) and have six ears to eat before they go bad.