when I started this blog I knew on some level that of course I was putting myself out there and people would be reading it, I guess I just didn't think of all the people that would be reading it and then talking to other people and then talking to other people and how far a blog can travel. Tonight I heard from a guy that another guy had told him about my blog and that kind of creeped me out. SO in typical Sarah fashion, I'm not going to blog again at this point. I like to change my mind about things all the time so this should not surprise anyone.
Thanks for all the support - its been a fun journey and my Herbal Magic journey is just starting and I know it will be successful.
Friday, 23 November 2012
Friday...Friday....
Friday is here - how does the week go by so quickly? Scary how time moves so fast. I've been home all morning, no tennis today so I decided to do my own workout at home. Had my shake first off and then I did a portion of my fav DVD - I did the upper body and core. 1 minute of each exercise - I will be hurting tomorrow. So officially I worked out 4 days this week - Mon step class and Rita, Tues Rita, Thurs Pilates and home today plus about 4 big walks with the dog.
I'm heading out soon to deliver lunch to my kiddies - they like a little treat once in a while and they love meatball subs from Quiznos so that's what they are getting. Me - I will be picking up a cooked chicken at Loblaws and making my salad plate as per usual and today I will have my 100 calorie Herbal Magic cheesies with it. Snack this afternoon will be warm applesauce and a handful of nuts. Tonight we are meeting friends at The London Club - far and away the best food in London in my opinion - I'm hoping they have scallops as the special again, otherwise I will opt for the beef tenderloin. And I'm going to limit my drinking to a Cosmo before dinner and a glass of wine with dinner. No bottle of wine tonight. Don't need a hangover tomorrow and I certainly don't need the extra calories.
Other than tonight we don't really have any plans for the weekend and I hear the weather is going to suck. Avah has a birthday party from 5-630pm tomorrow night - what parents schedule birthday parties at happy hour, I would like to know?? Sunday we might take them to see a movie to get out of the house...they want to see that Guardian one...forget what its called with Santa, Tooth Fairy etc....
All in all a quiet weekend here.
I'm heading out soon to deliver lunch to my kiddies - they like a little treat once in a while and they love meatball subs from Quiznos so that's what they are getting. Me - I will be picking up a cooked chicken at Loblaws and making my salad plate as per usual and today I will have my 100 calorie Herbal Magic cheesies with it. Snack this afternoon will be warm applesauce and a handful of nuts. Tonight we are meeting friends at The London Club - far and away the best food in London in my opinion - I'm hoping they have scallops as the special again, otherwise I will opt for the beef tenderloin. And I'm going to limit my drinking to a Cosmo before dinner and a glass of wine with dinner. No bottle of wine tonight. Don't need a hangover tomorrow and I certainly don't need the extra calories.
Other than tonight we don't really have any plans for the weekend and I hear the weather is going to suck. Avah has a birthday party from 5-630pm tomorrow night - what parents schedule birthday parties at happy hour, I would like to know?? Sunday we might take them to see a movie to get out of the house...they want to see that Guardian one...forget what its called with Santa, Tooth Fairy etc....
All in all a quiet weekend here.
Thursday, 22 November 2012
Shut the Front Door.......Sarah's back at Herbal Magic!
I've been thinking for a couple weeks now and with a push from my mom who is generally one of my greatest supporters.....I'm going back to Herbal Magic. Now before I get any groans or texts or BBMs from anyone saying DONT DO IT, here are my reasons. I'm following the Eat Clean lifestyle fairly well, drinking lots of water, working out a ton, never felt better physically. BUT - my weight doesn't change no matter what I do - oh maybe it goes down a lb or so her and there but then right up again if I eat one single little bad thing. I know if my heart of hearts its all the estrogen that I have put into my body over the years from all the IVF and I don't think I can do this on my own. The last time I did Herbal I lost 15lbs quite easily and loved it and I wasn't even eating as healthy as I am now - its those natural herbs and pills that you take that must give that little boost that I need. This time I am committing to the pills for a year - it works for lots of people and I was the bad one that got to my weight goal and then just said -hey I look great, I can eat pizza.....NOT...I have so much more knowledge now than I ever had with the help of Coach Rita, pilates, Eat Clean books. I KNOW I CAN DO THIS.
So I officially start next Friday with the pills. (first of the month) With Herbal Magic I will be eating pretty much the same as I do now except as part of their program you are allowed 1 - 100 calorie snack per day and they have the best little pkgs of cheesies that I used to eat with my lunch that made me very happy. I can still do my shake in the morning. Basically you are allowed per day 2 proteins(they are giving me 3 since I work out so much), 2 starches, 1 dairy, 2 fruit, 3 veggie and 2 fats plus the 100 calorie snack.
The serving size that I use of greek yogurt in my shake counts as half a protein, the half banana and handful of strawberries in my shake are 1.5 fruits which means I could have another half cup of fruit later in the day. I could have a sandwich on the Weight Watchers bread as a starch. I can have a 1/2 cup of pasta at supper as a starch. I can have a large amount of veggies which means I can still have my salad plate at lunch and veggies at supper. I can have 1/2 cup of quinoa cooked which is a ton and thats a starch. I can have olive oil and thats a fat. I can have 1/2 tablespoon of peanut butter and thats a fat. I can have a small handful of nuts and thats a fat. I can have diet pepsi with my lunch because thats a freebie on Herbal Magic. I still drink my 10-12 glasses of water/day. I can have a piece of cheese chopped in my salad plate and thats my dairy. So I'm pretty keen about this and ready to start. I take 3 pills 3 times/day - there are vitamins in them, appetite suppressants, green tea to speed up metabolism - and all sorts of other crap that I can't remember. My Herbal Magic girl laughed at me today because I said to her when I did Herbal last year the whole time I thought the pills were just a waste of money - basically placebos and now I know - thats what gave me that edge I needed and I'm hoping thats what will get me over this hump. By their calculations I can lose 10lbs by Dec 24th which would thrill me. 10-15lbs is my goal so I'm starting with 10 and see how I make out. When I told my Herbal girl about all the changes I have made in the past few months she was floored - she was like "am I talking to Sarah here?" She couldn't believe all the things I have cut out and she was so encouraging. So I start next Friday and I go in as many mornings as possible for weigh ins and she helps me plan my day of food so I'm accountable every single day. So if I can't do it with the combo of Herbal, Coach Rita and Pilates - then shoot me cause there is a problem!! Last time I did this I went in almost every single morning and that was key for me - to talk about my food, to get weighed.....this is it - I'm doing it!!
So I officially start next Friday with the pills. (first of the month) With Herbal Magic I will be eating pretty much the same as I do now except as part of their program you are allowed 1 - 100 calorie snack per day and they have the best little pkgs of cheesies that I used to eat with my lunch that made me very happy. I can still do my shake in the morning. Basically you are allowed per day 2 proteins(they are giving me 3 since I work out so much), 2 starches, 1 dairy, 2 fruit, 3 veggie and 2 fats plus the 100 calorie snack.
The serving size that I use of greek yogurt in my shake counts as half a protein, the half banana and handful of strawberries in my shake are 1.5 fruits which means I could have another half cup of fruit later in the day. I could have a sandwich on the Weight Watchers bread as a starch. I can have a 1/2 cup of pasta at supper as a starch. I can have a large amount of veggies which means I can still have my salad plate at lunch and veggies at supper. I can have 1/2 cup of quinoa cooked which is a ton and thats a starch. I can have olive oil and thats a fat. I can have 1/2 tablespoon of peanut butter and thats a fat. I can have a small handful of nuts and thats a fat. I can have diet pepsi with my lunch because thats a freebie on Herbal Magic. I still drink my 10-12 glasses of water/day. I can have a piece of cheese chopped in my salad plate and thats my dairy. So I'm pretty keen about this and ready to start. I take 3 pills 3 times/day - there are vitamins in them, appetite suppressants, green tea to speed up metabolism - and all sorts of other crap that I can't remember. My Herbal Magic girl laughed at me today because I said to her when I did Herbal last year the whole time I thought the pills were just a waste of money - basically placebos and now I know - thats what gave me that edge I needed and I'm hoping thats what will get me over this hump. By their calculations I can lose 10lbs by Dec 24th which would thrill me. 10-15lbs is my goal so I'm starting with 10 and see how I make out. When I told my Herbal girl about all the changes I have made in the past few months she was floored - she was like "am I talking to Sarah here?" She couldn't believe all the things I have cut out and she was so encouraging. So I start next Friday and I go in as many mornings as possible for weigh ins and she helps me plan my day of food so I'm accountable every single day. So if I can't do it with the combo of Herbal, Coach Rita and Pilates - then shoot me cause there is a problem!! Last time I did this I went in almost every single morning and that was key for me - to talk about my food, to get weighed.....this is it - I'm doing it!!
Wednesday, 21 November 2012
Hump Day
Well my day was heading to be a perfect one yesterday until I decided last minute to take Avah to see Twilight - which of course meant popcorn and other crap at the theatre. Damn.....we got home around 900pm and had dinner then - I still had my salad plate with chicken and egg but I think the crap at the movie theatre did its damage. But the movie was sooo fun....I'm so sad its all over.
My plan for today is to have my shake this morning - Coach Rita was okay with my oats but said once/week would be enough - oats bloat....and I rhyme....they didn't taste the best anyway but still good to try new things. So shake in a bit and then off to the mini step class - its just a 30 minute class.
No plans today so I plan on tackling the house - cleaning the floors, laundry, nothing too exciting. I serve hot lunch today at the school and the kids get so excited to see me.
I have quinoa leftover so today will probably be my last lunch of that for the week before I get sick of it. For supper I put a pork tenderloin in the crockpot last night with lots of garlic and a Spanish Onion for flavour. It simmered all night and now its turned off for the day. 2 hours before I serve tonight I will put in half a bottle of Diana Smokehouse sauce, remove the onion and then pull the pork all apart. Tom and the kids will eat it on buns and I will eat it as is and we are having bocachini salad for a side. I asked Coach Rita about bocachini cheese and she said its one of the lower fat cheeses out there which is why Tosca had it in her eat clean book so its a great treat and something different instead of the usual salad. So mini mini bocachini with grape tomatoes, olive oil, balsamic, pepper and fresh basil. Yummmmm....
Now just to clarify the Diana sauce is probably not approved as an eat clean item but its the only way I can eat pork and I use half of what the recipe is called for and my family loves it so that's good enough for me.
Did I mention I am dying in pain (good pain) from my Monday and Tuesday workouts? My chest, triceps and ass are screaming!! Thanks Rita.
Also a note - when I drink my water each day I find it wayyyy easier to drink the water if its in a glass, with ice and I use a straw. Without the straw I could never drink so much. Just a little hint.
My plan for today is to have my shake this morning - Coach Rita was okay with my oats but said once/week would be enough - oats bloat....and I rhyme....they didn't taste the best anyway but still good to try new things. So shake in a bit and then off to the mini step class - its just a 30 minute class.
No plans today so I plan on tackling the house - cleaning the floors, laundry, nothing too exciting. I serve hot lunch today at the school and the kids get so excited to see me.
I have quinoa leftover so today will probably be my last lunch of that for the week before I get sick of it. For supper I put a pork tenderloin in the crockpot last night with lots of garlic and a Spanish Onion for flavour. It simmered all night and now its turned off for the day. 2 hours before I serve tonight I will put in half a bottle of Diana Smokehouse sauce, remove the onion and then pull the pork all apart. Tom and the kids will eat it on buns and I will eat it as is and we are having bocachini salad for a side. I asked Coach Rita about bocachini cheese and she said its one of the lower fat cheeses out there which is why Tosca had it in her eat clean book so its a great treat and something different instead of the usual salad. So mini mini bocachini with grape tomatoes, olive oil, balsamic, pepper and fresh basil. Yummmmm....
Now just to clarify the Diana sauce is probably not approved as an eat clean item but its the only way I can eat pork and I use half of what the recipe is called for and my family loves it so that's good enough for me.
Did I mention I am dying in pain (good pain) from my Monday and Tuesday workouts? My chest, triceps and ass are screaming!! Thanks Rita.
Also a note - when I drink my water each day I find it wayyyy easier to drink the water if its in a glass, with ice and I use a straw. Without the straw I could never drink so much. Just a little hint.
Tuesday, 20 November 2012
Fighting my inner beast and WINNING
Well I'm obviously doing something right over the past few days because I'm down 2.5lbs since Saturday. Keeping in mind that I was PMSing last week so that is probably why. Hello bloat central.....
I bought Tosca's Eat Clean Diet RECHARGED this weekend and I read it cover to cover yesterday afternoon and made notes. I totally recommend it for anyone wanting to do the Eat Clean lifestyle. Its like eating healthy for dummy's which anyone reading my blog knows I am when it comes to maintaining. It was much better for me than her STRIPPED book which I have also read. I got a lot of ideas. She has 3 plans - one for beginners to Eat Clean, one for weight loss and maintenance and one for people that want to drop a quick 10lbs for a bikini show or some occasion. I am trying to follow the middle plan and when you see it written out the way she does it looks easy enough. Its a nice mix of good carbs, fats, veggies, fruits and meat with a tiny bit of dairy. So today I am following one of her plans. Here is my day today.
Right now as I type I am eating oats. I put half a cup of whole grain quick oats in a cereal bowl with boiling water and covered with a plate for a minute to cook up. Then I added a small scoop of flax seed and a small scoop of wheat germ, a good shaking of cinnamon to give this sucker some taste and half a banana chopped up. I'm eating it now and my feeling is its a bit like paste - I don't hate it and I don't love it. The banana saves it for sure. And actually I would say that half a cup of oats for me is too much - I'm about 3/4s of the way through and I am stuffed so I'm dumping the rest. Then I will eat 1 hard boiled egg white in about 30 minutes. My workout isn't until 1030am today. My plan today is to see how the oatmeal affects my workout with Rita - does it give me more energy? Does it fill me up and stick to my guts? Ive been trying to add flaxseed to my food once per day for the past few months and I know for a fact its a great addition. Great for your digestive system and I think helps with the overall health of your body.
Lunch today will be the same as yesterday since I enjoyed it - cold quinoa with a squeeze of lime, chopped peppers and a side of cold bbqd chicken. Still working on my snacks - I will aim for warm applesauce today and see if that does it for me. Yesterday I ended up having 4 whole wheat crackers with low fat cheese and I was okay with that decision - still better than what I used to eat. The kids have swimming lessons today so that keeps me from the before dinner snacking.
I am making my family spaghetti and meat sauce tonight -not my fav dish so they will enjoy that while I have my salad plate with hard boiled egg whites, chicken, tons of veggies and a bit of swiss cheese.
For me this is a perfect day......I sooo want to stick with it and i believe I can. And what really makes me happy about this day is knowing the everything I am eating today is benefiting my insides, my heart, my guts, my skin etc.....So I know I can do this.
I also have to say - I drank 12 glasses of water yesterday. Now I was peeing literally every 15 minutes by mid afternoon and when I say pee - I mean if the toilet wasn't right there I would have peed my pants. According to Tosca that gets better as your body gets used to it. And I find interestingly enough, the more water I drink, the more I crave it. I'm still drinking 1 diet pepsi per day at lunch time and I don't foresee myself changing that but hey - never thought I'd be cranking down buckets full of water either so never say never.
I bought Tosca's Eat Clean Diet RECHARGED this weekend and I read it cover to cover yesterday afternoon and made notes. I totally recommend it for anyone wanting to do the Eat Clean lifestyle. Its like eating healthy for dummy's which anyone reading my blog knows I am when it comes to maintaining. It was much better for me than her STRIPPED book which I have also read. I got a lot of ideas. She has 3 plans - one for beginners to Eat Clean, one for weight loss and maintenance and one for people that want to drop a quick 10lbs for a bikini show or some occasion. I am trying to follow the middle plan and when you see it written out the way she does it looks easy enough. Its a nice mix of good carbs, fats, veggies, fruits and meat with a tiny bit of dairy. So today I am following one of her plans. Here is my day today.
Right now as I type I am eating oats. I put half a cup of whole grain quick oats in a cereal bowl with boiling water and covered with a plate for a minute to cook up. Then I added a small scoop of flax seed and a small scoop of wheat germ, a good shaking of cinnamon to give this sucker some taste and half a banana chopped up. I'm eating it now and my feeling is its a bit like paste - I don't hate it and I don't love it. The banana saves it for sure. And actually I would say that half a cup of oats for me is too much - I'm about 3/4s of the way through and I am stuffed so I'm dumping the rest. Then I will eat 1 hard boiled egg white in about 30 minutes. My workout isn't until 1030am today. My plan today is to see how the oatmeal affects my workout with Rita - does it give me more energy? Does it fill me up and stick to my guts? Ive been trying to add flaxseed to my food once per day for the past few months and I know for a fact its a great addition. Great for your digestive system and I think helps with the overall health of your body.
Lunch today will be the same as yesterday since I enjoyed it - cold quinoa with a squeeze of lime, chopped peppers and a side of cold bbqd chicken. Still working on my snacks - I will aim for warm applesauce today and see if that does it for me. Yesterday I ended up having 4 whole wheat crackers with low fat cheese and I was okay with that decision - still better than what I used to eat. The kids have swimming lessons today so that keeps me from the before dinner snacking.
I am making my family spaghetti and meat sauce tonight -not my fav dish so they will enjoy that while I have my salad plate with hard boiled egg whites, chicken, tons of veggies and a bit of swiss cheese.
For me this is a perfect day......I sooo want to stick with it and i believe I can. And what really makes me happy about this day is knowing the everything I am eating today is benefiting my insides, my heart, my guts, my skin etc.....So I know I can do this.
I also have to say - I drank 12 glasses of water yesterday. Now I was peeing literally every 15 minutes by mid afternoon and when I say pee - I mean if the toilet wasn't right there I would have peed my pants. According to Tosca that gets better as your body gets used to it. And I find interestingly enough, the more water I drink, the more I crave it. I'm still drinking 1 diet pepsi per day at lunch time and I don't foresee myself changing that but hey - never thought I'd be cranking down buckets full of water either so never say never.
Monday, 19 November 2012
Love my Mondays
My most productive day of the week and I'm loving all this sunshine along with it. We got so much done yesterday - tree put up and decorated, outside lights up, it was a nice weekend with tons of family time. Last night I took Phoebe (our pup) on a 45 minute power walk around 730p and it was such a gorgeous night out. Funny how I'm not big on walking in the summer but come November I'm out almost every night bundled up and walking the dog. I love that fresh cold air before bed.
Drinking my morning shake right now before my crazy Monday morning workouts - 45 minute step class followed by an hour with Rita. I just realized I ran out of protein powder which I normally have in between workouts to keep my energy up so I am taking half a protein bar instead.
Yesterday I made a batch of organic quinoa and mixed it with juice out of a lime, chopped peppers and carrots so I am having that for lunch today along with some leftover cold bbq chicken breasts - yummy. Supper tonight is a family favourite - chicken and pepper fajitas which I haven't made in ages and Avah has been asking for. Yesterday for my afternoon snack I warmed up my homemade apple sauce and it was good so I might do that today. Maybe a piece of cheese. Have to wait and see what I'm in the mood for . I have lots of work to do for my travel agent business this afternoon so that will take most of my time until the kids get home on the bus. Then Avah's tutor comes from 4350p-530p and Jacko and I head upstairs for some time together.
An interesting thing happened to me yesterday. My mom called and said "So Sarah,I was reading your blog" and right there my heart sinks because I'm thinking she's going to tell me to stop being such a knob for writing it etc, stop eating crap,,,,,etc....but she was soooo nice. She said I really feel sorry for you. I see how hard you are working and what you are eating and not getting results must be so frustrating. And as I'm talking to her Tom walks into the bedroom and sort of overhears the conversation. So once I get off the phone with her he asks what we were talking about and I tell him. And for the first time EVER I felt like he understood. Normally he goes on about how much money I'm spending on a trainer when I could do it myself or stop eating crap but yesterday he sat down beside me and said "I hate that the IVF did this to you. I feel bad that you got nothing out of it except fat and a little crazy (well not in those exact words).". But the point is he finally acknowledged that what I did in order to get a baby for us (and failed) took a lot out of me and continues to affect my physical and mental health to this day and it made me so happy that he finally GOT it and understood. And he said I understand that when you get mad at me that you are really mad at the situation and not mad at me - like last week when I was having such a bad week and feeling conflicted about doing IVF again and hating the way I look - I think he actually gets it now. And that just made me love him more than ever.
So I forsee a good day today!!
Drinking my morning shake right now before my crazy Monday morning workouts - 45 minute step class followed by an hour with Rita. I just realized I ran out of protein powder which I normally have in between workouts to keep my energy up so I am taking half a protein bar instead.
Yesterday I made a batch of organic quinoa and mixed it with juice out of a lime, chopped peppers and carrots so I am having that for lunch today along with some leftover cold bbq chicken breasts - yummy. Supper tonight is a family favourite - chicken and pepper fajitas which I haven't made in ages and Avah has been asking for. Yesterday for my afternoon snack I warmed up my homemade apple sauce and it was good so I might do that today. Maybe a piece of cheese. Have to wait and see what I'm in the mood for . I have lots of work to do for my travel agent business this afternoon so that will take most of my time until the kids get home on the bus. Then Avah's tutor comes from 4350p-530p and Jacko and I head upstairs for some time together.
An interesting thing happened to me yesterday. My mom called and said "So Sarah,I was reading your blog" and right there my heart sinks because I'm thinking she's going to tell me to stop being such a knob for writing it etc, stop eating crap,,,,,etc....but she was soooo nice. She said I really feel sorry for you. I see how hard you are working and what you are eating and not getting results must be so frustrating. And as I'm talking to her Tom walks into the bedroom and sort of overhears the conversation. So once I get off the phone with her he asks what we were talking about and I tell him. And for the first time EVER I felt like he understood. Normally he goes on about how much money I'm spending on a trainer when I could do it myself or stop eating crap but yesterday he sat down beside me and said "I hate that the IVF did this to you. I feel bad that you got nothing out of it except fat and a little crazy (well not in those exact words).". But the point is he finally acknowledged that what I did in order to get a baby for us (and failed) took a lot out of me and continues to affect my physical and mental health to this day and it made me so happy that he finally GOT it and understood. And he said I understand that when you get mad at me that you are really mad at the situation and not mad at me - like last week when I was having such a bad week and feeling conflicted about doing IVF again and hating the way I look - I think he actually gets it now. And that just made me love him more than ever.
So I forsee a good day today!!
Sunday, 18 November 2012
Changes I have made
I've been MIA all weekend - really just enjoying the gorgeous weather and spending tons of quality family time. Much needed in this house.
I was laying in bed this morning thinking about the fact that really for the most part my weight has not changed AT ALL over the past few months - I mean down a couple pounds here and there, then back up but really, no change. So why is that? I'm working out 3-5 days/week and working out hard. I've totally changed my way of eating and while I am no where near perfect it's way better than it ever has been. I'm feeling better than I ever have (well except for that little blip last week) physically and mentally. My skin has never looked better, glowing and healthy. My hair has never been better. So why is the weight now moving? Is it all the hormones that I have put into my body over the years of IVF and now that extra amount back in May for that last IVF just put me over the top? Interestingly when I went to see my plastic surgeon on Friday about my implants he was puzzled. He actually asked me if I had taken some kind of hormone or estrogen because of all the extra tissue on top of my implants - not fat but something else. I told him a bout the IVF and he said basically "that is very interesting, I see this tissue on top of your implants that isn't fat but basically your breasts are bigger than they were before and its because of all estrogen I took". lovely - another reason to be annoyed about all the treats IVF gave me EXCEPT for an actual baby. So new implants are coming but not until the first week of May - going from a D to a large B - so excited - almost 7 grand which is why I have to wait otherwise I'd be doing it next week.
But anyway, on to the change. So I'm laying in bed this morning and thinking of all the food changes I have made and definitely patting myself on the back for what I've accomplished at this time.
We used to eat pasta probably 3 times/weeek - now maybe once every 2 weeks.
My lunches were always a sub or sandwich and now 4 days/week are salad plates.
I ate chips every single day and now I'm about every other day.
I used to average 3 or so glasses of water per day and now I drink about 10 per day.
I try and eat Quinoa 2 times or so per week.
I am having my shake for breakfast or some type of breakfast pretty much every day when before I would skip breakfast most days.
I still struggle with afternoon snack and will either skip it or end up eating something not so great for me so I'm working on that.
But with all those changes wouldn't you think I'd be losing some type of weight? I don't get it.
Todays food - so as per usual on Sundays we sleep in so no breakfast for me.
i'm about to make my salad plate for lunch with tons of veggies, chickpeas, chicken and egg whites with balsamic and olive oil.
Supper tonight I am so excited about - bbq chicken, egg noodles with olive oil and tomatoes and I'm making mashed cauliflower - I saw it made by my healthy and fitness role model Brooke Burke - steam the cauliflower, add a small scoop of butter, garlic salt (not real garlic, she was specific about that and said its not as good), parsley and blend in the food processor. Im going to tell my kids its mashed potatoes and see if they notice. Yummy!!!
I was laying in bed this morning thinking about the fact that really for the most part my weight has not changed AT ALL over the past few months - I mean down a couple pounds here and there, then back up but really, no change. So why is that? I'm working out 3-5 days/week and working out hard. I've totally changed my way of eating and while I am no where near perfect it's way better than it ever has been. I'm feeling better than I ever have (well except for that little blip last week) physically and mentally. My skin has never looked better, glowing and healthy. My hair has never been better. So why is the weight now moving? Is it all the hormones that I have put into my body over the years of IVF and now that extra amount back in May for that last IVF just put me over the top? Interestingly when I went to see my plastic surgeon on Friday about my implants he was puzzled. He actually asked me if I had taken some kind of hormone or estrogen because of all the extra tissue on top of my implants - not fat but something else. I told him a bout the IVF and he said basically "that is very interesting, I see this tissue on top of your implants that isn't fat but basically your breasts are bigger than they were before and its because of all estrogen I took". lovely - another reason to be annoyed about all the treats IVF gave me EXCEPT for an actual baby. So new implants are coming but not until the first week of May - going from a D to a large B - so excited - almost 7 grand which is why I have to wait otherwise I'd be doing it next week.
But anyway, on to the change. So I'm laying in bed this morning and thinking of all the food changes I have made and definitely patting myself on the back for what I've accomplished at this time.
We used to eat pasta probably 3 times/weeek - now maybe once every 2 weeks.
My lunches were always a sub or sandwich and now 4 days/week are salad plates.
I ate chips every single day and now I'm about every other day.
I used to average 3 or so glasses of water per day and now I drink about 10 per day.
I try and eat Quinoa 2 times or so per week.
I am having my shake for breakfast or some type of breakfast pretty much every day when before I would skip breakfast most days.
I still struggle with afternoon snack and will either skip it or end up eating something not so great for me so I'm working on that.
But with all those changes wouldn't you think I'd be losing some type of weight? I don't get it.
Todays food - so as per usual on Sundays we sleep in so no breakfast for me.
i'm about to make my salad plate for lunch with tons of veggies, chickpeas, chicken and egg whites with balsamic and olive oil.
Supper tonight I am so excited about - bbq chicken, egg noodles with olive oil and tomatoes and I'm making mashed cauliflower - I saw it made by my healthy and fitness role model Brooke Burke - steam the cauliflower, add a small scoop of butter, garlic salt (not real garlic, she was specific about that and said its not as good), parsley and blend in the food processor. Im going to tell my kids its mashed potatoes and see if they notice. Yummy!!!
Friday, 16 November 2012
And I'm back....
I knew this funk would leave eventually and I woke up today clear headed and happy to see sunshine. So now back to my regular scheduled blog and what its really about instead of all this woe is me crap.
Gorgeous day today and my kids have a PD Day. I'm up and about but of course my little ones are still tucked into their beds. The plan was to have family night last night but we were way late having dinner last night - it was after 700pm and by the time they were showered there just wasn't time. So that got postponed to tonight - game and movie night. I'm making Tom and i grilled shrimp with olive oil , garlic and tomatoes and I will serve it on angel hair pasta - got to have some pasta once in a while. Breakfast today will be my morning shake just shortly and lunch will be a 3inch whole grain bun with shaved fresh ham.....yum.... So I'm happy with todays menu. Even though I'm having carbs in two meals its nice healthy fresh meals and that's what I feel like today.
I'm about to put on my workout clothes and do my DVD that I try and do once in a while - its 30 minutes full body toning - one minute continuous of each exercise so squats, lunges, plank, ab work, arm work - all with a twist - I enjoy it and it works.
To the people that emailed me this week about my blog, thank you so much - its amazing the people I hear from and what their comments do to help me get out of my funk. I appreciate it so much.
And now here is my little boy walking down the stairs in just his pyjama pants saying Hi Mommy and telling me his back is itchy and he needs me to scratch it - does it get any better than that??
Gorgeous day today and my kids have a PD Day. I'm up and about but of course my little ones are still tucked into their beds. The plan was to have family night last night but we were way late having dinner last night - it was after 700pm and by the time they were showered there just wasn't time. So that got postponed to tonight - game and movie night. I'm making Tom and i grilled shrimp with olive oil , garlic and tomatoes and I will serve it on angel hair pasta - got to have some pasta once in a while. Breakfast today will be my morning shake just shortly and lunch will be a 3inch whole grain bun with shaved fresh ham.....yum.... So I'm happy with todays menu. Even though I'm having carbs in two meals its nice healthy fresh meals and that's what I feel like today.
I'm about to put on my workout clothes and do my DVD that I try and do once in a while - its 30 minutes full body toning - one minute continuous of each exercise so squats, lunges, plank, ab work, arm work - all with a twist - I enjoy it and it works.
To the people that emailed me this week about my blog, thank you so much - its amazing the people I hear from and what their comments do to help me get out of my funk. I appreciate it so much.
And now here is my little boy walking down the stairs in just his pyjama pants saying Hi Mommy and telling me his back is itchy and he needs me to scratch it - does it get any better than that??
Thursday, 15 November 2012
Blah...blah...blah....
Still feeling the blues but I know I will snap out of it anytime....I just know it....haha....
I haven't even been blogging about food all week because I haven't even wanted to talk about food let alone eat it. I haven't been eating bad, just the same old things and our routine has been all over the place. Tom took both kids to Jack's hockey last night and then to Prince Al's Diner for supper - they loved that...I had an executive meeting at the school so I couldn't join them.
Today should be a pretty normal day. I'm about to have my morning shake and then off to an hour pilates. I'm really looking forward to that. Then I have to whip to Port Huron to pick up some things Tom is expecting for work, which is the last thing I feel like doing but I guess its the least I can do, right?? So I will eat my usual awesome salad bar at Ruby Tuedays - lots of spinach and greens, veggies, chopped egg and sunflower seeds. I love their salad bar. Dinner tonight is honey garlic baked chicken, rice and green beans. Both kids have PD Days tomorrow so we will stay up late and maybe watch a movie as a family. Avah is asking to hang out with us tonight and do something fun so I think that's perfect - maybe even a family game of UNO tonight and some hot chocolate for the kids.
Tomorrow is a very exciting day for me. I of course never keep anything about myself a secret so why should that change now. I'm going to have a consult with my plastic surgeon about getting my breast implants redone and MUCH smaller. I'm hoping to go from a D back down to a full B or small C. So I'm very excited about that and I have all sorts of pictures for my surgeon to look at. I'm hoping that the third times a charm and that maybe he will offer me a discount for being such a good customer - hahahahaha....... I've been thinking about doing this for a long time and then after seeing an episode a month or two ago of the Kardashians where the mom was talking about getting hers reduced because big breasts are just not in style now and as you age they weigh you down and make you look more matronly - all the things that had been crossing my mind. Plus I'm getting sick of not being able to wear button down shirts and looking like a porn star in a bathing suit. So I think this is the right decision for me and I wish he could actually do the procedure tomorrow. Now I just want it done and over with. I guess the price will depend on when I can get it done - I'd love to get it done before Christmas - maybe he has a buy now, pay later deal!!! Not likely, but I can wish, otherwise I guess it will be Spring that I get it done.
The rest of the weekend will be quiet. Hanging with the kids, decorating for Christmas. It would be nice if the sunshine lasted and we could do some nice walks.
I haven't even been blogging about food all week because I haven't even wanted to talk about food let alone eat it. I haven't been eating bad, just the same old things and our routine has been all over the place. Tom took both kids to Jack's hockey last night and then to Prince Al's Diner for supper - they loved that...I had an executive meeting at the school so I couldn't join them.
Today should be a pretty normal day. I'm about to have my morning shake and then off to an hour pilates. I'm really looking forward to that. Then I have to whip to Port Huron to pick up some things Tom is expecting for work, which is the last thing I feel like doing but I guess its the least I can do, right?? So I will eat my usual awesome salad bar at Ruby Tuedays - lots of spinach and greens, veggies, chopped egg and sunflower seeds. I love their salad bar. Dinner tonight is honey garlic baked chicken, rice and green beans. Both kids have PD Days tomorrow so we will stay up late and maybe watch a movie as a family. Avah is asking to hang out with us tonight and do something fun so I think that's perfect - maybe even a family game of UNO tonight and some hot chocolate for the kids.
Tomorrow is a very exciting day for me. I of course never keep anything about myself a secret so why should that change now. I'm going to have a consult with my plastic surgeon about getting my breast implants redone and MUCH smaller. I'm hoping to go from a D back down to a full B or small C. So I'm very excited about that and I have all sorts of pictures for my surgeon to look at. I'm hoping that the third times a charm and that maybe he will offer me a discount for being such a good customer - hahahahaha....... I've been thinking about doing this for a long time and then after seeing an episode a month or two ago of the Kardashians where the mom was talking about getting hers reduced because big breasts are just not in style now and as you age they weigh you down and make you look more matronly - all the things that had been crossing my mind. Plus I'm getting sick of not being able to wear button down shirts and looking like a porn star in a bathing suit. So I think this is the right decision for me and I wish he could actually do the procedure tomorrow. Now I just want it done and over with. I guess the price will depend on when I can get it done - I'd love to get it done before Christmas - maybe he has a buy now, pay later deal!!! Not likely, but I can wish, otherwise I guess it will be Spring that I get it done.
The rest of the weekend will be quiet. Hanging with the kids, decorating for Christmas. It would be nice if the sunshine lasted and we could do some nice walks.
Wednesday, 14 November 2012
Is that Sunshine I see?
Its like someone was listening to my plea's yesterday and sent me some glorious sunshine today and what a difference it makes. And it couldn't come at a better time since my trainer just had to cancel which would have left me bummed. But now I've decided to bundle up and take my puppy out for a huge walk this morning. Maybe do some trails, but we are going out for an hour. She needs it as much as I do. I need to get my nails done today and I'm also going to stop at this new dress store near my house. I ran into a lady on Saturday night that had heard of me and that I used to work in a clothing/shoe store and asked if I would stop in for a chat since they are looking for a part time adult. I know that working really isn't in the cards for me time wise but maybe if they just need temporary Christmas help, that might be the perfect thing for me.
Todays food - well I just had a small piece of cinnamon raisen toast which is so weird because I would never normally eat it but I toasted some for Jack and the smell was heaven. After my walk I will have a banana. Lunch today is my salad plate with chick peas and tons of chicken. Supper tonight is up in the air because Tom is taking the kids to hockey and out for dinner and I have a school meeting at 700pm so I will be on my own for supper which NEVER happens. Probably just grab something quick. Still feeling sick of all food but that will get better too.
So a better day, I can feel it. I never get down in the dumps for long.
Todays food - well I just had a small piece of cinnamon raisen toast which is so weird because I would never normally eat it but I toasted some for Jack and the smell was heaven. After my walk I will have a banana. Lunch today is my salad plate with chick peas and tons of chicken. Supper tonight is up in the air because Tom is taking the kids to hockey and out for dinner and I have a school meeting at 700pm so I will be on my own for supper which NEVER happens. Probably just grab something quick. Still feeling sick of all food but that will get better too.
So a better day, I can feel it. I never get down in the dumps for long.
Tuesday, 13 November 2012
Just a little top up from today
So once I went out and ran some errands today I started feeling better - fresh air and all that yada yada. Still a bit down but nothing too bad.
Got a ton of groceries so I am set for the next couple of days with nice fresh healthy good and I bought a copy of Tosca Reno's Eat Clean Diet Recharged - I have the stripped version but I just needed a little pick me up and my copy of The Paleo Diet Cookbook arrived today too so I have lots of reading to do tonight.
So things are good and I'll be back tomorrow hopefully in a much better mood.
Got a ton of groceries so I am set for the next couple of days with nice fresh healthy good and I bought a copy of Tosca Reno's Eat Clean Diet Recharged - I have the stripped version but I just needed a little pick me up and my copy of The Paleo Diet Cookbook arrived today too so I have lots of reading to do tonight.
So things are good and I'll be back tomorrow hopefully in a much better mood.
Debbie Downer is in the house AGAIN
This whole journey of mine that I keep blogging about is more than just fitness and nutrition, it's also about the mind and soul and sometimes there are days or weeks where I feel like I'm barely keeping my head above water. Today is one of those days. One of those days where I just want to say fuck it about everything. I'm so tired of thinking about my food and meal planning. I'm tired of worrying about my kids and their schooling and how I can help them and whats going to happen to Jack as he nears Grade 1. I'm tired of wondering if I'm a bad mom because the lure of going back to work is always in the back of my mind. I'm tired of wondering if I'm a bad wife because I don't want to do another round of IVF and my husband so badly wants a baby. I'm so tired about worrying about other things going on in our family because I am genetically made as the oldest in the family to feel responsibility for everyone and to want to fix everyones problems which is a joke since I can't seem to fix my own. I'm so tired of not knowing what the hell I want to do with my life when in reality there are sooo many things I want to do but right now in this time, doing any of them just doesn't fit.
So I guess todays blog is about me complaining and whining and not appreciating the amazing things I have in my life. I like being home for my kids when they get home after school and I think it's so important, but I feel like life is passing me by and I'm being very insignificant. When I was working I loved bringing in my own paycheque and seeing adults and having a purpose everyday. And part of me wants that so badly but the other part of me knows I just can't do that right now. My babies need me, they are struggling and needy and I am lucky that I am able to be home with them. So whats the right choice? How do I make everyone happy - kids, hubby and me. Cause right now I don't know that anyone is happy and that makes me so sad. I had a little breakdown with my trainer today. She just knew that something wasn't right and all it took was a quick little hug from her and bam....waterworks. I'm happy I went for my workout because otherwise I never would have gotten dressed today. I had a healthy breakfast and a pretty healthy lunch and dinner will be great. I'm going to go grocery shopping soon and get organized for the week. Plan, plan, plan. Even though I just want to crawl under the covers I will go out there and keep my chin up and go on with my day and take my kids to swimming and make dinner and shower them and get them to bed and then carve out some time to talk to my husband even though to be honest I don't want to do any of it. Some days I just want to run away for 24 hours.
Anyway, tomorrow is another day and it will be better and I'm sure I will be fine. Just one of those days that we all have. So I will hit the shower and maybe have a little cry and then paste a smile on my face and go out into the world and something will happen to cheer me up - I just know it!!
So I guess todays blog is about me complaining and whining and not appreciating the amazing things I have in my life. I like being home for my kids when they get home after school and I think it's so important, but I feel like life is passing me by and I'm being very insignificant. When I was working I loved bringing in my own paycheque and seeing adults and having a purpose everyday. And part of me wants that so badly but the other part of me knows I just can't do that right now. My babies need me, they are struggling and needy and I am lucky that I am able to be home with them. So whats the right choice? How do I make everyone happy - kids, hubby and me. Cause right now I don't know that anyone is happy and that makes me so sad. I had a little breakdown with my trainer today. She just knew that something wasn't right and all it took was a quick little hug from her and bam....waterworks. I'm happy I went for my workout because otherwise I never would have gotten dressed today. I had a healthy breakfast and a pretty healthy lunch and dinner will be great. I'm going to go grocery shopping soon and get organized for the week. Plan, plan, plan. Even though I just want to crawl under the covers I will go out there and keep my chin up and go on with my day and take my kids to swimming and make dinner and shower them and get them to bed and then carve out some time to talk to my husband even though to be honest I don't want to do any of it. Some days I just want to run away for 24 hours.
Anyway, tomorrow is another day and it will be better and I'm sure I will be fine. Just one of those days that we all have. So I will hit the shower and maybe have a little cry and then paste a smile on my face and go out into the world and something will happen to cheer me up - I just know it!!
Monday, 12 November 2012
Hangover day and today
Well yesterday was a combo of tiny hangover and wicked migraine day. I mean I was toast the whole entire day,just totally useless which was really more the migraine. Didn't get up until close to 1100am yesterday and I was just in a total daze. Took more tramacet but sometimes that just makes my head feel worse. I ended up eating nothing - maybe a spoonful of applesauce just to have something in my stomach. We drove an hour to Hillsboro with me practically unconscious the whole way there. By the time we got there I was about ready to barf so I went right into the cottage,popped a couple extra strength tylenol and crawled into my in laws bed for an hour. After that nap I came around a bit. My mother in law made icky like store brand cheese pizza in the oven but I ate a piece to get something in my stomach and I had some strawberries and watermelon. We spent almost 2 hours on the beach with the kids and puppy which was lovely. So nice to get the fresh air. I was feeling good out there but as the tylenol wore off I went downhill again. The ride home was a bit of torture again. Took more tylenol when we got home but I couldn't face food so Tom made the kids and himself supper while I just kind of puttered around. Got the kids showered while he cleaned up and then finally around 800pm I had some chicken noodle soup and some cheese and whole wheat crackers. Needless to say I was in bed by 1000pm. Today I am feeling much better, the headache is still there, much more mild and I can live with them - goddamn hormones!!
So today I was way low on groceries since hitting the grocery store was out of the question yesterday. So I ended up having a piece of wheat toast with low fat peanut butter around 1000am on my way to Exeter. Met up with my mom for a bit and then we had lunch at Coffee Culture again - I had a veggie wrap this time which having a lunch without protein as we know is not good for Sarah. And I"m still feeling kind of weird so I just came home and ate a few tortillas with salsa - not a good choice. I will make up for it tonight - I am making a huge salad plate. I bought green, orange and red peppers, cucumbers, carrots, chick peas, chicken and I will throw it all together for me and Tom. The kids will likely end up with brown beans again - thank god they like them and its nutritious for them.
Tomorrow back on track. My hour with Rita and now I have groceries so no excuses. I have to stop drinking like a rock start - sooo not good for me.
So today I was way low on groceries since hitting the grocery store was out of the question yesterday. So I ended up having a piece of wheat toast with low fat peanut butter around 1000am on my way to Exeter. Met up with my mom for a bit and then we had lunch at Coffee Culture again - I had a veggie wrap this time which having a lunch without protein as we know is not good for Sarah. And I"m still feeling kind of weird so I just came home and ate a few tortillas with salsa - not a good choice. I will make up for it tonight - I am making a huge salad plate. I bought green, orange and red peppers, cucumbers, carrots, chick peas, chicken and I will throw it all together for me and Tom. The kids will likely end up with brown beans again - thank god they like them and its nutritious for them.
Tomorrow back on track. My hour with Rita and now I have groceries so no excuses. I have to stop drinking like a rock start - sooo not good for me.
Sunday, 11 November 2012
God, Did Cavemen have hangovers??
I had the great day and night yesterday and I'm still on a bit of a high from it. I met my mom in Exeter at 1130am yesterday to do the Christmas House Tour and we had so much fun. Nothing like bonding time with your mom and best friend in the world. I love spending time one on one with my mom. I am so lucky to have her. So we did the house tour and it was excellent. Then we went to Coffee Culture and we each had a turkey sandwich on whole grain bread and to be honest that filled me up right until almost 500pm (we ate around 100pm). Then we did some Christmas shopping and I headed for home. Had a bit of applesauce around 500pm and some cold veggies. Then we have some great friends over for cocktails and I had some cheese and crackers out of which I had a few. My problem last night was the drink. 3 glasses of champagne before we went out, a Cosmo with dinner and a glass of wine after. Oh and did I mention I had a bitching headache that day so combined with my Tramacet - I may have been a bit intoxicated.
So for dinner - I shared a small caesar salad with Tom and then for my main I ordered again the beef tenderloin with asparagus and garlic mashed. My steak was way overcooked and my asparagus was practically raw. Needless to say I ate about 4 bites of dinner and that was it. I think I was too out of it to even complain haha...And then we shared some chocolate cheesecake for dessert but I just had a couple bites. So I certainly didn't overeat last night - just over drank.....hahah...
I can't even think about food for today, it might be a chicken noodle soup day. Comfort food.
Saturday, 10 November 2012
Successful Friday night and Saturdays plan
We had such a nice time at Abruzzi last night - Jenn and I literally hadn't seen each other in real life since the last weekend in Aug - how is that possible to go that long without seeing my bestie??!! We had sooo much to talk about and catch up on that the two hours just flew by. I went in knowing what I was going to order so I really just gave the menu a quick glance but I wanted to stick to my guns. I had one glass of wine and then stuck to water. I ordered the organic greens to start and ate half. Then the beef tenderloin which is fantastic with green beans and gnocchi. I only had a few of the gnocchi but ate most of my green beans and meat. And then Jenn and I shared chocolate gelato for dessert and each had maybe 3 spoonfuls before putting our spoons down and calling it quits. So I'd call that a successful meal.
Today I'm about to eat 2 hard boiled egg whites and then I will eat my banana on the way to Exeter where I am doing a Christmas house tour with my mom. She's so cute already planning on where we can eat for lunch to keep me healthy so we are going to get wraps or turkey sandwiches at Coffee Culture.
We are having 2 other couples over for cocktails tonight and then we are all heading to The Tasting Room for dinner. I will probably get the ahi tuna appetizer there or some type of chicken kabob appie. We haven't been in ages since our last meal there was awful so I will have to check out the menu online and do some planning. No exercise today.
And tomorrow if the weather is nice we are planning on going to the beach with the kids and dog with our inlaws so that will be lots of running around in the fresh air.
More on that later.
Today I'm about to eat 2 hard boiled egg whites and then I will eat my banana on the way to Exeter where I am doing a Christmas house tour with my mom. She's so cute already planning on where we can eat for lunch to keep me healthy so we are going to get wraps or turkey sandwiches at Coffee Culture.
We are having 2 other couples over for cocktails tonight and then we are all heading to The Tasting Room for dinner. I will probably get the ahi tuna appetizer there or some type of chicken kabob appie. We haven't been in ages since our last meal there was awful so I will have to check out the menu online and do some planning. No exercise today.
And tomorrow if the weather is nice we are planning on going to the beach with the kids and dog with our inlaws so that will be lots of running around in the fresh air.
More on that later.
Friday, 9 November 2012
Mistake....
So as I mentioned this morning today is a busy day and I tried to plan ahead. I had my banana on the way to my eyelash appt and then at 1045am while I was waiting for my hair appt I had my snack which was a small amount of quinoa with chopped peppers, cucumbers, carrots and a sprinkling of balsamic vinegar. (side note - Rita has told me that instead of getting fixated on what to eat for snacks, just eat a smaller portion of a meal like a salad or chopped veggies or small piece of chicken etc...) I left my appt around 130p and I began to think about my next meal because dinner won't be until close to 700p and I knew it would be a nice filling supper. So I made a grave error. It was cold, I was tired, I stopped at Quiznos thinking I would get a small veggie sub(which still wasn't a great choice but really would have been my only carb of the day - I don't count quinoa since its technically a fruit but is known more so as a grain) and instead I got a bowl of their broccoli soup. I brought it home and had it with 5 whole wheat crackers and some swiss cheese. The old Sarah ate meals like this all the time, the new Sarah should know better. It wasn't even 10 minutes after my final slurp of soup that my stomach started rebelling that meal. Not sure if it was the broccoli or the dairy in the soup or the cheese but the pain was intense and the bloating was instant. Its now an hour and a bit later and I'm chugging water to try and get rid of the bloating and yucky feeling. Lesson to self - no more soup unless I make it form scratch. And I think my body is finally getting it - clean foods GOOD, heavy dairy and fat laden foods BAD.
My body really does need that tenderloin tonight and I"m hoping the restaurant has some nice asparagus. That would be the perfect meal.
My body really does need that tenderloin tonight and I"m hoping the restaurant has some nice asparagus. That would be the perfect meal.
Fridays plan
Today is a busy day - what I call Sarah's maintenance day. I'm leaving shortly to get my eyelashes filled - a 1 hour process where I lay on a table and try not to embarrass myself by falling asleep. Then I have highlights and cut scheduled for 1115am which I am sooo overdue for. That will be a 2 hour appt. racing home to vacuum the floors since I can't stand the sight of them right now. Avah will be home by 345p on the bus and then we will run out and get Jacko from daycare, back home for me to get dressed and face done. And then the best part of my day - dinner at Abruzzi with my bestie Jenn whom I literally haven't seen in real life in about 2 months which is crazzzzzyyyy.....
SO food today:
I'm about to eat a banana before I leave for my eyelashes shortly.
Just before my hair appt starts I have packed a little portion of cold quinoa with chopped peppers, carrots and cucumber and a splash of balsamic.
After my hair I'm not sure yet what I will eat - might end up with a veggie sub on my way home. Will see how I feel.
And we have early reservations tonight - 600pm so I have already looked at the menu and checked with Rita on what I should order since it is a Northern Italian restaurant and I need to avoid the pizzas and pastas. So I'm getting the beef tenderloin - very excited to get some red meat into me. Its been a while.
So have to run but fingers crossed that my day goes as planned.
SO food today:
I'm about to eat a banana before I leave for my eyelashes shortly.
Just before my hair appt starts I have packed a little portion of cold quinoa with chopped peppers, carrots and cucumber and a splash of balsamic.
After my hair I'm not sure yet what I will eat - might end up with a veggie sub on my way home. Will see how I feel.
And we have early reservations tonight - 600pm so I have already looked at the menu and checked with Rita on what I should order since it is a Northern Italian restaurant and I need to avoid the pizzas and pastas. So I'm getting the beef tenderloin - very excited to get some red meat into me. Its been a while.
So have to run but fingers crossed that my day goes as planned.
Thursday, 8 November 2012
An Interesting thing today
So I went to pilates today and had my protein shake after and then headed to my sisters house for lunch and applesauce making. She had a lovely lunch made for us of homemade carrot soup (she switched up from vegetable) and spinach salad. It was probably around 100pm when we finally ate. About 300p I was aware of some nagging hunger pains and the starting of a headache but I didn't pay much attention as I was so busy making applesauce. By 330p I need to have a couple pieces of cheese with a couple crackers. I left around 400p and driving home I was dying - starving and headache got bad. I realized the problem. Not having protein with my lunch was making a huge difference for me. I was melting and melting fast and now because i was so hungry the cravings were starting. I was dreaming of going through the Tim Hortons drive thru and getting a donut, running into a variety store and getting some doritos...everything I sooo can not do. So I got back to London at 430p and ran into the variety store to get my magazines that came out today and I also grabbed a bag of Munchos - one of my fav chips. Got home to mass craziness, babysitter, kids running around, backpacks needing to be unpacked. Its now just after 500pm and I have not opened that bag of chips and nor will I. I am now going to start putting my salad plate together with a ton of chicken and chick peas and I know I will be fine. This was a blip and I'm proud I was able to not rip that bag of chips open. And I learned a valuable lesson - protein with my lunch is uber important.
The eternal question - Does Fruit Make you Fat?
I read an interesting blog of someone I know yesterday that dealt with this issue and while I appreciated her point of view I decided to also blog my side of fruit and what it can mean for me. She talked about fruit and the fact that it won't make you fat and sometimes you can eat 3 or 4 pieces a day and the nutrition values outweigh the bad, etc.....for her blog yes - I agree with her.
I decided to blog about it because in my case and in the case of people trying to lose weight this is not the case. And maybe my trainer Rita will hop on and make a comment along with my blog - that would be cool.
In my case, I'm trying to lose weight and that means cutting out sugar which also means natural sugars like what are found in fruit. And in fact - today for the first time I am not having my fruit shake for breakfast because Rita and I think this could be holding me back. So I will be having 3 hard boiled egg whites and half a banana for my breakfast today and tomorrow and then I will be curious to see how I feel. The only fruit I will be consuming for the next few days (and keep in mind that I am not a fruit lover at all) is the homemade applesauce that Megan and I are making today and that will be a small bowl in the early afternoons and half a banana in the morning. This is according to Coach Rita and we will see what it does for me. Sometimes just those tiny little tweaks are all I need. Normally in my shake I would have consumed a whole banana and some frozen strawberries and mangoes plus sometimes in the afternoon I would have an apple. Too much according to Coach Rita for what I need right now in my life.
I'm not saying no to fruit, but for people trying to lose weight 2-3 fruits per day is probably too much in my opinion. For the average person who just wants to lead a healthy lifestyle and maintain and eat a clean lifestyle then yes eat a piece of fruit per day - I still wouldn't be scarfing down 2 or 3 pieces.
that's why I love reading other peoples blogs too - we are all blogging about different ways of eating and what works for us and what doesn't.....
So on to my food for today:
Breakfast which I will be eating in two stages - 3 hard boiled egg whites - that will happen shortly so approx 915am
Then half a banana on the way to pilates at 1000am.
Pilates for an hour at 1015am followed by a protein shake.
Then I'm going to my sisters for lunch and applesauce making. She is making us her homemade vegetable soup and a salad for lunch. Perfect and not something I would make for myself - she actually thinks its hilarious that I've never had vegetable soup before.
Snack will obvi be applesauce since we will be surrounded by it today.
Supper tonight is my old faithful - salad plate with chicken and chickpeas - I seem to never get sick of that. Tom and the kids will be having leftover chill.
And then its the weekend and I'm out both evenings but I've already made a plan and I will blog about that tomorrow.
Another side note - I changed Tom and the kids menu last night and made them spaghetti sauce with ground beef and some spices. Jack had hockey until 630p so what I did was I ate my salad plate at 600pm before they got home. Once they got home I served them their spaghetti and garlic bread dinner and I took a tiny little plate that you would put a cup of tea on and put a teeny little bit of spaghetti on it and ate that with them and told Avah that mommy was so hungry I had eaten before they got home. And shockingly I wasn't even tempted by the yummy scent of the garlic bread and that was one of my staples before. Yah Sarah....another hurdle that I managed to overcome.
I decided to blog about it because in my case and in the case of people trying to lose weight this is not the case. And maybe my trainer Rita will hop on and make a comment along with my blog - that would be cool.
In my case, I'm trying to lose weight and that means cutting out sugar which also means natural sugars like what are found in fruit. And in fact - today for the first time I am not having my fruit shake for breakfast because Rita and I think this could be holding me back. So I will be having 3 hard boiled egg whites and half a banana for my breakfast today and tomorrow and then I will be curious to see how I feel. The only fruit I will be consuming for the next few days (and keep in mind that I am not a fruit lover at all) is the homemade applesauce that Megan and I are making today and that will be a small bowl in the early afternoons and half a banana in the morning. This is according to Coach Rita and we will see what it does for me. Sometimes just those tiny little tweaks are all I need. Normally in my shake I would have consumed a whole banana and some frozen strawberries and mangoes plus sometimes in the afternoon I would have an apple. Too much according to Coach Rita for what I need right now in my life.
I'm not saying no to fruit, but for people trying to lose weight 2-3 fruits per day is probably too much in my opinion. For the average person who just wants to lead a healthy lifestyle and maintain and eat a clean lifestyle then yes eat a piece of fruit per day - I still wouldn't be scarfing down 2 or 3 pieces.
that's why I love reading other peoples blogs too - we are all blogging about different ways of eating and what works for us and what doesn't.....
So on to my food for today:
Breakfast which I will be eating in two stages - 3 hard boiled egg whites - that will happen shortly so approx 915am
Then half a banana on the way to pilates at 1000am.
Pilates for an hour at 1015am followed by a protein shake.
Then I'm going to my sisters for lunch and applesauce making. She is making us her homemade vegetable soup and a salad for lunch. Perfect and not something I would make for myself - she actually thinks its hilarious that I've never had vegetable soup before.
Snack will obvi be applesauce since we will be surrounded by it today.
Supper tonight is my old faithful - salad plate with chicken and chickpeas - I seem to never get sick of that. Tom and the kids will be having leftover chill.
And then its the weekend and I'm out both evenings but I've already made a plan and I will blog about that tomorrow.
Another side note - I changed Tom and the kids menu last night and made them spaghetti sauce with ground beef and some spices. Jack had hockey until 630p so what I did was I ate my salad plate at 600pm before they got home. Once they got home I served them their spaghetti and garlic bread dinner and I took a tiny little plate that you would put a cup of tea on and put a teeny little bit of spaghetti on it and ate that with them and told Avah that mommy was so hungry I had eaten before they got home. And shockingly I wasn't even tempted by the yummy scent of the garlic bread and that was one of my staples before. Yah Sarah....another hurdle that I managed to overcome.
Wednesday, 7 November 2012
Reading back
I just read back on a few of my blogs and I realized something amazing. I have not had full on real potato chips since last Friday at lunch. Thats 5 days and I'm alive and kicking. WOW....I have had a few Terra vegetable chips and I've had a 100 calorie snack pack but no full fledge chips. I'm very proud of myself.
Baby steps....baby steps.....
Baby steps....baby steps.....
Feeling like I'm turning a corner
As my title says I really feel like finally I'm turning a corner and its not nearly as hard as I thought it would be. I feel like I'm starting to lose some of those nasty cravings that I would get. Pizza, pasta, doritos, not feeling it at all and maybe thats because I am feeling so good eating these great foods.
Yesterday went exactly according to plan. It was Tom's birthday last night and I made apple crisp for dessert and I had about 3 spoonfuls - a taste and I was happy with that. Lots of water afterwards.
Todays plan - I'm having my shake right now and then I have an hour workout with Rita. I am crazy sore after yesterdays workout pretty much from head to toe, my core especially. I wonder what she has in store for me today.
I am going to have a protein shake right after my workout with Rita because then I go to serve lunch at the school - of course its Dominos my fav.
The rest of my meals are going to be the same as yesterday. Egg white egg salad sandwich on whole grain bread for lunch. Im going to buy some hummus for todays snack with carrots. I am making tacos for my family tonight and I will make myself my usual salad plate with chicken.
Rita is doing my weight and body fat today. I wish it wasn't until Friday because I know my weight is down but I know that by Friday I'd probably be at my first goal.
Stay tuned.
Yesterday went exactly according to plan. It was Tom's birthday last night and I made apple crisp for dessert and I had about 3 spoonfuls - a taste and I was happy with that. Lots of water afterwards.
Todays plan - I'm having my shake right now and then I have an hour workout with Rita. I am crazy sore after yesterdays workout pretty much from head to toe, my core especially. I wonder what she has in store for me today.
I am going to have a protein shake right after my workout with Rita because then I go to serve lunch at the school - of course its Dominos my fav.
The rest of my meals are going to be the same as yesterday. Egg white egg salad sandwich on whole grain bread for lunch. Im going to buy some hummus for todays snack with carrots. I am making tacos for my family tonight and I will make myself my usual salad plate with chicken.
Rita is doing my weight and body fat today. I wish it wasn't until Friday because I know my weight is down but I know that by Friday I'd probably be at my first goal.
Stay tuned.
Tuesday, 6 November 2012
Feeling good my friends....feeling good!!
Today is shaping up to be another great food and exercise day. I was telling Rita today that I can't believe how one day of eating clean and healthy can reflect in my weight on the scale.
I started my morning off as per usual with my shake and today I cut back to 1/2 a banana in it and I bought the low fat greek plain yogurt - so following Rita's instructions.
I also then had 2 hardboiled egg whites just before my 1000am workout with her.
Our workout today was hard - all over body, I was whooped by the time it was done but walking proud.
Lunch was around 1215p and today I was craving a sandwich so I had egg white egg salad on whole grain bread.
I'm about to search for a snack right now and I think I've decided on my sisters homemade applesauce (no sugar, pure health) and a small handful of plain cashews.
Supper tonight is a treat for Tom since it's his birthday - homemade chili which he and the kids will love. I don't eat Chili so I have already made up my huge salad plate with red, green and orange peppers, cucumber, carrots, chicken, small amount of quinoa and I will drizzle with balsamic and olive oil.
I haven't bought chips yet this week and I'm feeling good so far. This time of the day is always tricky for me so I hopped on the computer and then I will finish the laundry and be ready for the kids to get home at 350pm and then right off to swimming lessons. When its a busy day I make good choices.
I started my morning off as per usual with my shake and today I cut back to 1/2 a banana in it and I bought the low fat greek plain yogurt - so following Rita's instructions.
I also then had 2 hardboiled egg whites just before my 1000am workout with her.
Our workout today was hard - all over body, I was whooped by the time it was done but walking proud.
Lunch was around 1215p and today I was craving a sandwich so I had egg white egg salad on whole grain bread.
I'm about to search for a snack right now and I think I've decided on my sisters homemade applesauce (no sugar, pure health) and a small handful of plain cashews.
Supper tonight is a treat for Tom since it's his birthday - homemade chili which he and the kids will love. I don't eat Chili so I have already made up my huge salad plate with red, green and orange peppers, cucumber, carrots, chicken, small amount of quinoa and I will drizzle with balsamic and olive oil.
I haven't bought chips yet this week and I'm feeling good so far. This time of the day is always tricky for me so I hopped on the computer and then I will finish the laundry and be ready for the kids to get home at 350pm and then right off to swimming lessons. When its a busy day I make good choices.
Monday, 5 November 2012
Did Cavemen Drink Diet Pepsi????
Laugh but it's true. In order to lead a clean lifestyle we need to get back to eating the way that cavemen did. Easy for me to say, not so easy for me to do. In the perfect world if I could 80% of the week eat proteins, vegetables, fruit and some nuts and lay off the dairy, pasta, wheats and pre packaged items I'd be golden. Not only would I lose weight but my health would be amazing and I'm sure I'd feel amazing. So why is it so hard?
I know that a lot of my bad eating habits come from routine. Like if the kids aren't home at lunchtime which is most days I love nothing better than sitting at the table with my kindle and eating my lunch, relaxing with a good book. I can sit there for an hour and before I know it I've wayyyy overeaten. I need to change my habits. Most people need to learn to enjoy their meals and relax and I"m the opposite, I need to stop relaxing and start eating a bit more on the run. I need to set a time limit and stick to it. Like at supper time I'm always up and down with the kids, getting them more drinks or wiping up spills and I never get to just sit and enjoy and that's a good thing for me. So my project this week is to not enjoy my lunches so much, to make plans around lunchtime so that I only have time to grab a quick bite. And no kindle while I eat - just sit and eat and get it over with.
Another goal this week is to consume as much water as possible each day. I feel so amazing when I drink a ton of water and I love seeing that pure clear pee. TMI????
So those are two things I'm going to work on this week. Baby steps but I want to see a weight loss when I go for a weigh in on Wed and this is the way to do it. Cause I'm doing everything right in the gym so my kitchen is where the problem is.
I also today ordered a Paleo cookbook - I don't think I could live a Paleo lifestyle all the time but maybe a day or two a week might be just the ticket to feeling amazing.
Stay tuned for more on that.
And yes, like my title says - I do enjoy 1 diet pepsi a day, at lunchtime and I WILL NEVER GIVE THAT UP.
Ode to Coach Rita Catolino
I am so lucky that I met Rita when I did and that she was able to fit me into her roaster of clients although she may feel differently since I'm probably her worst client as far as following her diet plans.
Rita never fails to inspire and motivate me and she tells it like it is. Today was great because I went to her with my eating plan for the day and she was able to tweak it just that tiny little bit.
like she told me that in my morning shake now, I need to switch from 2% plain greek yogurt to 1% - not fat free because anything fat free is filled with junk. She said I need to cut my banana down to half because I am getting too much fruit in that shake. She told me to cut out the craisens in my quinoa because they are a fruit and are full of sugar and instead to substitute with cherry tomatoes. Perfect.
I love that she is so knowledgeable and patient with me even though she probably wants to shake me some days. We have so much fun together and we get a great workout at the same time.
Anyway that doesn't follow Rita on Facebook should. SHe is so full of great ideas and so inspiring.
I hope she is in my life for a very long time!!!
Rita never fails to inspire and motivate me and she tells it like it is. Today was great because I went to her with my eating plan for the day and she was able to tweak it just that tiny little bit.
like she told me that in my morning shake now, I need to switch from 2% plain greek yogurt to 1% - not fat free because anything fat free is filled with junk. She said I need to cut my banana down to half because I am getting too much fruit in that shake. She told me to cut out the craisens in my quinoa because they are a fruit and are full of sugar and instead to substitute with cherry tomatoes. Perfect.
I love that she is so knowledgeable and patient with me even though she probably wants to shake me some days. We have so much fun together and we get a great workout at the same time.
Anyway that doesn't follow Rita on Facebook should. SHe is so full of great ideas and so inspiring.
I hope she is in my life for a very long time!!!
Manic Monday
Monday is my favourite day of the week - I"m productive, I'm inspired, I always get a ton done on Mondays and today will be no exception.
Just finished my morning shake and because I have an almost 2 hour workout ahead of me, I'm also about to eat 2 hardboiled egg whites. Then I'm off to 45 minutes of step class followed by 45 minutes with Coach Rita. I will drink a protein shake in between workouts.
Then I have to fly home, picking up Avah on the way from school because she has a doctor appt at Victoria Hospital this afternoon - did I mention I have Jack today too?
So lunch will be a quicky which is always best for me. Cold quinoa with craisens, yellow peppers, drizzled in fresh lime juice with leftover cold bbq chicken.
Then running most of the afternoon and getting Avah home for her tutor at 430pm.
Dinner tonight is going to be grilled shrimp with olive oil, garlic and tomatoes - one of my favs with roasted asparagus and I'm making the kids and Tom my homemade mac and cheese on the side.
I'm feeling great about today and about this whole week. I'm hoping to hit my weight goal for Wed and will have Rita do my measurements then so I have to be serious.
Fingers crossed!!
Just finished my morning shake and because I have an almost 2 hour workout ahead of me, I'm also about to eat 2 hardboiled egg whites. Then I'm off to 45 minutes of step class followed by 45 minutes with Coach Rita. I will drink a protein shake in between workouts.
Then I have to fly home, picking up Avah on the way from school because she has a doctor appt at Victoria Hospital this afternoon - did I mention I have Jack today too?
So lunch will be a quicky which is always best for me. Cold quinoa with craisens, yellow peppers, drizzled in fresh lime juice with leftover cold bbq chicken.
Then running most of the afternoon and getting Avah home for her tutor at 430pm.
Dinner tonight is going to be grilled shrimp with olive oil, garlic and tomatoes - one of my favs with roasted asparagus and I'm making the kids and Tom my homemade mac and cheese on the side.
I'm feeling great about today and about this whole week. I'm hoping to hit my weight goal for Wed and will have Rita do my measurements then so I have to be serious.
Fingers crossed!!
Sunday, 4 November 2012
The Weekend - the good, the bad and the ugly...
Well this weekend was a combo of great healthy eating and some really bad eating - story of my life. My mood is better so that's a good thing. We had a really nice weekend in general. Friday night Tom went out with his friends so I took the kids to the food court. We all had Chinese and my choices were the noodles, grilled chicken and grilled shrimp with veggies. Chinese always makes me crazy thirsty so I drank a ton of water for the rest of the evening.
I totally shocked myself by getting up at 730am on Saturday morning, something that is unheard of for me and I went to the 900am step class. It is a new release and its so crazy hard. My trainer Rita also went and watching her in the mirror was incentive to keep on going when I wanted to quit.
My food throughout the day on Saturday kind of sucked to be honest. I had multigrain cheerios before I went to the gym (again,a strange choice for me) and for lunch I had fresh deli ham on a multigrain bun - that was a good choice but then I got snacky all afternoon and munched on some chips, some chocolate and god knows what else.
Saturday night we went with friends to The London Club and it was great fun. I had half a bottle of white wine and a cosmo and I was able to choose a healthy dish when normally I go for their exquisite homemade pasta. I chose the fresh scallops, asparagus and potato and ate half the potato.
Today again is a mish mosh of choices. I didn't have breakfast as I tend to do when I'm not working out and then went to Port Huron to pick up UPS pkgs. I went to Ruby Tuesdays for their amazing salad bar and had a fab salad of lettuce, spinach, peppers, hardboiled egg, sunflower seeds, a bit of cheese, cucumber and low fat balsamic. Unfortunately I combined that little meal with their appetizer queso and chips. Bad Sarah.
I didn't do any snacking this afternoon and then around 400pm I made everyone my usual morning shake of diet cranberry, greek yogurt, frozen fruit, a banana and flax seed.
Supper is great - we are having bbqd chicken breast, my usual salad plate and a side of egg noodles with olive oil and tomatoes.
So it was a 5050 weekend for sure and I wonder why I'm not losing any weight. HELLOOOOO>>>>>>
One thing - last night I went to get dressed and the top I had planned to wear that I got in Sept but hadn't worn yet was too tight around the boobs. I was so annoyed about that. So I'm saving it because who knows - maybe the boobs will be going down a size or two in the near months......more on that later.
I have a crazy busy week coming up so hopefully I can eat well and be busy and not have time to snack and pick and be depressed so I think it will be a great weekend. And workouts scheduled for every single day this week. Fingers crossed that no one gets sick or cancels. That would be a miracle week.
I totally shocked myself by getting up at 730am on Saturday morning, something that is unheard of for me and I went to the 900am step class. It is a new release and its so crazy hard. My trainer Rita also went and watching her in the mirror was incentive to keep on going when I wanted to quit.
My food throughout the day on Saturday kind of sucked to be honest. I had multigrain cheerios before I went to the gym (again,a strange choice for me) and for lunch I had fresh deli ham on a multigrain bun - that was a good choice but then I got snacky all afternoon and munched on some chips, some chocolate and god knows what else.
Saturday night we went with friends to The London Club and it was great fun. I had half a bottle of white wine and a cosmo and I was able to choose a healthy dish when normally I go for their exquisite homemade pasta. I chose the fresh scallops, asparagus and potato and ate half the potato.
Today again is a mish mosh of choices. I didn't have breakfast as I tend to do when I'm not working out and then went to Port Huron to pick up UPS pkgs. I went to Ruby Tuesdays for their amazing salad bar and had a fab salad of lettuce, spinach, peppers, hardboiled egg, sunflower seeds, a bit of cheese, cucumber and low fat balsamic. Unfortunately I combined that little meal with their appetizer queso and chips. Bad Sarah.
I didn't do any snacking this afternoon and then around 400pm I made everyone my usual morning shake of diet cranberry, greek yogurt, frozen fruit, a banana and flax seed.
Supper is great - we are having bbqd chicken breast, my usual salad plate and a side of egg noodles with olive oil and tomatoes.
So it was a 5050 weekend for sure and I wonder why I'm not losing any weight. HELLOOOOO>>>>>>
One thing - last night I went to get dressed and the top I had planned to wear that I got in Sept but hadn't worn yet was too tight around the boobs. I was so annoyed about that. So I'm saving it because who knows - maybe the boobs will be going down a size or two in the near months......more on that later.
I have a crazy busy week coming up so hopefully I can eat well and be busy and not have time to snack and pick and be depressed so I think it will be a great weekend. And workouts scheduled for every single day this week. Fingers crossed that no one gets sick or cancels. That would be a miracle week.
Friday, 2 November 2012
Debbie Downer
Some days I just feel like "who really gives a shit"...you know that feeling? A combo of crappy weather all week, not enough scheduled plans (very important to the success of Sarah's week), a grumpy husband......I just feel like today is one of those days.
We were running late this morning so we got off to a bad start, kids ended up being late for school...bad mommmy. I had my shake and then made it to tennis right on time. Got there and usually there are about 8 of us that have played together many times and really have a lot of fun. Wouldn't you know that today there was me and another lady I really like and then 4 women who really weren't friendly at all - they play together all the time and they are really good. Like I'm pretty good, these women were nearly knocking my head off. So after an hour of lessons, they went off to play on their own and I bribed my coach to stay an extra half our with me and work on my backhand and actually that went great. He really helped me and I got in some great shots. I was dripping in sweat by the time it was over and felt like Id had a great workout.
I was supposed to go to Port Huron this afternoon to pick up packages but I just couldn't be bothered. Now anyone that knows me knows I love to whip over to UPS and pick up my pkgs and for me not to want to do that - you know I"m in a bit of a funk.
Had a shower and went right into my cozy pyjamas and here I sit. I vacuumed the floors, mopped the floors and I'm doing 4 or 5 loads of laundry so I don't get yelled at by my grumpy husband tonight. He is going out with the boys which normally I'm all for but but he has hockey with Jack tomorrow morning at 700am and then we have dinner plans tomorrow night and if he's out late he will just ruin the day tomorrow - so that's making me grumpy.
I had a pretty good lunch - I had cold quinoa with lime juice, peppers and chopped chicken.....with a side of chips....and you know what...not even worth it. The meal without the chips would have been fine but I have all this crap in my house from Halloween and no willpower. So now I feel like crap after eating the crap. i will give the kids till Sunday to enjoy their junk and then its going to the garbage.
Since i"m on my own with the kids tonight and it was that way last night too we will go to the mall and eat at the food court. I usually get Chinese there - the noodles, and they have a new grilled chicken that is really good and the grilled shrimp and veggies. Not great but not terrible either and they love eating it. Stopping at The Gap to pick up the last of Avah's winter clothing...a never ending process....
So hopefully tomorrow I wake up in a better mood and can blog on a much cheerier note. I hate when I have a day like this.
We were running late this morning so we got off to a bad start, kids ended up being late for school...bad mommmy. I had my shake and then made it to tennis right on time. Got there and usually there are about 8 of us that have played together many times and really have a lot of fun. Wouldn't you know that today there was me and another lady I really like and then 4 women who really weren't friendly at all - they play together all the time and they are really good. Like I'm pretty good, these women were nearly knocking my head off. So after an hour of lessons, they went off to play on their own and I bribed my coach to stay an extra half our with me and work on my backhand and actually that went great. He really helped me and I got in some great shots. I was dripping in sweat by the time it was over and felt like Id had a great workout.
I was supposed to go to Port Huron this afternoon to pick up packages but I just couldn't be bothered. Now anyone that knows me knows I love to whip over to UPS and pick up my pkgs and for me not to want to do that - you know I"m in a bit of a funk.
Had a shower and went right into my cozy pyjamas and here I sit. I vacuumed the floors, mopped the floors and I'm doing 4 or 5 loads of laundry so I don't get yelled at by my grumpy husband tonight. He is going out with the boys which normally I'm all for but but he has hockey with Jack tomorrow morning at 700am and then we have dinner plans tomorrow night and if he's out late he will just ruin the day tomorrow - so that's making me grumpy.
I had a pretty good lunch - I had cold quinoa with lime juice, peppers and chopped chicken.....with a side of chips....and you know what...not even worth it. The meal without the chips would have been fine but I have all this crap in my house from Halloween and no willpower. So now I feel like crap after eating the crap. i will give the kids till Sunday to enjoy their junk and then its going to the garbage.
Since i"m on my own with the kids tonight and it was that way last night too we will go to the mall and eat at the food court. I usually get Chinese there - the noodles, and they have a new grilled chicken that is really good and the grilled shrimp and veggies. Not great but not terrible either and they love eating it. Stopping at The Gap to pick up the last of Avah's winter clothing...a never ending process....
So hopefully tomorrow I wake up in a better mood and can blog on a much cheerier note. I hate when I have a day like this.
Thursday, 1 November 2012
Post Halloween.....
Well I thought I could bypass the candy last night and I totally couldn't. I dove into those little chocolates like a squirrel storing up for winter. But it's out of my system now and hopefully I can get on with my life....haha...
Had my shake this morning and then an hour pilates reformer.
My sister and mom came over for lunch so we had fresh deli ham on multigrain 3 inch buns - sooo yummy and some cut up strawberries and kiwis. Do I feel full and satisfied without chips? NO....but I have to get used to it.
Tom is working late tonight so I'm making my salad plate with tons of chopped chicken, cukes, peppers, chick peas, balsamic and olive oil and then having cold quinoa with tomatoes and bocachini on the side. A perfect healthy dinner with all the food groups.
Spending the afternoon with my 8 week old niece - so far so good, she's sleeping, hopefully she stays that way.
Had my shake this morning and then an hour pilates reformer.
My sister and mom came over for lunch so we had fresh deli ham on multigrain 3 inch buns - sooo yummy and some cut up strawberries and kiwis. Do I feel full and satisfied without chips? NO....but I have to get used to it.
Tom is working late tonight so I'm making my salad plate with tons of chopped chicken, cukes, peppers, chick peas, balsamic and olive oil and then having cold quinoa with tomatoes and bocachini on the side. A perfect healthy dinner with all the food groups.
Spending the afternoon with my 8 week old niece - so far so good, she's sleeping, hopefully she stays that way.
Wednesday, 31 October 2012
A Successful Wednesday...so far anyway....
My day has gotten off to a great start. Had my morning shake at 830am and then because I was heading into an hour long workout with Coach Rita I had a quick hard boiled egg white on my way to the gym too. Had a great workout - she had me doing 30 reps of everything and light weight or no weight depending on the exercise. That is exactly the way I like to work out. Deadlifts, shoulder press, shoulder bridge, plies with abs etc....and we talked the whole time about fitness and nutrition and what she does. I always leave so inspired by her.
I just finished my lunch and today I made an egg white egg salad sandwich with tons of egg and a bit of mayo and pepper on whole grain bread. With it I had a 100 calorie bag of chips. So for me that is huge process - I haven't had regular chips in the past 3 days and I am so proud of myself. Last night I made myself my salad plate with chick peas, egg whites and chicken and tons of veggies and on the side I had cold quinoa with yellow and orange peppers and a few craisens and squeezed lime juice on it. Perfect supper and I was satisfied but without that gross full feeling.
I'm off now to run errands - get my nails done, pick up some stuff and then for dinner I"m serving a roast in the crockpot with potatoes and carrots. I will eat just the roast and then on the side I am doing a new recipe of quinoa, cherry tomatoes and some bocachini with olive oil and balsamic.
Today was also a weigh in with Rita - my first one since before Vegas. I knew my weight hadn't really changed and I wasn't surprised that it was the same. So in 3 weeks I haven't gone down at all so I really need to get strict about the food. But the great news was that 3 weeks ago my body fat was 33% and today it was 27% which made me really happy. A lot of that has to do with the amount of water I am drinking now - probably 10 glasses/day. So I'm happy to see that number going down. Now if I can just get my weight down 4 or so lbs that would make me happy as goal number one.
I just finished my lunch and today I made an egg white egg salad sandwich with tons of egg and a bit of mayo and pepper on whole grain bread. With it I had a 100 calorie bag of chips. So for me that is huge process - I haven't had regular chips in the past 3 days and I am so proud of myself. Last night I made myself my salad plate with chick peas, egg whites and chicken and tons of veggies and on the side I had cold quinoa with yellow and orange peppers and a few craisens and squeezed lime juice on it. Perfect supper and I was satisfied but without that gross full feeling.
I'm off now to run errands - get my nails done, pick up some stuff and then for dinner I"m serving a roast in the crockpot with potatoes and carrots. I will eat just the roast and then on the side I am doing a new recipe of quinoa, cherry tomatoes and some bocachini with olive oil and balsamic.
Today was also a weigh in with Rita - my first one since before Vegas. I knew my weight hadn't really changed and I wasn't surprised that it was the same. So in 3 weeks I haven't gone down at all so I really need to get strict about the food. But the great news was that 3 weeks ago my body fat was 33% and today it was 27% which made me really happy. A lot of that has to do with the amount of water I am drinking now - probably 10 glasses/day. So I'm happy to see that number going down. Now if I can just get my weight down 4 or so lbs that would make me happy as goal number one.
Tuesday, 30 October 2012
Part two of today
So I took my dog for a walk this morning but the conditions outside were less than ideal so I only lasted 25 minutes. I am now about to my my Brooke Burke lower body DVD - 30 minutes - perfect.
My sister sent me some great new quinoa recipes today so I'm going to do a side of quinoa with my salad plate tonight. Im doing a cold quinoa with chopped yellow and orange peppers, lime juice and craisens. I think it will be delish.
So once I do my workout, run to the grocery store, prepare my supper and take the kids to swimming - there goes my day!!
My sister sent me some great new quinoa recipes today so I'm going to do a side of quinoa with my salad plate tonight. Im doing a cold quinoa with chopped yellow and orange peppers, lime juice and craisens. I think it will be delish.
So once I do my workout, run to the grocery store, prepare my supper and take the kids to swimming - there goes my day!!
And Plans - they are always changing
Of course when I make a weekly plans, things never cease to change. My trainers poor little one is sick today so no training session which really sucks. With the weather the way it is its so easy for me to stay in my pajamas and have a movie day but I need to stick to some kind of schedule. So I'm going to drop Jack at daycare and then bundle up and take my dog for a long walk. She probably has cabin fever after yesterday and at this point its not raining here, just tons of wind. My arms feel broken from my crazy upper body workout with Rita yesterday.
I'm drinking my morning shake right now. Lunch is going to be a small veggie sub from Quiznos today because I have to take Avah a sub at lunch. We have swimming class on Tuesdays so I don't cook so I 'm going to have my salad plate for supper. So I think I have healthy meals covered for today.
Off to brave the winds now.
I'm drinking my morning shake right now. Lunch is going to be a small veggie sub from Quiznos today because I have to take Avah a sub at lunch. We have swimming class on Tuesdays so I don't cook so I 'm going to have my salad plate for supper. So I think I have healthy meals covered for today.
Off to brave the winds now.
Monday, 29 October 2012
Got My Game on Now
So I'm feeling great about today and that's why it's so important for me to plan each day and really follow a schedule.
I had my morning shake at 830am this morning.
Then I did 45 minute step class and it was a doozy today - a new release - it was so fun,the music was great and it was hard. I know that you can burn up to 620 calories in a 1 hour step class so its a great workout. Following step I had a 15 minute break so I had a protein shake and then a 1 hour workout with Rita. She always gets me motivated. Well, she actually damn near killed me today - mostly upper body, I'm surprised I can still type right now. I worked my upper body to fatigue today.
I just finished my lunch and it was my salad plate with chicken, egg whites, chick peas, all colours of peppers, a bit of swiss cheese and carrots. I had a very small handful of those vegetable chips (baby steps). I'm feeling great right now and very proud of myself. Ive had two bottles of water so far today and this time of day is when I start most of my water consumption.
Rita convinced me to change my dinner menu for tonight so I am now making chicken in the oven, quinoa and roasted asparagus and peppers.
We also had a great chat today about ways that people choose to lose weight and why those various ways just don't work. And also how healthy eating really helps with so many other things beside just losing weight. Skin tone, glowing healthy skin, good mood vrs bad mood, energy vrs lethargic. So many benefits to eating clean and exercising. I also re read Oxygens Off the Couch magazine cover to cover last night in bed - the one with Rita on the cover. There are so many inspiring stories in there of real women and how they overcame their unhealthy eating battle and how amazing they look now. Its such a great magazine and really helps me be motivated.
So I'm feeling great about today and already planning tomorrow. I have an hour with Rita again tomorrow so I need to start thinking about meals.
I had my morning shake at 830am this morning.
Then I did 45 minute step class and it was a doozy today - a new release - it was so fun,the music was great and it was hard. I know that you can burn up to 620 calories in a 1 hour step class so its a great workout. Following step I had a 15 minute break so I had a protein shake and then a 1 hour workout with Rita. She always gets me motivated. Well, she actually damn near killed me today - mostly upper body, I'm surprised I can still type right now. I worked my upper body to fatigue today.
I just finished my lunch and it was my salad plate with chicken, egg whites, chick peas, all colours of peppers, a bit of swiss cheese and carrots. I had a very small handful of those vegetable chips (baby steps). I'm feeling great right now and very proud of myself. Ive had two bottles of water so far today and this time of day is when I start most of my water consumption.
Rita convinced me to change my dinner menu for tonight so I am now making chicken in the oven, quinoa and roasted asparagus and peppers.
We also had a great chat today about ways that people choose to lose weight and why those various ways just don't work. And also how healthy eating really helps with so many other things beside just losing weight. Skin tone, glowing healthy skin, good mood vrs bad mood, energy vrs lethargic. So many benefits to eating clean and exercising. I also re read Oxygens Off the Couch magazine cover to cover last night in bed - the one with Rita on the cover. There are so many inspiring stories in there of real women and how they overcame their unhealthy eating battle and how amazing they look now. Its such a great magazine and really helps me be motivated.
So I'm feeling great about today and already planning tomorrow. I have an hour with Rita again tomorrow so I need to start thinking about meals.
Sunday, 28 October 2012
A full weekend of bad eating....resolve to start over tomorrow
How many times have I said this in the last year but I mean it this time - tomorrow is the day. We officially have no more trips before Christmas, we don't have plans the next few weeks, our schedule is finally done.....its time to focus and be serious.
Yesterday of course was our family Thanksgiving and we had appetizers, turkey dinner - of which I didn't consume much since I sort of hate Thanksgiving dinner but then I had to have a piece of my sisters amazing apple pie. And to make things even worse, I need to get groceries this afternoon and we literally have NO FOOD so I just had easy mac for lunch after eating nothing for breakfast. Combine all of that with no exercise since Thursday and I have FAILED big time.
So I've made a list of meals for this week Mon until Thurs and I"m going to get all my groceries today so that I am planned ahead. I'm not buying any chips besides Vegga chips. I'm getting lots of greens for my salad plates for lunch. I'm hard boiling eggs today for my salad plates. I will be totally organized food wise this week. So I'm feeling motivated going into this new week.
My menu of this week is:
Monday - chicken breasts, quinoa and roasted peppers and asparagus.
Tuesday - swimming lessons so the kids and I generally just eat something quick and Tom works late.
Wednesday - chicken and pepper fajitas and wild rice
Thursday - roast in the crockpot with potatoes and salad.
My workout schedule at this point for the week providing no one gets sick including kids, me and trainers and if that actually happens it will be a record for me:
Mon - 1 hour step class followed by 1 hour training with Rita
Tues - 1 hour with Rita
Wed - 1 hour with Rita
Thurs - 1 hour pilates reformer
Fri - 2 hours tennis
If I get all that in and eat well this week I'd say I should get down 2 lbs and that would make me really happy.
SO wish me luck.
Yesterday of course was our family Thanksgiving and we had appetizers, turkey dinner - of which I didn't consume much since I sort of hate Thanksgiving dinner but then I had to have a piece of my sisters amazing apple pie. And to make things even worse, I need to get groceries this afternoon and we literally have NO FOOD so I just had easy mac for lunch after eating nothing for breakfast. Combine all of that with no exercise since Thursday and I have FAILED big time.
So I've made a list of meals for this week Mon until Thurs and I"m going to get all my groceries today so that I am planned ahead. I'm not buying any chips besides Vegga chips. I'm getting lots of greens for my salad plates for lunch. I'm hard boiling eggs today for my salad plates. I will be totally organized food wise this week. So I'm feeling motivated going into this new week.
My menu of this week is:
Monday - chicken breasts, quinoa and roasted peppers and asparagus.
Tuesday - swimming lessons so the kids and I generally just eat something quick and Tom works late.
Wednesday - chicken and pepper fajitas and wild rice
Thursday - roast in the crockpot with potatoes and salad.
My workout schedule at this point for the week providing no one gets sick including kids, me and trainers and if that actually happens it will be a record for me:
Mon - 1 hour step class followed by 1 hour training with Rita
Tues - 1 hour with Rita
Wed - 1 hour with Rita
Thurs - 1 hour pilates reformer
Fri - 2 hours tennis
If I get all that in and eat well this week I'd say I should get down 2 lbs and that would make me really happy.
SO wish me luck.
Friday, 26 October 2012
A Crazy Day
Its 745pm and I'm sitting down for the first time today. I dropped Jack off at daycare this morning at 915am and from there I was nonstop busy. I skipped breakfast as I am known to do when I'm not working out and just had a handful of red grapes. I drove to Port Huron to pick up some packages and had lunch at Ruby Tuesdays - the salad bar with spinach, romaine, lots of veggies, hard boiled egg and sunflower seeds. Unfortunately I also had the queso and chips......and my day just kind of went downhill from there. I drove then to Strathroy to Tom's shop to pick up a big box of discontinued kids stuff to drop off at Merrymount. Quick stop at home to let the dog out and pick up Avah, then we drove to Merrymount, dropped the clothing off, stopped downtown to pick something up and ended up at Masonville to do some shopping for Avah. Dinner in the food court - we both had Chinese. I had the noodles, grilled shrimp and veggies and the new grilled chicken - it was excellent.
Now I'm downing water since Chinese makes me so thirsty. And really it wasn't a good day - I really only ate two meals and neither were stellar choices. Tomorrow is going to be tricky too since we are celebrating Thanksgiving at my parents house and the menu will be snacks in the afternoon, turkey, mashed potatoes, etc....all the trimmings.
So not my best two days. I'm really going to try and get to the gym tomorrow morning and do that treadmill routine again - I know it will make me feel so much better about the weekend - although I generally don't work out on the weekends. So we shall see.
All in all, probably my worst day since I started blogging.
Now I'm downing water since Chinese makes me so thirsty. And really it wasn't a good day - I really only ate two meals and neither were stellar choices. Tomorrow is going to be tricky too since we are celebrating Thanksgiving at my parents house and the menu will be snacks in the afternoon, turkey, mashed potatoes, etc....all the trimmings.
So not my best two days. I'm really going to try and get to the gym tomorrow morning and do that treadmill routine again - I know it will make me feel so much better about the weekend - although I generally don't work out on the weekends. So we shall see.
All in all, probably my worst day since I started blogging.
Thursday, 25 October 2012
Feeling more positive today
I tell you, its all about weather for me - add a little sunshine to my day and I can see things so much clearer. My day actually changed a bit yesterday but was still good. My trainer was sick so I still went to the gym and did a 30 minute step class - better than nothing. And for lunch I ended up doing my usual salad plate again instead of the soup along with some of those Vegga chips which I'm really enjoying. Snack yesterday afternoon was almonds and red grapes and dinner was that new spaghetti and meatball recipe. I actually only had about a half cup of the pasta - it was okay, not my fav recipe, along with some chopped chicken and a spinach and romaine salad. So it was a good day for food.
Today as I write this I am enjoying my morning shake. About to take my dog for a quick walk around the block and then pilates at 1015am. I haven't been to pilates in 2 weeks and I miss it so much. I love being on that reformer, feeling the burn and stretch of my muscles - by far my favourite of all my weekly workouts. Lunch today might be a Quiznos veggie sub to change things up a bit and because Tom's not home tonight I will likely do build your own tacos since its easy and the kids love them - I eat mine vegetarian. I will likely make wild rice with it as well. Keeping busy is key to me not eating bad food. If I eat a quick lunch and have to rush out the door then I can't linger and keep eating.
Thursdays along with Mondays are my favourite day of the week - I always have some type of maintenance on Thursdays along with errands and it's magazine day - it's kind of always been "Sarah "Day. Today I get my eyelashes filled so that means a 1 hour nap. I have promised my husband to stop spending money so no shopping from now until Christmas for me....I can do that. I will pick up People and US Magazine and I'm going to hit the Gap for Avah because my girl still doesn't own a single dress for fall/winter yet - where are all the cute casual dresses this year???
So off I go to enjoy some of this nice weather while it lasts.
Today as I write this I am enjoying my morning shake. About to take my dog for a quick walk around the block and then pilates at 1015am. I haven't been to pilates in 2 weeks and I miss it so much. I love being on that reformer, feeling the burn and stretch of my muscles - by far my favourite of all my weekly workouts. Lunch today might be a Quiznos veggie sub to change things up a bit and because Tom's not home tonight I will likely do build your own tacos since its easy and the kids love them - I eat mine vegetarian. I will likely make wild rice with it as well. Keeping busy is key to me not eating bad food. If I eat a quick lunch and have to rush out the door then I can't linger and keep eating.
Thursdays along with Mondays are my favourite day of the week - I always have some type of maintenance on Thursdays along with errands and it's magazine day - it's kind of always been "Sarah "Day. Today I get my eyelashes filled so that means a 1 hour nap. I have promised my husband to stop spending money so no shopping from now until Christmas for me....I can do that. I will pick up People and US Magazine and I'm going to hit the Gap for Avah because my girl still doesn't own a single dress for fall/winter yet - where are all the cute casual dresses this year???
So off I go to enjoy some of this nice weather while it lasts.
Wednesday, 24 October 2012
Planning my day and feeling beaten....
Planning my day of food is so important and now that all my travelling is behind me I need to get really on to of this. I am supposed to have a weigh in with Rita today but I know my weight is prob about the same after being in Vegas - even though I chose healthy options for the most part while we were away, eating in a restaurant still means a piece of bread to start, extra wine and champagne, maybe a bit of dessert, etc.....so I'm paying the piper now and feeling pretty down about myself.
So today, my meal plan is as follows:
My every morning fruit and greek yogurt shake which I will be having shortly, followed by a 1 hour intense session in Rita's House of Pain.
Protein shake after my workout.
I am serving lunch at the school today so that protein shake will take me though that and keep me from diving into the Dominos pizza I will be serving the kids (which is my all time fav).
For lunch I believe I will have the last of my leftover homemade chicken noodle soup along with some of those Vegga chips. They are the only kind I will buy with my groceries today.
My afternoon snack always depends on how I feel so not sure about that yet.
Last night I went through a bunch of cookbooks looking for new ideas that everyone in the family will eat. I found this great looking spaghetti and meatball recipe. I actually don't eat meatballs but everyone else in my house loves them so I'm making them from scratch with whole wheat flour, ground beef and brown bread crumbs. The sauce is fresh tomatoes and basil with smart noodles. I really really hate whole wheat spaghetti and the Smart noodles are a good alternative. I'm going to make a huge fresh salad with romaine, tomatoes, carrots, all colours of peppers, cauliflower....so I will have a small portion of the pasta and a big salad. No bread served on the side.
So I look at that day and go okay, I think this is a great well balanced day.....am I deluding myself?? Is that why I'm not losing any weight? How come when I did Herbal Magic last year and ate pretty much like this I lost 15lbs without any problems and with Herbal I was allowed to have a 100 calorie bag of chips at lunch, I had to eat much less protein and I took their herbal pills. So, whats the best decision for me? Do I do Herbal again and pay the 100.00 per week for their pills because obviously they must have been doing something for me? Do I keep going the way I am and hope that the switch to Vegga chips helps? I can't really exercise any more than I am doing. So what am I doing wrong? Do I really need to live on quinoa and veggies and no carbs for the rest of my life to weigh a healthy 130lbs?
I am feeling frustrated and beaten down today - maybe it's the weather, maybe it's the damn scale. Lack of sunshine does this to me every time. Gotta run now, hit the grocery quick before my workout. Would love some feedback from someone other than my mom who just kind of tells me to stop eating shit - not that easy MOM!!!! If it was I'd be skinny as shit.....haha...
So today, my meal plan is as follows:
My every morning fruit and greek yogurt shake which I will be having shortly, followed by a 1 hour intense session in Rita's House of Pain.
Protein shake after my workout.
I am serving lunch at the school today so that protein shake will take me though that and keep me from diving into the Dominos pizza I will be serving the kids (which is my all time fav).
For lunch I believe I will have the last of my leftover homemade chicken noodle soup along with some of those Vegga chips. They are the only kind I will buy with my groceries today.
My afternoon snack always depends on how I feel so not sure about that yet.
Last night I went through a bunch of cookbooks looking for new ideas that everyone in the family will eat. I found this great looking spaghetti and meatball recipe. I actually don't eat meatballs but everyone else in my house loves them so I'm making them from scratch with whole wheat flour, ground beef and brown bread crumbs. The sauce is fresh tomatoes and basil with smart noodles. I really really hate whole wheat spaghetti and the Smart noodles are a good alternative. I'm going to make a huge fresh salad with romaine, tomatoes, carrots, all colours of peppers, cauliflower....so I will have a small portion of the pasta and a big salad. No bread served on the side.
So I look at that day and go okay, I think this is a great well balanced day.....am I deluding myself?? Is that why I'm not losing any weight? How come when I did Herbal Magic last year and ate pretty much like this I lost 15lbs without any problems and with Herbal I was allowed to have a 100 calorie bag of chips at lunch, I had to eat much less protein and I took their herbal pills. So, whats the best decision for me? Do I do Herbal again and pay the 100.00 per week for their pills because obviously they must have been doing something for me? Do I keep going the way I am and hope that the switch to Vegga chips helps? I can't really exercise any more than I am doing. So what am I doing wrong? Do I really need to live on quinoa and veggies and no carbs for the rest of my life to weigh a healthy 130lbs?
I am feeling frustrated and beaten down today - maybe it's the weather, maybe it's the damn scale. Lack of sunshine does this to me every time. Gotta run now, hit the grocery quick before my workout. Would love some feedback from someone other than my mom who just kind of tells me to stop eating shit - not that easy MOM!!!! If it was I'd be skinny as shit.....haha...
Tuesday, 23 October 2012
As Said by Tosca Reno
I read Tosca's latest blog today and she wrote the following - I find her so informative - if you aren't friends with her on Facebook, join the Eat Clean Facebook page. It's great.
Good Carbs, Bad Carbs - White Carbs
There is a lot of confusion when it comes to "White" carbohydrates. Many people automatically think that white = bad. I think this requires some clearing up...
White carbohydrates are generally given a bad reputation because they are processed. These are the BAD carbs if you will. White flour and white rice and the things made with these ingredients (white bread, cookies, cakes, etc) fall into this category. It's best to keep these things to a bare minimum. Maybe a treat here and there, but not a regular food in your diet.
Other white foods that fall under the GOOD carbs category include white kidney beans, white potatoes, popcorn and cauliflower. Potatoes and popcorn are starchy carbs that don't offer as much nutritional value as other things, like sweet potatoes, so I would limit your intake of these as well. Kidney beans and cauliflower are great options. You can eat these as much of these as you like.
White carbohydrates are generally given a bad reputation because they are processed. These are the BAD carbs if you will. White flour and white rice and the things made with these ingredients (white bread, cookies, cakes, etc) fall into this category. It's best to keep these things to a bare minimum. Maybe a treat here and there, but not a regular food in your diet.
Other white foods that fall under the GOOD carbs category include white kidney beans, white potatoes, popcorn and cauliflower. Potatoes and popcorn are starchy carbs that don't offer as much nutritional value as other things, like sweet potatoes, so I would limit your intake of these as well. Kidney beans and cauliflower are great options. You can eat these as much of these as you like.
My Personal Best Today.....
Just back from the gym and I am so proud of myself. No trainer today, just me on my own. I decided to hop on the treadmill, which I hate and stay there for 30 minutes. I ended up really getting into it and did the whole 30 minutes and just over 2 miles. A personal best for me. For each song I did something different - I either walked at an incline of 12 and a speed of 3.4 or I ran at an incline of 1.5 and a speed alternating between 5.7 and 6.3 depending on the song. A great workout because my heart rate was all over the place. I have my playlist set and its always the same songs and I have to have those songs or I can't do it. My songs are:
Numb - JayZ/Linkin Park
Uprising - Muse
Wataya Want from Me - Adam Lambert
Just like Paradise - David Lee Roth
Welcome to the Black Parade - My Chemical Romance
Lose Yourself - Eminem
Papi - Jennifer Lopez
Starships - Nicki Minaj
Its Time - Imagine Dragons
Lots more but you get the idea.
So I'm sitting here freshly showered and still sweating - ewwww...takes a while for my core temp to go down. Todays breakfast was my usual morning shake. Lunch is going to be my leftover chicken noodle soup with a few whole wheat crackers and swiss cheese, not sure about snack yet but likely an apple and nuts as I take the kids to swimming lessons and tonight Tom isn't home for supper so I will be having my salad plate with chicken and egg whites.
I am doing a weigh in with Rita tomorrow but I can't imagine I will be at my goal after the weekend in Vegas - too much alcohol.
I'm on my computer for the day booking travel and organizing. Picking up the kids by 415p and then to swimming lessons.
Numb - JayZ/Linkin Park
Uprising - Muse
Wataya Want from Me - Adam Lambert
Just like Paradise - David Lee Roth
Welcome to the Black Parade - My Chemical Romance
Lose Yourself - Eminem
Papi - Jennifer Lopez
Starships - Nicki Minaj
Its Time - Imagine Dragons
Lots more but you get the idea.
So I'm sitting here freshly showered and still sweating - ewwww...takes a while for my core temp to go down. Todays breakfast was my usual morning shake. Lunch is going to be my leftover chicken noodle soup with a few whole wheat crackers and swiss cheese, not sure about snack yet but likely an apple and nuts as I take the kids to swimming lessons and tonight Tom isn't home for supper so I will be having my salad plate with chicken and egg whites.
I am doing a weigh in with Rita tomorrow but I can't imagine I will be at my goal after the weekend in Vegas - too much alcohol.
I'm on my computer for the day booking travel and organizing. Picking up the kids by 415p and then to swimming lessons.
Monday, 22 October 2012
Back to Reality
Getting home always feels good - your own bed, your own routine. I've spent the whole day today putting my house back together, doing laundry, organizing, computer work etc.... Our trip was so great - the perfect amount of time to be away.
I won't even discuss my food on travel day because with the flight, time difference, being on the road, etc....its always tricky - so bleep.....just erasing yesterday from my memory....haha...
Today has been a good food day for me. I didn't go to the gym this morning since I had so much to do so I didn't do my usual shake. I just had a big handful of fresh red grapes with a glass of water. Lunch was my salad plate which after my trip I was totally craving. And I had a handful of chips, not half a bag...haha...
Right now as I type this I have just made Avah and I shakes with diet cranberry juice, 2% plain greek yogurt, frozen peaches, banana and a spoonful of flaxseed. Great snack.
Dinner tonight is again going to be my homemade from scratch chicken noodle soup. Again after all the big meals we had all weekend I"m craving something easy, nutritious and homey. So that will bocachini salad. Perfect.
Tomorrow will be totally back to normal - back to pilates after 2 weeks off - I really miss it.
I won't even discuss my food on travel day because with the flight, time difference, being on the road, etc....its always tricky - so bleep.....just erasing yesterday from my memory....haha...
Today has been a good food day for me. I didn't go to the gym this morning since I had so much to do so I didn't do my usual shake. I just had a big handful of fresh red grapes with a glass of water. Lunch was my salad plate which after my trip I was totally craving. And I had a handful of chips, not half a bag...haha...
Right now as I type this I have just made Avah and I shakes with diet cranberry juice, 2% plain greek yogurt, frozen peaches, banana and a spoonful of flaxseed. Great snack.
Dinner tonight is again going to be my homemade from scratch chicken noodle soup. Again after all the big meals we had all weekend I"m craving something easy, nutritious and homey. So that will bocachini salad. Perfect.
Tomorrow will be totally back to normal - back to pilates after 2 weeks off - I really miss it.
Saturday, 20 October 2012
God I love it here...
So yesterday was a perfect day from start to finish. Kari and I did the pool from about 1030am until almost 400pm. It was literally like Spring Break Daytona Beach down there - I think the average age at this hotel is 25-50 - very young crowd and crazy partiers. It was a ton of fun.
A great thing about Vegas is because its so dry I drink a ton of water, like probably double what I drink at home. Love that.
We met Kari and Todd (for anyone that doesn't now this is my step nephew and niece in law who just got married in Sarasota two weeks ago and we LOVE THEM) for drinks at the chandelier bar and then taxied over to the Venetian - wayyyy to far to walk in heels.
We wanted a restaurant last night that wouldn't be 200.00 per couple so we went to this pretty little Italian place (after I said I wouldn't do Italian on this trip) and I had one glass of wine, the tomato and mozzarella, basil salad and I did the healthiest pasta - the angel hair with tomatoes, olive oil and garlic. Delish. Our reservation wasn't until 900pm - nothing like a pasta dinner at 1000pm.
Today is sort of a repeat of yesterday. All 4 of us are meeting at a different pool today and spending the whole day getting as much Vitamin D as possible. Tom and I just had breakfast by the pool - egg white omelette with peppers, tomatoes and cheese and I even splurged and had a mimosa with it. Dinner tonight is at STK a famous steakhouse so I will be ordering up some read meat for sure!!
So, off to the pool and I won't be blogging again till Monday once we are home.
A great thing about Vegas is because its so dry I drink a ton of water, like probably double what I drink at home. Love that.
We met Kari and Todd (for anyone that doesn't now this is my step nephew and niece in law who just got married in Sarasota two weeks ago and we LOVE THEM) for drinks at the chandelier bar and then taxied over to the Venetian - wayyyy to far to walk in heels.
We wanted a restaurant last night that wouldn't be 200.00 per couple so we went to this pretty little Italian place (after I said I wouldn't do Italian on this trip) and I had one glass of wine, the tomato and mozzarella, basil salad and I did the healthiest pasta - the angel hair with tomatoes, olive oil and garlic. Delish. Our reservation wasn't until 900pm - nothing like a pasta dinner at 1000pm.
Today is sort of a repeat of yesterday. All 4 of us are meeting at a different pool today and spending the whole day getting as much Vitamin D as possible. Tom and I just had breakfast by the pool - egg white omelette with peppers, tomatoes and cheese and I even splurged and had a mimosa with it. Dinner tonight is at STK a famous steakhouse so I will be ordering up some read meat for sure!!
So, off to the pool and I won't be blogging again till Monday once we are home.
Friday, 19 October 2012
Viva Las Vegas
So we are here and as always I LOVE VEGAS. Everything is just so decadent and over the top - how an a person not love that. I am stressed though as a mom - my poor little baby Jack is sick and has been since just before we boarded the plane yesterday. Nothing is worse than leaving your kids and finding out they get sick. Thank GOD for my mom - she has totally stepped up and was at my place all afternoon yesterday and back again for the day today. My poor babysitter works full-time and didn't bargain for having to miss work of course. Sometimes leaving the kids is just more work than its worth. Thankfully we don't leave them often and just take them most places with us.
So on to my day yesterday - in my world it was a great day. We woke up in Detroit at the Embassy Suites and I had an egg white omelette with peppers and tomatoes with one little slice of bacon. Perfect breakfast for a travel day. Our flight was at 1100am and there really wasn't anything we could find to take on the plane for that duration to eat so we figured we'd just order the food you pay for on the plane. This was our first time flying Spirit in years and guess what? They only offers crap to buy, like not even a sandwich. So the only thing that wasn't chips or crackers was a Mr Noodle chicken noodle soup soI got that. Once we got to our hotel, which by the way is pretty fab, Tom and I went directly to the pool and ate at the outdoor restaurant there. It was a bit of a strange menu for me - I was hoping for a great Cobb salad or sandwich - nothing like that - beef kabobs, fish tacos....ewwww. So I ended up with a chicken caesar salad which was excellent, very lightly dressed, tons of chicken. Perfect. And the great thing about Vegas is its so dry you drink water, water, water all day long.
For dinner we went to one of my favs The Palm which is at Caesars Palace at the Forum Shops - my all time favourite area to shop. Made a pitstop with hubby at Chanel where I picked out my Christmas gift.....you know your husband is the best when you pick out your beautiful necklace and he sees the price and goes, "that's it? for a Chanel necklace? That's pretty good". God I love him. Another little pitstop into Jimmy Choo for the gold clutch I've been dying for and a gorgeous huge coffee table book for my living room. Dinner was so wonderful. I had a glass of wine, Tom and I shared the beefsteak tomato, mozzarella and basil salad and I had the lobster Cobb salad for dinner. This salad was amazing - chunks of lobster (if you eat without butter nothing wrong with lobster), greens, peppers, tomato, cukes, egg, no cheese and tossed in a balsamic vinaigrette - I felt fantastic after dinner. No dessert and then we walked probably 3 miles. I'm such a nerd, I always pack my flip-flops in my bag in Vegas because no way am I walking all over the place in 4 inch heels.
So by the time we got back to the hotel I was about 80% full, we had gotten a ton of walking in, shopping was a HUGE success - it was a great day.
Today Tom is off to his trade show so Kari and I are sitting at the pool all day and then Tom and I are having date night tonight. Hoping to eat at The Venetian tonight because then we want to hit David and Goliath - the tshirt store for some ideas plus to get Jack some hilarious shirts. Then another huge walk back to the Forum Shops for some more shopping for Avah and back to our hotel. Can you tell we aren't gamblers???
So on to my day yesterday - in my world it was a great day. We woke up in Detroit at the Embassy Suites and I had an egg white omelette with peppers and tomatoes with one little slice of bacon. Perfect breakfast for a travel day. Our flight was at 1100am and there really wasn't anything we could find to take on the plane for that duration to eat so we figured we'd just order the food you pay for on the plane. This was our first time flying Spirit in years and guess what? They only offers crap to buy, like not even a sandwich. So the only thing that wasn't chips or crackers was a Mr Noodle chicken noodle soup soI got that. Once we got to our hotel, which by the way is pretty fab, Tom and I went directly to the pool and ate at the outdoor restaurant there. It was a bit of a strange menu for me - I was hoping for a great Cobb salad or sandwich - nothing like that - beef kabobs, fish tacos....ewwww. So I ended up with a chicken caesar salad which was excellent, very lightly dressed, tons of chicken. Perfect. And the great thing about Vegas is its so dry you drink water, water, water all day long.
For dinner we went to one of my favs The Palm which is at Caesars Palace at the Forum Shops - my all time favourite area to shop. Made a pitstop with hubby at Chanel where I picked out my Christmas gift.....you know your husband is the best when you pick out your beautiful necklace and he sees the price and goes, "that's it? for a Chanel necklace? That's pretty good". God I love him. Another little pitstop into Jimmy Choo for the gold clutch I've been dying for and a gorgeous huge coffee table book for my living room. Dinner was so wonderful. I had a glass of wine, Tom and I shared the beefsteak tomato, mozzarella and basil salad and I had the lobster Cobb salad for dinner. This salad was amazing - chunks of lobster (if you eat without butter nothing wrong with lobster), greens, peppers, tomato, cukes, egg, no cheese and tossed in a balsamic vinaigrette - I felt fantastic after dinner. No dessert and then we walked probably 3 miles. I'm such a nerd, I always pack my flip-flops in my bag in Vegas because no way am I walking all over the place in 4 inch heels.
So by the time we got back to the hotel I was about 80% full, we had gotten a ton of walking in, shopping was a HUGE success - it was a great day.
Today Tom is off to his trade show so Kari and I are sitting at the pool all day and then Tom and I are having date night tonight. Hoping to eat at The Venetian tonight because then we want to hit David and Goliath - the tshirt store for some ideas plus to get Jack some hilarious shirts. Then another huge walk back to the Forum Shops for some more shopping for Avah and back to our hotel. Can you tell we aren't gamblers???
Wednesday, 17 October 2012
Frustrated....
So I'm frustrated today on so many levels and this is what my journey is all about - the highs and lows. First of all I get an email from my youngest sister last night who is now about 8 weeks post partum with her third baby in 3 years and the email is very excited and tells me what her weight is (and which is about 20lbs less than mine). Now let me first say, of course I am thrilled for her, 3 babies and she looks like a million bucks. But I can't help but think to myself how is this possible and how is this fair? She gives birth 3 times, doesn't really ever work out, she eats healthy but she bakes like a mad woman and eats it and manages to lose all this weight. I work my ass off at the gym and anytime I put something even somewhat bad in my mouth it goes right to my hips and ass. How is this fair? I know we are all built differently and I'm shorter and curvier and I have to embrace my curves, but frig....I just throw up my hands some days and go really???? is it all worth it?
The second part of my frustration is my own damn fault and it really proved a point to me. I went to a London Club ladies event last night - a wine tasting event. 60 ladies and wine - dangerous combination....so damn fun. We were served 4 different wines and when we were told that, my friend and I looked at each other and said "shit, we should have taken a cab, what were we thinking?" Luckily 3 of the 4 wines were red which I detest so I ended up having a Cosmopolitan to start and then a glass of white. Phew...no hangover today thank god. Once the wine tasting was done it was close to 800pm and then they had a dinner that you could stay for with a little menu of items to choose from. I started with the caesar salad because theirs is the best in London. I ate half and pushed the rest away. For entrees the choices were salmon (hate), 8oz steak but it wasn't filet and I'm really fussy on my steak, I think a chicken dish (I never get chicken at a restaurant because I eat chicken every single day at home) and the last dish was a pasta which of course I zoomed right into. Now I haven't really eaten a meal of pasta in - well I don't remember the last time and this is coming from the woman that made pasta at least 3 times/week. Now when I do make a pasta dish, I make just one and its the smart noodles with fresh tomatoes, fresh basil, garlic and olive oil. Delish. But that has become a treat that I make maybe once or twice a month and I always combine with with chicken on my plate so that my portion is small - but I digress.....
So back to last nights pasta. Turns out it was these amazing homemade almost lasagne looking noodles - the freshest pasta that has ever crossed my lips, with tomatoes, garlic in a rose sauce. Nothing healthy or good about that dish. I ordered it and ate half of it but I could easily have eaten the whole plateful. It was like heaven on my lips I will say, HOWEVER as we got up to leave I noticed something. All of a sudden, I wanted my bed, I was lethargic, my pants felt tight. I got home and I HATED the way I felt and I realized hey, I haven't felt this way in a long time and I HATED it. I realize how when I eat protein and veggies at my meal how much better I feel afterwards. And even this morning I am sluggish and lazy. I am so happy now that we have our reservations at two different steak houses in Vegas and I will definitely stick to my meats and seafood. Feeling like I did last night didn't even make that fabulous pasta dish worth it AT ALL.
So right now as I type I'm drinking my shake and today while I get laundry done and get packed and organized I will drink a ton of water and try to cleanse myself of last nights mistake. I'm having my salad plate for lunch with chicken and egg and that will help and for dinner tonight I am making my homemade from scratch chicken noodle soup which is chock full of good stuff. We will eat that quickly before we leave for the airport.
Here is my soup:
I boil a whole chicken for 1 hour and sprinkle in some pepper.
Remove the pot from the heat and take the chicken out and put onto a cutting board. Remove the skin and let cool. (this part is kind of gross). I usually have to fish some bones or skin out of the broth water.
After it cools a bit, I cut all the white meat off and put back in the pot of water. I add two cups of hot water with two tsps of low sodium chicken broth. More pepper and just a small shake of salt for flavour.
Simmer for another 45 minutes.
About 30 minutes in I add chopped celery and carrots and most people would also add onions (I hate onions).
Simmer for another 15 minutes.
About 10 minutes before serving add the noodles and I use the no yolk egg noodles.
My kids and husband and I all love it and its filling and delish on a cold night.
So I'm off to Vegas and won't have my laptop so I will be back in the land of blogging on Monday. Viva Las Vegas baby!!
The second part of my frustration is my own damn fault and it really proved a point to me. I went to a London Club ladies event last night - a wine tasting event. 60 ladies and wine - dangerous combination....so damn fun. We were served 4 different wines and when we were told that, my friend and I looked at each other and said "shit, we should have taken a cab, what were we thinking?" Luckily 3 of the 4 wines were red which I detest so I ended up having a Cosmopolitan to start and then a glass of white. Phew...no hangover today thank god. Once the wine tasting was done it was close to 800pm and then they had a dinner that you could stay for with a little menu of items to choose from. I started with the caesar salad because theirs is the best in London. I ate half and pushed the rest away. For entrees the choices were salmon (hate), 8oz steak but it wasn't filet and I'm really fussy on my steak, I think a chicken dish (I never get chicken at a restaurant because I eat chicken every single day at home) and the last dish was a pasta which of course I zoomed right into. Now I haven't really eaten a meal of pasta in - well I don't remember the last time and this is coming from the woman that made pasta at least 3 times/week. Now when I do make a pasta dish, I make just one and its the smart noodles with fresh tomatoes, fresh basil, garlic and olive oil. Delish. But that has become a treat that I make maybe once or twice a month and I always combine with with chicken on my plate so that my portion is small - but I digress.....
So back to last nights pasta. Turns out it was these amazing homemade almost lasagne looking noodles - the freshest pasta that has ever crossed my lips, with tomatoes, garlic in a rose sauce. Nothing healthy or good about that dish. I ordered it and ate half of it but I could easily have eaten the whole plateful. It was like heaven on my lips I will say, HOWEVER as we got up to leave I noticed something. All of a sudden, I wanted my bed, I was lethargic, my pants felt tight. I got home and I HATED the way I felt and I realized hey, I haven't felt this way in a long time and I HATED it. I realize how when I eat protein and veggies at my meal how much better I feel afterwards. And even this morning I am sluggish and lazy. I am so happy now that we have our reservations at two different steak houses in Vegas and I will definitely stick to my meats and seafood. Feeling like I did last night didn't even make that fabulous pasta dish worth it AT ALL.
So right now as I type I'm drinking my shake and today while I get laundry done and get packed and organized I will drink a ton of water and try to cleanse myself of last nights mistake. I'm having my salad plate for lunch with chicken and egg and that will help and for dinner tonight I am making my homemade from scratch chicken noodle soup which is chock full of good stuff. We will eat that quickly before we leave for the airport.
Here is my soup:
I boil a whole chicken for 1 hour and sprinkle in some pepper.
Remove the pot from the heat and take the chicken out and put onto a cutting board. Remove the skin and let cool. (this part is kind of gross). I usually have to fish some bones or skin out of the broth water.
After it cools a bit, I cut all the white meat off and put back in the pot of water. I add two cups of hot water with two tsps of low sodium chicken broth. More pepper and just a small shake of salt for flavour.
Simmer for another 45 minutes.
About 30 minutes in I add chopped celery and carrots and most people would also add onions (I hate onions).
Simmer for another 15 minutes.
About 10 minutes before serving add the noodles and I use the no yolk egg noodles.
My kids and husband and I all love it and its filling and delish on a cold night.
So I'm off to Vegas and won't have my laptop so I will be back in the land of blogging on Monday. Viva Las Vegas baby!!
Tuesday, 16 October 2012
Tuesday
Got up today after a long night of being up and down. Something upset my stomach last night starting around 800p and lasted throughout the night and today lets just say "Ring o Fire" and leave it at that....haha...Feeling better now though, cranking lots of water to keep hydrated.
Wasn't feeling like eating anything this morning and I cancelled pilates just in case my body wasn't quite ready for it after the night. So i did have a red pear (which I adore after they sit out on the counter for a few days and really soften) around 930am. Not a great breakfast but better than nothing.
Lunch was early today - around 1145am and was the same as yesterday - a multigrain 3" bun with ham and some Miss Vickies chips. Whatever. The afternoon was spent on maintenance which I HATE - nails done, pedi, snatch wax, etc....all in preparation for Vegas this week. I saved a tiny portion of last nights stir fry and I will eat it around 500pm - its really small. Tonight I am going to a ladies night at The London Club with a girlfriend and I"m sure they will have nibbles so i plan on having 2 glasses of wine and since the stir fry will satisfy me, hardly any snackies.
Once I'm back from Vegas my house will finally be back in a routine that has been missing since the first of Sept - no more trips for me until Feb. I can get my fridge stocked with tons of healthy foods and be home everyday to prepare meals. I find that preparing ahead of time is mandatory for me to stay in line. When I'm home and really on the ball my fridge is filled with the following:
1%milk for the kids and for cooking with - I don't drink milk.
Diet cranberry juice for my shakes, OJ for Tom and the kids, sometimes Almond Milk for shakes.
DIet pepsi of which I drink one per day and is certainly not allowed on the Eat Clean plan. Remember I'm not perfect - there are some things in life I will never give up - designer shoes, bags and diet pepsi are those things.
2% plain greek yogurt for my shakes (none of this fat free filled with other crap in my fridge)
Regular yogurt for Tom and the kids, applesauce, YOPS, chocolate pudding - all kiddie stuff.
Green grapes washed and pulled off the stems.
Raspberries washed and in a bowl
Various cheeses - light medium, swiss, cheese sticks for the kids.
Tons of produce depending on the day - always a variety of green, red and orange peppers, cucumber, broccoli, lettuce - sometimes romaine hearts, sometimes iceberg, garlic always, Macintosh apples since Avah has a new love for them and it thrills me every time I see her bite into one, oranges.
That's a good overview. And I always love when I open my freezer and see that it's barely half full - I hate frozen meat so I always buy fresh, I don't buy frozen pizzas anymore unless its a babysitter night, we very rarely have ice cream in the house now. My freezer does have frozen berries, french fries (you never know), frozen yogurt treats, corn kernels....not much else really.
If anyone has any great snack ideas for me or my family I would love to hear them.
Wasn't feeling like eating anything this morning and I cancelled pilates just in case my body wasn't quite ready for it after the night. So i did have a red pear (which I adore after they sit out on the counter for a few days and really soften) around 930am. Not a great breakfast but better than nothing.
Lunch was early today - around 1145am and was the same as yesterday - a multigrain 3" bun with ham and some Miss Vickies chips. Whatever. The afternoon was spent on maintenance which I HATE - nails done, pedi, snatch wax, etc....all in preparation for Vegas this week. I saved a tiny portion of last nights stir fry and I will eat it around 500pm - its really small. Tonight I am going to a ladies night at The London Club with a girlfriend and I"m sure they will have nibbles so i plan on having 2 glasses of wine and since the stir fry will satisfy me, hardly any snackies.
Once I'm back from Vegas my house will finally be back in a routine that has been missing since the first of Sept - no more trips for me until Feb. I can get my fridge stocked with tons of healthy foods and be home everyday to prepare meals. I find that preparing ahead of time is mandatory for me to stay in line. When I'm home and really on the ball my fridge is filled with the following:
1%milk for the kids and for cooking with - I don't drink milk.
Diet cranberry juice for my shakes, OJ for Tom and the kids, sometimes Almond Milk for shakes.
DIet pepsi of which I drink one per day and is certainly not allowed on the Eat Clean plan. Remember I'm not perfect - there are some things in life I will never give up - designer shoes, bags and diet pepsi are those things.
2% plain greek yogurt for my shakes (none of this fat free filled with other crap in my fridge)
Regular yogurt for Tom and the kids, applesauce, YOPS, chocolate pudding - all kiddie stuff.
Green grapes washed and pulled off the stems.
Raspberries washed and in a bowl
Various cheeses - light medium, swiss, cheese sticks for the kids.
Tons of produce depending on the day - always a variety of green, red and orange peppers, cucumber, broccoli, lettuce - sometimes romaine hearts, sometimes iceberg, garlic always, Macintosh apples since Avah has a new love for them and it thrills me every time I see her bite into one, oranges.
That's a good overview. And I always love when I open my freezer and see that it's barely half full - I hate frozen meat so I always buy fresh, I don't buy frozen pizzas anymore unless its a babysitter night, we very rarely have ice cream in the house now. My freezer does have frozen berries, french fries (you never know), frozen yogurt treats, corn kernels....not much else really.
If anyone has any great snack ideas for me or my family I would love to hear them.
Monday, 15 October 2012
Part 3 of Monday
Well, this is probably a record - 3 blogs in one day but part of my blog is to make myself accountable and I did something so totally stupid this afternoon and I'm so pissed at myself. So I had my tiny little ham sandwich for lunch which was great, no chips and I was happy with that. Drank 4 glasses of water through the afternoon. Then at 430pm I started to get hungry and when I would normally grab an apple,nuts whatever, my brain just didn't even process - I grabbed tortilla chips and salsa and had a little pig out. It was like something overtook my body. I regretted it the second I was done scarfing it down and now I'm so mad and disappointed in myself. I'm back to chugging water to try and repair the damage. But these are the stupid things I do sometimes and why I can't make the progress I want too.
So I'm making our stir fry now at 630pm because of course I'm not hungry and I will eat the veggies and some chicken and skip the rice entirely.
So mad.
So I'm making our stir fry now at 630pm because of course I'm not hungry and I will eat the veggies and some chicken and skip the rice entirely.
So mad.
Part two of Monday
Now that I'm back home and my 2 hour workout is done (Im exhausted) I wanted to finish my blog for today. Spending that time with my trainer Rita is so damn motivating. I worked it hard today and as she put it "Sarah, you didn't even complain today".....haha... More and more I'm starting to think of future ideas for me to get me back into the world of fitness. Teaching for sure. Getting myself to the best Sarah I can be is first and foremost. And I"m so lucky that I have Rita to help me with this. And Larissa, my pilates instructor who is amazing and so knowledgeable as well.
What I really wanted to talk about today is my daughter Avah and how proud I am of her. We adopted Avah when she was 10 days old in a private open adoption. Avah descends genetically from a 6 ft 4 father built like a football player and an average size birth mother, two very overweight bio aunts and overweight by a product of their lifestyle bio grandparents. So she has a genetic battle there that we have to fight together. My girl is 7.5 years old and she's definitely big for her age. Would you call her fat? No. Not even really big boned. Just a big girl. She's very tall - much taller than her friends, she wears a size 3 shoe, has big hands, a belly and a HUGE personality. She is the most wonderful little creature and I am so lucky to have her. Making good decisions food wise isn't easy for Avah and over the past few months as I have switched to a clean eating lifestyle she as well has switched with me slowly. We never use the following words in our house - skinny, weight, fat. We use words and phrases such as healthy, heart healthy, clear pee, beautiful skin, muscles, energy and so on. I am very careful about how I approach her. Avah wants to eat ALL the time and she craves sugar ALL the time and I know how hard that is for her. We have gradually started satisfying her cravings other ways and luckily she is normally willing to try new foods. She has started taking yogurt for morning snack at school (and she would never eat yogurt before), afternoon snack at school might be an apple, raisins and goldfish, oriental rice snacks. She is allowed 1 unhealthy dessert for lunch which is usually a snack pack of cookies and dessert after supper. She is willing to try new things at meal times and she loves the rule of try something once and if you don't like it you don't have to eat it, but you have to try it. I'm proud of her everyday because I know she really struggles. And of course my son Jack who is 5 and has the same bio mother but a different father is a teeny tiny little string bean that can eat whatever he wants but loves healthy food and never craves sweet. Life is unfair sometimes!!
So I'm off to eat my ham sandwich and then chop veggies for tonights stir fry.
What I really wanted to talk about today is my daughter Avah and how proud I am of her. We adopted Avah when she was 10 days old in a private open adoption. Avah descends genetically from a 6 ft 4 father built like a football player and an average size birth mother, two very overweight bio aunts and overweight by a product of their lifestyle bio grandparents. So she has a genetic battle there that we have to fight together. My girl is 7.5 years old and she's definitely big for her age. Would you call her fat? No. Not even really big boned. Just a big girl. She's very tall - much taller than her friends, she wears a size 3 shoe, has big hands, a belly and a HUGE personality. She is the most wonderful little creature and I am so lucky to have her. Making good decisions food wise isn't easy for Avah and over the past few months as I have switched to a clean eating lifestyle she as well has switched with me slowly. We never use the following words in our house - skinny, weight, fat. We use words and phrases such as healthy, heart healthy, clear pee, beautiful skin, muscles, energy and so on. I am very careful about how I approach her. Avah wants to eat ALL the time and she craves sugar ALL the time and I know how hard that is for her. We have gradually started satisfying her cravings other ways and luckily she is normally willing to try new foods. She has started taking yogurt for morning snack at school (and she would never eat yogurt before), afternoon snack at school might be an apple, raisins and goldfish, oriental rice snacks. She is allowed 1 unhealthy dessert for lunch which is usually a snack pack of cookies and dessert after supper. She is willing to try new things at meal times and she loves the rule of try something once and if you don't like it you don't have to eat it, but you have to try it. I'm proud of her everyday because I know she really struggles. And of course my son Jack who is 5 and has the same bio mother but a different father is a teeny tiny little string bean that can eat whatever he wants but loves healthy food and never craves sweet. Life is unfair sometimes!!
So I'm off to eat my ham sandwich and then chop veggies for tonights stir fry.
Love Mondays
Unlike a lot of people Mondays are my favourite day of the week. After a relaxing weekend I love nothing more then sending my kids off to school and having a very productive day on my own. Today I am heading to Step Class at 930am, followed by an hour with Rita - not sure how I will be feeling after all that torture. Racing home to shower and then meeting Jamie to do a little shopping at Masonville for the afternoon. Race to pick the kids up from school, grocery shopping at some point in there, dinner, homework.....a scheduled routine is what I need everyday.
Have I mentioned that Tom and I leave for Vegas this Thurs? Vegas is one of my favourite places on Earth - the best shopping, great eating and relaxing around the pool. I am so excited. And I know that in Vegas my healthy eating will not be a problem at all. We have a reservation Friday night at the Capital Grille which is my all time favourite steakhouse and Saturday night we reservations at STK which is a very famous celebrity steakhouse. A huge change in my life is that I very rarely go to Italian restaurants anymore when that was all I went to "before". Now I seek out great steakhouses or seafood restaurants where I can get a beautiful filet and veggies or cracked crab, ahi tuna salad....yummy, i can taste it now.
Todays food:
Up at 730am - got kids up and ready.
845am - my morning shake.
Between step class and Rita I will have a protein shake to keep my energy up.
For lunch today I will be on the run which means I likely won't even miss my potato chips - I will likely have a sandwich today - a 3 inch whole grain roll with off the bone ham which is real ham and a piece of cheese.
Not sure about what I will snack on today - it's been apples and nuts for the most part this past week.
Supper tonight is going to be a chicken and veggie stir fry which we haven't had in ages. I do it with long grain and wild rice, chicken, all colours of peppers and broccoli - yummy.
So a great day. and if I get a chance later I am going to blog about my little girl and how proud I am over the choices she has started making on her food.
Have I mentioned that Tom and I leave for Vegas this Thurs? Vegas is one of my favourite places on Earth - the best shopping, great eating and relaxing around the pool. I am so excited. And I know that in Vegas my healthy eating will not be a problem at all. We have a reservation Friday night at the Capital Grille which is my all time favourite steakhouse and Saturday night we reservations at STK which is a very famous celebrity steakhouse. A huge change in my life is that I very rarely go to Italian restaurants anymore when that was all I went to "before". Now I seek out great steakhouses or seafood restaurants where I can get a beautiful filet and veggies or cracked crab, ahi tuna salad....yummy, i can taste it now.
Todays food:
Up at 730am - got kids up and ready.
845am - my morning shake.
Between step class and Rita I will have a protein shake to keep my energy up.
For lunch today I will be on the run which means I likely won't even miss my potato chips - I will likely have a sandwich today - a 3 inch whole grain roll with off the bone ham which is real ham and a piece of cheese.
Not sure about what I will snack on today - it's been apples and nuts for the most part this past week.
Supper tonight is going to be a chicken and veggie stir fry which we haven't had in ages. I do it with long grain and wild rice, chicken, all colours of peppers and broccoli - yummy.
So a great day. and if I get a chance later I am going to blog about my little girl and how proud I am over the choices she has started making on her food.
Sunday, 14 October 2012
Feeling great today
So yesterday was actually a really great day for me in the land of food - after my purging of the potato chips in the house the rest of the day went great. We watched a movie in the late afternoon and I made a plate of cheese and wheat thins, sea salt popcorn and tortillas and salsa for the family. I had a handful of the popcorn and a couple tortillas and that was it. Supper was a great meal. I grilled shrimp for Tom and i with tomatoes and a garlic in olive oil and served them with asparagus and my moms homemade mac and cheese (that part is for the kids). I had 2 small spoonfuls of the macaroni. And no snacking last night just lots of water a a mug of hot chocolate later on. So I was pretty happy with that.
Today as per usual for a Sunday morning Tom made the kids pancakes while I puttered around upstairs and avoided breakfast. I don't usually eat it on Sundays.
So just now I had my awesome salad plate with chicken and egg whites and NO CHIPS and I'm still alive. I feel deprived to be honest but I'm going to keep busy and just not think about it.
Last night before bed I put a pork tenderloin in the crockpot with garlic, water and an onion and turned it on low all night. Turned it off when I got up and then around 400pm today I will pull it all apart, add Diana Smokehouse sauce and let it simmer for 2 hours. I'm serving it with my homemade rice and a salad for dinner.
All in all I'm happy with how my weekend has gone.
Today as per usual for a Sunday morning Tom made the kids pancakes while I puttered around upstairs and avoided breakfast. I don't usually eat it on Sundays.
So just now I had my awesome salad plate with chicken and egg whites and NO CHIPS and I'm still alive. I feel deprived to be honest but I'm going to keep busy and just not think about it.
Last night before bed I put a pork tenderloin in the crockpot with garlic, water and an onion and turned it on low all night. Turned it off when I got up and then around 400pm today I will pull it all apart, add Diana Smokehouse sauce and let it simmer for 2 hours. I'm serving it with my homemade rice and a salad for dinner.
All in all I'm happy with how my weekend has gone.
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