Last Week's Review

This post is a bit late... I went from Houston for work to an out-of-town outing with the family for the long holiday weekend within 36 hours. I ended the week last week quite a bit over plan. Around 1000 over. I had a lot of work lunches and dinners out, and did not do super hot in moderating my food intake. I missed my weigh-in, too. Here is the review:

Sunday:
Coffee with agave nectar
Rice cereal w/rice milk
banana
Toast with cheese
Olives
Cheese Snack
Mashed Turnips
Aubergine with lamb
Wine

Monday:
Coffee with half and half
Rice cereal w/rice milk
Banana
Ropa vieja with rice and black beans
Grapes, bit of cheese

Tuesday:
Coffee with agave nectar
Oats with raisins
fruit (Papaya, berries, banana)
Rice, etouffee, pickles, cheese
Cucumber salad, Mozzarella & Tomato salad, marinated mushrooms, hummus, wee bit of manchego cheese
Banana
Chocolate

Wednesday:
Coffee with half and half
Oats
Fruit
BBQ with beans
Bacardi and Diet Coke
Sushi
Sliced sirloin
Dessert
Wine

Thursday:
Coffee with half and half
Oats
Banana
Vegetarian Southwest Salad
Carpaccio with salad greens
Seafood risotto
Sample of desserts
Wine
Chocolate

Friday:
Coffee with agave nectar
Rice cereal with rice milk
Bread with Cheese Spread
Sliced tomato with salt
Vegetarian Green Curry Eggplant
Banana Custard

Saturday:
Coffee with agave nectar
Mixed green salad with sliced turkey
Watermelon
Sliced beef
Souffle with okra and squash
Bake with heart of palm
Wine

Exercise:
Sunday: Ran 3 miles, walked 3 miles
Monday: Walked 45 minutes
Tuesday: 30 minutes stationary bike, 30 minutes strength
Friday: Walked 2 miles
Saturday: Walked 2 miles & Strength

No Slackin'

No slackin' this week. Interim Report below.

Sunday Grubs:

English muffin
Coffee with Sugar
Crabs
Potatoes
Mixed fruit
Sunflower seeds
Nectarine
Mac & cheese
Peach

Sunday Moves: Walked 4 miles

Monday Grubs:
Coffee with agave nectar
Peach
Gluten-free Amy's Pizza
Mixed fruit (cantaloupe, watermelon, peach, mango, blueberries)
Squash
Pickle
Aubergine stuffed with tomatoes, shallots, and chickpeas (mmmm)
Monday Moves: Walked 4 miles

Making Weight Loss a Permanent Habit

I read an article today on bad and good eating habits. The article describes how you can turn eating healthy into a habit, resulting in weight loss. The article was sent to me by my wonderful Moma. It is worth a read: Behavior Modification

The article strikes a cord with me, because I have seen that my body does get used to (after 5-6 weeks of consistency) good eating behaviors, and it also lets me know when I am changing the good behaviors into bad ones. One of the reasons I have found traveling so difficult this summer is that I have been traveling to new cities, with coworkers who typically choose the restaurants, and have been working a hefty number of hours (resulting in snacking).


I do think, though, that I am the one that controls how much goes into my mouth and should be tracking and adjusting a bit better than I have been, and don't want to make excuses for situations that are not likely to change. I do think my health is and always will be more important than my job over the long term... I just need to remember that each time I am going out to lunch and din din while traveling.

I Am Still Slacking

I am still slacking at tracking my calories. I have only tracked about half my calories over the past few weeks, but am trying to turn a new leaf again starting this week as far as journaling goes. I have maintained/dropped about 1/2 a pound of weight over the past couple of weeks. I have also kept up my exercise, managing to get in at least four days a week, even with traveling each of the past four weeks to a few different cities.

Sending props out to my mom, who has stuck to using her personal trainer while working an outrageous amount this summer, and to Miss Piggy for winning the personal battle and hitting the gym today.

Pole Dancing, Anyone?

Pole dancing for weight loss?

Pole dancing helps strip off pounds

Not my thing, but entertaining to read.

The Exercise Pill

Have any of you read this about this crazy new pill that could make people fit like marathoners? I wonder if it will make you grow an extra arm too, to help you swim faster.

Oral Pill Turns Slacker Mice into Marathonists: Study

This both sounds promising (perhaps to help people with serious metabolism problems...not slackers) and makes me suspicious (in light of potential abuse by superstar athletes).

I am glad that they have already created a test so that athletes could be checked for use of the pill. No cheating.

Fessing Up!

Okay. I admit it. I put up a post about how tracking food is good and how it works for me... and then I don't track my food for two weeks while traveling.

Even though I am traveling again this week in hurricane territory, I am back to tracking my food and exercise. I had a weight reversal (regaining a couple of the pounds of my mysterious three pound loss a couple of weeks ago), but am back on track. You may yell at me or provide encouragement. :)