Workouts:
-- Muscle Mile (15 Minutes with 2 lb weights)
-- One Mile Walk (16 minutes, from the WaH website, some with weights)
-- Evening Mile (20 minutes with 2 lb handweights)
so far its 3 miles or 51 minutes! awesome! maybe I will sneak in another easy walk before bed... walking helps me sleep. or maybe I will leave it at 3 miles and start back full-swing (or is it "full-sweat"!!) tomorrow!
Breakfast: FiberOne bar + small apple
Lunch: homemade curry chicken wrap (fat free curry chicken, lettuce, ranch dressing
Dinner: homemade mexican pizza! includes: chopped tomato, mild salsa, a few sliced black olives, a tad of queso, some fat free plain yoghurt (just a dollop, tastes like sour cream!), and a few bits of curry chicken, and a smidge of mexican blend shredded cheese over the top... all atop a 60-calorie whole wheat pita!
Dessert/snacks:
- tasted the brownie batter a bit
- small, 8oz strawberry daiquiri my sister made (Bacardi Mixers, 120 calories each)
- one Anytime brownie (208 calories)
- one Jello S.F. pudding cup (70 calories)
Water: so far so good...
OTHER NEWS
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Well, the blurb for the walking group at church looked really good today. i expect to be met with many obstacles in starting this. i imagine if I have even just one person working out, besides myself, that is amazing and i am grateful for it!! making these healthy changes is marvelous and will bring many benefits to those who have the guts to do it. but there are a lot of excuses being made... even some people that I look up to a lot spiritually came back with many an excuse, the same ones everyone uses who doesnt want to exercise: I have a full time job and kids. that does not mean you dont need to exercise. you dont get as much exercise with those kids as you think, and low carb dieting isnt going to help you in the long run if you have to keep doing it over and over again, yo-yoing.
Here's my recipe from the brownies I made... theyre definitely not Duncan Hines or Betty Crocker brownies, but they taste great IMO, you can tell theyre healthy and heck, I bet they'd even taste good for breakfast! you get a pretty generously sized brownie and it costs only 208 cals. all kinds of nutrients packed in there, too. i was happy.
Anytime Brownies
2 3/4 cups quick oatmeal
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 Tbsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
3 6oz containers FF plain yogurt
1 cup applesauce
2 Tbsp canola oil
1.4 oz SF/FF instant chocolate pudding
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and mist an 8x8 dish with cooking spray.
2. In a bowl, combine oatmeal, cocoa, baking powder and salt
3. In separate larger bowl, mix together yogurt, applesauce, oil and pudding mix.
4. Add the dry ingredients to the yogurt concoction, mix well. Spread batter gently into prepared pan and bake for 35 - 30 minutes. Cool brownies before cutting into 9 squares.
Each brownie: Abut 208 cal, 8g protein, 7g fat, 5g fiber.
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Saturday, August 30, 2008
enthusiasm... new links and MORE help!
its me again.
just added all my favorite sites to the side of the page... topped by Walk at Home of course! and all the places where i buy or rent my fitness DVDs, plus some workouts on the internet.
walk club has a bunch of workouts online, too, so if you click the link for the free 6-month membership, you can have access to those as well. this month there is a 1 mile and a 2 mile (30 minute) workout on there. i also have links to the "old" walk club before they renovated, where there are still workouts on there that were streaming for that month before the site makeover. so in case anyone clicked my new blog link on facebook, just let me know and i will hook you up with the other walk club links (you gotta sign up for the free 6 month membership before the links will work, though) and you can start walking too! love that walking!!
also i just went to MyFitnessPal.com and they did a profile on me. heres what it says:
You should lose 7.5 lbs by October 4
I don't know if that is completely accurate, but if I could blast off that many pounds of FAT by October 4, I'll be happy!!! Definitely adding MyFitnessPal to my link list.
just added all my favorite sites to the side of the page... topped by Walk at Home of course! and all the places where i buy or rent my fitness DVDs, plus some workouts on the internet.
walk club has a bunch of workouts online, too, so if you click the link for the free 6-month membership, you can have access to those as well. this month there is a 1 mile and a 2 mile (30 minute) workout on there. i also have links to the "old" walk club before they renovated, where there are still workouts on there that were streaming for that month before the site makeover. so in case anyone clicked my new blog link on facebook, just let me know and i will hook you up with the other walk club links (you gotta sign up for the free 6 month membership before the links will work, though) and you can start walking too! love that walking!!
also i just went to MyFitnessPal.com and they did a profile on me. heres what it says:
| Nutritional Goals | Target |
|---|---|
| Net Calories Consumed* / Day | 1,200 calories/day |
| Carbs / Day | 165 g |
| Fat / Day | 40 g |
| Protein / Day | 45 g |
| *Net calories consumed = total calories consumed - exercise calories burned. So the more you exercise, the more you can eat! | |
| Fitness Goals | Target |
|---|---|
| Calories Burned / Week | 1,890 calories/week |
| Workouts / Week | 6 workouts |
| Minutes / Workout | 60 minutes |
If you follow this plan...
Your projected weight loss is: 1.5 lbs/weekYou should lose 7.5 lbs by October 4
I don't know if that is completely accurate, but if I could blast off that many pounds of FAT by October 4, I'll be happy!!! Definitely adding MyFitnessPal to my link list.
August 30, 2008
(ok first of all i cant believe its already the end of August!!!!!)
Workout: 6 miles (90 minutes) of Leslie walks...
-- 2 mile Woman's Walk with 3 lb handweights
-- 2 mile Walk n' Firm with 2 lb handweights and Firm band
-- 2 mile WATP Express with Firm band and some handweights
MAN was I sweating and I felt SOOO good afterward.
Breakfast: FiberOne oats n' chocolate cereal bar: 140 calories
(before workout)
lunch: 1 third of moms homemade turkey wrap, one whole curry chicken wrap, including lettuce, one 35-cal wedge of laughing cow spreadable cheese, a bit of ranch.
dinner: one slice Mestamacher sunflower bread (140) with whipped cream cheese (garlic n herb), Edam cheese and 2 thin-sliced reduced fat salami
dessert/snacks: one homemade oatmeal brownie (really healthy ingredients) topped with 4 oz. sugar-free chocolate pudding.
-one small piece of watermelon YUM!
-one string cheese
Water: um... im shooting for at least 64 oz a day. four 16 oz bottles of the cold stuff. the elixir of life.
other fitness news: starting an after-service 30 minute fitness club at church starting sept. 7... so far, Shana is the only one that i know will be participating and that is fab. i got her set up with a library card so she can rent Leslie walks, plus let her know where to find some cool workouts online to do at home.
i just love the fact that I dont have to go to the gym! i save so much money, drivetime and gas by staying at home and doing the workouts.
i have been using fitmusic from itunes to mix up what i listento when i walk in the mornings. its free and makes all my workouts seem "newer" when theres something new to listen to.
also, i have been renting fitness DVDs through Netflix and if i like them, i tape them. so far I have rented the SouthBeach diets Supercharged Workout and i taped it. the cardio portion is 20 minutes long and really tough,but its awesome.
i love to sweat! and working out in he morning gives me so much energy throughout the day and makes me feel awesome. in the two weeks and two days that i have been back on the ball with my workouts, i have knocked off over 5 lbs and several inches, especially in my thighs and bum area... and i havent been to the gym once. i cant believe ive been able to stick to my workouts, in general, for a whole year now. i gotta renew my membership at the Walk Club soon... (thats an online club)...
Leslies new DVD should be coming soon! its a 5 mile DVD, designed to do one mile each morning, BUT you can also do all 5 in a row for a butt-kicking, energizing 85 minute workout. i cannot WAIT to get this DVD!!! i found it online at www.deepdiscount.com for $9.10, FREE SHIPPING!
tomorrows workout will prolly be a mile in the morning and a mile in the evening...
Workout: 6 miles (90 minutes) of Leslie walks...
-- 2 mile Woman's Walk with 3 lb handweights
-- 2 mile Walk n' Firm with 2 lb handweights and Firm band
-- 2 mile WATP Express with Firm band and some handweights
MAN was I sweating and I felt SOOO good afterward.
Breakfast: FiberOne oats n' chocolate cereal bar: 140 calories
(before workout)
lunch: 1 third of moms homemade turkey wrap, one whole curry chicken wrap, including lettuce, one 35-cal wedge of laughing cow spreadable cheese, a bit of ranch.
dinner: one slice Mestamacher sunflower bread (140) with whipped cream cheese (garlic n herb), Edam cheese and 2 thin-sliced reduced fat salami
dessert/snacks: one homemade oatmeal brownie (really healthy ingredients) topped with 4 oz. sugar-free chocolate pudding.
-one small piece of watermelon YUM!
-one string cheese
Water: um... im shooting for at least 64 oz a day. four 16 oz bottles of the cold stuff. the elixir of life.
other fitness news: starting an after-service 30 minute fitness club at church starting sept. 7... so far, Shana is the only one that i know will be participating and that is fab. i got her set up with a library card so she can rent Leslie walks, plus let her know where to find some cool workouts online to do at home.
i just love the fact that I dont have to go to the gym! i save so much money, drivetime and gas by staying at home and doing the workouts.
i have been using fitmusic from itunes to mix up what i listento when i walk in the mornings. its free and makes all my workouts seem "newer" when theres something new to listen to.
also, i have been renting fitness DVDs through Netflix and if i like them, i tape them. so far I have rented the SouthBeach diets Supercharged Workout and i taped it. the cardio portion is 20 minutes long and really tough,but its awesome.
i love to sweat! and working out in he morning gives me so much energy throughout the day and makes me feel awesome. in the two weeks and two days that i have been back on the ball with my workouts, i have knocked off over 5 lbs and several inches, especially in my thighs and bum area... and i havent been to the gym once. i cant believe ive been able to stick to my workouts, in general, for a whole year now. i gotta renew my membership at the Walk Club soon... (thats an online club)...
Leslies new DVD should be coming soon! its a 5 mile DVD, designed to do one mile each morning, BUT you can also do all 5 in a row for a butt-kicking, energizing 85 minute workout. i cannot WAIT to get this DVD!!! i found it online at www.deepdiscount.com for $9.10, FREE SHIPPING!
tomorrows workout will prolly be a mile in the morning and a mile in the evening...
first post.
hi!
well I was inspired by a friend of mine who has such a blog, and I thought I would start one, too... just for my benefit. i have tried writing all my stuff down by hand, but i spend so much time on the computer cuz of school and my *cough* vibrant social life, I thought I would journal online. plus i have all the space and time i want here. not just a page out of a ready-made journal.
so im gonna be writing in every day what exercise I have done, what I have eaten, how much water I have had, and whatever else I feel like noting. i will also post my weight as I check it.
Name: Caitlin
Age: 21
Height: 5 feet, seven inches
Current Weight: 143.2 lbs
Goal weight: 130 lbs
Mini-goal: lose 6 pounds to be at "happy weight" according to Self.com's calculator: 137 lbs. then we will work on the last 7 lbs.
well I was inspired by a friend of mine who has such a blog, and I thought I would start one, too... just for my benefit. i have tried writing all my stuff down by hand, but i spend so much time on the computer cuz of school and my *cough* vibrant social life, I thought I would journal online. plus i have all the space and time i want here. not just a page out of a ready-made journal.
so im gonna be writing in every day what exercise I have done, what I have eaten, how much water I have had, and whatever else I feel like noting. i will also post my weight as I check it.
Name: Caitlin
Age: 21
Height: 5 feet, seven inches
Current Weight: 143.2 lbs
Goal weight: 130 lbs
Mini-goal: lose 6 pounds to be at "happy weight" according to Self.com's calculator: 137 lbs. then we will work on the last 7 lbs.
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