NYTC Day 47
I spent today with my family :). I love it when school is out for the day. Today was a planned day off, but we also had a bunch of snow to keep us in. While the kids went sledding I sewed half a bathrobe for Heidi. This evening we cleaned out the storage room in the basement. It’s what Darren and I chose to do on our date night!
I now have the empty space to transfer my laundry storage down there in prep to redo that room, and to set up a wrapping paper station which will clean up a big mess in my office too. It will all take time, but I’m easing up on the blogging a little in hopes that some projects will get done–and some family bonding in the process :).
I did FYM workout of the month A today. Super planks are still super challenging for me, but I was able to use 15 lb dumbbells on all the other exercises and still complete everything. The last rep was pretty hard–which tells me I’m at the right level.
NYTC 2013 Day 46
Snow Day! We got about 12 inches so the weatherman says. I didn’t actually go out and check :). I spent most of the day watching classic movies with the kids. It’s amazing how Hollywood still had some values back then. Our favorite today was called “My 6 Loves” and was about an actress who married a minister so she could adopt 6 abandoned children. They taught them to pray and helped the oldest answer his doubt about whether there is a God. It was interesting how they handled the career vs family thing. In the end, family won out :). It had fun costumes too.
(I did do other things today, like sew 2 nursing bras for my sister-in-law, cook meals; and write the menu plan for the Grocery Shrink Plus girls.)
So I didn’t take many photos, just kept track in My Fitness Pal. I’m planning to be equally unexciting tomorrow :). And spend my time cleaning out the basement and laundry room.
Breakfast: Green Smoothie (And a wonton grabbed in a moment of weakness since I waited too long to eat breakfast.)
Snack: Skipped because I woke up too late to have room for a snack between breakfast and lunch 🙂
Lunch: Strawberry spinach salad with leftover lemon pepper chicken on top.
Snack: preworkout–2 eggs and an orange. Post workout: peanut butter yogurt with a sprinkle of granola.
Workout was 15 minutes of running intervals on the treadmill while listening to the replay of Holly’s coaching call today. I lover her calls!
Dinner: Homemade chili made from dry pintos; tomato paste; homemade taco seasoning; and grass fed beef.
For an evening soother I had a cup of apple/cinnamon tea with a splash of almond milk.
Fit and Fabulous Chicken Salad
Fit and Fabulous Chicken Salad
Ingredients
- 4 oz chicken breast meat (I like Kirkland's canned chicken for this.)
- 1/2 cup red grapes, sliced in half
- 1/2 cup chopped celery or freeze dried celery
- 1/4 cup chopped green onions or freeze dried chopped onions
- 2 Tbs light mayo
- 1/4 cup Greek Yogurt
- 1/2 tsp stevia in the raw
- 2 shakes Worcestershire sauce
Instructions
- Combine chicken, grapes, celery and onions in a bowl.
- In a smaller bowl combine mayo, yogurt, stevia and Worcestershire sauce.
- Fold the mayo mixture into the chicken mixture. Eat right away or chill until serving.
- Makes 2 servings.
Notes
18 g protein; 17 g carbs, including 2 g fiber
NYTC 2013 Day 45
End of day update: You may notice I’m eating more calories now. I’m trying something new, by upping my calories a little and never missing a strength workout, I’m seeing if I will boost results a little. Even today I’ve had 1800 calories and am still feeling hungry–a sign that I may continue to burn fat today. I can hope!
And I know I’ve had more calories than this, even though I shared my workout shake with the boys. I didn’t measure the veggie chips, just guessed. And I made the family tiny wonton bowls to put their taco salad in and I ate some of the broken ones. They are small but everything adds up. I’m going to try to drink a bunch of water and see if the hungry goes away.
Breakfast: Blueberry Oat Custard (without protein powder)
Snack: 3/4 oz almonds; 1/3 met-rx protein bar; 1/2 an apple (roughly) I meant to eat the whole thing, but Grant took off with it and let me have a few bites, lol.
Lunch: 1 lean pork burger; 1 cup oriental veggies; 1/2 cup brown rice
Snack: Prograde workout in almond milk with frozen mango and strawberries.
Snack: After picking up kids from school: veggie chips, 1/3 protein bar
Dinner: Taco salad: Lean beef and black beans over big lettuce, with salsa
NYTC 2013 Day 44
I’ve figured out I have to record my food as I eat it or mess up the day. So here’s breakfast and I’ll add to it as the day progresses.
Chocolate yogurt and strawberries. I have a tip for this later, but right now we are late for school! I’ve been stirring powders like cocoa powder and peanut flour into my yogurt for awhile, and it’s really hard to get it smooth. I know I’m going to get mouthfuls of powder and while I’m okay with that, I feel badly recommending it to others.
With this tip, I should never get a mouthful of powder again–and it will also make it easier to add powders to Greek Yogurt without drying it out too much.
Mix your powders together in a bowl. My favorite blend is 1 Tbs stevia in the raw; 2 Tbs cocoa powder, and 1/4 cup of peanut flour. You can change the measurements to suit you. If you have the good kind of Dutch Cocoa powder only 1 Tbs is fine. And if you don’t need the extra protein or calories 2 Tbs of peanut flour still gives a nice peanut taste. Anyway, once your powders are combined, mix in enough water (about half the amount of the powder) to dissolve everything and make a paste. The cocoa takes awhile to mix in, just keep stirring. At this point you would have a great apple dip :). Or you can just stir it into your yogurt. No lumps, just smooth creamy choco-peanutty goodness.
Snack was 1/3 a met-rx protein bar.
Lunch, chicken salad and veggie crackers.
Snack: Chicken salad and half as much crackers.
Dinner: 2 eggs and 1 oz of ham baked into a frittata.
NYTC 2013 Update Food Journal
Whew! What a relief last week is over. I broke out in hives in anticipation of my weekend speaking engagement with Farm Bureau in Tantara, MO. It ended up being a lovely mini-vacation. I gave 4 mini (45 minute) classes in the morning that went from 9:15-1:45. Normally I would eat a snack and lunch during that time, but there wasn’t a break for that. To be honest, I was so nervous and full of adrenaline that I didn’t even notice feeling hungry.
The classes went really well, and the people there were so gracious and friendly that they made me feel like a speaking genius, lol.
By the time I sat down with my lunch it was nearly 2:00. Two bites in, my entire body shut down. I had to go back to my room and sleep–for hours. The hotel had an indoor water park, awesome workout room and spa. So I’m told :). I slept through all the recreation time and it felt good.
My little friend Anna and I entertaining ourselves with my phone during the speeches 🙂
The food choices there were super yummy, but not especially fit mama friendly. I made the best choices I could while still tasting a bite of the really bad foods that looked amazing. Darren and I split dessert on the last night.
I didn’t workout while I was there, the stress of the whole ordeal just sucked the energy from me. It took me several days of panic to work up that kind of anxiety. Maybe if I did it more often, it wouldn’t freak me out so much?
Anyway, today I tried my best to get back on track with food. Just by adding a few things like homemade granola and pecans to my day got me to my full calorie allowance by 2pm! Not Good. I ended up over calorie by a bunch even though everything I ate was super healthy. It’s 10pm now and I’ve been starving since 7. I think that’s a good sign that I have a chance at burning fat even with my full calorie day.
I have some pictures of my weekend and today’s food. I’ll try to upload them in a bit. For now, here’s my fitness pal summary.
Pear, cranberry, pecan salad.
Peanut butter chocolate yogurt with apples and granola.
NYTC Week 6 Day 3
I blew it today at Mom’s and muffins. Thought I would eat just part of a muffin while I visited with my kids at school. Ended up eating 3/4ths of it but felt happy since I didn’t eat it all.
Then I just about fainted when I put the calories into my fitness pal and discovered 75% of a muffin is 690 calories! And I drank the orange juice too!
I’m working in my car right now. Planning better for my snack:
Lots of celery, Protein plus peanut flour mixed with water and raisins.
NYTC 2013 Week 6 Day 1 (Day 36) Food Journal
2 eggs, 3 baby bells, 1/4 an onion, and 1 cup spinach
Grant and I shared a choco blueberry protein shake :).
Lunch is real grilled chicken over mixed greens and raspberry dressing.
Chocolate yogurt with strawberries and stevia. (While watching Downton Abby :).)
Snack: 1/3 protein bar and half and apple
Bean enchiladas and corn.
New Motivational Calendar–free Download
My husband spent some time thinking of some new motivational sayings for us. I put them in a second edition of the same great calendar that helps me stay on track.
Click here to download: FYM Goal Check off calendar working file 2
If you missed the first edition of the calendar, you can catch that here, with the instructions of how to use it: http://www.centsablyfit.com/free-printable-getting-ready-for-monday/
It is possibly my busiest week of the year so it’s crucial that I plan ahead, have a healthy stocked fridge and plan in some down time. I’m shaking in my boots. I’m not sure how I can do everything on my list and stay true to my fitness goals. I’ll be praying a lot. It’s impossible on my own strength.
