177.0 Another Pound!

Can we please keep up this losing a pound a day?  Cuz it feels great!  I wonder if I'm getting more results because of running more than usual.  I do know I was in great shape back when I ran 3 miles every day!

Yesterday I walked half a mile, ran 1.6 miles, walked another half mile, and ran another half mile.  For the 1.6 miles I ran a minute and a half at 6.5 mph then 30 seconds at 6.7.  For the half mile of running, I just stayed at 6.5.  Here's what I ate yesterday:

hardboiled egg
1/2 mocha frappuccino
2 banana peppers
2 crab rangoon
fortune cookie
handful sugar snap peas
burger with bun, tomato, lettuce, mayo, and ketchup
large serving of baked beans
small serving of coleslaw
2 scoops of spumoni ice cream

178.0 Lots Of Food and Drink Found Its Way Into My Body Last Night

So I lost a pound yesterday, which is sort of surprising since I drank and did drunk junk food eating last night.  In fact, the list of what I ate and drank yesterday is alarmingly long.  Oh well!  I am still on track for my weight loss this week.

Yesterday for my workout I walked on an incline for half a mile, went to the Muscle Works class, then walked .25 miles, ran .75 miles, and walked another .25 miles.  Here (sweet Jesus) is what I ate:

cereal
1/2 avocado
handful sugar snap peas
leftover caprese
apple
lowfat greek yogurt
a few chips
small glass of chocolate milk
5 fried shrimp
2 vegetable egg rolls
white rice
glass of red wine
5 Bud Lights
1 Busch
3 small pieces of pizza
more chips

179.0 My Week Of Veggies Begins

I've gotten back to eating healthier and I can already feel the difference.  Fruits and vegetables make my body so happy!  I hope to lose at least 3 lbs by the end of this week...maybe 176?  If I manage that I will have just about broken even for the month thus far.  : /

Yesterday for my workout I walked for half a mile, ran for 1.6 miles, walked another .4 miles, then ran another .4 miles.  Here's what I ate:

leftover bratwurst
glass of chocolate milk
1/2 cheese cracker package (3 crackers)
summer salad
1/2 seared tuna steak
1 serving of 4 cheese risotto
caprese

179.4 "Holiday Week" Is Over

Whew!  It's been a very fun week, what with entertaining our friends from out of town and me throwing my diet to the wind.  By now my body is very angry at me and it's time to remedy the situation.  Today Jack and I went to the garden to find it literally overflowing with vegetables, so this week they are going to make up most of my diet!  Emily left to go back to Memphis today, so the fun's over and starting now I can focus more on working out and eating right, and less on drinking.

I think I might give up doing the elliptical; I'm starting to get really sick of it and I want to focus more on my running.  Today I decided to start doing the 30 seconds on/minute and a half off with my running, going from 6.4 mph to 6.6.  Tomorrow I think I will bump it up to 6.5/6.7.

Yesterday I did not work out.  Here's what I ate:

hardboiled egg
nonfat greek yogurt
several shared small plates at a restaurant called Salt: beets, corn soup, manchego cheese with baguette, smoked trout with baguette, and half of a fried chicken breast
2 cocktails
beers

178.6 Re-Assessment

Eek!  I haven't posted the last couple days.  My friend Emily is in town and staying with us and I've been spending all my time with her and having too much fun to blog!  Today was my re-assessment.  Sophia apparently no longer works at the gym, so I'm with a new girl named Ashley.  Here are my measurements, followed by how much I've lost since last month, followed by how much I've lost total (since Ashley's measuring technique could be slightly different from Sophia's, how much I lost this month might not be completely accurate):

shoulders: 44.5/-2/-4
chest: 42/-1.5/-1.5
waist: 38.75/-.5/-1.25
hips: 41.5/+1/0
thighs: 22/0/-.5
arms: 11/-1/-1
body fat %: 32.9%/-.9%/-2.1%

I suppose I will outline the past three days.  Tuesday I did my regular workout with a total distance of 5.15 miles.  Here's what I ate:

hardboiled egg
leftover cod
few bites of couscous
glass of juice
nonfat cottage cheese
grilled chicken sandwich with lettuce and tomato on hamburger bun
order of fries
7 beers
chips

Wednesday (the 4th) I didn't workout, but I danced that night.  Does that count?  Here's what I ate:

cereal
chips
bratwurst with bun, sauerkraut, and mustard
summer salad
glass of chocolate milk
lots of alcoholic beverages
chips and dip

Yesterday Emily and I went to the Muscle Works class.  Here's what I ate:

BLT with avocado and mayo on toasted wheat bread
chocolate milk
package of M&Ms
package of Mentos
can of sparkling juice

179.2 A New (To Me) Way to Steam Fish

Cod with zucchini and tomatoes en papillote, with mediterranean curry spiced couscous

Last night Jack and I made the above dish using a recipe from our new cookbook, "The Best Light Recipe" by Cook's Illustrated.  It is a traditional French way to steam fish, in which you wrap the fish in parchment paper with a tight seal and cook it in the oven.  Since no steam is allowed to escape, the fish steams perfectly.  This recipe was modified slightly in that it called for aluminum foil instead of parchment paper.  I fell in love with this way to steam fish because recently Jack and I tried to do it in a basket over boiling water and the water boiled too high, getting the fish wet and thus ruining it.  The recipe turned out great and the zucchini, basil, and oregano were from our garden (the tomatoes need a bit more time to ripen).

It would seem that I gained .2 lbs yesterday, but I think that may just be because I went to the gym after eating lunch today (a bit later than usual).  I did my regular workout today and it was really difficult.  I sort of felt like I was dying.  I think that is probably because the last time I did this workout was Friday 6/22, a week and a half ago.  Yesterday for my workout I went to the Muscle Works class then ran for 1 mile and walked half a mile.  Here's what I ate:

cereal
lettuce wrap filling (we were out of lettuce)
hardboiled egg
nectarine
nonfat greek yogurt
a few slices of salami
a few tomato slices with salt
6 oz. cod with zucchini and tomatoes
couscous
small glass of red wine

179.0 Fun, Fattening Weekend

Well, looks like I gained back in Columbia the weight I lost in KC.  For some reason when we go back to Columbia I throw it all to the wind...maybe because we are seeing old friends and maybe because being there reminds me of being in college.

I did not record everything I ate on Friday and Saturday, but it was a lot of unhealthy food and alcoholic beverages (Saturday night I decided I'm on a jalapeno simple syrup kick and had the bartender put it in all my drinks, including beer, which was actually really good.  I'm going to try to make some myself from the jalapenos in our garden.  Supposedly it's very easy).  Last night Jack and I cooked Italian braised chicken thighs, which were excellent, but of course a bit fattening.  Although they were delicious, they were sadly unsatisfying because while it took over 2 hours to make them, they took so little time to eat!  Tonight we are using a recipe for steamed white fish from our new light cookbook (Cooks Illustrated's "The Best Light Recipe").

For my workout Friday I ran 1.5 miles and walked .5 miles.  Saturday I did a few ab exercises but nothing else and Sunday Jack and I swam in the lake on his farm.  Here's what I ate yesterday:

Chalupa from Taco Bell
banana
2 small braised chicken thighs
butter pecan ice cream
2 beers