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Month: February 2014

Mixed up my Weeks

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I was getting a little upset because I thought I’d been doing this for 5 weeks and should have made more progress.

I looked over my stats on Myfitnesspal, Fitbit and my Weigh Loss Spreadsheet. I realized that I started the spreadsheet with Week #1 when it should have read Week #0. Only because the start of that first week was a weigh-in and I wouldn’t lose weight until the following week would be more like a first week ending.

Hope it doesn’t get confusing but luckily I realized this now. I went back and changed the blog titles to read for the appropriate weeks.

I’ve been a little bit busy the last few days to make some posts but I have some upcoming thoughts id like to add to this site. I also just got my sweet header for the top of the website so now it looks like a much more professional weigh loss blog!

Support of a Significant Other

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Yesterday I was talking to Amy about my diet blog and how I feel like it will keep me on track making posts about my progress and being embarrassed to eat like shit.

Working from home all day and having nothing but a few short phone conversations with people usually leads me to a social overload as soon as she walks in the door from work. Amy’s great at listening to me rant about whatever my current passion is and knows just how to yes me to death.

Something other than her “yea”, “that’s great” and “good idea” stuck in my head. I was telling her how I was going through some old pictures from a few years back to add to my blog to show how I’ve transitioned so far. The days before I cared what I put in my mouth, and did anything but sit on the couch all day. I showed her some of the pictures and we were both in awe at how big I was for a time.

My weight has really yo-yoed for the last 6 years and we were comparing the lightest I’ve been to the heaviest and now. Amy told me, “This time your going to be the lightest”. I was like, “what do you mean”? She explained that I’ve really come such a long way with the way we’ve changed our eating habits and how I’m noticeably more active. She says that she can just tell this time that I’m going to reach my goals.

I’m really lucky because not once has she ever complained to me about my weight or ever looked at me any different. Not only in weight loss but what ever I do she is 100% behind me.

Week #4 Healthy & Satisfying Dinner

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Here’s a picture of my first home cooked meal for the start of Week #5. This is a good idea of a typical dinner that gets made in my house. One part protein an two parts vegetable. This was the same Salmon from the picture I shared in Food Planning & Storage.

Week #5 Monday Dinner

This was a really easy dinner to make and it was satisfying and filling.

Whats in the plate?

What you see is;

  • 1/2 an Acorn Squash with some sugar, salt and light butter
  • 5 oz of Salmon seasoned and grilled in my cast iron pan
  • Salmon topped with Trader Joe’s Sweet & Spicy sauce
  • Trader Joe’s Kimchi

The entire meal clocked in under 500 Calories!

Food Planning & Storage

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I wanted to share with you guys how we do some of the food planning and storage in our house. Monday – Wednesday are the easiest diet days because I know I’ll be cooking dinner at home.

Amy and I are kind of thrifty when it comes to grocery shopping and we buy all of our meats in bulk. I even buy the chicken breasts that need to be cleaned up of fat and what not and do all the work myself. When everything is ready to be put away I use my Foodsaver Vacuum Sealer and pack everything up in portions. This makes it really easy to grab stuff from the freezer. I taught myself to not over pack the bags and it help me cut down my portions and add more vegetables to the meals.

Food Storage & Meal Prep

This is what our counter looks like on a Monday afternoon. We talk about what we want to eat for the week and take the portions out of the freezer.

Most of the time its a chicken breast, boneless pork chops and something else random. Amy wont eat seafood so I don’t usually have any because then I’m cooking two separate dinners.

This weeks dinner plan is;

  1. Monday – Salmon for me and Steak for Amy
  2. Tuesday – Something with a chicken Breast
  3. Wednesday – Pork Burrito Bowls like Chipotle.

Everything we aren’t using that night gets put into the fridge so it can defrost. Usually the day of the meal we will talk about what sides we are having or just decide when we start cooking. Most of our dinners consist of a meat and two vegetables or some brown rice.

I’m very comfortable in the kitchen and I have no problem creating meals with the stuff we have on hand. We usually eat the same things and if we want something different we pick it up from the grocery store on Sunday and work it into our week.

Monday Weigh-In Week #4

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Its Monday and I hope to post a weigh-in every single week to announce my progress. Hopefully I have progress to share or this will get embarrassing fast.

Luckily today when I got on the scale I was surprised with some good news!

Start of Week #4 Official Weight – 249.1

Hell YES!!!!! I broke out of the 250s!!!!

 

I couldn’t wait for this to happen. The lowest I’ve been in the past 8 years was about 245 which only lasted a few days right before my wedding in September.

I’m feeling incredible and my clothes are starting to get looser on me. I even stopped jiggling so much when I job on the treadmill. I was going through some old photos, looking for some real before & after pictures to post up on the site, and I was blown away. I really have changed my lifestyle over the last few years just enough to drop some weight and jump back in gear when I see my weight climbing again.

After seeing the great news on the scale I hit the gym early to get my cardio out of the way. I felt great after eating pretty clean all day Sunday and only having some coffee in my stomach from breakfast.
I rocked the treadmill and almost nailed my goal of jogging non-stop for two miles. I would count it but I had to stop three times to tie my shoelaces. I was so frustrated with them I ended up putting double knots in.

I shaved almost a full minute off the post I made the other day comparing my treadmill times to when I started.

Of course after doing so well here my 3 mile time improved as well. I was able to keep jogging without getting really winded or cramping up. Only annoying thing was I had really bad cotton mouth.

2 Mile Time 2-17-14

3 Mile Time 2-17-14

Today I only did 45 minutes with an 8 minute cool down. I’m getting better because the longer I jog the more calories I can burn off in a shorter amount of time. Id love to hit the gym and run 3 miles in 30 minutes and get on with my day.

Here’s my overall stats for today without counting my 8 minute cool down.

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I came home and drank a ton of water. Then I broke out my DSLR camera and attempted to make some lunch and put up some high quality photos for my Tuna & Guacamole on Wasabi Cracker Recipe. I really hate using the DSLR and just cant get the hang of it. The pictures came out disappointing and after taking so long to do it the crackers got kinda soggy. Oh well, got to get in the food is fuel mindset!

 

 

 

Tuna & Guacamole on Wasabi Crackers

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Tuna & Guacamole on Wasabi Crackers
 
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Nutrition Information
  • Serves: 1
  • Calories: 187
Recipe type: Lunch
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Very quick and tasty low-cal lunch or snack.
Ingredients
  • 2.5 Ounce Package of Solid White Tuna in Water
  • 7 Wasabi Rice Crackers
  • 1 Greek Yogurt Guacamole
Instructions
  1. Put 7 rice crackers on a plate
  2. Put an equal amount of Guac on each cracker
  3. Open and drain your Tuna pouch
  4. Top each cracker equally with Tuna
Notes
This is a great meal or snack if your in a hurry and its actually satisfying. The wasabi crackers give it a little bite. You can substitute my Greek Yogurt Guacamole for any other, just account for the calories. It goes great with a spoonful of cottage cheese.

Tuna & Guacamole on Wasabi Crackers

 

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