what a week!

TGIAF!

This week is draaaaagging. wow. Not sure if it's because it is just a blah kind of week at work, or what, but whoa, I can't wait to wake up and kiss Friday morning. hahaha.

The eats this week have been pretty good.. lots of salads :-)

and tonight I tried yoga for the first time. Not sure what my feelings are about it. It's hard! I may give it another go in a few weeks, but we'll see :-)

Hope everyone is having a quicker week then me!!

Cardio for the week

I want to start planning my cardio for the week and maybe that will help me stick to it and get myself there. So I'm thinking:

Monday: 30 mins elliptical, 15 min walk/jog on treadmill, abs and arms
Tuesday: 45 mins walk/jog on treadmill
Wednesday: Off. Spending time with the Hubs.
Thursday: Yoga (my first time!)
Friday: 30 mins elliptical, 15 min walk/jog on treadmill, legs
Saturday: Off. I have 2 communion parties and 1 engagement party to go to! (ahhhh!)
Sunday: Zumba!

Since I'm kinda new to this, and really new to strength training, I need to find some exercises to do for the various body parts. Arms and legs I know, but back, shoulders, chest and tush have me in the dark. Any websites out there that would help me?

Today was my cheat day

I had to do it.

Hubs took the day off as we had tickets to go to a Mets game at their new stadium :-) YAY!

We started the day off with bagels. YUM. I did 'scoop' mine out though ;-)

At the game, sheesh, just too many options. It started with a beer.. then onto chicken nachos (MY FAV!) then I had a nibble of Hubs' sausage hero. yikes!

Luckily I refocused myself and had a SB friendly dinner: steak and veggies

The only downside was that I didn't drink a lot of water.. so tomorrow I am going to drink a little more. :-)

Day 5 and I lost my willpower ..then found it again!

yes, it's true. work was stressful today and a co-worker asked if I wanted Taco Bell.

....


I said YES!

grrr

Luckily, this co-worker always seems to F up my orders, so I wound up with 2 tacos that I don't particularily like. (I know it's shocking that I actually don't like this type of taco, but it's true). Anyways, I ate one and threw the 2nd out. Does that count as a small victory??

Besides the minor lunch pitfall, I stuck to my plan the remainder of the day. BIG VICTORY!

Breakfast: Scrambled eggs with salsa and black beans. (I need new breakfast ideas.. help!)
Snack: almonds
Lunch: Read above :-P
Snack: Apple
Dinner: I believe the Hubs and I are going to get some Chinese, so I plan on having chicken with string beans.. hold the rice.

No work out today b/c I sat in over an hour worth of traffic to get home. God I love NYC. haha.

Zumbaaa!

LOVE IT! I tried this a few weeks ago, and even though I had a blast then, tonight I truly had an amazing time, and an awesome workout (442 calories for 53 minutes, to be exact!) Maybe I liked it more tonight because I had seen some of the steps before, but whatever it was, I am in loooooove with this class! I caught a glimpse of myself in the mirror and I have to say.. my hips have not rocked like that since I was dancing in competitions back in my high school days. whew.

Anyways, today was an ordinary Thursday.. boring and lame.. onto the eats:

Breakfast: scrambled eggies with salsa and black beans (yes, I know, I am addicted to black beans)
Snack: sugar free, fat free chocolate pudding
Lunch: turkey chili
Snack: peanuts
Dinner: homemade chicken souvlaki, hunky greek salad and 1/2 whole wheat pita (I just had to do it.. it looked way too yummy)

Happy Almost Friday!

I'm finally back in this thing!

and DAMN, does it feel good!

I have not eaten a 'bad' carb since Sunday. WOHOOOOOO!

*does happy dance*

On Tuesday I started the day off with some scrambled eggs with salsa, lunch was a leftover burger and some green beans, snack was a sliver of cheddar cheese and dinner was baked chicken with brussel sprouts.

yum-0!

As for today I had my usual 2 scrambled eggs (this time with salsa and some black beans) DOUBLE YUM! Lunch was chicken souvlaki and a greek salad, Snackie was an apple with some PB and dinner was a massive taco salad with black beans.

I think I have a black bean addiction. haha.

Tomorrow I am back at the gym! WOOHOOO! Zumbaaaaaaaaaaaa class at 5:30! can't wait!

Hope everyone is having a fabulous hump day!

Argh!

Hellooooooo bloggies! Hope everyone had a fabulous weekend!

Our weekend getaway was a blast! We consumed way too many calories and a few too many rum and diet cokes, but it was totally worth it!

Anyways.. since I am still 'recovering' from Saturday night, I did really well today on my eating plan. I've decided to go 'south beach' style yet again. It just works for me and since I am a carb-whore, I need the structure of SB.

Today's eats were:
Breakfast: scrambled eggies with cheese
Lunch: Turkey Chili
Snack: apple
Dinner: burger (made with 93/7 chop meat) and a huuuuge salad full of veggies

I'm a little hungry now, but since I already brushed my teeth I will probably stay out of the kitchen. (Not to mention I 'shut the kitchen down'.. this is my little trick that I do when I need to stay out.. I clean the counters, etc. so I won't want to go in there and dirty it up.. it works for me!)

No cardio today.. it's raining like crazy and since I was away all weekend I didn't see the hubs, so we are spending some much needed time together.

Til tomorrow bloggies!