How's your day going?

It's been a busy morning already.

Spent almost 2 hrs at the gym. Did 3 miles on the treadmill, burning 234 calories, upper body weights and 10 min on the wave machine, burning 100 calories. Yes, 100 calories in ten minutes.

However.......

THE WAVE IS A KILLER!

I can barely do ten good minutes on it but I am getting better!



Breakfast was an atkins bar on the way to the gym. I try not to sub out real food for stuff like that but I was in a hurry and had no time for breakfast.

This is lunch:

Pistachio crusted red grouper and on the side was broccoli sauteed in olive oil and fresh garlic, finished with fresh grated Parmesan Reggiano.   I am working on getting that Pistachio Butter recipe from my husband. He is playing hard to get, lol.

Scale is acting up and not agreeing with my current lifestyle so I am staying away from it for the time being.

Out with the old, in with the....wait! Man, I need to go shopping!

I went through my closet today. Let's call it sweep one. My Mom is having a yard sale so I am donating as fast as I can.

I was pretty excited to say adios to quite a few clothing items. Until I realized I have 3 pair of jeans to my name now and maybe 3 pair of dress pants.

I need to go shopping pronto! I decided this go around to simply get rid of clothes as they became too big so if I gain anything back they are so uncomfortable I will be miserable and get back on track. That should work, right? Because keeping them has only made it easier to go up and down the scale. I gotta behave like I'm serious and the rest will follow.

Stayed on track food wise all day. Only got the lower body workout in and no cardio. But I will get it done tomorrow!

No running though. Read the meme. No running YET!

Last week was a killer!

What was NOT  killer was my first football game of the year last Friday night.Usually I am huffing and puffing up and down the bleachers while I take pictures and not feeling all that great by the halftime show.

This time I sailed through the game like a breeze. I never got out of breath and was so energetic I was still be-bopping along at 2am.

I think I built up my stamina by working out the last three weeks, 6 days per week.

Overall I stayed on plan with the exception of Friday night and Saturday morning.

Went to the doctor today and she was pretty happy with my progress and will see me again in three months. Wouldn't it be nice to lose twenty lbs between now and then?

I ran across a great list of what you can eat on Atkins Induction and am posting a link to it here. The list is so extensive it is too much trouble to cut and paste it here or retype it.

Atkins Phase 1/Induction Foods

Make sure and check it out to see what a great variety of food there is available for the low carb sugar free lifestyle.

As usual, all comments and encouragement are welcome!

"Me First" week two!

Missed my "Me First" post? Check it out here:

Me First And That's OK!

It's week two of feeling the "Me First," vibe and I am still trying to find balance. I spent Labor Day Weekend fulfilling a promise that took me two years to make good on. I visited one of my band babies at her college. We had so much fun it makes me wonder why I didn't do that before now?

My "Me First," for today? Rather than get up and kick into gear with house cleaning and getting dinner figured out along with other things, I went to the gym. It was a slow start. I didn't make it much last week so I was feeling it today.

1/2 mile on treadmill and a solid lower body workout with weights. My current leg press is 180lbs. At the height of my personal trainer time last year I was consistently doing 245-270lbs  per workout. I need to get my weights built back up there.

My goal is to get some more walking in today with my favorite walk away the pounds DVD and I had an on point low carb breakfast with 2 eggs over medium, sliced avocado and some Hilltop Meats hand-smoked sausage, extra spicy.

I will update this post if I get the additional walking done. Any comments of encouragement are greatly appreciated as well as comments sharing what you're doing to get healthier!

Weigh day is Friday!

*Edited to add just finished walking 3 miles for an overall 3.6miles today.

*Edited to add food for the day.
2 eggs, 4pcs smoked pork sausage, 1 avocado, 2 bubba burgers with cheese, sauteed spinach with garlic and olive oil.

Low carb Veggies and fruit counts website

Found a good link for low carb fruits and veggies for those counting carbs!

If you are diabetic these are also good as they are going to be the fruits lowest in sugars and least impact to your blood sugar readings.

http://www.buzzle.com/articles/low-carb-vegetables.html