Oh, the pain! (but it's the good kind)

Well, I was down 4.2lbs!! So, I've lost all but 0.4 of the pounds I gained over the past 2 weeks. I think I have The Biggest Loser DVD to thank!

This morning, despite my very sore and pained legs (thanks Bob Harper!), I still went on the treadmill for just 30min. I think my new love/hate relationship will be with "jumping lunges" - those things are killer!

Here's what I've had today:
BF - egg (2), cottage cheese (2)
Lunch - bagel (2), granola bites (2)
Dinner - SUBWAY (12), 100 cal (2), cadbury thins (2)

That's it, I'm DONE for the day! No more eating!!!

Tara - I found the hot pepper relish beside the regular relish at Loblaws! It's by bicks, it's in a clear jar and it looks red. It was good... and quite a kick it has to it!!

A$$ Kicking!

I just got my butt kicked by the Biggest Loser workout! My heart rate got up insanely high and it's a good thing Alex called when he did... I think I needed a break. By the time it was done I seriously thought I was going to throw up!!!

I think this DVD set was a good investment and well worth the whole $20!

Today was another day spent in training... complete with exam at the end of the day. Tomorrow it's back to the office but my day will focus on a health and safety inspection of the place.

Here's what I ate today:
BF = oatmeal (2), 1 tbsp light JIF (2)
Snack = vitalicious muffin (1)
Lunch = salad (0) with egg (2), cheese (1), balsamic spritzer (0). yogurt (1), apple (1)
Dinner = chicken breast (3), cheese (1), steamed vegetables with hot pepper relish (0), baby potatoes (2). applesauce (1). fibre 1 bar peanut butter (3)
* I had left room for a snack during big brother... but felt too sick after my biggest loser workout!*

Good luck tomorrow to all of us weighing in!!! (It HAS to be a better week than last week!).

The Night of Brotherly Love (and not a dry eye in sight!)

What a night on TV! It was LEGENDARY!!! Don't anyone out there (who watched The Biggest Loser) try to tell me you didn't CRY your EYES OUT at the end. How sad was that? To think, there was one point where I wasn't crazy about Mark... but he was so great tonight. The whole blue team has a brotherly love unlike any team I've ever seen on TBL. When they were in Vegas, having the time of their lives, I was just so happy for them! Then cried my eyes out at the end of the show (no matter how much I tried to remind myself nobody was dying, it was just a show... even Allison Sweeney got teary eyed!). THEN, if you were flipping back and forth to Big Brother like I was - more chaos on that show. Quite possibly the most exciting show I've ever seen for it too.... 2 girls taken out for medical attention, big fight... crazy.

Exercise was not happening today. I had to leave for work an hour earlier today (and tomorrow) because I'm in training for 2 days to become the certified Joint Health and Safety rep at my office... which means NO exercise in the morning. I wanted to do the biggest loser workout tonight... but I had to work from home for one of my part time jobs. Tomorrow I hope to make a few calls for parent groups, get that done and over with... and get the biggest loser workout done!

Here's what I ate today:
BF - ww bagel (2) - psst, I'm officially out of US bagels. That is okay - more room in my tiny freezer!. 1/2 tbsp light JIF (1), all bran bites (1)
Lunch - salad (0), egg (2), turkey bacon (1), allegro cheese (1), balsamic spritzer (0), yogurt (1), apple (1), 100 calorie pack (2)
Snack - jello (0), carrots (0), hummus (1), ww bread (1), 1 tbsp salsa cream cheese (1)
Dinner - ww bagel (2), morningstar farms spicy black bean burger (2), cheese slice (1), blue menu ketchup (0), ff cottage cheese and fruit cup (2), fibre 1 bar (2)

Happy Hump day!!!

Monday of Mourning (my vacation)

It's Monday. My vacation is over. Blah. I was too depressed to go on the treadmill today before work... The rest of the week is busy with long days for training I'm away at... As long as I have my eating back under control, at least that's a start after my last couple of weeks.

I need to go to bed, so, here's what I ate today:
BF - oatmeal (2), flaxseed meal (0), 1/3c smart bran (1), 1 tbsp JIF light (2)
Lunch - flatout bread (1), turkey breast (1), 2 tbsp organic hummus (1), cheese slice (1), 2 slices turkey bacon (1), SF jello (0), fibre 1 bar (2)
Snack - dill pickles (0)
Dinner - salad (0) with 1/2c chick peas (2), 1/2 hard boiled egg (1), allegro cheese (1), 2 tbsp ff ranch (1), yogurt (1), SF jello (0), apple (1)

I'm going to eat flatout bread every day right now I think because I'm going with one of my bride friends to pick up her dress in the states on March 16... along with more SHOPPING!!

Good night to all!

Vacation OVER!

My week off is over after today... but also, my WW vacation is OVER. Today it is back to the grind. This week it is back to morning jogs... it is back to tracking what I eat.

I'm so over getting on the scale and it being up every single DAY and me not caring... and not tracking what I eat. I know what this leads to (I'm seeing it first hand all over again).

That is it. Today I commit to getting back to daily blogging, tracking everything I eat, and back to exercise.

After all, not only do I have TWO weddings I'm in come September... ANOTHER friend just got engaged and is looking at a fall wedding!!! If ever I should have motivation, it is now.

Today I am back to being a loser... every single day! Today I plan to eat well and exercise... as well as run some errands. I will be back later to update what I have eaten and what I did to exercise!

What I ate today:
BF - flatout wrap (1), 1tbsp light cheez whiz (1), 1 hard boiled egg with only 1/2 the egg white (1), 2 slices turkey bacon (1), apple (1)
Snack while grocery shopping - cadbury thins with almonds (2)
Lunch - salad (0) with lobster meat stuff (2), cheese (1), 3 tbsp ff italian (0), 3 dill pickles (0), SF pudding (1), 100cal (2)
Snack (again!) - SF pudding (1), SF jello (0), 100 cal x2 (4)
Dinner (planned) - grilled balsamic mushrooms (0), kale (0), salmon fillet (2), 100cal (2)

Exercise:
None yet (but that will change by the end of the day!)

Wake up call!

I was up 4.6lbs this week. yikes! my leader has advised me to stay AWAY from the cupcakes and cake... I will definitely heed her advice!!

On to next week!!!

Just for the heck of it...

There's not much hope for me today... but good luck still to Tara and myself!!!

I will be back later on with the results... until then, my day is biggest loser workouts, a long walk on the treadmill, grocery shopping, some paperwork for sickkids, WI, and then some time on my COUCH with my SUBWAY!

I dream of being a big loser

... that's not going to happen this week. I haven't worked hard enough and I didn't resist enough temptations on the weekend (given my lack of activity). I am also dealing with bloatedness tonight... even if i weren't bloated I would be up... but being bloated is definitely not helping matters!

Today I went on the treadmill, went to sickkids with stac and her little princess, left there and came up to costco.... stac and i both bought the biggest loser dvd set AND bought a box of chocolate bars each (100 cal coffee crisps AND almond thins), then divided them up to get 12 of each. We've made a pact that we won't eat more than 2 chocolate bars a week (i will use this blog as evidence of said pact). we then went to mongolian grill for dinner... i resisted all chinese/fried foods. i had grilled chicken and vegetables... NO carbs (except the FRUIT i had for dessert)... and seaweed salad. my only concern is the teriyaki sauce and the amount of sodium in it... oh well. what's done is done! i'm already just moving on to next week.

since i'm off work tomorrow (i'm on "vacation" this week, but only have tomorrow to myself... friday i'm working at sickkids and possibly doing cpr all bloody weekend... although i may put that off until march), i'm going to work my butt off for a last chance workout before weigh in. chances are i will be up... but it will still help me prepare for next week's WI!

Here's what I ate today:
BF - oatmeal (2), 1/3c smart bran (0), 20 g raisins (1), egg (2)
Lunch - whole tin of tuna (2), cup of soup (1)
Dinner - mongolian grill... hmmm... chicken (2), vegetables (0), teriyaki sauce (0 - according to ww guidelines!), wakame seaweed salad (3?), crabmeat (1), fruit pieces (1), 2 jello cubes (1?)

Happy weekend, Tara!! Enjoy your roadtrip! and GOOD LUCK tomorrow!!!

Back on Track!

I've been in Pontypool since Saturday. While my food was actually not so bad, my inactivity wasn't great. Sunday was supposed to be a family gathering... but thanks to freezing rain all day and a strike on my family's neck of the woods... my aunt's road was a sheer skating rink. We (mom, dad, kristen, michele, simon, and myself) got about 3 car lengths down the road and realized we never stood a chance making it safely over any hills... so we turned around and went all the way back to Pontypool (we had made it to just north of Cameron!).

I allowed myself 1 piece of cake, and about a million of those lemon whip cream cheese cupcakes.

I did, however, get to see my wonderful nephew (that makes TWICE that I have seen him since Christmas... it sucks they live so far away!).

So, now I'm back. I did 1 tae-bo DVD this afternoon and went on the treadmill for 30min. I'll have to step it up tomorrow and Thursday to get myself ready for WI on thursday!

I'll be back to posting my menus tomorrow!! Tara has inspired me to get back to eating healthier!!! Tomorrow I'm gone to SickKids with Stac and Raven (poor Raven, there is always something wrong with that girl... Maybe because she was a premie? who knows!). She is fine, she has to have testing done to be sure (she's seeing endocrine). I think Thursday I'll make a grocery list and a plan of attack for next week... and conquer all!

I was at costco on friday and bought the Tae Bo DVD set... now I think I might like to go back and buy the Biggest Loser dvd set they had there too. I'll think about that one!!!

Happy Hump day everyone!!

Oh man

I need to start caring again... and SOON!

I have GOT to gain control of my snacking. That's it, I'm not baking anything again for a while (except mom and michele's birthday cake in a couple of weeks)...

I'm going to Pontypool/Fenelon Falls for the weekend... I'll try to do my best. I need to keep up the roll I had been on and keep LOSING!!!

Okay, I'm all packed and ready to head out... so now, I'll just go on the treadmill and shower and go!!!

Happy weekend everyone!

ETA: Didn't go on the treadmill, did Taebo dvd instead... not too bad!