OK, I don't get it...
I had ZERO carbs yesterday outside of the permitted fruit portions and I felt like crap again today. Slept much better (6 straight hours again), but I had a headache that just wouldn't quit. Must be something else (the weather is going to change in the next 24 hours -- that sometimes does it for me). Or maybe it's work -- we're busy, busy, busy right now and I haven't been able to keep regular meal times.
Today I wanted pancakes. I got yogurt. Seems like a pretty unfair trade off...
Dr. Mike's food tip for today: Drink your water! It helps flush body waste and metabolize stored fat. OK, Doc, point taken...
Dr. Mike's exercise tip for today: Recruit a workout buddy -- hubby (um, not likely), children (the daughter will be up for a walk), friend (my friends are very busy themselves and scattered throughout the city -- planning a workout with them would be a logistical nightmare...lol! But they are encouraging me in other ways and that is just as valuable!) -- you're less likely to jam out of your workout if someone else is counting on you.
Today's Menu
Breakfast: strawberry yougurt with diced strawberries added, pomegranate green tea, multivitamin, Omega 3 capsule
Morning Snack: skipped this -- took my headache back to bed after the kids left for school and had breakfast quite late...
Lunch: Ricky's Restaurant's BCLT Salad with chicken -- B = bacon bits, C = cheese, L = lettuce, T = tomato (lots of greens and other good stuff like spinach, carrot -- unfortunately the chicken had some kind of breading -- gotta remember to ask when the menu doesn't specify), water
Afternoon Snack: small yogurt (Silhouette 0+ toffee flavoured), mint green tea
Dinner: baked chicken breast, Dr. Mike's green bean casserole (from the workbook -- pretty good, a bit bland for my taste)
I love my Fridays off! The highlight of the day is a lunch date with my kids where we catch up on the news of the week and make plans for our weekend which always includes pizza/movie night and another evening of fun food and entertainment. Since the family got "fun" food tonight (burritos with all the fixings), I decided to try something new, hence the green bean casserole. Not necessarily "fun", but definitely different.
Part of the afternoon involved grocery shopping and I picked up the ingredients for the tomato-leek soup from the workbook -- smelled amazing while it was cooking -- going to try that tomorrow...
Friday, March 16, 2012
Cycle 1 (Accelerate) -- Day 4
Well, I paid for those cookies with sleep. I had a really light sleep and felt absolutely awful and wrung-out this morning -- had to go back to bed for a couple of hours after the kids left for school. Way to go, dummy...
Ah, well, I guess that's scientific proof that one shouldn't eat cookies at 10:30 PM.
Today was busy at work, but I made a point of finding time to eat that lunch. Of course, it was rushed, but at least I ate...
Dr. Mike's food tip for today: Probiotics are friendly bacteria that help your digestive tract form a barrier against bad bacteria and also help you lose weight.
Dr. Mike's exercise tip for today: Put your gym times (if that's how you're getting your exercise in) on your calendar and plan your workout for early in the day -- get it over with before you do anything else and you'll feel better for the rest of the day. I guess if you're like me and just walking, you should put that on the calendar, too. And if you're using a smart-phone calendar application, you can set it up so you get nagged until you do it!
Today's Menu
Breakfast: 4 egg whites, scrambled (with red pepper, mushroom, 1 tbsp of salsa), Del Monte diced peaches (packed in water), cranberry/pomegranate green tea, multivitamin, probiotic capsule, Omega 3 capsule
Morning Snack: vanilla yogurt with Granny Smith apple & cinnamon
Lunch: Dr. Mike's Chicken Vegetable soup
Dinner: large green salad* with tomatoes, baked chicken breast, Kraft Mandarin Orange dressing
* I've been using bagged salad (yes, terribly lazy) -- this one had pieces of carrot, radish, purple cabbage and a few snap peas.
No official workout/exercise today (are you shocked?) but, again, lots of walking at work -- not really exercise, but I was on the move all day. I have the day off tomorrow and the weather has been nice, so I might just go for a real walk and listen to the birds singing down by the pond.
Ah, well, I guess that's scientific proof that one shouldn't eat cookies at 10:30 PM.
Today was busy at work, but I made a point of finding time to eat that lunch. Of course, it was rushed, but at least I ate...
Dr. Mike's food tip for today: Probiotics are friendly bacteria that help your digestive tract form a barrier against bad bacteria and also help you lose weight.
Dr. Mike's exercise tip for today: Put your gym times (if that's how you're getting your exercise in) on your calendar and plan your workout for early in the day -- get it over with before you do anything else and you'll feel better for the rest of the day. I guess if you're like me and just walking, you should put that on the calendar, too. And if you're using a smart-phone calendar application, you can set it up so you get nagged until you do it!
Today's Menu
Breakfast: 4 egg whites, scrambled (with red pepper, mushroom, 1 tbsp of salsa), Del Monte diced peaches (packed in water), cranberry/pomegranate green tea, multivitamin, probiotic capsule, Omega 3 capsule
Morning Snack: vanilla yogurt with Granny Smith apple & cinnamon
Lunch: Dr. Mike's Chicken Vegetable soup
Dinner: large green salad* with tomatoes, baked chicken breast, Kraft Mandarin Orange dressing
* I've been using bagged salad (yes, terribly lazy) -- this one had pieces of carrot, radish, purple cabbage and a few snap peas.
No official workout/exercise today (are you shocked?) but, again, lots of walking at work -- not really exercise, but I was on the move all day. I have the day off tomorrow and the weather has been nice, so I might just go for a real walk and listen to the birds singing down by the pond.
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