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WIAW: Whole Foods Plant Based Diet

I stated on Monday that I was going back to a plant-based diet and I am now on day 4 and going strong. I am already feeling lighter with more energy, and lets just say that last night was a whopper, yet I am not feeling tired at all (we’ll see how I feel come this afternoon!). On a side note, I can’t wait until we get our third room finished for our new daughter. She is the NOISIEST sleeper ever! She grunts and makes all sorts of weird noises and when I get up to check on her she is totally asleep! The first 3 months are the hardest, right?

Anyway, onto my Tuesday eats! Thank you to Jenn at Peas and Crayons for hosting this blogger get together every Wednesday!

Breakfast was eaten before I could snap a picture, but it was Oatmeal with ground flax-seed, vanilla soy milk, and frozen berries. Not anything too exciting.

Lunch was leftovers from the night before and they were delicious:

Homemade veggie burgers dipped in BBQ sauce and a salad with mixed greens, cucumbers, avocado, and spicy hummus. The recipe I used for the veggie burgers came from Oh She Glows and it is her Spicy BBQ Chickpea Burgers

I love the crunch that the sunflower seeds added, although, these would have been better on a bun (I forgot to get some from the store). But I mus say they held together really well and it was a lot better than buying sketchy frozen veggie patties from the store with an ingredient list a mile long!

In the afternoon I saw that I had a banana and a zucchini that was on their last legs so I decided to make Chocolate Zucchini Muffins from Happy Herbivore. I love this recipe because my daughter calls them “cupcakes” and she will polish off 2 before I can blink my eyes. She has no idea that is she is getting some fruits and veggies in each muffin. My second pregnancy caused my first daughter to become a picky eater. Too much eating out will do that to someone, so now I’m trying to get her back on the healthy eating band wagon a little at a time.

I added in some mixed fresh berries and it was a filling snack that held me over til dinner.

Dinner was something unexpected. This week I meal planned and told myself that no matter what, I was going to stick to it. Well, last night I realized that I didn’t have a couple of the ingredients I needed for at least two of the meals I was planning so I went in search of a recipe for something that I had the ingredients on hand for.

After a quick check of my Google Reader I found a recipe that looked easy and delicious: Coconut Ginger Curry Rice Bowl From PB Fingers. Who doesn’t love a one pot meal? The only problem is that I had run out of brown rice and had to sub with white. The great thing was that it was done and on the table in less than 30 minutes.

I wish that I had fresh broccoli instead of frozen, but it works in a pinch. I will be having leftovers of this for lunch.

After getting back on the plant-based bandwagon I am feeling great. My cravings are going away and the scale even gave me some motivation this morning by showing me a lighter number. My only concern is that I feel like my breast milk supply has gone down a bit. I can’t tell if I am just being paranoid or if my little babe is eating more than normal. I’m monitoring it for the next few days and it is probably in my head. Other than that I’m feeling great, and only T-4 days until I can start exercising again (hopefully I will get the clear at my 6 week postpartum appointment next Monday).

Have a happy Wednesday!

WIAW: What Nursing Mom’s Eat

One of the major things I notice when I start nursing is that it seems like I am STARVING all. the. time. It doesn’t help that my little one is kind of a little piggie and I feel like she is taking most of my calories.

So like I said last week, I joined Weight Watchers Online and my daily allotted points are 55. It seems crazy high to me, but I will try it out for a few weeks and see what kind of results I get. My real strategy is to eat as many 0 point foods as possible throughout the day and hopefully that will make all the difference!

Thanks to Jenn over at Peas and Crayons for helping me to stay accountable for my eats every Tuesday. Dustin says that I need to document my weekend eats and that I always eat perfect on Tuesdays because I will have to blog about it. Maybe next week.

I am happy to say that I stuck very closely to my plan yesterday and I didn’t end up being hungry at all throughout the day. Small victories people.

Breakfast:

2 eggs, plus 2 egg whites
1/4 an Avocado
Great Harvest Honey Whole Wheat Bread
1 Tbs. Justin’s Almond Butter
Blackberries and Strawberries

Here is what my WW tracker looked like:

Lunch:

Low Carb Whole Wheat Tortilla
Grain Mustard
6 oz. Peppered Deli Turkey
1/2 Avocado
Brocco Sprouts
Baby Carrots
Cantaloupe

I really didn’t think that my lunch was going to last me all day and so I added in a Chobani Pineapple Greek yogurt for a little sustaining power, and it seemed to do the trick. Here is how lunch tracked:

Dinner:

The blurry pic is because it was STEAMING hot. This Red Curry soup has been a stand by in my kitchen the last few weeks. It is incredibly easy to make and you can always use different ingredients of whatever you have on hand.

Red Curry Paste
Chicken Broth
Coconut Milk
Carrots
Onions
Red Pepper
Red Potato
6 oz. Chicken
1 Cup Brown Rice

This meal was a little high in points, but I think it’s because I over estimated to make sure I wasn’t cheating myself. Here is how it turned out:

Even after over estimating I still have 7 points left at the end of the day. I think they will be spent on a Chobani with berries. That leaves me with 3 points left. Not bad.

Eaten anything memorable lately?

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by Shrinking Carrie on May 1, 2013 • Permalink

Posted in Breast Feeding, Challenges, Daily Stats, Diet, Good Food, Link Love, Meal Planning, Nutrition, Weight Watchers, WIAW

Posted by Shrinking Carrie on May 1, 2013

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WIAW: Recipe Round-up

I have been trying some fun recipes this past week, so instead of showing you essentially the same foods that I eat almost everyday here are some of the recipes I have tried and what I thought of them.

Thanks to Jenn over at Peas & Crayons for hosting this fun event every week!

I know it isn’t April anymore, but I just loved the Button for that month!

Mushroom Risotto with Carmelized Onions from Oh She Glows

On Monday I decided to try out a recipe that I have had on my meal plan for the last 6 weeks… Mushroom Risotto with Carmelized Onions!

Pic from Oh She Glows, click on pic to be taken to recipe

I used Oh She Glows photo because my photo did not do this recipe justice. The verdict: Delicious! I don’t think I have mentioned before that my hub’s has a serious love affair with mushrooms and he used to cook them in teriyaki sauce and eat them plain. I am not actually a huge fan of mushrooms, they definitely need to be cooked into something and these were perfect! I have also never tired barley before. A little chewy for my liking.

After plugging in the recipe to Livestrong.com I found that this recipe had WAY more calories than I thought it would have. It was around 850 per serving! The next time I make this recipe there will be a few changes:

Use water instead of oil to cook the onions in the first step.
Change the grain to brown rice. Barley has somewhere around 700 calories per cup (lesson learned, barley in small doses).
I switched the vegetable stock to chicken stock. I know this makes it not vegan, but switching over to vegetable stock could be a long process for me since I think it tastes like a**.
No Earth Balance. I have a feeling I wouldn’t even miss it.
Take the carmelized onions out all together. I know this is a part of the recipe title, but you have to use 3 tablespoons of oil and a lot of salt to make these and although they were yummy, they were not necessary, to me at least.
Two cartons of mushrooms. I thought one would be enough, but I was wrong.

This recipe would also make an amazing side dish for meat eaters. Has anyone ever heard of Consomme Rice? It is a healthier alternative to that recipe.

Smashed Chickpeas and Avocado Sandwich from Two Peas and Their Pod

Pic courtesy of Two Peas and Their Pod. Click pic to be taken to recipe

We had this for dinner last night. I know this is more of a lunch food (which I will be having the leftovers today for that very meal), but yesterday was pretty hot and the house was so warm that it was nice not to have to turn the oven or stove on. I am a big fan of tuna/chicken salad, and this hit the spot for that craving. I did add a large diced celery stalk to give it a little snap, and next time I would even go as far as to add a diced purple onion. This sandwich will definitely be making it into my lunch rotation.

I ate this salad with toasted wheat bread, and a side of baby carrots. The meal in total was 409 calories, and left me feeling very satisfied. Although the baby did eat one bite and turned her nose up at it. Can’t win ‘em all I guess.

Crazy Woman Chocolate Blender Pudding from Oh She Glows

I saved the best recipe for last. Let’s just say that I will ALWAYS have a frozen banana and avocado in the freezer from no on in case I get a craving.

Click pic to be taken to recipe

I have yet to make a vegan dessert, but I finally rectified that last night. I never know what to expect when I make some recipes. Pudding? Does it really taste like pudding? Because I really want something creamy and cold that doesn’t have any grit to it.

This recipe totally delivered.

It was amazing.

I embarrassingly admit that I licked my bowl clean.

Go. Run. Make. this. recipe. now.

I’d bet that you could even add some Pea Protein Powder for a kick of protein. And did I mention that it is good for you? One serving is 191 calories and I could easily pick it over ice cream, or use it for an ice cream craving. One serving is about 1 1/2 cups. ONE AND A HALF CUPS! If you ate 1 1/2 cups of Hagen Daaz it would put you somewhere in the range of 600-700 calories, and around 45 grams of fat. This recipe has 5 grams of fat, and they are from the delicious frozen avocado that makes this pudding oh. so.creamy.

So do yourself a favor. Make this recipe. As soon as humanly possible.

I hope you give these recipes a try! Happy Wednesday!

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by Shrinking Carrie on May 9, 2012 • Permalink

Posted in Addiction, Awesomeness, Good Food, Indulgence, Link Love, Recipes, WIAW

Posted by Shrinking Carrie on May 9, 2012

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Better Beginnings Part III

Better Beginnings is a series that I started last year that follows my daughter’s eating during her first few years. I try to document some fun and different ways that I find to get healthy foods into her diet to set her up for a healthy life! If you want to catch up here are the last two installments:

Disclaimer: This post talks about poop so if you don’t want to read it come back tomorrow!

When I was young I had some serious bowel issues. So much that I was scared when the time came to go to the bathroom, and I would hold it until my stomach started to hurt. My mom tried everything to get me to go to the bathroom more often. I even remember a time when she made me eat bran cereal (the stuff that looks like tiny twigs from a tree) and when I wouldn’t eat the whole bowl, she put it in the fridge for later. Ever had cereal after it’s been sitting in the fridge for a few hours? I’m sure you can imagine. Luckily, I think she was using it more as a “don’t waste food” tactic because I don’t remember actually having to eat the soggy bowl of bran.

These bowel issues followed me into my adult life and when I was about 21 I decided that I needed to do something about it. The problem was that I had gone so long with these GI issues that it was hard to get my colon back on track. I tried eating a LOT of fiber, and then I started taking Metamucil 3 times a day (to this day I still take a glassful of Metamucil at night). I started seeing a little improvement, but mostly I started to get an obsession with the topic of poop (my family will tell you that a conversation always comes to poop with me).

When I was 25 I decided that I was going to try getting A colonic (click here for more information, if you really want to know what it is). The colonic specialist I went to suggested that if you are having bowel issues you should get 4 colonics in 1 year, and you will see a major improvement in your GI tract, and strengthen your colon because it is forced to expel the water, which is like a workout for your colon.

Let me just say that the story of the colonic is one of my Dad’s favorite stories to tell people about me. My family laughs ever time I mention it just because it was a HORRIBLE experience! The reason it was horrible is because I should have done some prep work before I had it done, and when I went into it I had no idea what was going to take place. (if you want to hear the story, or if you have questions about the process you can email me at shrinkingcarriewww at gmail dot com). But I will say that my colon had a 180 difference and I would do it again in a heart beat.

What this whole post has to do with Better Beginnings for my daughter

I am bound and determined to not let my daughter have these same issues. They were painful, and pretty traumatizing for me as a child. I go as far as to cheer a little when she poops, and make sure to not make a big deal of changing poopy diapers. I don’t want her to think pooping is negative or secret. EVERYBODY POOPS!!!

One thing that I have noticed is when my daughter has dairy products she gets constipated. When I started to do the 21-day Vegan Kickstart I decided that I would have Hanna follow along as much as she could (although, she still LOVES yogurt and it is the only dairy product she is really eating right now). I switched her over to Soy milk (she was never a fan of whole milk anyway, and she actually LIKES the soy milk), and she eats almost everything that I eat. The only problem is that I have to keep it interesting for her. She is not like her mama and she can’t eat the same thing for most meals, she craves variety. Especially at breakfast time.

This morning I decided that I was going to find an egg-free, dairy-free french toast recipe and I found a good one! I found it on the website Must Follow Recipes. She doesn’t blog on there anymore, but she has left up the website so that you can still make her recipes.

I assembled my ingredients. Great Harvest Cracked Wheat bread, flour, canola oil, vanilla soy milk, unsweetened applesauce, and cinnamon.

This mixture turned out VERY thick so you need to be careful when you dip the bread that you don’t overcoat it. You can also scrape some of it off the bread before you put it in the skillet.

Finished product. I don’t know if it’s because my stove sucks or if it’s just the recipe, but they need to cook for quite some time. I cooked them on Low (learned that anything higher will burn them) and had to cook them for almost 10 minutes on each side. Which is why I made an entire batch today and then froze them for future breakfasts. It made 5 slices.

The result:

Happy baby that poops at least twice a day!

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by Shrinking Carrie on April 5, 2012 • Permalink

Posted in 21-Day Vegan Kickstart, Better Beginnings, Diet, Good Food, Parenting, Plant Based Diet, Poop

Posted by Shrinking Carrie on April 5, 2012

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Adventures In (Meatless) Cooking, Don’t Be Scared.

Sweat it Out:
Elliptical 60 Minutes

A couple weeks ago I was at our local health foods store and ventured into the “Alternative Meat” section. Fake meat, say what? I am not oblivious that there is fake meat out there, although I was skeptical about how “meat like” it would be. I picked the best looking package of Tofurky Italian Sausage and went on my merry way.

There it sat, my tofu “sausage”, starring at me from the dairy drawer in my fridge every time I opened the refrigerator. What was I going to make with this stuff? Should I tell the hub’s that it is Tofurky, or hide it in sauce and not tell him?

I have no problem handling raw meat. I could prove that with how many times I have stirred the meatloaf with my hands, and having chicken almost every night (until a month ago) since the beginning of my marriage. Raw meat and me? We are totally BFF’s. So why is it when I was taking out one of these Tofurky Sausages, I treated it like I was scraping roadkill off of the highway? (mind over matter, stupid!)

Very careful to not get any of the juices on me, I sliced it thin and threw it in a frying pan with a little Pam (since I’m trying to cut back on those oils!). I cooked it up for a few minutes (following directions, it told me to make sure and NOT over cook it!), stirring occasionally. Then I put some Classico Spicy Red Pepper tomato sauce in the pan.

Once it was hot (and I’m assuming it was done?) I put it over spaghetti squash and had myself a little taste of Italy. What was the verdict on this meatless wonder? Thumbs up! It was a great “meat alternative”. I will say that I chewed ever bite pretty slow so that there wouldn’t be any surprises that I wasn’t expecting.

I’ve really got to figure out how to use my camera correctly, these pictures are ridiculous!

This has opened up a door for me into the fake meat world. I could totally see eating something like this once a week, and check out the nutrition facts:
Serving Size: One Sausage

Calories: 270 (not bad considering all I ate with it was spaghetti squash and tomato sauce)

Fat: 13 grams

Cholesterol: 0 mg

Carbohydrate: 12 grams

Dietary Fiber: 8 grams (Um, normal meat has NO fiber last time I checked)

Protein: 29 GRAMS!!! (who says that vegan’s have a hard time getting in their protein?!)

All in all I thought this experiment with meatless sausages would be a flop, but I have discovered one more ingredient to help add a rainbow of flavors to my diet! Think what would happen if we opened ourselves up to ideas that at first didn’t seem that great? Apparently, you could be missing out!

Have you tried any Alternative Meats? Like? Dislike?

What is one thing you opened yourself up to that you thought you would not like?

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by Shrinking Carrie on January 31, 2012 • Permalink

Posted in Diet, Good Food, Plant Based Diet, Protein, Vegan

Posted by Shrinking Carrie on January 31, 2012

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Friday Night Pizza…A Possible Comeback

Sweat it Out:
Spin Class 45 Minutes

When I was young one of our family night traditions was Friday night pizza night. My mom would make homemade pizza and we would rent a few movies to watch. It was a total couch fest, and some good quality bonding time with the fam.

One of the things I have noticed while I have been eating my plant based diet is that there is not a lot of room for indulgence (this is not necessarily a bad thing). I have been craving pizza like crazy lately, and of course because of the cheese and some of the pizza toppings I couldn’t indulge in one of my favorite foods.

Until last night.

I have found a lot of joy in finding new recipe’s online to try, and I have found a kindred spirit (in regards to tastebuds) in the blog world. Oh She Glows has become my go-to for delicious plant based recipes.

Back to this amazing pizza…

I’m not going to lie, there was an actual PDF attachment for this recipe and it was almost 4 pages long. After not watching tv ALL DAY, I was up for a cooking challenge and so I got my appliances ready to make something amazing.

I had actually pre-made the dough in the morning and let it rise most of the day. I found the secret to good dough is 2 teaspoons italian blend spice (to die for!). And olive oil, lots and lots of olive oil. Side note: I have used almost an entire half gallon of olive oil in the past couple of months (crazy!).

This recipe was called: Roasted Tomato, Onion, Basil, Pesto Pizza, with Vegan Parmesan Cheese (and then I added some roasted artichokes and black olives). There was a separate recipe for each step, the dough, the roasted vegetables, vegan parmesan cheese, and pesto sauce. I have never really tried pesto, so I didn’t know what to expect. I am glad that I tried it, for I don’t want to know a world without pesto again.

I won’t go into too much more detail since this is not MY recipe, but if you want to try out this seriously delicious and guilt-free recipe head on over to ohsheglows.com and print out the recipe, you will not be sorry (and please don’t compare how perfect looking her pizza is and how NOT perfect mine is)!

Finished Product!

I underestimated the vegetables and would have put a LOT more on in the future! Also, this recipe makes a lot of pesto. If you are serving 2, you could definitely split this into 2 dinners. Tonight we will be having pesto pasta with what is left over.

Now I am off to have leftovers for lunch, yum!

Do you have a weekly family tradition that you have fond memories of?

Do you like Pesto?

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by Shrinking Carrie on January 28, 2012 • Permalink

Posted in Good Food, Indulgence, Plant Based Diet, Recipes, Tradition, Vegan, Vegetables

Posted by Shrinking Carrie on January 28, 2012

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Let Me Ease Your Mind Part I

Sweat it Out:
Elliptical 60 minutes

When I tell people that I am doing the Vegan Kickstart Program I get funny looks. I think the term “vegan” gets a bad rap, and people don’t realize that cutting only a few foods from your diet could mean that you are eating, dare I say, Vegan (gasp!). The main question I get is “where are you getting your protein from and other main sources of vitamins and nutrients?”. Let’s just say that I am probably getting more vitamins and nutrients now than I was before when I was eating dairy and meat.

I am finding that Veganism allows you to get creative. Take my dinner from last night:

In that bowl is:

Red Pepper
Green Pepper
Black beans
Brown Rice
Red Curry

It was AH-MAZING! The entire bowl was only 461 calories, and it may not show it but that bowl is probably about 3 1/2 cups. It was so good, but there was so much I couldn’t finish it all!

Anyway, my point is that I am actually more aware of the foods that are going into my body than I was before, and I get a TON of fruits and veggies in everyday.

There are some vitamins in meat that might be hard to get, and one of those is B12. After looking on PCRM’s website, I found some info as to how to get some of those important vitamins and nutrients while not eating meat. After all, I don’t want my hair to start falling out, or any other strange occurrences!

From the PCRM Website:

“For individuals following a diet free of all animal products, vitamin B12 needs can easily be met by consuming a variety of vegan foods. Fortified breakfast cereals, fortified soymilk, and fortified meat analogues contain a reliable source of the vitamin.⁴ Nutritional yeast, such as Red Star Vegetarian Support Formula, is also a reliable source. Be sure to check the Nutrition Facts Label or the ingredient list to ensure you are receiving the active form of vitamin B12, called cobalamin or cyanocobalamin. Most common multivitamins, from Flintstones to One-A-Day to Stress Tabs, also contain B12.Regular intake of vitamin B12 is important to meet one’s nutritional needs. The recommended dietary allowance in adults is 2.4 micrograms per day, with increased requirements for women who are pregnant or breastfeeding.⁵ Ensuring that vitamin B12 needs are met as one ages becomes even more critical as deficiencies are common among the elderly.^6,7 Symptoms of deficiency may include fatigue, weakness, tingling in the arms and legs, digestive disturbances, and a sore tongue, and may lead to anemia and more serious disorders of the blood and nervous system.”

I have just barely discovered Nutritional Yeast, and let me tell you that I have been missing out! I had no idea that it was such a great source of the vitamin B12, and it has 8 grams of protein in 2 tablespoons! You can sneak it into any meal, sprinkle it on popcorn, or over a salad. Or you could just take a multi-vitamin to fill in the gaps.
Do you take a multi-vitamin?
Did you know how important B12 was in your diet?

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by Shrinking Carrie on January 3, 2012 • Permalink

Posted in 21-Day Vegan Kickstart, Good Food, Nutrition, Vitamin B12

Posted by Shrinking Carrie on January 3, 2012

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Cheat Day Surprise!

Sweat it Out:
Elliptical 5 minute warm up
Weights 60 minutes

I’m not gonna lie, I took a much-needed day off from the gym yesterday which would have been a cardio workout. But don’t worry, I made up for it today by kicking my butt at the gym this morning. Today was the last workout of Phase 2 of “The New Rules of Lifting for Women”. I took my time and did 3 sets of every exercise to make sure that I am SORE tomorrow. I also did my own version of a killer ab workout which included the following:

Prone Jack Knife 3 sets of 15
Reverse Crunch 3 sets of 10
Plank 3 60 second hold’s

I went from one ab exercise straight into the next, and by the end I was a pool of sweat and my abs were on fire! I felt like this was one of the best weight sessions thus far. Here is what the rest of the workout looked like:

Deadlifts 3 sets of 10, 60 pounds
Bulgarian Split Squats 3 sets of 10, 25 pound plate
Reverse lat pulldown 3 sets of 10, 80 pounds
Reverse lunge of box with a front reach, 3 sets of 10, 16 pounds
Prone cuban snatch 3 sets of 10, 16 pounds
Ab circuit from above

Why did I have so much energy this morning, you ask? Because a certain someone surprised me with getting off early from work so we could go out to dinner for our anniversary that was on Wednesday. So it was a SURPRISE CHEAT DAY!

I think I will make my cheat day more like yesterday’s. It was more of a Cheat Meal. I ate and tracked all of my food and I was only at 600 calories and 17 points for the day. It was a good thing too because we went to the FABULOUS Texas Roadhouse for steaks! We started out our meal with a baby bloomin onion, and then I ordered a New york Strip, which was awesome! I had the loaded baked potato, a side salad, and then Dustin and I shared a piece of cake and ice cream.

It was AMAZING. Of course I ate myself into a food coma, and felt like crap the rest of the night. But it was great fuel for this mornings workout!

After going through this last week eats, I think I found the culprit in my food. CHEESE. Which really sucks because I am pretty much a big mouse. So the next 6 day challenge will be to cut the cheese out, and see if it makes a difference. I will also continue to track and post my eats at night. the challenge starts after my lunch because I ate a Subway with two triangles of cheese (woops).

What is a food that would be hard to give up?

What was your workout today?

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by Shrinking Carrie on September 30, 2011 • Permalink

Posted in Challenges, Cheat Day, Dustin, Events, Good Food, Indulgence, The New Rules of Lifting for Women, Working Out

Posted by Shrinking Carrie on September 30, 2011

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Perfection Challenge: Day 6 Stat’s

Sweat it Out:
Elliptical 1 Hour

I woke up feeling back to normal from yesterday’s nausea. Got a decent workout at the gym, although I didn’t feel up to my last weights session phase 2 of “The New Rules of Lifting for Women”. I will do the last workout on Friday and then do a recap of Phase 2 on Tuesday.

Made it until about 10:00 and then got nauseated again. I had to take desperate measures, which I won’t scare you with, but I feel a LOT better now and that is what is important. the only thing is that I have had a day with kind of weird eating. I went 1 point over my allotted Weight Watchers Point+, but I had to have some starchy carbs today. My body was SCREAMING for them. A bowl of cereal later and I felt 100% better.

Cheat day will be on the weekend this week, since we won’t get a chance to actually celebrate our anniversary until then. Then we will be going to Texas Roadhouse where I can get a fat New York Strip!

Here is how today rounded out:

After feeling like poop for the middle part of the day, I got lazy and tracked all of my food on The Daily Plate, and then moved the macro info over to the WW Website to get my total point value for the day. So I won’t bore you with the WW screen shots since they are points only and no detail.

Breakfast

Lunch

Snack

Dinner

Macro ‘s

Healthy Checks

I can say that for the last 6 days I have openly and honestly tracked all the food that has passed my lips. Will it pay off on the scale? I’m really not sure. I’m still on my throwing-the-scale-out-till-weigh-in-day thing. Will I be frustrated if it doesn’t turn out the way I want to? Absolutely not. I have said it before and I will say it again, if I have to lose this weight 1 pound at a time, that will just have to do. I will continue to track and go to the gym and I know that if I am doing those two things that it will HAVE to come off eventually.

I hope you are all having a beautiful Wednesday night!

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by Shrinking Carrie on September 28, 2011 • Permalink

Posted in Challenges, Daily Stats, Goals, Good Food, Health, Motivation, Power, Sick, Weight Watchers

Posted by Shrinking Carrie on September 28, 2011

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Perfection Challenge: Day 3 Stat’s

I get a little nervous on rest days that I will go over my points/calories, but I was very pleased at the end of the day that after being careful and weighing and measuring all of my food I came in just under 1500 calories and 6 points to spare. I got a little tempted at dinner (because I made roast beef & mashed potatoes), but after weighing all of my food it looked like the quantities would be satisfying. And now I am plenty full so I am glad I didn’t let my eyes get bigger than my stomach.

Here is how today rounded out: