Finally Friday - I'm ready for the weekend. I don't have anything exceptional planned, but just ready to have a break from the morning rush. Today is a good day. On my goals, I said I would have fried food one time a week, this is just to start me on this 'lifestyle change' of health. So today, I had breakfast pizza so that is the fried food of the week although it's not actually fried - it definitely doesn't fit into the plan! I almost made it through the week with no major bad choices, but today was the bacon pizza. It was delicious but I actually had a bit of an upset stomach afterwards and felt like there was a lump sitting in my stomach for hours - very uncomfortable actually. I have been eating well for a few weeks now, making small changes here and there and being more health-conscious. Glad it didn't agree with me, I'm even more likely to avoid it in the future.
Water intake is so-so today, I have some catching up to do. I drank 2 of my coffee cups (24 ounces each) - for a whopping 48 ounces of coffee. Who does that?! Crazy, I was out of it for a while but i did go for a brisk walk since I was over-caffeinated.
Food and exercise for yesterday - pretty good! I ate one of my lettuce-turkey crunchy sandwiches for supper. When it's hot out, they are very satisfying and I don't want to eat anything else or cook. They're just perfect.
This evening's exercise plan is: 20 minutes of arm strengthening, 10 minute level 2 cardio (BL 30 day jump start), 30 minute walk. That will be an hour of exercise, plus my walk from earlier today.
When I started my new job on 5-26, I started working on the 3rd floor! The good (not for ADA compliance...) news is that there is no elevator. I have to walk down to 2nd floor to make copies, go to meetings, meet with finance office, even use the ladies room, etc. I go from 3rd to 2nd SEVERAL times a day. I go from 3rd to 1st and back up about 4 times a day. There is a lot of built-in exercise here, as well as the walking that they support and encourage staff to do. It's great and is helping me. I noticed my knees kind of hurt though. But i guess if I was a little kneecap and 300 pounds was coming down on me all at once I'd be achy too. Sorry knees, I am working on your pain! ;) I have heard several times that when you lose 10 pounds of weight, it relieves 100 pounds of pressure from your knees because they take such a beating when you're this big. Interesting?
Who does that? I do that! (That's the 48 ounces of coffee.) But now very often...are you still booming and zooming? I think they're right, those people who talk about weight loss and your joints. I mean, it seems like a drop in the bucket sometimes but imagine if I had to carry a ten pound bag of dog food everywhere I went. (Okay...don't imagine how people would think I was weird with my dog food.)
ReplyDeleteAnyway...have a good weekend!
I am 53 and I max at 3 cups a day. Now I do the 3 it like geritol you know.LOL. I really like the flavor and I put sugar free caramel and hazelnut syrups in it and sip it while it is hot.
ReplyDeleteI can understand the fried food heavy stomach. Last night I had a piece of fried chicken and I am still feeling it today. The stupid thing is, I never eat fried chicken. This is like a first in 3+years.
ReplyDeleteThat is awesome that your work has built in exercise.
Thanks for the tidbit about the knees. Interesting.
I've heard that knees thing quite a few times - my poor knees, no wonder they hate me.
ReplyDeleteThe coffee did me in for quite a while, man I can't handle that much. I usually do one of the 24 ounce coffee cups then that's it. (LIke that's not more than enough!)