I decided I'm just going to record little pieces of what's going on each day and compile them together into one update video. That's how I use to do things, it made the video slightly more interesting, and it gives me a little more pressure to stay on track. So that's what's up with that.
Today started at 8am, which is an hour later than I had wanted to wake up, but I guess that's what you get when you don't set any alarms. At 9 am I had a healthy, protein-filled breakfast that actually took me an hour to eat.
Look at this mess:
3 egg whites (w/ cayenne pepper, turmeric, & garlic powder)
1 slice of plain toast
3 egg whites (w/ cayenne pepper, turmeric, & garlic powder)1 slice of plain toast
That was followed up with slices of apple topped with peanut butter. All for a satisfying 280 calories.
Now let me tell you, this was my first time eating plain 'ol egg whites. Not my favorite, at all. They were a weird texture; I had to pair each bite with a piece of toast to get it all down. The cool thing is, I felt fuller longer than I ever have before. Bonus!
I planned on working out at 12:00pm, for 30 minutes (finishing just in time for the first team reveal), but I put Hip Hop Abs on for like 5 minutes and just did not feel like moving. I forgot that I hadn't taken my initial measurements yet, oops! So I used the rest of the time to do that. Then I watched the video revealing Greg's team, and after that I felt motivated to workout for real this time. At 1:15pm I did my first round of cardio for 30 minutes. Yes, I do plan on doing another 30 minutes after lunch. I need to, and more importantly I want to!
Lunch was 3/4 cups of Spanish rice & chicken, 2/3 cups of mashed potatoes, and 1/4 cup of cashews. That's about 650 calories. I realize that's a bit much for lunch, but it all fits within my calorie budget. I planned it all out last night. The cashews were suppose to be my AM snack, but I wasn't hungry.
It's 3:00pm, and I just watched the second team reveal. Yayyy! I'm on Jess's team and so are a few people who have been following me since pretty much the beginning of the year. How exciting!
Why is it taking me an hour to eat food? Not that I'm really complaining. Fat people eat fast, so this is good progress.
After lunch I did another 15 minutes of cardio, for a total of 45 minutes today. Then I had an apple about an hour before dinner. For dinner, things kind of fell apart. :/ I had 3 porkchops (but by the time I trimmed the fat it was more like 2), a cup of steamed broccoli with homemade cheese sauce (sorry, I have a hard time eating broccoli without cheese!), a cup of noodles, and I dipped the porkchops in some barbecue sauce. That all ran around 1,200 calories. Yikes!
According to my Lose It application I was only 160 calories over my daily budget (set at 1985). So not too bad, but I could have done better. I'm about to go to bed, and so far I feel pretty good about my first day. I didn't have any soda, I ate healthier food (and less of it), I worked out, and I drank a lot of water. Speaking of water, I didn't hit my daily goal of 170 oz. but I did drink 125 oz.! That's more than I've ever tracked before. Yay progress!
I'm so tired. A change of plan to the change of plans.... Again, sorry! I will be posting a video tomorrow in response to our team's weekly challenge. Apparently it's setup different from what I thought. So, we're just going to go with the flow. Stay tuned for daily blogs, because I will be giving you updates on how each day is going. I may not go into so much detail next time because this is a lot of crap to read and it's not necessary to be so specific. Anyway, thank you for reading and goodnight! :)
Now let me tell you, this was my first time eating plain 'ol egg whites. Not my favorite, at all. They were a weird texture; I had to pair each bite with a piece of toast to get it all down. The cool thing is, I felt fuller longer than I ever have before. Bonus!
I planned on working out at 12:00pm, for 30 minutes (finishing just in time for the first team reveal), but I put Hip Hop Abs on for like 5 minutes and just did not feel like moving. I forgot that I hadn't taken my initial measurements yet, oops! So I used the rest of the time to do that. Then I watched the video revealing Greg's team, and after that I felt motivated to workout for real this time. At 1:15pm I did my first round of cardio for 30 minutes. Yes, I do plan on doing another 30 minutes after lunch. I need to, and more importantly I want to!
Lunch was 3/4 cups of Spanish rice & chicken, 2/3 cups of mashed potatoes, and 1/4 cup of cashews. That's about 650 calories. I realize that's a bit much for lunch, but it all fits within my calorie budget. I planned it all out last night. The cashews were suppose to be my AM snack, but I wasn't hungry.
It's 3:00pm, and I just watched the second team reveal. Yayyy! I'm on Jess's team and so are a few people who have been following me since pretty much the beginning of the year. How exciting!
Why is it taking me an hour to eat food? Not that I'm really complaining. Fat people eat fast, so this is good progress.
After lunch I did another 15 minutes of cardio, for a total of 45 minutes today. Then I had an apple about an hour before dinner. For dinner, things kind of fell apart. :/ I had 3 porkchops (but by the time I trimmed the fat it was more like 2), a cup of steamed broccoli with homemade cheese sauce (sorry, I have a hard time eating broccoli without cheese!), a cup of noodles, and I dipped the porkchops in some barbecue sauce. That all ran around 1,200 calories. Yikes!
According to my Lose It application I was only 160 calories over my daily budget (set at 1985). So not too bad, but I could have done better. I'm about to go to bed, and so far I feel pretty good about my first day. I didn't have any soda, I ate healthier food (and less of it), I worked out, and I drank a lot of water. Speaking of water, I didn't hit my daily goal of 170 oz. but I did drink 125 oz.! That's more than I've ever tracked before. Yay progress!
I'm so tired. A change of plan to the change of plans.... Again, sorry! I will be posting a video tomorrow in response to our team's weekly challenge. Apparently it's setup different from what I thought. So, we're just going to go with the flow. Stay tuned for daily blogs, because I will be giving you updates on how each day is going. I may not go into so much detail next time because this is a lot of crap to read and it's not necessary to be so specific. Anyway, thank you for reading and goodnight! :)
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