It's Tuesday, and Quite a Rainy One

It's Tuesday, and I have completed another 7 miles.  I ran it in 63:30.  Not bad!  I really pushed it speedwise and could feel the affects toward the end of the run.  But once I stopped, I was so proud of myself.  I was forced to run on the treadmill this morning, as the storms were pretty bad.  Let me write down another 7 reasons why I hate treadmill running!

So onto the better part of the day: eating!

Breakfast:  Banana, oatbran, watermelon:  265 calories

Snack:  Cucumber, watermelon:  75 calories

Lunch:  Grilled pepper salad, chicken breast, watermelon:  270 calories

Snack:  Cucumber, watermelon, tea with half and half:  80 calories

Dinner: tuna melt pita, zucchini, sweet potato, watermelon:  455 calories

Snack: popcorn, rice cake, apple butter wheat sandwich:  350 calories

Total:  1495 calories

My favorite part of the day was the oatbran.  I love oatbran.  It's a comfort food for me, so starting the day with it makes my mornings so much better!

Amy is sick today, so there may be no post for her.  Hope you get to feeling better.

Sheri's Monday

Well, it's Monday.  Yeah, not much to say about Mondays!! They are what they are.

So my cooking experiment went well yesterday.  Amy liked it!! I was relieved.  Oh, and yes, so did I.

I lifted weights for an hour and biked for 30 minutes.

Breakfast:  Egg white, yellow squash sandwich, watermlon:  220 calories

Snack:  yellow squash, watermelon:  70 calories

Lunch:  Chicken breast, grilled pepper salad, watermelon:  275 calories

Snack:  yellow squash, watermelon and tea with half and half:  90 calories

Dinner: tuna pita melt, yellow squash, sweet potato, watermelon:  500 calories

Snack: oatbran with cinnamon, popcorn, watermelon:  310 calories

Total: 1465 calories

I figured out this morning, I needed to finish out the squash before it went bad.  I have to say, the squash with the egg white and wheat bread was great!  I wondered if I would like it, and I loved it.

It's another day down and another healthy menu!  Hopefully I can stick to this long enough to make it a habit!

Amy's Friday

Eating out really kills the calories. WOW! I guess it's a good thing that I eat lightly at lunch so I have a little room to wiggle come dinner time. I'm getting sick so this isn't helping my eating. Bring on the chicken noodle soup! Thank you Sheri for scheduling my eating times. I need strict guidelines or I tend to lose focus and forget. Thank the lord for cell phone alarms! ha!

I took a walked 4+ mph for 2 miles (not a hard workout but at least it gets me off the couch!)

I'm a little upset with my meals for Friday. I went over my 1,800 calorie limit. Birthday's are KILLING me! Eating out all the time. I'm putting a stop to it for now. You'll see what I mean...

Breakfast: Frosted Mini Wheats with 1/2% milk, 540 calories

Snack: Plum, 40 calories

Lunch: Oatmeal & 3/4 cup 1/2% milk, 200 calories

Snack: Banana, 90 calories

Dinner: 1/2 Chili's chicken quesadilla, *dun dun dun* 915 calories :( ouch

Snack: 1 plum, 40 calories

Total Calories: 1,825 calories

Today is a new day and the beginning of a new week. So, I'm starting over. No more 1,000 calorie meals!

Sheri's Sunday's Report

So I eeked out 4 miles this morning.  I am having a bit of pain lately that is making running a bit difficult, so I am keeping an eye on it.

Breakfast:  Veggie sausage, egg white sandwich, plum:  190 calories

Lunch:  Veggie Sausage, Egg white sandwich, zucchini:  210 calories

Snack:  watermelon and vanilla black tea with half and half: 220 calories

Dinner:  Whole Grain Cream of Wheat with cinnamon and grapefruit:230 calories

Snack:  popcorn:  200 calories

Total:  1100 calories (I am adding 50 extra, I ate a bunch of watermelon and didn't keep track!)

My favorite part of the day was watermelon.  I LOVE watermelon.  On my honeymoon, I purchased a HUGE watermelon and ate half one evening, and the other half the next evening.  I would live on watermelon if I could!

I cooked yesterday.  Haven't gotten to REALLY cook in a long time.  At first I wasn't looking forward to it, I was so exhausted from the weekend's activities, but it didn't take me long to relax and enjoy something I have definitely missed!

So, I am crossing my fingers today, in hopes that Amy and I both like this recipe!

Negative of the day:  I didn't get in my calories.  I just wasn't hungry.  However, if I expect to train for a marathon, I need to take the responsible step of simply eating and getting in my calories.  A calorie deficiency can cause serious problems for a training runner, so I need to step it up and pay more attention.

 

So Apparently....

So apparently I do nothing but eat, because here I am again, ready to post my day for Saturday.

My run only totalled 10.5 miles. It was a pretty tough run, but I am back on it tomorrow. I can't skip out on a whole week of running and then expect to bust out 12 on Saturday. So tomorrow it is!

Eating went well.

Breakfast: 2 bananas, oatbran: 295 calories

Snack: peach: 80 calories

Dinner: Golden Corral-I would say it equaled somewhere around 500 calories.
Baked Tilapia, sweet potato, steamed broccoli and cauliflower, green beans.
Salad made of lettuce, green peppers, raisins, cranberries, salsa
Dessert: watermelon, strawberries, pineapple

Snack: popcorn, yogurt: 270

Total: 1145 calories

My favorite was the pineapple! WOW!!! I haven't had pineapple that fresh and tasteful in a long time! It was perfect.

I need to be sure I am meeting the 1500 calorie limit, especially when I am running such high mileage!

So, hopefully onto a better day in numbers for Sheri tomorrow!

Sheri's Fridailies!

So Friday went pretty well. It started out with a good night's sleep. It was my rest day, so I slept in for 2 hours!

Then started the day, hoping to get through it by following a good plan. It's sorta like you gotta pump yourself up for it somedays.

So here goes.

Breakfast: oatbran and blueberries: 205 calories

Snack: Zucchini:45 calories

Lunch: Salad, carrots, celery, and a plum: 220 calories

Snack: Cinnamon Mint chai tea with half and half, peach: 100 calories

Dinner: Spaghetti from Fazoli's, a salad: 475 calories

Snack: Banana, popcorn: 275 calroies

Total: 1320

So that was the day. I did pretty well. I looked up the nutritional info for Fazoli's. I love that places now post their nutritional info. It makes this eating thing sooo much easier!

I know my first few posts have been boring, but hopefully they will pick up when I am not rushing like a mad woman!!!!

amy (the slacker)'s thursday plan ha!

Thursday was my resting day. Greg's 3-day birthday celebration is throwing me off. I need to learn that I need to adjust my workout schedule to accommodate to my eating habits no matter what. That means getting up early...*groan* I also need to make a habit of drinking more water throughout the day. I'm still sore from moving furniture Monday and Tuesday and a hard workout Wednesday. But I'm starting over (a beginner in this eating 6 times a day thing) so here is how I started:


Breakfast: Frosted Mini Wheats with 1/2% milk, 540 calories

Snack: Banana, 90 calories

Lunch: Oatmeal & 3/4 cup 1/2% milk, 200 calories

Snack: Apple, 123 calories

Dinner: Stromboli, 323 calories

Snack: 1 Brownies :( , 243 calories

Total Calories: 1,519

Favorite part? The brownie of course!

I had to make a trip to the grocery to get a small kickstart on the week so I only bought for breakfast, lunch and snacks. This is what was in my cart:
- small apples
- bananas
- cherry tomatoes
- baby carrots
- low fat yogurt
- plums
- rice cakes
- chewy granola bars
- Frosted Mini Wheats
- 1% milk
- eggs
- Weight Control Cinnamon Oatmeal
- whole grain bread
- deli sliced ham
- Snapple green tea (so good!!)

Project: Get Skinny is now official!