starting again

Here it is Jan 2012 and I am back to 150 lbs. :-(

2010 was a great year for me, I loss 30 lbs and felt great and looked my best, than came after the holiday blues. Winter set in and my desire to eat healthy and exercise went out the door. I started 2011 with high hopes and it lasted till March, when I started back to work and didn't make time to for my daily  workouts. I gained 10 lbs back by Jan and started the program again but cheated a lot, I never omitted the gains from diet and without exercise I could not loose the 10 lbs I gained. I thought to myself 135 - 140  was OK, so I just ate smaller portions.  I quit my job around June so I could start construction on our home. I worked like a dog tearing down plaster walls, slats, blown insulation, cleaning tons of dirt off floors, painting walls, staining and varnishing trim and wood floors. I also tried keeping up with my gardening. I was so busy I never  made time to recreation like riding my bike going on walks, swimming in the ocean, lifting weights or any other kind of cardio exercise. I ate out a lot because I was too tired to cook. By November I had gained another 5lbs. Feeling down and out I went on the detox to loose some of the weight because I knew I would be eating a ton of food the next 2 months so I loss 8 lbs. I did a lot of baking because I love to bake, just one problem I love to eat what I bake. So now it is Jan and I was stunned when I got on the scale I weighed 150.2 lbs. So here I go again.

One thing that helped me succeed in 2010 was this blog. So weather or not people read this I want to feel and look like I did in 2010. I am sure there are many people out there that on the weight roller-coaster so heres to here and hope you will join me in getting back in shape.

Here is my daily log for week 1

Weight Loss January 2012

1-2-12                        GOAL

Weight:     150.2                               Weight:     135

BMI            26.2                                 BMI            24

Body fat:     37.9                               Body fat:  27

Water%:      45.3                              Water%   45+

Measurements:                                 Measurements:

Neck:               13.5”                          Neck:                12.5”

Upper chest:            38”                    Upper chest      35.25”

Lower chest:            39                      Lower chest:    36.5”

Waist:              33”                               Waist:              29”

Belly                37.5”                            Belly                33”

Hips                39.5”                             Hips                37.5”

R. Thigh            23.25”                        R. Thigh          21.5”

R. Calf             14.5”                            R. Calf             14”

Bicep               12”                               Bicep               11”

Bicep flex            12.5”                        Bicep flex      12.5”

Wrist               6 3/8”

Meal logs:

Jan 2 , 2012

Breakfast  16 oz lemon water, 1 banana, 10 oz green tea, 8 oz of water(isotonix champion blend and vit B)

Snack:  Kumquat, 1 celery stick

Lunch:  Salad (lettuce , herb mix, baby spinach, red/yellow/orange peppers, carrots, celery, red, onions, scallions, cucumbers, zucchini, cherry tomatoes) Home made salad dressing (olive oil balsamic vinegar, and spices) 14 oz water

Snack: 1 sm apple, 1 kumquat, 14 oz water

Dinner: 2 C of home made veggie soup (sautéed onions and celery (caramelized the onions) added 2 C beef broth and 2 C of water, more raw onions, red and gn cabbage, asparagus, chopped ginger and for spices I used Asian spice, sweet salmon spice salt pepper), 14 oz water

Snack: Kumquat 10 oz gn tea and

Liquid intake: 86 oz

Exercise: 1.5 hr walk in woods

Goal for next day: stick with detox and add pilates to my exercise

Jan 3 , 2012

Breakfast  16 oz lemon water, 1 banana, 16 oz green tea, 8 oz of water(isotonix champion blend and vit B)

Snack: 1/2 Avocado, 1/2 yellow pepper 1 Kumquat

Lunch:   1.5 C homemade veggie soup from yesterday( I added 2 bites of pork from Sundays meal) 10 oz gn tea, 16 oz water

Snack: 1/2 yellow pepper 1 Kumquat, 1bite of a leftover choc peanut butter chip cookie found in tin while cleaning up L )

Dinner: Salad (lettuce , herb mix, baby spinach, red/yellow/orange peppers, carrots, celery, red, onions, scallions, cucumbers, zucchini, cherry tomatoes I added some sliced olives and red cabbage)  home made salad dressing, baked sweet potatoes diced with olive oil drizzled on them (1 serving size), 2 more bites of pork from the left over pork roast so yummy I couldn’t help myself L )14 oz water

Snack: Kumquat 10 oz gn tea and 10 roasted peanuts 16 oz water

Liquid intake: 96 oz water and tea

Exercise: 40 min walk, 20 min pilates

Goal for next day: stick with detox and pilates

Jan 4 , 2012

Breakfast  10 oz lemon water, 1 orange, 10 oz green tea, 8 oz of water(isotonix champion blend and vit B)

Lunch:   Salad from last nights dinner and I added some cranberries(11:00 am)

Snack: 1/2 orange pepper 1 Kumquat, (1:30pm)

Snack: 1 banana  (3:00 Pm)

Snack: 1/2 star fruit 10 oz tea  (4:00 Pm)

Dinner: homemade veggie soup from yesterday, baked sweet potato wedges

Snack: 16 oz water,1/4 C roasted peanuts

Liquid intake: 96 oz water and tea

Exercise: 30 min walk, 20 min pilates

Goal for next day: stick with detox and pilates

Jan 5 , 2012

Breakfast  10 oz lemon water, banana 8 oz of water(isotonix champion blend and vit B)

Lunch:   Tim made me a salad and he put 1 cube of sharp cheese in it.(11:00 am)16 oz water

Snack: 1/2 orange,1 Kumquat, (1:30pm)

Snack: 1 2 tortilla chips, 1/4 C roasted peanuts (3:00 Pm)

Snack: 2 bites of pork  (4:00 Pm) 16 oz water.

Dinner: homemade veggie stir fry(7:00)5 garlic cloves chopped, 1/2 red onion sliced, 2 stalks of  celery sliced angled(sautéed with 2T onions first with a little salt), Add: 1 jalapeno diced, 1/2 red & orange peppers, 1 zucchini sliced and quartered. 1 C red cabbage (thick chunks), 9 thin asparagus chopped 1.5” lenghth. Add  2T soy sauce(once at the meddle and once at the end), salt pepper, Mrs. Dash, alpine seasoning, sesame oil and seeds at the end. Sautee till tender. Tasted awesome!!

16 OZ water.

Snack: 32 oz water, 1/4 C of dry roasted peanuts

Liquid intake:  82 oz water and tea

Exercise: 50min walk,

Goal for next day: stick with detox and pilates (I am finding out that once you cheat even if it is just a little it makes it really difficult to stick with detox)

Jan 6, 2012

Breakfast  10 oz lemon water, 1 egg omelet with onions and peppers 16 oz C coffee, (isotonix champion blend and vit B)

Snack: carmel popcorn that my dad sent in the mail thought I was going to have just 1 or 2 pieces ended up eating about 1 1/2 Cs  L 14 oz water

Lunch:   yellow pepper

Dinner: homemade veggie stir fry16 OZ water. 1 bite of chicken

Snack: 14 oz water

Liquid intake:   70oz water and tea

Exercise: 1hr brisk walk, added exercises while walking

Goal for next day: stick with detox and pilates (I am finding out that once you cheat even if it is just a little it makes it really difficult to stick with detox)

Jan 7, 2012

Breakfast  :  16 oz C coffee 1 banana(ruff night son ended up in hospital no sleep, very stressed because it was life-threatening)

Lunch:   10 tortilla chips with 1 avocado

Dinner: 1 egg spinach omelet with a little pepperjack cheese. 16 oz water

Snack: 16 oz water

Liquid intake:   48oz water and coffee

Exercise: none too stressed & tired

Goal for next day: stick with detox and pilates 

Jan 8, 2012

Breakfast  16 oz lemon water, 16 oz coffee, 8 oz water with1 egg omelet with onions and peppers (isotonix champion blend, 2 tabs of Transition’s C.O.R.E)

Lunch:   Left over salad, 16 oz water

Snack:  3 pretzel nubs, 1 kumquat, 16 oz water

Snack: 

Dinner: Broiled Salmon, 4 bites of mashed potatoes, 2 bites of green beans and side salad at Our Place Restaurant.

Snack: 24 oz water 4 pretzel nubs

Liquid intake:   80oz water and tea

Exercise: 1hr walk,

Goal for next day: Try to eat small portions add a little dairy and protein to meal plans, exercise more.

Jan 9, 2012

Jan 2, 2012                                         Jan      9,2012

Weight:     150.2                                 weight            144                                                  

BMI            26.2                                                     

Body fat:     37.9                                           -6.2 lbs         

Water%:      45.3                                                    

Measurements:                                                          

Neck:               13.5”                           Neck              13

Upper chest:    38”                             Upper chest  37.25”

mid chest:    39                                   mid chest:    38”

Waist:              33”                               Waist:            32.25”

Belly                37.5”                            Belly               36.25”

Hips                39.5”                             Hips               39”

R. Thigh          23.25”                          R. Thigh        22.5”

R. Calf             14.5”                             R. Calf            14”

Bicep               12”                                Bicep             11”

Bicep flex       12.5”                             

Bicep flex       12.5”  

total inches loss     7.75"

Breakfast  16 oz lemon water, 3/4 C yogurt with 1/4 C fresh blueberries and 10 walnuts, 8 oz (isotonix champion blend, 2 tabs of Transition’s C.O.R.E)

Snack: 1 kumquat, 16 oz water

Lunch:   Transitions chile, 16 oz water

Snack: 1 cookie, 1/2 C dry roasted nuts 16 oz water

Dinner: Stir fry veggies with chicken breast. 16 oz water

Liquid intake:   88oz water and tea

Exercise: 

Goal for next day: Try to eat small portions add a little dairy and protein to meal plans, exercise more.