Day 3 on Lean in 13

Today was hard, I was craving chocolate and I finally gave in tonight.

Breakfast
advocare meal replacement shake

Snack
almonds

Lunch
baked chicken and green beans

Snack
advocare muscle gain shake

Dinner
baked chicken and broccoli

Not on plan
pirouette wafers

Water
at least 100oz

Exercise
1 hour weights class

Day 2 on Lean in 13

Well, I survived my 2nd day on this plan. It wasn't too bad although I was pretty hungry around mid-morning and I was very hungry tonight. On Tuesday's I go workout after work, so I don't get home until close to 8, therefore I don't eat dinner until then. Dinner on this plan should have consisted of a protein and vegetable but I was starving and it was easier to have a protein shake, so I did that and I added a couple of strawberries.

Here's what I had today:
Breakfast
advocare meal replacement shake

Snack
hard boiled egg, almonds

Lunch
baked chicken and green beans

Snack
muscle gain shake

Dinner
myoplex light protein shake with strawberries

Exercise
30minutes weights and abs
1 hour spin class

Water
98oz

*Update - I stayed up late working and got hungry, so I caved in and had some peanut butter.

Day 1 on Lean in 13

Today I started a new eating regimen. I had been following a meal plan that I got from a nutritionist. It basically consisted of eating 6 small meals a day. The meal plan was built around foods that I liked. Well, I've been getting kind of lax and even though I have not been gaining, I also have not been loosing, I've basically been maintaining. So, I decided to try something a little different to kick my butt in gear. I've decided to follow Advocare's Lean in 13 plan. It's a stricter regimen than I'm used to (not to mention all the supplements), but it's only for 13 days, so I can do it.

Day 1 was not too bad. The hardest part was taking all those pills! It was hard to get them down but they went down. I hope this gets easier.

Breakfast
meal replacement shake

Snack
almonds

Lunch
extra lean ground meat with tomatoes, brocolli

Snack
muscle gain shake

Dinner
baked chicken with green beans

Snack
muscle gain shake

Water
108 oz

Exercise
30 min weights
1 hour spin class

Crazy Busy

Hi there! I'm still here. Life just got crazy busy and I slacked on journaling what I've been putting on my mouth. I definitely need to practice self-control and making healthy choices when life gets so busy.

On Thursday, I did good, until after dinner. Yes, after dinner, I fell off the healthy wagon and got run over! For dinner that evening I had a protein shake because I was short on time. So, after my daughter went to bed, I had a wild idea and I wanted Taco Bell. So, Taco Bell I had. I fell apart...had 2 taco supremes and some mashed potatoes with gravy plus a couple of South Beach Snack Bars. I drank plenty of water and exercised hard but still...no reason to head to Taco Bell and take advantage of the South Beach snack bars.

Friday was a good day. Lots better than Thursday. I can't remember what all I ate but for the most part, I stayed on plan. I might have had an extra healthy snack but I was back on the wagon. I got my spin class in and drank plenty of water.

Saturday was super busy, on the go most of the day. Got a 1 hour spin class and a 1 hour weight class in to start the day, then I took my daughter to a birthday party, had dinner with some friends and after dinner we took the girls to a movie. I stayed on plan all day but I did give in to M&M's at the movie.

Sunday...no exercise today....another crazy day. I was hosting a jewelry party on Sunday, so I was busy busy busy getting ready for that. I had a nice spread of appetizers and I used lowfat and light everything. :) I didn't do too terribly bad but oooohhhh, that cream cheese fruit dip was AWESOME!!! :)

Today, Monday is a new day and I'll let you know how I did when it's over. :)

Wednesday, July 23

Breakfast
kashi cereal with skim milk
banana

Snack
peach

Lunch
leftovers (chicken with brown rice, corn, rotel)
zucchini

Snack
baby bel light cheese
fiber one bar

Dinner
protein shake with fresh fruit
peanut butter

Exercise
1 hour weights class

Water
~100oz

Chicken Salad

I will also be fixing a chicken salad.

1 large can chicken breast
1/2 medium onion finely chopped
1 stalk celery, finely chopped
1/2 cup mayo
1/2 cup toasted almonds
1/2 cup craisins

Mix chicken, onion, celery. Add mayo, craisins and almonds.
Add grated carrots on top.
Serve with triscuit crackers.

Fresh Corn Salsa

Here's another recipe I plan on fixing this coming weekend for the party I'm hosting.

4 tomatoes (1 1/2 lb) chopped
1 cup cooked fresh corn kernels
1/4 cup finely chopped red onions
1/4 cup chopped cilantro
1 jalapeno pepper, chopped
1/4 cup kraft zesty italian dressing

Combine all ingredients except dressing in a large bowl.
Add dressing, mix lightly.

I've fixed this once before and I left out the red onions because I don't care for them and I used the fat free zesty italian dressing and I added some freshly squeezed lime juice.

With the salmonella scare we've been having and now they are reporting that jalapenos might be the culprit, I'm not sure that I'll find any jalapenos for my recipe. I hope it's just as good.

Summer Cucumber Dip

I'll be hosting a jewelry party this weekend and I thought I'd post the recipes that I'll be fixing.

Here's one of them, a summer cucumber dip.

8oz soft cream cheese
1/4 t. garlic powder
1/4 t. salt
1/4 t. pepper
1 T. worcestershire sauce
1/4 c. mayo
3/4 c. chopped onion
2 c. chopped cucumber

Mix all ingredients except cucumber. Add cucumber no more than 4 hours before serving. Serve with jumbo Fritos.

Not exactly super healthy but I'll go ahead and use light or fat free cream cheese and light or fat free mayo.

Tuesday, July 22

Breakfast
kashi cereal with skim milk
banana

Snack
lowfat yogurt
diet v8 splash

Lunch
Leftovers (chicken with corn, rotel, brown rice, taco seasoning)
Zucchini

Snack
apple, baby bel light cheese, fiber one bar

Dinner
protein shake
1/2 peanut butter sandwich on whole wheat

Water
80oz

Exercise
30 min weights
1 hour spin class

Monday, July 21

Breakfast
fresh strawberries and cottage cheese
16oz hills bros cappucino (1/2 sugar free, 1/2 regular)

Lunch
SB Meal

Snack
Fiber One Bar

Dinner
casserole (grilled chicken, rotel, corn, brown rice)
zucchine

Snack
fat free pudding
sugar free cookies

I shouldn't have had a snack...I said no snack this week.

Exercise
1/2 hour elliptical
abs
1 hour spin

Water
90oz

Sunday, July 20 *Update

Breakfast
kashi cereal with skim milk

Lunch
Starbucks Vivano Smoothie (270 cal, 5g fat, 44g carbs, 6g fiber, 21g protein)

Snack
fiber one bar, baby bel light cheese, almonds

Dinner
applebee's oriental grilled chicken salad

Snack
WW ice cream cup

Exercise
1 hour cardio
30 min weights

Water
90

*Update - I should have gone to bed...I don't know why I do this binging...I wasn't hungry. After I had the WW ice cream cup, I also had THREE skinny cow ice cream sandwiches.
I'm making a commitment this week, to stay on track the whole week!!!! On Sunday I'm hosting a jewelry party and some of the snacks that I'll be making won't be so healthy (I'll try to stay away from them). Since there will be some not so healthy snacks on Sunday, I will cut out the after dinner snack EVERY DAY this week!!!! And once again...I will stay on track all week!

Saturday, July 19

I didn't keep a journal on Saturday, so let's see if I can remember.

Breakfast
kashi cereal with skim milk

Snack
SB Bar

Lunch
Starbucks vivano smoothie (they're pretty good with about 20 g of protein); I had chocolate banana

Snack
I ate the rest of my daughters blueberry muffin from starbucks

Dinner
grilled chicken, new potatoes, veggies

Snack
We stopped at Nestle toll house and I had 2 scoops ice cream and a brownie

Water
Didn't keep track but at least 60oz

Exercise
1 hour spin
1 hour weights

Friday, July 18

My day started out good and almost finished good.
Breakfast
kashi cereal with skim milk
banana
16oz hills bros coffee (1/2 sugar free, 1/2 regular)

Snack
banana nut muffin

Lunch
gnu bar
peach

Snack
Baby bel light cheese
2 SB snack bars
apple

Dinner
protein shake with fresh fruit

Snack
light caramel frap from starbucks

And I ruined it after I got home from shopping in the evening with...
fat free pudding
1 small back of choc chip cookies
oreos with skim milk

Exercise
1 hour spin

Water
80oz

Thursday, July 17

breakfast
kashi cereal with skim milk
banana

snack
SB bar

lunch
chicken with rotel, corn, brown rice
orange
2 squares dark chocolate

snack
SB snack bar
baby bel light cheese
apple

dinner
peanut butter
protein shake

exercise
1 hour cardio
1 hour weights

water
90oz

Wednesday, July 16

Breakfast
fresh fruit with lowfat cottage cheese
16 oz hills bros cappucino (1/2 sugar free, 1/2 regular)

Snack
peach

Lunch
SB meal, orange, diet v8 splash

Snack
Baby bel light cheese, apple, vita top muffin

Another snack
peanut butter and 2 squares of dark chocolate

Dinner
chicken with rotel, corn, brown rice

Snack
I fell apart...3 sugar free fudgsicles, 1 vita top muffin and like 3-4 bags of 100 calorie cookie crisps

Water
100oz

Exercise
1 hour weights

Tuesday, July 15

Breakfast
1 cup kashi cereal with skim milk
16oz Hills Bros coffee (1/2 sugar free and 1/2 regular)

Snack
banana

Lunch
salad with tomatoes, spiced pecans, grilled chicken, black olives, peppers, ranch

Snack
SB Snack Bar
baby bel light cheese

Dinner
protein shake with fresh fruit

Snack
vitatop
ww ice cream cup

Water
100oz

Exercise
1 hour weights
30min cardio

I'm back

I was out of town for a couple of days, I headed down south for the baptism of my nephew, so I didn't do a good job at journaling my food while I was gone.
It was tough stay on track. We left Saturday and were in a car for 8 hours. Came back Monday, another 8 hours. Actually, I did pretty good on the road. I took plenty of healthy snacks and made healthy choices when we stopped to eat. Except on Monday, we stopped at a McD's on the way home and I wasn't going to get anything but I was so hungry. We were taking it to go, so a salad would be too messy, so I asked for a grilled chicken sandwich, plain. We got it to go, got back on the road and when I opened my sandwich, it was crispy!!!! Oh I was so mad. I held off from eating it for 45 minutes but I was hungry! All I had was a bag of dry kashi cereal in the morning when we headed out in the morning, so by 1pm, I was so hungry I was starting to get a headache. I finally ended up eating it. Anyways, I tried to redeem myself...I went to a spin class tonight 2 hours after we got back into town. :)

Here's my food journal for today, Monday, 6/14.
Breakfast
kashi cereal

Lunch
crispy chicken sandwich from mc d's (no mayo)

Snack
SB snack bar
fat free chocolate pudding

Dinner
Protein shake with fresh fruit

Exercise
1 hour spin class

Water
probably not as much as I should have had

Thursday, July 10

Today was a lot better. It was tough, but I made it. It's still early evening but I'm posting my food log because I'm done for the day. :)

breakfast
kashi cereal with skim milk
16oz hills bros cappucino

snack
sb bar

lunch
sb meal
apple
1 dark choc square

snack
100 cal popcorn

dinner
baked chicken
cauliflower
ranch style beans

snack
100 calorie vitatop

exercise
50 min cardio
1 hour weights class

water
100oz

No food journal here

I'm still here, I've just been bad about doing my food journal. :( I start the day writing everything down, but I get the munchies during the day/evening and I start eating and eating and then I don't journal because I'm so mad that I ruined a good day.
Same thing today...all was good until I got home. It was such a busy day at work and when I got home, I was hungry, started to relax and had peanut butter, some south beach dark chocolate covered soynuts and then I had a salad from Applebees and even though I was stuffed, I had a 100 calorie bag of cookie crisps and a Vitatop muffin.

I really need to stop this...I keep saying that, but I do. I'm so mad at myself for doing this.

Tomorrow is a new day and it will be a good one...on plan all day loooooong!

Monday, July 7

I don't know why, but lately I've just had the munchies. Today was better but not good enough.

Breakfast
kashi cereal with skim milk
banana

Lunch
SB Meal

Snack
1T Peanut Butter
100 calorie bag popcorn
2 dark chocolate squares
peach

Dinner
leftovers - meat patty with lettuce and tomatoe and mustard, grilled chicken with peppers and pineapple
very little potatoe salad with light mayo and fat free italian dressing

Snack
1 ww ice cream bar
2 fudgsicles

Water
80oz

Exercise
weights - upper body
1 hour spin

Friday, 7/4 & Saturday, 7/5

I decided to combine my food journal for these 2 days because I didn't track what I ate. Actually, I ate so much, I lost track! I was bad, bad, bad! Gosh, I have no self control! I tried to make healthy choices and for the most part I did, but then evening came and I did so good, that I decided to ruin it and eat whatever I could get my hands on.

I will say that I did keep up my exercising though.

On Friday, I did a 5K. I haven't done a 5K in years and I was so sore the day after. I walked/jogged and finished it in 42 minutes.

On Saturday, I did a 1 hour spin class and a 1 hour weights class.

So there you have it.

Sunday is a new day and I'll be back on the wagon...the healthy wagon!

Thursday, July 3

breakfast
fresh fruit w/ lowfat cottage cheese

snack
sb bar

lunch
protein shake with fresh fruit

snack
1/2 vita top
banana
baby bel lite

dinner
2T peanut butter
2 turkey hot dogs
hormel chili beans wit fat free mozarella and mustard

snack
1 skinny cow sandwich

water
90oz

exercise
45min cardio
1 hour weight class

Wednesday, July 2

I don't know what's wrong with me. I've been getting the munchies really bad. This madness needs to stop!!!

breakfast
kashi cereal with skim milk
16oz hills bros coffee (1/2 sugar free, 1/2 regular)

snack
plum
nf yogurt

lunch
sb meal
orange

snack
carrots
ff pudding
fiber one bar

dinner
corn tortilla with reduced fat shredded cheese
xtra lean ground meat with lettuce and tomatoes
corn
fat free refried beans

snack
Oh my gosh...I found some DELISH snack!!! I saw an ad for these in a magazine but really, I first heard of them from Hungry Girl. I subscribe to Hungry Girl's emails and in one of the emails she mentioned a special where I paid no S&H, so I ordered them. O-H-M-Y-G-O-O-D-N-E-S-S!!! Ok, ok, you want to know what I'm talking about??? :)
They are called VitaTops! Each muffin top is 100 calories, 1.5g fat, 5g fiber and 3g protein.

water
100 oz

exercise
40 min cardio

Tuesday, July 1

I'm going to hate posting this but I gotta be held accountable.

breakfast
1 cup fresh fruit with 1/2 cup lowfat cottage cheese
16oz hills bros cappucino (1/2 sugar free, 1/2 regular)

snack
apple

lunch
sb meal
peach

snack
baby bel lite cheese
100 calorie popcorn
sb dark chocolate covered soynuts
2 sb snack bars

dinner
lite protein shake with fruit
ww ice cream
skinny cow ice cream sandwich
2 fiber one bars
kashi crackers
sb snack bar

water
100oz

exercise
weights - upper body
spin class