NSV

My legs were HELLA sore and tired yesterday from my Tuesday night run.  I used this as an excuse to not run last night.  I did have grand intentions of at least going to the gym, but then I had a few too many of these

So instead of going to the gym, this is what my night consisted of:

A lovely fire outside that included roasting marshmallows and makings s'mores, and taking ridiculous pictures of our DOGters.  Molly reminds me of a glamorous granny, and Skittles just looks like a boss and super bad ass. 

Now, on to some serious matters.  My NSVs for the week.  

I had to buy a new belt a few months ago and hated the fact that I ended up having to buy a large.  Even with buying the large, the tightest I could get it was on the second notch.  This means I almost needed the XL.  I'm proud to say that yesterday I wore said belt, and I was able to put it all the way to the LAST notch!  Before I know it, I'll need to buy another new belt and it will be a medium!!!

Coinciding with the tighten of my belt is the fact that my jeans are all slowly becoming too big.  I wear an 8 or 10 depending on the brand, and I now need to wear my belt with almost all my jeans!  I cannot even remember the last time I wore anything smaller than an 8.  I just might need to go on a shopping spree soon!!

I hope everyone else is having great Non-Scale Victories too!!   

A Fresh New Week

My last post was titled, “Pretending Monday Didn’t Happen.”  In reality, I’m just going to pretend all of last week didn’t happen.  I fell of the wagon last week, hard.  I ate like a piglet, drank A LOT of beer, didn’t track my food, and skipped far too many workouts.  I got into the mindset that if I didn’t track my food, it was like I wasn’t actually eating.  Not seeing those calories add up fueled my denial about all the awful stuff I was putting in my body.  I know it’s good to have “bad” food in moderation to keep yourself sane, but moderation was not a word in my vocabulary this past week. 

As I alluded to in my last post, what’s in the past is in the past.  I made bad decision the last few days, but there is not anything I can do about them now.  What’s done is done.  I can’t go back and make changes.  Now, I can only move on and work my booty off.    

Since I sucked at life this past week, I was not successful in any of my goals.  Here’s a reminder of what my goals were last week.

1.  Focus on strength training.

2.  Drink at least 8 glasses of water a day.

3.  Maintain a 1500 or less calorie diet.

Those goals are out the window now.  It’s a new week, and I’m starting fresh with new goals.  My goals from last week were great though, so I may revisit them in the future.  Without further ado, my new goals.

Eat slower.  

1.  Take time to savor my meals.

I enjoy cooking, and like to take the time to try new recipes and make nice meals.  I spend a lot of time prepping and making food each day that I in turn wolf down in a few minutes.  Often, it feels like a waste to use all that time making a meal that I eat so quickly.  I want to slow it down and enjoy the food I make. 

2.  Run at least 25 miles this week.

My half marathon is now only 3 weeks away.  I CANNOT AFFORD TO MISS ANOTHER RUN!!!!!!  By setting 25 as my mileage goal this week, it means I can’t skip a run without falling way behind. 

3.  Record EVERYTHING I eat this week.  EVERYTHING!

Honestly, I sometimes do not add food items to my MyFitnessPal account.  I act as if not adding them means I didn’t actually eat them.  That is not the case.  My body will reflect those cheats even if my calorie count does not.  By making myself track everything, I will be able to see what I can cut out of my diet, and focus on making healthy change.  Today already, I ate ice cream.  I wasted 300 calories on ice cream.  It was delicious, and I enjoyed every bit of it, but I could have had 3 bananas instead, or 4 apples, or about million stalks of celery for 300 calories.  I could have eaten so much more, and been much more satisfied, if I would have used those 300 calories on fruits and veggies. 

I'm excited to move on and begin this new week! I hope everyone else is off to a healthy start this week!

AdvoCare 10 Day Herbal Cleanse - Day 9

Workout:

5.65 mile run – 50:56

30 minutes Wii Just Dance

Dearest readers, I have failed.  I gave into temptation last night and had a few no-no items including, beer, cheese, ice cream, and pizza… I do feel disappointed in myself that I couldn’t finish out the cleanse perfectly, but I am still really proud of how well I did overall. I will be sharing the final results regarding weight loss, and my general thoughts about the cleanse tomorrow.  Today, Sunday, is the final day of the AdvoCare 10 Day Herbal Cleanse so I will be weighing in Monday morning. 

Nick and I had friends over last night, and they wanted to make homemade pizzas together.  I had planned on making a separate pizza for myself that had a spinach or cauliflower crust, but I ran out of time during the day and never got the ingredients.  Our friends, Sarah and Nathan, brought over all of the ingredients, and I really appreciated the fact that they did think of me and bought a premade whole wheat crust so I would have a healthier alternative.

I had sliced up a bunch of veggies before they came over, and made a Greek yogurt buffalo dip to accompany them.  I ate TONS of the veggies while the pizzas were cooking and we were chatting in an attempt to fill myself up so I wouldn’t eat too much pizza.  It actually worked quite nicely and I only ended up having one piece. 

Sarah also brought ice cream for dessert.  I wasn’t going to have any, but then the thought crossed my mind that as long as I have “bad” food in moderation, it won’t kill me.  Plus, I ran almost 6 miles earlier in the day, a little ice cream wasn’t really wasn’t going to ruin everything.  Everyone else had heaping bowls full, but I took my one half cup soup, and I was more than satisfied.

I also limited myself to only two beers.  I did a bunch of research before making my beer purchase to find a beer that had limited sugars, fat, and carbs.  Corona Light was the winner.  There are only 99 calories per bottle with 0g of sugar, 0g of fat, and 5g of carbs.  Squeeze in a little lime, and you have a delicious not-so-awful-for-you drink.   

Even though I ate a lot of not so great things, I ended up not going over my calorie range…my calories range with the extra calories I earned by running and dancing that is…

Breakfast

Shakshuka-homemade (This is a fabulous Tunisian egg and tomato dish, recipe here)

Mmm! My Shakshuka

2 Slices Plain Whole Wheat Toast

AdvoCare Fiber Drink

Calories: 447

*I didn’t have my usual AM snack because I was helping a friend pack up her apartment in the morning, and I forgot to bring something along.  Luckily I ate a big breakfast, but I was still famished by lunch time!

Lunch

4 oz Homemade Baked Buffalo Chicken Tenders

5 Strawberries

1 Banana

AdvoCare Pink Lemonade Spark

Calories: 299

Post-Run Snack

2 Celery Stalks

30 Unsalted Fat Free Mini Pretzels

1 TBS Jif Natural Creamy Peanut Butter

1 TBS Oceanspray Craisins

Calories: 336

Dinner:

*Measurements get a little out of whack here, so I am just listing what I ate and the estimated calories according to MyFitnessPal*

Celery, Carrots, and Cucumber with buffalo Greek yogurt dip

Tostidos Multigrain Scoops and Newman’s Own Roasted Garlic Salsa

Homemade Pizza with whole wheat crust

2 Cornoa Lights with Lime

½ C Edy’s Mint Brownie Ice Cream

Calories: 825 (Yikes!)

Total Calories: 1907…(My max for the day with my exercise though was 2245.  At least I stayed under that!)