Work In Progress - FitoverForty

[ldematto]

"I'm dreaming of a Fit Christmas...unlike any I've ever known. Where the treadmill glistens, and bar bells aren't missing, just see them - lined up all in a row....."

Love it!! You are such a hoot!

[fitoverforty]

Glad you liked it...It just sort of came to me while I was thinking about Christmas carols.

todays meal plan:

breakfast: 2 Omega-3 scrambled eggs w/tsp. flax & LF shredded cheese, smoked peppered turkey
snack: almonds, peanuts, pistachios
lunch: mixed greens salad w/grilled chicken breast, mushroom, tomato, 1/2 avocado & Homemade dressing (it has yogurt & parmesan cheese in it for more protein)
snack: LF mozz. cheese stick, almonds, peanuts
postwork: SoBe Life water w/1/2 scoop protein powder
Dinner - not sure yet maybe fish (I didn't have it last night - had chicken instead)
snack: cottage cheese w/grapes, celery & pb

todays workout:

4.5 miles treadmill run

timed 3.1 miles (5K) 29:35 (too slow...gotta push harder - felt tired during entire run)
ran another 1.4 miles - finished 4.5 miles in 44:54.

I need to get more disciplined overall. I only got 5 hours sleep last night, staying up working on a Christmas project, and it clearly showed in run today
Oh well, I'm not complaining...I am proud I stepped on the darn thing and struggled through it. Tomorrow will be a better day!

[Bonnie]

Ok, I gotta ask....whats an omega 3 egg & what in gods name did they do to alter the chicken, to produce these..eggs..

[fitoverforty]

got this info off healthcastle.com website:
"Omega 3 enhanced eggs are from hens fed a diet flax seed or fish oils. Omega 3 enhanced eggs contain more omega 3 fatty acids and Vitamin E than the regular eggs. An independent test conducted by the CBC's TV show Marketplace found that omega-3 enhanced eggs contain approximately 7 times more omega 3 fatty acids than regular white eggs."

But I'm just eating them cause Brent is....and it seems to be working for him! just can't do the cauliflower at breakfast like he does, yet.

[fitoverforty]

fitoverforty wrote:breakfast: 2 Omega-3 scrambled eggs w/tsp. flax & LF shredded cheese, smoked peppered turkey
That sounds like such a good breakfast!!!

Oh gosh...it is so good. We got a peppered smoked turkey from hubbys work place for Christmas and we sliced it up and froze it in packages that we take out each week. I am loving the eggs too! I make breakfast, then take it to eat at work....while the envious eyes of co-workers look on. They never paid this much attention when I was eating oatmeal Now I get these pitiful looks, like they want me to share....and I'm like - BACK OFF! GET YOUR OWN!! Don't make me hurt you!
(I do miss oatmeal tho'...but for right now I am trying to eat more protein, less carbs for breakfast - see if it makes any difference)

[fitoverforty]

I think you should leave carbs in the am. Certainly up the protein there, but try concentrating them into breakfast and post w/o. Tis brain food. Try keeping dinner and snacks lower carb maybe? Good luck (:

Why not keep the oatmeal in and move it post-workout window?

I think the answer to best serve these two questions is to move workouts back to the a.m. time frame, instead of at 4 p.m. Then I could have oatmeal postwork and for breakfast. I could have the eggs and turkey for dinner, yes? I love eating breakfast food for dinner (just not pancakes and french toast w/syrup, huh? )

todays meal plan:

Breakfast: 2 O3 eggs scrambled w/LF mozz/chedd shredded cheese (less than 1/4 cup), smoked peppered turkey (heated in skillet with a tsp (or two!) of Omega 3 butter blend (Smart Balance).
snack: peanuts, almonds
Lunch: hubby took me out for lunch - so I ordered a Mesquite Wood Grilled Chicken Breast salad w/glazed walnuts, diced egg, bleu cheese crumbles (had these put "on the side") and dried cranberries (only ate 3 or 4 of these - figured they were high in sugar) and I had Honey Mustard dressing served on the side - dipped bites in it. CAN I GET A HIGH FIVE!! I am proud that I made those choices instead of the usual, ranch dressing slathered all over it, bleu cheese mixed in, croutons, etc.
I wasn't sure of the bleu cheese was a good source for protein or if the fat content kinda canceled out any goodness it has, so i only had a crumble or two - til I know for sure. Still had plenty of salad left (minus the chicken) so I brought it home for later.
snack: LF cheese stick, almonds
Dinner: ? I am going straight from work (5:00 p.m.) to a late night choir rehearsal - will not be home til 9 p.m. so I am not sure when I will be able to eat or what...thinking about going home and trying to eat a PB & J sandwich before I go to rehearsal. Then when I get home I can eat the other half of lunch salad w/shrimp added.
Any suggestions anyone? I guess there will be no workout for me today - dang it!! Not enough hours in the day...guess I should have gotten up earlier this a.m., I'm just so tired in the a.m.
Not only have i not been getting enough sleep at night (5 to 6 hours) but I am waking up several times a night with "night sweats" - yuck! Geez, what an awful feeling to wake up and be freezing, but be totally drenched in sweat - NOT HAPPY ABOUT THIS PHASE IN LIFE!!! Is this what it comes to? To be cursed with the dreaded "monthly" for the last 30+ years, and now this! I am so over it all... LOL!

[fitoverforty]

aw come on......just a little carbs, pleaseeeeeeeeee PB&J is the world's most perfect food - ya got protein in the PB, Whole wheat in the bread, and fruit in the jelly - what more could you ask for! (I'm sorry, I'm going thru carb withdrawals!)

[Bonnie]

NIght sweats huh..hmm so sticking head in the sand & hoping this does not one day grace door step, is most likely not going to help ? Shucks..ignorance is supposed to be bliss ! After all those missed carbs u r going to what ? !! That jam, have u flying higher than a kite in may Brentyboy is right, sugar is NOT ur friend, sorry dude I still like me some bread Hope ur choir practice went ok

Oh & thanks for explaining the egg thingy.

[PandorasVise]

I thought omega 3 eggs would be a fabulous idea. So I say to husband how we should start feeding our chickens flax. He looked at me like I just fell out of a UFO.

[ldematto]

CAN I GET A HIGH FIVE!! I am proud that I made those choices instead of the usual, ranch dressing slathered all over it, bleu cheese mixed in, croutons, etc.

Definite HIGH FIVE for that!! All those little things add up - I really like the dipping the salads in the dressing - you use soooo much less that way!

I have to agree though - Breads and Sugar are not "our" friends - instead have that yummy peanut butter on celery - that's what I am now doing - wasn't it you where I got that idea

[fitoverforty]

yeah, I suggested PB & celery to Brent a while ago
Okay, okay....I didn't eat the PB&J sandwich.... I opted for a grilled chicken sandwich instead...and only ate a few bites before I discarded the bread and just ate the chicken & the pickles that came on it. Yey me! And tonight I am exhausted - but I am pan heating (with one pat of butter) some shrimpies seasoned with cilantro & basil and tossing them in salad...with a little of homemade dressing.....yummmm

[Bonnie]

Why does everyone elses food always sound more tasty than mine ?..Need brush up on some new methods I guess.

[Nokie173]

Why does everyone elses food always sound more tasty than mine ?..Need brush up on some new methods I guess.

I feel you Bonnie.. every time i read someone's food journal... YUM....
They are having that while I am having this... ugh!

[ldematto]

LOL~! Lynne does make everything sound so yummy! All good for you - then she throws in a thing or two she thinks we won't notice, like PB & J

Shrimp - yum!! I think I'll make some of that tonight!

[fitoverforty]

LOL~! Lynne does make everything sound so yummy! All good for you - then she throws in a thing or two she thinks we won't notice, like PB & J

hahaha! Yeah, I can't slip nothin' past you guys.. But I didn't eat it afterall, opted for the grilled chicken breast sandwich instead.
Todays workout:
Got up EARLY (extreme effort here.. after late night rehearsal and getting to bed late ) this a.m. and ran a fast 3.1 miles on treadmill.
Timed run: 3.1 (5K) - 27:35
Felt great....reminded me how much I used to like starting day off with exercise!
Todays meal plan:
breakfast: bowl of grits, smoked turkey
lunch: mixed green salad w/chicken breast, 1/2 avocado, mushroom w/homemade dressing
snack: LF mozz. cheese stick - apple
Dinner: oven baked tilapia, steamed broccoli, cottage cheese, salad w/homemade dressing
snack: PB & celery or carrots