Exercise Diary AND Food Diary

Tonight I did Billy Blanks 8-minute Tae-Bo workout. I am sweaty and feel pretty good after it!

Last evening, I also did a Billy Blanks Tae-Bo workout...that is, Basic Boot Camp. Although I can't do the sit-ups yet--that is too painful for my neck--I was able to do my push-ups, which I am thrilled about. I have always had weak wrists and push-ups usually aggravate the problem, but so far they don't hurt. With the sit-ups, I almost was able to hold myself up with my abdominal muscles, but not quite. There is a certain way you have to do crunches in order to not hurt your neck, and I am physically unable to do that right now. I hope to work up to it, but if not, I will continue to do my standing crunches...they basically do the same thing!

As for my Food Diary...
I have been keeping one for the week in a notebook because I just haven't had much computer time, but I will post it for today.

Breakfast
Coffee with creamer (95)
Protein Bar (270)
Total: 365

Lunch (snack)
1 cup Skim Milk (90)

Actual Lunch
Instant Breakfast (250)
Total: 340 (705)

Dinner
Chicken (125)
Tator Tots (170)
Salad with Ranch dressing (55)
Carrots (35)
1/4 of 6 inch pizza (100?)
Hot Apple Cider (120)
Total: 605 (1310)

Snack
Strawberry Banana Smoothie (made with fat free yogurt) (275)
Total: 275 (1585)

Food Diary

Breakfast

• Coffee (80)
• 1 slice Breakfast toast, dry (90)
• Pria Bar (110)
• Total: 280

Lunch

• Meatloaf sandwich on Rye & Pump Swirl bread
• ~Meatloaf, 1/2 slice (135)
• ~Rye & Pump Swirl bread, 1 slice (80)
• ~mustard, (free)
• Salad with dressing & flax seeds (35)
• Total: 250 (530)

Snack

Dinner

Food Diary

Breakfast

• Coffee with creamer (80)
• Protein bar (180)
• Total: 260

Lunch

• Deli Chicken 4 oz. (100)
• Salad with dressing & flax seeds (35)
• Carrots, 1/2 serving (18)
• 2 chips with dip (30)
• Total: 183 (443)

Snack

• Kashi Go Lean Bar (170)
• Hot Cinnamon Spice tea (free)
• Total: 170 (613)

Dinner

• 1 slice Meatloaf, 4 oz. (270)
• Roll (130)
• Salad with dressing (35)
• Tator Tots, 12 (170)
• 1 Slice Whole Grain Apple Yogurt bread (90)
• Total: 695 (1308)

Snack

• French Vanilla Coffee (70)
• Pria Bar (110)
• Skim Milk, 1 cup (90)
• 1/2 cup Lowfat cottage cheese (80)
• Total: 350 (1658)

Food Diary

To read my weigh in post, scroll down!
Breakfast

• Coffee with creamer (80)
• Protein Bar (180)
• Total: 260

Lunch

• Beef Veggie Soup (150)
• 1 T Peanut butter on 1 slice bread (170)
• Chai Tea with Skim Milk & Sugar (10)
• Total: 330 (590)

Snack

• Banana (105)
• Total: 105 (695)

Dinner

• Spaghetti with meatballs, 1 serving (210 + 200)
• Salad with dressing (35)
• Apple Crisp (200)
• Total: 645 (1340)

Snack

• Fat Free Plain Yogurt, 1 cup (130)
• 1 Medium Banana (105)
• 1/4 cup Low Fat Organic Granola (90)
• Skim Milk, 1 cup (90)
• Total: 415 (1755)

Food Diary

Breakfast

• Coffee with creamer (80)...weaker coffee, less creamer!
• Protein Bar (190)
• Total: 270

Lunch

• Deli Chicken, 3 oz. (75)
• Protein Bar--another busy day of homeschooling! (270)
• 2 cups Chai tea with 1 T skim milk & 1/4 t raw sugar (20)
• Total: 365 (635)

Dinner

• Beef Vegetable Soup, 2 cups (250)
• Croissant w/1 slice American Cheese (330 + 70)
• 1 slice bread with 1 T crunchy peanut butter (160)
• 1 cup hot spiced apple cider (120)
• Total: 930 (1565)

Snack? My tummy is so satisfied I don't know if I need one!

Food Diary

Breakfast

• Coffee with creamer (100)
• Protein bar (190)
• Total: 290

Lunch

• Kentucky Fried Chicken, thigh (330)
• Salad with dressing (35)
• Total: 365 (655)

Dinner

• Roast, 4 oz. (150)
• Carrots, 1 cup (70)
• Potato, small with peel (110)
• Green beans (25)
• 1/2 garlic toast bagel (150)
• Hot Spiced Apple Cider, 1 cup (120)
• Total: 625 (1280)

Snack

Yogurt & bran cereal (130 + 80)

Food Diary

Breakfast

• Coffee w/creamer (130)
• Protein bar (190)
• Total: 320

Lunch (Fellowship meal @ church)

• Chicken (150)
• Squash casserole, 1/2 cup (160)
• Salad with dressing (35)
• Grated cheese, 1 T (22)
• Fruit Salad (150)
• Angel Food Cake (161)
• Total: 677 (997)

Dinner

• Kentucky Fried Chicken (360)
• KFC Mashed potatoes & gravy, 1 serving (140)
• Salad w/salad dressing (35)
• Skim Milk, 2 cups (180)
• Total: 715 (1712)

And may I say that I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the site dietfacts.com!!! It gave me the calorie amounts for the Kentucky Fried Chicken & mashed potatoes!!! AWESOME!!!

Food Diary

Breakfast

• 1 cup of coffee with cream (70)
• Protein Bar (190)
• Total: 260

Lunch

• Chicken Wrap
• ~1 chicken tender, not breaded (103)
• ~lettuce (free)
• ~plain yogurt, 2 T (16)
• ~salsa (free)
• ~tortilla (120)
• 2 bites of pizza crust (25)
• Total: 264 (524)

Snack

• Apple Crisp (300)
• Chai Tea, 2 cups (20)
• Total: 320 (844)

Dinner

• Pizza, 2 slices (600)
• Total: 600 (1444)

Snack

Food Diary

Yesterday was a good day for my calorie counting, however I didn't bother to write anything down. We went to another family's house for dinner, so we got back quite late and I didn't bother writing it up on my blog.

Breakfast

• Coffee with Creamer (130)
• Protein Bar (190)
• Total: 320

Lunch

• Chicken wrap
• ~chicken (103)
• ~tortilla (120)
• ~lettuce (free)
• ~plain yogurt (15)
• Chai Tea (10)
• Total: 248 (568)

Dinner

• Supreme Pizza (600)
• Salad w/salad dressing (35)
• Carrots (35)
• Total: 670 (1238)

Snack/Dessert

• Apple Crumb Pie, large slice (500)
• Chai Tea, 2 cups (20)
• Total: 520 (1758)

Food Diary

To view Wednesday's Weigh In, scroll down!


Breakfast

• Coffee with Creamer (120)
• Protein Bar (210)
• Total: 330

Lunch (Life has been very busy lately, no time to really eat much.)

• Protein Bar (160)
• Skim Milk, 2 cups (180)
• Total: 340 (670)

Snack

• Chai Tea with skim milk & sugar (17)
• 1/2 Snack Bar (90)
• Total: 107 (777)

Dinner

• Shake & Bake Chicken (350)
• Raw Carrots (35)
• Salad with light Italian dressing (35)
• Total: 420 ( 1197)

Dessert

• Chai Tea (17)
• Little Debbie Snack (270)
• Total: 287 (1484)

Snack

• Plain Yogurt, 1 cup (130)
• Organic Strawberry Granola, 1/4 cup (90)
• Total: 220 (1704)

Food Diary

Breakfast

• Coffee with Cream (130)
• Protein Bar (210)
• Total: 340

Snack

• 1/2 Go Lean Bar
• 1 oz. deli chicken (25)
• small slice cheese (30)
• Total: 55 (395)

Lunch

• Salad w/tomatoes (free)
• Salad dressing (35)
• 3 oz. deli Chicken (75)
• Roll (125)
• Carrots (15)
• Total: 250 (645)

Snack

• Coffee (65)
• Snack Bar (120)
• Total: 185 (830)

Dinner

• Chicken Tacos
• ~Chicken, 5 oz. (230)
• ~Tortillas, 2 (240)
• ~Cheese, 1 T (22)
• Chips, 6 (75)
• Corn Muffins, 2 (264)
• Total: 831 (1661)

Snack

• Chai Tea (10)
• Kashi TLC Granola Bar (140)
• Total: 150 (1811)

EXERCISE: Billy Blank's 8-minute Tae-Bo Workout.

Food Diary

54Breakfast

• Coffee (210)
• Protein Bar (190)
• Total: 400

Lunch

• 1/4 of 6 inch cheese pizza (120)
• Carrots (25)
• Total: 145 (545)

Snack

• 1/2 banana (50)
• 1/2 Go Lean Bar (85)
• Chai tea w/1 T skim milk & 1/4 t raw sugar (10)
• Total: 145 (690)

Dinner

• Potato soup, 1 1/2 cups (375)
• Homemade Whole Grain roll (150)
• Deli Chicken Breast, 4 oz. (100)
• 3 Woven Wheat Crackers (49)
• Total: 674 (1364)

Snack

• Skim Milk (200--a little over 2 cups)
• Kashi TLC Granola Bar (140)
• Total: 340 (1704)

Food Diary

Breakfast

• 3 cups coffee with creamer (210)
• Special K Protein Meal Bar (190)
• Total: 400

Lunch

• Enchilada Chicken Salad (approx. 350)
• Total: 350 (750)

Calories Left: 1056

Snack

• Apple (80)
• Total: 80 (830)

Dinner

• Grilled Chicken (150)
• Green Beans (30)
• Cauliflower w/cheese sauce (60)
• Homemade Whole Grain roll (150)
• Tator Tots, 6 (90)
• Dessert: Apples with Caramel (315)
• Total: 795 (1625)

Snack

• 1/2 Tashi Go Lean bar (for my chocolate fix)(85)
• Chai Tea (20)
• Total: 95 (1730)

Food Diary

Breakfast

• Coffee with creamer, 2 cups (150)
• Special K Protein Meal bar (190)
• Total: 340

Lunch (another VERY busy day)

• 2 cups Tazo Chai Tea with sugar (1/4 t) and 1 T skim milk (20)
• Protein Bar (145)
• Total: 155 (495)

Snack

• 1 Slice Chicken Quesadilla (95)
• Total: 95 (590)

I spent all afternoon in my kitchen cooking with my dear sister in Christ...I didn't have much time to eat.

Dinner

• Ham & Cheese sandwich
• ~5 oz. lean ham (320)
• ~1 slice American Cheese (70)
• ~Lettuce (free)
• ~1 slice tomato (free)
• ~Whole grain roll (150)
• potato soup, 1 cup (250)
• 2 cups Tazo Chai Tea--fixed as above with raw whole milk--(28)
• Pecan cookie (75)
• Total: 804 (1483)

Snack

• Kashi Granola Bar (140)
• Milk, 1 1/3 cups (120)...changed brands again (90 calories/cup)
• Banana, tiny in size (50)
• Herbal tea (free)
• Total: 310 (1783)

Food Diary

Breakfast

• Coffee with cream (140)
• Protein Bar (205)
• Breakfast Total: 345

Snack Lunch (busy day!)

• Protein bar (135)
• Total: 135 (480)

Lunch Snack (@ 3 p.m.)

• Chicken, 6 oz. (150)
• & Cheese, 2T (44)
• Wrapped in lettuce (free)
• Carrots (approx. 35)
• Total: 229 (709)

Remaining Calories: 1097*
*NOTE: I have once again dropped my caloric intake (to 1806) to accomodate my weight loss goal for this next week!

Snack

• Skim Milk, 1 cup (80)
• Total: 80 (789)

Dinner

• Beef and Noodles, 1 1/2 servings (555)
• Whole Grain Bread (60)
• Carrots & Tomatoes (50)---I am counting these mainly because carrots have sugar.
• Total: 665 (1454)

Snack

• Skim Milk, 2 cups (160)
• Slim Fast Snack Bar (120)
• Bite of another bar (36)
• Total: 316 (1770)

Food Diary

To see my blurb on Wednesday's Weigh, scroll down!


Breakfast

• Coffee with cream, 1 1/2 cups (100)
• Protein Bar (205)
• Breakfast Total: 305

Lunch

• Sweet & Spicy Chicken Salad
• ~Chicken (250)
• ~dressing (35)
• ~Cheese, 2 T (44)
• ~Carrots (35)
• 1 Potato wedge (28)
• Slim Fast Snack Bar (120)
• Lunch Total: 477 (782)

Snack

• Green Tea, 1 cup (free)
• 1/2 Protein Bar (95)
• Skim Milk, slightly more than 1 cup (90)
• Snack Total: 185 (967)

Dinner

• Pizza, 2 slices (approx. 600)
• Carrots & Tomato (50)
• Salad (free)
• Salad Dressing (35)
• Dinner Total: 685 (1652)

Snack

• Skim Milk, 1 1/4 cups (100)
• 1/2 Kashi TLC bar (70)
• Snack Total: 170 (1822)

Grand Total: 1822 & I exercised!

Food Diary

Breakfast

• Coffee with creamer (180)
• Oatmeal (210)
• ~with cinnamon, coconut oil (125), sugar (30), flax seeds (?), oat bran (?)
• Breakfast total: approx. 600

Lunch

• Enchilada Chicken Salad
• ~cheese, 2 T (60)
• ~chicken, 4 oz. (195)
• ~sour cream, 1 T (30)
• ~Salsa & enchilada sauce (30)
• Lunch Total: 315 (915)

Dinner

• Chicken (200)
• Pizza (300)
• Salad with dressing (35)
• 1/3 Kashi Go Lean Bar (57)
• Peach/Mango Tea (80)
• Dinner Total: 592 (1587)

Food Diary

Breakfast

• Coffee with creamer, 2 cups (140)
• Balance Bare Bar (210)
• Breakfast Total: 350
  

Lunch

• Egg Drop Soup, 2 cups (180)
• Sesame Chicken (250)
• Lunch Total: 430 (780)

Snack

• 1/2 large apple (75)

Dinner

• Enchilada Style Chicken salad (salad: free, 5 oz. chicken: 233)
• Corn Tortilla Chips, 1 1/2 servings (210)
• Sour Cream, 2T (60)
• Grated Cheese, 2T (44)
• Enchilada Sauce & salsa, 1/3 cup (30)
• Dinner Total: 577 (1357)

Snack

• Skim Milk, 2 cups (160)
• Protein bar (250)

Grand Total: 1767

Food Diary

Breakfast

• Coffee with lots of cream, 3 cups (210)
• Homemade Strawberry & Cream Oatmeal (355)
• Breakfast Total: 565

Lunch

• Sesame chicken (250)
• Broccoli (free)
• Egg Drop Soup, 1 cup (90)
• Cranberry Apple Hot Tea (free)
• Lunch Total: 340 (905)

Remaining Calories to use: 923

Snack

• Pop Corn, 2 cups (60)

Dinner

• Veggie Pizza (450)
• Salad (35)
• Dinner Total: 485 (1450)

Snack

• String Cheese Stick, (66)
• Oatmeal Cream Pie (170)
• Hot Vanilla Creme Drink made with Skim Milk (140)
• Snack Total: 376 (1826)

Food Diary

Breakfast

• Coffee with cream, 3 cups (180)
• Zone Perfect Bar, Chocolate Caramel Cluster (210)
• Breakfast Total: 390

Lunch

• Sesame Chicken (250)
• Broccoli & Carrots (free)
• Star Crunch (150)
• Skim Milk, 1 cup (80)
• Lunch Total: 480 (870)

Snack

• Vanilla Creme Hot Drink (60) I have a sore throat today.

Dinner

• Pancakes, 3 (240)
• Eggs, 3 (300)
• Homemade Light Strawberry Jam, 3 T (66)
• Whipped Topping, 3T (37)
• Echinacea/Elderberry Hot Tea, 1 cup (free)
• Dinner Total: 643 (1573)

Snack

• String Cheese Stick, .83 oz (66)
• Oatmeal Cream Pie, (170)
• I Love Lemon Hot Tea (Free)

Total: 1809 calories