Exercise when you have no time: Bike to places!

I thought I had no time to exercise today, but it was a nice day. So I decided to bike instead of grabbing a ride with DF. At the end of the day I will have biked almost 4 miles really fast (12-18mph) and earned 3 APs. Not bad when you think about it. And now I can get to places faster! Plus it means I look like a "biker" today, which I think is cool: jeans tucked inside tall black leather boots, cute low ponytail and a black/gray tight-fitting windproof fleece jacket. I'll have to take a picture sometime.

It's supposed to rain tomorrow so I won't be doing the bike thing, but I am planning on doing the Wii Fit at home. Friday it should be nice so I might bike all the way to my clinic (5 miles each way), to earn a roundtrip total of 7 APs. Would be a good way to round up the week.

Bringing back the serious exerciser

Last week was my birthday and what started as a day of not tracking turned into a week. Very bad. Nevertheless, I lost 0.8 at weigh in yesterday. Probably more to do with the week before where I had been really good. So I have to be good this week to make sure that loss stays and maybe get a new one.

The meeting yesterday was about "moving more." For me that really means adding exercise back in and consistently. I started yesterday by biking to my appointment downtown. Next month for the same appointment I hope to run to it (5.5 miles), like I used to do before. Today I ran 2.5 miles. Tomorrow I'm planning on doing the spinning class at the gym.


Saturday, March 14, 2009

Morning
3 item(s) egg white(s)	1
2 cups veggies - Quick-added food	0
Light english muffin - Quick-added food	1
Vitamin C water - Quick-added food	1
Subtotal	3
Midday
1 oz Light Cheddar Cheese - 75% Reduced Fat	1
light english muffin - Quick-added food	1
1 1/2 pound(s) watermelon	4
Subtotal	6
Evening
1 item(s) margarita	5
1 2/3 serving(s) Fast Food nachos with Cheese	14
2 oz Buffalo style chicken tenders	3
10 item(s) french fries	5
Subtotal	27
Anytime
No entries for this meal time.
Subtotal	0
Food POINTS values total used	36
Food POINTS values remaining	0
Activity
33 min bicycling, fast	4
Activity POINTS values earned	4
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Wacky Eating Day

Well, the day is not over. But so far so good. I'm feeling satisfied now and it's 8pm. If I'm hungry I will eat the 0 point soup (1 cup only) later and chug water. It's almost a mind-over matter thing, I want to stick to my 20 points and not dip further into my WPA so early in the week.

I didn't work out--again. I'm going spinning tomorrow (at the gym). It really hurt my calves last time but I just gotta do it. Where else can I earn 9 APs in one day (also with 30 min abs/weight lifting)?


Sunday, March 01, 2009

Morning
89 gm banana(s)	1
Fat free greek yogurt - Quick-added food	1
1/2 cup(s) fat-free skim milk	1
1 tbsp Strawberry preserves	1
3 Basic crepes	7.5
2 Sweet apple filling	3
Subtotal	14.5
Midday
Pita Pizza (delicious, a million veggies on a pita with fat free feta cheese)	5
Subtotal	5
Evening
1 Zero POINTS®-Value Vegetable Soup	0
Subtotal	0
Anytime
2 medium tangerine(s)	0.5
Subtotal	0.5
Food POINTS values total used	20
Food POINTS values remaining	0
Activity
No entries for activity.
Activity POINTS values earned	0
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Incorporating exercise back

Another good day! That makes 5 in a row!

I actually retook the points quiz today and realized that I'm in the borderline between 20 and 21 points (by a few ounces as of this past Saturday's weigh in. I didn't take that extra point most of this week (Saturday, Sunday, Tuesday) and it will (hopefully) be gone on Saturday so I decided to take it for the rest of the week.

I actually got back to the gym today, after 7+ days of not going. I went to spinning class and did some abs/stretching afterwards. I might've overdone it since my knee doesn't feel too great right now and I definitely pulled a muscle on my back (when stretching, go figure!!). I'm treating the back with heat right now and I might schedule an appointment with the chiro about my knee. It hasn't been feeling too great lately. Another reason to try to get this weight off me!!

Anyway, here's my menu for today. I feel like I ate a lot of food. I still have my cocoa and milk to drink (been doing that for a few days now, it's a nice sweet end to the day, since I crave it sometimes--okay almost always).


Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Morning
English muffin with ham and laughing cow	3
Subtotal	3
Midday
4 1/2 oz cooked brown rice	2.5
4 oz Turkey, ground, 93% lean/7% fat, raw	4
veggies - Quick-added food	0
Subtotal	6.5
Evening
5 oz cooked brown rice	2.5
1 1/4 oz shredded fat-free mozzarella cheese	1
1 1/2 cup(s) fat-free skim milk	2.5
1 cup veggies - Quick-added food	0
6 fl oz hot instant cocoa, no sugar added	1
1 oz cooked trimmed pork loin	1
200 gm watermelon	1
Subtotal	9
Anytime
89 gm banana(s)	1
Activia yogurt - Quick-added food	1
2 medium tangerine(s)	0.5
Subtotal	2.5
Food POINTS values total used	21
Food POINTS values remaining	0
Activity
55 min spinning	7
15 min weight training, free weights, vigorous effort	1
Activity POINTS values earned	8
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