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6/8/11

Still here :)

Not being as strict on my diet as I need to be. Not necessarily eating bad but with the clean eating I am not focusing on hitting my protein target and eating every 3 hours. Need to get back on track but vacation is coming up in few weeks.......ugh! I really want to enjoy eating a few good meals but keep my diet in some kind of check. Need to do some planning!

Day 6

Yes I am back and trying to get back on track. Don't think I am quite ready for Clean Eating Cooler Pack 1. Just don't have the rules, planning quite down pat but hey I am getting there. Weekend was super busy so that didn't help. Anyway back today and what I learned.

Breakfast: lavish dark chocolate flax oatmeal and 2 egg whites, coffee with splenda and cream
Snack 1: 1% cottage cheese and fresh pineapple
Lunch: black bean and corn salad (Eat Clean recipe and very yummy!)
Snack 2: protein shake
Dinner: too much of a trail mix with nuts, dried pineapple and bananas, chocolate covered peanuts, rotisserie chicken, leftover guacamole (EC recipe)

What I learned: my snack 2 was not enough today since I overate on the trail mix.

Exercise - bike HIIT - great workout! I sweated but didn't feel like dying. I think my cardiovascular strength is improving!

Day 1 Exercise

Cardio day and really trying to do HIIT training. I opted to the elliptical and decided to do resistance intervals - cranking the resistance for 20 second intervals at the same pace as the 1 minute recoveries. I sweated like a dog! Good workout today.

Day 1 Diet (sort of)

So the inspiration to blog about losing weight hit me today! I only have about 10-20 lbs to lose tops but oh my goodness has it been hard. Starting back January 1, I was doing Weight Watchers and working out religiously. For 2 months the scale did not budge. Yes I know I could have gained some muscle but not that much muscle to make the scale not move. To break the plateau, I did lo-carb for a while. Don't really love lo-carb as a lifestyle but it helped enough to drop 5 lbs. Now I am trying to follow the Eat Clean diet and principles by Tosca Reno with attempting to do somewhere between Cooler Pack 1 and 2. **Note - Not following it 100% but somewhat close.

Diet today was -
breakfast:
Oatmeal with dark chocolate and flax (bending the rules yes)
1 scrambled egg and egg white

mid-morning snack:
plain tuna mixed with 2 tablespoons of 1% cottage cheese
1 cup fresh pineapple

lunch:
1/2 plain sweet potato
turkey burger plain
spinach with balsamic vinegar
*love the sweet potatoes but would rather have steamed spinach

snack:
whey protein shake with fat-free milk

dinner:
turkey burger and steamed spinach

I am down a few pounds since Monday. Let me remind you the Easter was this weekend so I partaked and the scale reflected it Monday.

new to this :)

So my first steps into the world of blogging. Never been really interested before but since I have been really trying to lose some weight I thought it may be a good thing to blog about. Plus I thought it may branch off into hobbies and life so Diet, Hobbies and Life sums it up.

I will probably blog mostly about my diet, my exercise and progress so could be a little boring but who knows.