Life Changing Journey

Oh what a horrible horrible weekend I had…
In the middle of last week, I was at little bit under 175 and then my bf brought whole bunch of bagels, muffins, danish, quiche… Sigh… Yeah. You know where I’m going. Then potluck at work on Sunday.
So this morning, I was at 177-178… So much for “3 weeks left, let’s go, tara”…
I did a good workout today, though, for 55 minutes. A mix of cardio and strength. Good. I didn’t do that bad for food either. Well, kinda bad but I didn’t eat when I wasn’t hungry…I had a muffin and 6 inch subway. And water. Lots of water.
I wasn’t really going to go grocery shopping since I didn’t want to waste food while gone for 2 wks..but then again, I don’t have any veggies or fruits at home. So tomorrow morning, we are going to go get some absolutely necessary ones. Hopefully that will help me with food choices for next 2.5 weeks.
And I’m going to up my cardio. I really want to pass 170’s before I leave for Korea since I will be having lots of Korean food….and I want to weigh as little as possible. I will be doing mostly cardio while there since I won’t have access to weights but my parents have stationary bike and treadmill at home. Yay!
Okay, enough with my ramble… I better get back to work…

Thursday. My “bad” day at work. My Team Leader stays late and have one on one meeting and we all order dinner at the beginning of the shift. (My shift is 8 PM-430 AM) So I prepared for it all day.

I had half serving of oatmeal with little bit of unsalted almonds. Then I had half of 100 cal pack. That’s all I had… then pad thai at work.

My workout…I did C25K Wk7. That would be 2.5 miles…25 minutes. Then I did 15 minutes of pilates. Not that much but I decided to lose the ALL OR NOTHING mentality. Please refer to below Read the rest of this entry »

Monday, 15-Sep-08: 30 minute 30 Day Shred, 30 minute run
Tuesday, 16-Sep-08: 25 minute run
Wednesday, 17-Sep-08: 40 minute Hi-Def Sculpt

I wanted to work out in the afternoon on both Tuesday and Wednesday but sigh… we ended up going somewhere on Tuesday, so I couldn’t. I had a meeting at work for an hour and then more homework on Wednesday, so I couldn’t. At least I’m trying to wake up little early and get something done in the “morning.”

So.. I’m trying. My menu is going okay but with what I have available at home, it’s not really doable to stay on the “healthy plan.” I have no lettuce, no fruits,…really no food other than frozen stuff. We really need to go grocery shopping tomorrow or Friday. I got a feeling that this grocery bill will be quite..high. Sigh.

By David J. Pollay

The Law of the Garbage Truck

How often do you let other people’s nonsense change your mood? Do you let a bad driver, rude waiter, curt boss, or an insensitive employee ruin your day? Unless you’re the Terminator, you’re probably set back on your heels. However, the mark of your success is how quickly you can refocus on what’s important in your life.

Sixteen years ago I learned this lesson. And I learned it in the back of a New York City taxi cab. Here’s what happened. Read the rest of this entry »

Favorite Menu: Fish Tacos
by delitaagain
YUMMY

I *LOVED* these!

2 Corn (hard) Taco Shells (I used Old El Paso Stand ‘n Stuff)
1/4 cup Black Beans, rinsed and drained
1/2 cup Pace Picante Sauce, divided (hot, medium or mild)
2 leaves Romaine Lettuce, chopped
2 oz. Talapia, pan-grilled in cooking spray, chunked
1 slice onion, chopped
1/2 cup mini carrots, matchsticks or shredded coarsely
10 large green or black olives
1 Tangerine
Heat black beans with 1/4 cup Picante Sauce and mash together. Spread the bean mix into the heated Taco Shells. Top with lettuce, fish, onions, carrots and remaining picante sauce.

Serve with olives. Fruit is for dessert. Very tasty and satisfying.

CALORIES 410, CARBS 51, FAT 12.1, PROTEIN 21.5, FIBER 7.2

I got an email letting me know that I had a comment in one of my post. So i checked and delitaagain asked where I went. I’m still here. Somewhere. Read the rest of this entry »