Temper Tantrum is Over

After my grumpy/angerball/crank fit/temper tantrum on Friday, I decided to skip the gym and work out at home. I had taken a pilates class in the afternoon and was ready to push through some more cardio after work, but decided against it. I did a 30 min "yoga with weights" workout I found in my on-demand viewing channel, so that was fun. Well, I use the term fun loosely. I sweat a lot and it involved some good stretches and some light weights. It wasn't easy, especially doing planks and lifting weights simultaneously, but I'm on a mission to get rid of back-fat-bra-overhang. BFBO? That doesn't sound nice.

I went to the gym again on Saturday morning and tried to let go of all the aggravation. I ran into the 3 Day Walk for the Cure women, so that was fun. Lots of pink ladies fluttering about. I puttered around Berkeley and just took it easy. I had me some alone time. Sure, life isn't about setbacks, but it's how you handle them. I guess I'm just one of those people who get to only lose .5 a week somehow, if that. Sigh.

I remained true to my WW tracking and am trying to pay more attention to my "healthy checks" now. I get in my minimum of 30 min of exercise, my liquids, my vitamins, my dairy and most of my fruits and veggies for the day. I eat a majority of my veggies at dinner. Maybe I need to incorporate more fruits and carrots into my afternoons to really get my consumption up?

My day usually consists of 1 of 3 breakfasts:

1) 3/4 cup of kashi heart to heart toasted oat cereal 3 pp

1/2 cup of unsweetened vanilla almond milk 1 pp

1 banana 0pp

2)Real egg products (from Costco) 1pp

Morningstar veggie sausage 2pp

1/4 avocado 2pp

3) Arnold Wheat Thin 3pp

Fried egg 2pp or Kirkland egg product 1

Slice of low fat cheddar 2pp

Occasionally I'll toss it up with some Kashi blueberry flax waffles or maybe a scramble with a ton of veggies. I drink some Crystal Light in the morning, then usually try to finish two 23oz bottle of Smart Water during the day at work. For a snack, I have a probiotic vanilla yogurt, (2pp) or some nuts (3-5pp) or some fruit....maybe a string cheese or a mango etc, something like that.

My lunches are either leftovers from dinner, a salad with beans, or a protein like 3oz of chicken with a ton of veggies. I use Trader Joe's goddess dressing, and only a tablespoon of it, it's got a pretty pungent flavor in my opinion.

Dinner is usually a protein with salad or a whole grain side and veggies. If I do pasta, it's brown rice or whole wheat. I have tried to stay away from white carbs at night. It's also usually a vegetarian meal since the Spartan is veg and if I make meat, I'll use it for lunch the next day too. It's too time consuming to make two meals most nights. We eat a lot of beans: lentils, black beans, chick peas, kidney beans you name it, along with tofu and some meat substitutes, but I don't eat a ton of those, bc they are still processed.

I also let myself have a glass of wine with dinner. I've cut that down from 2 glasses, but the temptation and the want is still there after a few weeks. I don't snack a ton after work since I'm usually at the gym, but if I do, it's crackers or some deli meat wrapped in lettuce etc... nothing too awful. I think I eat very healthily!

I was staying away from a lot of fruit for a bit bc I thought THAT was hindering my weight loss. Now I'm starting to wonder if I'm not eating enough? Am I eating too much of the wrong things? I let myself indulge this weekend though. I took off from the gym on Sunday, but I walked a ton in the city running errands. I had a gyro for lunch (on a real white bread pita!), some real full fat ice cream (gasp!) in the afternoon and drinks on the patio with a friend. Of course I weighed myself this morning and I'm up a pound. Not like I was surprised.

I emailed my doctor to possibly see an endocrinologist last week. She referred me to a weight management class at Kaiser. It was like a slap in the face. What with all the info Weight Watchers gives you, my healthy lifestyle as it is, my constant researching of particular diets, healthy substitutes and portions ingrained in my membrane, I feel like I'm going to go to this class and know everything they are going to suggest. I'm ready to switch careers and get into nutrition or healthcare! If I find anything new, I will be shocked. At least I'm getting my thyroid tested again. Good times...I think I have to fast for those tests, so maybe I'll lose something!