Mature Fashion: On-line journal exercise 2/08/16

Greetings to all;  

I am currently involved in keeping an online journal to lose the last ten pounds to reach my weight goal. (Many thanks to Tonya for her inspiration) I have been putting this exercise off for some time.  Putting the journal out there for all to see may strengthen my resolve to "stick to it"; it would be so easy to say it really doesn't matter,.......but it does...........: 

Monday:  Day to 10 lb loss (let's be optimistic) forgot bs before   breakfast                    

Breakfast @ 8:00 a.m      1 small ruby red grapefruit with 1/2 cup plain Greek yogurt with 1 tbsp flax seed, 8 almonds, and two drops of liquid Stevia.  One large cup EG tea with 2 tbsp 1% organic milk and 2 drops Stevia.

Exercise: 5 push ups

BS level 108  11: 30 (that's blood sugar!.. not BullS#!!...)
Lunch@ 12:00:   2 cup mixed green salad (artisan lettuce, 1/2 tomato, onion, (both red and green) 1/2 small avocado, garlic,   blue cheese dressing (home made with mayo, buttermilk, sour cream; (about 1 tbsp total). 1 round artisan Mediterranean olive bread (NH), and 1 regular cup green tea.

Exercise:                            2/3 AARP+ series (post  11/16/15)

Dinner: 5:00                      Small whole bean burrito with avocado, cheese, salsa
                                          Mixed blackberry/kiwi fruit salad, 4 oz rose wine

Snack   7:30                      1 cup mixed spinach and artisan lettuce greens
                                           1/2 organic carrot
                                          1 small cremini mushroom, broiled
                                           2 squares 82% dark chocolate,  remaining 1/3 AARP

Bedtime 12:05  (Too late, need to be in bed no later than 11:00 p.m., 10:00 better)
                         reason: too long on phone, got home too late, need to plan better

Tuesday, bs taken at 7:45; Hooray, 107!! Put battery in scale..weight 134.4

Breakfast@8:30: 1/2 cup Cajun fried jicama (1 tbsp olive oil), 1 free range whole egg with 1 cremini mushroom, 2 tbsp packed baby spinach, 1 tbsp green pepper, 1 scallion, 1 oz MJ cheese, all topped with 2 tbsp mixed raw onion, cilantro, and fresh tomato.  One large cup IB tea, 2 tbsp 1% organic milk, 2 drops Stevia

Exercise;  2 sets AARP Marching

Mid-morning break: (elevenses?) 11:00 (behind on exercise, morning routine, why?)
1 round of Mediterranean olive toasted with 1'2 avocado, glass of lemon
Exercise: 1 set AARP marching, 1 set high kick

(it is one of those mornings where I cannot complete any task; something interrupts)

Lunch:  1:00    1 cup Geneva Pumpkin Soup, 1 slice ww euro bread,
Break    2:30    1 cup Broccoli salad (pecans, apple, onion, cranberry, o/bv, green tea

Exercise: Remainer of AARP routine

Dinner: 7:00 2 cups Perry wet salad (lettuce, tomato, onion, radish, garlic, mayo),
2 4 inch hashed vegetable patties (potato, zucchini, carrot, bell, egg, flour, herbs)
4 oz steamed/fried cod, 1/2 cup mixed berries, 2 sq dark chocolate, 4 oz red wine.

8:00 Rice cake; 10:00 1 large cup chamomile tea


Wednesday: trouble sleeping, couldn't fall asleep until about 12:00 (too much green tea? caffeine? exercise too late?) BS 117

Breakfast@ 7:20 Small bean burrito with avocado, pico de gallo, water.
9:00, banana 

exercise:  2-30 second sets of running in place, 3 sets of 12 arm lifts, vacuumed and dusted house

Break:  11:00 Geneva mocha espresso (1 tbsp 100 cacao, 1/2 tsp cinnamon, pinch of red pepper, stevia packet, and 1/4 cup 1% whipped milk)

Lunch 1:30 2- 5 inch hashed veggie patties, 1round ww Euro bread, 1 cup cantaloupe
          
Break:   1 cup pumpkin soup

Dinner: 6:30 2 cups stir fried vegetables (jicama,squash, carrot, kiwi, 1/2 brown rice cake with 1 tsp almond butter

8:30 1 cup herbal tea 

Thursday:  BS 121 @ 7:00 a.m.  good sleep, would have liked numbers to have been a little lower but I was so tired (lack of sleep) that I did not do usual activities..went to bed. 

 Breakfast:  Quinoa Breakfast bowl (1/2 cup plain lf yogurt, 1/2 banana, 1/2 cup cooked quinoa, 1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce, 2 tbsp flax seed, 2 tbsp chopped nut, 1 tbsp dried cranberries (or raisins) 1 cup lemon ginger tea.


20 minutes housework aerobics

10.30  1 bag roasted edame 4 oz, cup water

1:00 lunch: 1 cup butternut squash soup; 1 rice cake with 1 tsp almond butter, 1 euro olive round with 1/2 avodaco, 1 kiwi, 1 glass water

30 seconds running in place

3:00 mini buckwheat pancake; 1 free range chicken thigh, water, 4 sq chocolate

Friday   bs 130 (?)  1 round olive bread; 2 tbsp walnut spread. 1 small grapefruit

10:15   large cup EG tea, 2 cups popcorn
30 seconds running in place, 5 pushups

1:15  bean burrito with salsa cup, 1.2 cup  mixed berries, glass water
AARP routine

3:00 small walnut tart (2 inch),  cup green tea

6:00  1/2 cup home cooked ravioli with 2 cups mixed salad greens (spinach, kale, iceberg)
1/2 roma tomato, 1/2 cuke, 2 radishes, 1/2 stalk celery, 3 scallions, OV

Saturday  bs 119

**Worked at girlfriends; did not keep track (forgot it) roughly, Peets Mayan Mocha, pastry,
chorizo burrito, late nite louie salad, chips, and fried fish

Sunday b/s 137 !!  yikes, that's the late nite eating on top of pastry and espresso drink;
also, left house on errand early, got side-tracked, did not eat until fast food at 6:00 (sausage egg mcmuffin with no cheese)

Monday:  bs level 132: too high.  Not a good start to diet evaluation day; (I haven't weighed since last Tuesday) I weighed 134.4, according to my digital scale; this morning I also weighed 134.4.  I put a 2 lb weight in my hand, weighed again, and it still read 134.4.  I think something may be wrong with my scale, don't you?  Looks like I have to buy a new scale, weigh in, and start over  !!  Blah!  I have found that keeping track on-line is harder than my pencil journal, so I think this will be the last on-line week.  I will, however, report on my success of losing 5 to 10 pounds (and keeping it off-goal: 125!! (first, it looks like I have to go buy a new scale)