Monday, June 8, 2009

Working in an office has its up and downs when it come to dieting.  When I pack my lunch I stay on track, I eat what I have hear (until some vendor sends in a tray of cup cakes for us to sample).  I am amazed at the moment we claim to go on a diet the amount of temptation sinks in.  Either that or we just become aware of what we can’t have.

Breakfast -  One banana and an English muffin with low fat grape jelly
Lunch – Salad with Grilled chicken about 3 oz, cranberries, walnuts, and a quarter of cup of mozzarella cheese.
Dinner – Grilled chicken wrap with lettuce tomato and honey mustard.
Beverages included about 50 oz of Water and one Venti non fat Carmel latte from Starbucks.

In addition to starting my dieting today, I had an extremely busy day.  8 hours of work, gathering at a friends house and 1 hour cardio class with the shapely girl fitness team.

The amazing thing is even after the work out; when you would expect someone to crash I was full of energy.  This is my second week of class and I feel that I am beginning to adjust to the routine.

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Insert another Crazy Day at work.  My challenge was eating at certain times today.  I had to put off lunch until 2:00 o’clock because of my workload and deadlines.  By then I was starving. So by 3:00 o’clock I was looking for a snack.  Oatmeal works wonders.

Breakfast - English muffin with low fat grape jelly - Venti non fat Carmel latte from Starbucks.
Lunch – lean cuisine
Snack – Oatmeal
Dinner – Stuffed grilled chicken with Spinach – Mushroom risotto.
Beverages included about 50 oz of Water

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Graduation parties and gatherings can prove to be a challenge.

Breakfast - Venti non fat Carmel latte from Starbucks.
Lunch – 3oz of grilled chicken with spinach.  Half cup of carrots with fat free ranch dressing
Dinner – I struggled with dinner as I was at a graduation party.
Hoagie tray, chicken nuggets and chips.  I made sure I ate small portions.
Beverages included about 50 oz of Water and one

Work out video – Low Impact Cardio for beginners.  I felt because of the lack of structute at dinner, it was necessary to burn some calories before bed.  I did 50 minutes of cardio and felt much better.

Thursday, June 11, 2009

Exercising before bed on a full stomach may have been one of the reason why moving was so hard this morning.  My legs felt like jello.  When I was running I took glutamine for my joints and muscles and I think I may need to do this again.  I take vitamins (One a Day) each morning but I think this might be the next step in this 3 month journey.

Breakfast - Venti non fat Carmel latte from Starbucks.
Lunch – Grilled Vegetable Panini
Dinner – Grilled Tilapia, vegetables and a cup of steamed shrimp.
Beverages included about 50 oz of Water

Work out tonight. Double hit.  I am finally feeling like I am getting the full swing of class.  The exercises on the mat can be a little challenging for me as I feel a lot of strain on my hips and lower back, but tonight by far was the best I have done in class!

Friday, June 12, 2009

Breakfast - Venti non fat Carmel latte from Starbucks.
Lunch – Meeting, this is the worst.  How do you stick to a diet when you are at an amazing restaurant with clients for lunch?  Choices of things that you would love to have but you know you can’t.  I hate being the girl that always orders a salad, but salad is safe.  Soup and salad it was.
Cup of gazpacho and a spring mix salad with Crab meat avocado and bacon.
Snack – vegetable and ranch dressing (celery carrots broccoli)
Dinner – Crab cake, edamme, and 10 tortilla chips..
Beverages included about 50 oz of Water

Tonight was very hard as I went to a happy hour fundraiser and had to cut out the snacking and alcohol. While everyone was enjoying sangria and margaritas I was drinking water and snacking on carrots.  I made it through and as a treat allowed myself some chips and salsa at dinner after.

It’s hard to keep on track at parties and gatherings.  Luckily some of my friends are on weight watchers so when they are being conscious so am I.  However, that doesn’t mean the temptation is not there.  I survived Friday now I just have to get through Saturday and Sunday.

Saturday, June 13, 2009

Breakfast - Venti non fat Carmel latte from Starbucks.
Lunch/Dinner – Salad (cheese, sundried tomatoes, spring mix). Lemon chicken, 1 cup of pasta with gravy.
Snack – Popcorn
Late Night – ½ of a grilled chicken wrap. 8 French fries with honey mustard.
Beverages included about 50 oz of Water

Video – 1 hour of cardio.

Sunday, June 14, 2009

Breakfast - Venti non fat Carmel latte from Starbucks. Fruit and granola
Lunch/Dinner – two 3 oz pieces of grilled chicken with lemon
Late Night – One slice of pizza
Beverages included about 50 oz of Water

Today was hard, I felt under the weather and would have preferred to stay in bed.  My eating schedule on the weekends gets so thrown off.  I had plans from 6-10 pm so my dinner schedule became a late night slice of pizza at 11pm.  I was not happy, but that means I am popping in that video tomorrow morning when I get up before work. I hate eating right before bed, it make me feel sick when I wake up.

Monday, June 15, 2009

I have an extremely busy work week this week.  This means extended hours and not having the time to take to make sure I am eating right.  I know how conscious I need to be about this, and it adds onto the stress. On top of a busy work week I also have plans for each night this week, which mostly consist of eating out.  Eating out is so hard for me.  I want to eat good food but I also want to keep the weight off!

6:15 am Let Cardio begin, exercising in the morning is not for me.  It was a huge struggle for me to get out of bed, but I wont be able to work out tonight.  I needed to get moving.

Breakfast - Venti non fat Carmel latte from Starbucks.
Lunch – side caesar salad, half mozzarella and fig jam sandwich on wheat bread.
Dinner – Chips and Salsa, Cheese burger, no roll.
Beverages included about 50 oz of Water

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Breakfast - Venti non fat Carmel latte from Starbucks.
Lunch – SALAD again (grilled chicken, portabella mushrooms, feta cheese).
Dinner – Sushi, 1 Spicy tuna roll, 1 Shrimp tempura roll (6 pieces each) edamame, and 2 dumplings
Snack – Coffee (grande non fat Carmel macchiato.
Beverages included about 50 oz of Water

Wednesday, June 17th

Busy work day and baseball game tonight.

Breakfast - Venti non fat Carmel latte from Starbucks.
Lunch – SALAD again chicken, Asian noodles, carrots and peanuts.
Dinner – Ballpark sandwich.  Not the best choice but its just to hard to find healthy food in the ball park.
Snack – fat free milk with a tsp of chocolate.
Beverages included about 50 oz of Water

Thursday, June 18th

Breakfast - Venti non fat Carmel latte from Starbucks.
Lunch – Chicken Salad (chicken and carrots about 1 ½ cups).
Dinner –
Snack –

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I had new woman sign up for my class recently who is on a quest to lose close to 100 pounds and she did a great job. She has to take 2 buses to get to the class, but she is determined to do this.

For those of you who need to be motivated let me say this…you have to take that first step to get there. Sometimes I think about my own struggles and how at over 300 pounds it was a constant battle in my head to take care of myself, so do not think I do not understand what some of you go through. I would wake up and cry most days and wonder how was I going to change my life, who would help me and where I would go. I can tell you this, I was alone in this…all I had was me. Somehow, with my desire to not to die and with God I got the strength to move forward to change. You can change your life one step at a time. There is no magical pill or cure. It’s all about you and the motivation and support that I want you to get from coming to the classes and taking that with you. You have to take that first step.

Debra

10 miles.  Never in my life did I think I could achieve such a thing.  When Debra said she was putting together this team, I thought, why not jump on board and see how far I could push myself?? The first week was great, then, there was a setback for me.  I fell down a flight of steps and hurt my foot.  I called Deb in tears and told her what happened.  The ER doctor told me to forget about Broad Street.  When I talked to Deb, she told me to rest and she KNEW I would be back.  I came back, did a little at a time, and then I had to leave for  two weeks for work trips.  So yet another setback for me!  I did a total of FOUR weeks training for the Broad Street, and guess what?? I was able to finish.

By the 9th mile, I didn’t think I could go on.  But if I came all that way, how could I possibly quit?? It was so great to see Deb and the rest of my team at the finish line and I couldn’t wait to jump into their open arms.  Having this fantastic group of girls cheering me on was really all I needed to cross that line.

I figure if I can do 10 miles with just 4 weeks of training, what else will I be able to accomplish?

Robin Castorina

  

My legs are so sore!!!  I am incredibly proud of myself and all the other ShapelyGirls who completed the Broad Street Run race…this is my third time doing this race and each year I am getting a little better. This year I jogged the first 5 miles without stopping!!! I walked the last five and finished soaking wet!  I’m grateful to all the girls for their support and motivation….training with them helped me push myself a little harder. I can’t wait until next year!! Anybody wanna start training now?

Lisa Paolone

Well…they did it! All 14 runners, mostly non-traditional size 2’s or even 4’s, who took the challenge to train and participate in the 10 mile Broad Street Run, all finished. The weather conditions were not so pleasant as it rained most of of the day but that did not scare them off. The night before, I sat and thought how hard they trained and that most of them had never even ran a mile let alone 10 in one day and what a celebration it would be for them. I always believed in them, even when they did not believe in themselves.

I remembered my first race and how nervous I was and after the first 5 miles wondered what the heck I was doing it for. Then I remembered…I did it because I could and I wanted it to be a personal challenge. They emailed me and called me and got cold feet sometimes but through it all I had so much faith in them; I knew they could do it.

There were those early morning power walks in the cold weather and weekends that they needed to be trained. On the day of the race it rained most of the time but they still hung in there determined to see it through. As we gathered on race day I was so proud to see them with their official numbers on their shirts and I could tell that most of them were nervous, but we started as team and we would finish the same way. With a little pep talk and the gun going off we were on our way.

The SHAPELYGIRL FITNESS TEAM was officially a part of history; 27.000 runners and we were a tiny piece of that. It was now time to do our thing and get to the finish line. As I took off and got into a nice pace I let my mind wander off knowing they were behind me somewhere amongst the thousands, but I always felt their presence around me. As I approached the 4 mile marker and it began to drizzle lightly I began to cry. I was in my own zone thinking of my own journey and how fitness became a big part of my life beginning at 300 pounds, not the size I am today, I remembered the first person who motivated me and let me believe that I could do it and that my SIZE did not matter, that it was the ATTITUDE that I needed to really believe in myself. Prior to that I always thought that I could never get fit and healthy. I did, and have been on that journey for many years.

So, does size really matter? Well, ask my girls who feel and look terrific and finished a 10 mile race on Sunday. Their size did not stop them from doing what most people half thier size only wish they could do.

Debra

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