Starting over
 

New here. However, I've tried Fitday before. I lost about 40 pounds 4 years ago, but have gradually gained it all back. I really hate to admit that, even to myself. I think setting weekly goals will help me:

Goals for my first week:
Walk 15 minutes a day
Record foods each day, 1200-1500 calories per day
Stay away from sugar!
Drink 6 glasses of water each day.

Monday Report
 

My standard issue goals:

• Workout > 30 mins x 4: N
• Cholesterol < 250mg: 111
• Protein > 50 g: 43
• Sugar < (??? g): ~
• Vegetables > 3 /day: N,
• Calories < 1750: 1291

Not enough protein, not enough vegetables, not enough sleep. Unfortunately, black olives are a fruit, not a vegetable, or I could almost count three servings. Almost. Doing well on the cholesterol front, and the calories.

Mike: Sending me a King cake would be way too easy compared to getting a response out of the Internet Brand guys. An estimate on when they will add Sugar to the food log is a much more worthy quest. I hope you'll be as tenacious as I can be in this regard. ;)

- Donna

Nice deficit!

Mern Awww congrats on the engagement and the baby. I'm glad to hear that it sounds like they are supported from both sides of the family and won't be rushed into getting married and trying to make ends meet before they are done with their schooling.

Tori... Where are you?

VelmaSue ... Welcome to FitDay!


1. 80-100 oz water daily M:Y,
2. eat what you brought to work M:Y,
3. workout 4 times during M-F M:Y,
4. Walk twice during M-W M:Y,
5. snack wisely M:Mostly,
6. laundry M:N,
7. mend work socks for hubby (his steel toes kill them) M:N,

Goals for week
1. Keep carbs to 120 grams Mon, NO
2. Drink 6 glasses of water BIG YES-7
3. 4 servings fruits/veggies 3
4. Exercise 5x 30min Mon,no

Personal goals
1. Clean kitchen (again or is it still??) some
2. LET IT GO!

not a bad start to the week. I kept to 40 grams per meal but I forgot I had apple at lunch and some crackers before bed.

My Mom likes this recipe for meatballs over rice but it calls for ketchup which is full of sugar. I switched it out with a can of whole tomatoes that I blended with emersion blender and then put all the same seasons in. Not as sweet but taste was similar. 18 carbs for the whole can vs 21 for 3tbsp of ketchup! my Mom liked it too :D

Jenn

This week's goals:
Stick to guidelines for my eating program
Calories 1200-1800
Saturated Fat average 10% of daily calories
Dietary Cholesterol 250mg or less
Protein minimum 100g
Net Carb Average 25g
Fiber Average 25g
Exercise 5 days
Water 64 oz.

Today's menu:

Breakfast: zero cholesterol egg susbsitute omelet with spinach and Alfredo sauce

Snack: protein shake

Lunch: turkey and spinach low carb wrap, broccoli slaw

Snack: protein shake with flaxmeal

Dinner: tuna salad, sauteed cabbage, cooked broccoli

Evening snack: boneless, skinless shicken and cheese

I'm down on the scale today after letting go of some water retention from too much sodium. :) I was working on some computer issues yesterday so kept track of my food intake on paper. I'll log that later in my nutrition tracker.

Velmasue, hi and welcome. You have a lot of company here--many of us lost weight in the past and then regained. Together, and with the support of this group, we can all achieve our longterm goals. Your goals look great. :)

Robin, Darlene, Cassie, hi.

Donna, I always forget that olives are fruit, but I never eat enough of them at a time to actually count them as a serving of anything. Kudos on the cholesterol and calories!

April, thanks for your congrats and good wishes. You're off to a great start on food and fitness this week!

Jenn, nice start to your week. Great job on subbing the canned tomatoes for the ketchup. :)

Forgot to mention that yesterday's exercise besides walking 2 miles (36 minutes) was 20 minutes of dumbell exercises with 20 seconds of cardio between each set. I love to mix up my exercise and my body responds well when I keep it interesting. One thing the guy on my video said the other night struck with me. It was getting to the end of 40 minutes of kickboxing and he said something like...I know you are tired but the more tired you are and the harder you keep pushing the more calories you are burning. So even though you are wearing down at the end of your exercise routine keep giving it your all because that is when the burn is counting the most.

April, wow, thanks for telling us about your great exercise. You are working so hard and it's reflecting on the scale. Plus you're setting such a good example for the rest of us. Kudos on a job well done!


Monday Report:
Day 1 of 21-Day Mindset Makeover (metabolism jumpstart)

Not an excuse--just an explanation: I could have done better had I been more diligent, but I was working on a computer issue and just didn't take the time I should have on tracking my carbs. Went over 6g which is a lot when doc and I agreed I should have no more than 25g net per day to keep my blood sugar normal without meds. 3 extra grams were from a second serving of almonds and the other 3 extra were just small things that added up.

Stick to guidelines for my eating program C+
Calories 1200-1800 1582
Saturated Fat average 10% of daily calories 12%
Dietary Cholesterol 250mg or less 188mg
Protein minimum 100g 135g
Net Carb Average 25g 31g
Fiber Average 25g 33g
Exercise 5 days YES
Water 64 oz. YES

Well one huge goal that is missing for me this week is to do the 1/2 marathon. My SIL and her friend can't make it down so I'll blame it on them. It has nothing to do with the fact that I've been too lazy to train. ;)

Thank you and congrats on getting the walking at workouts done!

You can run, but you can't hide.

Welcome aboard. Nice set of goals you have.

[insert lame joke here]If it's frozen, try a heating pad.[/lame joke] I also have bad shoulders. I first dislocated my right shoulder back in the early 90's when I was on my motorcycle and had a hot date with the pavement. After having my right arm in a sling for 3 months, my left shoulder started to give me fits, I guess from overuse. Since then I dislocated my right probably a dozen times and my left a hand full of times. The strange thing is that I haven't done it in years. It just seems to have gotten better on its own. Every now and then I'll move just right and I'll get that loud pop, my face looks like :eek: but once I realize that it's still in place I'm like :D.

Thanks Mern.

Hijacking the goals of others is a nice change of pace.

Wow, you are off to a great start.

Welcome back!

Sugar tracking is a very popular request. I can only hope that they work it in ASAP.

Good job on the sauce and congrats on the water.

Man you are killing it, once again! What DVD are you doing?

keep up the good work. You can easilly make up on the carbs and get that average down.

Not really a DVD Mike. I use the fitnessblender.com channel on YT. So many videos to choose from. They have an 8 week plan that I am considering purchasing as well. It actually tells you which videos to combine together.