This has been a pretty interesting first week. On Wednesday I went to see a Solution/EBT (Emotional Brain Training) coach who is going to help me through this process. When I presented my plan to her, she told me flat out ‘ Where are your limits? You won’t loose weight doing this. You really need a more specific plan of action with some limits built in.” She also told me that it is not unusual to train and do a marathon (particularly if you’re doing most of it walking) and not loose any weight unless you also limit your food. Apparently it’s because your appetite increases so dramatically with all of the mileage. I can attest to that. Crap! This is not what I wanted to hear.
She recommended the Mayo Clinic Diet. I bought the book and am going to commit to it for at least two weeks. I’ll post more about that plan later.
Sure enough, even though I did pretty well on most of my goals, I didn’t loose a single pound (or even half a pound this week). But I do feel good about making a plan and sticking to it. I also feel good about revising it since it’s not helping me meet my goals.
So here are the details of week one …
QUOTE OF THE WEEK:
“All your life you are told the things you cannot do. All your life they will say you’re not good enough or strong enough or talented enough; they will say you’re the wrong height or the wrong weight or the wrong type to play this or be this or acheive this. THEY WILL TELL YOU NO, a thousand times no, until all the no’s become meaningless. All your life they will tell you no, quite firmly and very quickly. AND YOU WILL TELL THEM YES.” ~ Unknown, Nike Ad
Saturday, January 9
Daily Habits:
- YES * Do not bring sugar into the house
- NOT QUITE * Eat 5 fruits and veggies (4)
- YES * Drink 48 oz (6 glasses) of water (7)
- YES * Quit eating 2 hours before bedtime
- YES * Write down what I eat
Food Log:
Breakfast
- 2 slices Great Harvest Dakota bread with butter and apricot preserves
Lunch
- Chiliquilas at Mijita, refried beans
Snack
- 2 tangerines
- Bunch of fruit, veggie (and a few chocolate) samples
Dinner
- Ribeye steak, rapini w/ pine nuts & sundried tomatoes, oven roasted potatoes
- Blackberries w/ mascarpone
Fitness:
5 mile run from the Ferry Building to North Beach to Fisherman’s Wharf back to the Ferry Building down to the Bay Bridge and back to the Ferry Building.
My average pacing was as follows:
Warm up/ Cool down splits – 17:45
Walking splits – 16:20
Running splits – 14:17
Average pace was 16:42 (my goal was 16:45)
- YES * Stretch
Friday, January 8
Daily Habits:
- YES * Do not bring sugar into the house
- YES * Eat 5 fruits and veggies (6)
- YES * Drink 48 oz (6 glasses) of water (8)
- YES * Quit eating 2 hours before bedtime
- YES * Write down what I eat
Food Log:
Breakfast
- 2 slices Great Harvest Dakota bread with butter and berry preserves
- 2 tangerines
Lunch
- Big salad w/ leftover sweet potatoes, golden beets, avocado, cherry tomatoes, roast chicken
Snack
- 2 tangerines
Dinner
- French bread with salami and a couple of olives
- Linguine con vongole
Fitness:
20 minutes elliptical
30 minutes weight circuit
- YES * Stretch
Thursday, January 7
Daily Habits:
- YES * Do not bring sugar into the house
- YES * Eat 5 fruits and veggies (5)
- YES * Drink 48 oz (6 glasses) of water (6)
- YES * Quit eating 2 hours before bedtime
- YES * Write down what I eat
Food Log:
Breakfast
- 2 slices whole grain toast, 1 w/ butter & apricot preserves, 1 w/ almond butter & apricot preserves
- 2 cappuccinos
Lunch
- Bento box – salmon teriyaki, rice, 1/2 california roll, tempura veggies, miso soup, salad
Dinner
- Roast chicken, sweet potato salad, beets, greens w/ tempeh
- Blackberries w/ sugar & mascarpone
Fitness:
RW treadmill: 45 min 2/2 Avg pace 17:07 Calories 274.5
30 crunches on stability ball
- YES * Stretch
Wednesday, January 6
Daily Habits:
- YES * Do not bring sugar into the house (still have a few sweets left in the house which is now GONE!)
- YES * Eat 5 fruits and veggies (5)
- YES * Drink 48 oz (6 glasses) of water (5)
- YES * Quit eating 2 hours before bedtime
- YES * Write down what I eat
Food Log:
Breakfast
- Flax and Raspberry cereal with 2% milk
Lunch
- Half big italian sandwich (leftover from yesterday)
- Cherry tomato & fresh mozzarella salad
- Trilogy kombucha
Snack
- sample of cheese
- 1 See’s chocolate sample
Dinner
- 1/2 chicken pot pie
- spinach mandarin orange salad
- Brussels sprouts with sundried tomatoes & capers
Dessert
- Rest of the ginger ice cream
Fitness:
Rest day
- Stretch
Tuesday, January 5
Daily Habits:
- YES * Do not bring sugar into the house (still have a few sweets left in the house which I’ll finish over the next few days)
- YES * Eat 5 fruits and veggies (5)
- YES * Drink 48 oz (6 glasses) of water (5)
- YES * Quit eating 2 hours before bedtime
- YES* Write down what I eat
Food Log:
Breakfast
- 2 cappuccinos (w/ 2% milk and stevia)
- whole wheat english muffin w/ almond butter and apricot preserves
- 2 tangerines
Lunch
- Pomegranate kombucha
- Half italian sandwich (it was huge)
Snack
- 1 tangerine
Dinner
- Barilla spaghetti with marinara sauce and parmesan
Dessert
- Small key lime bar
- Blackberries
Fitness:
15 minutes elliptical
30 minutes weight circuits
- YES * Stretch
Monday, January 4
Daily Habits:
- YES * Do not bring sugar into the house
- YES * Eat 5 fruits and veggies (6)
- YES * Drink 48 oz (6 glasses) of water (6)
- YES * Quit eating 2 hours before bedtime
- YES * Write down what I eat
Food Log:
Breakfast
- 2 cappuccinos (w/ 2% milk and stevia)
- whole wheat english muffin w/ almond butter and apricot preserves
- 2 tangerines
Lunch
- Last of the leftover chili
- Corn muffin with a little bit of butter
- Trilogy Kombucha
Snack
- 2 tangerines
Dinner
- Mini clam pizza
- Artichoke panzanella salad
- Couple of rainforest crackers w/ brie
Fitness:
RW treadmill: 43 min 3/1 Avg pace 17:11 Calories 254.4
- YES * Stretch
Sunday, January 3
Daily Habits:
- YES – Do not bring sugar into the house (still have a few sweets left in the house which I’ll finish over the next few days)
- PARTIAL – Eat 5 fruits and veggies (4)
- YES – Drink 48 oz (6 glasses) of water (7)
- YES – Quit eating 2 hours before bedtime
- YES – Write down what I eat
Food Log:
Breakfast
- 2 cappuccinos (w/ 2% milk and stevia)
- whole wheat english muffin (1 side lightly buttered w/ a tiny bit of raspberry jam)
- 1 whole egg plus 1/4 c egg whites scrambled in Smart Balance spread (used up the last of this, won’t be using it any more as it conflicts with the basic principle of eating whole real foods) and sprinkled with truffle salt
- 2 tangerines
Lunch
- Leftover chili (meat & veggie chili mixed together)
- Corn muffin w/ a smidge of butter
- Green kombucha
Snack
- 2 tangerines
Dinner
- Tempura veggie roll (didn’t like this one at all, next time I’m back to my favorite Yummy Yam roll)
- 2 hamachi nigiri
- 1 maguro nigiri
- Couple of bites of Deb’s chicken teriyaki
- Soy, wasabi and pickled ginger on the side
Dessert
- Small key lime bar
Fitness:
Today is a much needed REST DAY after my 9 mile run yesterday.
Did not stretch today like I had planned. Kind of forgot about it.
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