Yes, 9am Kickboxing!

I'll write more later, kickboxing will start at 9am!

I'm so hungry!!!

Today I ate a lot...I was soooo hungry. I ran 4.5 miles this a.m. and I made up for it the rest of the day by being STARVING. Ugh.

It's crazy, because I typically work out in the a.m. and I am never this bad, but I think the problem was that I didn't eat that much yesteraday and so I was still super hungry this morning and it carried over. Lesson learned.

My report for Thursday:

Food
Breakfast - low sugar oatmeal, banana, americano
A.M. Snack - skim latte, trail mix bar, fat free yogurt with blueberries
Lunch - carrots, almonds, craisins, laughing cow cheese, pear
P.M. Snack - Baked ruffles, special k bar, chocolate animal crackers
Dinner - Parmesan Chicken with Linguine, toasted bread, 2 glasses red wine
TOTAL CALORIES: 2200 (OOPS!!!)

Workout
45 min. run (4.5 miles) - I realized I'm pretty slow...but I was working on my cardio endurance and stayed around 5.8 the entire time to keep my heart rate in zone 3 for training purposes. If I build my base now prior to real training, running long distances should be less difficult, right?
Ab Routine - Pilates Ab Routine including 100's, roll ups, etc.
TOTAL CALORIE BURN: 500

I feel okay about today, except for the calories consumed. I really overdid it. But I'm following the Weight Watchers plan, and I have some flexible calories to work with. So according to that, I am still within my calorie range.

Have a great Friday!

Kickboxing is at 9:00 right???

Can't wait to see you all and kickbox on Sat morning!
Glad this week is almost over!
Food today:
Kashi oatmeal with blueberries
Flatt wrap with Turkey and chedder cheese
Carrots and Hummus
100 cal popcorn bag (needs more salt and butter in my opinion:-)
Turkey Chili with weight watchers bagel
5 kashi crackers with 2 slices light swiss cheese
About 1100 cals

Workout: Run/Walk for 25 minutes. Lift light freeweights for 15 minutes, no breaks.

Ta ta for now :-) See ya'll on Sat morning. Please confirm time for me b/c I am easily confused!!
-Kara

Hump Day

It's Wednesday...Hump Day! Half way done with the week, thank goodness! I can't handle these full weeks anymore. :)

Here is my report for the day:
Food
Breakfast - granola bar, skim latte
A.M. Snack - grapes
Lunch - 1/2 PB & J sandwich, baby carrots, yogurt with blueberries
P.M. Snack - Banana, 2 clementines, Almonds, Craisins, Laughing Cow Light Cheese
Pre-Workout Snack - Protein Granola Bar
Dinner - Sauteed Tilapia with Almonds and Cherries, Broccoli, Weight Watchers Ice Cream Cup, 1 Glass of Red Wine
TOTAL CALORIES: Approx. 1200

Workout
Spin Class for 60 min.
TOTAL CALORIES BURNED: 530

Pretty good day, overall. I hope you girls are having a good one too, and also are enjoying the new blog! :) I thought it would be fun to personalize it a bit more.

Goodnight!
Beth

SO tired!

Hello to all!
I just want to report that I put Tessa to bed last night (tues) at 7:00, and then went into my bed to "rest" and proceeded to stay there until 6:45 thismorning! I went to bed at 7:00!! hmmmmmm.
Anyway. My body is for sure tired from my new workout schedule. I am going to go to the RCC (Rockford Community Center) tonight and do some weight lifting and elipticle.
My work schedule forced me to eat out today for lunch (which is where I am at waiting for an apt to start right now). I ate at a mexican place. I had the lunch fajita and ate one tortilla, non of the sides and basically just the fajita chicken with veggies. I was so full and it was not to bad for me. I livestronged it and it said about 350 cals total. 70 of that being the small tortilla. But that was my lunch carb and I'm having no carbs for din din. Baked Salmon and steamed Brocolli in on the menu. Then I'll work out after that and probably have a snack of 100 cal popcorn b/f bed.
Anyway. Good job to all! I love the workout post at the top of the blog!
-Kara Bara Mara Lara

Added Workouts

P.S. I added a list of upcoming workouts at the top of the blog...I will update as info is passed along. :)

Biggest Loser Season

Hello Ladies...

So I don't know if you all noticed, but Biggest Loser is on once again, and I for one am going to watch and learn from the workouts, eating tips, and to get the motivation I need to WIN this thing we are doing!!!

I'm doing pretty well in the workout/food areas this week. I got new running shoes for our 1/2 marathon and had to break them in Monday. Here is my report for the last few days:

MONDAY
Food:
Breakfast - English Muffin with I can't believe it's not butter, banana, homemade sugar free skim latte
A.M. Snack - Granola bar, grapes
Lunch - PB & J sammy, baby carrots, yogurt
P.M. Snack - 100 Calorie chocolate covered pretzels, 2 clementines, 9 baked ruffles chips
Dinner - Flatout tomato basil pizza, broccoli, weight watcher red velvet bar
Total Calories: Approx. 1300

Workout:
3.5 mile run
30 Day Shred
Total Calorie Burn: 570

Tuesday
Food:
Breakfast - Granola bar, skim latte
A.M. Snack - granola bar (I know, 2 in one day probably isn't good, but I was in an all day meeting with limited options and this was better than gummy bears or whoppers!), baby carrots
Lunch - 1/4 pb&J sammy (It got dried out from my lunch bag and tasted gross), baked ruffles, yogurt
P.M. Snack - grapes, chocolate animal crackers, almonds, craisins, laughing cow light cheese
Dinner - Whole wheat linguine with goat cheese and sun dried tomatoes, mixed greens salad, broccoli, 2 glasses red wine
Total Calories: Approximately 1400

Workout:
15 minute Ab blast routine

As you can see, Tuesday I skipped the gym and opted to do a quick ab blast. I was in a meeting ALL DAY today and was mentally and physically drained, so I consider it GREAT that I was motivated to do anything when I got home.

Tomorrow I'm off to 5:30 a.m. yoga. :)

Love to you all!
Beth