Reevaluation

Hello hello, all you wonderful people on this glorious Monday! I’m not sure why I’m in such a chipper mood (it was first day of classes after all). But here I am to grace you with my virtual presence. Let’s jump to it, shall we?

BAM!

Meal	Food	Calories
Breakfast	Corn Flakes	100
	Almond milk	40
Lunch	Ham Sandwich	180
	Green Tea Latte (small)	140
Dinner	Zucchini pizza	150
	Tortilla pizza	140
	Tomato Basil Wontons	192
Dessert	No-Bake Almond Joy Cookie	155
Total		1097

Under calories AND had a cookie. That’s what I’m talking about. Also, I ran 2 miles! I was sweating buckets yesterday and couldn’t go on after 2 miles. I think I was a wee bit dehydrated because once I got home I pretty much sprawled out on the floor and couldn’t get up for 20 minutes. I made Daniel bring me a glass of water. I’m thinking I need to invest in one of those water bottles you carry with you on your arm. Either a Nathan Handheld or an Amphipod Handheld. Anybody prefer one over the other? Or even a different brand?

So you’re probably wondering what a Zucchini Pizza is. Well, my friends. It is simply a zucchini used as the crust for pizza.

Observe:

Ingenious right?! I’ve had this a couple times now and love it. It’s easier than making real pizza and it’s healthier! I pinned it a long time ago but basically cut your zucchini into slices any way you want. I prefer the long the way. You want them about 1/4 inch thick — thick enough to hold up to all your toppings.  I cook it on the stove over medium heat on one side for 4-5 minutes and then flip it. Top it with sauce and cheese (and anything else to your liking) and cook for another 4-5 minutes or until the cheese is starting to melt. Ta-daaa!!!!

Now you’re probably wondering what Tortilla Pizza is?! Well it’s just a tortilla topped with pizza sauce and cheese and lightly cooked on the stove until the cheese melts (like a quesadilla).

And of course last night we had to have some Tomato Basil Wontons. Seriously, folks, if you haven’t made them yet you should.

I’m also addicted to those No-Bake Almond Joy Cookies from Carrots’n’Cake. I had to have them again so I made them last night. I promised Daniel I’d only eat one a day but I’ve already had one today and I’m craving ANOTHER. Someone stop me!

Alright, it’s time to reevaluate my plan. Today was the end of my goal to lose 10 lbs by the time school started. Well unfortunately I only lost 5 lbs. That’s definitely a start in the right direction though. I know I made a lot of bad decisions. I ate too many sweets, I over-ate a lot, and I didn’t workout enough. I really wanted to workout more but I just couldn’t find the motivation. Some days were better. A lot of the time I looked to Daniel to give me that push to workout, but sometimes he didn’t even want to so working out was put on the back burner. I need to learn to make time for it and not always rely on others to do it.

I’m not going to let this failure get to me though. I’m not going to let it set me back from all that I’ve accomplished in the past 8 weeks.  Not only did I lose 5 pounds, but I can run for over 4 miles without stopping. I also feel a little more flexible but I still need to work on stretching every day.

So I’m setting a new goal to work towards. By October 31st I want to lose 10 more lbs. That would be a total of 15 pounds lost. This was my ultimate goal to lose a total of 15 pounds. This will give me almost 10 weeks to do it. That’s a pound a week. Now that school has started I can utilize the Rec Center for working out and getting stronger. Hopefully I can stay on track and not stray. And hopefully I can balance school, work, the blog, and working out! Don’t worry about me if I end up going insane from all the stress. It’ll probably happen at some point this semester.

My Sloppy Seconds

Keeping to my goals, I ran 3.5 miles yesterday! It was tough and hot so on the last mile Daniel and I decided to walk and talk. Then later in the evening we decided to go on another walk around town and went about 4 miles!

Meal	Food	Calories
Breakfast	Cereal	80
	Almond milk	15
	Egg	100
Lunch	Fruit Smoothie	190
	Left over Mango Grilled Chicken Wrap	240
Dessert	Left over Cheesecake	300
Dinner	Tomato Basil Wontons	192
	Left over Fajita Taco Salad	180
Snack	Fruit	15
Total		1312

After the run we had left overs (the mango grilled chicken wrap) and a fruit smoothie. We were running out of supplies so I added a banana, greek yogurt, orange juice, blueberries, strawberries, and pineapple. Ok that doesn’t sound like we’re running out but we were out of almond milk, spinach, and frozen fruit. I added 5 ice cubes to fill it out more and make it nice and cold.

We had all that fruit only because my mom gave us a fruit platter that she forgotten to serve on saturday. Yummy fruit!

For dinner we had my left overs from saturday, the Fajita Taco Salad. Then we had all the ingredients for some Tomato Basil Wontons so of course we had to make those. I realize we eat those a lot… They’re just so good! I’m addicted. Is there a Tomato-Basil-Wonton-Eaters Anonymous? If so, you can’t make me go!

 

So I think I owe you a little weigh-in — it’s been over a week! Ok, so last time I was 132.8 on July 30th.  I’m down to 131.8 lbs. I’ll take it! That’s three pounds down. Not speedy but it’s definitely a healthy weight loss. I wish it was faster. I wanted to be down 10 lbs by the time school started August 26th. I’m not sure I’ll make it. That does make me a little disappointed. I’ve been making some unhealthy decisions and not working out enough. I hope in the next two weeks I can stay on track so I can see some more improvement. It’d be nice to get over that 5 lb mark!