Breakfast: 3/4 cup of oatmeal w/ 3/4 c of skim milk and 1 sugar packet; 1 hardboiled egg, 3 slices of turkey bacon; 1 cup of coffee w/ 1/5 c of Skim milk and 1 sugar packet- total cals: 400
Snack:smore (whoops!)- 190 cals
Lunch: turkey bacon, ham and cheese sandwich on whole wheat bread- 519 cals
Snack: 2 oranges- 123 cals, 1 slice honey ham- 37 cals, 1/2 slice of american cheese- 39 cals
Dinner: 1 boneless, skinless chicken breast; 1/4 cup tomato & onion salad w/ 1 tbsp EVOO, 1 cup brown rice with veggies- 536 cals
Total Cals: 1845
Carbs: 204
Fat: 70
Protein: 104
So, lately, I've been doing a pretty good job of tracking my food and staying within my calorie allowance. Today, I did as exercise the Biggest Loser Cardio Max Level 1 workout, and boy did it kick my ass!!! It was tons of fun though, and that Bob Harper really knows what he's doing. No wonder the blue team always does better than the black team!! haha.
I watched the Biggest Loser last night, and though I understand the reason for taking out Dane (to keep Ron on the ranch), I feel like Ron is gonna be a kind of handicap for the blue team, unless he can really start moving and pull his own weight (pun intended).Otherwise, if he keeps losing just 5 lbs a week, which realistically speaking isn't bad AT ALL, the blue team will be going down. And, if the Blue team falls below AGAIN next week, he will most likely be gone, and it will be a team of four women, each with their original couple (GIRL POWER!!) I personally like both of those teams, Mandi & Aubrey and Kristin & Cathy a lot. They are my faves along with Filipe & Sione, who are also doing absolutely fabulous. But let me just say I was ECSTATIC for Cathy when she pulled off a 14 lb weight loss!!!! That was insane!! But it was about time she had something really big like that!! I was very happy for her! Anyway, I really enjoyed last night's episode a lot. It was a good change of pace to get the two separate teams. I am rooting for the Blue team. Who are you rooting for
??
we're starting a new challenge tomorrow for exercise and food tracking. Here are the rules:
What: CICO Challenge
Huh, you say?!? This is where we get back to the basics, Calories In Calories Out (CICO).
When: Friday - Tuesday midnight
You can do a practice run on Thursday if you want to work out your questions but it won't count towards the results.
Why:
We all know the importance of tracking what we eat and calories burned, but are you doing this daily? Honestly tracking everything that goes in your mouth? Each step you take?? I find myself so surprised when I haven’t tracked my meals for the day and then start adding it up later to find out I either forget what I ate or found out there’s twice the calories than what I thought.
Points are awarded as follows:
- 1 pt for each day you post your results
- 2 pts for each day you stay within your calorie range
- Calorie Burn
- 1 pt for each day you burn between 100-499
- 2 pts for burning between 500-999
- 3 pts for burning 1000-1999
- 4 pts for burning 2000+
Use this template
SPARKNAME, Fri, Post, 1, Range 2, Burn, 2, Cal In, 2117, Cal Out, -763
That would derived from the following information
Today’s calorie range: 1920-2400
Calories In “consumed”: 2117 (I’d get 1 pt for staying within my 1920-2400 cal range)
Calories Out “burned”: 763 (I’d get 2 pts for burning between 500-1000 cals)
You'll use the above eample to post your results each day and insert your own data. I know it's a lot of numbers but I hope at the end of this challenge we'll all have a better idea at what's
going on for each one of us. Plus I have some ideas on ways to make the results more relevent/helpful to all of us.
To add interest, excitement and additional motivation on this challenge, we're going to break up into teams. You'll be responsible for selecting team names by Friday, checking in on each other and basically being the support to one another that we all know we need on this journey.
I'm really excited about this challenge. I'm motivated to be able to keep track of all my food and my exercise, and see exactly how my emotional and physical well-being will be rewarded.
I also measured myself today, and have lost 3 inches around my waist and 1.5 inches around my hips. I am also a lot stronger and have a bit more muscle than when I first started my program 1 month ago. I may have not lost too much weight over the past month ( 5 lbs), but at least I have other measurable ways of showing my progress.
