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Hi mtns - I'm just catching up with some journals, and wanted to say hi. You certainly must be very close to your goal weight, and that's great. Also, you really are good about exercise. At this point, I'm just trying to get in 30 minutes per day, 6 days a week. Take care, LauraA

Thanks, Laura, I am close to my goal weight. I am about 9 lbs. away. I have lost a total of 56 lbs. It has been so hard to lose this last little bit of weight. I tell people that if they keep excercising they will eventually get to a point where you like how it makes you feel. I love to work out and to workout tough. It makes me feel great. Now that I am doing more bodybuilding with my cardio it makes it harder to know how to eat. They say you need more calories because you burn so much. I ususally burn between 600 and 700 cal. when I workout. So I asked a personal trainer and she told me to eat 1800 cal. on the days that I work hard and eat 1500 cal. on the days that I don't or am at rest. That is hard to do. Like last night I had 1600 cal. and was totally stuffed even though I worked out tough yesterday and went to play tennis yesterday as well. Hopefully my body will start to drop the rest of this weight.

E: 45 min. heavy lifting- bicep, tricep, 40 min. treadmill-intervals
B: 1/4 c. oatmeal with 1/2 banana
2B: green smoothie
S: rice cake with a little almond butter and 1/2 banana
L: leftover hashbrowns with beans and "Nacho" sauce, carrots, celery
S: apple or grapefruit
D: chickpea salad, baked potato
S: if hungry popcorn

I had a good day yesterday. I felt like my eating was right on track and even though it looks like a lot of food and I do get full off of what I eat, I am still in the normal range of calories. I had 1600 cal. yesterday. It is crazy day today, but I still need to go workout. We have had such weird weather. Monday we went and played tennis without a jacket, just a long sleeve shirt. Last night it was blizzarding. So I didn't want to go workout at 5 am this morning, because of the roads.

E: 30 min. cardio- intervals, 30 min. regular cardio
B: 1/2 c. oatmeal with banana and a few walnuts
S: rice cake with a little almond butter
L: leftover split pea soup with hashbrowns, 2 corn tortillas with a few refried beans, carrot( getting rid of leftovers)
S: green smoothie
D: thai salad, sweet potato
S: popcorn or fruit

yeah, it is Friday.

E:45 min. heavy lifting- legs, abs, 40 min. stationary bike-intervals
B: 1/2 c. pumpkin pie oatmeal
L: tofu, sweet potato, salad
S; green smoothie
D: 2 slices of tofu, mac&"cheese", carrots

For some reason I was not hungry at all for a snack last night which is very unusual. I liked that I didn't need a snack yesterday. I keep yo-yoing on my weight betweetn 146 and 144. I am back down to 144. Well, gotta go clean house(yuck)

E: 30 min. circuit training, 30 min. running ( between 6.0 and 6.5)
B: 1/2 c. pumpkin pie oatmeal
S:rice cake, green smoothie
L: baked potato, salad, chickpeas
S: apple or grapefruit
D: homemade fahitas

B: 1/2 c. pumpkin pie oatmeal with a few walnuts
L: veggie soup, hummus on 2 rice cakes
S: green smoothie
D: leftover veggie soup, tortilla with fahitia veggies
S: 3/4 c. oatmeal, 1 banana

I had a good day yesterday. I was hungry for some reason. It was nice yesterday and I took the kids after church to go play at the park and we played a little tennis as well. This time change has messed me up and I slept in a little this morning, so I am running behind on my schooling.

E: 45 min. heavy lifting-chest, abs, 40 min. stationary bike- intervals
B: 1/2 c. pumpkin pie oatmeal
S: green smoothie
L: leftover veggie soup, 3 rice cakes with hummus
S: sweet potato, a few almonds
D: black bean and rice salad
S: grapefruit

Wow, your exercise looks great! You are doing great, and it seems that you must have so little left to lose. I'm sure that is why it seems to be going slowly to you. Good luck and take care, LauraA

Thanks for the encouragement Laura. Yeah I have 9 lbs. left to lose. Since I am lifting heavy weights, I don't know if my weight is an accurate way to track myself or not. This is all new to me. I have to remind myself not to get frustated. I have come along way from the 200 lbs. lady to now weighing 144.4 lbs. I know I will eventually get down to where I want to be, it just feels like forever sometimes.

I did give in last night and ate some not good popcorn. My husband wanted me to make kettle corn popcorn last night. So I tried a new healthier( but not totally healthy) kettle corn recipe. It called for coconut oil, sea salt, and agave nectar. Then you melt down the agave nectar and the cocnut oil and add it to air popped popcorn stir and mix in a little salt. Of course I had to taste test. It tasted wonderful. So I ended up eating a couple of cups worth. I hate it when my family wants treats, so I make something healthier, but then I end up eating it. For my husband that is a lot better than what he would have eaten. He is trying to eat healthier and he used to eat big macs, fries, and anything sweet( donuts, cake ect.). So for him that popcorn was healthy. So I guess it is a step in the right direction for him.

E: 45 min. heavy lifting- bicep, tricep, 35 min. treadmill- intervals
B: 1/2 c. pumpkin pie oatmeal
S: green smoothie
L: black beans and rice over salad
S: sweet potato, almonds
D: tofu, veggies
S: apple or grapefruit

I had a good day yesterday with eating. I have a couple of kids staying with me this next week. It will be interesting how they do with this way of eating. They have eaten my food before, but it has been a while and it has been a while since they have stayed with us. I am hoping that it will really help them to be healthier at least for a week.
E: 1 hr. x-biking
B: 1/2 c. oatmeal with 1 banana and a few walnuts
S: green smoothie
L: baked potato with bbq sauce, tofu, salad
S: apple
D: sweet potatoes, veggies
S: if hungry- popcorn

I think I overate a little yesterday, because I was so tired from not getting enough sleep. But at least it was good food. So I slept really good last night. I feel much better. I am excited we are going to the aquarium tomorrow with the kids. I think it will be a lot of fun.

E: 45 min. heavy lifting-shoulder, back, 40 min. treadmill- intervals
B: 1/2 c. pumpkin pie oatmeal with a few walnuts
S: green smoothie
L: fafels with tofu dip, carrots ( we studied Saudia Arabia- so we make fafels(From Peas and Thankyou) and hummus. I was full after fafels. I also served up dates and a honey candy for the kids

S: apple
D: strawberry/ mango salad, sweet potatoes
S: if hungry popcorn

I ended up working out extra yesterday. I did a kickboxing class last night with my daughter and then toward the end of class my oldest daughter( 21yr. old and married) called and asked if we wanted to go play tennis with her and her friend. I love being able to spend time with her, so we came home and ate and then went to play tennis. So I ended up eating more yesterday. I had some oatmeal and popcorn, and some almond milk for snack last night.
We had fun at the aqurarium today. The kids loved petting the stingrays.

E: 45 min. heavy lifting- legs, abs, 40 min. stationary bike- intervals
B: 1/2 c. oatmeal with 1/2 banana and a few almonds
L: green smoothie, veggie dogs
S: a few almonds, sweet potato
D: going out tonight with hubby
S: if hungry apple or orange

Just a quick post.

E: 45 min. heavy lifting- chest, abs, 40 min. stationary bike- HIIT
B: 1/2 c. oatmeal with a few raisins, walnuts
S: green smoothie
L: leftover broccoli soup, strawberry/mango mixed salad with chickpeas
S: sweet potato, a few almonds
D: stirfry with tofu
S: apple

My days have been crazy busy latley. Still working hard on eating right and excercising.

E: 1 hr. x-biking class, 30 min. tone
B: 3/4 c. oatmeal, 1/2 banana
S: green smoothie
L: salad, sweet potato, leftover tofu
S: apple
D: maybe hashbrowns, veggies, and chickpea salad

Had a frustrating morning. I took my daughter to the doctor. She is 10 and has rhumetiod arthritis. I thought she was doing so well. Don't get me wrong she is doing great, a lot better than she used to be, but she hasn't complained of any pain at all and I have asked her, she said she wasn't hurting, but then when they tested her joints you could tell she was in pain and she said so. So now we are back to giving her the medicine I didn't want to give her. I have had her on a Mcdougall diet free of dairy, eggs and gluten. Now I am wondering if I need to take out soy too. I am so frustrated right now. I know the diet has helped. I need to go for a run.

E: going to workout here in a little- 45 min. heavy lifting- shoulders,back, 40 min. sprint intervals on treadmill

B: 1/2 c. pumpkin pie oatmeal, 1 rice cake
S: apple, a few almonds, 1 rice cake
L: 1 slice of rice bread,lentils, hashbrowns, salad
S: green smoothie
D: either black bean burgers or mexican bean dip with sweet potato, veggie
S: banana ice cream