Health and Fitness, February, 2021

[Nancy]

New week.
Mon. Stat bike done at 9:30 am I hace 1,251 steps so far today, walked two dogs charged got my heart rate up! 5,581 steps total today.
Told my dsis about my health app on my phone so she looked one up for her android phone to use!
Tues. I did stat bike this morning and walked this afternoon I am happy I made my 10,000 step goal!
Wed. Stat bike done. To get my goal had to do two sessions on stat bike today bc of the cold weather.
Thurs. I have reached my steps goal for today it before dinner yea did a walk & stat bike & some musical furniture.
Fri. Is snow removal for my exercise. 1st round x

[Ramblinrose]

After four hours of digging in the dirt yesterday I broke my eating plan and allow myself a treat of plain spaghetti with some butter. I’m trying to stay away from flour so I enjoyed every single bite!!!

[Nancy]

Mon. Activities equal to doing 4 mi. Of steps. Stat bike & snow removal.
Got on the scales not happy!
Walked the dog.
Did 3 flight of steps doing sheets.
30 on stat bike. X

[Ramblinrose]

Dee...

It’s a very simple plan.

Start the day with a warm cup of water with 2 Tbsp of pure lemon juice. This kick starts your digestion system

Breakfast is an egg and wasa cracker or a small grapefruit or other fruit and a wasa cracker

Lunch is a huge salad with up to 7 types of veggies and 3.5 oz of protein. You can use 1/2 head of lettuce.

Afternoon snack is a piece of fruit

Dinner is 3.5 ozs of protein and a cup of cooked veggies plus a wasa cracker

You can have a piece of fruit after dinner or a cup of berries

Usually the first two breakfast I do eggs and wasa then the next day fruit like an orange or melon and wasa bread.

No salad dressing make with dairy like ranch or blue cheese. I use Waldens ranch because there are O Calories. They have other flavors as well

No dairy except two teaspoons of 1% milk for your coffee.
8 glasses of water daily
No sugarless deserts like sugar free jello

So it’s

Protein. 7-9
ozs distributed throughout the day
Vegetables: 2 large servings (3 cups raw and 1 cup cooked )
Fruits: 2 servings one being an apple
Grains: 2 wasa crackers or 2 melba toast. I do Wasa because they are bigger
8 glasses of water

Absolutely NO processed foods,
All meats should be baked or steamed
Shellfish is allowed... I make shrimp salad for my lunch
2 tsp of Mayo for my salads. But sometimes I use my salad dressing
No types of sauce like BBQ can be used

If you get hungry between lunch and dinner you can split your lunch salad and eat 1/2 at lunch and the rest at some point during the afternoon.

I always eat my apple as an afternoon snack.

[Harmony]

RRose, did you ever figure out how many calories a diet like that is? It surely can't be much. However, I'm not criticizing, that's pretty close to what I did once when I lost weight...what I'm doing now isn't working any more.

[Ramblinrose]

Harmony...
It’s around 1200 calories

[Lady Maverick]

This is interesting to me. My first guess when I read the food list was about 600-800 calories a day. If the protein was beef that would add 600 more calories than if it was fish.

I've been tracking my food in excel spreadsheet lately. My goal in January was to stay below 1600 calories a day. My goal in February is to stay below 1500 calories a day. I've been averaging 1200 - 1400 most days. Today I'm lower than normal with less than 1000 calories.

Today I ate -
Coffee, Folgers classic
D-Mannose pure powder Now brand
Collagen, Peptides
Tea, Unsweet
Diet Dr Pepper
Fish, Tilapia
Butter
Potato, sweet baked
Ranch Dressing, Hidden Valley
Lettuce, Spring Mix
Tea, hot unsweet
Collagen, Peptides
Pinto Beans and ham

I'm using collagen in my drinks on days that I need help to reach my protein goal. I discovered my hair gets thin when I don't do that.

Yesterday was a higher-calorie day for me. I ate 1344 calories =
Coffee, Folgers classic
D-Mannose pure powder Now brand
Collagen, Peptides
Tea, Unsweet
Diet Dr Pepper
Spaghetti with meat sauce
Lettuce, Spring Mix
Ranch Dressing, Hidden Valley
Fish, Tilapia
Miracle Whip
Poptart
Pinto Beans and ham
Tomato and green chili Rotel brand
Cheese, Velvetta dip
Chips, Tortilla

I usually eat my big meal at noon and then a cup of pinto beans around 5pm. Yesterday was a weird day and I ate STUFF because the kids were eating it. I ate Poptarts? REALLY?! I don't even like poptarts! I think cabin fever has set in.

[Harmony]

Well, Rose, that doesn't sound like enough food for 1200 calories but I know stuff can add up. I was losing nicely a few years ago when I ate 900-1000 a day and it seemed like I had more to eat than you are. It looks like you aren't getting any fats of any kind, even healthy ones.

I wish I could get myself back into that. I don't know how I did that for so long.

[Ramblinrose]

I try to eat 8-9 ozs of protein each day... usually chicken and beef, but not hamburger. I eat that once a week. I do eat fish, but mostly heavy fish like salmon or cod and sometimes I eat 4ozs of yellowfin tuna. My PA approved this plan as well.

I don’t eat cheeses, or much dairy and nothing white like bread, rice or pasta. Those types of carbs send my body into wanting sugars.

Yesterday I stayed on my eating plan with the exception of cooked veggies. I have prepackaged chicken salads that I buy at my grocery store. It contains lettuce, chicken and a small amount of cheese. I save the cheese for Sweeties salads and add more shredded chicken and veggies to it. I have peppers and cuckes precut in my fridge along with radishes that I can toss in. Yesterday I just ate two of these salads cause I was too tired to cook.

[Ramblinrose]

I forgot since I got my shot yesterday I am going back to the gym in two weeks!!!