How My Thursday Went

So, remember yesterday how I said I was going to be more accountable to you guys? Well here is the first day of that!

For any newbies out there, both me and Fat Girl Slim are both sporting GoWear Fits. Here is a snapshot of my GoWear Fit summary from yesterday:

I didn't do to bad yesterday. I like to burn about 3,000 calories a day, so I was a little short there. My physical activity and steps take were also short. This is because I didn't hit the gym at lunch. On Thursdays I volunteer at my kid's school during lunch (insert collective "ahs" here). I know, I'm awesome.

The one thing that I AM super proud of is the fact that I kept my calories under control. Yeah me!!!

This is the one area that I struggle the most with, and any day that I can conquer is a kick-ass day in my book.

Here's to hoping today is rockin' too!

The Great Food Swap

My intake lately has been less than ideal. Calorie-wise, I've only been slightly over, but nutrition? You can forget it. I'm almost embarrassed to write down the foods I've been eating, but hey, we keep it real here.

So it's time for some "eat this instead of that". I'm going grocery shopping this weekend, and I promise I'll be swapping out some of my ridiculously not healthy staples for better ones.

Breakfast:

Normally I eat a bean burrito [I'm not shitting you, but hey, only 280 calories!!!]

New, improved breakfast:

Steel cut oats, crock pot style with walnuts, brown sugar and flax. Boom.

Mid-morning snack:

Normally, this is a 1oz bag of Nacho Cheese Doritos. [I know!!!]

New, improved snack:

Dried mangos & a banana

I'm not changing lunch... so there.

Afternoon snack:

Normally, I'll rock some Junior Mints, or possibly some Peanut M&Ms.

New, improved snack:

Protein shake after gym time. Because I'm going to get buff.

So that's it. I pretty well have dinner covered already, so no need to change it up there.

I hope everyone has a fabulous weekend. I'll be back Monday with a book review, so stay tuned.

This Week's Progress

Long time no see!

Sorry for our delayed absence and lack of posting - I'm gonna blame it all on FGS, of course ;)

On Monday I promised to tweet my daily caloric numbers each night. For those of you who might not be following us on Twitter (if not, please, please, please would you?!) I thought I would show you my numbers too.

Monday
Consumed: 1,546
Exercised: 680
Differential: - 1022

Tuesday
Consumed: 1,534
Exercised: 670
Differential: - 1024

Wednesday
Consumed: 1,758
Exercised: 815
Differential: -946

So far this week (since Monday), I've had a total of negative 2,992. WOOT!!! That's almost a one pound deficit!

Problem is, I'm leaving tomorrow morning for my last hurrah of the summer. There will be considerable quantities of alcohol consumed, there's just no way around it. I think (cross your fingers) that I have the food thing more or less situated - I just have to really pay attention to the calories in my drinks.

I will try my best to continue tweeting my numbers, but I can't make any guarantees. I can tell you this though, be prepared for some drunk tweeting this weekend ;)

Unfortunately I need to spend the last hour at work actually doing work, so that's all for today!

Have a wonderful (and in control - at least calorie wise) weekend!

More Stuff I Put In My Mouth

It's stupid busy at work and me and Fat Girl Slim have been going all day. What does this mean for you? An itty-bitty post. We'll make it up to you in the days to come though - pinky swear :)

Here's my intake and calories burned for yesterday:

So, I'm going to try to do a little math here, bare with me...

My BMR (basic metabolic rate) is 1,577 - that is, the number of calories my body needs to sustain itself on a daily basis. I burned 701 calories, so we'll add that to my BMR for a total of 2,278 calories that I needed to make it through the day. I consumed 1,901 calories (I know, I know, I went over), so the difference between those two numbers (2,278 - 1,901) equals out to a calorie deficit of 377.

Since there are 3,500 calories in a pound, I only have 3,123 more to go!

I'm just kind of flying by the seat of my pants on this one, so please, if I'm wrong, let me know!!!

The Daily Grindage

So, I don't know if anyone at all really cares to see what I'm consuming on a daily basis - but I'm gonna show it to you any way!

Here's what I ate yesterday, followed by the calories I burned through exercise:

I these numbers won't be exact, but if you do the math between calories in (1,624) and calories expended (700), that only leaves me with a net 924 calories. Ouch? Can that be right? Cause that kind of number doesn't seem healthy...

This is just the first day of hard core tracking though, so we'll see how it goes and tweak it here and there where ever necessary.

Tell me what you think - I'm floundering here!

Food Intake - July 19

Just thought I'd throw this out there for anyone interested in seeing it.  I pre-planned my meals yesterday, and it went surprisingly well!  Much more to post later, but for now I'll leave you with this!

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Pre-loading Your Data Tables

It's no secret that I'm a nerd, is it? Maybe it is. I know Muffin Top and I really need to do some kind of "introductory" post at some point since we never really did that. Maybe next week? That way you guys could get to know us a little better. When we started this blog, we really just needed a place to document our insanity, not really realizing that one day we'd have readers. So be on the lookout for a little info next week.

Back to the original point of this post; I'm a total, card-carrying nerd! A tech nerd, that is. [Don't worry, I don't spend weekends locked away with World of Warcraft]. MT and I both work as software developers, so we spend a lot of time behind the computer screen reading blogs coding. I was reading a blog post by Bitchcakes the other day about pre-tracking your food intake, and suddenly that made so much sense to me. I had a total light bulb moment! I actually said out loud, "It's like pre-loading your data tables!!!"

YES!  THIS!!!

See, when you run a program [stay with me here, I'm getting my geek on], a lot of the time you need to pre-load your data tables. Basically, you need to get all the information you'll need to run said program ready ahead of time. So when you need a value, it's already there for you. It leaves less room for error, and it makes your program run more effectively.

HOLY SHIT, I need to pre-track my food!! I always have a general idea of what I'm going to eat for the day, but a lot of times it changes, or I just don't really know WHAT to eat. What would happen if I planned my food out before I was actually ready to eat it? Would I do better if I had a more regimented approach to my food journal? I don't know, but I'm about to find out.

Next week I'm going to give this a try. I need to do less flying by the seat of my pants, and take a more structured approach. NO clue if it will work or backfire, but logically, it should help me stay on track. [If only everything worked out logically, right?] It's something new and different, and I really could stand to mix it up a bit. Also, I'm hoping this will give me more opportunity to get in healthy, non-processed food. Surely if I have more time to plan, I can plan for better food.

Ok, back to your regularly scheduled programming. I'll do my best to reel in the inner nerd now.
 

He Hasn't Even Left Yet And I'm Going Insane.

I've been trying to think of something interesting to say all day, and I'm just a major fail. Life is sort of crazy right now with Mr. FGS leaving next week (for FOUR fucking months). I've been planning his going away party and just getting stuff ready in general. We've been trying to spend a bunch of time together as well. [gotta get it while it's here to get, you know?]

I wish I had something motivating or great to say today, but I'm kind of in an emo funk. I just feel sad and blah. No matter what though, I promised myself I'd still count calories and exercise, and in that respect, I'm having a fabulous week. This yuck feeling just won't seem to go away. I know its all husband related, and hopefully once he's gone I'll be able to settle down and maintain my healthy routine.

Actually, my goal after he leaves is to kick things up several notches so he's pleasantly surprised when he comes home. [kitchen counter sex, I'm talkin' about you!]  More on that later though.

How could I NOT miss this hot piece of husband? YUM.

For now I'll leave you with another one of my daily food intake forms.  Yeah, the doritos weren't a stellar choice, but I still stayed within my calorie goals. I've been keeping things pretty standard, still trying to get in my fruit, veg and protein.
 

Keeping within the goals!

Daily Food Intake: 7/7 and 7/8

Forgot to post my food intake for the 7th and 8th! No worries though, I've been a calorie tracking FOOL, people. And while I haven't been perfect, I have stayed under my 1,700 calorie goal, and I have gotten the correct amounts of fruit, veggies, whole grains and protein. I am definitely considering this week a total win.

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Daily Food Intake: July 6, 2010

Ok, so my goal is to post my food intake every day this week.  I logged everything I ate yesterday, and I didn't put anything in my mouth that I shouldn't have. [*snicker*]  Here's how yesterday played out.  I ended up with 1,673 calories total, which is pretty damn close to my goal of 1,700.  I also managed to get in 8 glasses of water and 8 servings of fruit and veggies!  My entire goal this week is to fuel my body in preparation for the race.  So far, so good! 

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