Diet Diary day 7

Food diary:

bowl Life cereal w/ milk

sm. oatmeal chocolate chip muffin

lg. tea

sm. oatmeal chocolate chip muffin

2 slices multi-grain toast w/ butter

2 hard-boiled eggs

baby carrots

lg. tea

apple

chocolate dip chocolate chip granola bar

lg. tea

2 pieces batter fish w/ tartar sauce

harvest chicken rice Side Kicks 

brussel sprouts

lg peach juice (1/2 juice, 1/2 water)

apple caramel pie

vanilla ice cream

Batter, batter... SWING! & Diet Diary day 6

First ball game of the season was tonight - met my new team and felt right at home!  They like to make fun of each other just as much as my last team...  :-)  We won 29-10, which always help lighten the mood overall. One thing that was really neat and unique about this team, they slap hands with everyone on the team after EACH inning!  After the first inning, as we were all coming in off the field, I was a bit overwhelmed as they each came over to slap my hand. At first I thought it was because I just made a couple great plays - but then I quickly realized they do it after every inning...  So much for feeling special on my first game! Ha ha ha!

We went for drinks after and they were really welcoming and easy to get to know.  I was recommended to this team from one of my teammates in Halifax last year - he moved from Montreal and had played with this team for a few years. Thanks for the recommendation Tyler!  Looking forward to playing with them, although I'll likely have to cut back on the post-game beers if I really want to make a difference in my waistline this summer! It's all good!

Food Diary:
bowl frosted mini-wheats w/ milk
XL TH tea

lg. peach juice
65g milk chocolate bar

2x tuna melt w/ cheddar cheese
3 baby carrots
XL TH tea

mini banana muffin

1/2 chicken kabob

pitcher of beer (over 2hrs and I wasn't driving)
2x corn on cob w/ butter

water

Diet Diary day 5

Food Diary:
bowl mini-wheats w/ milk
XL TH tea

2 grilled cheese sandwiches
6 baby carrots
lg chai black tea
chunk of chocolate truck

apple
water

spaghetti w/ meat sauce, parmesan cheese
broccoli
3 pieces garlic bread
water

sm. bowl Oh Henry ice cream

Happy Mother's Day! & Diet Diary day 4

Hope all the moms reading this had a fabulous day with your family. It's the hardest job in the world, but so worth the rewards!  Love my boys more than words can express!

Food diary:
2 slices french toast w/ syrup
omelet
glass orange juice

lg. tea w/ milk & sugar

Cora's for Mother's Day lunch -
Theo veggie omlet
home fries
toast
1/2 of Christopher's banana chocolate crepe - can you believe he didn't want it? He LOVES bananas, apparently not with anything on them...
tea

XL TH tea

2 sm. chicken fajitas - whole wheat tortillas, salsa, tomato, cheddar cheese, sour cream
water

chunk of chocolate truck
small bowl vanilla ice cream w/ maple syrup

Time for fun & Diet Diary day 3

Why do the best revelations come to us in the shower? Yesterday I realized that our home life is pretty boring - I wonder if my boys think childhood is about doing what needs to get done, doing what they're told and only fun happens when they're playing Wii or with their toys on their own... Suddenly "It's a hard knock life" song from the Annie movie is playing in my head - only replace "hard knock" with "bor-ing"! For those of you not familiar with the song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KOpU6YqnBY

So I've decided to step the humour factor up a notch or two around here.  Anyone have suggestions on how to achieve this - what do you do with your children to keep the mood light and make them laugh?  Life gets so busy, we often forget that our children need to laugh - heck WE ALL do - for our health! Unfortunately, I can't read "Damn You Auto Correct" clips to my children - but at least I know where to turn when I need a good laugh!


Food diary:
scrambled eggs
3 slices maple bacon
2 Eggo waffles w/ maple syrup

lg. chai black tea w/ milk & sugar

turkey sandwich w/ cheddar cheese, tomato, pickles & mayo
1 slice pizza (left-overs)
water

apple
mini-Drumstick ice cream (my youngest didn't want his after I opened it.. what was I to do!?)
XL TH tea w/milk & 2 sugar

BBQ cheeseburger w/ ketchup, mustard, pickle, tomato
garden salad w/ roasted red pepper dressing, carrot and tomato pieces
water

vanilla ice cream w/ maple syrup

Making time for exercise & Diet Diary day 2

What a fabulous morning! Went for a run after dropping my youngest off at preschool.  I'm training for a 5km race on May 28th and have been running twice a week since early April. My goal is to beat my previous best 5km time of 30:16 from 2009. I've been running with a couple girlfriends, which is great, but find our schedules are getting harder to sync up - much to my surprise, I'm still making the effort and getting out on my own.  This is a very new feeling for me - if you've read any of my old blog entries, you'll know I prefer team sports and group running precisely because I was never good at getting myself to do things when others weren't there to keep me accountable/expecting me to show up.

I know part of that motivation is coming from the race and my goal time I want to beat. So I have a question to any of you experienced runners - do you think it would be possible to be ready for a 1/2 marathon by mid-October, based on my current ability to run just over 5km?  How much training commitment would that require, per week? With baseball and soccer season about to begin, I don't realistically see me getting more than 2 runs in a week...  Is it possible or would I just be setting myself up for disappointment?  I ran 10km last May, so I know I have it in me... And would be happy to have a goal of only 10km by mid-October, except the race event I have in mind only has 5km, 1/2 or full marathon distances, unfortunately...

Food diary:
glass water
(after 11am due to run & shower) bowl Life cereal w/milk
XL TH tea w/milk & 2 sugar

large portion of leftovers - chicken, rice, broccoli & green peppers
XL TH tea w/milk & 2 sugar
water

Chunk of chocolate truck (Easter treats...)
water

2 slices pizza (McCain's Deluxe)

That's it for today - I'm going out with friends tonight, not going to keep track of what I have and will be too late when I get home to enter anyway!

The start of something great!

Yesterday was my birthday - what better time to start to take my health and weight issue seriously!? I'm not brave enough to post a photo of myself, but this image is a pretty accurate representation of my current mid-section... This is the heaviest I've EVER been, even heavier than at the end of my first pregnancy, only this time there's no 8lb 14oz baby to birth! Not at all happy about it and I'm ready to take some concrete steps to change that. I'm going to make gradual changes so I don't feel overwhelmed and give up. So, first step will be to update this blog at least once a week with how I'm feeling/doing with the process, and daily with my food diary so I keep being accountable. I'm on the computer for all of my free minutes anyway, so I figure this is the easiest place to keep track, plus you're there to keep me accountable, right?

GOAL:

BMI = 25 (healthy)

Weight = 70kg  (I keep it in kg because that's how Wii FitPlus measures, and it's a much smaller number! :-)

Each week I plan to log my BMI and weight according to my morning Wii Fit Plus Body Test. Here are today's results - the STARTING point, only to go down from here!

Stats: 

BMI = 28.86
Weight = 83.4 kg

And for this first week, simply record my dietary intake - I'm not looking for suggestions, yet - just want to keep myself accountable and I know from experience that simply writing down what I ingest makes me so much more conscious about what I put in my mouth! It's a great start.  Each week I'll focus on making one small change, setting a mini-goal like drinking more water, eating more fruits & veggies, smaller portion sizes, etc.

Food diary:
bowl brown sugar frosted mini-wheats with 1% milk
Med. Earl Grey tea w/ sugar and milk

XL Tim Horton's tea w/milk & 2 sugar
grilled cheese sandwich
bowl tomato soup
5 mini-carrots
1/4 choc. chip cookie

apple
vanilla yogurt
Kinder chocolate egg

lg. water
banana (wanted something much sweeter/bad for me, but I resisted!)

steak
mushrooms and garlic sauted in butter
spinach
long-grain rice

water
Drumstick ice-cream