hi friends!
home from our amazing vacation... did very well, had LOTS of crisp, fresh salads and did LOTS of walking... had more strawberry daquiris than i usually do, but thoroughly enjoyed them, and was on the beach with my husband, and everything else looked like a postcard, so i had to follow suit!
had a few unusual (small though) bags of doritos (lots of time between meals, and needed carbs badly!)... overall, i actually feel very okay with how things went regarding NRFTW.
so im BACK, back in action, ready to hit this thing HARD. over a month left, and its gonna be GOOD.
ill report my numbers on schedule tonight.
thanks for all your support via texts and emails, it makes me feel great that so many friends are keeping up on my progress!
wish me luck on my first day back... although im pretty sure im gonna ROCK THIS CONTEST HARD!!!
TEAM ANNA FOR THE WIN!
[ab]
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Saturday, February 20, 2010
hola amigos
hi friends - quick note: i've been travelling for the last week, now i'm in puerto rico!
eating well, walking around a lot. kayaked last night into the bioluminescent bay - go to biobay.com - its amazing!!
anyway - ill be back and all will be good on the 24th... back to business and back to beating JF!
thanks to those of you who have called and texted support! sweet!!
[ab]
eating well, walking around a lot. kayaked last night into the bioluminescent bay - go to biobay.com - its amazing!!
anyway - ill be back and all will be good on the 24th... back to business and back to beating JF!
thanks to those of you who have called and texted support! sweet!!
[ab]
Thursday, February 11, 2010
thursday, 2-11
what a day! i had an incredibly hard workout this afternoon (burned more than 1000 calories!) and then rushed home to get ready for a meeting then a new class this evening. when i got home, i was SUPER sick to my stomach, and was sure i would barf any minute! so i had to lay in bed and wait for the room to stop spinning before i could function enough to take a shower and get ready for the rest of my day... it was awful! in fact, i didnt even enjoy the workout very much... things will get better.
as far as eating, just now i realized i fulfilled all my eating goals but missed my daily fruits quotient by a serving, so im having applesauce before bed, which is nice. i really like keeping track of things like this... when i dont track these things, i can go days without enough fruits/veggies, and im sure my body doesnt appreciate that very much...
also, some bad-ish news, i didnt take some of my meds today, so my daily score got dinged for that. i need a refill, and totally could have done it, but i got lazy. walgreens is even across the street from my gym! oh well, ill get on that tomorrow, and all will be well again. but i feel even MORE guilty than i usually would since it would have been easy to do AND i have to report to everyone that i was an idiot and just didnt get a refill. doh...
here are my scores for today:
did a tiny more workout than necessary, so im at 101%, and didnt have all 1600 calories, which is fine (as long as its not under 1450 or something like that)... i only fulfilled 79% of my day goals, which sucks, but is brought way down by my not taking my meds. UGH im NOT doing that again! my score would have been much better! for the week im at 90%, so we can say that tues, weds and thurs i succeeded at 90% of my goals involved in eating right, working out right, and taking care of myself inside and out. ill try for a perfect score fri and sat, and maybe that will make my weekly # higher. i know its not hard to just do all the things i say im going to do... i just have to DO it!
you guys are making me feel great with phone calls and texts encouraging me to do my best... thanks so much. im feeling (and already looking, i swear!) BETTER. i sortof think i can beat JF! i really do!
woot!
[ab]
as far as eating, just now i realized i fulfilled all my eating goals but missed my daily fruits quotient by a serving, so im having applesauce before bed, which is nice. i really like keeping track of things like this... when i dont track these things, i can go days without enough fruits/veggies, and im sure my body doesnt appreciate that very much...
also, some bad-ish news, i didnt take some of my meds today, so my daily score got dinged for that. i need a refill, and totally could have done it, but i got lazy. walgreens is even across the street from my gym! oh well, ill get on that tomorrow, and all will be well again. but i feel even MORE guilty than i usually would since it would have been easy to do AND i have to report to everyone that i was an idiot and just didnt get a refill. doh...
here are my scores for today:
did a tiny more workout than necessary, so im at 101%, and didnt have all 1600 calories, which is fine (as long as its not under 1450 or something like that)... i only fulfilled 79% of my day goals, which sucks, but is brought way down by my not taking my meds. UGH im NOT doing that again! my score would have been much better! for the week im at 90%, so we can say that tues, weds and thurs i succeeded at 90% of my goals involved in eating right, working out right, and taking care of myself inside and out. ill try for a perfect score fri and sat, and maybe that will make my weekly # higher. i know its not hard to just do all the things i say im going to do... i just have to DO it!you guys are making me feel great with phone calls and texts encouraging me to do my best... thanks so much. im feeling (and already looking, i swear!) BETTER. i sortof think i can beat JF! i really do!
woot!
[ab]
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
wednesday, 2-10 and a problem...
today was good... long.
hard workout midday, and a sortof big problem: SOMETHING is making me completely not hungry at all. im completely not interested in eating! all day long ive been uninterested in making food nor eating it at all. i was ready for bed a few minutes ago and checked in to see my grade for the day... i only had 953 calories! thats way too few, and ill get a bad grade if i have too few calories. plus ill be sicko and tired tomorrow. SO i made myself aNOTHER blended fruit shake, and im going to scrounge around for SOMETHING to eat... peanuts? maybe some popcorn? i just dont feel comfortable having so few calories in a day... although stuffing myself at 9:45pm isnt my idea of a good before-bed habit, i know (from experience!) that tomorrow ill wake up with a killer headache and tummyache if i dont give myself enough fuel today.
maybe its all of the water im drinking? maybe im having a ton of fiber and its filling me up? we'll see how tomorrow goes. here are my scores for the day:
100% for my workout (wish i had gone over a little bit!) and only 77% for eating! boo.
i changed the layout to make it even easier to post here: daily workout score, daily eating score, overall daily score, and at the bottom, composite week score.
my eating score today is 77% of what would be an ideal calorie intake for me. even though youd think the less calories i eat the better, my goal is to eat HEALTHFULLY, not "fewest calories"... im annoyed that it makes my day score low and my week score low, i want them to be perfect! but if im not hungry, im not hungry. whatevs, lets see what happens tomorrow.
ciao for now
[ab]
hard workout midday, and a sortof big problem: SOMETHING is making me completely not hungry at all. im completely not interested in eating! all day long ive been uninterested in making food nor eating it at all. i was ready for bed a few minutes ago and checked in to see my grade for the day... i only had 953 calories! thats way too few, and ill get a bad grade if i have too few calories. plus ill be sicko and tired tomorrow. SO i made myself aNOTHER blended fruit shake, and im going to scrounge around for SOMETHING to eat... peanuts? maybe some popcorn? i just dont feel comfortable having so few calories in a day... although stuffing myself at 9:45pm isnt my idea of a good before-bed habit, i know (from experience!) that tomorrow ill wake up with a killer headache and tummyache if i dont give myself enough fuel today.
maybe its all of the water im drinking? maybe im having a ton of fiber and its filling me up? we'll see how tomorrow goes. here are my scores for the day:
100% for my workout (wish i had gone over a little bit!) and only 77% for eating! boo.
i changed the layout to make it even easier to post here: daily workout score, daily eating score, overall daily score, and at the bottom, composite week score.my eating score today is 77% of what would be an ideal calorie intake for me. even though youd think the less calories i eat the better, my goal is to eat HEALTHFULLY, not "fewest calories"... im annoyed that it makes my day score low and my week score low, i want them to be perfect! but if im not hungry, im not hungry. whatevs, lets see what happens tomorrow.
ciao for now
[ab]
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
tuesday, 2-9 final report
woot! my first successful upload (download?) of my stats! and the numbers are good!
i worked out 102% of my burn goal and ate 82% of my calories goal... which is fine, as long as its not less than 80% (that would be too few calories)... i fulfilled 100% of my other day goals and for the week am at 75%... gotta figure out what is keeping me from being at 100%... it could be the weird 82%.
whats cool is that i had to FIND things to eat so that i had enough calories for the day, literally i was like 'what can i EAT tonight so i dont have too few calories?!'... we made smoothies with our awesome magic bullet, and that helped me fulfill my fruit servings too... then had a tiny snack of peanuts (because i STILL hadnt had enough calories!) before bed.
workout was good, dont feel too sore, looking forward to a harder one tomorrow.
g*night!
[ab]
tuesday, 2-9 update
just an update...
totally unhungry today. just made a great salad, forcing myself to eat it AND finish my lunch. eating early so i can have a GREAT workout!
is the tracking clear? its easy for me because i see the whole worksheet, but it would be crazy to post the whole thing... so far i am 2% to my workout goal of the day (havent done it yet!) and i am 63% to my eating goal of the day... to make a good food score i need more fiber today and a few more fruits... looks like a big fruit salad for my after-workout dessert! i love knowing what i can do to make my day the best it can be!
off to the gym soon... [ab]
totally unhungry today. just made a great salad, forcing myself to eat it AND finish my lunch. eating early so i can have a GREAT workout!is the tracking clear? its easy for me because i see the whole worksheet, but it would be crazy to post the whole thing... so far i am 2% to my workout goal of the day (havent done it yet!) and i am 63% to my eating goal of the day... to make a good food score i need more fiber today and a few more fruits... looks like a big fruit salad for my after-workout dessert! i love knowing what i can do to make my day the best it can be!
off to the gym soon... [ab]
tuesday, 2-9
here is tuesday so far... i usually wont post in the middle of the day because totals are tallied at the end of each day. if i post my score in the middle of the day, ill edit the post to reflect the total again in the evening. here is an example of what a day looks like... except the numbers are off because i have only had coffee and toast and havent worked out yet! let me know what you think...
Monday, February 8, 2010
NRFTW and guide
No Rest For The Wicked...
Goal: Beat big ol' JF with a bigger delta body fat percentage by 7pm, April 1, 2010.
Every day I'll track my stats on my awesome stat-tracker spreadsheet... everything from how healthfully I'm eating (enough fruits and veggies? enough fiber?) to if I've met my workout goals... you can follow as well, and I welcome all comments - good and bad, encouraging and critical... with the purpose of helping me beat JF and have the bigger body fat loss!
Here we go...
How to read my chart:
Goal: Beat big ol' JF with a bigger delta body fat percentage by 7pm, April 1, 2010.
Every day I'll track my stats on my awesome stat-tracker spreadsheet... everything from how healthfully I'm eating (enough fruits and veggies? enough fiber?) to if I've met my workout goals... you can follow as well, and I welcome all comments - good and bad, encouraging and critical... with the purpose of helping me beat JF and have the bigger body fat loss!
Here we go...
How to read my chart:
we want the pink number to be 100% or MORE, the green number to be 100% or LESS.
...maybe it will become easier as the numbers start showing up... let me know what you think!!
[ab]
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
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