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Thursday, December 27, 2012
Hey! I hope everyone is well and happy! And warm and safe, if you're somewhere underneath the huge crazy storm that's whopping half the country with snow, half with tornadoes...
We're okay here. We've got a nice pile of snow, but the roads are getting plowed and it's safe to move about. Pretty used to dealing with snow in NE Ohio!
So, I haven't followed all of my plans from my holiday challenges post EXACTLY. I have eaten some candy here and there, and I have eaten more than one cookie, and stuff like that.
But overall I'm pretty happy with how it's going. Obviously I went over calories (and planned to!) on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
Rice stuff is worth every freaking calorie by the way. YUUHHM.
I put all the recipes into the calculator & added the foods to my database so I can track treats. I count that as a win!
Christmas Day was the worst, but mostly because of breakfast and snacks! I did really well at dinner, ate a little of everything, only had seconds of turkey, very small portions of dessert and no picking at cookies and candy. Totally proud of me!! I just was hungry and let my eyes get bigger than my stomach for breakfast, and for "lunch" (which was cheese & crackers type stuff) I was just stupid and didn't bother to go fishing in the fridge for veggies. So I wasted a few hundred calories I didn't need to, but whatever. It's Christmas. I'm not remotely upset about it, I'm just analytically thinking "Oh, I could have done X, Y and Z a little better."
My cholesterol Christmas day was amazingly high. hahaha. We had, basically sausage & cheese casserole PLUS EGGS for breakfast, and more cheese later with snacks, so... Probably should not surprise me. But still. It is the first tracker number that has ever literally SHOCKED me.
The day after Christmas/yesterday it was hard to get back on track! It wasn't my healthiest day ever, but I pulled through and stayed in range. I almost didn't at the end of the day, I really wanted a little sliver of pie, but I just said, you know what? I can have pie tomorrow. So I made it!
Today is looking good so far! Here's my Kick August update!
Dec 24-25 I was over on calories and fat. Over cholesterol on the 25th. Over sodium EVERY day. Under fiber just on the 25th. I've been eating turkey like a madwoman so I've met stretch protein every day, hahahaha. Veggies were super low on the 25th, acceptable the other 2 days. Water also very low on the 25th but good the other two days. We did go to the gym both Monday & Wednesday, and I did do ST on Monday.
So it's really not bad! I'm happy with what I ate, satisfaction-wise. I ate some treats but I really enjoyed them, they're things I don't have very often, and I don't feel remotely guilty about it. So my mental health related to food is also good.
According to my parents' scale I'm at least holding steady. It's hard to tell, because it's a manual scale, with the spinny dial with the super tiny tick marks for each pound and I wasn't wearing my contacts the first time I used it. Pre-holiday feast weight read blurrily on that scale was at or just under 260, and I was 259 this morning so I'm not even sodium-bloated really. I did have a TON of water yesterday and TOM is on its way out, so I think that helps. I'm very optimisitic for my post-holiday weigh-in on the 31st.
~*~***~KICK AUGUST~***~*~
August accomplishments - December progress so far (December 1-26)
Nutrition:
Tracked all 31 days 26/26 days so far
In calorie range 24/31 days 20/26 so far
Over 2000 calories 6 days 2 so far
Fat in range 25/31 days 21/26 so far
Carbs in range 29/31 days 25/26 so far
Protein under range 4/31 days 0 so far
Protein over 90g 12/31 days 13/26 so far
Cholesterol in range 25/31 days 21/26 so far
Fiber in range 19/31 days 18/26 so far
Fiber over 40g 4/31 days 9/26 so far
Sodium in range 12 days 14/26 so far
Sodium under 3,000mg 24/31 days 23/26 so far
Remembered to take vitamins 23/31 days 26/26 so far
Intake (other):
Total cups of water 152 209 so far
Average of 4.9/day average of 8/day so far
Total fruits & veggies 137 162 so far
Average of 4.4/day average of 6.2/day so far
Fitness:
Worked out 3x a week 3x for weeks 1-3, 2x wk 4
Measured another way, worked out 13 days 12 so far
569 fitness minutes 477 minutes so far
Strength training days 0 4 so far
Calories burned 4720 7317 so far
Average burn ~1005 calories/week - 1910 avg wk1-3, 626 wk 4 so far
I think this will be my last update before the Jan 1 Big Reveal!
So where do I stand??
Back in November, I set my goals to "meet or exceed" what I had done in August, for the most part. So if you don't feel like doing the math, here's what that looks like:
There are FIVE DAYS remaining in December, including today. Which goals are going to be easy, and which will be close? Actually I will have quite a few that will be a photo finish! August is not so easy to beat on some things, it turns out!
Nutrition:
Tracking - I have to track all 5 days to meet August!
Stay in calorie range 4 days to meet, all 5 to exceed!
Over 2000 calories 4 days or less to meet, 3 or less to exceed. zero to meet the above goal!
Stay in fat range 4 days to meet, all 5 to exceed!
Stay in carb range 4 days to meet, all 5 to exceed!
Stay in protein range 1 day to meet, 2 or more to exceed
Protein over 90g  , but that doesn't mean I'm giving up!
Stay in cholesterol range 4 days to meet, all 5 to exceed~
Stay in fiber range 1 day to meet, 2 or more to exceed
Fiber over 40g !
Stay in sodium range !
Sodium under 3,000mg 1 day to meet, 2 or more to exceed
Take vitamins !
Water and veggies, total and per day average: , but that doesn't mean I'm quitting now!
Fitness:
Work out 3x a week need 1 more for this week! And Monday, technically, counts as part of working out MWF each week that has a day of December in it.
Worked out 13 days 1 more to meet, 2 to exceed
Fitness minutes I need 92 to meet! Planning on 45 tomorrow, then I'll still need 47 on Monday to meet, more to exceed!
Strength training days - but I'll keep at it
Calories burned , but I'll have more in order to meet or beat minutes!
Average burn calories/week - This week is low so far, so I need a good burn tomorrow!
CAN YOU FEEL THE EXCITEMENT???? Kick August is better than the Super Bowl! Hahahahaha.
Everyone enjoy the last little snip of your year. I hope the new one brings you wonderful things!
Monday, December 24, 2012
Doing okay! Not 100% on all goals, but I knew being home was going to be challenging.
We made 1/2 of the cookies yesterday, the rest as soon as I'm done online! Not eating dough is really, really, REALLY difficult for me. Haha. Like every 2 seconds I have to remind myself, "Don't eat dough. Don't eat dough. Don't do it. Don't eat that scrap. Don't. Stop." I did eat a piece about the size of a tic tac. Most years I eat at least 1 cookie worth of raw dough, probably more like 2.... But otherwise I think my self-control was pretty impressive.
I did eat candy - chocolate covered almonds. I need to have an actual better snack when I'm hungry. It's okay to be like, you know what? I'm eating because I'm HUNGRY and therefore not eat garbage. (If I hadn't eaten stupid candy I could have had a piece of fresh baked bread with dinner. Booo!)
I met half my goals yesterday; yes to calories, carbs, protein, and sodium under 3000mg, and water and veggies. No to fat, cholesterol, fiber, stretch protein and fiber, and sodium range. Eh. It could be worse!
Tonight will be my favorite dinner + awesome rice stuff, so I have to be especially smart for lunch and snacks. We did go to the gym, hooray!
Merry Christmas! I'll probably not update tomorrow, but I'll update on the 26th for today and tomorrow.
~*~***~KICK AUGUST~***~*~
August accomplishments - December progress so far (December 1-23)
Nutrition:
Tracked all 31 days 23/23 days so far
In calorie range 24/31 days 19/23 so far
Over 2000 calories 6 days 0 so far
Fat in range 25/31 days 20/23 so far
Carbs in range 29/31 days 23/23 so far
Protein under range 4/31 days 0 so far
Protein over 90g 12/31 days 10/23 so far
Cholesterol in range 25/31 days 19/23 so far
Fiber in range 19/31 days 16/23 so far
Fiber over 40g 4/31 days 9/23 so far
Sodium in range 12 days 14/23 so far
Sodium under 3,000mg 24/31 days 22/23 so far
Remembered to take vitamins 23/31 days 23/23 so far
Intake (other):
Total cups of water 152 185 so far
Average of 4.9/day average of 8/day so far
Total fruits & veggies 137 149 so far
Average of 4.4/day average of 6.5/day so far
Fitness:
(Same as Day 22)
Worked out 3x a week 4/5 weeks 3x for weeks 1-3
Measured another way, worked out 13 days 10 so far
569 fitness minutes 406 minutes so far
Strength training days 0 3 so far
Calories burned 4720 6691 so far
Average burn ~1005 calories/week - 1910 avg wk1-3
Saturday, December 22, 2012
YAY I LOOVE THESE PEOPLE!
The drive was uneventful, even pleasant. The family is greaaaat!
Everything according to plan!! I ate leftover soup for lunch @ McDonald's (heh), had my healthy snacks for the car, and lobbied for the salad bar option at dinner. Got salad and a reasonable, low calorie entree. I didn't eat the bread/biscuits, muahahaha. Nor did I partake in beer & chocolates when we got home; I had a tasty cup of tea.
BEHOLD: I met every single Kick August goal today!!! Stretch goals included!
~*~***~KICK AUGUST~***~*~
August accomplishments - December progress so far (December 1-22)
Nutrition:
Tracked all 31 days 22/22 days so far
In calorie range 24/31 days 18/22 so far
Over 2000 calories 6 days 0 so far
Fat in range 25/31 days 20/22 so far
Carbs in range 29/31 days 22/22 so far
Protein under range 4/31 days 0 so far
Protein over 90g 12/31 days 10/22 so far
Cholesterol in range 25/31 days 19/22 so far
Fiber in range 19/31 days 16/22 so far
Fiber over 40g 4/31 days 9/22 so far
Sodium in range 12 days 14/22 so far
Sodium under 3,000mg 24/31 days 21/22 so far
Remembered to take vitamins 23/31 days 22/22 so far
Intake (other):
Total cups of water 152 177 so far
Average of 4.9/day average of 8/day so far
Total fruits & veggies 137 143 so far
Average of 4.4/day average of 6.5/day so far
Fitness:
Worked out 3x a week 4/5 weeks 3x for weeks 1-3
Measured another way, worked out 13 days 10 so far
569 fitness minutes 406 minutes so far
Strength training days 0 3 so far
Calories burned 4720 6691 so far
Average burn ~1005 calories/week - 1910 avg wk1-3
Not bad for a day on the road + going out to eat!!!
Tomorrow is cookie baking, so I will need all my Kick August determination in high gear!
It helps that I hopped on the scale this morning for my final pre-Christmas weigh in and saw a number under 260. WOOOOOOOOO! I'll use my parents' scale to see where I am relative to tomorrow morning throughout the week, but I won't know my "official" weight again until I get back.
Thank you guys so much for checking in and all the comments. Warm fuzzies! I'll catch up with everybody in more detail soon from a computer, not when I'm writing blogs in the "notepad" app on my phone, hahaha!
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Member Comments About This Blog Post:
. So now I'm trying to figure out what to do with a fridge full of low-cal foods when I have a 2k minimum. Well, it will balance out. 
I am SO proud of you! Keep it up-er-down! 
