Kick'n Knit

I have no idea what day it is

No Idea.. srsly

I really have no idea what day it is on my personal challenge.  That’s a smidgy bit of a fail.

Oh well.

I know that I didn’t meet my goals but honestly, I’m looking at this as an exercise in relearning how to set goals

I’m currently reading a book called The Rules of “Normal Eating” which is kind of a cognitive therapy kind of book. One passage that jumped out at me

… if you have problems determining whether you’re satisfied or full, you may also experience similar difficulties with the concept of enough in other areas.   With both intimates and strangers alike, you may find yourself alternately giving too much or too little.  You may not know when to stop working or how to take adequate time for yourself.  You may deprive yourself of essential things while overdoing it on nonessentials…

That last sentence? About depriving yourself of essential things while overdoing it on nonessentials?

Hello.. Facebook, Twitter, Ravelry, etc etc etc.. I kill a lot of time on these.. while my house does not get picked up.. or I’m annoyed if I need to do something that is essential to improving my own quality of life.

Lots to think about.. I’m actually considering that April’s challenge will be more of a “who are you and what are you doing here” kind of thing. Cute~Ella is doing a 30 days of me kind of thing.. I thought it might be insightful.  I know it’s not technically a fitness challenge but maybe it is..  mental fitness, which I think plays a huge roll in how we succeed in other things.

Day Nine: March 24

Food:

Breakfast: Egg Scramble

Snack: Cashew Butter and a banana

Day Nine: Reboot

Lunch: left over Sausage Escarole and White Beans

Snack: Texas Caviar

Dinner: Pan fried pork chops in balsamic glaze and garlic asparagus

Snack: To be updated

Exercise:

I should do something tonight.. but my joints are still pretty achy.  I’m going to chalk that up to hormones because my weight is up as well.   We’ll see what happens. I’m going skiing this weekend so I need to take it easy so I can actually ski when I get up North.

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Day Eight: March 23

Day Eight: Cheater Cheater

Food:

Breakfast: Egg Scramble

Snack: Cashew Butter

Lunch: Left over Turkey Chili

Snack: two wheels of baby bel cheese

Snack: a small bag of Wheat Thins veggie chips (CHEAT!)

Then I went grocery shopping after work. It was an extremely frustrating experience. Three stores to hit.. long story.. but it sucked.  I bought a Cadbury Egg. (CHEAT!)

Dinner: Sausage Escarole and White Beans

Snack: Chocolate Ricotta Cream

No exercise today.  Every joint in my body aches and my hamstrings are still touchy from the deadlifts.

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Day Seven: March 22

Food:
Breakfast: Egg scramble

Snack: Red pepper strips and hummus

Lunch: left over Middle Eastern Shrimp

Snack: Chocolate Ricotta Cream

Snack: Small salad with cucumbers and mushrooms

Snack: packet of nuts

OMG I’m STARVING today.

Drinking lots of water too.. 

Snack: (yes again) two wheels of babybel cheese and cashew butter

Dinner: turkey chili

Snack (I was still hungry!) : The blasted mug cake.. 

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Day Six: March 21

Food:
Breakfast: Egg scramble with turkey bacon, spinach feta, onions peppers

Snack: two wheels of babybel cheese and a packet of nuts

Lunch: Big ass Salad

Snack: Hummus with red pepper strips

Dinner: Middle Eastern Shrimp

Snack: time for the Ricotta dessert I think

Exercise:

3×8 Double Hand Squat 20lb bell
3×8 Torso circles 20lb bell
3×10 Romanian Deadlifts 20lb bell
3×5 Squat/stand figure 8 20lb bell
2×6 (each side) plank row pass on knees 10lb bell

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See that spike? It’s only a pound.. seriously.. but it looks like a lot.  I had way to much salt and too many off plan foods over the weekend.

Day Five: March 20

Food:

Breakfast: one fried egg with a slice of American cheese and one slice of Canadian bacon on a whole grain english muffin

Snack: none.. busy cleaning the house

Lunch: Big ass salad.  Mixed greens, spinach, c hickpeas, chicken, cucumbers, red pepper, eh, I don’t remember what else.  It was a big ass salad.

Snack: a Few spoonfuls of the Hummus I made

Dinner: I roasted a chicken and made “French Onions” side dish.  It sucked.  Don’t do it.

Snack: eh.. I’m having some tea and a handful of nuts

Exercise:

I moved some furniture and swept under it.  That counts.

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Day Four: March 19

FOOD:

Breakfast:  one fried egg on whole grain english muffin, cheddar cheese and a slice of canadian bacon. A smidge of mayo.

Snack: um..nothing.. I had breakfast at 11:00 AM

Lunch: We had lunch at Biryani. Many off plan things were eaten.

Snack: Still stuffed from lunch.  Had some coffee

Dinner: Left over sloppy joes.

Snack: to be updated

Exercise:

2 x 8 (each side) Rack squat. 20lb bell

1×8 (each side) Rack squat 10lb bell

1×10 each side bent over row 20lb bell

2×10 each side bent over row 10lb bell

2x 15 tricep press 10lb bell

1×8 Double arm high pull 10lb bell

1×8 double arm high pull 20lb bell

3×10 each side Russian twist 10lb bell

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Day Three: March 18

Food:
Breakfast: Egg beater scramble.

Snack: Nutrition mix (cashews, macadamia nuts and almonds)

Lunch: Left over steak mixed in with Texas Caviar

Snack: Green beans, sesame oil, rice wine vinegar and a splash of soy sauce. UPDATE: I never ate these.

Dinner: Tonight will be an cheat meal.  I believe we are getting sushi for dinner. UPDATE: Sushi was had.   I tried soft shell crab.. didn’t like it.  Had my Pink Panther roll. Totally of plan.

Snack: Peanut Butter and Jelly Smoothie

Exercise:

UPDATE: I didn’t do jack squat.  I was still too sore from Wednesday

Also? Choosing not to be annoyed by one tenth of a pound.

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Day Two: March 17

Food:
Breakfast: Egg beater scramble.

Snack: Nutrition mix (cashews, macadamia nuts and almonds) and two wheels of low fat baby bel cheese

Lunch: Left over steak mixed in with Texas Caviar

Snack: I threw some frozen cut green beans into a container with some sesame oil, rice wine vinegar and a splash of soy sauce. I’ll microwave that later and hope for the best. I was out of ideas

Dinner: Middle Eastern Shrimp  strike that we were out of shrimp. We had sloppy joes instead.

Snack: um.. yogurt again probably.

Exercise:

Nothing planned for today. Rest day.

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Day One : March 16

This is my quick and dirty record of my diet and exercise for the day. I’m doing a personal challenge to eat salad twice a week, a veggie salad twice a week and work out twice a week. I want to  lose 5 lbs  by the end of March.
Food
Breakfast: Eggbeaters with spinach, onions, peppers, turkey bacon and feta
Snack: cashew butter
Lunch: mixed green salad with chicken, chick peas, cucumbers and smoked provolone
Snack: Texas caviar
Dinner: grilled steak with broccoli and cheese sauce.
Snack: yogurt with stevia

Exercise
Stretch
50 jumping jacks
3×12 Squats : 20lb bell
3×10 halo 10lb bell
2×15 lunge twist 10lb bell
3×10 2 handed swing 20lb bell
Plank 20 seconds
Stretch
Walk dogs

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