Fighting Something Off. . .

Sore throat today….don't feel a lot like blogging..

Quickly—this weekend was good. Had plans Friday night, no workout, but ate well for the day. Saturday, busy too, no workout, but ate okay—boredom set in and I let it get me but didn't go over 1500 calories thus the "okay", Sunday was great-hour of cardio and weight training (upper body) with my hubby while kids swam, ate well to boot. I do notice that I do NOT drink enough water on weekends…..

My kids have been fighting off something for a week or two, and I think I picked it up. Right now, sore throat and general tiredness. Still planning on working out tonight though. On tap for this evening---- Stair Stepper for 15 minute warm-up; CrossTrainer for 45 minutes; Couch to 5K for 30 minutes; Weight training (lower) for 30 minutes intermixed with Rowing for 30 minutes. I do the weight training and rowing together so the weight training actually has an aerobic quality to it……I'll be at the gym 2.5 hours. My hubby will be in class from 7pm-9:40p…… that gives me time to walk to the gym from our parking space and to walk back….we meet up almost perfectly on time.

Til tomorrow…..

 

 

 

The Great Yogurt Debate of 2010 . .

So yesterday I detailed my freak out over yogurt. Yoplait Original Strawberry to be exact. I was cool with the 170 calories … after a few minutes of deep breathing … but then when I entered it into my caloriecount account, it told me 15 g of fat! That broke me. I eat a very low fat diet for a variety of reasons. I try to stay around 20 g. per day but ALWAYS stay under 30. So the fat I do eat, must be worth it. A small cup of yogurt=not worth it. Anyways, I couldn't get that damn yogurt out my head. I was telling my husband about it at the grocery store last night (following him attending class and me going to the gym for 2 hours—YAY me!!) As we were in the dairy section picking out my cottage cheese doubles---give them a try by the way, they TOTALLY changed how I feel about cottage cheese!—I even made a point of finding "MY" yogurt and the "CULPRIT" yogurt. Then I showed him and compared the numbers….100 calories, 1 g. fat vs. 170 calories and 15g fat…NO WAIT………that is 1.5 g fat….WTH???? Hmmm… guess I got the wrong one again…..

But you know what, I actually dreamed about YOGURT. In my dream, I was doing the calorie calculation 9 calories per gram of fat x 15 grams of fat = 135 calories… Hmmm… I know it has some protein also….. that's awful close to the 170. Fast forward to work this morning. Guess what I was doing? If you guess digging in the trash for the yogurt container, give that blog reader a prize! YEP, I was doing the dumpster dive…well, really the breakroom trashcan dive. Come to find out…. 170 calories and 1.5 g fat. WHEW….

So I went back to check caloriecount….and guess what…………THEY have it wrong. It's on there as 15g. So I do feel a little better. I knew I hadn't TOTALLY made up 15g. I made the adjustment to my food log for yesterday and VIOLA --- 21g of fat for the day!!!!

I feel so much better….

Should I also mention that I'm down a pound more today?

Figuring this all out. . .

Can I tell you how easily excitable I am? Perfect example...I learned how to post pics in my blog! I'm so proud of myself....too proud.

Here's a photo of my hubby and I in Hawaii on the mudbug tour. Everyone else was sitting on the thing, side by side, smiling taking a picture...how Vanilla! LOL.... so hubby and I decided to change it up a little bit.

When we got back (2 hours later) and much filthier!----They asked us to sign releases.....This is now a poster in their shop and used in their advertising.......
Love their motto "Do Something Dirty"