My 2011 *New Year* Challenge

[Athene]

crunches??

KARRIE!!

You have the WHOLE WIDE WORLD of ab work at your disposal and you do crunches??

Hahaha I can't move! That's why I chose them!
Seriously Les, all the muscles around my back and ribcage are so sensitive that it takes me what feels like 6 years to even roll over in bed. I am a disaster! Thank you for the link though, I will use it well as soon as possible. I don't even understand what I did to myself. I had a fever, too warm then too cold, broke a sweat then got a chill... I thought I was sick again but it turned out to just be overexertion I guess, my body temperature is back to normal again today. I couldn't raise my arms to brush my hair this morning, and it took everything in me to press down on the soap pump to wash my hands! The soap pump!

Changing the subject though - I don't want to just be whining on here constantly! - I have a question about bacon: What do you think about eating bacon once every month or so? I go out for breakfast here and there and I love to have bacon and eggs. I also like turkey bacon, but have read that it's worse than regular bacon - but for different reasons. Thoughts?

Nutrition
Breakfast - 2 eggs, 1 slice whole wheat toast, 3 strips bacon, 2 tsp ketchup, 2 cups coffee with milk.
Snack - 1 piece string cheese
Lunch - 3 oz chicken, 1 cup chopped green pepper with balsamic vinegarette.
Dinner - 2 cups carrot curry soup (260 cals), 1 slice sprouted whole wheat bread.

Workout
Sauna: 30 mins stretching, moderate effort. Still reeaaally stiff and sore.

[Athene]

I remember reading somewhere that there were more cancer-causing nitrates in turkey bacon than in pork bacon, and when I looked it up again I found there was a little debate going on: http://forums.webmd.com/.eef44f6

I guess it really depends on what type, like you guys have suggested, and how often you eat it. Duly noted.

[Athene]

Ended up having to fly out earlier than usual this morning and ate a sucky breakfast, but other than that everything was okay. Felt a lot better physically today, much less sore. Tuesday's workout really took it out of my upper body!

Nutrition
Breakfast - 2 celementines, 300 ml green tea.
Lunch - 1 cup pasta, 3 oz chicken.
Dinner - 1 cup pasta, 3 oz chicken.
Snack - 1 cup fresh blueberries, 3 oz chicken.

Workout
Cardio: 5 km/3 mile run indoors

[Athene]

I misread that as "Today's workout really took it out of the upper body"

Really, Karrie? were you running on your hands??

Good job on the run and glad you're feeling better!

Haha, yeah, I can see how that could easily happen! Thanks for the well wishes, Les, you're the best.

[Athene]

Nutrition
Meal 1 - 1 clementine, 2 scrambled eggs, 1 serving cheddar.
Meal 2 - 1/2 a pita, 1/2 can tuna, 1/2 cup fresh spinach, 1 tsp light dressing, fresh dill, 1/2 cup fresh blueberries.
Meal 3 - 1/2 a pita, 1/2 can tuna, 1/2 cup fresh spinach, 1 tsp light dressing, fresh dill, 1 cup lentil vegetable soup.
Meal 4 - 2 tbsp hummus, 1 cup celery.

Workout
Cardio: 20 km stationary bike

[Boss Man]

Bacon does actually contain some Omega 3 and 6, but if you trim the white stuff off the side and grill it, the grilling will also lose some of the fat content, so you end up with less total fat, but hopefully a more desireable ratio, if the amount of Saturates fat lost in cooking exceeds the amount of lost Omega fat.

[Athene]

Good to know! Thanks Bossman.

[Boss Man]

The main thing is to just limit it and not go bazurk.

[Boss Man]

Yep, I sit corrected

Pity really, as I liked my spelling better .

[Athene]

Noted and noted. Today was my Mom's birthday and my family went for brunch to celebrate.... I went berserk. lol God damn! I ate like a sumo wrestler today, one huge, fat meal. I know I'm laughing and it's not funny, but I really didn't feel out of control, and I worked out a lot this week so I'm just trying to cut myself some slack. It's the end of the month, I've lost 5 pounds - it's going to be okay. If I want to keep having progress though I know I need to navigate "brunch"/family dinners/special events much better and not just go with it.

Nutrition
Meal 1 - 3 egg omelet with red and green pepper, 2 strips bacon, 2 sausage links, 1 pancake, 3 tbsp maple syrup, 2 cups coffee.
Meal 2 - 1 sliver chocolate cake, 1 bottle perrier.
Meal 3 - 3 stalks celery

Workout
Cardio: 1000 m swim, vigorous effort.

[Boss Man]

I find the concept of Brunch hilarious, but I wonder why nobody eats Linner? That's just referred to as an afternoon snack.

Over here we kind of do brunch, but it's just called elevenses, because a lot of people have it at well 11 AM

That and the fact tenses or ten thirtieses sounds a bit crappier.

[Athene]

That makes me feel better about it - thanks for sharing your experiences with that Allison and Les.

And Bossman - restaurants actually hold special "Brunch", typically from 9AM-2PM, and they have a specific menu that everyone expects, at usually $20 or $30 per person, depending on the place - it's a whole thing! "Doing brunch" here is like a cultural exercise lol Even though it basically equates to "big fat overpriced breakfast that takes all day" - that's why I love it!

[Athene]

Nutrition
Meal 1: 2 scrambled eggs, 1 cup fresh spinach, 1 slice sprouted grain toast, 300 ml coffee with skim milk.
Meal 2: 1 string cheese, 1 clementine.
Meal 3: 1/2 cup cottage cheese, 1 cup fresh blueberries.
Meal 4: 1 can tuna, 1 cup english cucumber.

Workout
Cardio: 20 km stationary bike, vigorous effort.

[Athene]

I've only been a full time student and a full time employee 2 days and I'm already feeling overwhelmed. We'll see how regularly I post for the next two months, but rest assured I will be working hard no matter what I'm doing! I have decided to challenge myself to have a "cheat free February" since I was so disappointed by the amount of indulging I did this past month. Even if I do "cheat" here and there, I'm hoping to really clean things up a bit. Looking at today, I see too much fat - too much cheese and hummus. I had the fat covered by the oysters.

Nutrition
Meal 1: homemade cranberry lemon muffin, 300 ml coffee with skim milk. (I missed breakfast because I didn't get up early enough to catch my bus, hence the muffin)
Meal 2: 1 string cheese, 1 clementine.
Meal 3: 1/2 cup cottage cheese, 1 cup fresh blueberries, 300 ml coffee with skim milk.
Meal 4: 1 string cheese, 1 clementine.
Meal 5: 1 pita with 2 tbsp hummus and 1 cup chopped tomato and fresh spinach, 1 tin hardwood smoked oysters.

Workout
No time! Had to cancel kickboxing.

[Athene]

Nutrition
Meal 1: 1 cup oatmeal, 3 prunes, dash cinnamon, 7 almonds.
Meal 2: 350 ml black tea, 1 string cheese, 1 clementine.
Meal 3: 1 pita with spinach/green pepper/tomato/hummus, 350 ml black tea.
Meal 4: 1 piece homemade banana bread, 300 ml coffee with skim mill, 1 string cheese, 1 clementine.
Meal 5: 2 eggs, 1 cup chopped green pepper/tomato, 1 slice sprouted grain bread.
Meal 6: 1 slice whole wheat bread, 2 tbsp peanut butter, 250 ml skim milk.

Workout
TBA