Challenge 2017: A More Toned, Filled Out, Yet Still Lean Workout Machine in 2017 - OCTOBER 2017

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Challenge 2017: A More Toned, Filled Out, Yet Still Lean Workout Machine in 2017 - OCTOBER 2017

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This is Food & Exercise Journal for OCTOBER 2017





Feel free to join me in posting your daily food intake and/or exercise. I met weight loss goals March 20th, 2005 and then over the next year lost 10 more pounds and since that time have held steady in a 3 to 4 pound range. I did Pilates, weight workouts and walking to meet initial weight loss and have continued to use them and other workouts over the next 9 years. It's all about moderation, eating sensibly and having variety. We cook our own 'frozen meals' yet still eat what we like and also have ice cream, cake and other yummy treats but again in moderation. This is a life long journey, not a diet that once you reach a goal you go back to what you were doing before and guess what get the same result....gain weight and start the process all over again. It's not easy but it also shouldn't be that hard that you don't want to do it. Most people don't cause they want their pizza, ice cream, cake, brownies....(fill in the blank). We get to have all we want and like but again the key is "in moderation". We have an ice cream scoop and limit ourselves to 1, 2, or 3 scoops. We eat a serving size, not a mega size and get to eat what we like, when we like. Remember no one but you can do this....so our motto for not only staying healthy but many things in our life is "WHO MAKES IT HAPPEN, YOU DO".



So join me in making things happen for you. Sue
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Re: Challenge 2017: A More Toned, Filled Out, Yet Still Lean Workout Machine in 2017 - OCTOBER 2017

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STILL NO CANDY OR LOZENGES

Weigh in today up 2 lbs to 114.5

B - 1/2 plain bagel toasted with a little Kraft cream cheese, 1 cup of tea, and 2 glasses of OJ, glass of milk; AB - 1 glass of water and 1 butterscotch candy, 1 lozenge; S- 25 Pretzel sticks for sodium intake, handful of popcorn, slice of Provolone cheese, glass of ice tea; 1 glass of water; D - (1) Red Baron Deep Dish Supreme pizza (pepperoni, sausage, red and green peppers) (163 gms) topped with a little shredded parmesan cheese and mozzarella cheese, glass of ice tea; AD - cup of coffee with a little milk and sugar; 1 glass of ice tea, 2 butterscotch candies; D: (2) Pepperidge Farms Milano Raspberry chocolate cookies; Bedtime - 1 glass of water
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Re: Challenge 2017: A More Toned, Filled Out, Yet Still Lean Workout Machine in 2017 - OCTOBER 2017

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STILL NO CANDY OR LOZENGES

15 walk this morning and evening workout dancing

B: Small bowl of Rice crispies with 14 blueberries and a little milk, a cup of tea and OJ. AB: Glass of ice coffee with a little sugar and vanilla creamer; 1 glass of water; 1 butterscotch candy, 1 lozenge; Lunch: A portion of Trans Ocean Crab Classic Imitation Crab (a blend of premium wild caught Alaska Pollock and King Crab Meat) 4 ounces mixed with 4 each diced (red, green, orange and yellow peppers), 25 small halves of Lindsay olives, a squirt of lemon juice, pepper, basil, oregano and mixed with Wish Bone Light Parmesan Peppercorn Ranch dressing (approx 2 tablespoons) and a portion of Delmonte Light Sliced peaches (15 oz), all diced up, glass of ice tea; AL: 1 glass of water, 2 butterscotch candies; Dinner: 1) Gorton's Grilled Wild Salmon fillet (3.15 ounces) over a bed of orzo (1/4 cup) with diced peppers (2 each of red, green, orange and yellow), and all mixed with a splash of olive oil and lemon with a sprinkle of Parmesan cheese, with a slice of French bread toasted with a little Country Crock margarine, glass of ice tea; AD - Cup of coffee with a little milk and sugar; 1 glass of ice tea, 2 butterscotch candies; D: 3 Pepperidge Farm Milano lemon/chocolate cookies; BT - 1 glass of water
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Re: Challenge 2017: A More Toned, Filled Out, Yet Still Lean Workout Machine in 2017 - OCTOBER 2017

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STILL NO CANDY OR LOZENGES

Walking up and back to office today

B: Eggo waffle toasted with a little Country Crock margarine, along with a cup of tea, glass of OJ; AB: Glass of ice coffee with a little sugar and vanilla creamer; 1 glass of water; 1 butterscotch candy, 1 lozenge Lunch: A portion of Trans Ocean Crab Classic Imitation Crab (a blend of premium wild caught Alaska Pollock and King Crab Meat) 4 ounces mixed with 4 each diced (red, green, orange and yellow peppers), 25 small halves of Lindsay olives, a squirt of lemon juice, pepper, basil, oregano and mixed with Wish Bone Light Parmesan Peppercorn Ranch dressing (approx 2 tablespoons) and a portion of Delmonte Light Sliced peaches (15 oz), all diced up, glass of ice tea; Dinner: Michelina's manicotti topped with a little pepper and 2 teaspoons of Parmesan cheese, and a slice of Italian bread with a little Country crock margarine, glass of ice tea; AD - cup of coffee with a little milk and sugar; 1 glass of ice tea, 2 butterscotch candies; D: (1) Hostess Streusel cake; BT - 1 glass of water
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STILL NO CANDY OR LOZENGES

RLW of shopping

B: (1) slice of French bread toasted with a little Country Crock margarine, a cup of tea and OJ, a cup of tea and OJ; AB: Glass of water shared w/DH and bottle of water 24 oz shared w/DH; 1 butterscotch candy, 1 lozenge Lunch: A portion of Trans Ocean Crab Classic Imitation Crab (a blend of premium wild caught Alaska Pollock and King Crab Meat) 4 ounces mixed with 4 each diced (red, green, orange and yellow peppers), 25 small halves of Lindsay olives, a squirt of lemon juice, pepper, basil, oregano and mixed with Wish Bone Light Parmesan Peppercorn Ranch dressing (approx 2 tablespoons) and a portion of Delmonte Light Sliced peaches (15 oz), all diced up, glass of ice tea;; AL: 1 glass of water, 2 butterscotch candies; Dinner: Barilla spaghetti with clams, oregano and basil seasonings and topped with a can of tomato sauce, pepper and 2 teaspoons of Parmesan/Romano cheese with a small heel and a small slice of Italian bread with a little Country crock margarine, small glass of Beringer's white zinfandel, glass of ice; AD - cup of coffee with a little sugar and milk; 1 glass of ice tea and 1 glass of water, 2 butterscotch candies; D: (3) Pepperidge Farm Milano lemon/chocolate cookies; BT - 1 glass of water
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STILL NO CANDY OR LOZENGES

RLW with vacuum and dancing for evening workout

B: Onion bagel toasted with a little Country Crock margarine, along with a cup of tea and OJ; AB: Glass of ice coffee with a little Coffee Mate vanilla creamer; 1 glass of water; 1 butterscotch candy, 1 lozenge; 1 butterscotch candy, 1 lozenge; Lunch: A portion of Trans Ocean Crab Classic Imitation Crab (a blend of premium wild caught Alaska Pollock and King Crab Meat) 4 ounces mixed with 4 each diced (red, green, orange and yellow peppers), 25 small halves of Lindsay olives, a squirt of lemon juice, pepper, basil, oregano and mixed with Wish Bone Light Parmesan Peppercorn Ranch dressing (approx 2 tablespoons) and a portion of Delmonte Light Sliced peaches (15 oz), all diced up, glass of ice tea;; AL: more water or ice tea in bottles, 2 butterscotch candies; Dinner: (2.5 ounces) of Egg noodles with half of one package of McCormick's brown gravy (mixed with 1 1/2 cup of water) and 2/3 cups of peas and carrots (so 1/3 cup for each of us on our plate) topped with salt and pepper, and 2 teaspoons of Parmesan/Romano cheese, with a sprinkle of salt, pepper, onion powder and basil, with a small slice of French bread toasted with a little Country Crock margarine, glass of ice tea; AD - cup of coffee with a little milk and sugar; 1 glass of ice tea, 2 butterscotch candies; D: (1) Hostess Ding Dong; BT - 1 glass of water
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Re: Challenge 2017: A More Toned, Filled Out, Yet Still Lean Workout Machine in 2017 - OCTOBER 2017

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September Report

Had some issues with workouts during the month of September. Plus with having to plan "good cleaning" around and Chuck's appointments and shopping trips and " body rebelling" well it just is a chaotic time sot say the least. So walking and doing some dancing along with the work of cleaning will be workouts till the season starts. Which as most of you know means a break in workouts till January.... old body is done a lot of rebelling this year so I am listening and doing what I can, when I can....all that I can do. As usual will also have RLW of walking for shopping day instead of regular one. So plan for September kind of hit a snag on Thursday, September 14th due to next pain and Friday the 15th got a 20 minute walk in, in the morning but evening wasn't feeling very well again.

Was back on the stick on Monday the 18th with the change in workouts with a 15 minute walk in the morning and dancing in the evening; which continued till the 20th and then a RLW on Thursday morning, the 21st, of vacuuming and backyard and window cleaning.

Did walk on the 22nd in the a.m., but was tuckered out Friday evening. Finished the month with walking and RLW's with cleaning.

So all in all not too bad of a month. However, October, November and December will be lots of RLW's of cleaning filled in with mornings of walking when I can and dancing for the remainder of the year.


Weigh Ins for the Month:


9/3/17 Sunday weigh in 114.5
9/10/17 Sunday weigh in 115.5
9/17/17 Sunday weigh in 114.5
9/24/17 Sunday weigh in 112.5


October workouts through the end of the year will be walking or RLW for MWF and dancing in the evening and T-Th dancing in the evening.


Food goals: Food goals have not changed but remain the same...continue to take vitamin D, and keep up the increase in the fruits and veggies in diet, and try some different type of veggies, which we have been doing well with. Also continue to try out some different recipes, which had we are bound and determined this year to do better with. I will also continue with the getting in chocolate several times a week. PB is no longer an eating option for me. As for desserts we have made a switch and am keeping portion controls as I need to. Our soups mixed with egg noodles are working out great giving up lots of veggies and the sauce is already included; in addition to getting 2 dinners out of a can. Plus tummy likes it too LOL We will continue to have them over other types of noodles, like little farfalle and ditalini pasta too.

We have made up a number of the following ideas for dinners and just adding to our menu. In addition we have a number of ideas for different bases to go over pasta, making casseroles, etc. Plus making calzones, and pastry filled with vegetables and other filling to add to our diet for even more variety. We did a test one and it worked out great.

Trying to continue a variety of foods in our diet. Doing very well getting fish into diet having it on most Friday's and have also been getting it in during the week also. In addition adding diced peppers, potatoes, corn, spinach and other veggies to go with the fish has worked out well too. Still have had to be careful on portions as stomach still rebels on occasion, hence no weight gain in 2017 and slowly increase portion sizes to maybe put some weight on. Some weeks it goes up but then comes right back down again. Wish me luck.
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Re: Challenge 2017: A More Toned, Filled Out, Yet Still Lean Workout Machine in 2017 - OCTOBER 2017

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STILL NO CANDY OR LOZENGES

15 minute walk for morning workout

B: Small bowl of Rice crispies with 14 blueberries and a little milk, a cup of tea and OJ. AB: Glass of ice coffee with a little Coffee Mate vanilla creamer; 1 glass of water; 1 butterscotch candy, 1 lozenge; Lunch: A portion of Trans Ocean Crab Classic Imitation Crab (a blend of premium wild caught Alaska Pollock and King Crab Meat) 4 ounces mixed with 4 each diced (red, green, orange and yellow peppers), 25 small halves of Lindsay olives, a squirt of lemon juice, pepper, basil, oregano and mixed with Wish Bone Light Parmesan Peppercorn Ranch dressing (approx 2 tablespoons) and a portion of Delmonte Light Sliced peaches (15 oz), all diced up, glass of ice tea; AL: 1 glass of water, 2 butterscotch candies; Dinner: Gorton's Crunchy Breaded Fish Fillets (Alaska Pollock) 2 fillets (108 grams) with a side of Wish Bone Light Parmesan Peppercorn Ranch dressing to dunk in and a serving of Betty Crocker instant mashed potatoes, glass of ice tea; AD - cup of coffee with a little milk and sugar; 1 glass of ice tea, 2 butterscotch candies; D: 3 Pepperidge Farm Milano chocolate cookies; BT - 1 glass of water
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B: Slice of split top white bread toasted with Philadelphia cream cheese and Smucker's Grape jelly, 1 cup tea and OJ; AB: Glass of ice coffee with a little Coffee Mate vanilla creamer; glass of water and 1 butterscotch candy, 1 lozenge; Lunch: Don't do a regular lunch on Saturday but a handful of popcorn, 25 Pretzel sticks for sodium intake, slice of Provolone cheese, glass of ice tea; ; AL: - 1 glass of water, 2 butterscotch candies; Dinner: 2.5 eggs scrambled in a tortilla with 2 scallions diced up, salt/pepper for eggs and topped eggs with a sprinkle of parmesan cheese/mozzarella/Mexican blend with some of homemade hot sauce (ketchup and Tapatio sauce), glass of ice tea; AD - cup of coffee with a little milk and sugar; 1 glass of ice tea, 2 butterscotch candies; D: (2) Pepperidge Farm Milano chocolate/lemon cookies; 2 butterscotch candies, Bedtime: 1 glass of water
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Weigh in today holding steady at 114.5

B - 1/2 onion bagel toasted with a little Kraft cream cheese, 1 cup of tea, and 2 glasses of OJ, glass of milk; AB - 1 glass of water and 1 butterscotch candy, 1 lozenge; S- 25 Pretzel sticks for sodium intake, handful of popcorn, slice of Provolone cheese, glass of ice tea; 1 glass of water; D - (1) Red Baron Deep Dish Meat Trio (pepperoni, sausage, and ham) (163 gms) topped with a little shredded parmesan cheese and mozzarella cheese, glass of ice tea; AD - cup of coffee with a little milk and sugar; 1 glass of ice tea, 2 butterscotch candies; D: (3) Pepperidge Farms Milano Raspberry chocolate cookies; Bedtime - 1 glass of water
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15 walk this morning

B: Small bowl of Rice crispies with 16 blueberries and a little milk, a cup of tea and OJ. AB: Glass of ice coffee with a little sugar and vanilla creamer; 1 glass of water; 1 butterscotch candy, 1 lozenge; Lunch: 1 slice of Muenster cheese with a little mustard on a slice of wheat bread toasted, a portion of Dole Mandarin oranges (15 oz), diced up, glass of ice tea; AL: 1 glass of water, 2 butterscotch candies; Dinner: (5) Gorton's Fish Sticks (Alaskan Pollock) with (2 each) green and red pepper strips and 2 each yellow and orange pepper strips diced, 2 scallions diced up, and topped with a sprinkle of Mexican blend/Mozzarella/Parmesan cheese with home made spicy sauce (1 tablespoon Heinz ketchup/1 teaspoon of Tapatio sauce), glass of ice tea;, glass of ice tea; AD - Cup of coffee with a little milk and sugar; 1 glass of ice tea, 2 butterscotch candies; D: 2 Pepperidge Farm Milano orange/chocolate cookies; BT - 1 glass of water
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RLW cleaning

B: Eggo waffle toasted with a little Country Crock margarine with some cinnamon sugar, along with a cup of tea, glass of OJ; AB: Glass of ice coffee with a little sugar and vanilla creamer; 1 glass of water; 1 butterscotch candy, 1 lozenge Lunch: 1 slice of Muenster cheese with a little mustard on a slice of wheat bread toasted, a portion of Dole Mandarin oranges (15 oz), diced up, glass of ice tea; Dinner: (2.5 ounces) of Egg noodles with half of one package of McCormick's brown gravy (mixed with 1 1/2 cup of water) topped with salt and pepper, and 2 teaspoons of Parmesan/Romano cheese, with a sprinkle of salt, pepper, onion powder and basil, with a small slice of French bread toasted with a little Country Crock margarine, glass of ice tea; AD - cup of coffee with a little milk and sugar; 1 glass of ice tea, 2 butterscotch candies; D: (1) Hostess Streusel cake; BT - 1 glass of water
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15 minute walk this a.m.

B: Small bowl of Rice crispies with 16 blueberries and a little milk, a cup of tea and OJ. AB: Glass of ice coffee with a little sugar and vanilla creamer; 1 glass of water; 1 butterscotch candy, 1 lozenge; Lunch: 1 slice of Muenster cheese with a little mustard on a slice of wheat bread toasted, a portion of Dole Mandarin oranges (15 oz), diced up, glass of ice tea; AL: 1 glass of water, 2 butterscotch candies; Dinner: (1 of 6 meals from the box) Penne pasta with peppers (red, green, orange and yellow) with basil and oregano and tomato sauce with a slice of Italian bread, glass of ice; AD - cup of coffee with a little sugar and milk; 1 glass of ice tea and 1 glass of water, 2 butterscotch candies; D: (2) Pepperidge Farm Milano lemon/chocolate cookies; BT - 1 glass of water
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RLW with vacuum

B: Half of an Onion bagel toasted with a little Country Crock margarine, along with a cup of tea and OJ; AB: Glass of ice coffee with a little Coffee Mate vanilla creamer; 1 glass of water; 1 butterscotch candy, 1 lozenge; 1 butterscotch candy, 1 lozenge; Lunch: 1 slice of Muenster cheese with a little mustard on a slice of wheat bread toasted, a portion of Dole Mandarin oranges (15 oz), diced up, glass of ice tea; AL: glass of water, 2 butterscotch candies; Dinner: Michelina's Fettuccine Alfredo with half a serving (1/3 cup) of peas, a little pepper and 2 teaspoons of Parmesan/Romano cheese, and a small slice of Italian bread with a little Country crock margarine, glass of ice tea; AD - cup of coffee with a little milk and sugar; 1 glass of ice tea, 2 butterscotch candies; D: (1) Hostess Ding Dong; BT - 1 glass of water
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15 minute walk and RLW's cleaning

B: Small bowl of Rice crispies with 14 blueberries and a little milk, a cup of tea and OJ. AB: Glass of ice coffee with a little Coffee Mate vanilla creamer; 1 glass of water; 1 butterscotch candy, 1 lozenge; Lunch: 1 slice of Muenster cheese with a little mustard on a slice of wheat bread toasted, a portion of Dole Mandarin oranges (15 oz), diced up, glass of ice tea; AL: 1 glass of water, 2 butterscotch candies; Dinner: Johnsonville Hot Italian sausage (82 grams) with (4 each) green and red pepper strips and 2 each yellow and orange pepper strips diced, 2 scallions diced, and topped with a sprinkle of Mexican Melody/Mozzarella/Parmesan cheese, glass of ice tea; AD - cup of coffee with a little milk and sugar; 1 glass of ice tea, 2 butterscotch candies; D: 3 Pepperidge Farm Milano chocolate cookies; BT - 1 glass of water
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