4th of July - holiday bust

Yesterday started out strong and then resulted in a bust of a day.
I was keeping track of my calories and even after my 8 mile bike ride to a picnic I was only around 900-100 intake so far for the day and feeling good.

But then I let myself have a drink.
I looked it up to make sure alcohol wouldn't make antibiotics stop working and it doesn't-- alcohol can just cause serious reactions (like sickness and fatigue) when you're on antibiotics. So I had 2 glasses of wine... and then I was around snack foods. My bane. Chips and guacamole. I destroyed that stuff. Burgers without buns, I had 2... yogurt pretzels, potato chips... I didn't seriously binge as there were always people around, but I easily had 3000 calories yesterday.

Busy Friday ahead of me, but gotta get back on track and work my butt off this weekend.

BIG GOALS THIS MONTH and I'm not going to let my poor decisions on the holiday take away from my success!

7/3/13

I didn't sleep last night...got an anxiety-inducing call at 1and that left me awake...le sigh.

5:00a
80 - 1 medium egg + 2 whites
160 - half avocado
20 - half fresh tomato

Planking...thinking about going for a run, but starting to feel tired.
Crashed hard for a few hours.
woke up to a work call and kept grinding...made a 2nd breakfast.

10:15a
160 - 1/2 cup instant oats (measured dry)
50 - 1/3 container of zero fat Greek yogurt
...holy full...

Back to the grind! Infection seems a little bit better? Not entirely sure if that's just the antisymptom med or the antibiotic working yet :-/

2:00p
100 - turkey sausage
n/a - one leaf of cabbage

4:30
100 - apple
80 - ham

5:30
100 - kale/spinach/cabbage
160 - half avocado
25 - half tomato
80 - ham
10 - half lime's juice
10 - balsamic vinegar

3.14 mile run/walk. Actually ran the first mile without walking and was proud of myself for that. It's really hard for me to actually RUN distance when I'm alone. I need to be able to run 2 miles non-stop by the end of the month (3 would be ideal so I can do my triathlon next month). -400 calories

9:30
200 - sweet potato (less than 2 cups)
350 - guacamole
70 - 2 cups raw broccoli

11pm
100 - grapefruit

Transformation/Transition Photos

Ok, so here's a spread... me at my heaviest (215 in 2007), then just about my leanest (from just diet, not working out ~ September 2009)... and where I am now (175+). Sorry I really don't have any photos of where I started in March of this year (196.6)--all the pictures I was taking were "smart angles" :-/
My goal now is to get leaner and show more muscle definition all over (and to balance out my build). I've kept this bathing suit with the sole purpose of taking progress photos.

Here's a face comparison from March to today (sorry, I just snapped a quick one lol)

7/2/13

Went back to the doctor this morning...still in pain. Tests showed the first antibiotic was failing and the infection is still in full force. They prescribed a new antibiotic, an anti-spasmatic (so I don't feel like I have to go every 2 seconds) and sent my sample out for a full culture to make sure it's not some crazy new strand of anything that would need special attention. [p.s. Walgreen's Pharmacy is THE WORST!]
*************HEALING VIBES PLEASE******************


So I didn't eat before I went to the doctor... but I came home and chowed a bit before getting to work.
10:45a
100 - apple
100 - turkey sausage link (gluten free!)
120 - pudding :) [p.s. I am shocked I didn't eat this all last night...shocked]

I upped on my meds today to try to knock out a significant amount of work... gotta set reminders for myself to eat otherwise it'll be 6pm and I'll realize I'm on empty ;)

1:15p
80 - ham (lunch meat)

3:00p
325 - guacamole
50 - carrots

5:30p
60 - pudding (ok, it's gone now hahaha)
100 - apple

bike ride to volleyball (5.2 miles)
3 games of vball
bike ride home (5.2 miles STRAIGHT into the wind... FML with a single speed, this kills)

80 - ham
...more planking! Doing a challenge on Instagram ~ go check it out and get in on the progress train!

9:45pm
75 - kale
30 - cabbage
25 - spinach
160 - half avocado
75 - peppers (sadly, they came in oil)
360 - can of low sodium black beans, rinsed
15 - half lime
5 - balsamic vinegar
0 - apple cider vinegar
15 - liquid aminos

This puts me at 1775 calories for the day... pretty good seeing as I've been struggling lately to get enough in. I'm ok with having some low days since I know with the upcoming holiday weekend I'm going to have some high days... and I think my body likes cycling... though I haven't lost any weight recently. I need to DRINK MORE WATER and watch my sodium.

Might eat a grapefruit before bed too.
100 - grapefruit

total 1875

7/1/13 (July Goals)

It's a new month! Pretty stoked for summer :) Hopefully the rain will stop ruining my fun and it will stay beautiful out for the whole month... ah, wishful ;)

GOALS FOR JULY:
Planking - 5 minute front plank and 3 minutes on each side (current PRs are 2:22 front and 1:01 side)
[check out slambooyfitness.com for the challenge details and follow on Instagram]
Running - run 2 miles without walking [I can do with when I'm with a group, but solo I haven't done a mile yet...hoping my achilles cooperates]
Weight - I would like to get down to 170... I've been up closer to 180 the past few days, but since mid last month I hit 175 I am confident that if I stay focused on my food and drink enough water, I can do this!

So... my kidney infection is still hurting today. If it still hurts by this evening I'll go back to Urgent Care and find out what's going on. This is not fun.
Enough about icky stuff.

9:00a
100 - red delicious apple

10:30a
180 - proats

My heel is still sore, so I'm still waiting on running again... I don't want to risk re-injuring my achilles! But I can go for walks and hit the gym. My body aches and discomfort make these difficult, but I have to tough through. We'll see what the day brings. LOTS of work to do (plus searching for a 2nd job) today...

2:00p
360 - chicken
70 - peas
I needed a caloric meal in there today... definitely going to the gym later and likely for a walk... feeling good about where I am calorie wise so far for the day.

5:00p
Feeling anxious... wish I could just go RUN but my stupid Achilles :( grrrrr endless frustration.
I'm also obsessively thinking about guacamole. I need to eat something to make the cravings go away so I can effectively go shopping and get myself to the gym today.

Went for a 3.1 mile walk, 40 minutes. [- 400 calories]

8:30p
780 - Subway footlong veggie patty sandwich (honey oat, ALL veggies [no onion, no pickle], mustard & vinegar)
holy crap I was starving... scarfed that.

Was pretty torn about getting bread or anything for dinner, but I was SO low for my daily calories and I needed to go grocery shopping [NEVER GO SHOPPING WHEN YOU'RE HUNGRY] so I went back and forth with my pseudo-sponsor and decided it was ok. Just making sure my cravings stay under control tonight and tomorrow!

9:30p
180 - pudding :)