Week 1 done

Well, I didn't do as well as I would have liked, but definitely could have done much worse.

Tuesday
I can't remember exactly what I ate, but I think it was a green monster for breakfast, apple and almonds for snack, whatever I had planned to eat for lunch (can't remember, but I know my black bean soup was done done yet), and frozen tilapia with shrimp from BJs for dinner with some steamed frozen veggies.  The only thing I ate during the day that was not planned was a Kashi granola bar I had at work.  I think I had a Fiber One 90 calorie brownie for a snack at home too.  I did go to the gym after work and I joined.  I also did 30 min. on the ARC trainer and burned about 300 calories according to the machine.

Wednesday
I went to the gym in the morning and did 45 min. of RPM (spin) and then had a homemade Larabar.  Later on, I had a green monster with protein powder, strawberries, milk, agave nectar, and spinach.  For lunch I had a salad, but never ate my soup that I brought.  I had oatmeal with some PB and an apple with almonds for snacks.  For dinner, I had an unexpected work meeting at a friend's house and had 3 pieces of pizza (blotted the oily cheese) and some fresh salsa and chips.  I think I had a no sugar added ice cream sandwich that night for a snack.

Thursday
I went to the gym in the morning and did an hour of body pump and then had a homemade Larabar.  Later on, I had  green monster with protein powder, strawberries, milk, agave nectar, and spinach.  For lunch I had a salad and my black bean soup.  I had oatmeal with some PB and an apple with almonds for snacks.  For dinner, I made Hungry Girl alfredo noodles using tofu shirataki noodles, ff sour cream, parmesan cheese, and Laughing Cow cheese.  I also had chick'n I made using the recipe at http://www.brannyboilsover.com/.  I had my final ice cream sandwich that night.

Friday
I had egg beaters, spinach, and Laughing Cow cheese for breakfast and an apple and almonds for snack. It was one of my closest coworker's last day at my school so we went out to lunch.  However, we chose a healthy restaurant with local food.  I had a tuna steak (small portion) with salad, cantaloupe, and some roasted potatoes (maybe 1/4 cup).  The trouble came when the waitress brought 2 huge chocolate chip oatmeal cookies to the table.  YUM!  The four of us shared them, but I still should have refrained.  For dinner, we went out for Chinese food to celebrate a friend's commissioning in the military.  I had a spring roll and sesame tofu with rice.  Should have refrained from the spring roll for sure.  Then we went to Rudee's by the water and I had one drink.

Saturday
So far, I slept in/stayed in bed until close to 11 am.  I had steel cut oatmeal for breakfast and then my leftover tofu and rice for lunch.  For a snack later on, I had 2 (:( ) 90 calorie Fiber One brownies and at around 5 pm I had a salad since I was hungry and I am not quite sure what we're doing for dinner.

I think my weight stayed about the same this week, but I will weigh in Tuesday to get an accurate weight.  I also need to post my starting measurements, etc.  I have my first appt. with a trainer at the gym next Friday also.  Tomorrow, I plan to do body pump and a little cardio or Body Vive at the gym and then I am going to a local park to walk around the lake with a friend.

Things to improve:

• Drink more water.
• Eat veggies with every meal
• Eat planned foods

Things I did well:

• Followed my gym plan for the week
• Stayed on plan for meals at work the majority of the time