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Week 2 Summary
It’s Monday, y’all! That’s right, it’s nutrition tracker picture day, and weigh-in for me. Who would have thought after only two weeks of exercising and eating right that I’d actually want to hop on a scale?
Amazingly enough, I am actually looking forward to going to the gym today, too. I love the way my body feels after I work out. It doesn’t matter if we’re doing a stretching class, a yoga class or pure cardio on the Torture Chamber (a.k.a. the Elliptical) — I still actively want to exercise! Funny how your body lets you know when it appreciates the good things you’re doing for it.
For the Shakeology® update, I’ve found that it works best for me as a lunch replacement rather than a breakfast shake. I like to have something solid in the mornings. Lately, it’s been a cup of Cheerios with milk. I usually work out in the morning and feel pretty good until lunchtime, when I make my Shakeology into a frothy milkshake. If I’m pressed for time and don’t want to clean the blender, I use an immersion blender (by far one of the best kitchen gadgets ever) and 12 ounces of milk. Of course, if you’re really trying to really cut back on calories, you can make your Shakeology with water. I just like the extra calcium and flavor boost from the milk.
In the afternoon a good 100-calorie snack will keep me going until dinner. Tonight, I’m thinking about baking some fresh salmon fillets. They’re super healthy, nutrient-rich and very, very easy. Think brush with olive oil and bake for ten minutes easy. Love it!
Tomorrow I’m going to start posting about some of the ingredients in Shakeology that make it so awesome. Stay tuned!
p.s. Look how awesome this week’s nutrition tracker is compared to last week’s! And no, I’m not starving.
p.p.s. 1 pound down!!
Getting Fit: The Nutrition Factor
First things first. If you’re working out and trying to lose weight, you have to keep track of what you’re eating. Seriously. Why bother to do a P90X video or spend 30 minutes on the Elliptical if you’re going to negate all your hard work by stopping at the drive-thru on your way home from the gym?
Keep track of what you eat. Use a legal pad. Use a spreadsheet. Use the Beachbody® website. Whatever you use, note down everything you eat and drink. I promise that after a few weeks of inputting your favorite foods in a calorie calculator that you will think twice about that jelly doughnut. (307 calories.)
Even though I’m a Beachbody® coach, I use a different means of calorie-tracking, an app on my iPhone called Lose It. (And no, I haven’t been compensated to advertise this app. I just happen to like it.) Out of all the nutrition and diet trackers I’ve ever used, Lose It is the simplest. I set my goal (to lose about 20 pounds.) It lets you choose how much you want to lose each week, with 1.5 lb being the maximum. Then you enter in your weight, height and age, and the goal calculator lets you know what your calorie budget is each day.
My daily calorie budget hovers just under 1200 calories. Above, you’ll see a picture of my first week’s log summary. The sad thing? I thought I was doing really well. Tuesday’s red bump came courtesy of a calorie-laden salad and queso dip at a popular casual dining restaurant. Thursday’s overage was thanks to a slice of my Dad’s birthday cake. Saturday and Sunday I didn’t drink Shakeology® as a meal replacement. Ugh. Shame on me.
I’m not going to bore you with days on end of “what I ate today.” However, over the course of the next few weeks I’ll be happy to share some of my meal successes — and some of the failures. I’ve found that so far today, I’m very focused on not getting any of those red bars on this week’s calorie log. I’m also not planning on starving myself.
So far, after one week of Shakeology, exercising and watching what I’m eating, I’ve lost 0 pounds. Wow. That’s… disappointing. But, I feel better. I can get up at 6 a.m. and have energy throughout the day. I can make it through the midmorning drowsiness and the 3 p.m. energy slump. And I can do 20 minutes on the Elliptical at level 3. It’s not a lot, but it’s progress.
