another good day and less sweet cravings!

Breakfast: Egg and cheese on a wheat English Muffin (Had to grab it on the go since I had Physical therapy with my youngest!)

Unsweetened iced tea

Lunch:

Yellow Zucchini with olive oil and seasoning

Low Fat Vanilla Yogurt with strawberries, and pecan/blueberry granola (SO good)

Dinner:

Omlet with mushroom, spinach and a sprinkle of feta

a handful of grapes

1 boiled egg

celery with yogurt ranch

1 small piece of pepper jack cheese

1 apple slice (I had three...damn kids!)

Snack:

A bit more yogurt with blueberry pecan granola

cheat:

cup of hot cocoa with my boys

Can't stand logging in MFP

It is way too time consuming to log everything in My Fitness Pal. I am over it, and honestly even though I make healthy decisions I am focusing way too much on calories. So I am just going to log my food here! I have given up soda completely and Juice. I stick to water and tea...okay, so mostly teas. Unsweetened, of course.


Breakfast:
1/3 C steel cut oats mixed with: 2 strawberries, 5 blackberries, 2 grapes a dash of cinnamon and salt
Unsweetened Tea

Lunch:
Probiotic- I use Gaia Source probiotic and keep it in the fridge. It works wonders!
A bowl of Kale salad (Recipe at the end of the blog)
Strawberry Smoothie: 1 Cup Almond Milk, 1tbsp Almond Butter, 1 Banana, handful of frozen strawberries, Maca Powder, 1tbsp Chia Seeds

Snack:
Homemade Bistro box: 1 boiled egg, 6 slices of cucumbers, 3 slices of apple, 1 small slice of pepper jack cheese, 6-8 grapes, dollop of almond butter, 2 celery sticks

My Cheat: eggless cookie dough...ugh I gave in!

Dinner:
Kale Salad




I am 25 weeks and 2 days pregnant




Kale Salad Recipe:
Remove stems from the kale and massage with a bit of salt and olive oil and let sit for an hour.
Mix in chopped roma tomato, feta, onion
Dressing: 1/3C olive extra virgin olive oil. 1/2 tsp garlic powder, 1tsp oregano, 1/2 tsp basil, 1/4 tsp black pepper, 1tsp dijon mustard, 1 tsp fresh lemon juice, 1/8c red wine vinegar

I started 21 day fix diet today and 22 minute hard corps, I did the cardio 1 and core 1 today, not gonna lie I had to sit out for some of the core work out, I have Diastasis Recti and my core is extremely weak. I hope this helps it. I haven't had anything with added sugar in it today and it is killing me! I had a bad habit of consuming 70, yes, 70! Grams of sugar a day. It is almost 6 PM and I have only had 22g. I had a pretty good metabolism so I hope in 8 weeks I see a substantial difference. I'll post pictures here and there for meals but to see my full diary follow me on my fitness pal Victoria91186.

I weighed myself today on the scale at the doctor to make sure it was accurate, I weighted 130.8 I have to do my measurements tomorrow I'll grab a measuring tape.

Breakfast complies with plan 1 on the 21 day fix

22 Minute Hard Corps

I haven't blogged in a while! Since last time I wrote I had another baby who will be one year old on the 8th! Since having him I have been eating SO bad, caramel frapuccino with extra extra caramel drizzle every day bad. Well, two days ago I tried on all my summer clothes and nothing fit so I immediately opened my lap top and ordered 22 Minute Hard Corps. I start tomorrow and I am so excited. Today I started my healthier eating...I am not calling it a diet. I am on my fitness pal under victoria91186 but will post some recipes here if I have a good one. I still have to order my protein powder but my shake today consisted of:

1 banana

1 cup of frozen strawberries

1 cup of organic milk (didn't have any almond milk on hand or it would have been Almond Breeze Unsweetened original)

1 tsp Maca Root Powder

2 Tbsp Natures Promise Natural Almond Butter

It was delicious and would have been even better if I had protein powder to add. I will be purchasing Ideal Shape Shake and will post about the taste and how well it suppresses my appetite. I have heard it does really well in curbing hunger. It is a bit less nutritive than Shakeology, but money is tight and Ideal Shape got great reviews on: http://www.mealreplacementshakereviews.com

Tomorrow I will post my before photo, my measurements and all that fun stuff. Hopefully they don't get deleted like my other photos. What happened Blogger?!

Arms

Today I did
48 overhead press 30lb
35 chest press 15 pound
36 butterflies using 5lb dumbbell
36 curls right after the butterflies so butterfly - curl- butterfly - curl
30 squats w 15 lb kettle bell
30 leg raises
25 minutes of cardio walking at 2.2 in a 4 incline

Breakfast
French toast
Water

Lunch
Pork tenderloin w parsley shallot sauce (ahhh mazing) and salad with bolthouse farm olive oil balsamic dressing

Dinner
Marinated chicken drum sticks
Salad

Snacking on broccoli and grape tomatoes...

Legs

Oy so I was in some pain this morning from not going for a while so if the beginning looks crazy its because I gave up on anything abs

10 slow squats using 25 lb kettle bell

12 leg ups

48 hip adduction 45lb
48 hip abduction 35 lb
48 leg press 115 lb
48 leg extension 30 lb
48 seated leg curl 30lb
25 minutes of cardio (4.05 miles) on the bike - I will only use the bike on leg days because I don't feel its a great workout for me

Back to the Gym!

I am so excited to finally be getting back in the groove. I have gained 5 pounds and lost my definition. I am going to pretty my eat what I want... In moderation.
Things I will not do: soda and cereal of any kind

Cheat days: once a week but still no soda...but probably a restaurant meal this week I already know it will be hibachi
Also, Starbucks on my husband's day off if I feel like it. So 1-2x a week

Today's meals:
1 whole egg + 1 egg white scrambles with a touch of milk and 2 tbsp salsa on top served with 2 slices of bacon and lemon water

Concord farms broccoli cheddar soup (packet mixed with fresh broccoli) and I snuck some broccoli with veggie ranch as I was cooking.
Soup is 7g carbs and 220 cal

Campbella quinoa and poblano pepper soup...water w lemon

Not sure what I will snack on tonight - probably broccoli or celery with veggie dip and jasmine green tea

Today's workout:
50 Russian twists using 8 pound medicine ball

36 squats using 20 pound kettle bell

30 lat pulldowns using 40 pounds

36 leg ups

45 curls using 10 pound dumbbells

36 butterflies using 3 pound dumbbells

45 minutes of cardio switching between brisk walking running and steep incline walking

Not too shabby for my first day back.