NROL4W - Stage 4 - Friday - Cathe Kickboxing

After I blogged last night, I had a piece of dark chocolate with fat free whipped topping [2 pts].

I did the Cathe Friedrich kickboxing workout that is on my dvr. It was much more fun this second time around. I burned 297 calories (3 activity points).

Food:
plum & cottage cheese
eggs w/ onion, red peppers & garlic, toasted Sandwich Thin w/ sugar free jelly [1 pt]
chicken breast, romaine lettuce, carrots, peppers & homemade honey mustard dressing, baked zucchini chips
crumb-coated chicken thighs [1 pt for coating] w/ pasta, broccoli & cheese sauce [2 pts]
yogurt w/ cereal

80 ounces of water and three coffees. 4 weekly and 10 activity points remaining.

Tomorrow's workout - Stage 5A

Days Binge Free: 40

NROL4W - Stage 4 - Thursday - Workout B4

After I blogged last night, I had some almonds and dark chocolate [7 pts].

Stage 4B

wide grip dead lift off box 3x8x80 lbs
90 s rest

Bulgarian split squat 3x8x25 lbs
underhand lat pulldown (assisted chin up) 3x8 - 1 unassisted and 7 assisted per set
90 s rest

reverse lunge from box w/ forward reach 3x8x25 lbs
dumbbell prone Cuban snatch 3x8x10 lbs
90 s rest

(long arm) Swiss ball crunch 3x8
reverse crunch 3x8
Swiss ball side crunch 3x8
90 s rest

prone cobra 3x120 s
90 s rest

Intervals: Intervals: 3 min warm up, 1 min work/2 min recovery x 5, 2 min cool down - I did a light jog for my recovery intervals, and for my work intervals, high knees and butt kicks. I burned 148 calories.

I realized that in my last B workout, I did YTWL instead of prone cuban snatches! No wonder I was freaking dying!!! 2 points for weights and 1 for intervals.

Food:
yogurt & oatmeal w/ chocolate protein powder [1 pt]
eggs w/ avocado, toasted Sandwich Thin w/ sugar free jelly [1 pt]
banana
easy vegetarian chili w/ toasted Sandwich Thin & garlic butter [4 pts] - This was so good!!! I cannot say enough about it. It was fantastic. I just loved it! [http://bodyforbecky.blogspot.com/2010/08/easy-vegetarian-chili-recipe.html]
apple w/ cheese [4 pts] - Cheese is my miracle food. Whenever I eat it, I want nothing else after it.

80 ounces of water and three coffees. 10 weekly and 7 activity points remaining. GHGs accounted for.

Tomorrow's workout - Cathe Kickboxing. I keep forgetting that is on the dvr!

Days Binge Free: 39

Easy Vegetarian Chili - Recipe

Since going to a second meatless day this week, I decided to start out with something easy and just tweak it a bit. It calls for textured vegetable protein, a soy product used in place of meat.

1/2 c dried black beans

1/2 c dried pinto beans

1 14-oz can diced tomatoes

1 8-oz can tomato sauce

1/2 onion, diced

3 cloves roasted garlic, minced

1 bell pepper, diced 

2 tbsp olive oil

1/4 cup vegetable broth

2 tbsp chili powder

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp pepper

dash cayenne pepper

dash red pepper flakes 

1/2 cup TVP + 1/2 cup water

1. Cook the dried beans according to the directions on the package.

2. In a medium to large soup pot, sautee the onion, bell pepper and garlic in the olive oil. Add tomatoes, vegetable broth and chili powder and stir.

3. Reduce heat to medium low and add beans. Stir occasionally and cook for at least 20 minutes. Add TVP and water 10 minutes before done cooking. Of course, the longer you cook chili the better, but if you're pressed for time, 20 minutes is fine.

4. For a spicier chili, add extra cayenne and red pepper flakes. Makes 6 servings.

Per Living Cookbook, each serving has 289 calories, 7 g fat, 50 g carbs (15 g fiber), 14 g protein. 5.5 WW points/Core friendly.

I cannot tell you how delicious this dish is!!! My husband raved about it and didn't even notice that the "stuff" in it was not hamburger! 

NROL4W - Stage 4 - Wednesday - Beach Day

I know I had a workout scheduled, but we went to the beach early in the morning (before the blazing hot sun gets too intolerable for me) and that exhausted me completely. I'll do my last Stage 4 workout tomorrow.

Food:
plum & cottage cheese
eggs w/ avocado, toasted Sandwich Thin w/ sugar-free jelly [1 pt]
raw vegetables w/ homemade honey mustard dressing
taco salad [2 pts for shells] - I was just going to have tacos but I figured I would get more vegetables and less burger if I ate it in salad form, and I was right.
apple & yogurt

80 ounces of water and four coffees. 27 weekly and 4 activity points remaining. I got in my GHGs, too.

Tomorrow's workout - Stage 4B, I promise.

Days Binge Free: 38

NROL4W - Stage 4 - Tuesday - Turbo Jam Fat Blaster

Happy birthday, blog! It was 3 years ago today that I made my first post. I've come a long way, baby!

I did Turbo Jam Fat Blaster this morning. So much fun. I really gave it my all and burned 248 calories (2 activity points).

Food:
plum & cottage cheese
eggs w/ avocado, toasted Sandwich Thin w/ sugar free jelly [1pt]
chicken breast w/ romaine lettuce, red pepper slices and homemade honey mustard dressing
banana
grilled turkey patty w/ cheese [2 pts] on Flat Out bread [1 pt], red pepper slices

80 ounces of water and three coffees. 30 weekly and 4 activity points remaining. I got in all my GHGs.

Tomorrow's workout - Stage 4B, the last!! I won't miss Stage 4.

Days Binge Free: 37

NROL4W - Stage 4 - Monday - Workout A4

Stage 4A

front squat/push press 3x8x50 lbs

90 s rest

(barbell) step up 3x8x75 lbs

dumbbell one-point row 3x8x25 lbs

90 s rest

static lunge, rear foot elevated 3x8x25 lbs

push up 3x8

90 s rest

plank 3x120 s

cable wood chop 3x8 - purple band

90 s rest

Food:
plum & cottage cheese
eggs w/ avocado, toasted Sandwich Thin w/ sugar-free jelly [1 pt]
banana, red pepper slices w/ homemade honey mustard dressing
black bean & bulgur chili - I just threw this together, no recipe or anything, and OMG, it was so good! I definitely overate. In fact, in 3 hours, I ate the entire pan. I don't feel guilty but I am sad there won't be leftovers for lunch tomorrow.

80 ounces of water and four coffees. 34 weekly and 2 activity points remaining. I got in all my GHGs.

Tomorrow's workout - Turbo Jam Fat Blaster

Days Binge Free: 36

NROL4W - Stage 4 - Sunday - Rest Day

I did an official weigh in today (for HRM setting purposes) and I lost 3 pounds in July. I'll take it, even though my goal at this point is not not gain while I try to get a handle on the binges. I also pulled out my tape measure and Accu-Measure body fat calipers to note my waist, hip and body fat measurements. Those are the areas I will be looking for changes.

No bike ride today. It was raining, then I drove to Virginia to see Eclipse because, after only 5 weeks, my local theater decided to stop showing it, and I had to see it in theaters. Not download it, like everyone suggested. Actually IN theaters. There are certain movies series I always go see (Harry Potter, Twilight, Iron Man, Spider-Man) in the theater. Everything else, I can wait until the dvd/blu-ray comes out.

Food:
eggs w/ avocado, toasted Sandwich Thin w/ butter [2 pts]
almonds [4 pts] - This was my movie snack. No popcorn and sno-caps for me!
cantaloupe & cottage cheese - This had been sitting in my cooler with ice in it while I was watching my movie. When I got out, the cottage cheese was frozen and the cantaloupe was mush. It wasn't the greatest meal but I ate it so I wouldn't be tempted to go buy junk.
cereal w/ yogurt
grilled pork w/ mixed vegetables
pretzels [2 pts]
frozen banana treat w/ dark chocolate & fat free whipped topping [4 pts]

No water today, but I did get fluids in. I used all my points, and got in most of my GHGs (I missed my oils) - and actually yesterday, I was missing the exercise, but that's a "most days a week" requirement. For some reason I think of it as an "every day" requirement.

Tomorrow's workout - Stage 4A, last one!!

Days Binge Free: 35