Wed. 5.27.09
Forgot to say that on sun. I woke up and was so pleased with the way I looked and felt.. but then I took a picture and it doesn’t translate so well!! Wt. is still around 140.
In Boston for a conference.
-oatmeal
-mixed nuts
-mixed salad with roasted salmon-really good!!
-went to the opening reception and had
-2 glasses wine
-one tiny crab cake (the size that they bring around on serving trays—tiny)
-one spinach pie---again-tiny
-5 shrimp in garlic sauce
-3 glasses wine

Wkt.
-75 min. cardio; elliptical and incline walking on treadmill.

Tue. 5.26.09
-Oatmeal with mixed nuts
-bought some Chilean sea bass (about 6 oz.) and a tiny pumpernickel/nut roll in the morning in anticipation of the busy day. I had 6 clients scheduled within 7.5 hours which is really tight.
-1 apple
After my clients, Scott and I met close to the train station where I was leaving from. A good friend of mine was in town doing his musician thing and so he met us too; I had 3 bottles of bud.
-for the train, I bought a small salad of greens, tofu, beans, cheese, onions, cucumbers, low fat dressing
-bought a small bag of pretzels on the train
-1 glass of wine

Wkt.
I knew I had a tight schedule so I got to my first client early-we wkt. in the park by the kids’ playground. I did 5 sets:
-jump step downs against the ladder (where you hold on and do the jumps off the ladder)-10 each side
-negative only chin ups; then assisted ones; about 10 reps
-plyometric push ups against the park bench; 10 reps
-crunches on the bench: I have gotten so much stronger…started with being able to do just a couple without assistance; now I got to 18-20 reps!!
-was not able to meet one client so wound up with more time….was able to walk between all clients so got a few miles in.

Mon. 5.25.09
Memorial day, and the weather was beautiful!! I had some work to do but was trying to avoid it as much as possible!!
-a few teaspoons of Hummus
-after seeing a client, Scott and I decided to stay out for awhile, so we found this place we heard had great mac n cheese; we shared a very small order; it was ok. Scott likes it soupy, I like it a bit soupy but love the well done stuff.
-2 frozen drinks
-we met some friends at the Waterfront Ale House in Brooklyn after going home and getting ready to leave the next day; I had a full day of clients and then was going to Boston tue/wed and going to Miami thur. thru sun. for 2 separate conferences.
-had a fabulous mixed salad with fried calamari; so great!
-2 beers

No wkt. but we walked several miles

Sun. 5.24.09
-A few bites of the leftover Cajun catfish we bought on fri.
-half of veggie Panini at a great local place
-2 glasses proseco
-went to see my parents who are staying at my sister’s house and Scott agreed we would go to dinner with them….(I didn’t have to twist his arm otherwise)so I had:
-apple martini
-3 pieces small bread with olive oil
-small amt. salad and mozzarella with tomato
-linguini with 2 big scallops, 2 shrimp and fish-delicious!
-we all shared 2 cannolis, and one chocolate cheese cake
-4 glasses wine

Wkt did this circuit 3 times:.
-20 min. on elliptical, then one set of:
-neg. only chin ups with 10lb. (just the first circuit)
-cable: standing rotations, single arm chest press; ab crunches
-push ups with leg up on bench
-dumbbell overhead presses

Sat. 5.23.09
Scott and I went to Philly to see the Richard Schultz exhibit at the Museum of Art; Scott used to work for him. It was great!
Kashi cereal bar for breakfast
Tuna steak with salad for lunch; big salad
2 beers
Met friends and family visiting from Germany
-had 2 more beers
-shared some fish tacos; I had 3; they were small tortillas and lots of greens.
-when we got home we made some simple nachos
-one flat sheet of chips with cheddar cheese and tons of onions and salsa
-2 glasses wine

No wkt. just walked around a lot. My legs and entire body are so sore from the workout on thur.

Fri. 5.22.09
Scott and I went to my sister’s house where my mom is staying for the week and we had lunch
-6 grilled shrimp
-small mixed salad
-small amount of pasta with tomato sauce; probably one serving of pasta
-small chocolate/strawberry tasti-d-lite yogurt with chocolate sprinkles
-went to a neighborhood place and had a cosmo to start the memorial day wknd.
-one grape leaf; one pita bread with hummus
-more hummus and pita;
-big salad with veggie burger

Wkt
Jogged for 45 min.

Thur. 5.21.09
Felt and looked super good this morning; 138.6 on the scale
Home made yogurt parfait-lots of non fat yogurt with a tiny bit of vanilla mixed in and lots of blackberries/blueberries/strawberries
Mixed nuts
Grilled swordfish; estimating 4-6 oz.
Was starving after awhile and had a Kashi bar-120 calories
Tasti-d-lie; small chocolate/vanilla with chocolate sprinkles
A few tortilla chips when I got home with salsa and 3 pieces of cheddar cheese
We had some relatives coming from Germany, and so when they got here we went to a bar and I had 1 margarita, and 1 beer
Then at home we had pizza; I had 2 slices
2 more glasses of wine

Wkt. KILLER WORKOUT!!!
I felt so motivated today! Today is day 41 until d-day, which I am counting as july 1st. We are going to North Dakota to visit Scott’s family and I can’t spend the last few days up there working towards this goal. So I am calling this on the first of july!!
In the gym, I did circuits; a couple of exercises in a row; 3 sets of everything with heavy enough wt. to only be able to do 10-15 reps. The wkt. took over one hour, which I have not done in a LONG time!!! I definitely had to catch my breath between sets.
Negative only chin ups with 10lb. on me-8 reps; I did a tiny bit of positive moves on the first one---very impressive!!
Cable
standing arm rotations; like you are stirring a pot in front of you with the cable
standing single arm chest press
ab crunches
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Side lunge with single arm dumbbell diagonal pull into shoulder press
Curtsey lunges with dumbbells
Shoulder presses
Side waist bends
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Reverse lunge
Push ups with legs on bench
Single arm horizontal row

Wed. 5.20.09
Oatmeal with mixed nuts
Apple
Grilled halibut; estimating 6-8 oz.
Mixed nuts
Small tasti-d-lite yogurt with chocolate sprinkles
Several tortilla chips with 2-3 pieces of cheddar cheese
2 glasses wine
Huge salad/veggies with veggie burger
Small handful of that popcorn again
1 glass wine
3 pieces cheddar cheese

Wkt.
Legs are so tired from cycling to and from work this week. I did an extra ¾ loop around central park. I probably totaled 25 miles

Tue. 5.19.09
Felt so good!! 140.1-so crappy eating and no wkt. works once again-!!!
Home made yogurt parfait
Some mixed nuts
Half of small nut roll
6 oz. grilled salmon
Huge salad with cauliflower casserole; not much though
-I have to say; eating the protein during the day really kept me satisfied!
-some popcorn: some kind of naked brand; low fat; very good-about one cup

Wkt.
-negative only chin ups with 10lb. around me; that feels so good! 10 reps
Heavy wts.: 2 sets of each exercise; reaching failure at about 10-12 reps
-with cable
-single arm chest presses
-chops
-standing rotations
-ab crunches
With dumbbells
-rows
-shoulder presses
-horizontal rows
-lateral raises

Mon. 5.18.09
-I woke up feeling horrible; stomach virus?
-I started with oatmeal but only ate a few bites as it wasn’t doing the trick
-an hour later, I wanted a flat bagel and cream cheese and so I did it and it was delicious!!
-1.5 hours later I was still feeling like crap so why not eat like crap? I went to a little bakery on the upper west side and got a dark chocolate/chocolate chip cookie-big and yummie! I tell you what; I was absolutely not hungry for a long time!
-at night, I made a big salad with stir fried tofu-very good!

No wkt—again!!!

Sun. 5.17.09
-half of one of those Finnish crackers with a tiny bit of peanut butter
-Scott and I went on an unplanned trip and wound up in Williamsburg. We saw this cool looking hipster burger place and ordered onion rings; what a mistake!! Scott said the batter was like what is on corn dogs. They were good for 1; maybe 2 but we each had 3 big ones to share one order. We were pissed because then we were so full for awhile and sabotaged our thoughts of grazing!
-met my brother and had 2 beers
-met another friend at a different place; watched some basketball and had about 4 big handfuls of popcorn-that place has delicious popcorn-not greasy but flavorful!
-1 beer
-Scott and I went home and I had 2 slices pizza
-plus ½ spinach roll
-2 glasses wine
-a few Frito’s ----ugh

No wkt.

Sat. 5.16.09
-felt super lean in the morning! 138.00
-home made yogurt parfait
-one package of the tuna for lunch; with mixed nuts
-one apple
-met Scott after teaching a workshop all day, and had one glass of wine
-we shared artichoke/spinach/cheese with flatbread
-one martini
-huge salad at home with veggie burger; no cheese
-2 glasses of wine
-grapes

No wkt. Teaching that workshop for 8 hours wiped me out!

Fri. 5.15.09
-One hard boiled egg; mostly the white
-3 forkfuls of the cauliflower casserole
-worked at home and got so much done! Then just sort of relaxed awhile on the couch; haven’t taken the time to do that in a long time!
-Scott and I went to the city and we sat outside and had some wine, and shared a delicious green salad with tomato and watermelon; and fish tacos. I had one taco-soft shell; pretty small
-1 martini
-we shared crispy cauliflower at the middle eastern restaurant around the corner-really good
-huge salad at home with a bit of the tuna melt from last night
-1 glass wine

Wkt.
Went to the park with my TRX equipment. Its suspension training-you strap on over the rail at the park; I did some great core exercises-you hang onto the straps and lean away, essentially doing a side waist bend but you move, instead of the band moving. And did some other stuff too, like pull ups.
Did 5 rounds of this:
-10 squat jumps
-10 push ups, focusing on the negative (lowering) with one arm—so much harder on the left.
-sit ups on the bench: I have gotten a lot stronger-I can no do 10-12 with arms behind my head
-the TRX exercises

Thur. 5.14.09
Weight was 138.2 ---feel good! I have 7 weeks to go and have to admit, this is difficult and I alternate between being totally psyched about doing this and then feeling like its too difficult.
-I did pictures and measurements on Sunday and have to say its no better than one month ago.
-smallest at midsection was 29 ¾
-at navel it was 31 inches
-the mm. at my biggest was 22.
-ugh!!
-the picture attached is from april and its no better now in may. I have to get serious these last 7 weeks!!!
-made yogurt/kashi cereal/berry parfait-so good!
-1 apple
-bought some grilled salmon with grilled veggies and ate some of that and some more a little later, and brought the rest home and shared it with Scott. I think it was a total of 2 servings.
-big salad with some of the cauliflower casserole and some tuna-a small amount but then had some more….so much for being good!
-3 glasses wine----yikes

Wkt.
-did 75 min. cardio at the gym

Wed. 5.13.09
-ok, the one glass of wine and the salad at night felt great. Wt. is 138.7 and I think I am keeping it this time!!
-oatmeal with mixed nuts
-one hard boiled egg/mostly white
-half pint blueberries after bike ride
-half of one of those small cranberry nut rolls with a some peanut butter-so good!
-small serving of the cauliflower casserole
-lots of greens/salad with onions, peppers, light dressing
-2 glasses of wine

Wkt.
-clients canceled like crazy this week! I finally took my nice bike out and went to Prospect Park and did 5 laps. Its 3.2 miles around, with no cars so you can keep up a good pace. I averaged 14.7 mph and was pretty tired after doing the 5 laps.

Tue. 5.12.09
Oatmeal with mixed nuts
Apple
Single tuna pack (by the way, I say single serving in terms of the package—its only 3oz.)
-half of a small cranberry nut roll
-half pint blackberries
-big salad; 3 cups arugula/greens; veggies
small serving of the cauliflower casserole
-1 glass of wine
-still trying to make up for weekend fun!

Wkt.
Rode my bike
It was really nice out, but I wanted to do a good wt. workout so I went to the gym:
First I did negative only chin ups with a 10lb. wt. around my waist-felt stronger than ever! Did 10, then negative only with body wt.
Several heavy sets:
Dumbbell rows, horizontal rows, overhead presses
-push ups with legs on bench
-with cable: chops, ab crunches, single arm chest press, row
-a few sets of leg lowering

Mon. 5.11.09
-Oatmeal, mixed nuts
-One apple
-Single serving tuna-that stuff is good (I know about the mercury, but am just doing this for convenience; I need to make simple fish of other varieties too)
-half pint blackberries-so delicious now!
-one very weak white wine spritzer
-1 vodka seltzer/lime
-tons of soup for dinner; leftover cauliflower soup from my mom; mixed with a veggie broth; I had at least 4 big bowls full. Trying to make up for the weekend!

Wkt.
Jogged for 1 ¼ hours. It was beautiful out and just took it easy; around central park and on the bike path on the west side. Went back to the gym and did a few core exercises:
-2 sets leg lowering; 10 reps
-crunches with extra wt. from on top and with medicine ball between knees; 10 reps/ 2 sets.

Sun. 5.10.09
Nice to be home on sun!! Mothers’ day so we went to NJ to my parents’.
-Stopped at Jacques Torres’ chocolate shop in dumbo and got several things:
-12 truffles
-4 huge cookies (2 chocolate chip and 2 mudslide)
-2 pieces of bark with nuts (1 milk and 1 dark)
-across the st. I bought a baquette for my mom as well-so good! So I ate a little piece off the end, as well as half of an almond croissant. Yummy!!
-for lunch I had 2 bowls of cauliflower soup
-a good portion of mashed potatoes
-about 4 pieces of fried eggplant
-I brought veggie burgers for me but felt my mom had plenty of food.
-we had 2 shots of jaegermeister for mothers’ day (when in Rome……my father says you need 2 since you can’t stand on one leg--!)
-2 pieces of cheese
-2 glasses of wine with dinner and dessert
-1 probably ate the equivalent of 3/4 of one of the cookies
-2 truffles –really tiny!
-a tiny piece of the dark chocolate bark thing
-4 strawberries
-so that wouldn’t have been so bad but when we got home I made nachos
-one layer of the thin chips
-tons of sautéed garlic, onions and green/red peppers; and cheese
-I figure I could have eaten about 800 calories worth of nachos….!
-1 glass wine
No wkt. What a fun day!!

Sat. 5.5.9.09
Nice to be home on a sat.!
After I got back from running and a client, I ate the insides of the other half of that tuna sub I didn’t eat yesterday. Scott and I went into the city to see some design stuff. Then stopped off at 11th bar to talk about my 50th happy hour party, so I had one beer and one glass of proseco while we talked with our friend D. and got the logistics for the party arranged with the bar manager.
-went to Dumbo as it is design week all over and we went to see the show at St. Ann’s warehouse. After that we met some other friends at the bar and I had 1 beer, one glass of proseco and a few pieces of calamari.
-had 2 more glasses of wine.
-on the way home Scott and I stopped at House of Calzone (great stuff) and got several different types of pizza slices. I ate ½ pieces, for a total of 3 slices total. Too much pizza but not much food overall I think!
Wkt.
I saw my client up in Park Slope, so I ran for 45 min. before and then 30 min. to get back home; total 1 hour 15 min.
We walked around the city, and back from Dumbo but that’s not all that much.

Fri. 5.8.09
At the conference:
-one kasha cereal bar
-one apple
-mixed nuts
-delicious crab cake with corn on the cob for lunch
-half of a huge tuna sub with onion, lettuce, tomato, mustard
-one bag of chips that were not worth it as they weren’t that good-!
-3 glasses wine
-small handful kasha cereal when I got home
Wkt.
-got up before doing my sessions at the conference and did wts. 2 sets each:
-dumbbell rows, horizontal rows-10-12 reps
-push ups with legs on the bench -15-18 reps
-dumbbell shoulder press-10-12 reps
-cable ab crunches-15 reps

Thur. 5.7.09
Going to Ocean City, Md. to present at the AFPA conference. Several clients switched, so I am going to work, and then coming home to leave from there.
-oatmeal w/ mixed nuts
-apple
-med. Veggie soup
-at the airport had a ceasar salad which was good
-an hour later got a personal pizza which was also good
-one beer at the airport
-small bag potato chips
-2 glasses of wine at the hotel when I got there.
No wkt.

Wed. 5.6.09
Starbuck’s yogurt/granola parfait. I had this great idea last night-to make my own which I have done plenty of times. I figured though that I would freeze the yogurt and fruit overnite so that it would stay more intact longer; also because the containers I had were prone to tipping over in my backpack, and had my computer with me. So-that didn’t work out, as it was a rock in the morning and so I didn’t want to carry it around melting in my backpack!!
-apple
-medium crab bisque soup
-mixed nuts
-one serving tuna
-cauliflower dish at night; with spinach and peas; ate a big portion
-3 glasses wine

Wkt.
-legs are tired; did 20 min. cardio, then the standing cable exercises
-chops, single arm chest press, and the kneeling crunches
-did that twice.

Tue. 5.5.09
-yogurt parfait and tea
-apple
-single serving tuna
-medium crab broth soup
-one biscotti from a gourmet super market sample
-half pint blackberries
-Scott made the cauliflower thing; with carrots/garlic/onion/cheese; and one with spinach/garlic/onion/pesto/cheese. I had a decent piece of each.
-3 glasses wine

Wkt.
1.5 hours cardio-that was a big barrier to get thru! Did elliptical, bike and treadmill
-leg lowering exercises

Mon. 5.4.09
I have been taking a teaspoon of fiber at night the last few nights and it makes me feel bloated in general, so that is different. I am going to try it for a few days.
-oatmeal with mixed nuts, tea
-apple
-ate the other half of the tuna wrap
-small tasti-delight yogurt
-mixed nuts
-some more of the spinach quiche from last night.
-3 glasses wine

Wkt.
-stepmill for 30 min. I haven’t done that for awhile so that felt good.
-ab/core/upper body stuff with cable and dumbbells
-standing arm moves; you stand and just move your arms with them held out front and your body stays still.
-negative only chin ups with 10 lbs. around my waist. I was pleased with how well I did with them!
-push ups with legs up on bench
-shoulder presses
-lateral raises
-rows

Sun. 5.3.09
I felt so damn good in the morning…lean, skinny! I forgot to mention that last night I ate a small -Butterfingers chocolate bar….and still felt so good in the morning-!
-Oatmeal with mixed nuts
-Apple and small amt. mixed nuts
-the single serving of tuna
-for the train ride back I bought a tuna wrap at Au Bon Pain-they are really good. I ate half
-along with some Pringles-not so good
-2 glasses wine
-when I got home Scott was making spinach quiche; with some mozzarella cheese, plus tons of roasted onion and garlic. I had a big serving of that.
-2 more glasses wine

Wkt.
60 minutes between elliptical and treadmill walking
-3 sets of abs;
-leg lowering
-wheel
-reverse crunches with hands on floor and legs on stability ball

Sat. 5.2.09
Went to Boston to teach a workshop for Equinox. On the train:
-yogurt, mixed berries/Kashi cereal
-one Kashi bar
-got to Boston; felt tired and I know that is a stimulus to eat badly and I sure did!!
-clam chowder: it was very thick which isn’t that bad but I like it not so thick. Also, it was not hot and I should have asked him to heat it up but didn’t’.
-I was walking around the tourist places close to the workshop and saw a cookie place. I had promised myself that I wouldn’t eat any chocolate until this weekend, eating a great treat, and this was definitely a mistake. I got several small cookies (chocolate chip/peanut butter; macadamia nuts, etc.) and they were not worth my one indulgence.
-after the workshop, I walked around and had:
-one martini with ceasar salad
-walked to a different place and had a wonderful dinner:
-warm bread-ate 4 pieces of crust with butter
-steamed salmon with bok choy and rice (had only a tiny bit of rice)-delicious!

No wkt.
My legs and whole body feel tired from cycling and working out during the week.

Fri. 5.1.09
-oatmeal with mixed nuts
-apple
-after wkt. had tuna -90 calories and 18 gms protein-amazing!
-with Scott for happy hour
-one wine
-shared some seared shrimp and I had one piece of toast
-went to the neighborhood bar and had 2 beers
-went home and had a smorgasbord of pizza:
-total of 2-3 slices:
-plain, vodka, with spinach
-2 glasses wine

Wkt.
At the gym:
-the same heavy resistance exercises as noted before:
-single arm chest presses with cable
-chops
-ab crunches