sun. june 28
got home on the redeye about 8am.
My entire family went to my parents' for my mom's 80th birthday party as well as their anniversary.
-one shot of jaegermeister (a tradition)
-one beer
-at the restaurant
-salad
-seared tilapia with 3 shrimp; a little of the rice; veggies
-3 glasses wine
-several bites of different kinds of cakes for dessert.
-1.5 slices pizza at night
no wkt.

sat. june 27
oatmeal
one apple
taught the rest of the workshop
medium crab and corn chowder; broth
big handful of mixed nuts
side order of sauteed spinach and garlic
2 beers sitting outside by the water
at the airport
-small order delicious french fries
-on the plane; really good veggie quesadilla
-chocolate chip cookie
-definitely a lot of food---I worked out so much and then I just eat to make up for it--!

wkt.
2 hours cardio-----see this thing is getting to me (explain more later)
-free weights upper body

Fri. 6.26.09
I really wish I would have taken a few pictures at the beginning of this week when Scott was back because today I don’t feel so lean anymore!!! I have the period and airplane bloat and it is just amazing how quickly I can change between feeling/looking flat and defined to feeling soft.
Ok, then I forgot to write that I ate a small back of crunchy cheese doodles yesterday---!! The thing is-each calorie is so crucial right now that for me to get leaner/more defined and stay that way it is going to be tough and sometimes I don’t think I care enough.
-oatmeal
-apple
-mixed nuts
-seared tuna; about 6 oz.
-met my cousin for 2 beers after work
-had big salad with great crab/salmon cake
-4 squares chocolate
-2 glasses wine

Wkt.
2 hours cardio---!!! Crazy!
-ab work

Thur. 6.25.09
Got an early flight to San Francisco to teach for Equinox.
-oatmeal
-1 tiny falafel burger that I brought on the plane along with:
-2 small pieces pepper jack cheese
-half of one of those small nut rolls
-3 tiny packs of the roasted peanuts that you still get on the plane-!
-one glass wine
-big ceasar salad
-excellent roasted salmon with root veggies
-one glass wine

Wkt.
Very proud of myself that I worked out after checking in at the hotel.
-30 min. elliptical-did steeper incline than normal and good resistance
-30 min. treadmill walking at 12.5 % incline and 3.5 mph-also harder
-walked around for about 2 hours---up and down some hills around this great city!!

Wed. 6.24.09
Felt really full thru the night and woke up; couldn’t get back to sleep. Bad thoughts about a good friend who is sick, combined with hard workout….
-oatmeal and coffee with extra shot to try to wake up!
-pint of black/raspberries
-large potato/leak/asparagus soup
-small amt. of popcorn
-1 beer
-2 soft tacos from new place in the hood-beans and tofu
-chips and salsa and guac
-1 slice leftover pizza from last night

No wkt.

Tue. 6.23.09
Had the same falafel burger salad thing for breakfast before working out.
-small tomato veggie soup
-small slice bread with peanut butter
-met Scott in the city and walked around a lot
-had 2 oysters, shared small seafood soup and crab cake
-one glass wine
-small frozen yogurt (I have had that a lot lately and forgot to mention it)
-at night had 1 ½ slices of grandma’s pizza from our favorite local place-House of pizza and calzone; plus about ½ of a delicious spinach roll

Wkt.
Really good, hard workout
-a few half positive, then 10 negative chin ups with 10lb. around waist;
-did 3 sets of all of the cable exercises with heavy wt. to failure at 10 reps or so:
-single arm chest press
-chops
-single arm shoulder press
-single arm row
-crunches
-then the dumbbell circuit
-side lunge with diagonal lift/shoulder press
-curtsey lunge with opposite arm overhead press
-jump squats with 12.5 wts.
Then the leg lowering sets with 8lb. medball btw. Legs
Then 30 min. cardio
Excellent wkt.

Mon. 6.22.09
Brought the falafel burger with salad mixture thinking it would be lunch but Starbuck’s had no oatmeal so I ate that instead.
-one apple
-pint of mixed berries
-small veggie soup
-4 oz. halibut
-mixed greens
-at home, some of the cauliflower casserole with some more greens

Wkt.
Total of 75 min. cardio; did some running on the treadmill that felt great-alternating between walking at 11.0% incline/3.1 mph and then running at the same incline at 5.2 mph at a ratio of 1 min. hard and then a few minutes off for about 15 min. Did the rest on elliptical.

Sun. 6.21.09
I have to say, I am very proud of myself. I love the way my midsection looks in the morning!!! Really good-I can see ab outlines. EXCELLENT!!!

10 cherries
½ falafel burger with pepper jack cheese
Met Scott in the city when he got back from MN., had one slice of super thin crust pizza; we were checking it out for my birthday party on the 9th. Delicious!
1 gin and tonic
We got home and ordered sushi; had about 10-12 pieces of different rolls.
-1 glass wine


Wkt.
I was going to go see my neice’s soccer game and planned not to wkt., but then our plans changed so I went to the gym. My legs are noticeably sore from the faster laps yesterday---guess I need that!
-did 50 min. cardio
-2 sets of rows and ab crunches with cable
-2 sets of lateral raises and horizontal rows with dumbbells
-5 sets of 10 ab things; either with the wheel, or leg lowering/reverse crunches with 8lb. medball between legs.

Sat. 6.20.09
SUCCESS-SUCCESS!!!
This morning, I look like what I wanted as my goal---lean in the midsection!!!!
Scott is not here to take a picture, and I tried with my phone but didn’t look good. I also feel I look better in the mirror than the pictures show.
S0-I can’t exactly see sixpack outlines but what I see in the morning is excellent. Of course as soon as I eat or drink ANYTHING it changes. That is ok, because my ongoing goal is to keep this-yes, I want to stay this lean, AND feel this lean during the day, so need to keep going and be leaner in the morning!

One hard boiled egg white
Large veggie soup
Some popcorn at the bar
One beer
Made some falafel and make them into burger shapes. Had a huge salad of 3 cups of arugula, onions, peppers, cukes, pepper jack cheese and salsa with one burger. Also ate one burger as I was cooking them.
-got some non fat/no sugar frozen yogurt and mixed it with a little peanut butter and some chopped nuts. Ate the entire container which was 320 calories so not so bad I guess! I was hungry from the faster running I think.
1 glass wine



Wkt.
Ran down to Red Hook –feel like I haven’t run in a long time. It took about 20 minutes to get to the track. I alternated one lap fast (about 2:12), then one regular speed (about 2:25) for a total of 2 miles. That was really good!! So a total of 1 hour 10 min. running. Felt awesome.
Came back and did about 30 reps of the leg lowering exercises holding an 8lb. med ball between legs-put the ball below the knees for more resistance.

Fri. 6.19.09
-2 hard boiled egg whites
-1/2 pint blackberries
-1/2 pint strawberries
-pint of sautéed greens and artichokes
-pureed broccoli soup-delicious
-lots of mixed nuts
-2 apples
-big salad of arugula, peppers, onions, cukes, salsa mixed with a drop of v-8 because it was too spicy; 1 veggie burger with pepper jack cheese.
-1 glass of wine
-bag of popcorn—260 calories total-not bad
-1 half of a small cranberry nut roll-bread
Seems like lots of food!

Wkt.
-great one!
-the heavy wkt. with dumbbells doing full body routines, where your heart rate goes crazy.

Thur. 6.18.09
Wt, is high 130’s
-Oatmeal with no nuts
-½ pint raspberries
-Small tomato veggie soup
-Taught a workshop and ate one serving pack of tuna with a container of mixed greens
-2 apples
-lots of mixed nuts
-went to the Brooklyn Greenway fundraiser and had:
-one glass of wine
-big salad with cucumbers, zucchini, tiny piece of boiled salmon, asparagus
-big serving of red cabbage
-came home and had 3 pieces of cheese wrapped around arugula
-one more glass of wine

No wkt.
Scott left early so we stayed up late last night getting him ready and talking so I did not get up before clients and workshop to wkt. I figure I have trained hard lately so that is ok.

Wed. 6.17.09
Oatmeal with no nuts
Quart of strawberries-over 2 hours-delicious
-4 oz. tilapia fish grilled with spices
-mixed nuts
-huge salad with tons of tofu, mixed beans, veggies and non fat dressing; eaten over 2 sittings
-a few forkfuls of the casserole from the other night.
-1 glass of wine-huge again!

Wkt.
I rode my bike to work which I have not done in a long time. So that means about 20 miles, that took about 100 min. total. Going from client to client is obviously slow! But the majority is from getting to Manhattan and back from Brooklyn which is about 17 miles total.
-didn’t feel like going to the gym so I did some core stuff at home:
-about 100 reps of ab/core stuff
-leg lowering with 8lb. medicine ball between legs
-full sit ups with med ball
-side full sit ups

Tue. 6.16.09
Ok, I know on sat. I posted that I took this picture of myself but I can't seem to upload it; it just doesn't go even though it says its happening. Basically it was me taking a picture of my midsection in the mirror so not perfect but I think my midsection looks done as far as goals!!
I will keep trying!

Oatmeal with no nuts
Small amt of tuna salad; over 2 hours
Pint of raspberries
Got salads for later for both of us and I ate a tiny bit of it; tons of greens/veggies, non-fat dressing;
Ate the rest of it later with some of the sea bass we made last night
Small amt. of mixed nuts
Good serving of the casserole from last night
-1 glass of wine (huge!)

Wkt.
Spent almost 2 hours in the gym (this is getting old!)
-did a few intervals of cardio for a total of 1 ¼ hours.
-then did the heavy cable routine; 3 sets of these:
-single arm chest press
-single arm shoulder press
-single arm horizontal row
-chops
-crunches

Mon. 6.15.09
I still go between feeling like I hit my goal and then getting pissed at myself for not being more serious these last few weeks. We are going away for the 4th to the Midwest and eating less is extremely difficult there and am not sure I want to do it!!
Had a lot of clients today
-yogurt parfait
-1/2 pint raspberries
-was really hungry (or so I thought)-got a tiny amt. of tuna salad and about 8 tiny boiled shrimp with cocktail sauce.
-small new England clam chowder
-that wasn’t so bad but then I got one of those chocolate/peanut butter bar squares….bad!
-pan broiled some sea bass and ate one serving of that
-cauliflower/spinach casserole-one serving.
-1 small glass of wine-seriously!

Wkt.
One hour cardio

Sun. 6.14.09
-went to the airport so we shared a tortilla soup and 4 cheese personal pizza from Wolfgang Puck; I only had 1/3 of the pizza
-2 glasses wine
-we were starving when we got home and so made a tuna melt which I haven’t had in so long!
-one Italian bread, cut in half. Took out every bit of dough I could get
-4 small cans of tuna, with a tiny bit of mayo and onions, peppers, cheese. Man that was good! I had about 1/3 of it---maybe more.
-and we got a small bag of potato chips…ugh!
-2 glasses wine

No wkt.

Sat. 6.13.09
I took this picture of myself as I felt really good in the morning. Too bad it doesn’t last that long!!
Speaking at Perform Better conference in Chicago
-no good stuff around
-one cookie (ugh)
-one pear
-one small version of the salad the night before; salmon and greens/veggies
-small piece of the bread crust
-one apple
-went back to the Blues festival and had 2 beers
-we were craving Mexican food so went to a chef’s restaurant and it was ok
-the guac was delicious, but my dinner of grilled shrimp was a bit sorry looking. It came with some rice-small amt. of everything.
-2 glasses wine

Wkt.
Short wkt. of heavy cable and dumbbells; spent time at other sessions before mine at the conference.

Fri. 6.12.09
Finishing workshop at Equinox
-oatmeal no nuts
-3.5 oz. tuna
-mixed nuts
-small section of veggie quesadilla
-two beers at the Blues festival we stumbled upon
-huge delicious salad: seared salmon and tons of veggies/greens
-2 glasses wine

Wkt.
One hour cardio between elliptical and treadmill
-cable wkt. –excellent workout!

Thur. 6.11.09
Teaching at Equinox
-oatmeal no nuts
-3.5 oz. tuna at lunch break
-apple
-mixed nuts
-one martini
-Scott ordered fish n’ chips and I had a small piece but took most of the breading off; had 3 french fries
-we shared appetizers: crab cake, Cajun grilled shrimp.
-kashi cereal bar
-3 glasses wine

Wkt.
40 min. elliptical

Wed. 6.10.09
Oatmeal no nuts
Rest of the tuna from last night
Flying to Chicago so I got a salad with tofu, beans and tons of veggies; non-fat dressing-ate that in 2 separate times at the airport and on the plane
One beer at the airport
Big handful of mixed nuts
2 glasses of wine at the hotel in Chicago

Wkt.
Didn’t have much extra time so I did a quick thing in the park:-100 jumps alternating squats, lunges and ice skaters
-4 sets of 10 push ups onto the bench; first few were plyometric
-3 sets of 10 crunches on the bench

Wt. has been 137-139 the last few days
Tue. 6.9.09
Oatmeal no nuts
2 hard boiled egg whites
1 pint raspberries
1 apple
Small seafood gumbo-broth, no cream
1/3 can tuna with onions and peppers and a drop of salsa-tuna was about 100 calories
3 glasses wine
1 bite of spinach roll, and one of broccoli roll
1 spoonfull of mixed beans when I was putting leftover soup in the freezer

Wkt.
Didn’t feel like working out at all; so it was good that I did
Heavy cable routine in the gym
20 minutes on the stepmill
20 minutes on elliptical

Mon. 6.8.09
-I had 7 clients in a row today so I figured I needed to plan ahead with food.
-got a flat everything bagel with tuna salad, onion, lettuce and tomato
-ate half of that at 7am; with a big iced coffee/drop of skim milk
-ate the other half at 11:15am
-one hard boiled egg/mostly white
-a few mixed nuts
-salad with greens, lots of veggies, tofu and beans
-3-4 bites of spinach roll
-3 glasses wine

No wkt.
Walked a bit.

Sun. 6.7.09
I know this picture is dark but I think it looks great! Or I look great!
-1 teaspoon peanut butter
-met a few friends at a tapas place that has great food
-3 glasses wine
-1/2 of a grilled vegetable Panini
-1/2 of a beet salad
-went to another place-Middle eastern around the corner
-1/2 order crispy cauliflower
-1/2 order grape leaves
-big salad with beans and veggies when we got home

Wkt.
Ran for 50 min.

Sat. 6.6.09
-one hard boiled egg/mostly white
-one gin and tonic
-3 big bowls of soup; veggie broth with onions, garlic, beans-homemade by Scott and delicious! All of the casseroles that he has made lately-we freeze the water that the veggies were cooked in. Then he boils it down and it is yummy!
-big serving of broccoli rabe
-big simple salad
-2 beers
-2 grilled shrimp
-1 glass wine

No wkt. but we walked down to Red Hook and back to volunteer with the Greenway project and then from Williamsburg back home-probably totaled at least 5-6 miles.

Fri. 6.5.09
Wt. 137
-oatmeal no nuts
-1 apple
-got .6lb. halibut; ate half
-1 apple
-mixed nuts
-other half of fish
-cup of veggie/bean broth soup
-1/2 cup cauliflower casserole
-3 glasses wine

Wkt.
Excellent!
Cable exercises I have described many times; 3 sets of heavy wt. Then I did 30 min. of cardio

Thur. 6.4.09
-wt. is 137.4!!! Getting rid of the bloat!
-oatmeal with no nuts
-one apple
-got a great salad with greens, onions, peas, tofu, beans, cheese, artichoke hearts and low fat dressing on the side. Ate half.
-1/2 pint raspberries
-a tiny amt. of nuts
-got home and ate the other half of the salad
-ate ½ cup of cauliflower/spinach/pesto casserole
-met my siblings at a bar to discuss my mom’s 80th birthday and had one calamari ring (very proud of myself!)
-small handful of popcorn
-had 4 beers which is more than I anticipated.
-great part is I got home and normally I would have had one more glass of wine (or more) but did not!!!
-2 more tablespoons of the casserole
-a small amt. of nuts

Wkt.
60 min. cardio done by 10 min. segments on different stuff
-a few core exercises but not much

Wed. 6.3.09
-I realize I have forgotten to document that several times during the week I have gotten a small tasti-d-lite yogurt; most of the time without sprinkles…I am thinking I am going to be stricter with food (I also think I eat more nuts than I am counting), and really cut back on the alcohol and see if I can reach a look and feel I am ready to say is enough….ugh!!!
-oatmeal without mixed nuts
-2 hard boiled egg whites 2 hours later
-one apple
-single 3 oz. serving of tuna 3 hours later
-1/2 lb. cherries-about 12 pieces
-good salad with 2 small pieces of fish in the late afternoon
-1/2 cup cauliflower casserole at the same time
-one glass wine---1!!
-feel really bloated –period and whatever else!!


Wkt.
-killer!
70 min. cardio
-I did a ton of cable crunches; I would say at least 100 reps of max 12 reps
-leg raises with wt.
-a few standing cable rotations
-a few cable chops
My abs felt so pulled in during the rest of the day; it was cool!

Tue. 6.2.09
-I have 30 days starting today, but think I am going to ramp it up.
-3 scrambled eggs whites with cheese
-after the gym I had a half pint of blackberries
-one grapefruit
-half of one rye crisp cracker with tiny amt. of peanut butter
-one piece of cheese
-I pan seared sea bass caught by my father; I had about 3 small pieces
-one cup of the cauliflower casserole
-1 ice cold beer late at night---1!!!

-wanted to go on a long bike ride, but got about 6 miles from home and the weather turned bad so went home and went to the gym
-60 min. cardio-tried to work hard
-20 min. wts.
-the heavy stuff with cable; upper body exercises
-plus 18 push ups with legs on the bench
-negative only chin ups with 10 lbs around my waist
-leg lowering with 8lb med ball between legs

Mon. 6.1.09
Wow its june already! I am vacillating between finishing this and not caring anymore! I want to be really strict and lose some fat and be done with this! I feel like I am going through the mental stuff my clients always talk about; changing goals, not caring about what you thought you cared about…..you know? I am not sure the effort it is taking for me to be really lean is important enough…I mean the way I feel and look now is great. I don’t know….
-I guess I was subconsciously thinking of this (and feeling so bloated pre-menstrual), and tired from working all weekend, that I just ate like crazy. Or are those just excuses…or all of the above??
-started off great with yogurt parfait from Starbucks
-one hour later I had a flat everything bagel with cream cheese. Not a huge amt. of food but so good!!
-2 hours later I had one of those huge dark chocolate/peanut butter cookies from LeVain bakery on the upper west side. I would say it must be about 400 calories.
-a few hours later I had a beer and some French fries with a friend….the skinny, crispy fries that are so freakin’ good!
-at night I had 1 piece of pizza
-small piece of spinach roll
-one serving of the cauliflower/spinach/pesto casserole
-3 glasses wine
-small piece of chocolate from Italy from a client-thanks S!!

Sun. 5.31.09
Last session at the conference.
-2 hard boiled egg whites
-at airport, shared a tuna pita
-gin and tonic
-small bag of chips on the plane
-1 glass wine
-small piece of spinach roll
-2 slices pizza-delicious!
-2 glasses wine

No wkt

Sat. 5.30.09
-Presented 3 sessions today
-2 hard boiled eggs/mostly white
-yogurt
-veggie wrap
-apple
-mixed nuts
-frozen dacqari
-went to a ridiculously expensive restaurant
-bread
-really good tuna tartar
-really good pasta with tomato sauce
-white fish
-one martini

Wkt.
-yoga class
-metabolic wkt: the lunges/upper body exercises I have mentioned many times
-core exercises with cable

Fri. 5.29.09
At conference in Miami
-big salad for early lunch
-mixed nuts
-veggie wrap
-went to a food tasting thing in coral gables; had one small piece of fish
-at tapas place
-few glasses wine
-we shared some white fish, fried chickpeas and tortilla

Wkt.
-yoga class
-a led a core wkt. and did most of the exercises-tough!

Thur. 5.28.09
Still in Boston
Oatmeal with mixed nuts
Apple
At the airport on the way to Miami
-1 beer
-bowl of clam chowder
-calamari
-bag of chips
-when I got to the conference in Miami, I got to the presenter dinner at the very end
-was able to get a few small pieces of grilled salmon
-3 glasses of wine with other presenters and with Scott got when he got there

Wkt.
90 min. cardio
A few core exercises
One set push ups