All The Pep Went Up And Went

breakfast: granola

lunch: herbal tofu, cucumber, sauerkraut

dinner: toast with peanut butter and banana

I'm so extremely tired today. It's like all I want to do is sleep. I keep getting cold too. It's in the high 70's and I've been bundled up all day or I start shivering. Also eating much less than normal. Not even sure if it's 1/3 of normal. Nothing looks or sounds good. I hope I stay healthy.

Scales Going Down!

breakfast: yogurt, strawberries, granola

lunch: eggplant-tomato tart

dinner: cucumber, sauerkraut, rice ball, vegetable & rice tofu pouch

workout: Callanetics 10/10 through legs, 1 1/2 hour walk

Since starting Callanetics, I had gained 3 pounds. I've now lost 2 of them. I'm still assuming that those 3 pounds were muscle since it's a workout that can build muscle quickly. Hopefully, that means the 2 I lost are pure fat. Whatever it is, I'll take it.

May 28

breakfast: granola

lunch: bibimbop, gelato

dinner: tofu pouch thing, tofu-pickled vegetable sandwich

workout: moving furniture - the amount alone has to count as some kind of cardio/weight-lifting exercise, right?

I Know I Shouldn't Have Done It

breakfast: granola

lunch: tofu, salad with strawberries, goat cheese and toasted pecans

dinner: oatmeal pancake with applesauce, soy sausage

workout: Quick Callanetics Stomach

I wasn't hungry at dinnertime, but I ate anyways. I don't know why I did it. Well, I do. It was time to eat. I ate because I always eat dinner. That's what you're supposed to do, right? Wrong. I know better. I had an oatmeal pancake because I had been wanting it for days. That's probably also what did me in. If I had had one earlier, I wouldn't have given into the craving when no other food looked appealing. Maybe I'll learn this time.

May 26

brakfast: banana-pecan scone, peanut butter, raw milk

snack: yogurt, strawberries, granola

lunch: snobby joes, baked fries, raw cheddar cheese, sauerkraut

snack: chocolate-peanut granola

dinner: herbal tofu, buffalo mozzarella

My dinner wasn't the healthiest, but it's what I really wanted. I found the most amazing buffalo mozzarella at Trader Joe's. I've had buffalo mozzarella before, but was very unimpressed. I couldn't tell what all the fuss was about. Now I know. This is so tender, sweet, and full of flavor. I don't know if I can go back to regular mozzarella now.

May 25

breakfast: banana-kiwi smoothie

snack: 1/2 sprouted tortilla, herbal tofu, carrot, cucumber, sauerkraut

lunch: yogurt, strawberries, granola

snack: rice ball, salad with goat cheese, chard and white bean soup

dinner: boiled potatoes, soy sauce tofu, mozzarella, salad

Hungry today!

May 24

breakfast: banana-peacan scone, raw milk

snack: cucumbers, sauerkraut, rice ball, sesame tofu noodles

lunch: granola

dinner: chard & white bean soup, rye bread

snack: qephor

The Best Dieting Technique

I was thinking today about how many diet plans/programs there are. They all work for some people, but none of them work for everyone. How do you know which one will work for you? Wouldn't it be nice if there was a way to be able to tell? Rather than trying 1,000 different things only to discover that #1,0001 is right for you, you could simply look at a chart or have a machine tell you the one program you should use. The dieting industry might suddenly start losing billions of dollars because people aren't constantly searching for the one program that will finally work for them. I guess that makes it less likely for such a thing to be invented. But it would be nice...

May 23:

breakfast: strawberry-almond smoothie (qephor, almond butter, strawberries)

lunch: tofu sandwich (marinated tofu, pickled vegetables, cilantro, bread)

dinner: peanut butter tofu noodles, cucumber, and steamed carrots and zucchini with tahini sauce - 4pm dinner is a little too early, but sometimes your body just wants a meal then.

snack: chocolate-peanut granola

weird note: Since starting Callanetics, my weight is up 3 pounds, but my clothes fit better. Guess it's muscle.

My Abs Have Left

My abs seemed nonexistant during my workout today. They were so unbelievably weak. It was hard to even get into the right position to do the ab exercises. I'm not sure what's happened in the past two days. I guess I could always think optimistically that I was just working the muscles much deeper than I realized and, thus will have even faster results.

breakfast: bread and cheese

lunch: lentil soup

snack: peanuts

dinner: steamed vegetables

workout: Callanetics 10/10

Why Did I Eat Wheat?

breakfast: strawberry-banana smoothie

snack: granola

lunch: brie and pesto panini, potato salad

snack: tofu

dinner: lentil soup

Why was I so stupid as to eat wheat for lunch? The sandwich sounded really good on the menu and did taste good, but did I feel good afterwards? No. Did I feel good hours later? No. I know I've said this before, but I really, really need to stop eating wheat because of what it does to me. I think I ate this sandwich to finally convince myself to stop. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that I'll do so for a VERY long time.

May 20 - workout change

breakfast: granola

lunch: sauerkraut, rice ball, raw cheddar cheese

dinner: tofu, 1/2 baked sweet potato, marinated vegetables

workout: 45-minute walk

I decided to change my routine for days that I do Callanetics. I'm planning on skipping a day in between to give my muscles time to recover. I read it's supposed to speed up results, so we'll see.

Blogging Works

I've tried writing a food diary in the past, but I was never consistent with it. For some reason, blogging is working for me. It's also really revealing to me where I need to clean up my eating. I've cut sweets back a lot more, but I think I'm still eating grains too often and need more vegetables. That's my next step. Getting in more exercise is another goal. Callanetics is definitely changing the shape of my body and I do seem to be working my muscles more deeply each time I do it, but I feel like I need to do more than I am. Maybe it's a desire to reach my goal like, tomorrow, or something - just as fast as possible.

breakfast: strawberries, banana

lunch: rice ball, miso tofu, sauerkrauet

snack: granola

dinner: boiled potatoes w/butter, sauteed swiss chard, sauerkraut

Workout: Callanetics 10/10

May 18

breakfast: strawberries

snack: mini pita bread pizza

lunch: 1/2 masala dosa, sambar

snack: granola

dinner: miso tofu, toast, and carrot and cucumber salad

workout: hours of yard work and house cleaning

I need to start eating better. I can tell I'm starting to slip back into old habits. I also need to start seeing about doing Callanetics more often. I have such good intentions to do it, but keep letting other things take priority.

May 16-17

May 16

breakfast: strawberry-banana smoothie

lunch: salad, vegetable sandwich

snack: chocolate-peanut granola

dinner: sauerkraut, zucchini smash, spaghetti marco polo

May 17

breakfast: banana-date smoothie

snack: chedder cheese

lunch: sambar, california special dosa (dosa filled with potato sabji, paneer, and nuts)

snack: tofu

dinner: part of paneer utthapam, salad, sauerkraut

I'm so ready for this heat wave to end. It's May, not August. I've never cared for the heat, so at least it's supposed to begin to cool down tomorrow.

Callanetics = ouch

breakfast: granola

lunch: pita bread, atter kik, vegetable wat

snack: peanuts, sauerkraut

dinner: granola

workout: callanetics 10/10, 30-minute walk

I really tried to pay attention to my form and to work to my max when doing Callanetics today. All I can say is ouch. It really shows me how I've been slacking off when doing the moves. I have muscles that hurt that I don't even remember working. I can only imagine that if I continue to workout like this that the results will be intensified. It's amazing how deceptively simple Callanetics is, as well as how fast you see visible results. I can't believe it hasn't caught on more. Why slave away for hours in the gym every day, when you can torture yourself in the privacy of your own home 2-3 times a week for less than an hour? I'm so glad I gave up on T-Tapp!

The Wheat Rant

breakfast: granola

lunch: 2 soy taquitos, hummus

dinner: atter kik, vegetable wat, pita bread, piece of chocolate covered honey spice cake

workout: none

I'm loving the granola thing. It keeps me full for 4-6 hours. It's amazing.

I made pita bread and ethiopian food today. Not exactly the most normal combination. One day I'll have to try making injera. I made the pita bread because I wanted some to go with hummus, but it wasn't done in time for the hummus. I have yet to find wheat-free pita bread, or really decent wheat-free bread in general. I can't stand rye bread and any spelt bread I've found in the store has the longest list of ingredients. Whatever happened to flour, yeast, salt, water? Maybe sometimes oil, sweetener, or nuts? I just don't feel right when I eat wheat. My stomach gets all bloated, I feel nauseous, I get cracks in the corners of my mouth, nasal congestion, and just so tired. Probably too much information, right? But it just sucks. I love bread and so many times if you ever want to eat out it's hard to avoid wheat, especially if you're a vegetarian. I'm glad I know how to bake bread, etc., well.

What Day Am I On?

I have no clue what day this is supposed to be anymore. I think I'm going to have start coming up with different post titles. Using the number of days I had been blogging was easy, but now I'm not even sure what day I'm on. What kind of titles are you supposed to use when you're basically just writing down what you're eating and doing on a daily basis. Oh well, I'll come up with something. If you have any ideas, please send them my way; they're more than welcome.

CardioCallanetics - not what it appears

Watching CardioCallanetics is one thing. It looks fairly easy - no impact, no real choreography, short cardio section. But to do it...wow! I think the entire cardio section is a 30-minute leg-toning section. It does have fairly low intensity cardio, but pretty much every element involves some kind of leg toner - plies, lifts, etc. And then in the toning section, there's more. I think it's the entire leg toning section from CallaneticsEvolution. I could barely walk when I was done. When I did the ab section, I thought I would have to do more in the evening because it was so short and simple, but boy did I feel it later. I think I still prefer the original 10/10, but it would definitely be something good to add in for some variety.

breakfast: strawberry-banana smoothie

snack: granola

lunch: pasta

dinner: hummus sandwich, banana

workout: cardiocallanetics, 30 minute walk

What a Whirlwind of a Week

I haven't posted much lately. Been too busy. You know how it seems like things can just happen all at once, a snowball effect of one on top of another. That's what it's been. But I'm back. Here's my info for yesterday:

breakfast: strawberry-banana smoothie

snack: chocolate granola (I made a great variation on the version on Nigella Lawson's feast. I think I prefer mine - far tastier and you can't tell it's healthier.)

lunch: lentil-millet bake with tamari gravy

snack: qephor, popcorn

dinner: pasta with marinara sauce - too tired to do more, despite my best intentions

workout: turbojam 20 minute workout, callanetics 10/10

Aim for your best!

Day 17

breakfast: strawberry-banana smoothie

lunch: salad, black beans, corn

snack: peanuts, gluten-free cookie

dinner: roasted vegetables, sauteed zucchini

workout: callanetics warm-up

What a crazy day! I meant to do a full workout, but things just kept happening. Hours upon hours of unplanned meetings. Family. It's amazing how quickly a day can go by.

Day 16

breakfast: pint strawberries

lunch: navy bean soup, salad, slice of bread, raw milk

snack: cherries, qephor

dinner: roasted vegetables

workout: callanetics 10n10, 30 minute walk

Day 15

breakfast: strawberries

lunch: tea egg, buckwheat porridge

snack: qephor

dinner: navy bean soup, carrot and sunflower seed salad, minty mushy peas, lemon herb tofu, steamed baby bok choy

Workout: Callanetics 10n10, 30 minute walk

This was such a great day. Everything just went so well.

My pants are no longer tight. It's such a wonderful feeling. I love that I've been able to do this without counting calories, carbs, or anything. Such freedom.

Day 14

breakfast: pint strawberries

snack: peanut butter toast, raw milk

lunch: slice of bread, raw cheese

dinner: lemon risotto, broccoli, greens

no appetite. no energy. back sore all day. need to find the fun.

Day 13

Breakfast: peanut butter toast, sauerkraut, cucumber, milk

Snack: walnuts

Lunch: half a falafel sandwich; gluten-free, sugar-free cookie

Snack: cherries, qephor

Dinner:
brown and wild rice with corn
tofu with vegetables
carrot, celery, and cabbage salad
milk

I did something to my back yesterday. I'm not sure how or even what. I was just sitting and it suddenly became extremely painful. It seems better today. Hopefully, it won't come back.

I thought the falafel sandwich would be a nice treat. I went to a Lebanese restaurant called Sinbad's that had fantastic food for years. Now it is truly awful. It's the same owners, but they have new partners who are trying to cut the costs. The cooks are no longer Lebanese. They're not even Middle Eastern. Prices are the same, but servings are now 1/3 the size which is probably a good thing because the food is extremely bland, far from authentic, and just truly disappointing. Apparently, all of their regular customers are leaving. It's one thing to make changes to improve your business and profit. It's another when those changes negatively impact your business.

Day 11

Breakfast: cereal, peanut butter toast

Lunch: Roasted potatoes, chickpeas, cucumber

Snack: raspberry bar, yogurt

Dinner: pizza

Workout: Callanetics 10n10

I wasn't nearly as hungry today and I ate much worse. Go figure!