Diet Day 2: Tuesday

Breakfast- 1/2 cup of quick oats with skim milk and splenda. Scrambled egg whites with basil and parmesan cheese. 1 cup of 100% orange juice.

Midmorning snack- 1/2 cup blueberries and a quarter of an orange.

Lunch- Chargrilled chicken sandwich and a med. fruit cup.

Afternoon snack- (skipped, whoops.)

Dinner - 6 oz. chicken breast seasoned with lemon pepper, broiled. Scalloped potatoes, 1/4 cup of broccoli.

INSANITY

I campletely plan on getting this series as soon as I get my tax return in. After I pay my stack of bills of course... So hopefully I'll be able to start around mid February. I'm going to start walking to build up some endurance before I get the crap beat out of me by Shaun T, developer of the Insanity program.

7 Day Diet by "The Biggest Loser"

Day 1:
Breakfast- 1/2 cup scrambled egg whites with a tsp of basil; low calorie toast with spray butter; 1/4 of an orange, 1/2 cup of blueberries.
Midmorning Snack- Fat free vanilla yogurt with 1/4 cup of sliced strawberries. (I threw in the blueberries I ddn't finish for breakfast, about 10 of them).
Lunch- Chargrilled chicken breast from Chick-fil-a (no bread); side salad with Lite Italian dressing.
Afternoon snack- 6 baby carrots with fat free ranch.
Dinner- Salmon fillet; spinach salad with oil and balsalmic vinegar and grated parmesan cheese; teh rest of the yogurt I didn't finish for my snack.

I thought this would be so hard, or it wouldn't be enough food to sustain me all day. But to tell the truth, I was struggling to finish my blueberries (which I love) at breakfast, I struggled to eat all of my yogurt, and dinner was super filling as well even though it really wasn't a lot of food. I am pleasantly susprized at how easy today went. And I felt better today than most days lately. I definately feel a difference on how my body reacts to the correct foods and portions. A real eye opener today...

karita dances with the stars

Well, I thought the New Year would give me the "fresh start, new motivation" kick in the pants to get back into working out, but I have discovered that I have to bring my own motivation. In the last month, Bobby has asked, bribed, conjoled, and threatened me to go to the gym... Obviously, it hasn't worked. So, I am on a quest to kick the lazy bones right outta my body. Actually, my chiropractor is on a quest to help me kick the lazy bones outta my body. At our last chiro appointment, Bobby ratted me out to her that I wasn't working out, so she gave me an ultimatum... I have to work out 8 times between my last appt and my next appt or no more of my favorite torture treatment. So, I'm baaaa-ck! I took a walk over the weekend and then tonight, I broke out my "Dancing with the Stars" cardio DVD! The DVD consists of a full body warm up, a choice of 4 dances, the Cha Cha, the Paso Doble, the Samba, or the Jive, then a full body cool down.Whew, it is way harder than you think it's gonna be. Those instructors are pretty hard drivers... Every time I slacked off even just a little, one of them would holler at me, "Lift up your chin," "Tighten your butt," "Push your pelvis out!" I wanted to smack 'em! It certainly works your abs and your hips, and your legs, and your arms... okay, it works your whole body! I felt like a spastic dingbat trying to do some of the Paso Doble moves. All I have to say is that it was a good thing that my living room blinds were closed because I just might have caused the first "laughed to death" death recorded in Wake County history! Ha Ha Ha! I have to admit, though, it felt great to stretch and move my muscles, even if it was spaztastic! I think I might just do the Cha-Cha next time! :)

Also, an update on Liz... she's been working out and is even thinking of getting that INSANITY DVD set shown on TV... She is CraZy, pun intended! :)

karita broke the cycle

YAY! I finally dragged myself back to the gym! It's been about 3 weeks since the rigor mortis arm debacle and I have to admit, I have been a little chicken girl! Something about not being able to MOVE YOUR ARMS for a week was probably the cause for my reluctance! After a few days of Bobby's conjoling and a few more days of his frustrated threats, I made sure to pack my gym bag and start back on my journey to the land of skinny, (again).
Here's my WOD: Row 1000m for time, (5:27 m) then 3 rounds of back extensions and these hanging situp things. I never thought I'd say this, but sit ups are actually not a dread for me anymore... I can bust through that pain and just get 'em done without feeling like I'm gonna die! And the added benefit of hanging upside down, well, really just at an incline, was kinda fun! Shhhhh, don't tell anybody that, though! Also never thought I'd see the day when I thought "just situps" was an easy workout. Man, has my world changed. Bobby informed me on the way to the gym last night that we need to start working on our "O lifts," which in layman's terms means Olympic style weight lifting... Now, that kinda scared me! However, if I can make it through 40 chin ups and then the resulting temporary arm lossage, I should be able to learn how to lift a daggone bar with weight on it!

PS... So far so good on sticking to the ZONE plan! Most days are right on track!

Home Gym Complete - Check!

So dad got the garage cleaned out on his vacation last week so I actually have a REAL gym! I came home on Thursday to that surprise. I worked out Friday morning before work and I'm getting ready to go work out now. I figure my best time to work out is going to be when I get home for work since I don't have to pick up Deagan from daycare for another 2 hours. So, I better get a move on...

I guess I better got weigh myself before I start so I know what my starting point is. Anyway, hope you're still doing good on the Zone Karita! I'm on my first official day of carb and calorie cutting and protien consuming.

I'll post some pics of my home gym when my camera battery recharges.

karita is in the ZONE!

Yesterday completed my very first fully Zoned day! Yay for sticking to a plan! :) From my cottage cheese and fruit in the a.m. to the turkey burger for lunch and the baked chicken and steamed green beans for dinner, everything that touched these lips was Zone approved! I even took all my vitamins, am and pm... that in itself can sometimes be a feat for me!

Now I'm working on day 2. So far, so good... Scrambled egg whites and turkey bacon for bfast and another turkey burger for lunch. Someone is heading in the right direction! Yippee! Go me!

I plan on working out tonight... video to follow, I promise!

Liz, girl... where ya at?