January 13th

Exercise: 45 minutes Pilates

Breakfast: kind bar (almonds, cranberries, etc.)

Lunch: Ethiopian food (gf injera, lentils, zucchini, cabbage, potatoes, carrots, etc.). Tea with agave.

Dinner: small salad (greens, pico, feta, mushrooms, homemade vinaigrette)

January 12: a bad day for dieting

Disclaimer: It's my anniversary, so I didn't worry about diet and exercise.

Exercise: walking around The Block at Orange?

Lunch: personal gluten free pizza (garlic sauce, mozzarella, sun dried tomatoes, zucchini, mushrooms) cookie sandwich (two gluten free chocolate chip cookies with vanilla ice cream filling)

Movies: 1/4 small popcorn with movie butter

January 11th

Exercise:
35 minutes Kathy Smith DVD, interval training
15 minutes walking Molly
Taught one yoga class

Breakfast: odwalla superfood smoothie,(190 cal) fruit and nut bar (180 cal)

Lunch: steamed broccoli and fondue (I know. Fondue is a fon-don't for weight loss. At least it's low carb?)

Snack: one pomegranate and mangosteen green tea with agave (only a few sips)

Dinner: corn chips and black bean dip (homemade: black beans, salsa, chipotle peppers, cheese, spices)

Not a great day food-wise. :(

January 10th

Weight 125

Breakfast: odwalla superfood smoothie (190 calories)

Lunch: earthly juices "rawkin nachos" ( this is really just salad, consisting of seed-chips, avocado, tomato, mushrooms, cilantro and some kind of sauce) avocado-chocolate pudding.

Dinner: fried tofu with peanut sauce, salad (greens, pico, mushrooms, green onions, homemade vinaigrette).

Misc: 6 tic tacs

Exercise: CSI class at gym (cardio/strength interval training)
Taught 2 yoga classes

January 9th

Weight 125

Exercise:
35 minutes Kathy Smith upper body sculpting
15 minutes walking Molly
Taught 4 yoga classes

Breakfast: homemade apple sauce

Lunch: homemade chimichangas (baked, not fried) (corn tortillas, cheese, retried beans, salsa)

Snack: international chai tea

Dinner: odwalla superfood smoothie (190calories) small handful almonds

January 8th

Weight 125

Lunch: caprese salad, 400 calories

Dinner: fried tofu with peanut sauce and homemade applesauce

Exercise:
Drums alive class
Walked Molly 1/2 hour
Taught one yoga class

Notes: Drums alive is fun, but I felt a bit awkward because the class was composed entirely of senior citizens - is this normal? It wasn't described as a "senior" class...odd. Not a strenuous workout.

January 7th

Weight 126

Breakfast: one cup oatmeal with pat of butter and dried cranberries, piece of string cheese

Lunch: salad (greens, candies walnuts, cherry tomatoes, feta, dried cranberries, homemade vinaigrette) one orange

Snack: rooibos tea with honey, handful almonds

Dinner: gf clam chowder (360 calories)

Exercise:
1 hour 15 minutes level 2 vinyasa (very hard class)
Taught 2 yoga classes

January 6th

Exercise: 40 minutes lower body workout, Kathy Smith DVD
15 min. walking Molly
Walking around ikea?

Breakfast: granola bar (oats, puffed rice, raisins, honey, almonds, peanuts)

Lunch: bowl of potato leek soup, fruit cup (apples, tangerines, berries)

Dinner: fried tofu with peanut sauce, bean sprout salad

January 5

Exercise
1 hour 55 minutes - 3 Kathy Smith workout DVDs (lower body, upper body, interval training)
Taught 1 hour 15 minutes yoga
Walked around parking lot for half hour - lost

Breakfast: slim fast shake

Lunch: orange, piece of string cheese

At movies: movie butter popcorn. I know. But I only ate half of the smallest size. And no soda.

Dinner: cedar plank salmon with spinach succotash, from cpk. 640 calories

Notes: Why did women wear swimsuits to the gym in the 80s?

I hate the parking lot at Garden Walk.

January 4th

Weight 125

Exercise:
30 minutes biggest loser strength/sculpt DVD
30 minutes walking Molly
1 hour teaching yoga (gentle)

Breakfast: orange, cherry non-fat Greek yogurt

Lunch: slim fast shake, slim fast snack bites

Dinner: fried tofu with peanut sauce, mashed potatoes, corn

Notes: I know, I know, dinner was not especially good for weight loss, being high in fat and carbs.

January 3

Weight 125

Breakfast: odwalla superfood smoothie, 190 calories

Lunch: salad (greens, orange slices, tuna, homemade vinaigrette) non-fat pomegranate Greek yogurt

Dinner: handful almonds, dried cherries

Exercise: biggest loser workout DVD (high intensity cardio, 35 minutes),taught 3 1/2 hours yoga.

NOTES:
My doctor, when he saw my weight today, was like "Are you trying to lose weight?" I told him I was and he said "That's good". That depressed me to no end. According to the BMI charts, for my height, I need to be 123 or less. So yes, I am still slightly overweight, but I wouldn't think I'm so overweight that a doctor should be like, concerned about it. Especially since I gained the stupid weight because of prednisone - not because I've been sitting on my ass eating lard all day. Oh well. The weight will come off, I just need to stay positive and hungry.

January 2nd

Weight 127

Breakfast: odwalla superfood smoothie 190 calories

Lunch: salad (greens, tuna, orange slices, homemade vinaigrette) pomegranate non-fat Greek yogurt

Snack: handful almonds, handful dried cherries, piece of string cheese

Dinner: egg and cheese sandwich on gluten free bread

Exercise: body blast class at gym, (cardio and strength intervals) and taught 4 hours of yoga classes.

January 1

Weight 127

Food

Breakfast: apple
Tea with organic sugar

Lunch: egg and cheese sandwich on gluten free bread

Dinner: 2 plates of nachos (corn chips, corn, chili, tofu/salsa sauce)
Few dried cranberries
5 almonds

Exercise
Biggest loser workout DVD, cardio, 30 minutes
Walked Molly, 15 minutes

December 21st

Weight 125.

Lunch
Caprese salad 400 calories

Dinner
Fried tofu, spinach, onions
Slim fast snack bar, 100 calories

Exercise
28 minutes running/walking
15 minutes walking Molly
Taught yoga 1 hour

December 20th

Today's weight: 125. WOOOO HOOOO! Down 2 more pounds!!!!

Breakfast:
Handful of almonds
Slice of snack cheese, 80 calories
Small apple

Lunch: eaten at Earthly Juices, raw vegan
"Rawkin Nachos" (crackers made out of seeds, tomatoes, onions, avocado, mushrooms, cilantro, some kind of hummus-like sauce. Not at all like nachos. Tasty though)
Chocolate-avocado pudding

2 tic tacs

Dinner
Slim fast snack bites, sour cream and onion (100 calories)
Decaf green tea with honey (I know honey isn't a good idea for weight loss, but my throat hurts today)

Exercise:
1 hour 15 minutes yoga, level 2 vinyasa

December 19

Food:

bowl of curried spinach broccoli soup, homemade


Exercise
1 hour 6 minutes walk/running
15 minutes walking dog
4 hours 15 minutes teaching yoga (I don't do the whole class, but I demonstrate, which probably burns some calories.)


today's weight: 127 - yay! Down 2 pounds!

December 18th - give me your judgment and opinions

DIET: (things I've eaten today)

Handful of almonds

piece of pepper Jack cheese

half a grapefruit plus another couple bites of grapefruit (I tried to eat the whole thing, but dang that stuff is nasty.)

another handful of almonds

slim fast snack bar (100 calories)

tofu mushroom melt

corn chips and salsa

EXERCISE:

17 minutes qi gong
15 minutes walking dog
1 hour zumba
1 hour teaching kids yoga (lots of running and jumping - it totally counts as exercise)
1 hour teaching adult yoga (less exercise, but should still count for something, I think)

First blog

As you may have noticed, the medication I'm on for my lupus has made me swell up like Violet in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, after she eats the gum. I have gained 10 pounds, all in my face and neck and stomach. And because I am 4 foot 11, every pound of it SHOWS.

I'm desperate to lose weight. I read that keeping a public blog of your diet and exercise can help keep you on track, so that's what I'm doing. I guess the shame factor will come into play. I am also open to suggestions, especially if you yourself have lost a significant amount of weight. Tell me what I'm doing wrong. I will listen. Phil will not let me have liposuction, despite my begging. So it's come to this.

Tonight I will post my daily exercise and food regimen. Along with.....my weight. I feel like crying.