No More Excuses - Week 3

yvonneh

So my 10 min. of random exercise turned into a couple hours of raking pine straw and picking up tree limbs in my yard. I figure that counts for something, b/c I worked up quite a sweat on this chilly Nov. day.

Both gardening and cleaning house are in the exercise database, so they do really count for something!

littlebigbird

2 hours of gardening is definitely hard work - well done!!

I've done 40 mins of step aerobics and 20 wall press-ups. I'm going to do some lesson planning now and when I need a break I'm going to put on some music and dance around the house for 10 mins. Goodness knows what my family and neighbours will think!

tigermom79

My extra ten minutes of excercise today was decorating our office. Up and down and down and up the stairs and bending, and you name it I think we did it!!! YEAH!!!!

Now off to a MS basketball game! Maybe I should get out there and run up and down the court with them!!! :laugh:

Have a great night!!!!

tamelab

Hello all...I had a terrible day. My internet was out all day so Charter came again. I can't do my job without the internet. It is back up and now I have to work the next six hours until midnight. My oldest had a fender bender so I had to go to the school parking lot and wait for the state trooper. At least he didn't get a ticket. Now we just have to fix his car. No time to cook so we had Burger King. Now I'm over on my calories and I have no time to exercise. Whew, I hope tomorrow is a better day.

littlebigbird

Oh tamelab, I do feel for you - what a frustrating day you've had! Take a deep breath and fingers, toes and eyes crossed for a great day tomorrow.

wks7777

Hope everyone had a great day today! I did my high protein/low carb day today. Went great! I had a great work out session as well, 60 min of high impact aerobics class and then 30 min weight training. Going to do 20 min of abs before bed. Lets have a great day tommorow!!

AmandaJ

Tam, I am sorry about your rotten day. I am praying it is better for you tomorrow!!! (((HUGS))))!

Crazy day here, too tired to type, editted the chart again, let me know if there is mistakes. Went to the gym and stayed in my caloires, got my extra 10 minutes in!

tamelab

Amanda..Good job on Monday. The chart looks good. I hope you are not having to spend too much time on it.

I typed last night with my running shoes on and got in two 10-minute sessions on the treadmill during breaks. Better than nothing but now I am off schedule for my C25K program this week. I am trying to put up Christmas decorations and get the house cleaned up for family on Saturday plus working every day. Feels like I am running in circles but it is getting there slowly. Hope everyone is having a good week.

tigermom79

Tamelab; Great job!!! Amanda...You too! I don't start my Christmas stuff at home until after Thanksgiving. Will be having the family over on Thursday so I guess I better straighten up my house a little!! :grumble:

I found the following on another sight but thought I would share it here. It is calorie counts for Thanksgiving foods. Now granted, they are generic counts depending on how each item is cooked, but it can give us a start in planning our meal wisely!!! Hope it helps!

I couldn't figure out how to attach a file so I am just pasting the whole thing in here!

Off to start my Tuesday!

Calories in Thanksgiving Food
By Mary_RD on Nov 24, 2009 12:00 PM in Tips & Updates

Thanksgiving and dieting do not usually go together. Damage control is the order of the day. But at Calorie Count, knowledge is power, and so let’s Stop and Look at typical Thanksgiving foods.
Pick and choose from your favorite foods based on the Calorie Count. Search Calorie Count’s Recipe Browser for recipes entered by our members, and use the Recipe Analyzer to analyze your own recipe and to create a lighter versions. Also, look for ideas at Eating Well and Cooking Light magazine websites and from About.com’s Guides to Low Calorie and Low Fat Cooking.
And so, without further ado, here are the calories a la carte.
Beverages

Apple cider, 1 cup: 115
Champagne Punch, 6 ounces: 124
Wine, 3.5 ounces: 84
Kahlua Sombrero, 4 ounces: 340

Appetizers and First Courses

Mixed nuts, 1 ounce: 170
Candied Pecans, 1 ounce: 139
Cheese ball, 1 ounce: 110
Crackers, 5: 80
Crudités selection, 8 ounces: 75
Sour Cream & Onion Dip, 2 tablespoons: 60
Chex Mix, 2/3 cup: 130
Stuffed Mushrooms, 6 small: 386
Deviled Eggs, one: 59
Cheese Puffs, one: 71
Shrimp with Cocktail Sauce, 3: 30
Fruit Cup, 1/2 cup: 70
Sherbet, 1/4 cup: 55
Pumpkin Soup, 8 ounces: 70

Salads

Tossed salad with Oil and Vinegar, 10 ounces
Ambrosia Salad, 1 cup: 183
Molded Jell-O Salad, ½ cup: 103

Main Course

Dinner Roll, 1 small: 87
Butter, 1 pat: 36
Cheesy Corn Bread, 2" X 2": 96
Turkey, roasted white meat, 4 ounces: 180
Turkey, roasted dark meat, 4 ounces: 323
Turkey Gravy, 1/4 cup: 50
Stuffing, 1/2 cup: 190
Mashed Potatoes, 1 cup: 190
Candied Yams, 1/2 cup: 210
Sweet Potato Casserole, 3/4 cup: 624
Honey Glazed Carrots, 1/2 cup: 45
Green Beans Almondine, 1/2 cup: 220
Green Bean Casserole, 1/2 cup: 75
Peas and Pearl Onions, 1/2 cup: 40
Jellied Cranberry Sauce, 1/4 cup: 110
Cranberry Relish, 1/2 cup: 76

Dessert

Pumpkin Pie, 1/8 of a 9" pie : 316
Apple Pie, 1/8 of a 9" pie : 411
Pecan Pie, 1/8 of a 9" pie : 503
Vanilla Ice Cream, 1/2 cup: 145
Pumpkin Roll with Cream Cheese Filling, 1" round: 306
Chocolate Cream Pie, 1 large slice: 535
Baked Apple, 1 apple: 182
Tea, brewed, 8 ounces: 2
Coffee, black: 10 ounces: 5
Coffee with Cream and Sugar, 10 ounces: 120
Coffee with Baileys Irish Cream and Sugar, 10 ounces: 186

The numbers are derived from Calorie Count’s database of 106,000 foods and ingredients, and from the 278,000 recipes entered by our members over time. If your particular food is not in the database but you have a food label, you can enter it using the "add it here" link at the Food Log section of your Account Page.

justjack51

Nice posting, who knew white meat turkey had nearly half the calories of dark turkey meat turkey

Now for my Rant, went out to lunch and tried to eat healthy, ordered the Longhorn Steakhouse - Chicken & Grilled Vegetable Salad W/Balsamic Vinaigrette - No Feta. Thinking (without the feta) it was probably around 400 calories only to find out that it was at least 620 calories assuming they normally put on a quarter cup of feta. If I would have known that, I wouldn't have had that one slice of hot just out of the oven bread. Guess I will have to burn an extra couple hundred calories in the gym tonight.

BTW, TOTALLY WORH IT, it was delicious!

tamelab

Nice posting, who knew white meat turkey had nearly half the calories of dark turkey meat turkey

Now for my Rant, went out to lunch and tried to eat healthy, ordered the Longhorn Steakhouse - Chicken & Grilled Vegetable Salad W/Balsamic Vinaigrette - No Feta. Thinking (without the feta) it was probably around 400 calories only to find out that it was at least 620 calories assuming they normally put on a quarter cup of feta. If I would have known that, I wouldn't have had that one slice of hot just out of the oven bread. Guess I will have to burn an extra couple hundred calories in the gym tonight.

BTW, TOTALLY WORH IT, it was delicious!

It sounds great. I'm jealous. I had Progresso soup and a sandwich at home. Trying to make up for the double cheeseburger and onion rings last night from BK. If I had known the onion rings had over 300 calories, I could have done without them.

AmandaJ

:laugh: Isn't it funny just finding out the calorie amount of some foods make them seem less tasty!! :laugh:

cah0806

Hey everyone!!
I am so happy it's Tuesday - 3 days off from school! Love my kids, but I need a break and so do they.
I am excited about Thursday, but a little nervous. I am making pies so that I will be tired of looking at them by them time I take them to my sister's house.:laugh:
I am also making mashed cauliflower instead of mashed potatoes and a sugar free chocolate pie with cool whip. I am trying to make sure I have choices so that I don't feel guilty about eating too much or not enough (and offend someone)!
I hope everyone is doing well with the challenge this week. I have my students up and walking, playing tag at recess, etc. I am also trying to do an extra 10 mins on the elliptical. Keep up the great work, team! You can do it!!

AmandaJ

Hey I just started doing the elliptical at the gym and LOVE it. I did 10 minutes the first day and now am up to 25 minutes on it. It is awesome!

wks7777

Had a good day today! Stuck with my diet and its my first day of no soda! All water all the time baby and it wasnt too bad! Had a great Body jam classes (dance class for 60 min). Not looking forward to my low carb day tommorow...yuck!

tamelab

Had a much better day today. Got to the gym and did 10 extra minutes on the elliptical. I could only do a couple of minutes when I first started. I had a great supper tonight totally by accident. It turned into BBQ chicken in the crock pot, which could have been put over a bun but I used brown rice. It started out as a whole chicken breast meal but was so tender it just fell apart. Here is the recipe:

3 large chicken breasts defrosted
1 pack onion soup mix
1 can jellied cranberry sauce
Salt and pepper to taste

Put half of soup mix in bottom of crock pot
Put in chicken breasts
Cover with rest of soup mix
Cover all with can of cranberry sauce
I cooked it on high for 2 hours and then low for 2 hours but I'm sure just low setting for 4 to 5 hours would be fine. It just shredded when I tried to pick it up and was delicious! It made at least 6 servings.

220 calories
25 carbs
3 fat
23 protein

This is only the chicken, would increase if you add a bun. Everybody have a great night and day tomorrow.

SkinnyJess

Sorry it's been so long team. I had a busy week this past week. I did not lose any weight but I did maintain. My diet needs to be better and it was better today than the last few days. I also hadn't been working out with all that was going on. I know NO MORE EXCUSES! I did work out today and I did more than I would have due to the 10 minutes more. Congrats to all on their losses! I just entered my food for Thanksgiving day and...I won't do too bad! I will do my workout in the morning and I will use most of those calories, but at least I'm not going over! I'm back 100% now team! Logging food in the diary and working out...those last few pounds won't be around much longer! I hope you are all doing well and I will write more tomorrow after I have time to read all your posts.

Be blessed,

Jessica :flowerforyou:

AmandaJ

Okay I peeked at the scale tonight and if it is right and that number stays I will be so happy. I may be leaving the 160s shortly. I would be jazzed.

Getting ready to watch the Biggest Loser and I am EXHAUSTED!!!! I decided for my extra 10 minutes (I have lots of 10 minutes today) I will pick up the house, porches and anything else, maybe even the car during the commercials. Unless of course I fall asleep. My friend just called and said she is wiped out too and she thought perhaps we should skip the gym tomorrow. I told her it was her choice but I would be there. The gym is closed at noon tomorrow and will be until next Monday. I need to get a hard core work-out in tomorrow. Then in the afternoon I am signed up to give blood.

Today was interesting, went to Wal-Mart after dd's PT. I was pushing her wheelchair stroller with one hand and pulling the cart behind me with the other. I was like this has to count for some kind of exercise.

AmandaJ

Oh good grief, has anybody else ever noticed how many commericals the Biggest Loser has??????

tamelab

Okay I peeked at the scale tonight and if it is right and that number stays I will be so happy. I may be leaving the 160s shortly. I would be jazzed.

Getting ready to watch the Biggest Loser and I am EXHAUSTED!!!! I decided for my extra 10 minutes (I have lots of 10 minutes today) I will pick up the house, porches and anything else, maybe even the car during the commercials. Unless of course I fall asleep. My friend just called and said she is wiped out too and she thought perhaps we should skip the gym tomorrow. I told her it was her choice but I would be there. The gym is closed at noon tomorrow and will be until next Monday. I need to get a hard core work-out in tomorrow. Then in the afternoon I am signed up to give blood.

Today was interesting, went to Wal-Mart after dd's PT. I was pushing her wheelchair stroller with one hand and pulling the cart behind me with the other. I was like this has to count for some kind of exercise.

Good for you, Amanda. Stay strong with your gym motivation and most likely your friend will follow.

tigermom79

Tamelab; Good for you! Leaving the 160's is a good thing for a lot of us. I am looking forward to it.

Well,......confession time.....I was bad last night when I got home. I was so proud of myself all day cause I had done well on calories. Then.........I had chocolate and an iced coffee. EGADS......But today is a new day and I have an optomistic outlook!!!!

Not real sure what I am going to do today for my extra 10 minutes. HMMMMM Maybe go for a walk at lunch time!

Everyone have a blessed day!
Ann

tigermom79

Oh good grief, has anybody else ever noticed how many commericals the Biggest Loser has??????

Probably as many as Dancing with The Stars!!! EGADS!!! I get really tired of all the hype on these things, and then going to a commercial break that takes a good 5 minutes. And then it is the same commercials...... Just love all this comercialism!!!!

AmandaJ

I really noticed the commercials last night because I made myself do housework during the commericals. I just got back from the gym, exercised one hour, burnt 605 calories. Wonderful work-out!!!! My friend didn't come and I understand her family that she hasn't seen in 1 year and a half is in town.

Anne, forget about last night and move on - it is already a new day!!!!!!!!!!!!

tamelab

Sorry guys...I haven't quite figured out how to post a response to someone else's post. I tried the "quote" button on Amanda's message and it looked like I was leaving the 160's (if only)! I have about 21 more pounds to go before I am there

Hope everyone is having a good day. So far so good here. Just having lunch now. Finally got all my Christmas decorations up. I have grounded myself from buying anymore decorations this year, nowhere to put them!

cah0806

Happy Hump Day Everyone!

I hope you are all having a great day. Went shopping (groceries - yuck!) and ran errands today. Haven't done much else. Plan to clean out the car, the dog pen, and straighten the house in a little bit. Always doing laundry around here - you'd think we were a family of 10 instead of 3:huh: That's going to be my extra 10 for the day. Gotta hit the elliptical in a little while after I take the dog for a walk.

Anyone else planning to hit Black Friday sales in a couple of days???

tigermom79

Happy Hump Day Everyone!

I hope you are all having a great day. Went shopping (groceries - yuck!) and ran errands today. Haven't done much else. Plan to clean out the car, the dog pen, and straighten the house in a little bit. Always doing laundry around here - you'd think we were a family of 10 instead of 3:huh: That's going to be my extra 10 for the day. Gotta hit the elliptical in a little while after I take the dog for a walk.

Anyone else planning to hit Black Friday sales in a couple of days???

cah0806.....You bet....I am a bk Friday junkie!!! :laugh:

Even though I have just about all of my shopping done....YEAH!!! I am still going to hit the stores. I absolutely love it. Just being out with the people and all I think is so much fun. Most of my friends hate it! :frown: I have even gotten my boys addicted to it so now they go out with me!

I am getting ready to join a local fitness club in our community. One of my employees joined on Monday and really enjoys it so I thought what the heck.....Scheduling is going to be my only down fall as the classes are M-W-F from 5:45-6:45 so I am asking the instructor if I can exchange the Mon class for Tues since I teach baton twirling on Monday. Waiting to see what she says.

Thanks for your encouraging words Amanda...Today has been a better day. Had mexican food for lunch but I think I will be okeedokee....

Talk to everyone soon!

AmandaJ

How come the days I work out the most I am the least hungry??? :huh:

My day in a nutshell, went to they gym, came home, cleaned out animal pens and this is not exactly an easy task. Hosed down the duck area and changed their water and feed, raked out the chicken house, refilled feed with 50 lb feed bags. Then headed to the goose pen, dumped their big swimming pool, cleaned out their house, this was poor planning, has to be done on my knees and then filled their feeder. Headed next to the goat pen and raked disgusting hay and waste away, pitchforked it or shoveled it on the ocmpost pen and then cleaned their house, put down new straw and so forth. Had to carry their water bucket. I am assuming this counted for calories burnt. Then dd and I made a cherry crisp, apple pie, pumpkin pie and I am taking a break. Next I will go make cow horn's out of the leftover pie filling, made a Grandma Dolly pie and the pumpkin ribbon bread. Then I am going to straighten the house and make dinner. Then I am going to fall on the couch and watch the special edition of the Biggest Loser. :laugh:

AmandaJ

I haven't made up my mind about Black Friday yet, I am leaning towards no this year although I am usually a BF junkie too!

littlebigbird

Hi everyone. You all sound so busy. America just before Thanksgiving sounds just like the UK in the few days before Christmas!!

Amanda - I'm exhausted just reading about everything you've done today. Where on earth do you find the energy?!!!!

I'm having a much better week calorie and exercise-wise this week, so hopefully it'll show on the scales by Sunday!!

Got my extra 10 minutes of exercise today pacing up and down the corridor at the university where my younger daughter was taking part in a music rehearsal, because the room I'd been invited to wait in was freezing cold. As they say, every cloud has a silver lining, and a marginally warmer pair of feet!

Angel1029

Hey everyone!!!! I know I've been MIA but I've been bustin' my butt. I started P90X on Monday and I've been feeling it. My whole body is aching. So I've been working out for like an hour a day sometimes more. So this is a BIG step up from what I used to do so I think I've been putting in some challenges for myself. Hope everyone else is doing well. Hope everyone has a Happy Thanksgiving!!!