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Breakfast 7:45am: Natural turkey and colby jack cheese on grain-sweetened wheat bread and water

Lunch 12:30pm: Chick-Fil-A strip salad with Caesar dressing, croutons, honey roasted sunflower seeds, small order of fries, and water

Dinner 6ish: Whole wheat organic black bean, corn, and mild cheddar cheese quesadilla with equal parts sour cream and organic mild salsa, large slice of tiramisu, two bites of crunchy pasta snack–whole wheat penne pasta tossed in olive oil, butter, and breadcrumb/wheat germ mixture, and water

Physical activity: 10 minutes of joggings, 5 minutes of power walking, 10 minutes cool down and warm-up–20 sit-ups, 10 push-ups, and 10 military presses.

Assessment: I ate lunch out as food therapy. I could’ve jogged a little bit longer to increase stamina. I purposely ate foods with high fructose corn syrup and MSG respectively, knowing full well those are NOT good for me. I didn’t need the tiramisu especially as it was after 7pm when I ate it. I was enabling and indulgent overall.

Z-Ro is listening to: studio sessions with Astropop3 with Bill and Gabe

Up to 9, right?

Breakfast 8ish: Whole wheat and flax seed waffle with local butter and real maple syrup, glass of local 2% milk with organic non-dairy chocolate syrup, and water

Lunch pt.1 11:45am: Organic energy bar–delish! and water

Lunch pt. 2 2:30ish: Organic chocolate, nuts, and cranberry energy bar–can you tell I didn’t have time to pack a decent lunch and water

Dinner 5ish: The Golden Arches…..I know…and oh wait, it gets better. Nuggets, fries, two medium sweet teas, and a chocolate and vanilla sundae. My legs are going to hate me tomorrow for all the running I’ll be doing in penance for these horrible food choices. No excuses–I knew better and chose poorly.

Dessert 9ish: Decaf coffee with powdered creamer and sweet and low for Solid Rock Café. Much love to my fellow recovery warriors at Celebrate Recovery!

Physical exercise–jogged for about 10 minutes (one day I’ll be able to type that I jogged 10 miles, but that’s for another day) or so, yoga/Pilates/strength training quickie session for about 10 minutes, and 20 non-consecutive push-ups.

Assessment: I need and can make wise food choices regardless of where I am. The extra glass of sweet tea was unnecessary–and the headache and brain freeze that followed reminded me of that lest I forget. I didn’t need the fries or at least not as much as I ate. I didn’t eat any fruit or any vegetables today. Not good at all.

Z-Ro is listening to: the hum of my modem and the crickets outside. For once, the iTunes is off.

Day 8

Breakfast 8ish: Organic whole wheat and flax seed waffle with local butter and real maple syrup, two slices of turkey bacon, water, tall glass of organic 2% milk with organic non-dairy chocolate syrup

Lunch 12ish: Footlong meatball sub (guess where I ate lunch today?) with spinach, green peppers, pickles, and black olives on Italian herbs and cheese white bread and water

Dinner 6ish: Whole wheat organic black bean, corn, and mild cheddar cheese quesadilla with equal parts low-fat sour cream and organic mild salsa, organic dark chocolate and vanilla ice-cream bar (really really good by the way), and water

Physical activity: Another aerobics class today (yeah!), but on the down side took an epic 3 hour nap (I’m zonked adjusting to new schedule and finally exercising every day) and part food coma from eating the entire white bread foot long sub.

Assessment: 6 inches for the sub was plenty, should’ve have wheat bread instead, and processed meatballs is not helping my case at all–should’ve stuck with cold cuts or turkey. An hour nap–great–3 hours unnecessary!

Z-Ro is listening to: Vienna by Billy Joel–my theme song!

Day 7

Breakfast 7ish: Organic cinnamon fiber puffs cereal with local 2% milk and water

Lunch 11ish: Whole wheat organic black bean, corn, and mild cheddar cheese quesadilla with 2 tsps. of low-fat sour cream and organic salsa and water

Snack 4ish: Homemade (by someone else, not me ^_^) carrot muffin and water

Dinner 5ish: Chick-Fil-A chicken sandwich, large order of fries (this is addiction is going to be tough to kick–fries and Chick-Fil-A), medium sweet tea (sooooo bad for me yet so delicious), and water

Snack 8ish: Small order of fries

Physical activity: Jogged in the neighborhood for 10 minutes, stretched and mini-Pilates/yoga session for 15 minutes

Assessment: Unless I’m making it, I really need to stay away from sweet tea–between the extra caffeine and oodles of refined sugar, not good healthwise or weigh wise.

I need to back off from fries for a while until I have better self-control about not shoveling massive amounts of them down my gullet. I need to eat more for breakfast, so I’m not so ravenous by lunch time and after work.

Although, I’m getting better about jogging for longer consecutive amounts of time, I could’ve stepped up my work-out a little more and truthfully, probably could’ve run for another 10 minutes, but I was too easy on myself. Gee, imagine that!

 I need to push myself a little bit more when it comes to exercise if I’m serious about building overall endurance, stronger cardiovascular strength, and shrinking some fat cells–make that a lot of fat cells.

Z-Ro is listening to: Let It Fall Apart by Helio Sequence–good stuff.

Day 6

Breakfast 7:45am: Natural turkey and local cheddar cheese on buttered wheat toast (also local!), regular coffee with local 2% milk and organic non-dairy chocolate syrup

Lunch 11am: Whole wheat organic black bean, corn, and cheddar cheese quesadilla with 2 tbsp of organic salsa and two tsp. of low fat sour cream, and water

Snack 4ish: Krispy Kreme donut with chocolate frosting, some regular coffee with local 2% milk and organic non-dairy chocolate syrup

Dinner 5ish: Organic black bean, corn, and cheddar cheese salad with homemade croutons, a little bit of organic Goddess dressing, two tsp of low fat sour cream, 1 heaping tbsp of organic mild salsa, 1/2 cup of Veggie Booty, and water

Dessert 6:30pm: Organic dark chocolate and vanilla ice-cream bar and water

Physical activity: FINALLY started aerobics again. I didn’t do too bad, but I struggled at the end with the strength training and my core strength is saaad.

Assessment: Dessert was unnecessary especially after having the doughnut right before dinner. Shouldn’t have eaten anything…much less sweet after 6:30pm and didn’t eat any fruit today.

Z-Ro is listening to: La princesa play in the bathtub. With that said, here’s to a healthier tomorrow!

On the FIF day…

Breakfast 8ish: Half of a whole wheat black bean, corn, and mild cheddar cheese quesadilla (so weird, I know, but I just wanted the protein), regular coffee with 2% local milk and organic non-dairy chocolate syrup, and water

Lunch 1pm: 1 whole wheat black bean, corn, and mild cheddar cheese quesadilla-”Get in there and make yourself a dang quesadilla”-with 2 dollops of low fat sour cream and organic mild salsa and water

Snack 4ish: Handful of Veggie Booty, two oats and graham chocolate chip cookies (they are finally gone!!!), and water

Dinner 6:45pm: Two slice of thin crust pepperoni, mushroom, and bacon pizza, and water

Dessert 7ish: 1 1/2 cup of mint chocolate chip ice-cream and water

Physical activity: None-it’s the Sabbath although I was very tempting to run around the neighborhood after eating so much chocolate today. Thank God aerobics class starts tomorrow.

Assessment: Too many sweets, shouldn’t have eaten junk after 7pm, and need to eat more fruits.

Z-Ro is listening to: her baby girl sleeping soundly

Day 4

Breakfast 9:30am: Grilled cheese sandwich (I know, weird and random, but that’s me in a nutshell) on wheat bread, local butter, and mild cheddar cheese, and water

Lunch 12ish: Colby jack cheese on buttered wheat toast, handful of edamame, handful of Veggie Booty

Snack 4ish: Single scoop of double chocolate chunk ice-cream in a waffle cone. The kid was a trooper at the doctor’s office and I wanted some chocolate–so sue me.

Dinner 5ish: Half of whole grain tortilla natural turkey and colby jack cheese wrap, two pieces of watermelon, and water

Physical activity: Jogged 10 minutes (not much I know, but better than nothing) and stretched for 5

Z-Ro is listening to: From my mouth to your ears by Other

Day 3

Breakfast 8:30am–I have to confess I ate it in the car on the way to the kid’s preschool. Snickers Marathon energy bar and water

Lunch almost 1: 2 cups of rice, small serving of pork adobo, half of an organic banana, one oat and graham chocolate chip cookie and water

Dinner 5ish: 2 cups of rice, small serving of pork adobo, 2 oaty graham chocolate chip cookies, and water

Physical activity–half good and half bad. I slept in and hit the snooze–an addiction I’m supposed to be kicking, not indulging as well as took an epic 2 1/2 hours nap after a white rice carb induced food coma.

On the up side, I did run a little over a mile today (FINALLY) and power walked (yes, it looks lame, but if it works, it works, right?) on the track. Did a quick 30 minutes run on some nautilus machines. It’s nice to get moving again and I was quite encouraged that even though it’s literally been four months since I last hit the gym (yes, that is pathetic!!!), I’m not overly sore or hurting. I’m not that much of a derelict, after all

Assessment: No snooze; get up a decent time and naps will be unnecessary. No more white rice–jasmine rice, it was nice to know you–and no more than 1 cup serving at a time unless I plan on running more or something. Bit of progress today. Not bad.

Z-Ro is listening to: the crickets chirping and the lovely sound of the kid going sleeping soundly.

Day 2 in the new year

…well new year for me anyways.

Breakfast 7ish: 2 whole wheat and flax seed waffles (homemade, son), tbsp of local butter, and tsp of pure maple syrup, and water

Lunch 11ish: Snickers Marathon energy bar, large organic banana, homemade cafe mocha with non-dairy organic chocolate syrup, local 2% milk, and regular coffee, and water

Snack 4:30pm: Handful of boiled edamame, some Veggie Booty, and water

Dinner 5:30pm: Romaine lettuce salad with shredded mild cheddar cheese, homemade croutons, summer squash, and Goddess dressing; 5 oz. of pork adobo; two slices of buttered white french bread from a local bakery

Dessert: Two graham and oats chocolate chip cookies and water

Physical activity: None.

Assessment: I need to go to bed at a decent time. I need to get back better shape as I have very little energy when I get home from work. A much needed jog around the track and circuit training session at the gym await tomorrow morning.

Z-Ro is listening to: A delightful version of the already awesome Just by Radiohead by Mr. Mark Ronson. Quite interesting and infectious. Radiohead purists, please forgive me.

Day 1 (again)

Let’s try this again. I definitely need the accountability!

Breakfast 9:30am: Turkey bacon and mild cheddar cheese on white french bread with real butter, water

Lunch 12ish: Snickers marathon energy bar  (I know….I know…but my aunt got a gazillion of them for free and I couldn’t resist taking a box home for myself.), half of a banana, hand full of Veggie Booty a.k.a. corn puffs with spinach and kale (and yes, it does taste good), and water

Snack 1:30pm: Tons of buttered popcorn (though it wasn’t swimming in butter), some Sprite, and some water

Drink 4pm: small raspberry flavored sweet tea

Dinner 6ish: Two bowls of homemade salad-romaine lettuce, summer squash, some baby carrots with homemade croutons, shredded cheddar cheese, and Goddess dressing (delightful!) and two graham and oats chocolate chip cookies, and water

Physical activity: None unless you count marathon thrift store shopping with Moms and the kid then no.

Daily assessment: Too many sweetened beverages–soda was bad for the high fructose corn syrup and tea was bad for the sugar overload and extra caffeine. In retrospect, one cookie would’ve been sufficient and at least 20 minutes of exercise was in order. Mediocre day in terms of eating and drinking choices and very poor in terms of exercise (or lack thereof!)

Z-Ro is listening to: Grace like rain by Plumbline