Health Update

I've been gone for a while obviously. Haven't hardly worn post worthy makeup and I stopped posting about my diet and fitness. I started having minor food allergy issues so I was eating weird and trying to narrow down the culprit. It's eggs which is a common food issue for people and I was eating them every day for protein. Cooked or raw, my body had the same reaction to them so I know it wasn't due to being raw. After playing around with my green smoothie recipes, I've learned that I can tolerate 1/4 up to 1/2 a cup of raw eggs but if I eat more than that, my body goes into severe hate mode. Ouch! It's horrible!

I started the Insanity Workout a couple weeks ago and had to quit it this past weekend. I have never had knee issues until doing Insanity and I developed them upon doing the series religiously. Not good and I know I need to listen to my body. So I think even though the series is meant to be done consistently, since my knees aren't OK with it, I'll just do random ones from time to time to still be able to kick my butt with some serious interval training.

Lately I've been doing more power yoga, riding my bike several miles, as well as doing various strength training with my own body weight and doing exercises with my resistance tubes. With working out hardcore over the last 2 months, I was able to gain 8 lbs. back and have been keeping it on which I am happy about. I am no longer counting calories like I was before (that was making me crazy). I am used to the process of eating more on my more intense workout days so I don't become calorie deficient and overly exhausted.

I was eating Mexican or Tex-Mex, every day for a long while. I used lean ground turkey, light sour cream, tomatoes, shredded Mexican cheese and used butter lettuce leaves as wraps instead of tortillas. They were so good and I started eating them again this week. :-)  But this week I have added corn, black beans, peppers and green chilies to the ground turkey. YUM!

My workout yesterday was riding my bike for about 7 miles. Then came home and did some strength training with my resistance tubes and followed with pilates. I plan on doing yoga this evening but my mood could change by then and I could decide to do something else.

I hope you all are doing well!

~BLIX

Food & Exercise Log for April 13, 14 and 15, 2011

4-13-11:
Green Smoothie batch of the day:

2 cups baby spinach (smashed like crazy into measuring cup to get as much in there as possible!)
1 cup frozen blueberries
1 cup uncooked 100% whole grain oatmeal
1 cup 1% milk
4 tablespoons of Sunflower Seed Butter
1 cup frozen peaches
2 bananas
1 cup low fat vanilla yogurt (with live cultures)
1 cup egg whites
2 tablespoons Wheat Germ
3 tablespoons flax seeds

Calories: 1484
Fat: 24.9 g (healthy fat!)
Protein: 77 g

This makes a huge batch that fills up a 64 oz. container. I keep it in the fridge and drink all day long.

Breakfast:
1 huge cup of coffee with a tablespoon of cream/sugar
1 glass of smoothie
2 Eggo multigrain waffles

Lunch:
1 glass of smoothie
2 oz. whole wheat noodles with a bit of butter and lotsa pepper

Dinner:
1 glass of smoothie
2 pieces of cinnamon bread

Exercise: Tribal fusion Bellydance class. 1.5 hours of non-stop dancing!


4-14-11:
Green Smoothie batch of the day:

2 cups baby spinach (smashed like crazy into measuring cup to get as much in there as possible!)
1 cup frozen blueberries
1 cup 1% milk
2 tablespoons of Sunflower Seed Butter
1 cup uncooked 100% whole grain oats
2 bananas
1 cup low fat frozen yogurt (with live cultures)
1 cup egg whites
3 tablespoons Wheat Germ

Calories: 1398
Fat: 30.2 g
Protein: 66 g

This makes a huge batch that fills up a 64 oz. container. I keep it in the fridge and drink all day long.

Breakfast:
1 huge cup of coffee with a tablespoon of cream/sugar
1 glass of smoothie
2 eggo multigrain waffles

Lunch:
1 glass of smoothie
2 oz. of whole wheat noodles with 1/4 tablespoon of butter and lotsa pepper

smoothie and noodles!

Dinner:
1 glass of water
Cheeseburger with lean beef patty (91% fat free)
100% multigrain buns
1 slice of colbyjack cheese
spinach leaves
a whole mediem tomato sliced
ketchup
lotsa pepper, garlic and onion powder for seasoning

It was YUM!

Exercise: Cathe Boot Camp

4-15-11

Green Smoothie batch of the day:

2 cups baby spinach (smashed like crazy into measuring cup to get as much in there as possible!)
1 cup frozen blueberries
1 cup frozen peaches
1 cup 1% milk
2 bananas
1 cup low fat vanilla yogurt (with live cultures)
1 cup egg whites
2 tablespoons Wheat Germ

Calories: 1236
Fat: 17.5 g (healthy fat!)
Protein: 71 g

This makes a huge batch that fills up a 64 oz. container. I keep it in the fridge and drink all day long.

Breakfast:
1 huge cup of coffee with a tablespoon of cream/sugar
1 glass of smoothie
2 eggo multigrain waffles

Lunch:
1 glass of smoothie
a bowl of Tasty Bite Bombay potatoes

Dinner:
1 glass of smoothie
Hashbrowns with onions, butter and pepper
grilled lean beef patty (91% fat free) with lotsa pepper and some ketchup

Exercise:
No exercise this day. Went to a friends Bday party. :-)

~BLIX

Food & Exercise Log for 4-10-11, 4-11-11 & 4-12-11

4-10-11:
Green Smoothie batch of the day:

2 cups baby spinach (smashed like crazy into measuring cup to get as much in there as possible!)
1 cup frozen blueberries
1 cup 1% milk
4 tablespoons of Sunflower Seed Butter
1 cup frozen peaches
2 bananas
1 cup low fat vanilla yogurt (with live cultures)
1 cup egg whites
3 tablespoons Wheat Germ

Calories: 1469
Fat: 39 g (healthy fat!)
Protein: 76 g

This makes a huge batch that fills up a 64 oz. container. I keep it in the fridge and drink all day long.

Breakfast:

1 huge cup of coffee with a tablespoon of cream/sugar
1 glass of smoothie
small bowl of multigrain cheerios with 1% milk

Lunch:
1 HUGE glass of smoothie

Dinner:
1 glass of smoothie
6 oz. roasted chicken

Exercise: Cathe Slow & Heavy: Legs and shoulders


4-11-11:
Green Smoothie batch of the day:

2 cups baby spinach (smashed like crazy into measuring cup to get as much in there as possible!)
1 cup frozen blueberries
1 cup 1% milk
5 tablespoons of Sunflower Seed Butter
1 cup uncooked 100% whole grain oats
2 bananas
1 cup low fat vanilla yogurt (with live cultures)
1 cup egg whites
3 tablespoons Wheat Germ

Calories: 1866
Fat: 53.1 g
Protein: 92 g

This makes a huge batch that fills up a 64 oz. container. I keep it in the fridge and drink all day long.

Breakfast:
1 huge cup of coffee with a tablespoon of cream/sugar
1 glass of smoothie
small bowl of multigrain cheerios with 1% milk

Lunch:
1 glass of smoothie
Bowl of whole wheat noodles with 1/4 tablespoon of butter and lotsa pepper

Dinner:
1 glass of smoothie
2 multi grain waffles


Snack:
Small orange

Exercise: Cathe Slow & Heavy: Biceps, Triceps and abs

4-12-11

Green Smoothie batch of the day:

2 cups baby spinach (smashed like crazy into measuring cup to get as much in there as possible!)
1 cup frozen blueberries
1 cup uncooked whole grain oats
1 mango
1 cup frozen peaches
1 cup 1% milk
2 tablespoon Sunflower Butter
2 bananas
1 cup low fat vanilla yogurt (with live cultures)
1 cup egg whites
3 tablespoons Wheat Germ

Calories: 1356
Fat: 27.6 g (healthy fat!)
Protein: 77 g

This makes a huge batch that fills up a 64 oz. container. I keep it in the fridge and drink all day long.

Breakfast:
1 huge cup of coffee with a tablespoon of cream/sugar
1 glass of smoothie
small bowl of multigrain cheerios with 1% milk

Lunch:
1 HUGE glass of smoothie

Dinner:
1 glass of smoothie
Crunchwrap supreme from Taco bell (I don't eat out very often but my husband picked this up for me as I was saying I NEEDED a burrito, but meant I would make one myself) Oh well, I ate it anyway. :-)

Exercise:
Hubby and I road our bikes for about 30 minutes at a very fast pace...by a stinky river with annoying bugs everywhere. Sucked! Kept getting hit in the face with bugs...horrible! Would have gone longer if it wasn't for the nasty ass bugs!

Smoothie from Monday.

 just the dry ingredients

 dry and wet ingredients

all blended! not very pretty but it was really yummy! Sort of looked like a chocolate shake without the chocolate flavour...I pack so many different things in my smoothies that they just don't look very nice. Hee hee!

~BLIX

Food & Exercise Log 4-9-11

Green Smoothie batch of the day (I don't change it too much from day to day)

2 cups baby spinach (smashed like crazy into measuring cup to get as much in there as possible!)
1 cup frozen blueberries
1 cup 1% milk
4 tablespoons of Sunflower Seed Butter
2 bananas
1 cup low fat strawberry yogurt (with live cultures)
1 cup egg whites
4 tablespoons Wheat Germ

Calories: 1377
Fat: 39.8 g (healthy fat!)
Protein: 67 g

This makes a huge batch that fills up a 64 oz. container. I keep it in the fridge and drink all day long.

Breakfast:

1 huge cup of coffee with a tablespoon of cream/sugar
1 glass of smoothie
1 homemade pancake

Lunch:
1 glass of smoothie
6 oz of roasted chicken

Dinner:
1 glass of smoothie
4 oz. roasted chicken

 What my lunch/dinner looks like. Doesn't look like much but chicken and these smoothies are VERY filling. I could barely finish this! I realize the chicken doesn't look very good in this picture, but it didn't look that weird in real life. :-)

Snack:
Smoothie time! Made another one with an avocado, a mango and 3 cups of milk.
Then later in the evening had a bowl of healthy frozen yogurt (has live cultures) with fruit.

My exercise of the day was Cathe Slow & Heavy: Chest, Back and Planks. Oh my chest and back are very sore today!

Calories for the day added up to about 2500 (that's after the 300+ burned from working out). I could have eaten more but didn't really need to or feel like it.

~BLIX

Food log 4-8-11

Green smoothie of the day:


2 cups baby spinach (smashed like crazy into measuring cup to get as much in there as possible!)
2 cup frozen blueberries
1 cup 1% milk
4 tablespoons of Sunflower Seed Butter
2 bananas
1 cup low fat strawberry yogurt (with live cultures)
1 cup Oat & Honey Granola
2 tablespoons flax seeds
3/4 cup egg whites
2 tablespoons Wheat Germ

Calories: 1860
Fat: 48.2 g (healthy fat!)
Protein: 89 g


This makes a huge batch that fills up a 64 oz. container. I keep it in the fridge and drink all day long.



Breakfast:

1 glass of smoothie
1 cup of Smart Start Cereal with 1 cup 1 % milk

Lunch:
1 glass of smoothie
6 oz of roasted chicken

Dinner:
1 glass of smoothie
4 oz. roasted chicken

Snack:
Smoothie time!

I didn't exercise as I went to the Beats Antique show and was on my feet for 5 hours!
Since I didn't do major exercise, I didn't need to eat as many calories.

Midnight snack after show was a small bowl of Multi-grain Cheerios.

Calories for the day added up to about 2500. I could have eaten more but I wasn't home enough to be able to do that.

~Blix