30 by 30!

[leahfountain]

Hi Rose! Glad to see your back and feeling better! Good luck this week! I know what you mean about going to visit the parents. I'm the only one in my family who is not slim. UGH! Just got to stick to the SBD! Keep up the good work!

[Rosetrail]

Yep, I hear you! I love my mom to death, but it's hard to have a babe for a mom sometimes.

I had a great bike commute today - fast and furious.
Wednesday:
AM - ride to work 45 minutes! a tie with my fastest time ever - wahoo!
PM - ride home from work - 55 minutes; 5 minutes quick ab work; 5-10 minutes stretch
Menu: not beachy enough for my September challenge points, but not too shabby.
B1: cheese stick
B2: Smart Balance Oatmeal packet
L: Middle Eastern - yum!
S: Middle Eastern left overs
S2: here's where I lost my beachy-ness - 6 midgie tootsie rolls, 1 Godiva truffle, 1 mini Reese's PB cup
D: Turkey Chili

[Rosetrail]

Thursday menu: (Beachy day - yay!)
B1: cheese stick
B2: apple
L: lentil soup and app. 2 cups fresh veggies - cucumber, tomato, bell pepper, mushroom, 3 olives
S: cheese stick
S2: 100 cal popcorn
D: steamed chicken and broccoli

[Smurlene]

Rose--I see you are still doing well on your bike commutes! Awesome! I was looking at bikes last weekend and really felt compelled to buy one, but with weather changes here in Ohio, I will probably only be able to ride my bike for a couple of more months before I have to put it in storage. Do you plan to keep riding this winter?

[meemoo]

I was so excited to get my bike all ready to go for this summer and then found out I was pregnant. Seeing as everything was making me dizzy I figured balancing on two wheels probably wasn't the safest thing to do. Especially while pulling kids in the trailer behind me. Way to go your commutes, that's great! Keep up the good work!

[Rosetrail]

Thanks, Smurl and Meemoo for the props on the bike commuting. I am going to try to ride as long as I can. I know that when it gets really cold I will be taking the subway. I plan to take a spinning class during the months that I can't get outside on my bike to hopefully keep myself in shape well enough to not miss a beat in the spring. Plus, I have a bike trainer that I can use at home. It takes the back wheel of any bike and runs it on a roller, so you can turn an outside bike into an indoor stationary bike. Very boring, but good option when the weather is bad!

Monday menu:
B - cheese stick
B2 - Smart Balance Oatmeal packet
L - chicken and barley soup; raw veggies, app. 2 cups; 1 godiva truffle
S - 100 cal popcorn
D - Fiesta salad - lettuce, celery, bell pepper, black beans, corn, 1 tblsp ranch, salsa, black olives, green chili, shredded cheese, and a handful of crunched up whole grain tortilla chips

So close to being a beachy day, but that truffle did me in!

Tuesday menu:
B - kashi cereal
S - 2 cheese sticks
S - 1 1/2 truffles (aw, crap. blew beachy again today. why am I f-ing up?)
L - chicken sandwich with cheese, lettuce, tomato; green salad with tomato, a couple mozz cubes, and cubed eggplant; big chocolate chip cookie (crap!)
D - pita pizza - chicken, tomato, spinach, mozz, black olives, green chilis
Treat (as if I needed another one today!) - 1 cup raspberries and peaches

[Rosetrail]

Wednesday menu:
B - Crispix cereal
L - Cosi low-fat/low-cal salad; 1 piece Cosi flatbread
D - Indian - Chicken Vindaloo, with just 1/4 c rice

PM - 45 minutes weight training (wkout 2); 30 minutes elliptical machine; quick stretch

[Rosetrail]

Thursday:
AM - 45 minutes weights (wkout 1); 30 minutes on the elliptical

Thursday menu:
B: 1/3c LF cottage cheese with SF strawberry preserves
B2: Smart Balance Oatmeal packet
L: Sirloin wrap with black beans and green salad
S: raw veggies, couple of small cheese slices, 1/3c grapes
D: Crispix cereal (lame, but I worked late and had no energy to cook)

[Rosetrail]

Friday:
AM - 45 minutes weight training (wkout 2); 30 minutes elliptical
This was the last week in my 6 week weight training phase, so next week I gotta head to the gym with a new weight training plan. It will be nice to have a change.

Friday menu:
B: 1/3c LF cottage cheese, with SF strawberry preserves
B2: Smart Balance Oatmeal packet
L: pistachio crusted tilapia; cauliflower gratin; green salad
D: chili, 1/2 turkey sandwich

[Rosetrail]

Sat: 1 hour walk; 30 minutes strength at home
menu:
B - kashi cereal, 1 peach
L - tomato soup
S - raw veggies
D - chicken salad

Sun: 30 min walk; 30 minutes strength at home
B - kashi cereal
L - chicken sandwich (ate 1/2 bread); popcorn
S - tuna sushi roll
D - homemade chicken soup with carrots, peas and onions

[Rosetrail]

Monday:
AM - 30 minutes strength training (new circuit); 30 minutes elliptical; 5 minutes abs; 10 minutes stretch

menu:
B: Kashi cereal
L: green salad with chicken and veggie toppings
S: 100 cal popcorn
D: spinach wrap filled with veggies and LF veggie cream cheese

Tuesday:
late night last night - no gym
My morning was a big huge bust! junky breakfast then way too much candy. I swam way off the beach. Trying to get back to shore now with a healthy lunch.
L: vegetarian lentil soup and raw veggies, approx. 2 cups

[Texas Artist]

Just stopping by to say hi. Look at all of that exercise...yay!