redwinelover's Journal, 11 July 2010

Weight stayed the same. I seem to have gotten back to daily weighings again...not good normally, but with upcoming appointment, I want to make sure I stay on track.
I'm bored today! Looking for motivation to go work out. As much as I say I need to shake things up and do different DVDs, there seems to be two combos that burn close to 700 calories. The rest are closer to 500. So I'll probably do the cardio max 1 & 2 and then the burn fat, boost metabolism one. Yesterday I burned about 2375 total, which isn't bad, but I've set a new goal on my Bodybugg to aim for 2500 calories a day. That way I should easily drop 2 lbs a week. Just not easy to do unless I leave the house and do something, or CLEAN the house! :) Lord knows...it could use it! I think I'm overwhelmed again with junk. I need to weed out clothes again and be brutal. Closet is overfull, chest of drawers is stuffed and can't cram anything else in there, and I have clothes not hung up or folded and no where to put them. Just seeing that mess seems to make me want to avoid cleaning anything (no where to put stuff - why bother?) and what bugs me more is my semi-belief that your external environment reflects your inner self (turmoil). So...put it off for yet another day and think I'll swiffer the floors, eat some breakfast and then work out. Maybe cool off in the pool, watch a few more episodes of The Sopranos, drink tons of water today, stick to my eating plan....in general, be a good girl (if being in total avoidance mode doesn't discount those efforts!) :D

...later
Haven't had a lot of water yet today, but will now. Ended up going through a drawer of tank tops. Yes, I have an entire drawer of tank tops since it's always so friggin' hot here. Or so it seems. That, and I'm a bit of a pack rat. But I did through out some that are too big : ) I also hung up most of the clothes laying around, then found another stack of things with no home to go to as of yet. I will really go through my closet and toss out clothes in another ten pounds or so. I think those ten pounds will make a difference in clothing for sure.

I played in the pool with my hubby for over an hour. That was nice. Don't know what kind of calorie burn to count it as. Wasn't swimming, but we did play basketball. So my bodybugg was off for over an hour. Then I finally made myself do a short workout - thank God for challenges! I've committed to the Get off your Ass challenge, and since it only calls for 20 min. of exercise per day, how could I screw that challenge up so quickly? So I did the cardio max 1 & 2 and warm up, so that was 35 min. Weird thing was that at the end of it, my bodybugg said I was only burning 2.4 calories a min. - 144 calories per hour. Now I know that's not correct. I was sweating and out of breath, too. Uh-uh...something's up there. Anyway, glad I did at least that - sure wasn't feeling it today.

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1070 kcal

Fat: 20.23g | Prot: 71.89g | Carb: 89.77g.   Breakfast: walnut half, organic flax pumpkin granola, greek style yogurt, Sugar Free French Vanilla Coffee Creamer, Almonds, Strawberries, Blueberries. Lunch: tomato slice, All American Flame Grilled Soy Protein Burgers, multi-grain sandwich thins. Dinner: idahoan potatoes, Teriyaki Chicken Breasts, bordeaux wine. more...

2295 kcal

Activities & Exercise: Sitting - 3 hours, Housework - 3 hours, Calisthenics (light, e.g. home exercise) - 45 minutes, Circuit Training - 5 minutes, Dance (fast step, aerobic) - 30 minutes, Sleeping - 8 hours, Resting - 8 hours and 40 minutes. more...