The new (fabulous) trainer put us on a new eating regimen while we try to not look flabby blobs before our honeymoon. Yesterday was a cardio/rest day, and I was supposed to do 30 minutes on the elliptical, and try not to tear my calf muscle more. Check and check. My heart rate did get close to 180, and I felt really hot, but I lived.
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| Not the look we're going for. |
Here's what yesterday's suggestions were versus what I ate:
- Suggested Breakfast:1 cup blueberries (90), 1 slice Ezekiel bread (80) with 1Tbsp peanut or almond butter (95) and whatever veggie you choose. (I'm looked up Ezekiel bread and it's based on Bible verses. Interesting.)
- Actual Breakfast: 1 cup blueberries (90), 1 slice whole wheat bread, 1 poached egg (80), 2 glasses water.
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| Guess who learned how to poach an egg! The secrets are using vinegar and making a whirlpool in the pot! |
- Suggested Snack: celery and ¼ cup hummus (120)
- Actual Snack: None, saving calories for dinner (0)
- Suggested Lunch: 3oz Salmon (180) and salad with ½ avocado (160) and 1 cup blueberries or strawberries (90-100)
- Actual Lunch: A taco made with a whole grain wrap (90), 3 ounces of turkey (150), a tablespoon of fat free sour cream (10), tomatoes (5), kale (5), half cup refried beans (100), sprinkle of 2% cheese (20)
- Suggested Snack: ¼ cup hummus (120) and ½ cucumber (10)
- Actual Snack: None, saving calories for dinner (0)
- Suggested Dinner: 1/2 cup wild rice (110), ½ cup peas (60), 6oz chicken (250)
- Actual Dinner: 1 cup of wild rice (220), 6 ounces chicken (250), steamed broccoli, carrots, and cauliflower (25), 1/4 cup hummus (120), cucumber, carrots, and celery (20), pita bread (80), beer (150), ice cream bar (110)
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| If you like wine, you'll like this beer! It was sweet and mead-y. |
- Suggested Calories: 1400
- Actual Calories: 1615
Not perfect, but not a bad first try. We'll give it a Queen Maxima in a cute purple dress, and an inexplicably bizarre Peter Pan-ish hat.
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| Oh Max, you so crazy. |
