Boot Camp Weigh In 3 - Day 19 of Boot Camp

Sorry to disappoint, but I did not go to weigh in today. My home scale says I'm up from last week and I don't have the heart to see my book go back into the 10 pound range above. Just can't do it. Took too long (5.5 months) to go into it that I can't bear to turn back. It's going to be a rough week coming up, but I have faith I can handle it.

Upcoming week:

Sat., Nov. 20-22 - Philly - hubby is running the Philly Half Marathon, so we're heading to Philly on Sat. for packet pick-up, grabbing a pasta dinner, then turning in early so we can be up bright and early for the 7:00 a.m. start time Sunday morning. We're staying in Philly and will watch the Eagles game Sunday night in the city, then meeting up with a friend in for the holidays on Monday for lunch. Then home.

Thurs., Nov. 26 - Thanksgiving Day. A landmine of delicious, yet calorie-laden food. Must be vigilent about what I eat that day as there are TONS of things I get once a year (aka Thanksgiving) that I have to be wary of. So, this is the day that a good strong work-out will be needed.

Fri., Nov. 27 - While this is after my next weigh-in, technically it's part of next week. Other friends are coming in from TN for the holiday and we'll be joining them for lunch.

And wait til you hear what next week brings! Oh the humanity!

Onward to a recap from Day 19 of Boot Camp!

Exercise: Seems to be something I'm struggling with lately. But, I had a wonderful pep talk with a friend and have dedicated myself to exercise. It sure helps she's willing to kick my ass to make sure I do it. :-) So, we both agreed to run and I did. Got in 2.375 miles of running and .175 miles walking. Which is a TON more than I've done lately. I'm thinking I have to sign up for another race or I will let my running slide. Which would be a shame after all the hard work I've put in this year. So, I gotta get my butt in gear and sign up for the Jingle Bell race in Harrisburg.

Water: Missed by a tad. Drank most of a glass of water, then we ran errands and I never finished it. Doh! But, the good thing is that I'm getting back into the habit of drinking it.

Sweets: Well, not sure about this. I bought a pack of praline pecans as a treat for having emailed my entire thesis to my prof. Since they were nuts, I didn't think anything of it. Then I started wondering if the pecan coating could qualify them as sweets? This is a really hard thing, giving up sweets. Chocolate is a given, so no trail mix with chocolate, but this is on the iffy side for me. So, I may have been ok, or not. Ugh.

Points: I was good until the pecans. LOL! Actually, I had a TON of points at the end of the day, so I got myself a Chai Latte with soy milk. It turned out to be 7 points! I thought it would be more like 5. :-( So, thinking it was only 5 points, I ate the pecans mentioned above. Which after finding out my Latte was 7 points, put me over. Darn it!

9:00 p.m.: No food after 9:00 p.m. again.

Breakfast: I was lazy with breakfast. Again. Ugh. A bowl of cereal and a bowl of grapes. LOL! Wow, so exciting.

3 Fruits: Got all three in. Yea!

2 Vegetables: Vegetables were easy today. I made a lunch and dinner similar to the recipe below - lunch was veggies with roasted red pepper humus on a tortilla and dinner was the veggies and tuna with cheese on a tortilla. We were being lazy at dinner, but I definitely got my vegetables in. :-)

So, this coming week is going to be a HUGE challenge - both food and exercise wise. I need to bring my workout gear to Philly as our hotel has a gym. I can use that on Sunday and Monday to make sure I get a workout in. Those will be tough and eating out Sat night, all of Sunday and 2 meals on Monday will stretch my willpower. If I can come out of the weekend intact, this will be a great weekend to use to prove I can resist temptation and stay on track.

Typical lunch

So, I post a good deal about what I eat in the Points section of my updates. One lunch we have quite frequently is a Flat Out Veggie wrap. So, I thought I would share with you what I do to make it, in case it sounds like something you would like. If not, skip this post and keep going. :-)

Lunch generally helps me get my veggies in, if I make it myself. So, once or twice a week I will grab the skillet, cut up veggies and make a toasted veggie wrap using Flat Out Bread. Here's how you make it.

I take one Flat Out Bread wrap:

Then I spread Sonoma Jack Lite Cheese onto it. There are three flavors our grocery store carries and we like all three - Pepper Jack, Garlic and Herb, and Peppercorn.
With the cheese spread on the Flat Out Bread.
Once that's done, I take cut up veggies and stir-fry them in the skillet. We generally go with onions, carrots, red and green peppers, and whatever else we might have in the fridge. It's all personal preference, so put whatever vegetables you like in the stir-fry. I also like to add a little seasoning to the vegetables. Most of the time it's garlic powder, but sometimes it's Old Bay, sometimes it's Cajun. Depends on what I'm in the mood for.
Once the veggies are cooked to my liking, I put them in the middle of the Flat Out bread.
Then take the sides and wrap them around the middle. With the cheese spread across the whole bread, it makes a kind of glue that holds the edges together when you make the wrap. I've done this without taking the cheese to the edge, and when you fold the edges in, they don't stay. The cheese on the outside edges really makes the difference.
Now it's ready for the toaster oven. Put the setting what ever works for yours, ours is set to toast. It's such an old toaster oven that we basically leave it on the same setting for everything. LOL!
When it comes out, it's nice and toasted and yummy! It's a nice healthy 2 point sandwich that will really fill you up! I've also made it with canned tuna in water, which ups the point value to 4, but gives you the benefit of protein. Enjoy!

November 18 - Day 18 of Boot Camp

These running commentaries are getting shorter and shorter. LOL! Guess that's what happens when you get out of sync with what you are supposed to be doing. It's been a rough week. I realized that getting off track due to a new setting is rough. I am doing well at mastering controlling what I do at home and even when we go out locally, but going WAY out of the neighborhood is killer. Ugh.

Exercise: Wanted to get back on track with this since I missed it yesterday. I did the Wii Fit AND the Wii Active. I did a nice overall routine on the Wii Active that had some light toning exercises and some fun sport-type exercises. I had a hard time picking what I wanted to do, but settled for this 19 minute routine. Then I turned on the Wii Fit and did 10 minutes of Advanced Step, 6 minutes of Basic Step (which I haven't done in ages, and some balance exercises. I like the soccer head butt one the best. LOL! So, a nice 40 minutes of exercise.

Water: Finally got it all in! Good to get back on the water band wagon. I really need to get better at rationing my iced tea reward. I think I have to switch from half my water for iced tea to 3/4 of my water for iced tea.

Sweets: None.

Points: Stayed on track again. It was good to be on points two days in a row.

9:00 p.m.: No food after 9:00 p.m. again.

Breakfast: Breakfasts really are getting boring. I should pre-make some pancakes or something so I can just heat those up. The Heart Healthy Bisquick mix is 3 points for 4 pancakes...or is it 4 points for 3 pancakes? Hmmm... Oh! And did you hear there's a shortage in the Eggo Waffle Nutri-Grain brand? Ugh. We get those and I love topping them with bananas. Lovely.

3 Fruits: Got all three in. Yea!

2 Vegetables: Vegetables can sometimes be a problem, but I was good today. Got all the veggies I needed in. Phew!

November 17 - Day 17 of Boot Camp

FINALLY got somewhat back on the boot camp band wagon. Shesh! Wasn't perfect, but better than the last several days. It's amazing how hard it is to get things on the right track when you get derailed. What the heck???

Exercise: Nothing. LOL! Great way to start off the recap, huh? I have a valid reason. I spent an entire day writing up my citation page for my thesis. It was oh so fun, and it took me literally until 11:29 p.m. So, no exercise. But I really wanted to get it done in one day, so...

Water: 6 cups. Ugh. But, it's WAY more than I have had the last couple days so it's a start.

Sweets: None. Yea!

Points: FINALLY! Stayed on track. Phew!

9:00 p.m.: No food after 9:00 p.m. again.

Breakfast: Eh. Nothing exciting. English muffin, jelly, ICBINB, and a banana.

3 Fruits: Got em in. Finally. It's amazing how hard these things are to get in.

2 Vegetables: Had a yummy veggie dinner - spaghetti squash and vegetables. This got all my vegetables in with one meal. It was nice. And it's such a tasty meal. :)

November 16 - Day 16 of Day Camp

Oh, the best laid plans of mice and men. I was doing fabulous all day...then dinner hit. Seriously, I was so on...until dinner. Ugh...

Exercise: Decided I needed to beef up the exercise after the weekend. I did 26 minutes of the Wii Active. Had fun with a good sports routine. There were lots of jumping involved though. I then went and went for a walk up and down the street. Took me 28 minutes, I went up, down, and then back up again. It was a nice walk on a really nice day.

Water: None. It being so cold is just killing my desire to drink cold water.

Sweets: Haha! Did it. No sweets for me. Yea!

Points: I was so fine until dinner. We grabbed a sandwich out and brought it home. Then when we came home, I grabbed the bag of BBQ chips. And I should have known NOT to grab the whole bag. But no. I grabbed the bag and just ate chips. I have no idea how many I ate. I just ate them. They were soooo good! And salty. So, outside the stupid chips, I would have been fine. Stupid chips...

9:00 p.m.: Yup. No food after 9:00 p.m. This seems to be the easiest rule to follow.

Breakfast: Cereal, milk, banana. Nothing exciting. But did go over 5 points. Yea!

3 Fruits: Not all my fruits, but 2. It's on the right track at least.

2 Vegetables: :-( I had one in my sandwhich. Other than that, veggies didn't happen yesterday. Ugh.

November 15 - Day 15 of Day Camp

Ugh. Sunday did not turn around like I thought it would. Here are the dirty details.

Exercise: Nothing. Ugh.

Water: None. Double ugh.

Sweets: Lalala...the stupid coconut chocolate chip cookies called my name.

Points: I was good until the cookies...

9:00 p.m.: Amazingly enough, I felt the need to follow THIS boot camp rule...

Breakfast: I thought I was going ok. I had a nice egg white omlet with cheese and broccoli, 1/4 of the potatoes they gave me, a corn muffin with butter and coffee. I knew it wasn't the best, but I tried.

3 Fruits: Hangs head in shame.

2 Vegetables: All I really had was the broccoli in my eggs.

Really, this just was a horrible day. What the heck happened???

November 14 - Day 14 of Boot Camp

Well, it was the beginning of the end for two days of boot camp. It was a rough weekend, as I went away overnight with a friend to Atlantic City, NJ. I had a really good time, but boot camp was not on my mind during my time away.

Exercise: I was going to run before leaving, but I was too tired to get up. I accidentally then overslept completely and didn't get ANY exercise in before I left. :-(

Water: None. I drove 2 hours to my friend's house, then another 1.5 hours to Atlantic City and I didn't want to have to go to the bathroom. I had lots of things to drink, but no water.

Sweets: Lalala...yes, I had sweets. I had a yummy lemon meringue pie slice and a raspberry/mousse shooter. Delish! So worth cheating at the buffet!

Points: I have no idea how many points I had. We had dinner at a buffet. That should be enough right there for ya. I did have a very large plate of salad though. Then it went all down hill. I also had three alcoholic drinks, though the third one was a lite beer. LOL!

9:00 p.m.: I actually followed a boot camp rule! We didn't have any snacks after dinner. So, I was able to follow this one.

Breakfast: English muffine with I Can't Believe It's Not Butter spray and jelly. I also had a banana. Yum!

3 Fruits: Had a banana. That's it. I meant to grab some dried cherries before heading out, but forgot. Darn it!

2 Vegetables: I got my veggies in with a HUGE plate of salad. Seriously. I took a dinner plate and filled it with salad and started off my dinner at the buffet with that. Yum! It actually was really good. And I was proud I got it in.

So, that was my bad Sat. We had a really good time and walked everywhere once we got there. I'm not counting it as exercise, but at least I didn't sit my butt on a sofa/chair the whole time and do nothing.