Days 17 & 18: Drinking and Dancing

This weekend has been a crazy crazy weekend. Maybe just because I know I'm going back to work so I want to try to get stuff done before I am working again. Or maybe it was just crazy in my mind.

Saturday night, I went to celebrate a friends upcoming wedding with pasta, and drinking. I am NOT a big drinker. At all. Like barely drink. So this was a challenge.

We hit up one of my favourite pasta restaurants in Edmonton, and I managed to attempt to be healthy and order myself a salad. However, it being mostly dark leafy greens, which I tend to find quite bitter, and my body isn't the best at digesting them. I chased them with my giant glass of wine and was pretty happy.

We ended up heading out in a limo for a booze cruise. This cruise included jell-o shots and malibu soaked gummy bears. Here's a couple things they should have known about me.

1) I hate jello
2) I hate malibu

I'll admit, I had some of the jello shots. They mostly made me feel like when you have the flu, with a little bit of vodka. The gummy bears didn't go anywhere near me. So gross.

Luckily there was quite a bit of dancing involved!

boom.

Heres the shot from my fitbit. Look at all those steps! And them active minutes!,

However, since I rarely drink, I'll admit I was feeling a little rough this morning. I should have probably had some water before bed. But I got up and did the mom thing. Started chugging my water. I even went for a treadmill run today! I feel like thats a gain. Before, I usually would have just napped while my kid napped, but today I decided to sweat. I drank water and had healthy snacks. I made a delicious dinner of turkey burgers, and a selection of leftover sides. The pasta salad I made originally called for mayo but I switched that out for just plain yogurt. I cut up more cucumbers than pasta, and sprinkled a healthy dose of dill. It was so yummy! Even the kid enjoyed it!

But the real star was this burger. I usually hate how dry turkey burgers can be. However, these ones turned out super juicy and delicious.

1lb turkey
1/4-1/2 cup of diced onions
1 clove minced garlic
shake of panko
egg whites
parsley

It was so good! I have left overs luckily to enjoy the rest of the week.

Aww yeah giant turkey burger. 

I'm glad I didn't just order pizza, or eat the frozen pizza in the freezer. I'm glad I made the choice to eat healthy. Hopefully this is a step in the right direction.

This makes me hungry. 

I'm still going to admit that snacking at night is still killing me. I am sitting here and just wanting to eat everything. I hate that feeling. I wish there was something that was filling and delicious that wasn't terrible to eat before bed. Any one have any thoughts! Leave a comment and let me know!

-Bailey

Days 9-13: Sushi, Crab Enchiladas and Getting Lost in the Ladies Changeroom

Whoa. It's been awhile since I've been on here. I mean, almost a week right? Well today is day 14. I still feel like I'm struggling. I don't know what my issue is. But lets get back to last week.

After my amazing lettuce burger (still drooling over it) I headed out to Saskatoon with my sis for a family thing. Well, the evening we arrived, we were treated to a delicious all you can eat sushi dinner. Now, I can eat A LOT of sushi. It's so good. Wasabi?! YES PLEASE! I ate and ate and ate. I was so happy I wore stretchy pants. Otherwise, I think I may have exploded like an overstuffed sausage.

I managed to hit up the Saskatoon Goodlife Fitness on Saturday morning and may I just say, this place is GIANT. I actually got lost in the ladies changing area. I mean, there was a hallway I thought may have been another exit, and it turns out it's just the door to the janitorial supplies. Oops.

Once I managed to find my way out, I had a pretty awesome chest and tricep day. Although I was feeling kind of weak by my second and third sets of skull crushers, I think it went pretty decently.

That afternoon, I devoured a GIANT crab enchilada. Thanks Amigos! So delicious. I mean, this thing was the size of a new born child and I ordered 2. I ate so much food. Then sat in a car for 5 hours. Followed by a disappointing salad from Sobeys. It was a day.

Gym days have been pretty typical lately. Nothing new there. I have been managing to eat what I feel is complete and udder crap. Candy and chippies. I try so hard to be strong when my man is home from work. But I struggle to watch him eat a pint of ice cream and not have a little sumthin' sum thin' of my own. Ugh. As I do every wednesday, I say to myself, I will do better next week.

Today hasn't been terrible so far. I stuffed a giant bagel and cream cheese in my mouth while driving the car because I read the schedule wrong and was supposed to work. Then sushi and being force fed goldfish crackers by my kid. I'm hoping for some BBQ chicken and roasted brussel sprouts tonight. I feel like I just need healthy food even though my body is like "you want chicken nuggets and friiiiiies. YOU NEED CHICKEN NUGGETS AND FRIES".

Shut up body. You'll like what I give you.

-Bailey

Day 8: Lettuce Wrapped Burgers and One Singular Cheese Stick

Today was another fairly decent day. One minor slip up, but more on that later.

I slept in which is a nice treat. Hit up the gym for back and biceps day. Close grip lat pull downs, straight arm pull downs, chin ups and some concentration curls, and finally bicep curls. It was a good day!

I managed to eat fairly decently as well. Additional left over frittata and hash browns, sushi, and then, the greatest thing ever THE WEDGIE BURGER from Red Robin. Seriously so good.

This burger is is only 450 calories (if you get the side salad obviously). It really hits the spot when you want a burger, but also don't want to eat 1200 calories in just one meal. It's so good. 

After I had my victorious dinner, I had some candy. I'm feeling a little bit like I failed. After I ate it, I couldn't help but feel gross. Whether it be from the candy, or because I ate it like it was going out of style, I'm not sure. But I feel kind of like ralphing. 

It wasn't even the kind of candy I wanted. #doubledisappointment

I'm hoping to actually hit the gym this weekend too. Now for my evening protein drink and some tv. 

-Bailey

Day 7: My Legs, My Back, My Protein, and My Carbs

Day 7: One week Later...

Today was an awesome leg day at the gym. Cranked out quite a few squats at 75lbs. Going to hopefully attempt 85lbs next week!

Tried a new exercise today too. Cable pull throughs. I was hoping to target my hamstrings, which is always a fun thing to do, but it turns out this is for a good ol booty! I think I was doing it wrong as I mostly felt awkward and that I was going to give myself a giant crotch wedgie...I'm planning to attempt it again hopefully, and maybe get my form a little better.

Not what I looked like while doing this.

A friend of mine wanted to try holding a back extension for 3 minutes today, and I figured, I can do that. Well about 30 seconds in, I was wondering what the hell I just agreed to. It was awful. Man oh man, that is killer. I feel like my butt is going to be hella sore this weekend.

It wasn't as stressful a day as there have been in the past week, but there was a lot of errand doing. And errand doing always results in crappy lunch choices. Today after some googling (while waiting in the parking lot of Rona) I found that McDonalds has a new chicken sandwich called the 12. It has only 400 calories for the sandwich if you get the grilled one. I got that one today, with no sauce, but I can't find the nutritional info for no sauce on it. I'm considering it minus 100 calories since that's how much McChicken sauce is, a whole mcdonalds sandwich for 300 cals, isn't half bad. And the sandwich wasn't terrible either.

I had a snack of some pretzel sticks and whipped peanut butter, and a babybel cheese (yum!). I ended up enjoying some pizza tonight with my folks before they head out of town tomorrow. PS. The pizza was delicious. I ain't even sorry.

Tomorrow will be cardio time at the gym, with a little back and biceps. I'm hoping that I'll be able to check out the Goodlife in Saskatoon this weekend if I have some time. Always enjoy checking out other facilities.

My snack tonight will be some protein and some glutamine. Because I'm lazy and that's what I made.

-Bailey

Day 3,4,5: The Wine-ening

Happy Monday!

I had a crazy weekend of not working out, and basically eating not great food. But more on that later.

My best bud came up from Calgary this weekend for a visit, some baby hangs, and to pick up their appliances which were being stored in my garage. Usually when my bud and I hang, we eat EVERYTHING. And I'm talking, everything. Chips, wheels of brie, loaves of french bread, and wine...oh the wine we consume.

This weekend, we actually didn't eat everything. I mean, we had hot dogs, copious amounts of "salad" (which was basically noodles, cheese and mayonnaise...and this was me eating the most of this salad). We also only drank 2 bottles of wine. One of which we shared! So look at us. Baby steps.

After all that gluttony on the saturday, I made a nice healthy "everything in the fridge" frittata and some home made hash browns.

The frittata had, spinach, corn, black beans, cherry tomatoes, mozzarella cheese and parmesan on top. I baked it for like 20ish mins (?) maybe longer...? Until it was puffy. Let it rest about 10 mins, then cut a giant chunk, covered it in hot sauce and was on my way. The hash browns were just panfried in a little butter and sunflower oil with original spice salt free Mrs. Dash. So good. The other pile is obviously just cottage cheese. 

Also this weekend, I went for it and bought some shorts!

Having tried on last years shorts and discovering they were GIGANTIC back in March, I decided to head out for some new ones. The other pair I got were 2 sizes smaller than last years!! 

Monday was your standard chest, shoulder, tricep day. Wasn't really feeling it all together. Was kinda just farting my way through it. I guess everyone has those days. I feel like I really need to switch up my chest days and feel the burn. Also on shoulders...and triceps... #bingoarms

On Mondays, we do Zumba!

I'm actually a level 1 Zumba instructor. My sister wanted to check it out in October and well, we both fell in love. I could zumba everyday. It's my fave cardio based activity. The first time I ever did it, I wore my old heart rate monitor and burned something like 560 calories in an hour DANCING. Just dancing. 

It was rush around like crazy for the rest of the afternoon, so all I could muster this evening was mini pizzas for me and the kid. 

Pesto sauce, shrimps and cheese. Nothing too crazy. Bedtime snack tonight is pineapple with cottage cheese and flax, and a protein shake. Fingers crossed I don't wake up at 3am ready to eat everything.

-Bailey

Day Two: Vega Bars and core work

Day 2!

Well, today started out really well. Actually, the whole day was pretty darn awesome. A trip to Costco that was under $200 and included egg whites, eggs, and a pork tenderloin.

After Costco, the kid and I headed to the gym for my other personal fave day: Back and Biceps. Seriously, is there anything better than back day!?

After my workout, I love hitting the Goodlife Fitness Group Fitness class CXWorx. One day, I will make it through that whole class without taking the modification to make it easier. That class kills my core.

Todays food was also not bad. More porridge, a buffalo chicken burrito bowl, a few snacks with my kiddo, then some bbq chicken and veggies for supper. Not a total crap day.

However, now (evening) is the time I get ravenous. I just want to eat all the food. It's a tragedy.

This weekend will kinda be a wash, I have company in town. I'll hopefully be able to keep my food on track. I usually struggle with that. Especially when my friend is in town. Wine, cheese and chips are a usual. This weekend, we are both hoping to eat on track.

I'll be back in the gym next week.

-Bailey

Day One: A Lesson in Stress and Carbs

Well today I wanted to start my fitness challenge, and it was just that...a challenge.

It started out okay. Kid slept in, I woke up feeling marginally rested. Did my measurements off an old set of measurements I found in my phone and lost an inch on my waist since March (hooray!)

Then it all went to shit.

My kid is almost 2. I don't think I need to go into more detail, but there is a lot of stress, a lot of tantrums, and I like to hide and eat those feelings. It also doesn't help that my spouse works out of town, so on these days where there have been more tears than smiles, I don't get a break. It's all me baby.

Stress has always been a big reason for many people to over eat (hello three servings of pasta tonight....). I wish I knew a way to combat that.

But before my day took a crazy turn, I managed to get in some measurements, and sad mirror selfies in my undies.

Gah, nothing like seeing pictures in your undies to be like ugh.

My current measurements aren't terrible I think. Considering where I have come from. 

Bust: 39.5"

Waist: 34"

I measured that weird zone below my belly button: 39.5"

Hips: 44.5"

I didn't think my breakfast was too terrible either. A nice bowl of porridge (since I was out of eggs...) that had Walden Farms pancake syrup, stevia, cinnamon and berries on it, a nice cup of coffee. My Progressives veggiegreens and my selection of vitamins. 

After breakfast, I headed to the gym for a well needed leg day. I'm that person who loves leg day. Today I added 10lbs to my squat (yay!), followed that with some sumo squats, then I met up with a friend for some donkey kicks on the cable machine, and a little leg press and some calf raises. I finished off with a treadmill incline walk, and BCAA's.

I managed to stuff a bagel and ham into my mouth for lunch, and a giant bowl of popcorn with my kid, then way too much pasta for supper. Right now I'm feeling heavy and gross. 

Here's to tomorrow! Hopefully, I'll go get some eggs. 

_bailey