30 Day Challenge Day 28 (2 days left!!!!) November 13, 2008
Compliance to nutritional program: 100%
Another split menu day with no cooking. Just couldn't get my act together this morning and had to get to work, so hubby made me a spinach feta omelet (1 egg/2 egg whites). Lunch was cottage cheese and tomatoes, dinner was an English muffin with peanut butter and blueberries and strawberries and I had a protein shake for a snack. I cooked lasagne (using eggplant slices instead of noodles this time) for tomorrow. That leaves Saturday.
Compliance to training program: 100%
Energy was high again today. I feel like I've kind of hit my stride. If anyone has ever fasted, you feel horrible for the first 2-3 days and then something clicks and you just feel great, not hungry, lots of energy and you can go days and days like that. It's sounds kind of strange, but that's been my experience. I've felt the same way the last 3 days. I did an easy 50 minutes on the TM today while my kids took a Kid's Fit class at the gym. Now I'm off to do the flexibility and foam rolling and I'll call it quits for the night.
I ended up giving my OBM to my H last night - I tried to eat it, and it was pretty bad, but he seemed to like it (it was a crockpot turkey ziti thing with whole-wheat penne). Maybe it was just me, my rotten mood and appetite for comfort food (aka junk).
Bytsi, when I'm in the mood for comfort food, I always go with meatloaf. I figure, I can make it with turkey, throw in veggies, leave out breadcrumbs, pretty much make it work into my day. Heck, I have some leftover in my fridge right now (from Sunday). Maybe I'll have that for dinner tonight...
30 Day Challenge Day 29 (1 day left!!!!)
November 14, 2008
Compliance to nutritional program: 100%
The eggplant lasagne was good, but I decided it was too salty to eat the whole thing in one day. Not that there is a lot of sodium in it, there isn't. I think my tastebuds are de-salted after all this clean eating. I only ate half of the lasagne today and will eat the other half tomorrow. I switched out the second half with a post workout shake with a banana for after my workout and then strawberries for a snack later. It was yum!
Compliance to training program: 100%
Energy was high again today. ST was a little tough. I'm glad I get to up my calories again soon!!
Pauline, congrats on completing the OBM Challenge. You really rocked it! You've been a huge inspiration to me. I hope you'll share all the details of your upcoming bulk.
Thanks, Bytsi and Chloe! It's over! Whew, what an intense month!
30 Day Challenge Day 30
November 15, 2008
Compliance to nutritional program: 100%
Compliance to training program: 100%
Energy was high except for during ST. I just didn't have as much oomph. I'm glad I get a few days of refeed before moving on to the next thing. Oh, and I'm off to do flexibility/foam rolling at this late hour. I don't want to break my streak!
Pushups: 16 was my best set today and my new PR!
Today's weight: 104.25 (What did I tell you? I've been a solid 104 for the last 3 days and nothing changed. At least it wasn't up half a pound or more like the last 2 weeks!)
Pauline, congrats on finishing! Way to go on the push-ups PR, too! LOL on the foam rolling and stretching. I was doing that at about 10 last night, too, thinking I couldn't just skip it when I'd done 100% on the entire rest of the challenge.
Bytsi, when I'm in the mood for comfort food, I always go with meatloaf. I figure, I can make it with turkey, throw in veggies, leave out breadcrumbs, pretty much make it work into my day. Heck, I have some leftover in my fridge right now (from Sunday). Maybe I'll have that for dinner tonight...
It's weird, but I do NOT like meatloaf. My mom never made it so I just think it's kinda weird... which is good, I guess, since it's not the easiest thing to make healthy. DH loves it, so he orders it in restaurants sometimes. He made it once for dinner and the kids (and I) wouldn't touch it
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Originally Posted by Chloe2
Pauline, congrats on completing the OBM Challenge. You really rocked it! You've been a huge inspiration to me. I hope you'll share all the details of your upcoming bulk.
"As far as (healthy) eating, either do it, or don't. Same issues repeated over and over is just insanity. We either commit to the endeavor or pay lip-service to it. This is the hardest part of the whole process, and it needs to be practiced more than the actual physical training. It's mind training." ~ Matt Thorne
"The reason that most people fail instead of succeed is that they trade what they want most for what they want at the moment."
Pauline, congrats on finishing! Way to go on the push-ups PR, too! LOL on the foam rolling and stretching. I was doing that at about 10 last night, too, thinking I couldn't just skip it when I'd done 100% on the entire rest of the challenge.
I'm glad I'm not the only crazy one.
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Congrats on finishing the challenge and doing such a great job.
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Originally Posted by Celestialmom
Wow! Isn't that up from 10 as a pr?! Great job and amazing job on the challenge! Can't wait to see the bulk progress...
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x2!!!!
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Originally Posted by lorigaud
Fantastic work in the challenge Pauline! Congrats for finishing strong! You look awesome!
Thanks Ginger, Celeste, Bytsi, and Lori!!
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Pauline, you look perfect!!
Jane, I take that as a real compliment coming from you. You look awesome!! I can honestly say that everytime I look in the mirror now I really do like what I see. It's like I'm seeing the me that was 28-30 years ago (shape-wise not age-wise). The before and after pics may make it seem like I was poking my belly out in the first and sucking in at the end, but I honestly wasn't. I was standing still completely relaxed . My core is that tight now. It's a great place to be.
I really appreciate the support of everyone here on JPFitness. I wouldn't have made it through without all the encouragement and knowledge shared here!
Jane, I take that as a real compliment coming from you. You look awesome!! I can honestly say that everytime I look in the mirror now I really do like what I see. It's like I'm seeing the me that was 28-30 years ago (shape-wise not age-wise). The before and after pics may make it seem like I was poking my belly out in the first and sucking in at the end, but I honestly wasn't. I was standing still completely relaxed . My core is that tight now. It's a great place to be.
I really appreciate the support of everyone here on JPFitness. I wouldn't have made it through without all the encouragement and knowledge shared here!
This is so great! Nice job on the challenge - you look amazing. What a great feeling to be happy with your body. I agree with you - I appreciate all the support I have found here. I would still be spinning my wheels if it wasn't for this forum!
Pauline, can you tell me where your recipes are posted? They seem to be the talk of the town so I might as well try them too! I may have seen them in your log but maybe they're posted somewhere all together? Thanks.
I can honestly say that everytime I look in the mirror now I really do like what I see. It's like I'm seeing the me that was 28-30 years ago (shape-wise not age-wise). The before and after pics may make it seem like I was poking my belly out in the first and sucking in at the end, but I honestly wasn't. I was standing still completely relaxed . My core is that tight now. It's a great place to be.
Celeste, I went through and quoted all my food posts. I'll do the same in the FLTS thread so you can find them quickly. Here is the link to that post: http://forums.jpfitness.com/644600-post344.html
I made a couple of adaptations to the pancakes (added more cinnamon, ginger, cloves and alcohol free maple flavoring and removed the maple syrup) and to the lasagne (added some salt).
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And here is a pictures of Paula's Protein pancakes. This was my meal yesterday!! Paula, thanks again for posting that recipe. I really enjoyed yesterday's big meal. Yes, that is real Applegate Sunday Bacon! Yum!! I put the Sparkpeople nutrition facts for the whole day's worth of food.
Calories
Fat
Carbohydrates
Protein
Strawberries, fresh, 125 grams
38
0
9
1
Fish oil, cod liver, 5 grams
45
5
0
0
Milk, 1%, 3 cup
307
7
37
25
Cinnamon, ground, 1 tsp
6
0
2
0
Egg white, 12 serving
204
0
6
36
Applegate Sunday Bacon - 2 slices, 42 gram(s)
180
15
0
12
EAS Premium Protein Vanilla - 2 scoops, 60 serving
Thanks, Jane! I was having a "I don't know if I can do this" moment and your comment really encouraged me!
30 Day Challenge Day 7 October 23, 2008
Compliance to nutritional program: 100%
Today I made the stirfry recipe Leigh posted. Mine was 1250 cal. It was good and I will probably make it again but will switch some veggies. I'm not a big fan of bell peppers. Red, yellow and orange are much better than green, but 300g is a lot of pepper! I almost didn't get my water in, but I managed to make up for the first half of the day in the evening. I have a HUGE wok.
Compliance to training program: 100%
Felt better today. Was glad to have a day off of lifting. I was running around like a crazy person at work. I must've walked 3 miles in the few hours I was there. Whew!
Today's weight: 106
Today is the first day I prepared my food for tomorrow the night before. I'm so glad I did. I'm pretty happy with my tweaked lasagne recipe for several reasons, but I also made a big blunder, too. I'll have to drink a ton of extra water tomorrow to make up for it. First, the picture:
I'm really happy with the quantity. This was the third meal besides the pancakes and chicken spinach feta that I didn't think, "How in the world am I ever going to eat all of that in one day?" It smells absolutely wonderful. I can't wait to eat it tomorrow. Now to my goof up. I didn't even look at the sodium levels when I was making this. Mozzarella, parmesan, and cottage cheese all have a LOT of sodium. I didn't realize how much. On top of that, I usually use Muir Glen low sodium crushed tomatoes but Muir Glen chunky tomato sauce was all I had on hand so I used it without thinking about it. As I was putting the sauce together, I realized I didn't write add salt because I usually put some in my sauce. I added 1/2 tsp. After I was done picture taking, I went to SP and added the salt. I was flabbergasted to see that with 1/2 tsp salt added, I had something like 3,999 mg total! I'm going to eat it anyway since I put all that effort and lots of ingredients into it, but I will be very careful to omit the salt and use low sodium tomatoes in the future AND to drink a lot of water tomorrow! And to take my check in pictures BEFORE I eat.
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Originally Posted by foodfromafar
Thanks, Leah and Jane! I was really happy to weigh in at only 106 this morning. I had way too much sodium yesterday.
I'm pretty excited about how today's meal choice turned out. It's a Chicken/Prosciutto Turnover in wine sauce with steamed snap peas, brown rice, and fresh grape tomatoes. I even have a banana for "dessert"!
Here's a picture of my lunch. It's a little larger portion than the other two meals because that's what works best for me.
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Thanks, Bytsi!
I had a cooking creativity streak today. 2 new recipes! Tonight, I took my 2 girls and my grandson to our neighborhood Halloween fundraiser for the swim team. The kids had a ball. I brought my banana (planned for dessert today) in case all the food and candy was too tempting. Didn't have time to eat it, so when I got home I decided to make a cup of Celestial Seasonings English Toffee tea because it was cold toward the end of the evening and eat the banana with the hot tea for dessert. Then I had a brainstorm. What if I sauteed banana slices in a little bit of the English Toffee tea and made a hot dessert? I started with only a few slices because if it looked yucky, I didn't want to waste my banana. It turned out great! Here is my new creation:
English Toffee Banana Compote
100g of banana at 92 calories! The herbal tea adds 0 calories.
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Thanks, Jes! It's getting easier as I gather meals and recipes to use over again.
The Chicken Pepperoni Calzones I made today turned out so well. I was surprised at how good this meal was even with the humongus salad. Here it is in case you aren't following the FLTS challegne thread:
Oh, last night I made an English Toffee Apple Compote just like the banana one. It was a nice hot "dessert" for a cold evening.
Now I have to figure out what I'll make tomorrow...
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Thanks, Tom! More follows...
You guys are so sweet. I appreciate it!
I am so proud of myself for getting this project done tonight - 2 meals for tomorrow and Thursday or Friday. One is my reworked lasagne and the other is brand new!!! Shepherd's Pie. Both are right at 1200 calories and dead on with macros so with 5 grams of fish oil, they meet 1250.
Yes, that really is a pile of Sharp Cheddar cheese on top of the Shepherd's Pie. I bought Cabot's 75% less fat Sharp Cheddar and am giving it a whirl. I'm posting the recipe in the challenge thread.
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Here is my revised lasagne recipe.
Lasagne High Protein (8x8" pan)
Calories
Fat
Carbohydrates
Protein
Onions, raw, 60 grams
23
0
5
1
Fish oil, cod liver, 5 grams
45
5
0
0
Oregano, ground, 0.75 tsp
3
0
1
0
Basil, 0.33 tbsp
0
0
0
0
Garlic, 1 clove
4
0
1
0
Egg white, 3 serving
51
0
2
9
Borden Part-Skim Mozzarella 1/4 cup, 75 gram(s)
214
13
3
21
Tinkyada Org Brown Rice Lasagne 2 oz, 100 gram(s)
357
3
79
7
Muir Glen Organic Diced Tomatoes No Salt 1/2cup, 411 gram(s)
Friendship 1% Cottage Cheese No Salt 1/2 cup, 171 gram(s)
135
2
6
24
1,253
36
115
116
Cook whole grain lasagne noodles as directed on package.
Brown the ground beef and onion in a nonstick pan. Then add the tomatoes, basil, oregano, and garlic. When it comes to a boil, turn down to simmer.
While sauce simmers, separate 3 eggs. Mix cottage cheese into egg whites. Add parsley and parmesan cheese. Mix well. It may be a bit runny but that is OK.
When noodles are done cooking, coat bottom of pan with a tiny bit of sauce. Layer half the noodles, half the mozzarella, half the cottage cheese mixture and half the sauce. Repeat. I save a little mozzarella to sprinkle on top because it looks nicer.
Bake at 350 until bubbly about 25-30 minutes. If you refrigerate overnight first, it may take a few more minutes.
Oh, I do not put the fish oil in the lasagne. I used no salt added cottage cheese, no salt added diced tomatoes, and hard parmesan freshly grated. This recipe only has 965g sodium.
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OK, here's the Spinach Chicken with Pine Nuts in Lemon Sauce. Yum!
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Thanks, Jane and Chloe!
30 Day Challenge Day 21 November 6, 2008
Compliance to nutritional program: 100%
Compliance to training program: 100%
Pushups: 8 was my best set today.
Today's weight: 104.5
30 Day Challenge Day 22 November 7, 2008
Compliance to nutritional program: 100%
Today I made an old family recipe slightly adapted to fit the macros. We call it Peas and Rice. It's made with ground beef (extra lean 4% fat, of course) and onions in a tomato based sauce seasoned with allspice, cinnamon, garlic and black pepper. Frozen green peas are added during the last 5-10 minutes of cooking time so they are nice and bright green. Then it's served over rice pilaf usually, but I just had plain brown basmati today and it was good! Tonight, I'm enjoying a cup of English Toffee tea. I actually added a 6th fish oil capsule because my fat was under by 1 gram! I figured that'd be the easiest way to add a gram of healthy fat. It bumped today's calories to 1261, but my weekly average is still under 1250 so I'm still considering it compliance.
Pauline, can you tell me where your recipes are posted? They seem to be the talk of the town so I might as well try them too! I may have seen them in your log but maybe they're posted somewhere all together? Thanks.
I was going to ask if someone was going to put together an official OBM Challenge recipe e-book. I am definitely interested in trying out some of those recipes.
Oh my goodness, Pauline, thanks so much! I was just thinking I would just look them up since they were already in your log! I am definitely planning on trying out some of the recipes!
Pauline, I see you are looking into Hypertrophy next. You might want to check out the Hypertrophy program in Power Training, since it's so easily customized.
Thanks, Jane! I've begun reading Power Training and have already read through most of the Hypertrophy parts. It's a great resource. Well worth the cost. Leigh recommended another resource which I am ordering. It's called the Encyclopedia of Muscle and Strength.
I'm having a lazy rest week. It's been nice since I'm so busy at work and with schooling.
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I'm going to eat it anyway since I put all that effort and lots of ingredients into it, but I will be very careful to omit the salt and use low sodium tomatoes in the future AND to drink a lot of water tomorrow! And to take my check in pictures BEFORE I eat. 
I used no salt added cottage cheese, no salt added diced tomatoes, and hard parmesan freshly grated. This recipe only has 965g sodium.
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