The Best Food Day Ever and Screaming Thighs - Weight Loss Week Eight Day Two Lite and Easy (Lite n' Easy)

Week 8
Day 2 - Thursday
6/03/2014

Breakfast and coffee mmm

Breakfast: Fruit & Bran Cereal Multigrain Toast with Plum Jam

One of my favourite breakfast, guess I'm boring like that.

Thank you Orange

Morning Snack: Orange

Thank you for your sacrifice Mr Orange, I really appreciate it :)  Still can't get enough Oranges, Lite n' Easy you've made me an addict.

Pizza for lunch, hell yes!

Lunch: Meat Supreme Pizza with Melted Cheese

Seasonal Fruit (Pineapple Bites)

Probably the best lunch ever! Pizza and Pineapple Bites, ah YES PLEASE!  It's sooooo good!  The base remains crispy because of the special plate they give you. 

We all know how I feel about those Choc & Oats Bars

Afternoon Snack: Classic Choc & Oats Bar

I could eat these all day everyday! Chocolate I will take in any form it comes.  I still think it would be delicious without chocolate but why chance it?

Peel here!

Pre Workout Snack: Banana

Okay so this losing weight thing is all new to me, obviously.  I didn't know you had to eat back the calories that you burn off through exercise.  Yes, it makes sense and it should be alarmingly obvious but to me it wasn't.   

So here I've been on 1200 calories (the lowest a women should be on) and doing exercise and feeling like crap and run down.  Anyway so now I know I will be adding in some extra snacks when I exercise.

I have chosen not to buy more food from Lite n' Easy (they get enough money) but buy additional snacks from the shops.  I also think this way I can get to know the calories in things and make healthy informed food choices on my own.

What are your favourite workout snacks?

One of the best Lite n' Easy dinners, Rigatoni

The meatballs are so yummy!

Dinner: 86 Rigatoni
Hasn't this been the best food day ever?  Great breakfast, pizza, pineapple, orange, banana, Rigatoni, just awesome.  Rigatoni is a really tasty dinner and it's one of my favourite Lite n' Easy meals.

What's your favourite dinner?  Have you tried the Rigatoni?

Felt like a little dessert tonight

Dessert: Chocolate Paddle Pop

I felt like a little something extra tonight so decided to have this little guy.  So yummy, chocolaty and less calories than a small banana.  I don't want to have them every night but they are handy to have around.  Much cheaper than Skinny Cow ice-cream which I only buy on special.

Glasses of water: 9

Additional Items:  Homemade Coffee (low fat milk, no sugar)

Exercise: Workout DVD – Walk Away the Pounds with Leslie Sansone – 1 Mile

Combined with 500g weights (20mins).

I can’t find the exact workout but there is a similar one here.

I did the strength training the day before and thought it wasn't bad.  I woke up the next day and OMG MY THIGHS WERE SO SORE!  I would get out of a chair and make an old man noise, you know the one... you're making it now aren't you? ;)

So I decided to still do some exercise but I didn't want to go crazy on my poor thighs.  I know it's really basic and not very intensive but it depends how much you put into it as well.  When I started this use to wear me out but now I can do this with no problems at all and put far more effort into it.  Got to start somewhere, right?

My plan is to exercise five days a week, walking, dancing and strength training two days a week.

What is your favourite exercise?  What works for you?

Lunges & The Salad That Couldn't Be Eaten - Weight Loss Week Eight Day One Lite and Easy (Lite n' Easy)

Week 8
Day 1 - Wednesday
5/03/2014

Lunges and the salad that couldn't be eaten...

Lite n' Easy Breakfast: Ham & Egg Muffin

Breakfast: Smokehouse Ham and Egg on a toasted Multigrain Muffin

I love this breakfast, I kind of feel like I'm eating a healthier, better tasting version of an Egg McMuffin.  Not that I really liked Egg McMuffins but I love this.

Morning Snack

 Morning Snack: Orange

There is only so many ways you can take a photo of an Orange... what to do next...

The salad that couldn't be eaten

Lunch: Chicken & Roasted Tomato Pasta Salad

Seasonal Fruit (Grapes)

I just couldn't with this salad! I ate all the grapes but I didn't like the salad.  Maybe it was a bit bland or I just really didn't feel like salad, either way I couldn't eat it.  I would try and avoid this if I can next time.

My version of a yummy lunch

Sun Rice Wild Rice & Grain Squares with Peanut Butter and Banana.

This is what I actually had for lunch and it was awesome.  I added up the calories after and it was 330 calories and the salad was 209 calories.  So I was a little over but I probably worked them off in strength training anyways.

Mmmm Butter...

Afternoon Snack: Toasted Fruit Loaf with Butter

So yummy! Gone in five seconds!

Chicken & Peanut Butter, what's not to love?

Dinner: 96 Chicken with Satay Sauce

I really enjoy this dinner, have ordered it previously and will continue to order it again.  You should all know about my obsession with Peanut Butter by now, no surprise I like this dinner. ;)

Glasses of water: 7

Additional Items:  Homemade Coffee (low fat milk, no sugar)

Exercise: Beginners Strength Training with 3kg weights

Link here.  What would I do without YouTube?

 It consists of 

10 Deadlifts

10 Military Curl and Press

20 Lunges (10 on each leg)

10 Bent-Over Rows

10 Chest Presses

OMG those lunges, those lunges OMG!

Weightloss Week Five Day Two Lite and Easy (Lite n' Easy)

 Week 5

Day 2 - Thursday
13/02/2014

Lite n' Easy Morning to Afternoon

Breakfast: Eggs Benedict (Free Range Egg, Bacon, Hollandaise Sauce and Baby Spinach on Ciabatta Toast)

Love this breakfast!  I don't like to spend much time making breakfast, like most people I'm sure.  I cook the bacon in the microwave, then while the toast is on I put the egg in a microwave safe cup with one tablespoon of water, whisk and put it on for one minute (1000w microwave).  I then heat the spinach for ten seconds and put it all together, so this breakfast takes about three minutes to prepare.

Morning Snack: Red Apple Banana

I had one Banana left and it was going a slightly brown so I figured today was the last day I could have it.  Seriously considering getting more, I have been really enjoying something different fruit wise.

Lunch: Beef Rissoles with Walnut & Apple Coleslaw

Peaches & Apricots

I don't really enjoy this lunch, the meat taste nice but I'm just not a big fan of coleslaw, especially when it's apple and walnut.  I didn't eat half of it today.  

The peaches and apricots aren't much better either, I just don't like them this way.

Afternoon Snack: Lavosh Crackers and Cheese

Love having crackers and cheese as an afternoon snack.  So yummy.

Lite n' Easy Dinner: Porcupines

Dinner: Porcupines (#121)

I was thinking that the meatballs (porcupines) would taste like the yummy meatballs in the Rigatoni (reviewed here) but it was bland.  There was also rice mixed in with the meat which was unexpected.  The tomato sauce is lovely and full of flavour, so because the meat was covered in the sauce it didn't matter as much that it was bland.  I would order this meal again.

Skinny Cow - Vanilla Ice Cream Sandwich

Dessert: Skinny Cow Vanilla Ice Cream Sandwich

It's been five weeks without anything sweet, no dessert and I had a really big craving for something sweet.  I didn't want to have something I would regret so I got some of these Skinny Cow (website here) Vanilla Ice Cream Sandwiches.  They are 150 calories and 2 grams of fat, I think the sugar is a bit high but they have better figures and flavour than the weight watchers sundaes.

The whole Skinny Cow range is on special at Coles (here) for $5.00, normally $8.30.  I have tried the sundaes as well and they are great too.  I love the caramel and double chocolate ones.

Glasses of water: 5

I'm a bit disappointed in myself for not having much water today, it's a constant battle.

Additional Items:  Homemade Coffee (low fat milk, 2 sugars)

 Sprite Zero 200ml

Exercise: None

I woke up with a migraine, a saw jaw and nauseous.  I get this frequently from the Chiari Malformation (discussed more here).  I felt ill all day so I couldn't even do an afternoon session.  I don't get down on myself for not exercising, I just hope the next day I'll be well enough.  If I'm not exercising because I'm being lazy, that's a different story.

Weightloss Week Four Day Seven Lite and Easy (Lite n' Easy)

Day 7 - Tuesday
11/02/2014

Lite n' Easy Morning to Afternoon

Breakfast: Cheesy Ham & Tomato Omelette and Wholegrain & Oat Toast with Strawberry Jam

These omelettes are great because they are yummy and only take a few minutes in the microwave with no preparation.

Morning Snack: Two Fruits Fruit Cup

Lunch: Thai Green Chicken Curry and an Orange Banana

I decided to buy two Bananas this week just to mix things up and I really missed Bananas after having all these apples, oranges, grapes and fruit cups. It was so good! I think I'll do this every now and then.

This is okay but I think the lemongrass flavour is a bit too stong. 

Afternoon Snack: Spiced Fruit Cookies

Love these!

Lite n' Easy Dinner: Beef n Black Bean

Dinner: Beef n Black Bean (#12)

This dinner is good but nothing special.  I think it's really healthy though as it was brown rice and a lot of different veggies, I may order it again just for that.

Glasses of water: 7

Additional Items: Homemade Coffee (low fat milk, 2 sugars)

Exercise: 

Morning: 30 mins 2 mile (3.2km) walk Leslie Sansone (Can't find exact copy but there is a similar Youtube version here). (I use soup cans as light weights for upper body sections).

Afternoon: 30 mins 2 mile (3.2km) walk Leslie Sansone (Can't find exact copy but there is a similar Youtube version here). (I use soup cans as light weights for upper body sections).

I pushed myself today and I plan to for the rest of the week.  I want to see how much difference it has on my weight loss.

I did the one mile once a day last week but thought I could do more.  I have noticed that I'm happier and more energetic.

Have you tried the Leslie Sansone walks? What is your favourite exercise?