Fit Body Fit Mind

Hello reader

I have decided to start blogging/journaling again. I want a way to keep track of my fitness and what better way to keep accountable than to post here online.

Yesterday was Monday, and I was feeling quite exhausted from the weekend, so I went out for lunch and grabbed a ham, cheese and mustard sandwich. Nothing too fancy, but the fact that i opted out of going to the gym showed me how tired and lazy i was feeling. I am usually a gym rat on my lunch breaks. I ‘hit’ the gym 3-5 times a week.

After having a lazy lunch w/o any exercise I found myself snacking the rest of the afternoon on whatever I could find at my desk, which ended up being a chocolate FiberOne granola bar (140 calories), then 2/3 of a king size Hersey’s Dark Chocolate bar (360 calories) and a Dole Pineapple Juice (150 calories).  So Just because I didn’t get in any exercise during my lunch break I subconsciously consumed 640 calories in the period of 45 minutes!! My daily recommended calorie intake (I think) is around 1350 Total calories. And in 45 minutes I consumed 47% of my DAILY calories. Not good!! (And now I don’t even want to try to count the calories I ate at the Hibatchi dinner I had that night!)

Hmmm, I need to fix my bad eating habits. I do tend to eat healthy foods but I didnt realize how much calories I was taking in verses how many calories I was expending throughout the day.

So for today I told myself I wanted to get to the gym, and I did! =) I did a cardio run on the treadmil for 31 minutes, lifted some hand weights for 10 minutes then did 50 situps - floor to knee. I’m guessing I burned about 335 calories. That left me pretty exhausted after all that. I had my shakeology protein shake with 1/3 scoop of whey protein to help with the muscle repair from lifting weights, which totaled around 200 calories. Then I had Progresso light Italian-Style Vegetable soup, which is 140 calories. I’ve only had water since and I’m not hungry to snack.

So for lunch today I consumed +340 calories and burned -335, so a total of +5 calories. Now that’s a number I am a lot more proud of.

My plan for dinner is to keep it under 450 calories, and drink lots of water. I tend to get dehydrated towards the end of the day/night.

How was your day with food/calories?

~Nicole

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Hello out there ladies! Here is my afterthought about shoes. Why do women have an obsession with shoes? I think it is because we can communicate how we are feeling that day by what is on our feet.

I was sitting in a bathroom stall the other day and found myself bored staring at the 3 gray walls around me. So I tilted my head so I could see the female’s feet in the stalls bordering mine. In the span of 4-5 minutes I saw many different pairs of shoes. It was a fun break from the office. :)

Some of these shoes were high heels, some were sandals, some were sneakers. Some were closed-toe and some were meant to show off the foot. Watching all these shoes walk in and out was fun to imagine what these ladies were wearing for a matching outfit. I believe, for the most part, that you can read mood from footwear. If you are feeling flirty and loquacious you might wear boots, open-toed shoes, and even paint your toe nails to ask for attention. If you are feeling lousy, unattractive, or just don’t want to talk to anyone you might choose to wear sneakers or walking shoes (that don’t attract any attention to you). And I’m sure there are many variances in between.

I certainly act and feel differently depending on the shoes I wear. Heels make me feel important, so I may walk around feeling people should want to know what I am doing. Black sneakers means I’ve had a bad morning, try talking to me in the afternoon. Shoes do not consume my life, but, for me they are a good tell on what mood I’m in.

That’s just my opinion. Am I right on this ladies?

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My vertical jump is 20” and I was wearing dress shoes!

 did the dress shoes give you some of the extra height?