Goalie_Girl’s BodyBlog

Feeling good, today is the first day of summer! I have already done some arm and back workout. And I am taking a break, then its back to the iron. It’s currently in the triple digits temperature wise so I dont really want to do cardio but maybe later tonight towards the evening I will. It’s like 100 degrees outside so we’ll see how much cardio I get in before I die of heatstroke, lol. I’m gonna drink a lot of water today.

Diet so far today:

Juice, half a quiznos sandwich, yogurt

I had fun today, did early mornig cardio, worked out. Made some low fat brownies, mmm so good. I figured I’d post the recipe, I do mine without chocolate chips, any cut back is good, so here it is. They are really good and not too bad for you(almost no fat, no cholesterol, a couple carbs tho):

Double Chocolate Brownies
1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 egg whites
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup unbleached, all-purpose flour
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 teaspoon instant espresso powder
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup mini chocolate chips (semi-sweet)
Butter-flavored cooking spray
 Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.  Spray an 8×8 inch non-stick cake pan with spray.
In a medium mixing bowl, using a sturdy whisk or spatula, mix the applesauce, vanilla, egg whites and sugar until they are well combined.   Add the flour, cocoa powder, espresso powder, baking powder and salt.  Stir the mixture until it is just combined and no lumps remain.  Pour it into the prepared pan.  Sprinkle the chips evenly over the top.  Bake the brownies for 20-22 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out dry (a few crumbs are okay).
Transfer the pan to a cooling rack and allow them to cool 5 minutes.  Cut into 12 equal brownies.
Makes 12 (1 brownie) servings.
Each brownie has: 88 calories, 2 g protein, 19 g carbohydrates, 1 g fat, <1 g saturated fat, 0 mg cholesterol, 1 g fiber, 133 mg sodium.
Anyway, I plan to cook for myself again tonight, anyone have any quick healthy recipes with tuna?

Today Im 157.5, I know I just weighed myself yesterday but I wiehg myself everytime I am about to take pictures. Here is my latest progress picture. I have added notiible muscle to my arms and shoulders and lost noticible fat from my back, now I just wish the gut would shrink.

[img]http://bodyspace.bodybuilding.com/img/538296/progresspic/36464orig.jpg[/img]

Todays Diet:

Breakfast: None, Water

Lunch: Frozen Low-Cal/Fat Lasagna(310 cals) and a brownie, 2 peach Slices

Snack: A brownie

I think I should have eaten breakfast, that way I could have avoided eating that extra brownie, I was trying to do cardio on an empty stomach…not sue If I’ll do that again or not, maybe it burns fat better but I was tired almost all day before and after and I got a bad side ache during my cardio.

Today’s Exercise:

Morning: 15 min Cardio(run/power walk)

Afternoon: Lifting (Back, shoulders, arms)

Night: Either a high intensity bike ride or a run…not sure yet.

Thanks for stopping by all, good luck with your goals.

~Lindsay

Well, I undid any cardio I did today at dinner. We went out to a restaurant, I had pesto pasta with seafood and a couple bites of chocolate cake at the end. Uggh, I feel so fat, but it was really good, I’m gonna double lifting and cardio tomorrow and cut down on the food intake a bit.

Oh well, back on track tomorrow.

Upped all lifts I did today. Now off to do cardio. Just ran a 10:15 mile, I’d like to be in the 9’s but this is much better than yesterday. I’m gonna lift some more and then I’ll probably bike later tonight, I really want to be down to 153.5 soon, that will be my 10 pound mark and then after that down to the 140’s I havent been there in a while. Keep it up folks. Breakfast: Oatmeal w/ PB Lunch: Half Sandwich d today! Woo hoo! (Roast beef on wheat, no condiments) Carrots 1/2 cup of peaches

Ran a mile today…..11:40. About a minute and 20 seconds worse than my last one. Arrgh, I’m pretty sure why it was that bad(on my period, sick, calve injury) but there are no excuses. I will run again later tonight and lift. So far I have eaten: Breafast: Oatmeal w/ PB, Some peach slices Snack: Yogurt Lunch: Apple Sauce, Carrots ( i accidently left my sandwich at home, so I’ll be eating a pb and j sandwich in about an hour an a half.) Exercise: Ran/walked a mile (hopefully will run and lift later tonight) It sucks to be gaining so I’m gonna work out extra hard and try to lose what I gained back and then some. Id like to be down to 154 next time I weight in, thats 3.5 pounds, wish me luck! Thanks for the support. ~Lindsay

Why am I gaining?

I just went ahead and cheated and had a bowl of light ice cream because I am already discouraged, I am eating a consistently healthy diet, check my last blog entry for an example and I am gaining weight. This was my first cheat in a while. The only thing I can say was I have missed cardio for 4 days due to injury. I have no idea why I am gaining, I’m up 2.5 pounds in about a week. Why? I just have no idea…..

Todays diet:

Breakfast: Oatmeal w/ PB

Snack: Yogurt, Applesauce

Snack 2: 90 calorie granola bar

Lunch: Tuna roll(whole wheat tortilla, tuna and salsa, a little cheese) carrots

Snack 3: Yogurt

Dinner: -yet to come- probably a low cal, low fat frozen dinner

Exercise, none so far, but I plan to go exercise in the next 20 minutes or so. My rink is closed for the next week so no hockey for a week, which means I’ll have to find a way to get more exercise. I plan to do maybe some skating and/or goalie movement drills and some running and then a little lifting.

Haven’t weighted since a few days ago, I dont plan to weigh myself until monday. I’m probably a little bit up as of now beause I haven’t been able to exercise because of my busy schedule and I ate ribs last night…mmmm.

Todays exercise:

Mile Hike
Football
(I will bike and then workout later today)

Today’s diet:
Oatmeal w/ PB, Z Bar

Z Bar

PB Sandwich
Rice Cakes
Carrots/ a few dried blueberries

Z Bar

I haven’t had dinner yet.

Todays notes: I have realised I am hitting the Z Bars(protein bars) a bit too hard. They arent horrible for me but I shouldnt have 3 a day even though they are tiny. I am hungry between meals so I think I will replace some of those protein bars with either milk, raw almonds or something else.

I feel good today, lots of energy. My calf is hurting a bit, its been bothering me for a bit, I think I might have strained it yesterday. Also my malformed ankles are acting up after my hike so I will bike today instead of run. I plan on working my back and legs today.

Today I weighed in at 157, down another pound.

Anyone have any reccomendations for quick healthy snacks?

Thanks

~Lindsay

New pictures and lifting stats up today, wieghed in at 158 today.

Lately stress and a few too many cheats have slowed down my progress but I am back on track and wont let anything stop me.

Check out my new fat loss journal here: http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=2718831

~Lindsay

2 New back pictures are up so go check those out and comment on them.

Weighed in today and I am down 7 pounds! Woo hoo! I feel awesome, gonna work out later tonight.

Thanks all.

~Lindsay