Day #8…  I obviously lost my mind somewhere along the line and did not post this day’s adventure, if you will.  Maybe I was ecstatic that I lost ONE POUND!!!!  It’s the little things in life that make me happy!!!!

As always, my morning started with coffee then I switched to ice water.

Lunch consisted of chili cheese fries.  The fries were actually frozen steak fries that were cooked in the air fryer.  The chili was one spoonful of Wolf’s Brand chili.  And cheese was just your average run of the mill grated cheddar cheese (that we grated ourselves).

I had a snack of some very basic nachos.  You know the kind… the ones that induce heartburn as did the chili cheese fries.

Hubby made breakfast for dinner… frozen hash browns make in air fryer, scrambled eggs with chorizo, onions, roasted red peppers topped with cheese and salsa.

In all honesty, I totally flaked out on the fitness part of the day.

 

DAY #9

Started my day with the usual coffee.

 

Cream cheese danish (from walmart) for breakfast.  I only did this because I went to Walmart to get a couple of things for my mom and this is something I picked up for her.  I decided we needed these in our house as well.  I can honestly say this is a decision I might regret.  Not what I expected but I will reserve my judgement until tomorrow.

Ice water was the drink of choice for today.

 

I had a late lunch/early dinner of some homemade chicken soup I put together with stuff I could find on hand.  So, the soup consisted of one chicken breast, onion, bell pepper, 1 can of Ro-Tel, 1 very small can of mixed veggies, and 1 cup of egg noodles (before cooking).  It wasn’t bad but could definitely have other ingredients added to it to increase the flavor.

Today’s fitness included yesterday’s exercises I flaked out on.

60 crunches

60 of what my husband calls leg crunches (the man is really evil… I will get my revenge, LOL)

60 squats

60 side lunges

60 arm circles

 

I am so happy that tomorrow’s fitness will be back to normal.  I was thrilled that I was able to complete the fitness for both days in one sitting.  Definitely do not want to do that again, but I will if it is necessary.

You know your day is going to be strange when you have ZERO coffee.  I started my day later than I normally do and went straight to sweet ice tea.

I didn’t eat anything until around 3 when I had 2 fun size Snickers.  They hit the spot and it was all I could find while I was at my mothers… alone… taking pictures for my cruise blog.  But being at my moms without her is an entirely different story.  I’m hoping it was a one-time occurrence.  I will definitely need to talk to her about it.  I always spend Thursday with my mom, it’s our girl time.  Sunday we have family lunch but have temporarily put them on hold.  We are resuming the family lunches next Sunday.

By the time I got home, I had a pretty bad headache.  So, I had 8 unsalted top crackers with peanut butter.

Dinner…  oh my goodness.  Hubby pulled out some “mystery meat” from the freezer to defrost.  By “mystery meat”, I’m referring to meat that had previously been cooked and the leftovers were put in the freezer.  He just forgot to label what it was.  He told me it would either be pulled pork or bar-b-que.  He was wrong. It was Italian Beef.  I’m not a fan of Italian Beef.  So I had some Mexican corn on the cob.  Best. Thing. Ever.

I ended the evening with a small amount of guacamole and a handful of tortilla chips.

 

And now I’m full.  At least until tomorrow!!!!

Fitness for today…

30 crunches in front of my hubby who then made me do what he called 30 leg crunches.  These made my lower back hurt and I’m now thinking that maybe he doesn’t want to go on our upcoming 17th Anniversary of our Honeymoon Cruise cruise.

30 squats

30 side lunges

30 arm circles.

If anyone has suggestions on exercises I could try to change thins up, please let me know!!!

Today was Donut day.  But only because I needed to bribe my son to mow the lawn.  Actually, I didn’t have to bribe him, but donuts make him happy and it was the least I could do considering the heat and humidity we are currently having.

I started my morning with my normal coffee.  Then added 2 cake donuts to the mix.  One with strawberry icing and one with chocolate icing.  If I’m going to be bad, I’m going to make sure I do it right!!!

Of course, I had to have my sweet ice tea.

 

Late lunch consisted for a salad with the remainder of the Tuna I made plus some avocado, cheddar cheese, tomato, and topped with thousand island dressing.

My late evening snack was 8 unsalted top crackers with butter.

Today there was an increase in the number of exercises I am doing daily.  I have gone from 25 to 30.  So…

30 crunches

30 squats

30 side lunges

30 arm circles

I’m not having the issues with extreme stomach cramps like I did when I attempted 6 30-day challenges so I’m taking this as a good sign!

As usual, I started my day with my normal coffee (with sugar and creamer).  Nothing new there.  What is new is that I actually made my breakfast.  Today I had 2 scrambled eggs with Chorizo, onions, bell peppers, tomatoes, topped with Mexican blend shredded cheese and salsa.  Unfortunately, I was not able to eat it all.  But it was good!!!

My days are note complete with out having sweet iced tea!!!

I changed up my snacks today.  No honey roasted almonds.  Instead I had 6 unsalted top crackers with tuna salad (very basic, very bland with mayo and boiled eggs).  It was a nice change to the sweetness the almonds have.

 

For dinner, I had a salad with some of the tuna from my snack, cheddar cheese, and Caesar dressing.  I added 6 Ritz crackers for crunch value.  I forgot how much I enjoy a good salad.

 

Fitness is the same as the last four days…

25 crunches

25 squats

25 side lunges

25 arm circles

This completes day #5.  On to day #6 where donuts will be consumed and there will be an increase in the fitness area!!!!

I came to the brilliant realization that it would be better for me to post my daily One More Time blogs the next morning.  By doing that, I do not have to confess my actions from the prior night!!!  So, here is yesterday’s food and fitness which include a night time snack from #3.

In addition to what I ate in installment #3, I also had 8 Ritz crackers with peanut butter as a night time snack.  So now that day is complete!

Day #4 started with coffee with sugar and creamer.  And just to be completely honest, I had a lot of coffee.  I needed it because it was a very long morning!

Around 2pm and after not eating for 16 hours, I made myself some yellow squash and onion cooked in butter.  After all, everything made is butter is always so much better.  Once the squash and onions were cooked, I added some citrus chicken to it.  I can promise you, this is a combination I will not be repeating.  Ever.

At 5 pm I had my ever so yummy honey roasted almonds.  Yummy and addictive.

 

And for my evening snack, if  you will, I had 3 sausage patties and 8 Ritz crackers.

Todays fitness is the same as the first 3 days…

25 crunches

25 squats

25 side lunges

25 arm circles.

And so ends day #4.