4PDD - June 21st

Calories Burnt - 475 (elliptical - 2.4 miles - 275 cal, stairs - .88 miles - 100 cal, rowing - 100 cal)

Calories intake
1. almonds - 3 - 20 cal
2. dosas with chutney - 2 - 220 cal
3. cherries - 1 1/2 cups - 180 cal
4. spinach rice - 1 cup - 270 cal
5. sprouts - 1 table spoon - 10 cal
6. green tea - 32 Oz - zero cal
7. apple - 1 - 100 cal
8. cheerios - 1/2 cup - 40 cal
9. cookie - 1 - 55 cal
10. mango - 1/2 - 60 cal
11. halwa - 1/2 slice - 300 cal
12. banana - 1/4th - 20 cal
13. cereal bar and nuts - 1 - 260 cal
14. roti - 1 - 80 cal
15. dal - 1/2 cup - 50 cal
16. curry - 1/2 cup - 50 cal

Net calories = 1715 - 475 = 1240

4PDD - June 20th

Calories Burnt - 500 (walked for 3.5 miles)

Calories intake

1. almonds - 3 - 20 cal
2. dosas with chutney - 2 - 220 cal
3. cherries and berries - 1 1/2 cups - 180 cal
4. rice - 1 1/2 cup - 300 cal
5. dal - 3/4th cup - 120 cal
6. green tea - 32 Oz - zero cal
7. snake gourd - 1/2 cup - 100 cal
8. cheerios - 1/2 cup - 40 cal
9. honey and lemon water - 8 oz - 20 cal
10. mango - 1/2 - 60 cal
11. halwa - 1/2 slice - 300 cal
12. banana - 1 byte - 20 cal
13. spinach rice - 1 1/2 cup - 400 cal
14. raitha - 1/2 cup - 50 cal


Net calories = 1830 - 500 = 1330

4PDD June 19th

Calories Burnt - 500 (walked for 3.5 miles)

Calories intake

1. almonds - 3 - 20 cal
2. dosas with chutney - 3 - 320 cal
3. grapes - 1 1/2 cups - 150 cal
4. rotis - 2 - 160 cal
5. okra - 3/4th cup - 100 cal
6. green tea - 32 Oz - zero cal
7. rice - 1 1/2 cup - 300 cal
8. dal - 1 cup - 160 cal
9. snake gourd - 1/2 cup - 100 cal
10. karachi halwa - 1/2 slice - 300 cal
11. cheerios - 1/2 cup - 40 cal
12. mango - 1/2 - 60 cal
13. banana - 1 byte - 20

Net calories = 1730 - 500 = 1230

4pdd June 16th - 18th

FRIDAY

Workout - Zero
Food - 2 Cups of Fried Rice, 1 Cup of white rice, 1/2 cup dal, 1/2 cup veggie curry, 1 Samosa, 1/2 veg puff and 2 Kaju Sweets

SATURDAY

Workout - Zero (Walked for more than 2-3 hrs around nursery's shopping for plants)
Food - 1/2 choco bar ice cream ..hand dipped in nuts, 3 puris, 2 rava dosas, 1 1/2 cup veggie curry, 1 cup rice, 1 dahi vada, 1 cup kadi and 10 cherries

SUNDAY

Workout - Zero (Did 5-6 hrs of gardening planting shrubs)
Food - 1/2 slice of karachi halwa, 3 dosas, 2 rotis, 1/2 dal, 1/2 cup veggie curry, 10 grapes, 1 big bowl of dry fruits and nuts custard

I am gonna try 1500 calorie diet from Monday onwards...so got to track my intake and burnt calories count.

LoR's update for the weekend - June 17-18

Workout:
Biked outdoors for 45 minutes
Ran on treadmill at 4mph for 30 minutes [2 miles]
Weights & crunches

Food:

Saturday -
Breakfast - Idlies + chutney
Lunch - Rice + curry
Dinner - Upma

Sunday -
Breakfast - none [well, woke up around 11:30 AM :) ]
Lunch - Dosa
Dinner - Rice + Schezwan Chicken + chilly Chicken + noodles
Junk - Pastry from Hot Breads!!

All in all, not too bad a weekend. :)

4PDD - June 12th - 15th

Monday

Exercise - Walked for 2 miles
Food - Fried Rice, Mango Halwa, 2 rotis and curry, cup of cereal and 100 cal snack bag

Tuesday

Exercise - Walked for 3.6 miles, 2.4 miles on elliptical
Food - Mango Halwa, 2 rotis and curry, rice and dal, 100 cal snack bag and Green tea

Wednesday

Exercise - attended yoga class
Food - 2 rotis and curry, rice and curry, fried rice, one scoop of ice cream

Thursday

Exercise - ZERO
Food - Chinese fried rice with garlic sauce and vegetables, cheerios, 1 cup of rice and curry, 2 kaju katli sweets and 1/2 scoop of ice cream

4PDD - June 9th - 11th

Exercise - ZERO
Food - Ate all junk, to name a few ....black eyed beans vadas, mango halwa, ice cream etc..etc..

OPoCCtGP's ahem, weekly report - Mon, Jun 12 - Fri, Jun 16

I'm baaach....

Workout
Monday - Elliptical, 45 mins, level 8.
Tuesday - Rock climbing.
Wednesday - Elliptical, 45 mins, level 8 (weak spirited though!).
Thursday - Stood around at volleyball.
Friday - None, probably.

LoR's daily update - June 12 & 13 [Mon and Tue]

Monday
Workout:
Run - 2 miles on treadmill at 4 mph

Food:
Breakfast - 2 idlies + chutney; 1 glass orange juice
Lunch - Salad
Dinner - Pita bread + falafel

Tuesday
Workout:
Rock Climbing - 2 good climbs resulting in lot of sweat and sore fingers and fore arms
Crunches - 50
Weights - Biceps - 3 sets of 11 reps each
Aerobics - 1 hour

Food:
Breakfast - 1 idli + chutney; 1 glass orange juice
Lunch - Korean Hotpot + fish cakes + green tea
Dinner - Roti + curry

LoR's update for the weekend and week - June 5-11th

I have been quite bad at logging over the last week.. but I have to blame it on my dad who totally usurped by laptop!! [Remind me not to use this excuse.. err reason again! :) ]

Workout -
Run on treadmill: 2 + 1 + 3 = 6 miles
Weights: 10 pbs, 3 sets, 15 reps each - 2 times in the week
Crunches: 70 + 50 + 50 + 50
Rock Climbing: just two measly climbs, but I was sweating and felt sore the next day.

Food -
Breakfast: 2 idlis + chutney [almost every day] + orange juice.
Lunch: Salad - 3 times; Thai veggies + rice + soup + iced tea - 1; Chicken stuffed croissant + Samosa chat - 1 time; Temple food [pongal + curd rice] - 1 time; Biriyani + chicken curry - 1 time.
Dinner: Roti + curry - 4 times; 4 Idlis - 1 time; Kung Pao noodles with chicken - 1 time; Tomato Soup + Upma - 1

Let the week begin!! :)

4PDD-June 7th and 8th

8th June

Exercise: 30 mins on elliptical, 40 mins step class, 50 crunches

Food:
meal 1: 2 ildly's with chutney and 5 lychees
meal2: veggie thai fried rice(lunch serving size) with lemon iced tea and cucumber salad
meal3: 1 cup of rice with 1/2 cup dal and 1/2 cup eggplant curry
Snack: 2 small cookies and 32 oz green tea

7th June

Exercise: 50 mins on treadmill and 50 mins yoga class

Food:
meal 1: 1 cup rice with 1/2 dal and 1/2 cup veggie curry
meal 2: 2 medium rotis with 1 cup of spinach and lentils
meal3: 1/2 cup dal, 1/2 cup veggies and 1 99% fat free strawberry yogurt
snack: 6 lychee's, papad and 32 oz green tea

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Hello Gals,

I am the new team member, created an account after zillions of trails. This is my test message to check whether I got this concept right.

Good Website explaining various weight exercises.

Check this link out!
http://www.getfit.com.au/html/excercises/

It has nice diagrams for each exercise. We can all get some ideas from here for toning. No weights at home? How about cans of soup? Those are weights!

I use this website to find the name of the exercises I performed. I'll start visiting to get ideas about exercises I can do too.

OPoCCtGP's daily report - Wed, Jun 7

Workout
Shoulders - Arnold presses, 2 sets of 12, with 4 lbs in each hand. Lateral raises, 2 sets of 12, with 4 lbs in each hand. Upright rows, 2 sets of 12, 25 lb bar in hands.
Chest - Bench press, 1 set of 12, 25 lb bar, with 2.5 lbs additional on each end. 2 sets of 12, 25 lb bar with 5 lbs additional on each end. Dumbbell flies, 2 sets of 8 (or less!), 1o lbs each hand. Inclined dumbbell flies, 2 sets of 6, 10 lbs each hand.
Back - Bent over rows, 2 sets of 12, 25 lb bar. Lateral pulldowns, machine set to 5, 2 sets of 12. Back extension, 2 sets of 6.

Food
Breakfast - Bowl of cheerios with milk.
Snack - Three butter crakers.
Lunch - Cup of pasta with broccoli and arrabiata sauce, slice of bread.
Snack - Four Indian cookies, pineapple Sunkist. Given to me lovingly by my Nani.
Dinner - Margarita, lots of chips and salsa, lots of chips and guacamole, one of the two enchiladas, black beans, rice. Oh yeah, some flan. :)

LoR's daily update - June 6th

I invited another friend of mine who is trying to get back on the track. If you see a new id its prolly her.

Workout: Ran 1 mile on the treadmill. [to be contd...]

Food:
Breakfast - 2 idlis with coconut chutney
Lunch - Salad [lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, dressing]
Snack - Tropical Trail Mix
Dinner - [to be contd...]

LoR's update for the weekend

Workout: 70 crunches on Saturday.
Walked around Oak Park downtown if it counts. :)
Walked 4.3 miles on Sunday at the Lincoln Park Zoo.

Food:
Saturday:
Breakfast - three eggs fried both sides, french toast w/ white bread, 1 glass orange juice
Lunch - Thai fried rice, tofu satays
Dinner - same as lunch + dosa

Sunday:
Breakfast - cereal bar, banana, gatorade
Lunch - Rice + Sambhar + lip-smacking turnip chutney + papads
Dinner - 2 hotdogs, Grilled chicken [2 pieces]

June 5th - Shake it Off

Hi all,

I hope everyone had a great weekend because I sure did...

Breakfast - Bowl of oatmeal and 1/2 glass of OJ.

Lunch - Piece of baked Catfish, a scoop of baked beans and water.

Dinner - Salad, a piece of steak, and coke with lime to wash it all down.

*Got up at 5:30am and took my mile walk around the track....

Whole Grain pasta

Howdy!
As you may or may not know, it's best to eat whole wheat/whole grain pasta rather than regular pasta. This thread has some recommendations on various brands. I like Vita Bella!

http://p102.ezboard.com/fbeautybuzzfrm1.showMessage?topicID=150220.topic

OPoCCtGP's daily report - Tue, Jun 6

Workout
Cardio - Elliptical machine with handlebars, 40 mins, level 6.
Rock Climbing - 10 - 15 minutes of climbing, similar amount of belaying. Fun!!!

Food
Breakfast - Bowl of honey nut cheerios with milk. Little bit of fruit and peel mix.
Lunch - 2 cups cooked pasta with arrabiata sauce and broccoli, few pineapple pieces (about 1/2 cup or so).
Snack - Cup of honey nut cheerios, no milk. Bosc pear with peanut butter. Jello swirl sugar free pudding. About four walnut halves.
Dinner - Half a naan, one Trader Joe's orange stick chocolate.

CHIP - June 6

Hi
Breakfast - cottage cheese with a few pieces of banana and a slice of caramel apple. YUM
Lunch - subway 6" veggie sub with cheese. bag of baked lays.
Dinner - boiled chicken with some marina sauce and spring salad.

Exercise - nothing. I'm too tired from the hectic weekend.

tootles.