I am super excited as I lost 2 pounds while traveling for business. This never happens and I feel I have found the key to success for this; stay at a terrible hotel in the suburbs! Here is a quick and dirty update for Fit at Fifty Week Four.
We were in Atlanta, and while we went a couple days ahead of the project to see friends and explore Atlanta Midtown, which we really liked, rest of our trip was with a client in the Buckhead area. It was great for keeping me on track as if we had stayed in the Midtown area we would have been seeing things and not going to the gym during free time, as well we would have been enjoying a wealth of great restaurants that Atlanta has. We ate really GREAT for two days and are still talking about it. Since we were in purgatory as Lenny calls, during our project, I hit the gym every day and ate a lot of kale as the best option near us was True Food; which by the way was really good, and we know as we ate almost everything on the menu in 5 days.
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Beginning Weight: 154
End of week: 152
Successes:
- I lost 2 pound while traveling.
- Hit the gym everyday on a business trip and did evening yoga.
- Walked a lot after working – blocks are big in Atlanta.
Failures:
- Didn’t really need a few bits of dessert more than once a week.
- Didn’t drink as much water as I usually do – I am a camel.
What I ate and how I moved:
Sunday – Atlanta
Moving: 60 minutes treadmill
Breakfast: 2 cups black coffee
Lunch: 1/4 club sandwich, 10 fries (yes, I counted them) and 1 iced tea (no sugar)
Dinner: 2 glasses rose, 3 small slices mushroom pizza and 1/2 large kale salad and 2 bites flourless chocolate cake
Water: 5 glasses (16 oz each)
Monday – Atlanta
Moving: 60 minutes treadmill and evening yoga
Breakfast: 1 cup of black coffee, 2 cups black tea, one english muffin toasted with 1 slice cheddar cheese
Lunch: 1/2 ham and swiss on whole white with a little mayo, small green salad and ice tea (no sugar) and 6 gummy worms
Dinner: 1 glass chenin blanc, noodle salad with zucchini, mushrooms and snap peas and 1/2 large kale salad
Water: 5 glasses (16 oz each)
Tuesday – Atlanta
Moving: 60 minutes treadmill and evening yoga
Breakfast: 2 black coffee, 2 black tea, toasted english muffin with a slice of cheddar
Lunch: 1/2 roast beef sandwich with nothing on it and 1 ice tea (no sugar)
Dinner: 2 glasses rose, large kale salad with 1/4 cup grilled chicken and 2 bites lemon tart
Water: 5 glasses (16 oz each)
Wednesday – Atlanta
Moving: 60 minutes treadmill and evening yoga
Breakfast: 3 cups black coffee, toasted english muffin with 1 slice cheddar cheese and 1 scrambled egg
Lunch: 2 small tacos with pork carnitas and salsa and 2 black ice tea (no sugar)
Dinner: 2 white wine, noodle salad with zucchini, mushrooms and snap peas and 2 bites cupcake
Water: 5 glasses (16 oz each)
Thursday – Atlanta
Moving: 60 minutes treadmill and evening yoga
Breakfast: 2 cups black coffee, 1 english muffin with 1 slice cheddar cheese
Lunch: grilled avocado with yogurt and curry cauliflower soup and 1 IPA
Dinner: 1/2 blue cheese burger and 1/2 order sweet potato fries and 1 IPA
Water: 8 glasses (16 oz each)
Friday – Atlanta and flying
Moving: evening yoga
Breakfast: 1/2 of egg bagel with cheese and 1 black coffee at airport
Lunch: 3 glasses red wine on plane
Dinner: cheese and crackers, pasta with kale and parmesan cheese
Water: 10 glasses (16oz each)
Saturday
Moving: 30 minutes biking and evening yoga
Breakfast: 1 egg with brioche toast and 3 cups black coffee
Lunch: apple
Dinner: 2 glasses rose wine and kale with roasted delicata squash and 1 serving freekeh
Water: 10 glasses water (16 oz each)
Jamie | The Kitchenarium
Monday 26th of September 2016
Love the updates it is very motivating!
El
Saturday 24th of September 2016
This is great. Love that you're doing this and sharing it. Quite inspirational!