{"id":42442,"date":"2014-04-28T08:50:13","date_gmt":"2014-04-28T15:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=42442"},"modified":"2014-04-28T08:50:13","modified_gmt":"2014-04-28T15:50:13","slug":"report-card","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.110pounds.com\/?p=42442","title":{"rendered":"Report Card"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week I posted my intentions in\u00a0Goals This Week<\/a>. These were my goals:<\/p>\n

ACCURATELY track my calories each day<\/strong>\u2013this means all the bites, nibbles, sips, snacks. It also means not lying to myself when I KNOW I ate more than one serving of something\u2026<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Drink at least 3 water bottles of water<\/strong>\u00a0at work in addition to the water I drink at home and at the gym.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Strive to leave 200 calories left for each day in my \u201cbank.\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0On days I work out I do eat more calories and I often justify the extra treats. Many days I have less than 100 calories leftover for the day. That\u2019s not creating any kind of deficit. I think 200 calories is a good number to be left for the day.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

How did I do?<\/h4>\n

Okay, I guess. I ended up getting a head cold on Easter Sunday and was sick for a few days. That was both a blessing and a curse. I felt like crap BUT I had zero appetite so I didn’t really snack. Nothing sounded appealing to me and I forced myself to eat three meals a day on those sick days but I just wasn’t feeling it.<\/p>\n

I drank my calories a lot while I was sick. I was drinking Emergen-C, Odwalla orange juice and Kefir. A few months ago when I was sick with a cold, a friend posted on facebook that she’s been drinking Kefir for awhile and hasn’t gotten sick. She attributed that to the Kefir. I had no idea what it was but I was willing to give it a try. I was sick of being sick! This was the fourth cold I’ve had this winter. Clearly it’s just one of those years where I’m going to catch everything. \ud83d\ude41<\/p>\n

The Kefir was expensive. Even on sale it was nearly $5 for a jug of it. This is what I bought.<\/a>\u00a0 I got the blackberry flavor. I had no idea what to expect. It was basically like drinking yogurt. But not the thick Greek yogurt I’m used to; it was thinner like yoplait. It tasted pretty good–slightly sour but the blackberry flavor helped. Trader Joe’s Kefir was $2.99 a jug, so much better price.<\/p>\n

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I tried to read up on Kefir to figure out what is so special about it. I mean, how is it any better than yogurt<\/a>? I still don’t really have the answer other than it has more live bacteria in it than yogurt does. I take acidophilus every day but I’m willing to give this a try in addition to that. The only downside is that it’s pretty high in calories. I have half a serving as a result.<\/p>\n

In terms of the water consumption, I did great! I got at least 3 water bottles in at work and then had more at home. It meant a lot of extra trips to the bathroom, which is a pain, but I think it helped speed my cold along quicker.<\/p>\n

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At the end of the week and into the weekend though instead of a head cold I had a sore throat and cough, too. \ud83d\ude41 I went to the doctor to make sure it wasn’t strep or bronchitis and it turned out to be a virus. My blood pressure was super high (abnormally high for me). The doctor told me to lose weight, exercise and eat “right.” I have to admit I was more than slightly offended. Considering that my blood pressure three months ago was 110\/70, I think I have a handle on this. I lost 100 pounds to lower my blood pressure and it worked. She gave me a flyer telling me how to lower my blood pressure and gave me sample food plans. I had to laugh at that. I was already doing everything “right.” I think it was just a fluke.<\/p>\n

Goals This Week<\/span><\/h4>\n

I want to continue the goals from last week because I think they are pretty basic and necessary for me. My focus for this week is to:<\/p>\n

1) Limit dessert.\u00a0<\/strong>‘Nuff said.<\/p>\n

2) Don’t drink my calories<\/strong>–this includes beer and wine, juice, etc. Now that I’m feeling better I don’t need to be drinking the OJ on a daily basis. The one exception will be the kefir. I want to continue drinking that for awhile to see how it helps. I’ve been drinking kefir as “dessert” for the last few days and it’s been satisfying for that.<\/p>\n

So that’s what I am working on right now! How are your goals going?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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