Healthy Living Check-in: 5/7

[judyblume14]

1. How did last week go?
2. What are your work out goals for the week? Number? Type?
3. What are your food goals for the week?
4. Any non-scale victories?
Bonus - what is your ONE favorite, quick, work-night dinner that the whole family loves?

[186momx]

1. Really good. Started my plank challenge on Monday and can feel myself getting stronger each day. Did 1 min 10 sec yesterday and was feeling like I couldn't make it at 50 sec which is better than dying after 30 sec earlier in the week. I also got 3 walks in they just were clustered into 2 days.

2. Keep up with my planks Friday will be 2 min. Walk 3 times

3. Not snack a bunch and stay away from the ice cream

4. Last Wednesday I thought I was going to have to make an emergency trip to the chiro but I didn't and I actually feel pretty good other than it hurts to sleep on my stomach which is my favorite position. I don't know if it is the planks, nicer weather, or what but I just feel good.

Bonus: Shrimp pasta. Boil spaghetti noodles and cook as normal. Detail pre-cooked shrimp. Sauté them in olive oil and butter add pasta when done and toss. Takes 20-25 minutes tops. I usually add a steamer bag of broccoli or other veggie to it. This is the only way DD will eat shrimp and she eats it like crazy. I got it from a Costco magazine.

[judyblume14]

1. I was happy with my nutrition last week (I think I'm finally starting to see the scale budge). I was able to get in all my planned CF workouts, but didn't go for any runs. Shocking.
2. I am targeting 5 CF workouts.
3. Less meat, more veggies, without sacrificing protein. Ignore the candy dish within arms reach of my desk at work.
4. There was one workout last week where I smoked everyone in my class. This is a VERY rare occurrence. I will ride the high for another week.

Crockpot chicken fajitas.
Put 3 pounds of chicken in the crockpot (either bite-sized pieces, or big chunks if you want to shred).
Top with strips of peppers (we do one of every color), and onion.
Mix 3 fajita seasoning packets into a cup or more of salsa and dump on top. (You could adjust this if you don't want to kill your family with sodium).
Cook on low for 8.
Serve on tortillas with sour cream/guac/cheese OR dump on a salad with chunks of avocado

Three pounds of chicken and lots of veggies makes a TON so there are lots of leftovers to stretch through the week.

[erinshelley21]

1. I got all 3 crossfits in but no piyo. I want to blame my brother but I won't. Eating went well because of the challenge. We are allowed two cheats but the meal has to be completed in 45 minutes lol. Saturdays went a little over the time limit but DH and I promised to not tell. We are on different teams so I foresee some blackmailing going on.
2. 3 crossfit and 2 piyo.
3. Stick to the challenge again. I've already lost 2lbs.
4. I did a benchmark workout for the challenge that I've done before and forgot. I did 2 whole rounds more than I did 3 months ago.
Bonus. I'm not good at these lol. Nights when I'm short on time ends up being a sandwich or eggs and toast if I haven't planned ahead enough for a crock pot meal.

[campermom]

1. How did last week go? I had an ear infection but luckily it was taper week. I ate ok.
2. What are your work out goals for the week? Number? Type?
I’m taking it very easy this week! I might even lounge in the pool tomorrow night during my “gym time.”
3. What are your food goals for the week? Eat RP foods
4. Any non-scale victories?
I had my half marathon and I killed it! I was aiming for a course PR under 2:11, or a real PR of under 2:08. Or to beat my running friend who just had a 2:06. I got a 2:01!!! I can’t believe it!

Bonus - what is your ONE favorite, quick, work-night dinner that the whole family loves?
Pancakes.

[vavavictoria]

1. How did last week go? Exercise wise I got 5 out of 6. 3 running and 2 weights. Food wise I did great Sunday through Wednesday and it all went to hell from Thursday evening until Saturday night.

2. What are your work out goals for the week? Number? Type?
3xrun
3xweights

3. What are your food goals for the week?
Keep my smoothies for breakfast and meat and veggie lunches. Healthy dinners. This weekend not to go too rogue since it’s Mother’s Day. I also have a new job to celebrate so I plan to do that but hope to keep it within reason.

4. Any non-scale victories? Not this time.

Bonus - what is your ONE favorite, quick, work-night dinner that the whole family loves?

Hmmmmm I make this garlic chicken stir fry that has broccoli and bell peppers. It’s really good and all in one pan. But it’s more quick bc I pre cut all the veggies on the weekend. Otherwise it would take a while.

[polecat8]

1. How did last week go? Really good. I started 80 Day Obsession and I feel great even though I'm getting up at 5 am 6 days a week to get the workouts in.
2. What are your work out goals for the week? Number? Type? 6 workouts this week with 80 DO
3. What are your food goals for the week? Stay with the nutrition plan that the program provides, which has been pretty easy so far
4. Any non-scale victories? My clothes are definitely feeling better and I feel great after the 5am workouts.
Bonus - what is your ONE favorite, quick, work-night dinner that the whole family loves? Tacos - it's the one thing the whole family loves.

[kimberlybb]

1. How did last week go? Last week actually went pretty well. I got all my workouts in and did decent diet wise over the weekend
2. What are your work out goals for the week? Number? Type? Running and strength training workouts
3. What are your food goals for the week? Be consistent with using the Beachbody portion containers. Experimenting to see if it works better than calorie counting
4. Any non-scale victories? I bumped up my weights again last week
Bonus - what is your ONE favorite, quick, work-night dinner that the whole family loves? Mexican! It is easy to make and everyone can customize it to their liking

campermom , congrats on your PR! That's awesome!!

[polecat8]

kimberlybb, at first, I was skeptical about the portion containers. I thought I wasn't getting enough calories for the day. I did a little experiment and entered what I had in the containers into MyFitnessPal. The calorie counts were dead on.
What the containers do is get you to eat in reasonable portions and make sure you are meeting macro goals (for 80DO, you should get 40% carbs, 30% protein, and 30% fat) so that you are properly fueling your body.
The only thing I don't like about the containers is trying to fit some dairy in. I like a glass of milk every day, but it is considered a yellow container. If it's cheese, that is a blue container. So that is a little confusing.
You can find a lot of 21 Day Fix recipes and modify them for 80DO. There is also a Fixate book that has some recipes that you could modify a little for 80DO too. There is a pdf of it somewhere on the Beachbody website...
Good luck!

[campermom]

polecat8 I hate dragging myself out of bed but I do find that I’m a much better person overall on the days I workout early-professionally, Work production, more patience w kids etc. and so sleep better the next night. I repeat a quote that Elle Kemper has in a runningmagazine “There’s a 100% chance I’ll feel better when I’m done” or something along those lines.

Now-tomorrow is my early workout day (if I do it) so I’ll have to reread this post instead of hitting snooze!

[erinshelley21]

Does anyone have a protein shake they love?

[judyblume14]

erinshelley21 - what was the benchmarch WOD??
campermom, That's a big PR! Congratulations!!
vavavictoria, recipe, please. Whenever I do stirfry, I chop the veggies the night before. I actually LOVE chopping fruits and veggies. Just...not as I'm cooking!

[vavavictoria]

This is it. I usually do a lot more veggies than it calls for.

therecipecritic.com/garlic-chicken-stir-fry/

[erinshelley21]

judyblume14 Cindy. I got 13 rounds in Feb and 15 rounds + 5 reps last week.

[judyblume14]

May 10, 2018 14:20:03 GMT -5 erinshelley21 said:

judyblume14 Cindy. I got 13 rounds in Feb and 15 rounds + 5 reps last week.

Nice! I haven't done Cindy in 3 years (i got 11+4 using a band for pullups).

Though, when we do Murph, that's how i break up the reps... 20 rounds of Cindy. Woof.

How do you track your progress? Last year, i moved from a notebook to an app called MyWod. I like it.

[mustardseed2007]

May 10, 2018 7:22:01 GMT -5 erinshelley21 said:

Does anyone have a protein shake they love?

At this point I do a scoop of Dymatize ISO 100 fudge brownie with 11 oz of coconut water. I don't blend it, I just shake it up. 

I used to do vega one chocolate with a banana and peanut butter but...I don't have time for all that. 

[erinshelley21]

May 10, 2018 14:32:08 GMT -5 judyblume14 said:

May 10, 2018 14:20:03 GMT -5 erinshelley21 said:

judyblume14 Cindy. I got 13 rounds in Feb and 15 rounds + 5 reps last week.

Nice! I haven't done Cindy in 3 years (i got 11+4 using a band for pullups).

Though, when we do Murph, that's how i break up the reps... 20 rounds of Cindy. Woof.

How do you track your progress? Last year, i moved from a notebook to an app called MyWod. I like it.

So far just a notebook. I've gotten bad about writing them in lately.

DH and I were just talking about Murph. 20 rounds of Cindy is a good way to look at it!

[erinshelley21]

May 10, 2018 14:32:14 GMT -5 mustardseed2007 said:

May 10, 2018 7:22:01 GMT -5 erinshelley21 said:

Does anyone have a protein shake they love?

At this point I do a scoop of Dymatize ISO 100 fudge brownie with 11 oz of coconut water. I don't blend it, I just shake it up. 

I used to do vega one chocolate with a banana and peanut butter but...I don't have time for all that. 

Dymatize is what I was looking at ordering. Have you had other flavors besides the fudge brownie?

[mustardseed2007]

May 10, 2018 15:42:06 GMT -5 erinshelley21 said:

May 10, 2018 14:32:14 GMT -5 mustardseed2007 said:

At this point I do a scoop of Dymatize ISO 100 fudge brownie with 11 oz of coconut water. I don't blend it, I just shake it up. 

I used to do vega one chocolate with a banana and peanut butter but...I don't have time for all that. 

Dymatize is what I was looking at ordering. Have you had other flavors besides the fudge brownie?

no...in my experience with other brands, anything other than a chocolate flavored protein shake is gross so I haven’t tried anything else.