Day 90: The End

That’s it! Last day! I took the time to wrap thing up in detail over at my other blog. In short, I did okay. I did more than I thought I could, then realized that I could do more. So it’s a little disappointing, and a little exhilarating. I’m smaller, faster, and stronger, but not that much better at roller derby. A mixed bag.

Food:

• Coffeeee
• Lots of water
• Oatmeal with raisins and almonds
• Two slices sprouted bread with peanut butter and jelly
• Cuban bowl
• Minneola
• WW tortilla with hummus and fiberful bits
• Salad greens, quinoa, hard-cooked egg, walnuts, avocado, asparagus slaw
• Spelt pretzels, dried mango

Exercise:

• Bout setup

Tomorrow we have a bout against the Guns N Rollers, which calls for mostly rest today.

I’ll be eating well up through the bout, and then, to be honest, I’ll proabably go hog wild for a few days on the sugar. BECAUSE I CAN. Goodye, cuban bowl! I’m gonna eat me some rice noodles! Whooooo! Then back to being mostly healthy.

I’m proud of everyone who stuck it out the full 90 days, even though it’s been hard. It’s been really hard for some of us. Was the TBT bad luck or something? God knows. But we did it, and it was worth it for me.

In fact, I’m glad I was doing TBT when bad news came along. If I didn’t have a reason not to drown my sorrows in refined carbs, I probably would have.

So I’m thankful.

Day 1

Day 45

Day 90!

I dunno! Doesn’t look that different, I guess!

Day 89: Freeedoooom!

I was supposed to babysit for my brother’s kids tonight (Ages 8, 5, and 3) but they cancelled at the last minute because my sister-in-law wasn’t feeling well. A whole night with no plans! I just did some laundry and cooked up some food. Watched an episode of The Biggest Loser. Did some reading. Just about right.

Food:

• Coffeeeee
• Oatmeal with raisins, cherries and almonds
• 2 slices sprouted wheat toast with peanut butter and jelly
• Brown rice, beans, steamed veg, avocado, sunflower seeds
• Minneola
• Fiberful bits
• WW tortilla with hummus
• Green salad with quinoa, tofu, hard-cooked egg, walnut

Exercise:

• Not much. Push ups, dips, tricep extensions

Ugh, something about dinner didn’t work for me, and now I feel a little bit like garbage. Yuck. Hence the lack of any real exercise. Maybe my body is trying to tell me it’s okay to rest.

Tomorrow is the LAST DAY! I can barely believe I’ve made it 90 days – at least I’ve been pretty good about the food. The exercise – well, I’ll wrap it all up tomorrow with my thoughts on that.

Day 88: Forgetful

Once again - the second week in a row – I forgot to bring my gear with me to scrimmage and had to go home to grab it. Clearly, I’m a genius. This time I got all the way to the hangar and ended up being 30 minutes late. Arrgghgh.

Food:

• Coffee
• Oatmeal with cherries, almonds, raisins
• 2 slices sprouted bread with peanut butter and jelly
• Leftover beans, rice, broccoli, brussels sprouts, avovado
• Minneola
• Crackers and fiberful bits
• More leftovers

Exercise:

• 1.5 hours of scrimmage.

Half an hour against the High Rollers, and an hour against the Wheels of Justice.

Day 87: Cravings

I’m starting to daydream about all the things I’m going to eat in a few days. Cookies? Licorice? Maybe just those. That’s plenty.

Food:

• Coffee
• Oatmeal with raisins, almonds, cherries
• 2 slices bible bread with peanut butter and jelly
• Cuban bowl
• Banana
• Fiberful parts and crackers
• Green salad with pumpkin seeds and pecans
• Leftover gnocchi with veg, add brussels sprouts

Exercise:

• 2 hours roller derby practice

Bout week, ya’ll…which probably means no more extra intense workouts for the TBT. Strangely sad. But I’m sore from yesterday, so I’ll get over it.

Day 86: Day 86?!

We’re almost done with this thing! I have to start to think about how I’m going to re-enter a TBT-less world after this weekend. It’s not like I can eat candy bars and cookies every day.

Food:

• Coffee
• Oatmeal with cherries and almonds
• Apple and peanut butter
• Asian salad with lettuce, carrots, cabbage, tofu
• 2 slices sprouted wheat bread with peanut butter and jelly
• Crackers and mango
• WW gnocchi with broccoli, onions and tempeh

Exercise:

• WOD at StrengthFit

My back squat PR was 110 pounds. Not that much.

Day 84: Beautiful

It was lovely outside, and I got my bangs trimmed! Double pretty.

Food:

• Coffee
• 2 slices sprouted bread with hummus
• Banana/berry/healthy stuff smoothie
• Pretzels and mango
• Green salad with pumpkin seeds and walnuts
• Baked potatoes with broccoli, onion and tempeh
• Lots of club soda at the bar (mm, lime!)

Exercise:

• 30 minutes elliptical
• Balance ball back extensions, push ups and planks
• Assisted pullups and dips

I weighed in at 149. It was a relief to see that I’ve maintained the TBT weightloss despite a little emotional eating lately. Need to remember that the scale is just a tool.

Since I hadn’t been to the gym in weeks, I may cancel my membership in April. Running, biking, derby, and StrengthFit should be plenty, and I’m trying to save money for ECDX/New York.

Day 85: Outside

Long walk and longer skate for my exercise today.

Food:

• Coffee
• WW pancakes with blueberry sauce
• Dried mango, duh
• Some crackers
• Banana/berry/protein/greens/chia smoothie
• Larabar
• Green salad with nuts
• Chili
• WW tortilla
• Peppermint tea

Exercise:

• 4-ish mile walk with the hubby
• 9-mile outdoor skate with the lovely Dee Dee Monic

It was nice-ish yesterday, so we took a nice, long Sunday stroll to Laurelhurst Park and checked out some ducks. The rain held off long enough that Dee Dee and I took advantage and did an outdoor skate for our endurance. Fun! It’s an acceptable substitute, especially when we have league endurance at the hangar. It just gets too crowded in there.

Day 83: Sunny cheat day

My very last cheat day! I took advantage of it but messed up my exercise.

You know how most of the country has had this crazy warm Spring so far? We have not. At all. We’ve had snow and rain, and snow is rare here in the first place. It’s been a little miserable. So yesterday we left work a little early for happy hours, and I was only going to have one beer so I could go to the gym or run after…oops. It was just so sunny and pleasant, you guys. I will make up for it today.

Cheat day food:

• Coffee
• Oatmeal with cherries, almonds, raisins
• Blueberry muffin
• Mozzarella sandwich on white bread (Waited weeeeks for this)
• Dark chocolate
• Fiberful bits
• Gardenburger with fried onions and pepperjack
• Parmesean fries
• Lots of beer
• Cheesecake

Exercise

• Nope

Wow! That happened.

I actually felt a lot better, emotionally, yesterday than I have felt in weeks. Now it’s time to burn through to the end of the TBT and kick ass at my bout on day 91!

Day 82: Rest day

Quote of the day – “Stop crying! You’re going to the salad bar!” Me, out loud to myself, in the car. It’s been a day, my friends.

Don’t worry. I pulled it together enough to procure a delicious salad without freaking out the Whole Foods clientele.

Food:

• Coffee
• Oatmeal with cherries, raisins, almonds
• Toast with avocado
• Fiberful bar
• WW gnocchi with roasted cauliflower, kale, broccoli and cabbage slaw
• Banana and peanut butter
• WW crackers and mango
• Salad bar salad – spinach, spring mix, strawberries, quinoa, falafel, nuts and seeds, broccoli
• Green tea
• Peppermint tea

Exercise:

• None

Skipped my team workout to visit a loved one in the hospital. I’ll take a run tomorrow.

Day 81: Still here

Yep.

Food:

• Coffee
• Oatmeal, cherries, almonds, raisins
• 2 slices bible bread with peanut butter and jelly
• Cuban bowl
• Too many fiberful ends and pieces
• Banana/raspberry/greens/protein/chia seed smoothie
• ww crackers and dried mango
• Green tea
• Salad greens, kale, cabbage, carrot, broccoli slaw salad with walnuts and baked tofu.

Exercise:

• 1-hour scrimmage

Napped through the first, optional hour. (Trust me – I would have been useless anyway, and no good to the travel team. Not my best week.) Then once I got halfway to practice, I realized that I had left my gear at home. Awesome! I got there and geared up right on time to  play without any warmup.

Weird night, but I didn’t cry. Wait a moment while I pat myself on the back. Good job, me.

Sorry, TBT, I’m trying, but life is getting in the way a bit. I’m just kind of worrying myself sick this week and doing the bare minimum. But not giving up.