December 8 no time for anything!

Recently at work I have started training on a new position. For me, this means more networking within the city I work for, with my goal being to someday find a more permanent place then where I am.

However, between covering coworkers time off and learning this new system, I don't have a lot of free time. Not to mention, I need to be working on my cosplay for March (I am SO far behind) and my back has been hurting since Monday. It's getting better (I think) but it's a weird sort of pain and I am trying to rest it. That means no Kickboxing this week, which is tough!

Anyways, My lowest weight for November was 182.4 That weight is now my new weight to beat for December. I have matched it once, but have not managed to get lower yet.

I was bad last weekend and didn't think about what I was eating, so I went way over calories. Now that I am back to working pretty much every day, I have more control over what I eat (in this case, what goes in my lunch box).

I have found aiming for 300 or so calories for breakfast and having about 600 or 700 calories for dinner seems to be ideal (leaving around 600 or 700 calories for snacks and lunch).

Anywho, here is some of the food I have packed:

Peanut butter sandwhich (190 cal) green tea (0 cal) coffee (35 cal) pomegranate (1/2 cup, 72 cal) mandarine (47 cal) steel cut oats (300 cal) pretzels (100 cal) BBQ turkey (141 cal) = roughly 885 cal

Salad (lettuce, tomato, sugar snap peas and sunflower seeds w/ 2 TBSP of Italian dressing- roughly 300 cal), steel cut oats (300 cal) BBq turkey (141 cal) Pomegranate (72 cal) apple (80 cal) and blackberries (62 cal) = roughly 955 calories

coffee (35 cal) california roll sushi (I believe it was around 400 cal for these) apple (80 cal) 2 mandarines (94 cal) blackberries (62 cal) sugar snap peas (35 cal) string cheese (160 cal for 2) = roughly 866 calories. 

coffee (35 cal) Ceasar Salad (that I didn't end up eating, had Italian dressing roughly 300 cal) apple (80 cal) BBQ turkey (141 cal) two mandarines (94 cal) sugar snap peas (35 cal) hard boiled eggs (pic below) and blackberries (62 cal) = roughly 890 (only 590 without the salad, and I made up for it by eating spaghetti for dinner)

Breakfast is hard, oatmeal isn't always filling and it's calorie expensive. I LOVE eggs, but I never make the time for them in the morning to cook some. So I tried hard boiled eggs. Not my favorite, but still a nice bit of protein in the morning!

I found a new oatmeal! It's Steel cut oats with flaxseed, by Better Oats, Oat Revolution. It's prepackaged for convenience, flavored with maple and brown sugar (yum!) and has 170 calories. So far, it has been getting me through to lunch!
Steel cut oats (170 cal), coffee (35 cal) raisins (90 cal) 2 mandarines (94 cal) sugar snap peas (35 cal) red bell pepper (24 cal) white rice (169 cal) canned salmon (90 cal) spiral ham (280 cal) = roughly 987 cal 

I have been bad already, but am getting more focused now on staying under cal. The new oatmeal really helps! I am using my lowest weight from November to set a standard for this month. I feel pretty motivated to try and drink lots of water and reduce my calories so I can keep going down! 

So far I have been able to bike to kickboxing still, but now it's getting cold and we got some snow. Once my back feels better I am going to try to go again, and hopefully I can bike because I love being able to bike to class!

Bundled up for my bike ride to class