Monday, May 11, 2009

Weekly update, 5/12/09

Progress last week

7-day blood glucose average: 99 (met goal of less than 120)
7-day fasting average: 97 (met goal of less than 120, 100% of days)
Weight goal: -1 lb (met goal of either maintain or make progress toward goal)

Food goals:
- Consumed 5 meatless, low-fat meals and 0 fish meals. (met meatless meal goal; missed fish meal goal)
- Met goal of 30 grams of fiber or greater 4/7 days last week.
- Met coffee goal 3/5 week days.

Exercise goals:
Met ALL goals! Woo hoo!!! Workouts: at least 30 minutes/day for 5 out of 5 days, plus one 20-minute workout on the weekend. Did 1 spin class + half run, 1 full run, one swim, one walk; did two strength workouts: BodyPump class and one at-home workout.

Misc. goals: Got adequate sleep all nights. I didn't always brush and floss right after dinner, but will leave that on the goal list.

Goals for this week

7-day blood glucose average goal and fasting numbers: below 120.
Weight goal: Maintain or make progress toward goal.

Food goals:
- 4 or more meatless, low-fat meals and 2 or more fish meals.
- On work days, switch to tea and plain water after that first cup of coffee.
- Track fiber. Minimum 30 grams fiber/day and work up to consuming 50 grams fiber/day. (Include both insoluble and soluble sources.)

Exercise goals:
Minimum of 30 minutes of workout 5 days/week. Workouts to include at least 1 bike, 1 run, and 1 swim per week, plus 2 strength training per week.

Misc. goals:
- 7 or more hours sleep/night.
- Brush and floss teeth right after dinner!

P.S. - LOVED the new Star Trek movie! What a blast!!!

5 comments:

Christie O. said...

WOW! Great job! I'm back on the food wagon, i've been slacking completely on that end of it. the training's going ok, except that i still really don't know how i'm going to get the swim down, i was huffin and puffin and my arms were on fire after 300 yards. LAME!

glad there's 8 weeks left.

Juice said...

So how was star trek??

Great job on exercise this week!

Anonymous said...

Congrats on all your goals and I continue to be impressed with your blood sugar levels!!

Have a great weekend!

Lori said...

Great job!

Glad to hear ST was good, hubby is going to see it next week!

Miz said...

how are things? is everything ok?
just busy?

love,
Naggy McNagerson