Thank you, Blog!

So I did in fact go to the gym, thanks to the blog. Just having a blog here, knowing that at some point hopefully soon people will be reading this, really motivated me. I pretty much stuck to the plan and did:

• 10 minutes walking on treadmill, 4.0
• 10 minutes on stairmaster, level 9 (Hard!)
• 20 minutes on Arc Trainer, level 7. I watched Rachael Ray and the time flew by!
• 2 sets of 25 crunches on the ball, plus some stretching

Overall, a great workout. I came home, showered and had lunch with my parents. I made a grilled turkey and 2% cheddar cheese sandwich with mustard on whole grain bread. I cut up 1/2 a cucumber on the side with a little light Thousand Island dressing. And water!

Here is the bread and REALLY good mustard I used…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And here is the beauty… and it was sooo good. I used about 3 pieces of turkey and maybe 3/4 oz of 2% cheddar cheese

And although I hardly ever drink soda, it looked really good today and I had just about 3 sips of my moms Diet Coke…

So that’s it for now! Back to cleaning

Trying to get motivated…

SO this is one reason I am starting this blog. Today I woke up and I just don’t want to go to the gym again! I know it is best for my ultimate goal to GO but I just don’t want to. BUT, I am going to suck it up and go. Writing that out really helps me. 

My plan:

• 10 minutes walk on Treadmill (3.8 mph or maybe 4.0 if I feel up to it)
• 10 minutes stair master, level 9
• 10-20 minutes elliptical, level 7 on weight loss mode, depending on how I feel will determine the time
• 2 sets of 25 crunches, on the ball if I can find one

Ok I think that’s a reasonable plan! We’ll see how it goes. 

For breakfast, I started off the day with a bowl containing:

• One mini container of Breakstones 1% low fat cottage cheese
• Handful of blueberries
• 2 large strawberries, cut up
• 1/4 c Puffins
• 1/4 c Kashi Heart to Heart
• Drizzle of Honey

And a large glass of water and two mugs of Yogi Tea. Here is my inspiration for the day: “The Moment You Love, You are Unlimited”

And “Self Reliance Conquers Any Difficulty” I particularly like this one because I really believe that if you are your own best friend and you can look inward when times get tough, then that is ultimately the best way to be. 

Ok off to the gym, then home for some lunch, some cleaaanniinng (yuk!) and then maybe the movies again later. Adios!

Benjamin Button

My sister and her friend and I went to the movies today to see The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Despite all of the controversial reviews, I thought it was pretty good! It was a HUGE role for Brad Pitt and it was really cool to see how advanced technology can be used to age people on screen so well!

After the LONG movie, we came home and my mom had made lentil soup using a soup mix. There was a little bit of shell pasta in there, but it was mostly lentils and some veggies, and my mom added some chicken. I was pretty hungry because I didn’t have a snack so I also had a Thomas Light English Muffin on the side with a thin layer of almond butter and pumpkin butter. Along with a cut up Pink Lady apple (my fav) and some crunchy grapes!

The whole meal…

And of course some more chocolate for dessert!

I am still slightly unsatisfied. I don’t know why but I am going to try to ignore the craving to eat something else for a little while and see if it goes away. 

Gooooodnight!

Added later: SO I for some reason just wasn’t satisfied/full. Maybe it was that the soup was just mainly broth and pretty low-cal? Or maybe it was just boredom? I don’t know. Anyway, I made a messy bowl of: 0% Fage, mixed healthy cereals (Heart to Heart, Puffins), berries, little pumpkin butter and almond butter. It was GREAT. Probably a few too many calories today but at least it was all healthy and hey, I am learning! I also had a few crackers with a little whipped butter when my Dad came home from his trip tonight and ate. Probably 4 crackers.