Today was a gooood day!

Exercise: 20 min with Suzana, then 30 min on the elliptical. I had 4 minutes where I rested, the rest was straight cardio. It was not as hard as I remembered straight cardio being. I will have to alternate straight cardio and interval training to try to get the benefits of both. During my time with Suzana, I think I may have pulled my left groin. It;s a little painful to sit indian-style, which I do a lot in the evenings. :)

Food for today:

Breakfast - Milk, large handful blueberries, 1 serving all bran, 30 gm (slightly more than 1/2 a serving) of oat squares cereal (DAMN, I love that cereal!)

Lunch - Spinach, broccoli, about 10-15 cherry tomatoes with one serving honey dijon dressing. 1 serving spicy corn quinoa soup. The soup is delish! I am totally making that again. I bought more quinoa this week at Whole foods.

Pre-workout snack - apple

Dinner - 2 tomatoes sliced (Mom and Dad;s next door neighbor planted to many, so she gave me some!), a peach, 1 slice bread (90 cal) and 31 grams sharp cheddar (slightly over 1 serving)

post dinner snack - 150 cal of dark chocolate and a yeungling (my favorite beer)

Life is good - I am keeping it off and getting more off. I have a short term goal of getting off 20 lbs by the end of January - at that time, with that weight loss.... I will be of a NORMAL weight! (at least according to the BMI calculator)

I also called the Health Promotions department of the hospital for follow up. I plan to meet with a RD (Registered Dietician) sometime in the near future so that I can see if I am missing anything and what I can do to improve things. She gave me some good tips for not grazing at parties or events where there is food out all the time.

1. plan ahead for it and don't break the calorie budget by not thinking ahead.
2. drink a glass of water before starting to eat while you are out.
3. don't beat yourself up if you DO eat too much. You are only human!


I am going to have to start using these this weekend!


Addendum: Wt - 174.8 in the AM. Wt post workout 173.4 lbs.

I was down to 172 on Friday. The Labor Day party was good in terms of seeing old friends, bad in terms of food. The time on the treadmill worked off that 1/4 lb hot dog!