Thursday January 13, 2011

Today's Good Things:
I met all of my goals today, save one!
Wonderful bible time
Great recovery on a rough morning
Ate SO great!
I feel so good :D

Today's Not So Good Things:
Missed my wake up time
Really rough start to our day
My house is a mess
The clean laundry piles are taking over ::blush::

This was a fantastic day. We started with some real ups and downs. Late wake up, but everyone had a good bible reading time. Good breakfast and sharing, but we could not get our of our own way with morning chores. I finally called a family meeting mid-morning (complete with a yummy snack). We regrouped, refocused and got back on track. After that, it was smooth sailing. :)

I got in ALL of my fitness goals today. My Morning 15, Afternoon 15, and my workout tonite. Yay! I am seriously impressed that I was able to do that with how behind we started out. 

I made such great food choices today, too. Another amazing thing, since I typically go into Just Shove Something In Your Face mode when we are having a late day. However, my wonderful son and dh saved the day by putting together a gigantic salad that lasted us through lunch and dinner. Huge points for my men!!

I don't list my menu on here because I spend so much time logging on MFD. However, I am listing it for today so I can look back and remember what a really great eating day looks like. (for me ;-) )

Pre-Breakfast: 44 oz. water

Breakfast: 1 cup oatmeal, 2 tsp brown sugar, 1 grapefruit

Morning Snack: LOOM, 1 tsp butter, 1 cup decaf coffee - black, 40 oz. water

Lunch: Gorgeous salad! (romaine, iceburg, pea pods, broccoli, turkey ham, cheddar cheese, mushrooms, carrots, sunflower seeds, dried cranberries and balsamic vinagrette), 1 ww pita bread, 1 tbs butter, 22oz. water

Afternoon snack: Tortilla corn chips with salsa, diet, caffeine free pepsi (okay, this could use some improvement)

Dinner: 1 spicy italian chicken sausage (no bun), 1/2 cheeseburger (so, 2oz fresh beef...from our neighbor's cow :-) ), 1/2 bun, 1 TBS no hfcs ketchup, another plate of yummo salad, 22oz. water

Evening Snack: 44oz. water, 1 cup frozen fruit topped with 1 cup plain, fat free yogurt (I'm eating before bed b/c I need the calories to get to my 1800 minimum mark)

So, I'm closing my day about 100 calories under the 1800 mark due to my exercise. I'm good with that, as I've been a bit over the last couple of days. I got 12 smilies today and only 1 frownie. (sodium...blah!)  I'm very pleasd. :-)

I like my workout on the EA Sports Active 2, also. It's going to be a good start for me in the coming weeks. It's not too hard or long, so I won't be afraid to take it on at the end of the day. I've got specific days set up to work out, so that will keep me from pushing off my workouts during the week and then not getting them all in. (I hope!)  I'll be finishing this 9 week challenge just before my birthday and I'm hoping I can celebrate with a new outfit a size smaller than I wear now. That would be so great!!

Okay, off to enjoy my fruit and yogurt bowl before I head off to bed. I'm already late in getting there. Boy, I really need to work on getting to bed earlier. :-/