Day 65

Today has been a pretty great day!  I got up really tired but by the time I got rolling in 1st hour I was feeling pretty good.

I ran and picked up some apples, yogurt and lunch meat at lunch and I'm normally not an apple (alone) person, but my brother, and then a student, turned me on to Honey Crisp Apples.  OH MAN they are good!  Normally I get a dry, waxy aftertaste with apples.  These are sweet enough that I don't get that!  This is a pretty exciting food development for me!


On another food note...  THE WEATHER HAS BEEN GORGEOUS HERE!  Hubs and I decided to grill tonight and MAN did we grill!  We did steaks with veggie skewers (mushrooms, tomatoes, onions, green bell peppers) steamed broccoli, grilled corn on the cob, and loaded potatoes au gratin.  HOLY COW it was amazing!  AND HEALTHY!

We hit the Y tonight after dinner and I did my weight circuit plus I added a couple more ab exercises onto my circuit!  At one point I was grabbing a weight off the rack and pinched my knuckle between the weight and the rack.  Tore some skin and swelled up a bit but it's all good now.  A little tender mayhaps, but still...  We played some racquetball and I got hit in the face with the ball.  Knocked my glasses into my nose and onto the floor.  We were really concerned they would be broken but it ended up ok!  It was a rough night for me!  LOL!  I'm telling ya, getting healthy really WILL kill me.

Day 57

Today has been a pretty good day.

Mom and I hit the gym this morning (to help take the edge of last night :-) ) and I did Day 3, Week 7 of C25K!  This run was a 5 minute warm-up, 27 minute run and a 5 minute cool down.

It was pretty a difficult run for me.  Not as bad as DAY 1 of Week 7, but I still had to battle my mind telling me to stop every 2 minutes or so.  I did the run though and I ended up running 2.09 miles and 2.61 miles overall!  Not to shabby if I do say so myself!

After the gym we had lunch at Panera and then back to Mom's to pack and head out to my cousin's b-day party.  Luckily for me he was having a skating party so I got an extra workout today.  Helps justify the cupcake I had!  After the party I headed home and made dinner (tomato basil pasta with chicken) and made another batch of the chocolate cheesecake strawberries (for a co-worker tomorrow.)

All in all it has been a pretty fun and productive day.  Now I've gotta go finish laundry and dishes, get a shower and get myself ready for school tomorrow!  Whooo!  What a FAST weekend.

Day 40

Today has been a pretty good day.  I ate pretty well today and busted a great work out.  Tomorrow is weigh in at school and I'm kinda looking forward to it!

My foot is kinda hurting right now cause I played racquetball pretty damn hard tonight but I'm hoping resting it tonight will make everything all better by tomorrow.

Here's to happy weighing!

Day 29

Today has been a pretty busy day!  I got up around 9:30 this morning and did my excellent weigh in.  I had a bite for breakfast then I planned out our meals for the day.

Hubs and I took the kiddos (Dolce and Allegro) out for a walk and a few rounds of fetch in the big field by our house then we came home just in time for hubs to head to work.  I grabbed my lunch and then searched EVERYWHERE for my goggles and ear plugs.  They weren't in my bag yesterday and the water in my ears just about drove me crazy so I wasn't going to swim without them.  I pretty much ended up cleaning the entire house only to find them in the key basket under some other stuff.  DUH.

I met *J* at the Y at 2 to do day 2 of week 4, C25K.  It was pretty hard and we were both pretty stiff after but we decided to play racquetball anyway.  I'm going to have to start stretching before bed if I'm going to keep this pace up!  We played for about 25 minutes and called it quits.  I came home and started to get stuff ready for dinner and started my laundry.  Since then I've been a laundry/dishes/organizing queen!

I'm starting to go through my clothes and take stuff that isn't fitting anymore out to put into storage.  I have no idea how much weight I will lose, but I figure I can hold onto these clothes so I don't have to buy a ton of maternity wear when we eventually have a baby.  After hub's gets home I'd like to take all the Christmas boxes down to the storage unit and pick up some empty totes for my clothes.  So far it's only a couple pair of pants, but I know I will be filling those boxes in NO time!

Today was another "perfect" nutrient day!  I'm on 3 in a row.  I just need to keep it up this week so I can get 7 in a row to get the little badge on calorie count!  I think I'm taking too much pleasure in accumulating those, but it means I'm eating the way I should have been eating for a LONG time.  Positive changes people!  Here's hoping for a great week!

Day 26

Today went SOOOO much better than I expected!

I had to take a bunch of my kids to an audition tonight and I knew I wouldn't be eating at home tonight.  In the past they have always catered sandwiches so I had a pretty good idea I'd be able to eat at the auditions.  I ended up having two quarter cold cut sandwiches, a serving of tostito's scoops and two oreo's.  AND I WAS UNDER CALORIES!!!!  Wahoo!

To celebrate the kids hard work I took them to a local ice cream shop.  I had a scoop of rocky road in a cup (not on a cone) to celebrate my excellence in eating which pumped me up to a healthy level.

I was almost SURE I was not going to get to work out tonight.  This audition traditionally takes FOREVER to post results and I normally get home around 10 (when the Y closes.)  I actually got out of school around 9 and home in time to grab hubs, I mean litterally, he met me in the street, and get to the Y for 30 minutes of racquetball.  And we busted out buts and kept the game fast paced.

I'm super happy with my day!

We have weigh in for Biggest Loser tomorrow and I'm hoping I've made good progress!