It’s all up to me

I was zooming along yesterday, back on track, and got a little cocky.  It all started w/the ham.  I was eating my planned supper and saw the pile of leftover ham that my hubby and son were eating.  Knowing that ham isn’t super awful for you I grabbed a hunk.  Then another and then another.  I’m guessing you can see where this is going.  Ham turned into Easter candy.  I won’t list the details for those of you who have been able to resist but let’s just say it wasn’t pretty.

I need to remember what got me this far, planning ahead.  It might be too boring for some people but I tend to eat the same few things over and over.  I plan ahead what I’m going to eat and rarely deviate from the plan.  When I do have a desire to change my planned meal I make sure that the calories are comparable and determine ahead of time how much of something I’m going to have.  It’s sad to say but a nibble or two of ham can completely throw me off track.  It’s definitely something I need to work on but I think I’ll hold off on tackle this issue until I’m closer to my goal.

Today, though, is a new day.  Kyle is feeling better but my older son stayed home from school b/c his tummy hurt.  My hubby was able to miss school so I didn’t have to call-in 2 days in a row.  I’m on track for food and have packed in 2 hours of exercise, day 2 of the 30 DS at 4:30 and then the remainder at the gym after school.  I’m really curious to see if the 30 DS delivers what it promises.  I figure I can do it every morning except for Mondays and Thursdays (I would have to workout in the main floor living room on those mornings and there is too much jumping to do that) but I will do a pilates DVD on those mornings.  I really would like to manage 1 1/2 - 2 hours of workouts during the week.  I know it’s ambitious but it will set me up for being able to start Chalean Extreme before summer starts.  Did I mention that I ordered that?  It should be coming soon, I’m excited to learn how the workouts are set up.  I think the workouts in the early weeks are only 30-40 minutes long so I could do them before school and then do cardio at the gym after school.  We’ll see if I die from exhaustion before then.

I must have a death wish b/c I joined the Slumpbusters challenge this week and this is after I had a day off-plan for food so I’ll have to add 45 minutes of exercise.  If all goes as planned it will be doable.

Days on plan this month:  9

Progress toward workout goal:  225/250

SB Update:  water = good

on-plan food days = 0

Minutes of exercise = 240/335