Exercise: 5:00am - 20 minute leisurely walk through the forest on the treadmill :lol: You should have seen all the wildlife!! 30 minute session with Personal Trainer. Why the leisurely walk today? (really, the fastest I went was 2.5mph) Well, I was thinking… usually I do a hard cardio session either on the treadmill or on the elliptical machine before my training sessions. That’s fine when we do arms, but today was leg day and I usually can’t walk for 4 days afterwards. So I figured I’d take it easy for the cardio… just get moving a little bit… and then let my workout be the training session. Hopefully it worked. My legs are tired, but they don’t feel like they normally do after a session. We’ll see what happens by this afternoon.

And to answer tiny2b’s question: Yes, I am fine getting up early, but by the afternoon I am wiped out. Actually, by 9-10 am I am wiped out. I would love nothing more than to put my head on my desk and sleep the afternoon away but that does not happen. I’m still waiting for those endorphins they say exercise gives you to kick in. This is my second week of it, so we’ll see what happens down the road

Food:

Total Daily Point Allowance: 26pts

Breakfast - Peaches and Cream Oatmeal - 4pts Today I’m using Steel Cut Oatmeal. This is my first time trying it and I really like it. I like it better than regular oatmeal. There is more texture to it so it’s not just mush.

Lunch - 1 cup taco soup - 1pt; 2 pita pockets (1 whole pita - I was just too hungry yesterday after eating only 1/2 of one) - 3pts; 2 tbsp hummus - 2pts; 2 tbsp salsa - 0pts; tomato/ raw baby spinach - 0

Total so far: 10pts. I have a w/w yogurt in the freezer to eat if I get hungry this afternoon. I am PLANNING *PLANNING* on cooking dinner tonight, but we have an appraiser and some inspectors meeting us at the house we are trying to buy, so I’m not sure how this will work out.

Snack: Weight Watchers Boston Creme Yogurt - 1pt. I put it in the freezer when I got to work so it feels decadent… plus it takes me longer to eat it.

Dinner: Swedish “Meatballs” and dilled potato casserolle - 6pts; herbed tomatoes - 1pt (guesstimate b/c of the olive oil); garlic bread - 4pts

Snack: 1 plum - 1pt

Total Points Used: 23pts out of 26

Hmmm… I’m still 3 points shy. I could eat something else. I WANT to eat something else. I’m hungry. But I really don’t have anything I WANT to eat. I’m afraid if I go try to find a snack I’ll end up grazing and totally blow my points. MUST. NOT. EAT.