Marathon Mom

I want to snack. There, I said it. SNACK - like on crackers and chips and… crackers. I even let myself have a small handful earlier, hoping that would satisfy it. But it didn’t, because the urge, the NEED, to snack has nothing to do with hunger. Sick child=snack. Problems at work=snack. Sick child + problems at work=total snack attack!!

So I thought I would blog about it instead of giving in to it. It does not help that I can hear my mom just on the other side of my office wall crunching away on Wheat Thins!!

I worked out this morning - 30 minute strength training DVD (nothing like Jillian Michaels yelling at you at 6am!) and then Week 3 Day 1 of Couch to 5K (23 minutes on the treadmill). I’ve eaten healthy today, well within my calories. I’m definitely not hungry. I just want to crunch. And no, baby carrots won’t cut it. I want crackers, Chex Mix, chips - crunchy, salty CARBS!!! Oooooooh - toasty, crusty garlic sourdough bread, a whole loaf of it… Ok, I need to seriously stop that!

I will go home. I will work out. I will enjoy a nice big fat cup of tea while watching The Biggest Loser. And I will be in bed by 10, unless I’m on puke patrol (re: sick child paragraph 1.) I will NOT give in to the snack monster - cause once I let him loose, he’s almost impossible to reign back in.

FOOD

Breakfast: Smart Ones Breakfast Sandwich w/Canadian Bacon (210)
Snack: Yoplait Light Boston Creme Pie (110)
Lunch: Lean Cuisine Tuscan Chicken Panini (320)
Dinner: Eating Right Butternut Ravioli (280)
            Birds Eye Steamfresh Broccoli, Cauliflower & Carrots (120)
Snack: Fat-free Hot Cocoa (25)

Total: 1065 calories

EXERCISE

Jillian Michaels’ Backside DVD - 20 minutes
W2D1 couch to 5K - 20 minutes
Jillian Michaels’ Wii Challenge - 15 minutes

WATER

64 oz + tea

I did it! I actually got my butt out of bed and worked out this morning! I haven’t managed to do that since Monday. I didn’t sleep well last night and have a stiff neck and horrible headache - but I did it anyway!! Ok, so it helped that I had to get up to pee and since I was up I just didn’t crawl back into bed like I SOOOO wanted to do! I turned on the bedroom light (I don’t know why that helps, but it totally does!) I sleep in my workout clothes so its just a matter of strapping on my steel re-enforced double harness (aka my bra) and hop into my tennies, which I keep right by my bed WITH socks. See how I make it almost impossible NOT to do and yet, I still look for excuses.

But today, I did it! 30 minutes of Jillian Michael’s Kickboxing DVD. I’m sitting here right now still dripping in sweat - can I admit here that I LOVE that. Yes, I love being all wet and sweaty and gross after a workout. Cause it means I WORKED IT, HARD! Next I hit the showers and get the little ones up and ready for school and daycare. I have so much energy right now (still have the headache though, total bummer. I even took Motrin before my workout.)

Today is off to a great start! I already picked up tickets for my daughter and me to see Twilight tonite! When I was at the theater last night about 7:00 getting the tickets, I saw girls already lined up to see the midnite showing! Now, I LOVE these books. LOVE THEM!! I’ve seen the midnite showings of all the Harry Potter movies (I take the whole family, it’s one of “our things”), The Mummy 3, the last Indiana Jones, and probably about a dozen more. I’m a total movie freak (it’s one of the things people love about me) but I have NEVER shown up for a midnite showing before 11pm.  Cause HELLO, it’s a huge movie theater. It’s not like there are only 10 prime seats. Give me a break. A couple of the girls were dressed like members of the Cullen family, which I thought was cute. I totally plan on dressing like Bellatrix Lestrange at the next Harry Potter movie midnite opening! My kids are embarrassed to be seen with me. So why did I not go to the midnite showing of Twilight last night? ‘Cause as excited as I am to see this movie, I was REALLY tired last night. Exhausted. And I know that I wouldn’t have enjoyed as much. So I have it to look forward to today.

As I’m typing this the morning news is on. Now, I live just north of San Francisco. Part of the traffic report: “There’s a sea lion on Tiberon Blvd.” Not often that you hear that!

Time to hit the showers!!