Well, today went well as far as eating goes, but my workout didn’t go all that well tonight.  First I had toe cramps, then after a mile of running, I had really bad side stitches.  I walked and then did another mile, but they wouldn’t go away, so I called it quits after two miles.  I did go try the rowing machine for ten minutes, though.  It was okay, but I don’t think it will be come a frequent part of my repertoire.  Tomorrow I do the elliptical, so we’ll see how that goes.  Hopefully I won’t get the side stitches.

As far as eating goes, I continued with the bar only metaquick, and it went fine.  I’m running out of bars, though, so I might need to get some more once this is over.  I really do like the bars, so it’s something i would eat even after the diet is over anyway.  They’re also very convenient if I have to pack my lunch.  I’m hungry tonight (I still get to drink my cocoa, so that should help) but I have no intention at all of cheating.  It does make it easier that the trigger foods (peanuts, an open bag of chocolate) are gone from my pantry.  At this point I’d have to open up a box of something to get to an off plan item, and that’s not nearly as likely to happen.  Also, I do feel much more determined this week since I’m so close to the end.

I am going to do what the MRC lady suggested and squeeze about three more weeks out of the program before I go on stabilization.  However, if I’m going to do that, I really need to make it worth my while.  This weekend I have Olive Garden on Friday with work people (catered, so I don’t get to order my own) and then some sort of dinner/drink plans for Saturday, but I might try to come up with an excuse to skip out on that.  We’ll have to see.

calories in:  900

calories burned: 500

net calories: 400– not too shabby, really, considering the workout didn’t go as planned.

weight at home:  163–this is, of course, lower, but it’s not very near to the 157.5 I was at before my crazy cheating weekend!  I’m hoping it comes back off quickly.