1,900 calories yesterday!  Yikes, what the heck did I eat?

Granola, yogurt and saskatoon berries for breakfast.  Straight black coffee.

Two eggs, red pepper, onions and swiss cheese for lunch.

Granola bar and apple for mid-afternoon snack.

Baked chicken breast, 1 cup brown rice, salsa and green peas for dinner.

Digestive cookies (150 cal bag) and banana smoothie for mid-evening snack.

Sure adds up, anyways!

What's really knocking me down today though is that I didn't do anything yesterday for exercise.  I'm having trouble getting myself together.  I'm trying to stay focused on what I need to be doing, but other 'priorities' are beginning to shove their way through.  I feel sometimes like i'm trying to stay afloat without a life preserver - and I DON"T KNOW HOW TO SWIM!!!

Maybe it's not that bad.  I may have had a lot of calories yesterday, but none of it was junk!  I may not have exercised yesterday but I can't always be expecting myself to exercise everyday!  Be reasonable, legcramps!

Yesterday 1,700 calories.

Went to the gym again last night.  30 minutes on the treadmill, 19 of that running.  I'm getting better at this.  I ran for 10 minutes, then walked, ran for 7, walked, ran for 2.  I can't wait to hit the "20 Minutes Ran" mark.  I should almost get myself a medal to wear.  It could be just like Weight Watchers, only instead of losing pounds you'd get  a medal for every 5 minutes of running you added to your workout.  Adding running minutes might be much harder than losing pounds, so we'd have to go with a medal a minute.  Yes!  A Medal A Minute Program.  I should copywrite this, quick.  :-)

That's about it.  I tried to relax last night and watched a few episodes of True Blood.  I was invited to a friend's for dinner, but still wasn't feeling great and just wanted to be alone I guess.  Slept okay last night, but I feel groggy today anyways.  Maybe I just haven't woken up yet!

No gym today, will try to hammer out a Shred workout right after work and get it over with so that I have the rest of the night to do nothing.

Had a good weekend, but boy is it ever busy at work this morning.  I'll be a tired bunny after this day is over.

So Friday gym buddy bailed on me.  I pouted around the house for an hour or two and then decided to go to the gym anyways, by myself.  Wow!  I must've been super motivated to exercise!  I really was motivated, because when I got to the gym I went straight to the treadmill and ran AGAIN!  I was only thinking of doing some cross-training for about half an hour, but ended up running for 19 minutes!  Best yet!  Can I hear a 'Whoop, there it is' from the crowd, please?!

I ended the day with 1,200 calories.  I went to bed early as was still feeling effects of my cold, so didn't bother with a late night snack (I know, i'm bad for this).

Saturday I woke up with all kinds of energy.  I cleaned house within the first two hours of waking up, then did my Shred workout.  This level is going to take me a while.  It's really hard for me to do all those planks.  I have ZERO upper body strength, it seems.  I then visited a friend for the rest of the afternoon.  I went back to the gym with gym buddy and walked for 30 minutes, then went on the elliptical for 10 minutes.  1,500 calories.

Sunday was a nothing day, but i'm okay with that.  I was starting to feel sick during the afternoon, but visited another friend anyways.  When I got home, I had another friend stop in to chat.  I was going to take the dog for a walk, but it didn't work out for us.  I hope she doesn't hate me for it.  1,600 calories.

Got sick during the night and had a hard time falling asleep.  My doctor told me that this would get better eventually, but apparantly not yet.  I feel disgusting today, and very tired.  I did not do the Shred workout this morning as that would have really finished me off.  I don't know if i'll do the workouts in the mornings right now - it all depends on how well i'm sleeping.  Plan is to go to the gym tonight and run.

I was so antsy yesterday, I decided to go to the gym.  Well, it helped that gym buddy also went.  I did a total of 31 minutes on the treadmill, 18 of that running.  I spilled enough sweat at the end of the workout to form a very long river at my feet, but I felt great.  My legs are a little sore today, but hopefully I will make it to the gym tonight and be able to knock out a few more minutes.  That's my goal, anyways ;-)

Calories yesterday were 1,600.  Thank goodness, getting back on track!

I would have done the Shred workout this morning except that I had a fairly long night and didn't get a lot of sleep.  My family sure knows how to disrupt structure, I tell 'ya.  Well, hopefully i'll get it in on the weekend.

I've been missing my workouts, so i'm glad to get back at them.  I will have to make sure i'm not doing too much so that I don't wear my system down again, but I feel great and back in the groove!

Uh-oh.

1,700 calories yesterday, no exercise.  Gym buddy had other committments and I just couldn't find the motivation to go on my own.  This is not looking good.  Everything hurts, even my internal organs.  My cold, by the way, is taking over my sinuses and the part of the neck that gives me headaches.

I slept well again last night (apparently I need to be suffering from a cold in order to get a good night's rest) and was reluctant to get up this morning.  I think I have a cold sore on the inside of my lip, I keep running my tongue over it and feeling the irony-taste of blood in my mouth.

Well, I don't know what else to tell you.  I know i'll get back on track at some point.  I only wish it was sooner rather than later!  No worries, it'll happen.  And i'll be ready when it does!

1,900 calories yesterday.  For some reason, I just HAD to have a banana smoothie before I went to bed at 8:30pm.  The positive is that I slept through the night and was quite rested by the time I got up this morning, even though I still didn't do any exercising yet.

Today i'm hoping to begin to get back on track.  My cold has moved up into my sinus and I had a bit of a bloody nose this morning due to it being so dry in the house.  But at least my throat is no longer SO sore.  Maybe a sinutab or two and i'll be able to make it back to the gym tonight.  Time to get back at it before I lose ALL incentive!  Also, hopefully my diet is back on track today too and i'll have no yearning to eat through house and home when I get back from the gym.  I'm thinking of getting to bed early tonight just to avoid that.

So.

Who knows if i'll be able to run tonight, but I hope so.  I'd like to try for 17 minutes of running again to ensure that I haven't back-stepped too far.  If I can't do it, i'll just have to work back up to that point again, but OY - what a long process!

I could just keep blabbering on and on here, i'm in that kind of mood, but I think instead I will go comment on your entries now.  Have a great day!

Well, I realized that it wasn't just a cold keeping me down, my TOM also decided to show up. I'm assuming that was why I was feeling so HUNGRY and catching the cold gave me no test of resistance whatsoever.  I crumbled under the pressure!

I went home yesterday right before lunch and slept all afternoon.  Then came that darn demon of hunger - it overtook my limbs and carried me into the kitchen for food.  I swear!  Like, NINE times!  When I finally decided I might as well go to bed since all I was doing was eating, I was rudely woken a few hours later by an outraged TOM demanding to know why I wasn't paying any attention to it.  So for the next hour or so, I squirmed between the sheets, trying to get comfortable, trying to will the aches and pains from my body.  Once the heating pad took effect, I was off to wonderland - and two hours later up and getting ready for work.  I don't know why I do this to myself.

So, I didn't do any exercising yesterday, which is understandable under the circumstances but surely won't help me balance out those calories.  1,900 again.  If we're gonna look on the bright side, at least it wasn't 3,000 I guess.

I had a meeting this morning which droned on into the afternoon and now here I am, trying to keep my eyelids open and putter away until the end of the day.  Will I go to the gym tonight?  I hope you won't feel badly of me for saying 'probably not'.  The whole reason for coming into work today was so that I could go to the gym tonight.  But I am tired.  I feel the burn of an aggravating cold that I don't wish to aggravate more, and an irritating soreness throughout my midsection, threatening to take away the holly jolly personality i've been holding onto for so long.  Exercise would be a great counter-balance in this situation, however - I have no motivation.  People still exercise with aggravating colds and topsy-turvey tummies.  I'm just not one of 'em.  Maybe that's why I am where I am.

I feel pretty crappy.

Saturday 1,900 calories.  I WAS doing well, then went over to a friend's place to play cards and had too many snacks.  I did Shred today.

Sunday 3,000 calories!  I started out by eating granola and yogurt with fruit, then my cold started to take over.  I just couldn't get myself up and moving, even to eat.  Finally, I forced myself into my winter clothes and took the dog for a 30 minute walk.  Then I visited my Grandma, then got groceries.  That was a bad idea, groceries.  I was starving by then.  When I got back home and sat down, the cold kicked back in.  I ate until I couldn't eat anymore, then lay on the couch - sick, sick, sick.  Tried cough drops, medicinal teas, took a nap.  I woke from my nap around 9pm HUNGRY and kept right on eating.  It just wasn't a good day!

I should have stayed at home today.  I feel pretty crappy.

Wow.  Shred DVD, level 2, workout 1.  Done.  What a butt kick.  Just thought you should know.

Yesterday 1,300 calories and four glasses of red wine.  Oops.  Ran 17 minutes out of 30.  That's my best yet!

Yesterday was 1,300 calories.  I can't remember why this is less than what i'd estimated they would be.  Oh, I only had one alcoholic drink at dinner, instead of the two that i'd allowed myself on fitday!  And a few other changes I guess.

Ran 12 minutes out of 30 again yesterday.  At the end of it, I felt like I could probably have done another few rounds of running.  At the beginning, I thought I was going to die.  Eating your fill then going to the gym right afterwards isn't the best idea in the world.  I really wanted to...you know...all over the treadmill.  It took at least 20 minutes to get into the groove of running, and then I only had 10 minutes left!

This morning I took the morning off of exercise, I will start level 2 of the Shred tomorrow morning instead.  I feel good for the extra sleep - I needed it I think.  My plan is to hit the gym with gym buddy again tonight, then take the weekend off of running and start again on Monday.  I don't know if I will run tonight though.  Depends on my energy levels and how my knee is feeling.  So far, it's feeling pretty good.

My throat was really sore when I got up this morning.  I sure hope i'm not coming down with a cold or something.  I've been illness-free for almost two months now, and I want to keep it that way!  Other than the odd sniffles, my immune system is keeping me from catching anyone else's bugs (of which there are many.  I think everyone is suffering from some kind of cold or flu).  This is amazing, as i've always been the first to catch whatever is going around.  But yesterday I had a headache, and I can feel it again today along with the sore throat.  Already taking vitamin C, so maybe a few cough drops and see if it progresses.

Have a great weekend!