4:45...a.m.

That's what time I began my day today. When the alarm first went off, I immediately set it ahead for another hour. In that effort, I woke myself up enough to contemplate getting on the treadmill for about 10 minutes and then actually climbing out of bed.


Yes!


So my morning began with my 30 minutes as planned on the treadmill. I decided to go with an interval plan that I found in my Fitness mag (and developed by Jillian from The Biggest Loser!)

I just adapted it a little to get my 30 minutes/at least 200 calories burned.



4 min. at 3.0

30 sec at 5.5

1.5 min at 3.5

30 sec. at 5.8

1.5 min at 3.5

30 sec. at 6.0

30 sec. at 3.5

30 sec. at 5.5

1.5 min. at 3.5

30 sec. at 5.8

1.5 min at 3.5

30 sec at 6.0

30 sec at 3.5

30 sec. at 5.5

30 sec. at 3.5

30 sec at 5.8

30 sec at 3.5

30 sec at 6.0

30 sec at 3.5

30 sec at 5.5

30 sec at 3.5

30 sec at 5.8

30 sec at 3.5

1 min at 6.0

5 min at 3.5

5 min at 3.0


264 calories burned.



Have you noticed anything missing from my meals?


Water?


Yes.


Vegetables?


Yes.


Salad?


Yes.


Fruits other than apples?


Yes.


Do I drink too much coffee?


Yes.


I am a self-professed picky eater. Give me food that is bad for me and I'll eat it every time. Give me food that is healthy and good for my body as fuel and I turn up my nose. Whenever I see new recipes in magazines, every single one of them sounds bad to me unless it involves the word pizza in the title. And yesterday I even passed over one of those!


So what's a picky eater to do? Eat the same things every day. Stick to what I like. Control calories. Work out like a fiend. Today I packed a low carb breakfast and vegetable soup for lunch. I guess that's one way to get my veggies!


Breakfast
Coffee w/ sugar free creamer and splenda (3 tbsp.) 1 point
Advantage low carb breakfast shake 3 points
20 oz water


Snack
String cheese 1 pt.


Lunch
1 can Progresso Light Chicken and Rotini soup 1 point
1 WW yogurt 1 point
1 apple 1 point
20 oz water


Snack
Jello Sugar Free pudding 1 point
2 Bacon and Cheese mini Quiche 2 points
1 oz Ruffles light 1 point


Dinner
1 cup spaghetti 4 points
1/2 cup sauce 2 points
2 meatballs 2 points
1/8 cup cheese 1 point
2 slices cheese bread 7 points
Diet Pepsi

Snack

Coffee with 3 tbsp sugar free creamer 1 pt

Curves workout afterschool

30 min=408 cal burned

I went over my points by 3 (Darn that second piece of cheese bread!) but I got two workouts in today. I track my calories on a website called The Daily Plate and according to that site, a moderately active female who weighs 170 pounds should eat 1,622 calories a day to lose 2 pounds per week. When I enter my food for today and my workouts, it says that I can consume an additional 948calories today. Hmmmm.

Not gonna...but it would be fun (and yummy!).

So with that bit of information, I don't feel too bad about going over points today. I figure I need to eat a bit more if I'm working out twice in one day.

BTW- I was PLEASANTLY surprised this morning when I stepped on the scale and it still read 170. That's where my weight has been stuck for 6 months. But as I stepped onto the scale, I was seriously expecting it to say 175 pounds (after my holiday..uh..indulgences). So I was pleased that I had a reasonable, expected, familiar starting point. Once I lose these pounds, I don't ever want to have to lose them again!!