Well, this morning was a little more difficult to get out of bed….I still managed to get up and drag myself to the gym, but it was by no means easy to do. Once I was at the gym I felt pretty good and was able to get a decent workout in. I was on the elliptical for 28 minutes and burned about 280 calories. Definitely not the best workout ever, but it’s better than the alternative of zero calories burnt!

I drank a good amount of water yesterday at work and am trying to get the same thing done today. The good thing about drinking lots of water when you are bored at work is that you have to refill and go to the bathroom a lot more. If you are smart you can extend each trip to about 5 minutes, not that I would ever so that ;).

As far as food goes I am doing pretty well so far. I am having half a grapefruit with Splenda and a banana in the morning and of course my coffee. The only problem with eating so much earlier is that I get hungry a lot earlier. I am bringing healthy snack options like grapes of carrots and radishes with low fat dressing, but I am still finding myself hungry again before lunch. I think I will need to have a more substantial breakfast with more protein to start holding me over. The great news for yesterday was that my snacking was a lot less intense. I had a few mixed nuts when I got home and that was it! Lately, snacking has been my enemy so any success, no matter how small it might seem, is huge for me.

Working on portion control is one of the harder things I have to do, but I am getting better. Last night I made this really good chicken pasta dish for myself and Andrew and even though I used fat free/low fat ingredients, I am sure it wasn’t the best thing to eat. However, I served myself one portion and even though I was tempted to go back in for more, I didn’t. When we were packing it away, I did the same thing for lunch, just one small portion and put the rest away. If I can force myself to realize that smaller portions will still fill me up then maybe it will become a habit to naturally go for feeding my stomach…not my eyes.

I did a lower body and abs workout yesterday and, sounding like a broken record, I could have pushed a little harder. I am still trying to understand where a good starting point is for my body. My legs are RIDICULOUSLY stronger than my upper body (not exaggerating, I think it’s because of dance, gymnastics and cheerleading) so finding that starting point for my strength training is taking sometimes, but I think I am getting close.

After my workout I headed to OfficeMax to get a daily planner than I can begin mapping my workouts in. As I mentioned yesterday, I want to plan my week on Saturdays while I am at Panera and this will be a great help. I can look through all my previous workout plans and see how much progression I am making on my strength and cardio. I will also be able to flag any great workouts that I have had and repeat those more often. My hope is that this will lessen the boredom that I sometimes get at the gym.

That’s enough for now!

“Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.” – Michael Jordan