Good Friday

Yesterday was good. I ate a little more than the past two days, including beef strogonof hamburger helper. That's right- hamburger helper. However, I had less than a whole serving. One cup, prepared, with whole milk would be 380 cal. But I cooked it with low fat hamburger and skim milk so I think it's safe to shave a couple calories off. And I would normally add salt to it but this time I didn't! I'm getting better at giving up the salt. Amazing. Overall I stayed withing 1000 calories for the day.

I wasn't planning to work out yesterday because I thought I lost my window when I was waiting for Dad to arrive with our new dryer. So I did some jumping jacks (200), which made me out of breath. I thought that was weird because I can go 37 min. on a treadmill until I get too tired. Then Leah asked if I wanted to go have a short workout before Brian and mine's date. I agreed and we hauled booty to the gym and gave ourselves 45 min. to work out. In 45 min. I ran on the treadmill for 20 of them. However, since I knew I couldn't go my full hour, I went at speed 6.0 the whole time so I could put in at least 2 miles. I did it! 2 miles in 20 minutes. I'm shaving time off my mile. I told Brian I eventually want to be able to run 40 min. without stopping at 6.0 speed and at a 2.0 incline. Whew. High goals. I am sure I wont reach them for months and months. After my run I did some speed crunches and then put the Jillian method into effect. I did 3 sets of arms, then 3 sets of legs - twice. Then I did some ab machines and went to grab Leah. I gotta say, the circulation method worked quite well. I was so tired that even as Brian and I were walking into the movie theatre about 20 minutes later I was still breathing heavy.

The movie was great- Taken. Loved loved loved loved it! Liam is a badass.

I didn't eat any popcorn- no nachos- NOTHING. It's getting easier to say no. And this morning, the payoff felt great. I weighed officially in the 140s. Goodbye fat jeans. I'm eager to work out again today. Leah and I are going at 11. But for now I'm gonna take my kids for a bike ride in the neighborhood.

Count down to after picture= 18lbs.