Hanging In There

By a thread I should say.

Leah handed me a tongue lashing last night when she saw our dinner to-go boxes full of pasta and brownie. HOWEVER. Notice how I said "full of." Meaning we did not eat the food. Meaning I had just a few bites of the main course and ONE bite of the brownie. The leftovers were intended for Brian's lunch today. Brian said he was proud of me for not devouring the food. And I was proud of the both of us for splitting a dinner and ordering water. It cut the bill and calories in half. We went to Spaghetti Warehouse, where they serve sourdough bread and garlic butter at ever table. And I refused it. Brian consumed the calories to save me while I sipped my water and munched my garden salad with Italian dressing on the side.

Then, I met my treadmill goal of running the entire time on a 6.0 speed. I added 20 minutes to my past jog time, too. I ran 55 minutes STRAIGHT. At the end of my workout I had burned over 600 calories. And they say you should eat carbs when you do lots of cardio. Then I did rotations of arms and legs on the weight machines. AND, as I was jogging I raised the incline to about 3.5 for an entire mile. It took a few minutes before I even felt the incline. Wow

So there.

And when I weighed this morning I was back to a low weight. I'm only a couple of pounds away from the 130s. Today I had a sliced orange and fat free vanilla yogurt for breakfast, packed a 100 calorie snack for lunch and brought lean cuisine with broccoli and chicken for dinner. And I plan to go back to the rec center tonight.

Damned if I don't reach the 130s by Sunday! Just wait and see. In my opinion; It's all about portion control and incorporating fruits and veggies whenever possible.

Another reason to keep it up: My mentee told me today that my id picture doesn't look like me cuz that girl is really skinny. Oh gosh! I was only a few pounds lighter when the picture was taken. I guess a few pounds really does make a difference.
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Leah, doesn't it feel amazing when people compliment you and notice your hard work? I have had a few. My motherload was at the party Saturday - the day I ate a ton. I have to be careful that I don't let the compliments go to my head and I think I'm good enough. I have to pay attention to the scale. Because Jillian said - the scale doesn't lie and of course it matters.

Mom, way to adjust, think healthy and do the math. I'll try to consume more water after reading your post. I never understood the science behind it. I always just thought drinking water had to do with flushing out the system or something like that.


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