A New Week

I snacked out this weekend. It was no good. I gained one pound. Never good. And I was sick and drowsy so I only worked out 3 times all week last week. I have got to get back into the swing of things. I'm still in a non-obese weight range which is what I'm clinging to so I'll make it through this week. It's V-Day soon, so I want to look super cute and go out with my boy.

Friday night I fought temptation at Cheddars. It was not easy. There was pasta, rolls cheese, appetizers, you name it - to choose from. I was unable to resist the movie popcorn and Dad bought a large because there were four of us, but he and Brian hardly even touched it. Eventually I had to tell Mom to fold up the top of the bag and get rid of it so we'd stop eating it. It's just so salty and delicious.

I'm feeling a little more healthy after sleeping in yesterday and getting to bed before midnight last night. Tonight I'll have to fight more temptations because we're going on a double date with some friends. While I'm in Austin, I'll work out for a couple of hours at Mom and Dad's before dinner. The couple we're going out with is all about food. The guy is training to be a chef and the girl is a restaurant manager. The last time we went out for happy hour, they ordered literally every appetizer on the menu and told us how delicious they were and that we should try each one. Oh my gosh! I had a small bowl of cheerios with skim for breakfast and I'm chewing my new 5 gum all day to hold me over. I brought a cracker snack for later. All in all I'm gearing up for the difficult resistance I'll have to put up tonight.

Last night I went to the grocery store and found a bunch of 100 calorie or less snacks. I found some fruit bars that are only 70 calories, delish! And I got some bell peppers to mix in with my scrambled egg whites for breakfast. I also got some healthy cereal, oranges, apples, bananas and strawberries. It helps not having a ton of fatty snacks around the house.

I feel like night time is where I buckle. When I'm indoors, in the dark, surrounded by other eating people - it's so hard not to eat. That's all people do at night! You're watching TV- eat. You're out with friends- eat. You have nothing else to do- eat. You want to go on a date- eat. WHY?!? Imagine how much time we'd all save if we cut our eating time in half. What would we do with that savings?

Well the weekend's over ladies and the sun is out, so now lets save time and calories. Let's use that time to work out and build some sexy muscles. We can do it.