Step Away From the Cake

Not a bad week if I do say so myself. I pretty much just kept track this week. Once I saw how bad it was going I did try to reign my eating in but otherwise I just ate like I normally do. Here is the summary: Average daily calories: 1925 fat: 67 protein: 106 carbs: 207 Average daily exercise calories: 450 Overall, not bad. There are definetly a few places I need to work on. I need to become more consistent in my diet. My daily calories ranged from 1700 to 2100, whick is not really that bad but I'd like to be around 1700-1800 everyday. I would also like to increase my activity calories to around 600 per day. Since I took 2 days off this week that shouldn't be too hard. The whole point of this week was to see what exactly was going on with my eating/exercising and now I know. This coming week

I just do not feel like exercising this morning. I was tired yesterday and used it as my day off. This morning I got up but I just can't seem to drag my ass away from this computer. I guess it's okay. My body needs rest and I need to listen to it but sometimes it's hard to distinguish between needed rest and pure laziness. Last night I came home and went for a swim; it was brutal. First, my tooth is killing me and every breath I took was painful. Then on my way out my goggles broke. My favorite goggles :( I managed to get them functional but they leaked and fogged and pressed on my nose and were just generally uncomfortable and annoying. So I swam for 10 minutes and called it a night. Plus it was getting late and dark. I think part of the problem is it's nearing TTOM. That always makes me lazy and not inclined to exercise. I'm hoping that starts in the next day or so. I have a race Saturday morning and I need to get with it more if I'm going to pull that off.

I went for a swim after work (one of the keys for me is to have the activity in my head all day and that makes it happen much easier). The swim was awesome!! I planned on swimming straight for 20 minutes but that didn't quite work out. I did 4 laps and was pooped plus it was getting dark. I did 4 more laps and called it a night. It took 15 minutes. I figure I went about 500 meters. Not great but not too bad. I was completely stoked and happy with myself. After that I did my functional exercises. Things are going well....... I feel really really good. I was full when I ate lunch but not stuffed. And again tonight at dinner, I got full but not stuffed by any means. I like this feeling. I need to remember it so the next time I want to pig I'll refrain....

I have been hovering at my current weight for almost a year now. I was really unclear as to why that was. I thought I was doing everything right. I was exercising - a lot- and I was eating Core (or so I thought!). Last week I decided it was time to get really serious. I want to lose weight (I'm only 15lbs from goal) and I want to get fit and in shape. I decided it was time to see exactly what was going on. In truth I wanted to see which plan worked best for me. So I bought a spiral bound notebook to keep track of my exercises and my days. And I bought a new Journal from WW to keep track of my food. I'm keeping FitDay to track my calories, fat, protein, and carbs. In my Journal I'm tracking both the Core plan and the FlexPoints to see whick works best. I quickly learned that I was not doing the Core plan or the Flex plan for that matter. I was doing Flo's plan. I was justifying what I was eating by saying it's cause I exercise so much. I do a lot of running and stren

Another really good day under my belt. Do you have any idea how awesome it feels to have a good weekend and a good Monday??? Infuckingcredible...... I'm trying something new. I'm cutting back on my tv/computer time. Tonight when I came home I did not even turn the tv on. I fired up my computer and starting playing music. Then I started my strength training and was rocking out including running in place between exercises. It was great. I worked out hard and ended up almost as sweaty as when I do aerobics. I really enjoyed my workout tonight doing that. Tomorrow night no tv until House at 8:00pm and only if that's new. I think I'll start my withdrawal by slowly weaning myself. No just turning the tv on and leaving it. I will only turn it on in order to watch something. No more channel surfing. It'll be easier once summer is here because there'll be mostly repeats. Well, all this healthy living and exercise has made me tired. I'm off to bed....

fairly well. Weekends are usually my worst time because there is no structure and because I tend to exercise more which increases my appetite and/or sit around more which causes me to eat more. But this weekend was pretty good. Today went really well. I'm very, very pleased with myself. Also, now that I've had a good weekend it sets me up for a good week. I'm just stoked. Today was good. I got up and went for a 6 mile run. But because of the trail run and bike ride yesterday I was just wrung out today. I had a hard time finishing, my legs were killing me. But I did it and decided not to do anymore. I do want to get stronger and increase my endurance but I don't want to injure myself. Also, my knee was bothering me and it hasn't in a week or so. Lyle (the neighbor) got a hot tub and seems to have it working. That will be great. After all the workouts I do a hot tub will be awesome to have around. Okay, I have nothing to write about. So I think I'll stop now..