Breakfast – 1/2 whole wheat bagel, 1 tbsp peanut butter, light yogurt, apple, 16 oz water, 2 excedrin
Snack – 16 oz water, protein bar
Lunch – Tenderloin tips, peppers and onions, 10 fries, side salad, unsweet tea
Snack – Banana and peanut butter
Dinner – 1/3 order sesame chicken and rice, 3 dumplings
After dinner – some doritos, 1/2 kit kat
Thoughts: Yay for healthy breakfast! Time to go walk for awhile at the Y (an hour). Then mow the rest of the grass. I tried Yoplait light Orange Creme yogurt. YUCK. DO NOT WANT!!
I do need to reframe my thoughts on morning exercise…I always said “Oh, after I work out I am useless! That’s it for the rest of the day…” Now I will say, over and over and over…”After I work out I have a BUNCH of energy!”
Over and over and over and over!
So I worked out – 1/2 hour on the treadmill and 1/2 hour on the elliptical. I was tired and I wanted to quit after 15 minutes on the elliptical, so I did the cool down. At the end of that, I asked myself “Do you really want to quit? Or do you have another 15 minutes in you? That’s only 4 or 5 songs….1 session of great sex….2 commercial breaks on TV…surely you can do THAT!” So I did – and when I wanted to stop I said “Size 8 red bikini…size 8 red bikini…”
This really is all mental!
We went out for lunch and my husband was very sweet and made sure we went somewhere that had a variety of options. And we were BOTH proud of me when I chose healthily and then left the roll and the rice on my plate, limiting my carb intake. Being a diabetic, the right balance is important.
I also gave my kids the Turtle Chex mix that had been tempting me, and it was good to get that out of my face! 
For dinner, we had leftovers. I SHOULD have had the leftover London Broil, and made some veggies to go with it. Why didn’t I? I don’t know, because it honestly SOUNDED better – but the Chinese food was going to go to waste…I have to work on that. Sometimes it’s ok to throw food away if the alternative is eating it and not feeling good about it.
After dinner, I was hungry. Or was I bored? I thought about doing something active, but I thought it might be overkill since I had already worked out in the AM. Next time, I won’t worry about that. I will find something healthy to do instead of eating crap.
Oh yeah. I am gonna be SO FUCKING HOT!
