Day 40

Thanks for all the positive vibes people! I'm using my "guilt" to throw myself even harder into my workouts ... we'll see how long that lasts :)

I don't think I can really see it in my weekly photos ... but I do think that I can see progress! Which is a boost to my motivation. I don't think that I'll be where I want to be on day 90 - but, you know, I'm ok with that. I'm pretty optimistic that I'll have some good habits in place and be able to continue (in all likelihood a little slower) to make progress. So I'm in a good mood

Food

Breakfast

I paid for not finishing my dinner/snack last night and was STARVING this morning.

egg with cayenne and paprika and broccoli on toasted wheat pita
milk and coffee

mid-morning snack

yogurt

Lunch

toasted wheat pita, tuna, spinach, and red pepper - didn't finish: not hungry and too rushed at work.

When Patrick sent out our diets last week, I thought that I'd have problems. But I've not been as hungry as I expected to be. Perhaps because I've been more tired than I'm used to being. But that's a positive change: I used to feel an urge to eat when tired, hoping for more energy. Now I don't. Yay! Although, judging by how hungry I was this morning after last night's incomplete meal, I expect that not finishing was not a good idea.

mid-afternoon snack

yogurt

Dinner

I had dinner out with a client - so had no choice over the restaurant (which had a menu surprisingly deficient of vegetarian options - just two creamy pasta dishes that were very non-PCP), and it's not obvious how to substitute for an apple, a bananna, and an egg white on a restaurant menu with limited vegetarian options. So I had grilled swordfish with zucchini. Which was mis-leading as the zucchini = 1 baby zucchini. Tasty - but really, too salty.

Evening Snack

none.

Exercise

Today's workout WHUPPED my A$$. I think I loathe every day that involves:

Today, for some reason, they were more difficult than most days. Grrrrr. Arrrggggghhh!