Breakfast—juice of one grapefruit, oatmeal cooked with non-
fat milk, apricot sauce, one medium-sized turkey sausage patty
Snack—half a cup lemon-ginger brew sweetened with agave nectar and a little bit of sugar
Lunch—Romaine salad with light Caesar dressing and some cooked shrimp, fresh cantaloupe and blueberries
Snack—100-calorie bag of popcorn
Snack—one cup coffee with sugar and
fat-free half-and-half, one slice whole-grain toast with a scrape of butter, approximately two tablespoons walnuts
Dinner—half a chicken breast in caper-mustard sauce, one cup green beans and spaetzle in light sauce
I did thirty minutes on the elliptical today! With intervals! I felt really proud to be able to do that, to complete something like a "normal" workout. I know, of course, that there's no such thing as normal, and that some people can and should do less, and some people can and should do more. But it also made me really happy to know that I'm raising my
fitness level so that I can do more!
I also bought myself some five-
pound dumbbells today so that I can start working on toning up some muscles. Added muscle isn't a huge concern for me, but I know that mine are not in the shape they ought to be in. I'm planning my inaugural toning session for Thursday.
That big snack in the afternoon was a little weird, but I was feeling pretty hungry and knew that I wouldn't be able to have my dinner until very late (I teach from 6:30 to 9:30 on Tuesdays, and have to leave home before five to be there on time). It was hard to control my snacking in the afternoon, but I feel like overall I did a decent job of being mindful and fairly careful.
Natalie Jo, thanks for the encouragement. I must and will keep on trucking, despite these slips and mishaps.
