Breakfast—one cup coffee with sugar and
fat-free half-and-half, one grapefruit, two small turkey sausage patties
Snack—one glass sweetened lemon-ginger brew
Lunch—three-quarters of a no-mayo tuna melt on whole-grain bread, fresh honeydew
Snack—three cubes of light laughing cow cheese, three crackers, baby carrots
Dinner—baked sweet potatoes, pork loin, brussel sprouts in mustard sauce, one cup coffee with sugar and
fat-free half-and-half, one cranberry oatmeal cookie
Snack—one cup coffee with sugar and
fat-free half-and-half, two low-
fat oat bran mini muffins
Did twenty minutes of
yoga to try and stretch out some of my achey muscles. It felt good and reminded me that
yoga really does do wonderful things for my
body. I think I'm going to try and incorporate
yoga into my
fitness routine more often, especially on my rest days, since it's challenging enough to be helpful, but not so much as to prevent my
body from regrouping and regaining strength.
Speaking of rest days, I was sort of annoyed at needing to take today off, since I have plenty of time and really want to work out. Plus, I know the whole rest day concept mostly has to do with muscle work and not
cardio. The thing is, working on the elliptical does work my thigh muscles fairly hard, and it's those muscles that are screaming for a rest. Basically, I need to listen to my
body and give it a break when it asks for one. Tomorrow, though, is back to work!
I've also decided on what my reward should be for reaching my first mini-
goal: the New York City Ballet Workout DVDs. It's something that I want that will help me continue working towards my goals, which is surely the best kind of reward. Reading the reviews, they're fairly difficult, and I won't be able to do them all (or even most of them) at the beginning, but it'll be a good challenge!
a-n-g-e-l, I don't do measurements, largely because it would be too easy for me to pull the tape a wee bit tighter to get good results. I like having something relatively objective that I can't second guess quite so easily.
