You know, trying to get in exercise is gonna be rough. (Or maybe I'm just making it rough? Who, me? lol) Seriously though, yesterday (which was Day 2, by the way) I had to stop at the PX on my way home to pick up Mothers Day cards (which I have been procrastinating doing) and then at Starbucks (which is in the PX) to pick up....are you ready....ICED TEA! (I know, right? Not my macchiato. Except the tea wasn't that great, so I think I'll stick with their black iced tea.) So I didn't get home until 5:20, and then had to prepare dinner right away so we could eat and the guys could get to tkd.
We had jumpy steak, which is Peruvian, but it's more like Pepper Steak, except I didn't have any red bell peppers so I just used onions and tomatoes (they go in it anyway). But then you throw french fries on top of it all, which while it sounds kind of weird, it does taste good. I also was very good and baked them instead of fried them, so we didn't have the calories of that. Its served with rice, but I always think that the french fries is enough starch for me, so I only make rice for Hector and Sean Michael.
By the time dinner was over and table cleared, it was 6:30, and the dog wanted out so I took him out and while he was doing his deed, I started messing with the plants I bought, and didn't go back in till around 8ish. So really too late to exercise, because I didn't want to be all adrenilined-up (lol) and be awake till who knows when. (I'm not sure that would really be possible because I was sleepy around 9 but did manage to stay up till the guys got home at 9:15, and then stayed up till 9:45. I slept pretty good though and that doesn't happen often.)
Food wise yesterday, besides my dinner, I had my usual coffee in the morning, and then at lunch I went home to check on Casanova (he hurt his foot and I wanted to make sure he wasn't messing with it) and while there I decided to make a smoothie. I used a banana, pineapple juice, Carnation Instant Breakfast, greek yogurt, and a bit of milk. It filled up my venti Starbucks cup and it took a while to drink but it was really really good. And it made me feel full and good to go for the rest of the afternoon. Around 9 I had a Skinny Cow Fudge Truffle Bar and let me just say those things are YUMMY!! They are so chocolatey and creamy without a lot of calories but they make you feel like you're cheating.
So technically I ate pretty okay calorie wise, but somehow I have to sit down and figure out this exercise thing. I wish I were more of a morning person, and could just jump up at 5am and hop on the treadmill, but I know me and that just isn't gonna happen. lol So I'll have to find a Plan B, and C, and D........ (Actually, its too bad I can't have a treadmill here in my office, I don't do much anyway so I'd have plenty of time to exercise during the day. lol)
Today (the real today, or Day Three) I found blank weekly calendars online that you can customize and I printed one off for every week till the end of December and put Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner and Snacks on it, with Total Calories after each one, and then a Final Calories at the end. This will make it easier to keep track of all my calories. I should probably do one as well for exercising, come to think of it.
I still wish I had someone here to do it with just so its not so boring by myself and for the motivation, but I suppose thats the way it goes.
At any rate, at least this is a start in the right direction.
Motivation is my problem too, and time. Where am I ever going to find any time for myself? So, I'll have to find some form of exercise I can do with the kids. That should be fun! There may be many false starts until the desire to REALLY do it kicks in and takes over. Until then, we can keep practicing!
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