Ok, let's start with the weekend. Or not. Yeah, let's not. I don't remember much anyway except Sean Michael got his black belt in TKD. And that I never made it to the treadmill.
But on the bright side, yesterday I weighed myself and I did lose 2 lbs. I'm not sure how I did that, but somehow I did, and that was rather motivating. Still, I do hear my treadmill calling my name from the basement, and today is the day that it's call won't go unanswered. (I see all of you shaking your head...just wait.) (But just in case, don't hold your breaths.)
So yesterday I did start the actual calorie count. I had my usual macchiato, which clocks in at 330 calories. (yep, 330 empty caffeinated calories....but I'm not ready to give it up yet.) That was really it until dinner because I really wasn't hungry throughout the day. Dinner was tilapia with a lemon sauce, which I figured out to be around 200 calories, and then fried couscous with roasted veggies, which worked out to about 200 calories also. I'm not exact on these kind of things but I do round up to the highest calorie. And ooops. I forgot I had milk with dinner and so that would be about 162 calories, because I think I probably had a cup and a half. Crud. I better watch that I suppose and only have a cup. I would love to say I didn't have a snack, but......well......the guys (yeah, I'm gonna blame it on them) wanted homemade chocolate chip cookies) so being the obliging person that I am, I made them. And I always have to test my own food so I had three (and they were very very good.) I don't even know the calorie count on those so I'm leaving it out. There is only enough cookie dough for tonight and once it's gone, its gone.
Even though I didn't make it to the treadmill, I did do housework which counts somewhat, right? I vacumumed and picked up things, etc. and after dinner I went outside and did a little planting. So at least it was some activity and not just spending the day watching tv.
Today I added a calorie counter to my favorites on my computer here at work to make things easier. I probably should put an app on my phone for the same, though I don't think I would really use it that much. I did write down on the calendar I made last week everything I ate, but now that I have, I'm thinking I made it too small or I need to write smaller, but I don't want to re-do and re-print a whole new one, so I'll just make do with what I have.
No TKD tonight and no hurry to get dinner right on the table when I get home, so I will straight away change clothes and get my butt to the basement as soon as I get home.
And as an oxymoron, I'll watch cooking shows (probably The Barefoot Contessa) while I'm on it. Nice. lol
Oh, wow, I guess I better get started! Sounds like you're off to a good start but don't forget; you have to eat to lose weight. Better to have an occassional cookie when you want it than to gorge on them later! As for watching the cooking shows while on the treadmill, I'm the type that eats chips while watching those weight loss shows! Just relax and don't kill yourself. Take it slow and easy.
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