Ok, so things have been going pretty okay for the past little bit. I’ve had a cold, and felt a little dizzy, but I’ve still managed to get a decent amount of exercise. I’ve been trying to watch what I eat…making healthy lunches, watching what I snack on through the day, having reasonably healthy suppers…but I know I definitely have room for improvement.

For example, last night a couple of our friends invited honey and I over for supper…and it definitely was not the healthiest…wine, crackers & cheese, bruschetta, bone-in chicken thighs with the skin on, potato salad, greek salad, and a HUGE brownie for dessert. I did leave some potato salad on my plate, but half of that brownie would have been more than enough…and I had two full glasses of wine.

So what I really need to work on is my restraint. I know you’re probably getting sick of hearing about my ‘rules’…but I really do find that if I keep reminding myself of my goals and how I need to get there, it helps

Ok, so here it goes:

• Stick to raisin bran & milk for breakfast
• Banana or apple morning snack, and tea or coffee, and almonds
• ‘Healthy goulash’ or turkey sandwidch lunch with applesauce for dessert
• Oatmeal or graham crackers for afternoon snack
• Glass of veggie juice after school
• Healthy supper
  • Watch portions!
  • Remember to have mostly veggies!
• Fruit & yogurt for dessert, with a piece of chocolate
• Watch evening eating

And to keep myself out of trouble:

• No alcohol on school nights
• Alcohol only once a week
• Limit treats to once per day
• Don’t give in to peer pressure!
• If you really want a treat, only have half!  Save the other half for another time!!

Ok, that should be good for now

And on the bright side, I got on the scale this morning and I’m down to 155.0 lbs!  Hoooray!

And one other P.S…I’ve been tracking my exercise in an Excel spreadsheet on my palm pilot and its been working out super well…I’ll take a screen shot of it soon and post it up here.

Thanks for listening!

L.L.