Two Steps Forward, One Step Back

Today was a busy day; good for food, and bad for working out. Mariah woke up last night at 1:30am and just cried and cried for around an hour. Finally she nursed a little and went back to sleep, but she still got up at 5:30 for her early morning feeding, and then at around 9:00 for the day. I was tired, and she was too. She was back in bed napping only an hour after she got up, but she didn't sleep long. I finally got myself together and got her ready, and then went to see Alicia perform in her talent show. I had to stop for food on the way, but I made a healthy choice! After that I stopped at my parents for about a half an hour, and headed home. By then I had to get dinner started and feed Mariah again! What a day. By the time everything calmed down, it was late, I was exhausted, and I didn't get a workout in. :-(

On the bright side, from what I can figure I came in a little low on calories today... that's just making approximations. Also, I cheated earlier and weighed myself. I've already lost a little! I really want to try to only weigh myself once a week though. It gives me more motivation to work hard and eat well!

Exercise:

I messed this one up today. :-( No workout, but tomorrow's a new day.

Food:

Breakfast: Total with 2% milk.

Lunch: Subway chicken sub on wheat with provolone cheese, lots of veggies, oil and vinegar, and honey mustard. Apples and water on the side!

Snack: Handful of walnuts.

Dinner: Whole wheat spaghetti with sauce and ground turkey sausage (homemade), lots of broccoli, and garlic bread. I calculated this out and measured my food, and this came out to 600 calories! Who knew you could have a pasta dinner with garlic bread for only 600 calories!

Once again, I hit my veggie intake, but not my fruit. We're out of fruit at the house again, so I need to go shopping. I didn't make it to the store today, so Jon's going in the morning. :-)

Well, the weekend's coming and I've decided that I will use those as my more relaxed food days. I do have my long runs on Saturday which will help compensate. Plus, relaxed does not equal a free-for-all. I just want to use it as a time to have a little more freedom to enjoy a few indulgences. I can practice portion control, and be smart about the way I do it. No pure junk food meals for example.

Sometimes I wonder if anyone's really reading this, or if I'm just writing into cyberspace. Either way, I can honestly say that this has helped to motivate me to make healthy choices since I know I will be posting everything at the end of the day!

Ok, I think I'm going to call it a day. Hopefully I'll get more sleep tonight than I did last night. Family potluck tomorrow! I'm planning ahead to bring a broccoli salad so I'll for sure have a healthy choice! Thanks for reading. :-) More tomorrow.