Day Twenty-Two

I wore my new pedometer today. It read 7294 steps. I had cereal and coffee for breakfast. For lunch I had a small serving of pasta and a chocolate chip cookie. I also had about half a glass of soda-it was yummy! For dinner, I had a turkey burger, garlic fries, and a Manhattan. I thought that I was ready to try for 26 minutes on the treadmill, however once I was on the treadmill for about 4 minutes, I developed a cramp. I only was on the treadmill for 15 minutes. I started my new challenge and avoided the elevator with only one exception. I had to walk a patient to the ED and since she was lightheaded, we had to take the elevator. I did not feel like running a rapid response or a code blue if she fell down the steps and hit her head.

Update on Third Seven Day Challenge.

I achieved the 7 day challenge of no soda. It was difficult because there were tons of temptations of soda everywhere. While I will definitely try to drink water and diet soda when I can, I do not think I will totally give up on drinking soda.

Day Nineteen

Heath and I had a fight today, but I still managed to walk 15 minutes on the treadmill. I had a bagel and coffee this morning for breakfast. I had a cheese sandwich and a vitamin water for lunch. Heath and I had Mexican food for dinner. I also kept up with my challenge and had no soda. My pedometer read 5264 steps.

Day Eighteen

I remembered to take my lunch today after vowing all week that I would take it. I got up this morning and had my usual bowl of cereal and coffee. For lunch, I had my cheese sandwich (from home) and water. I took the easy way out and had Taco Bell for dinner. I was not even health conscious in my choices. I had a burrito supreme and a soft taco supreme. I forgot about my soda challenge and Heath ordered me a drink. I thought he might be irritated if he spent $1.00 on water, so I knew I had to get something. All the diet drinks had caffeine, so I had to go with fruit punch, which I am sure is just as unhealthy as soda. I was careful not to drink it all. I also had some Sweet Tart bunnies for dessert.

I walked 24 minutes on the treadmill, did 2 reps of twenty with the hand weights, and did 50 crunches. I spent more time between 2.8-3.0mph than I had previously. My pedometer at work read 3722 steps.

Day Seventeen

Today, I avoided all regular soda-and I really wanted a Dr. Pepper. For breakfast, I had a bowl of cereal and coffee. For lunch, I had a rice and black bean bowl with cheese, sour cream, and guacamole and a diet Dr. Pepper. For dinner, I had a piece of cheese (random, I know) and some lasagna. My plan was to have some salad, but after eating a few bites of lasagna, I did not want salad. I also had some water. I did eat two Butterfingers eggs today. I am weak when it comes to Easter candy. One egg was filled with Butterfingers creme and was absolutely fabulous. The other was a solid egg with bits of Butterfingers. I also had 5 Sweet tart bunnies.

I did get on the treadmill today. I walked 23 minutes and then I did 2 reps of twenty with the hand weights and 50 crunches. I had my pedometer on at work and I walked 5037 steps.

My Third Challenge

Upon thinking of my third day challenge, I turned to my food log for the past week. I had a lot of soda-of course I always do when I am on call-drink too much water and you spend more time in the bathroom than talking to patients. Plus I do not think night float is possible without caffeine. However I am sure I can do without the Calories. On average, I drink about 12oz of soda a day. That would come out to 155 Calories. A week would be 1085 Calories. A year is 56575 Calories or 16.2 pounds. My challenge this week is to cut out the soda. Since I already had diet soda this morning, my challenge will apply only to Calorie-containing sodas at this time. In addition to the Soda challenge, I will also be attempting my first challenge again-I plan to walk on the treadmill everyday.