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.

Day Sixteen

Happy St. Patrick's Day. No green beer for me! I had my cereal and coffee this morning. Due to my early morning start-the flight left at 6:15am, I really wanted more coffee. On the way, I passed a Dunkin Donuts and had a lite latte with Splenda and an Old-Fashioned Donut. I really did not need these Calories and need to be more mindful in the future. For lunch, I had a meatball, salad, mashed potatoes, brownie, and lemonade. For dinner, I had water, lasagna, and bread. I am going to have to watch those Calories. I think I will be keeping a food diary in the near future. I walked 22 minutes on the treadmill, did 2 reps of twenty with the hand weights, and did 50 crunches. The pedometer read 2628 steps today.

Day Two

I give advice almost everyday to my patients on being healthier, however I don't always follow it. Currently I have a patient in which I spend an hour a week, focusing on being healthier. I don't know why I don't apply my advice in my own life. This week, my goal is to exercise everyday. I decided to not even try to tackle the eating. Today was another day where stress and convenience won over healthy eating. I ate a bowl of Special K Vanilla Almond (my favorite cereal), poached chicken, zucchini, salad with no dressing, Doritos, a fast food crispy chicken sandwich, and the LAST slice of birthday cake. I needed that temptation gone-unfortunately it found its way into my mouth instead of the garbage. I did a little better in the beverage department. I had milk, coffee and 36 oz water (I'm still working my way up to 64oz).

Back to my goal of exercising: I spent another 15 minutes on the treadmill and burned 65.2 Calories and walking 0.65miles. I also did 2 reps of twenty with the 5lb hand weights.