Pills.

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I took my pills this morning. It's been a long time since I have, going on a month. I've fallen out of the habit and I think it makes a difference.

I also got up early this morning and did some cardio time on the treadmill, doing my interval workout. I skipped the weights today because I'm somewhat sore from Pilates yesterday, but I will get weights in tomorrow.

I am at 133 for weight this morning.

I have been watching my food, but been crazy busy and haven't actually been tracking it. I think I'm doing fine for calories and I've been too busy to snack much, so I'm not too worried about that.

Working out...

Well, I've got an official plan from my trainer for working out 5 days a week. The plan doesn't include Aerial Dance on Friday and Saturday mornings, or the Pilates I will do with her on Wednesdays. Those get to kind of be bonus times for working on core strength and flexibility. Here's what my plan is, and my ideal days of the week...

• Monday: Interval Cardio (20 minutes)
• Tuesday: Moderate Cardio (30 minutes) + Strength
• Wednesday: Pilates with Trainer
• Thursday: Interval Cardio (20 minutes) + Strength
• Friday: Aerial Dance Class + Endurance Cardio (1 hour)
• Saturday: Aerial Dance Rehearsal + Moderate Cardio (30 minutes) + Strength
• Sunday: Day Off

The interval training goes something like this...

Work rate: 3.7 mph, incline 6.5
Rest rate: 3.7 mph, incline 0

Work / Rest (in minutes)
1 / 1
2 / 1
3 / 1
3 / 1
2 / 1
1 / 1

followed by a 2 minute cool down to reach 20 minutes.

So far my week has been crazy and I have had a hard time finding a good workout routine. That's sort of the point of doing this training, so I'm still working on finding a routine I can keep on a regular basis. I am up early this morning to get my workout in because I'm doing endurance today (Day off? Well, I sort of took one of those earlier due to eating out with friends and getting home late and a busy day that didn't allow me to get it in earlier, so today is a workout day!) and I can type and do my hour on the treadmill at the same time. =D

My week generally looks like this:

Monday: 9 am conference call (though I can miss it and still listen to it later)
10 am gym (childcare for Eliana) - Interval Cardio
Tuesday: 9 am - 3 pm Josie (I can toss the girls in the stroller and walk for this workout)
3 pm - 4 pm Tutor Latin
6 pm - 9 pm Mary Kay
Wednesday: Pilates in the afternoon (1:30ish? I need to double check my calendar on that one)
Thursday: 9 am - 10 am gym (childcare for Eliana) - Interval + Strength
Friday: 6 am - 7 am Bible Study (Interval and/or Strength between 7 and 9?)
9 am - 3 pm Eliana at Amber's house
9:30 am - 11 am Aerial Dance
Saturday: 9 am - 10:30 am Aerial Dance
Sunday: 10 am - 11 am Church

I think those are my only set times for things, though I anticipate that this will be another crazy week as I work to finish my 50 faces. I need to do 4 before and afters each day to make my goal, so it will be crazy, but I WILL NOT sacrifice my workouts to accommodate my MK goal. =D

So there you have it.

Can I post my food log here? We'll see...

CALORIES

CARBS

FAT

PROTEIN

MORE NUTRIENTS

Breakfast:

egg white, fresh, 2 large 34 0 0 8 Clementine, 1 serving 35 9 0 1 Dannon Activia Peach Yogurt, 4 oz., 1 serving 110 19 2 5

Breakfast TOTALS: 179 28 2 14

Lunch:

Pizza Hut Big New Yorker Pepperoni Pizza (1 slice), 1 serving 370 41 16 17

Lunch TOTALS: 370 41 16 17

Dinner:

Turkey Bean Enchiladas, 1 serving (view recipe) 323 43 9 16 100% Blueberry Juice, 1 cup 100 24 0 0 Strawberries, fresh, 4 extra large (1-5/8" dia) 32 8 0 1 Land O Lakes Ultra-Pasteurized Whipped Heavy Cream (sweetened w/ Splenda), 2 tbsp 20 0 2 0

Dinner TOTALS: 475 75 12 17

Snack:

Nature's Select Dry Roasted Soynuts, 1 oz 130 9 6 12 Famous Amos Bite Size Chocolate Chip Cookies (1 package), 56 gram(s) 280 38 13 3 Dryer's Fruit Bar, Strawberry, 1 serving 80 21 0 0

Snack TOTALS: 490 68 19 15

Evening Snack:

None

Evening Snack TOTALS: 0 0 0 0

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			CALORIES	CARBS	FAT	PROTEIN
			1,514	212	49	63
			1,200 - 1,550	163 - 236	32 - 56	60 - 127
			0 - 36	0 - 24	0 - 7	0 - 64

Today is a new day...

... and I met with my personal trainer this morning. She did the pinchy-pinchy fat test to calculate my body fat and we talked about my goals and where I want to be. Now she's writing up a 90 day plan for me and going to come over on Thursday and walk through all the exercises I should be doing to make sure I am doing them correctly. I am supposed to be tracking my calories daily for right now and sticking somewhere between 1200 and 1500 calories. I'd like to lose 20 lbs by my birthday (really, I'd like to lose 30 lbs by my birthday, but we're going to start with 20!) in September.

So... today is a new day. I recorded my food, and I'm starting again.

Oh, and I'm at 135, according to the scale this morning.