Yesterday

Took Ellie for a little hike yesterday. I had planned to meet up with some friends for the first "Mom and Me" hike, but most people emailed and said they couldn't make it this week, so I didn't know if anyone else would show up. I waited about 15 minutes and when no one else was there, I started hiking with Ellie on my own. I went for about 15 minutes and decided I wasn't too sure about being on a secluded, wooded trail in town by myself! Probably crazy, I know, but I decided to turn around and just hike Peet's Hill instead. When I got back to Peet's Hill there was a group of women with strollers and as I passed them I happened to catch someone's eye and recognized her! It was Molly Hannan, Leif's boss' wife. We said hi and she said they hike every Monday and yesterday it was Peet's Hill! So I hiked with them and it was a lot of fun! Lots of toddlers and Ellie got to get out of the stroller and hike most of the way! She did get tired and hungry after a while, so I put her back in the stroller and let her eat while I pushed her the rest of the way. All told we ended up walking about an hour and a half. Then I took Ellie over to Bogert Park to play for a bit while I ate some lunch (carrots) and she got to play on the slides! It was a good way to start out the morning and start out the week and the rest of the day went pretty well food-wise. I'm hoping today goes well, too! So far so good as I just had a banana for breakfast. Hoping to head out for a walk with Ellie soon - she's clingy today and driving me crazy!

making progress...

I forgot to weigh this morning, but yesterday when I weighed I was at 116. Hooray! Just one more lb to reach my goal of 115 by Thursday. I can do it!

I just filled up my water bottle, I'm packing some carrots for lunch, and I'm getting ready to head out for the first Mom and Me hike of the season!

Yesterday got away from me!

At least for the food tracking it did. My biggest downfall was that Eliana and I made soft pretzels, so there was some snacking. Eek. But I skipped dinner (I wasn't hungry after eating a soft pretzel in the mid afternoon, and then it was time for me to leave!) and I roughly figured out what I ate during the day before I went to bed and I think I did okay. I did NOT drink my water though, and I'm disappointed by that. Didn't exercise either. Like I said, yesterday got away from me!

But today I have been counting calories and am doing fine! We're having spinach lasagna for dinner, so that will be good. I've already entered that into Spark People so I know that I can have 200 calories of snacks yet today. Good to know! I have also been working on my water today and am over halfway done, so that is encouraging! And... I weighed this morning and I'm back down almost a lb from where I was yesterday. I'm back to 117 (.8) so at least I'm headed in the right direction.

No exercise yet today, but I'm hoping for a family walk after dinner. We'll see if the weather cooperates.

OUCH!

Today I am sore! I apparently used my glutes a lot on my walk yesterday and I guess I don't use them very often because I am SORE today! So we'll see what sort of exercise happens, especially since the weather is icky.

Yesterday I didn't get all my water in, but the rest of the day was good. I ended the day around 1250 calories and everything else was more or less in balance. I had a soft pretzel for lunch at Target, but I decided that was better than anything I would have eaten from the Costco food court, which is where I was planning on having lunch. So it was a good day. Today I'm aiming for drinking all my water.

And I weighed this morning... I'm up another lb to 118. Uck. But I'm bloated and hormonal, so I'll just keep eating well and exercising and know that in a week or so my weight will (hopefully) even out and I can start believing the number on the scale again. Ha!

I have a class to teach tonight, but Leif is working from home today so I'm hoping to come up with a decent healthy dinner before I go, instead of "fend for yourself" which is what's written on the meal planner!

A walk and a run

Well, I woke up this morning before everyone else again, so I got up, ate breakfast, and did my devotions. Then, when Ellie got up, I got her ready right away and we headed out for a run a little before 9. I did week 2 day 2 of the C25K run and when I got all done I decided to keep walking around the loopy trails. I went a total of 7 miles on my walk/run in an hour and a half. Woohoo!

I've already completed a few things from my to-do list today and now it is time for a shower and trip into town for groceries!

at the day's end...

... I've had 1350 calories, 1.5 hours walking, and I'm almost done with my water for the day.

I'm pretty happy about the 1350 calories considering I've been STARVING all day long. It's like my blood sugar has been on the fritz or something, but I kept feeling SO hungry and like my blood sugar was low, so I ate more snacks today than I usually do. Fortunately I had small snacks and things that were good for me, like string cheese and apples.

Tomorrow I need to go grocery shopping, so I'll pick up some good snack foods and try to plan our meals so I'm not tempted to go with the easy frozen stuff while Leif is on his way home. Planning ahead will help make the meals a little better and a little more nutritious, I hope. And hopefully I can curb the afternoon snacks by looking forward to what I have planned for dinner.

I guess that means I should write up my grocery list before I go to bed, too, so I can get an early start on the day. I have hopes for going on a walk as soon as Ellie wakes up, but we'll have to see how that will work. If I don't go for a walk I want to do aerobics while she naps. Please ask me which I did. =D

Okay... off to put away the rest of the laundry and plan meals / write up the grocery list before I go to sleep for the night. I'm still tired after yesterday's adventure!

a new day... a new week... a new month!

... and a fresh start!

So today I started by going for a walk. I walked over to Taylor's house and then we loaded up her 3 kids and we headed out for a while, then I dropped her off and Ellie and I walked home. All told I walked 4 miles for an hour and a half.

And so far (after breakfast and lunch) I'm at 500 calories for the day, which leaves me 700 for dinner and snacks. I'm thinking stir fry for dinner, so that's pretty low calorie.

Now if I can just get the dishwasher unloaded and reloaded, the kitchen cleaned, and the laundry put away I'll call it a really good day!