Today is Monday!

Sunday I went skating with the family. We were on the ice for about an hour. Maybe not a smart thing since I was sore but it was good. I must have burned a couple hundred calories skating. Didn't get to much more exercise than that but I suppose a day of rest was in order. I did get all the items off my organization check list completed though.

I'm not going to beat myself up over lunch or "brunch" as one of the kids wanted. I had 2 perogies with low fat sour cream, a small slice of cheese pizza, part of a cheese omelet, 6 oz glass of 2% milk and a bit of pasta with cheese. At least everyone ate up the rest and none lof the kids complained. Victory in the meal department!

Dinner was healthier. Homemade vegetable soup made by my 7-year-old, Moroccan chicken (new recipe for me) and water. No home fries for me - everyone else had them. My evening snack was a handful of chili lime peanuts.

Today is Monday! Breakfast at 8:45am was unexpected - a blueberry muffin brought in for me from one of my daycare children. A guilty pleasure and my only wheat based carb today. Better to have it in the morning than dinner.

Exercise: I did 30 mins. of Wii Fit and burned 100 calories at 6:30am before work. I plan to do something more intense later. I worked for 3 1/2 hours this morning and now am taking a break at home while my little one watches the tube.

Lunch at 10:30am: leftover Moroccan chicken on a bed of romaine lettuce with 2 sliced mushrooms and not quite a tbsp of calorie wise ranch dressing.

Snack at 1:45pm: 2 thick slices of tomato, 5 slices of cucumber with marble cheddar sliced on top and sprinkled with Arriba sansel salt-free spice blend. Satisfying. Better choice than cheese & crackers.

Water consumed so far as of 2:00pm: 6 glasses

Dinner: Unsure what to prepare.

Progress: According to the Wii scale, 1.2 kg lost since Jan. 2. Hmmm ... all that work for only 2 pounds? Really? So unfair! A friend suggested checking out the health food store for metabolism and thyroid boosters. I exercised daily and reduced my food and carb intake drastically and that's all that happened. Progress is progress though. Keep it up and by Valentine's Day, it should be visible.