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.

January 8, 2012

Yesterday was Saturday. The night before I had 3 slices of thin crust Montreal smoked meat pizza, celery and cucumber with dip and some chips while watching Pocohontas with the family. I had 3/4 of a cranberry gingerale. I checked the label - less calories than the other pop in the house. I felt bad but it was so good! No beer for me either.

Saturday food: egg white omelet with mushrooms, cheese inside a thick slice of green pepper. Snack: cucumber slices, low fat vanilla yogurt

Dinner: 2 square slices of pepperoni pizza after curling at 4:00pm, 3/4 gingerale

Snack: 1 Italian sausage with spicy mustard (mustard is fat free) at 5:30pm

Snack: salad with green pepper, celery, calorie wise ranch dressing (maybe 1/2 tbsp) at 8:00pm

Saturday morning I jumped on my treadmill at home for 25 mins. In the afternoon we went curling for the first time with our volunteer organization kids. It is more physical than it looks. Today my inner thighs are sore from all the movement. Should I take an exercise break? Nah.

Sunday breakfast: smoothie. Was hoping spouse could make bacon and eggs but everyone seems to be enjoying the last day of Christmas break doing their own thing so I went healthy. Made with 2% milk, frozen mixed berries, low fat vanilla yogurt and 1/2 scoop of whey protein powder. I feel full.

My fitness plan for today: skating with the family in the afternoon, ab work, some other exercise

My organization plan for today: laundry! Have kids put away their own (everyone in the house has a chore chart taped to the bedroom doors. Check marks given for each item done - kids get allowance based on this at the end of the week.)

b) mop kitchen and bsmt bathroom floors, sweep

c) throw out a bunch of stuff from the laundry and furnace rooms

d) activities with the kids

e) put away Christmas village and lights

Lots more on the list on the white board in the kitchen so will see what I can get done. Would LOVE to go out for dinner. Haven't been to a restaurant since Dec. 3rd so over a month. I did book a spa appointment for myself in a few weeks though. ME time!