Day 6

Yesterday was a good day! :) 2013 calories, no exercise.

I am allowing myself Friday as an off day. I am usually at my mom's late on Thursday, so I know I won't have the energy to get up at 4:15 on Friday. And if I work out on Friday night great, if not...that's ok. But that's only if I exercised Mon - Thurs. I figure everyone needs 1 day a week where exercise just doesn't fit. Maybe you don't feel well, or things didn't go as planned. Planning on 6 days allows me some needed flexibility.

Yesterday around 4:00, I looked at my cals for the day and realized that I had quite a few extra so I planned for a splurge. Told hubby to buy a pint of our favorite treat, Dove ice cream. I'd planned to split it with him. Now as easily as I found the link for you just now, I couldn't have found it yesterday...but I didn't. I just assumed that it had about 600 cals total, leaving me with 300 cals for my half. WRONG!!! It's 300 cals for 1/4th. So what did I do? I passed. I let him have it (no, he doesn't eat the whole thing - 1/2 today, 1/2 tomorrow) I had a 90 calories ice cream treat and a 100 cal bag of popcorn. I knew that 1/2 cup of it wasn't worth 290 calories. And I wasn't sure I'd stop at 1/2 cup.

I have been pleasantly surprised to find myself making actual choices about what I am eating. Not juts based on calories, but more of what do I really want and how will it make me feel (will it make me crave something else in an hour).

I already did a 1 mile walk today (not to self: took me 24 mins - hope to improve that), so my exercise is in. I am considering taking another one this afternoon if I feel up to it. It feels good to be moving and following my eating plan. Real good.