Day 2

Today was easy, and hard. It was all over.

I kept track of most my calories taken in today. Sad to admit I consumed roughly 1900 calories. I was aiming for 1700. It was that second grilled cheese sandwich that did me in. I blame the grapefruit. I wanted a snack, because I was truly hungry (not starving, but actually hungry). I thought I'd go with the grapefruit since it was not only healthy and sweet, but big. Sadly, it wasn't any good. Which is how I ended up with two grilled cheese sandwiches.

That said, I didn't do too bad today. I only drank one Sprite. I'm currently on my fourth 10oz bottle of water, and I had 2 cups of green tea. Speaking of Sprite, I tried the Sprite Zero, it's not bad. Not great, but not horrible. I'm not keeping with that though. Simply because it is gross if it reaches room temperature. And my sodas always do. One can will last me at least 2 hours, if not longer. I don't chug them. And when the "diet" sprite isn't cold, it taste diet.

I didn't do a lot of snacking. I had a few mints, because I am addicted. And the grilled cheese sandwiches. I almost caved and opened some Thin Mints. I need to figure out how to do this. I don't want to give up my Thin Mints. But, I know I can't eat them every day. Maybe I will use them as a motivator. If my daily calorie intake is no more than 1700, I can have 4 cookies! Haha, how sad. I'm not bribing myself to eat less (or at least make better food choices).

As for exercise, I may have gone overboard. The kids and I walked the neighborhood for 30 minutes with the dog. And then I did 35 minutes of workout on the Wii Fit. Not bad, but way too much. I'll probably have to take a lazy day tomorrow. I can already feel the pain.

Did I mention I have chronic back pain? That makes exercising daily a struggle as it is. But I'm forcing myself to push through it. Hard part is I don't register any pain while moving. It's not until I'm done that I realize I hurt.

Really, that's it. I just wanted to log how I did today. I'm off for a shower and some much needed sleep. Have to wake up early to get the kids out the door for school.

Signed,
Super Mom