Day 2

I am SORE!! Today I woke up from having had my first workout in over 2 months, with arms that did NOT want to move. I did an upper body routine and the worst is trying to stretch out my arms to stretch my chest, and lift my arms because of my shoulders. I knew there would be some soreness because I haven't done anything in so long, but I remembered that I didn't like this feeling! I also got one of my personally famous exercise headaches today, probably from over exerting, but meh. :) I'm also not eating a bowl of sugar with each meal, and maybe that's attributing to the headache. Although these may seem like bad side effects, I can't not feel so proud of myself for doing the work and looking at it in a way that's routine. I guess I'm cheating because before I sprained my ankle, I had started going to the gym in late November. I went religiously and lost 12 pounds during that time until the beginning of April--I know that's not a huge loss, but a loss non-the-less. Anyway, I tasted what it must feel like to those athletic types that say they get upset if they miss a day of exercise. Never in my life did I think I would ever feel that way. These last two days give me that feeling and if I miss tomorrow, I'll be miserable!

Andrew and I started making dinner at home (woo hoo!) about a month ago and it's been going really well. We've gone out maybe twice because of not planning properly and both of us saying no to cooking. What we're doing now is making the meal, which inevitably yields at least two portions per person, and dishing up the plate and the Tupperware containers all at once so there's no temptation to go back for seconds. This makes a nice already made lunch for Andrew to take as he makes his way out the door in the morning, and my lunch already prepared giving me time for other things.

Obviously this is a work in progress, but I'm off on the right foot. I took another step today and told my SIL about this blog which made me so scared to actually share it with anyone because until then, I still had my "out." I hadn't committed to anything yet, but now it's all changed. Now I don't want to look weak. Now everyone has the chance to see the numbers. Now I have to change. It's scary, but it's also exciting.

Meals
1-Fibre 1 peanut butter fibre bar
2 cups of water

2 cups of water during gym time

4 oz steamed salmon (l/o)
1/3 cup boxed rice pilaf--steamed, not boiled in butter (l/o)
1/3 cup canned spinach (l/o)
2 cups of water

1 apple
2 cups of water

1/4 tuna pie (1/4 cup shredded cheese, 1/4 cup pancake mix, 1/2 cup milk, 1 egg, 1/4 can of tuna, 1/32 cup green onions, 75 g cream cheese)
2 cups of water

6 graham crackers
2 tbsp margarine

1/2 cup water with prenatal vitamin (you never know!) and Saw Palmetto

Exercise
53 minutes walking on the treadmill at 140bpm
45 minutes machine working lower body
25 minutes stretching
40 minutes strolling around the dog park

Notes:
-Failed miserably with food today. Need about 6 more fruits & veg and .5 servings of dairy (and less of all the fatty cheese!). *It is estimated that most people only get 12 gm of fibre per day. The daily requirement is 25-30 gm. Fruits and vegetables are an excellent source of dietary fibre. Met water requirement--go me! It was also a very warm day.
-Exercise was awesome and at a perfect level!