Running

I decided I wanted to go for a run. I happen to know that from my door, heading south on my road, to the stoplight, across the street, back up north on my road, to the next stop light and back to my front door, is exactly a mile. I decided there was no time like the present, so I started the couch to 5 k app on my phone and took off. Walk 5 minutes, jog 60 seconds, walk 90 seconds, jog 60... rinse repeat. Not a bad plan. Except it is 45 degrees outside. My lungs hurt. And I did not do a full run/walk the whole way. BUT I did a mile in 17:25. My last mile time was 18:23. That is almost a minute less. HOORAY!

Lunch Pizza

This pizza is only around 450 calories. I have never thought shrimp on a pizza sounded good before but this was AMAZING. I topped an 8 inch Boboli crust with a little pizza quick, and sauteed some shrimp, mushrooms, artichokes and spinach in a tiny bit of olive oil. Topped it on the crust with a little part skim mozzarella and there you have it!! It was SOOOOOOOO good!!!

Breakfast Milkshake

And it is a literal milkshake. In the medium canister of my ninja, I put some ice, a frozen banana and a few handfuls of frozen strawberries. I added 2% milk until it would blend smooth, and it came out like a milkshake. It made enough for me, Kay and Mimi.

The cool part is that I am REALLY full from it.

Well, it could have been worse.

Well, yesterday, I took the kids to get a birthday lunch for Amelia, who turned 4.
We went to Sonic, and instead of getting my usual double cheeseburger and a large fry and extra large coke, I got a hot dog meal (which is two small hot dogs, (though one was chili and cheese, in my defense, the other was onions and saurkraut, so it wasn't as bad fat and calorie wise) and I did not make it a larger combo, which means I had a medium fry and a medium coke. I did not even finish the soda though because half way through driving around, Chandler started trying to steal Kays, so I gave him the rest of mine.

After we got home, I crashed because I had been up since 9 pm the night before. I slept straight through until about 330 this am, and so here I sit. I had to run to the store to grab garbage bags, and I must admit I bought and tried one of the new coconut 3 musketeer bars. I MIGHT have chased it with a regular one too, and then came home and ate one of those little packs of the two sausage biscuits. SIGH. Now I feel gross and REALLY wish I had my incline trainer already.

At this point I am begging hubby to just do it already.

Pasta Lunch

Garden rotini with scallops, spinach and mushrooms in a light tomato sauce.

This makes me feel guilty, but I made one bowl of it, so I couldn't over eat, and that was IT. It was so amazingly good.

Breakfast Smoothie

This has a lot of fruit and juice in it, so I am sure there are a good bit of calories, and a LOT of sugar, BUT at least there is no fat in it!!!

It is just ice, mango-passionfruit juice, strawberries and pineapple. Stuck it in my trusty ninja my mom got me and TA-DA!!

Yum.

Pioneer Trail Style

I didn't just fall off the wagon this time. The wheels broke while crossing the river, the horses drowned, and I barely managed to paddle to the other side.

I gorged myself through the holidays. That was fun. Not so much now, but while it lasted. I started going to the diner again while hubby is home. Bad decision. Mmmm french toast.

I started back on soda. I was doing so good without it, but I needed the caffeine one day, and just fell for it. Bad decision.

I started snacking on things more. Bad decision.

I quit going to the gym again, mostly because hubby is never here for me to go, but even when he is, I go maybe 2 times a month. Bad decision.

As you can see, I am not really making excuses. I am owning up to the fact that every one of these is a bad decision.

Last week, I was at my moms for a few days. Thursday, after I got there, we had a delightful meal of tamales and baked potatoes covered in taco meat and tons of cheese (bad decision). That night, I had one of my stomach upsets that left me wondering if I had consumed artificial sweetener, which is what usually causes it.
Friday, I went to lunch with a friend. We had Cheddars, and I had a great New Orleans pasta covered in a spicy alfredo sauce (bad decision). That night, it started again, and it was CLEARLY my gallbladder. I was in so much pain, I nearly went to the hospital. Just as that decision was being made, it finally quit, and I was able to sleep.

After the two days I spent in pain, I decided it might be a good idea to chop a few trees and rebuild that wagon. I cannot live in pain, and I am in no place to have surgery to remove my gallbladder. So step one is cutting out fatty extras. No fried meats, less butter, less processed fat filled foods. Maybe I will realize that losing it is more than just vanity. (good decision)

I am after hubby to buy me a NordicTrack incline trainer. Most people, it would go by the wayside, but I am a treadmill junkie, and I think that I need it, since he is never around long enough for me to go to the gym. Here is to hoping he will agree. (good decision)

Also, I really have to write in this more, even if it is just to say, "Hey, today SUCKED!!" (good decision)