Boy My Dogs Are Barkin'

I'm pooped and my feet are howling! lol Rushed through my day today to be ready for door-to-door cookbook sales this afternoon. What a grand afternoon it was! The Lord blessed us with perfect weather....I can hardly believe it's November! Now, I'm kicking back in the rocking chair, resting my tootsies and drinking an energy drink (don't worry it's only 40 calories!) hoping for a major surge so I can get on that treadmill!

I think it's safe to say that my stroll this afternoon was worth at least a mile...

Total so far = 21 miles

Banana Bread Anyone?

Ok, today started out pretty decent, but slowly went downhill from there. Had a good breakfast of poached eggs, toast (no butter:) and coffee (made by my fantabulous husband!). Then it was off to clean someone else's house- there's just something wrong about that! lol at least I bring money home with me. Anyway, I'm noticing how I have more energy and just feel better in general. Lunch was a little pitiful though...I made the mistake of getting out the baked lays and snacked a little too much. But had an apple afterwards. Dinner was homemade chili....mostly broth based so that was good, BUT the cornbread was hard to resist...had several small pieces (my tummy is growling just thinking about it). Then came the really hard part- the banana bread....had some bananas that were way too ripe to eat, but I didn't want to waste them so I made bread with them to surprise the fam! Boy was it good....YUP I could not at least have one piece! But to punish myself for my bad deeds I hopped on the treadmill for a short time then I did step aerobics and strength training. Oh, and I almost forgot, I even walked with the kids this afternoon. Loving the mild November weather!

Total miles incinerated = 20!

Chugging Along

Been burning rubber again....tonight another 72 minutes on treadmill and 500 calories gone. Been watching my diet closely. I'm journaling what I've been eating... just not listing it here. To much to type! haha

On another high note I'm making great strides in overcoming my late night snack addiction. Don't get me wrong I still think about it, but I feel I'm in better control of myself...something I haven't felt in a while. One incentive...I've been working too hard to sabotage myself!

Total Miles Burned: 16.5

Putting on the Miles

Yesterday evening I did Denise Austin's Ultimate Fat Burner and then after dinner I did another 30 minutes on the treadmill plus numerous strength training moves. Needless to say I slept very well.

I will begin tracking my miles...more for my own pleasure to see how far I've gone. Miles will be tracked by miles and other cardio will be tracked by every 20 minutes = a mile. I'm going to backdate my miles to last week.

Total to date: 13 miles

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Been patting myself on the back again....isn't it about time I did that?! Yesterday, we were at the fam's house sitting around the campfire.....let me back up here. When they first went out to fire pit I hit the pavement walking/jogging. Did two miles. Then came back to sit around the fire with them. By this time they had grilled a bunch of hotdogs and of course they were ready just as I got there. UGH! That's not all of it either....there was pumpkin bars, oatmeal raisin cookies...and drumroll please- CHILI! EEK! I have a weakness for chili dogs. But I made a decision to not eat any of it and I succeeded. The hotdogs itself wasn't that bad to resist....there were not a great brand. I had had one last week and I thought it was void of taste. The way I look at it is, if you're going to eat something really fatting and loaded with calories then it better taste really good so I can enjoy every bite! The chili did get to me a little though.... Anyway, came home and ate a couple of rolled turkey tacos (cooked lean of course by me) and some baked chips. Then got back on the treadmill for another 60 minutes! Yup! I'm tooting my own horn and loving it!

Recovery!

Recovering from a busy day yesterday. It was good just a lot to do. Anyway, didn't get a chance to sweat it out with cardio and of course when you're busy and rushed you have a tendency to eat things you shouldn't...i.e. cookies! EEK! But I am proud of myself, because I had the opportunity to eat other "bad" food items and I didn't. Patting self on back! It's about time I do that instead of kicking myself for my failures....perhaps the tide is changing in my self image...time will tell! , I'll be back in the swing of things today. I will consider yesterday my day of (muscle) recovery...kind of ironic isn't it? lol Shalom!

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Ok, some may think this is stupid, some may not care and others may be able to relate....then again if no one reads it, it won't matter! LOL Sometimes I think that may be best. I don't usually air all my laundry on here...don't have the guts to spill whats sometimes on the inside and I admire those who are able to. Boy did I get off the subject or what?!! Back to my celebration....I didn't have any salt and vinegar chips last night and I didn't have any peanut butter/freezer jam either! Big deal here on the home front...been thinking I have some sort of sugar addiction...it hits me at night time when the house is quiet. I sometimes think it might be emotional eating, but I don't know what emotion I'm cramming down my throat. Hmm....that's food for thought! Peace out!