Balance

I was extremely well-behaved today! I managed to endure watching my sister polish off leftover fish tacos and beans, gorge on sweets, and snack mercilessly... not to mention our usual Food Network Nighttime marathon. Yeah, the cakes on the Food Network Challenge looked amazing, and yes, my leftovers smelled fantastic, but I didn't give in.

All I ate today was a serving of Special K Blueberry with skim milk and a banana (a serving is only 3/4 cup! imagine that!), about 1/4 of leftover turkey and cheese hoagie with a peach for lunch, and a large iceberg lettuce salad with a drizzle of dressing with a single slice of spinach white pizza without crust for dinner. That's ALL. I think I might have a huge glass of water before bed and call it a night. No cheesecake for me, I didn't earn it yet!

I attempted to jog on the treadmill for 15 minutes straight on speed 5.0, but my stomach started getting cramped after 4 minutes so I switched to 4.0 for the remainder of the mile and called it quits, thinking I was in for a serious workout at the end of the day. Unfortunately Gina had to take care of an important family matter tonight, so our plans were again postponed. Hope everything's ok, Gi, I'm thinking about you! I intend to make up for it by doing another more intense jog tomorrow morning after driving lessons, and then really kicking butt for our basement workout!

Edit: I just did some work on the calorie counter, and I probably have a bit of leeway. I think I underate today! Between the size of my hoagie (it was TINY), the size of my breakfast, and the fact that I skipped the huge crust on my already-thin pizza... according to the website and if I rounded UP with everything, I barely ate a thousand calories. Unacceptable! So I had a 120-calorie coconut Whole Fruit bar for dessert. Yum.

Guess there's a lesson here: I need to learn to strike a balance. I don't need to starve myself, I just need to eat healthy and eat less. But not too much less!