At some point today I decided... I need to paint my apartment bedroom walls red. It'll be good for maintaining my energy and motivation, not to mention inspiration and creativity. Red suits me somehow, despite how laid-back I can be.
This morning at the gym I decided to go a bit faster on the treadmill-- 4.1-- and ran for over three and a half miles, which took almost an hour. I don't want to do too much too fast, so I'll probably stick with 4.1 for the remainder of the week, unless I strongly feel I can handle more (which I do, but I don't want to hurt myself.) I know 4.1 isn't considered much, but I'll get there.
Let's see, food intake... For breakfast I was back to 90 calorie yogurt and a banana, with a serving of those Nature Valley granola bars and of course my coffee. Breakfast was late again, so I warded off hunger with a single strawberry and a plum until dinnertime, which was this disappointingly fatty roast that was slow cooked in the crock pot. I only had one roast sandwich on whole wheat with a bit of barbecue sauce and tomato, and that's it. No potato chips, no baked beans. I had been told that it was just roasting in some gravy, but after polishing it off and seeing some juice drip onto my plate, I saw immediately that the "gravy" was really 90% oil. GROSS. Everyone else ate twice as much meat as I did, plus the chips, plus the beans... so I guess I don't feel as bad.
My sister has been begging me for the past week and a half to try and make a peanut butter chocolate cheesecake, so I went ahead and tried it tonight. Yes, I ended up licking the batter a bit, but I don't plan on having a slice once it's done. I put almost an entire jar of peanut butter in the batter and I made the crust out of Nutter Butters. Nuff said. I'm upset that it got too late to work out tonight, but I don't feel horrible since I did three miles this morning and I'm probably doing another three miles tomorrow.
I'm happy to see from Gina's post that she's feeling as optimistic and motivated as I am since we came out of our slump. Even though our workout got postponed today, I know our mentalities are back on track-- for instance, we pledged to go for a longer workout than usual next time. I was on foodnetwork.com today searching for some nice light recipes for when I move into my apartment and take full control of my diet. I'm excited to learn how to prepare all those proteins in fun ways (I think I've only ever made a chicken dish three times in my entire life!) Well, all that's gonna change. I'm gonna eat healthy, and I'm going to make it all myself!
Three things I'm thankful for today:
-The new little black dress I picked up from JC Penney today. All the dresses in there were half off, my mom and I couldn't resist!
-foodnetwork.com for having an entire section devoted to healthy eating
-Gina for staying strong and positive! It really helps to read her entries :)
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