Bud Light Lime x 4

Yesterday started out so well! Aughhh. Let me explain.

Breakfast was a small helping of tomato onion and cheese omelette, a slice of wheat toast, a banana, and half a cup of coffee. Then I went out to practice parallel parking, which I pretty much have down pat. I just want to practice two more times, a half an hour each time... plus practice with driving around town. Lunch was my homemade light cilantro chicken salad on whole wheat with lettuce and tomato and 60 calories worth of rice cake snacks. After lunch I went to the gym to do 30 minutes on the treadmill (I stuck to 4.5 and switched to 4.4 towards the end.) Dinner was grilled chicken, broccoli, grilled fresh corn on the cob, and salad. I had a lot of greens, but I used ginger dressing on my salad which is only 40 calories per tbsp!

I thought I was done with my caloric intake for the day... until I remembered I received a text from Jen earlier and never texted her back. So I called her and found out she had no plans either, so we decided to go out for some drinks. I vowed to stick to light beer (instead of the usual white russians/sugary fruity drinks/tequila shots I've been known for inhaling) and only have one or two... but of course, we ended up barhopping to three different places, and I ran into some old friends who bought us a round. So that was four beers in total, which adds up to 450 calories! This is why I didn't update last night, I was a little tipsy and went straight to bed. I'm going to work my ASS off today... 45 minutes on the treadmill and 15-20 minutes on weights!

I'm gonna try and do cardio every day. It makes me feel amazing... I literally am on a high when I step off the treadmill. I've also found that being more active has made my mind more active as well... I'm feeling very inspired lately and my imagination is on an unusual kick. I don't know how I didn't discover this earlier! As disappointed as I am for giving into four beers last night, I know I'm markedly improved in my drinking habits (my tolerance has gone down since I haven't drank in about a month, and I don't see myself getting blackout wasted every weekend like I used to). These decisions to watch what I eat and be more active have affected so many other aspects of my life. I'm just making healthier choices in general. It feels good.

Three things I was thankful for yesterday:

-waking up early. It felt really good to have a nice long day.
-those little low-cal rice cake snacks! SO much better than chips or crackers...
-the Berlin Auction... we went there yesterday and I bought useless crap-- but it was fun! (Oh and side note: while everyone else was enjoying soft pretzels and churros and Icees... I stuck to a small Diet Coke. Go me.)