Today was such a nice jam-packed day... I was happy to pick up the pace this summer for once! Usually I just bum around, watch Food Network, play with the puppy, watch a movie... then lather, rinse, repeat. Today I did 30 minutes of cardio at the gym. Later we stripped the wallpaper in my sister's bedroom to the sound of the Ting Tings Pandora station. Then we went for a marvelous lunch at Blue Eyes. Then we made peach cobbler to save for after dinner. Then we kicked a ball around the backyard with the dogs. After dinner, my sis and I walked the dogs around the neighborhood till we were all panting. Whew!
Ok, so the food breakdown: before hitting the gym I had a small bowl of Special K Blueberry with fat free milk, just so I didn't feel light-headed mid-workout. After the gym I had yogurt and some peach slices. After stripping the walls we went out to lunch where I ordered my favorite thing on the menu: a steaming plate of farfalle pasta with lump crabmeat, jumbo shrimp, and scallops in a creamy blush sauce. To. Die. For.
Now listen, I know how fattening that dish probably was, but here's the good news: I ate less than half of it and didn't touch my garlic bread. When we ordered a chocolate mousse for the three of us to split, I had a single spoonful and called it quits. To wake us up out of our food-induced lethargy, we had DnD iced coffee (you guessed it-- I opted for the small blueberry iced with skim milk and Splenda.) I was SO full after our super-late lunch that I barely had any dinner at all! I sipped on Cabernet Sauvignon, had a taste of meatloaf (literally two forkfuls), and two spoonfuls of peas. Later on in the evening I warmed up some broccoli just to satisfy my veggie portion... but I was still full. Still am now. Amazing.
I used to demolish the entire plate of seafood pasta at Blue Eyes, usually followed by creme brulee. In fact, looking back, I cannot even believe the appetite I used to allow myself to have. I literally now eat half of what I used to, easily... and no, I'm not starving myself, I'm just paying attention to serving sizes, proper portion sizes, and how full I feel. I really do feel full after half of my normal intake. I never noticed because I'd mindlessly keep eating until I was near explosion. I don't need to be five minutes from combusting to feel satisfied anymore, I just need to take my time eating and let my stomach tell me when it's happy. I don't need to deny myself my favorite foods to stick to my plan. That seafood pasta was worth every morsel, and I took my time and enjoyed it instead of ravenously shoveling it in.
Tomorrow's another day, another 30 minutes of cardio, another wallpaper-stripping adventure, another dog-walking fiasco, another opportunity to be more active and inch towards my goal weight. I can't wait to step on the scale and be in the 160's for the first time since sophomore year! That'll probably be next week!
Three things I'm thankful for today:
-Pandora.com for making instantly perfect playlists for any occasion. I LOVE the Ting Tings station!
-my ability to resist half a plateful of one of my favorite pasta dishes on earth
-my new earrings from the Berlin auction! I happily wore them all day.
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