Day 5 – I should know better

Real fast, here’s how I’ve sucked today:

Breakfast = 2 pieces of toast w/ margarine

Lunch = Kashi Cereal Bar, Vanilla Yogurt, Cottage Cheese

Dinner  = Homemade nachos (you know what this means, #2)

And here’s how I’ve been good today:

16 minutes running, 16 minutes elliptical.  I wish I’d gone longer, so maybe tomorrow WHEN I go by myself, I won’t feel like I’m in any rush.

Hope today went better for you!

Day # 4 – Not a good start

After food coma-ing last night, I awoke to a phone call from my brother asking if I wanted to go to Zingerman’s, this delicious, local deli near my apartment that I can never say no to. So, I of course said yes! I had a delicious BLT, chicken pesto pasta salad, and a bonok (?) pastry for dessert. Someday soon I am going to find a good way to track nutritional info, because I apparently need the numbers to stare me in the face regarding the nasty I am putting into my system. We walked through the Farmer’s Market on the way to the deli, I think I’m going to start shopping around my neighborhood a little bit more. The produce looked amazing and was actually relatively inexpensive! Maybe this will encourage me to have salad more? Let’s hope…

Later in the day, if I had stuck to only Dinner #1, I would have been fine.  I had a ham sandwich with mustard and provolone cheese.  Unfortunately, I then met some people for a drink (Strongbow Cider, mmm), and went to Pizza House for nachos.  Whoops.  Pizza House is a restaurant open ’til 4 am everyday.  Clearly bad news.  I ate a house salad with raspberry vinaigrette to try and fill up with something a little healthier, but I still had plenty of nachos.

So, again, I had too much food too far apart.  I’m going to have to figure out a way to eat better, more often.  Why does Ann Arbor have to have so many good restaurants?!?!  On a positive note, I worked out for 45 minutes today!  15 on the treadmill, 30 on the elliptical.

The Plan

We, the undersigned Rice Bellies, vow to lose weight by:
1) committing to at least 3 days of cardio a week with a report
2) eating a reduced calorie diet with Saturdays as a free day with daily food diary
3) performing a weekly stat updates on Sundays