Day Ten: Crazy Busy Weigh-In Day

Today I had an eye doctor's appointment, which means I had no time to go for a lunchtime walk. In the end, however, I think I might have been more productive if I had just gone anyway. I really think it  makes a tremendous difference to my afternoon when I get outside for a bit at lunchtimes. I was sluggish all afternoon. Plus, I missed finding something pretty to photograph on the go with my phone.

The whole day was super busy, and I am pretty amazed that I was able to fit everything in in spite of it. My knitting group meets on Tuesday evenings at Panera, and I ended up needing to eat dinner there--so hard to find something that works with my current restrictions! I managed, however, and I was surprised at how good their chicken Caesar salad was. I'd definitely get it again.

This morning, I weighed in again at the Apex gym, and once again, I had to take my results over to Cary to have them recorded. I just don't get it. But the trainer at the Cary gym who entered everything was awesome. He looked at my loss so far, and high fived me, then asked how it was going. He wanted to know specifically how I was eating and to make sure I wasn't doing anything stupid. I told him I was logging it all into MyFitnessPal, and he checked it out and showed me how to look at my weekly stats to notice any trends. He asked a bunch of questions about my workouts and how they were going, etc. After looking at it all, he told me I was doing everything right. That little bit of validation really felt good. So--I'm, as my mother would say, keepin' on keepin' on.

Today's Log:

Exercise:

• Barbell Strength Training class with Joy in Apex
• Day 10 of the 30 Day Abs Challenge (50 sit ups, 50 leg raises, 30 crunches, 38 second plank)
• Evening Walk: 1.75 miles

Nutrition:

• Breakfast: hot tea with 2% milk and 1/2 tsp raw sugar, baked eggs with spinach, herbs, and parmesan, fresh tomatoes, cup of milk
• Lunch: : Chicken breast, black beans, roasted red pepper, and cilantro tossed with a tiny bit of BBQ sauce, small salad with Briana's Champagne Caper Vinaigrette
• Dinner: Panera's half chicken Caesar salad with no croutons and a cup of black bean soup.
• Snacks: large hot tea with 2% milk and 1 tsp raw sugar

Stats:

• Steps: 11607
• Calories: 1142 consumed,617 burned
• Weight: 204 (home scale), 209.9 (official weigh-in weight, -4.4lbs)