Food and Workout Journal for April 21, 2008

Not sure why, but it seemed a little easier to get up this morning. Maybe because I knew I was doing an "easier" workout this morning, and it was only 45 minutes, as opposed to an hour torture session with "Squeeze!"

6:20 a.m. 5 Frosted Mini Wheat biscuits, 1 mini bagel w/little bit whipped cream cheese, small glass OJ

12:00 p.m. Take-out from Gardenia: Grilled chicken fajita (chicken, peppers, onions, rice, cheese, salsa, sour cream), few regular chips, bit of a pickle, diet coke, 3 Milky Way Minis

5:15 p.m. Rascal House w/DH: 2 pieces of pepperoni pizza, water

9:15 p.m. 2 Dove chocolate caramels

WORKOUT: Crunch Burn & Firm Pilates w/Ellen Barrett (I knew I couldn't do Squeeze this morning....just too hard, and it's TTOTM!). Had a great workout, though (45 minutes). You get out of this workout what you put into it.

Food and Workout Journal for March 23, 2008

Happy Easter! DH and I actually had a very quiet Easter as it was kind of pre-empted by my FIL's surgery. FIL had a cancerous lump in his arm that got removed yesterday (Saturday), so he's in the hospital recovering until Tuesday. So obviously, there was no big family get-together at DH's parent's house. The great news is that his dad is doing fine, and the doctors believe they were able to get all of the cancer. We will be visiting all of them next weekend, as well as my family.

9:00 a.m. Small bowl of oatmeal w/brown sugar, 1/2 banana, small glass juice

1:30 p.m. Champp's w/DH - we both got the Easter Buffet. Although it sounds like a lot to eat, my portions were really pretty small:

• Salad w/little bit of ranch dressing and shredded cheese and bacon pieces
• 2 very tiny mini bagels w/cream cheese
• pasta salad
• 1 slice ham
• Ambrosia salad
• 1 "French toast" sticks
• 1 piece bacon
• 1 tiny piece of chocolate cake w/chocolate icing
• 2 chocolate-dipped strawberries

5:00 p.m. Small serving of lowfat chocolate chip mint ice cream

8:30 a.m. 1 serving (17 pieces) mini pretzels, water

WORKOUT: Crunch Burn and Firm Pilates w/Ellen Barrett (Wow....I had a really good workout! This one always surprises me.)