Day 2

Exercise: Some brisk walking (yet again)

Food yesterday:
- lean pocket breakfast sandwich (1) ~350 cal
- Mandarin Chicken salad from saladworks ~475 cal
- had grilled chicken, and I asked for a bit less than normal
- no dressing
- comes with roll but I refused mine
- 4 candied peanuts (more on that below)
- Roasted pork loin, grilled veggies, corn salad

So far today:
SOOO frustrating. I want to exercise on my bike (strains of Queen running through my head), but I can't without something to distract me. The bike & winter trainer won't fit in front of the TV without a lot of work, and my iPod was drained of battery for some reason. I once tried to exercise with just my laptop, but the headphones wouldn't reach and the bike was too loud.

Ugh. The above just sounds whiny. I really don't like being whiny.

One thing that went really well yesterday:
I dodged a bullet. Not literally, but I went to an office holiday party. Typically, those are my undoing. I usually stuff my face. Mindless eating, whatever is in sight. Chatting and eating. But I went to one and I was strong. I had 4 candied peanuts and some diet soda. I was really, really happy. One strategy I used was going late, so the food was already out and most people had already eaten. So, I really wasn't tempted. I also stayed on the other side of the room from the food, so I couldn't chat & pick.

What did I do yesterday that I could do better today?
I was pretty pleased with food yesterday. I probably could cut down just a little bit more on the pork. I had ~6 or 8 oz, 4 peices, so maybe more than 8oz. I could go to 3. The lunch could go without the chicken. Even though it is grilled, it is the biggest source of calories in the salad.
The biggest thing is not even having the salad. I should switch to something from the supermarket that is pre-packaged with a specific amount of calories.

Short term goal:
I need to get exercising. There is no way to lose 3 lbs by Monday if I don't. Goal is to exercise for at least 40 minutes at least three times before Monday.

Reward for getting that goal:
the program I was in (see previous post) was big about setting short term goals and rewarding your self with something for meeting them. And the reward shouldn't be food. So, if I exercise 3 times before Monday, I'm going to buy some Chicago music from iTunes. I don't have any right now, and haven't listened in awhile.

that's it for now. We'll see how I do today.