I went to the gym first thing this morning and had a great cardio interval workout.  Then I got home and ate egg whites with mushrooms and a banana:

Meal two: Egg salad on whole wheat bread. Plus apple with almond butter

Meal 3 was my favorite chicken breast with sweet potato.  Well, just the sweet potato was my favorite.  DARN!! I JUST DELETED THE PIC!!

Then, I made Easter cookies! I couldn’t let a holiday pass without making cookies. But I was pretty good.  All afternoon, I only ate 2.  It wasn’t until evening, that I ate two more.

For dinner, we had salad, and baked won ton’s.

But then, we went to my sister-in-law’s for the evening, and she made yummy belgian waffles with strawberries, chocolate, and whipped cream.  I guess you could consider this my free afternoon evening!  Can I be strong tomorrow for Easter, or is it going to be another two-day, free-day?  Do I even WANT to be strong?  Not really.  There will be some yummy food tomorrow!

Just catching up here. My problem in life is balance.  When I have something important to do (such as study for a big test), I can not do ANYTHING else until that thing is over.  All my energy goes into that one thing.  I can never study for an hour a day, and do other things in life that are important… like laundry!  No, I study for hours and hours until the test is over. Then I don’t open my text book again till it’s time to get ready for the next test.  Definitely my biggest downfall in life.

So, Thursday, I was getting anxious with too little time… So I actually only did the 20 minute cardio.  I worked out hard. Sweated a lot, but I felt guilty that it was so few minutes of exercise. 

Then for breakfast… this hard boiled egg thingy in a whole wheat tortilla.  Plus a banana:

Then I drove up to Salt Lake for a training meeting (for my church calling), with my presidency.  I snuck this protein bar during the meeting.

Then of course we had to go to lunch . So I got an Asian Chicken salad, and a lemon cookie.

I have got to get a newer phone. Those pictures are awful.  Here is something I learned from Dr. Fuhrman.  Once I ate that cookie, I wanted MORE treats the rest of the day. I was foraging around the house.. trying to get something sweet.  It was horrible.  Just that one cookie, sent me into a frenzy.  I ended up eating a few handfuls of cinnamon chips (Hershey’s.. intended for cookies), and a few taffy’s.  Those are for Easter and I keep dipping into them!  I shouldn’t have eaten the cookie!  Of course I didn’t take pictures of the stuff I ate on an impulse!

Later though, I had a Kashi bar.

    Then for dinner, we had egg salad sandwiches, strawberries and carrots.

Then Friday- GREAT WORKOUT!!  I met my friend at the gym.  We did 10 min. interval’s on the treadmill, then barbell squats.  10 min. Intervals on the stairmaster then lunges.  10 minute intervals on the bike, and then ab exercises.  Then a 10 minute cooldown on the treadmill.  We were sweating hard!  We intentionally don’t do calve exercises. I hate them, and my calves are already pretty huge! I do not need them getting bigger!

Before working out, I had a hard boiled egg and a banana

Then after, no picture, but it was soooo yummy.  I had oatmeal cooked with milk, protein powder, and strawberries.

The next meal I had a turkey sandwich, which was yummy!  And strawberries

Then I got snacky as I tried to study.. Popcorn!  Which I should have avoided. I really want to cut back on salt more.

Then I started getting lazy and stopped taking pictures.  For dinner I made some chicken breasts marinated in italian dressing.  It was great! Plus some rice and corn. 

This weekend will be tough.  Easter becomes a two day festival around here.  Day 1 , fun, neighborhood stuff.  Sunday, Family parties (we have TWO).  I am only going to have ONE free day! I prefer it to be Sunday family party day, because the food will be so much better than candy Saturday!

Happy Easter!

I KNOW I had a good upper body workout yesterday, because I woke up sore this morning! So glad. I haven’t been sore in a few weeks, so at least things are still firing away in the muscles.  I also did 40 minutes walking on the treadmill.

Then for breakfast: Bowl of fruit and egg whites (with feta cheese)

Meal two: some plain greek yogurt with all fruit jam mixed in.  I used to eat this all the time. I’ve always loved plain yogurt with jam.  Then I was cleaning up after my kids left for school, and finished off my 11 year olds cinnamon toast.  I should have just thrown it away, it wasn’t even that good. cold and crusty.

  Then some cottage cheese and peaches, plus a string cheese.  Good thing for photos, because I completely forgot I ate that string cheese.

Then, I packed for school, ate it all between classes.  Apples, almond butter, hard boiled egg, granola bar, and protein bar.  And I was still hungry! 

So on the way to my second class (they are across town at two different colleges), I stopped for some chicken and rice! WOW it was amazing.  I sucked it down so fast I could barely enjoy it. 

I ate the last meal at 5pm.  It was so huge I guess it was good I didn’t get to bed until 10pm.  That gave me about 5 hours to digest the huge thing.

One more week and I’ll be halfway! I almost wish I wasn’t that far along. I want to see more changes!  I think I need to both, step up the intensity, and maybe not have TWO free days every weekend! I need to break through this plateau!

So, I did have a great lower body workout, and 30 minutes on the stairmaster.

Then I had Egg whites and ezekial bread

I was running around like a maniac today, so I didn’t have much time to eat.  But the second meal was this I had made last week.  Actually, this is the second batch.  My husband liked it so much, he made more.  Canned chicken, with black beans, and corn.

Then leftover tamale pie, on the way to school, in my car!

A protein bar During class:

I had to make dinner when I got home, but was too hungry to wait. So I ate this while I cooked:

And then no less than 30 minutes later, I had stir fry chicken, vegetables, and noodles.

Not bad. I felt great. See you tomorrow.