make_your_move | Accomplishments and frustrations

Sunny and cold ... but spring is on the way

I made up to exercise again this morning. Did "Total Sculpt + Abs" from The Firm and I actually made it through the entire workout (yea me!). The cardio portion was moderately challenging - the weight lifting is good and the abs portion showed me how much work I need to do ... but I made it through the tape, which is up from where I was on Monday.

So, I'm really happy that I've managed to commit to getting up every morning this week. And yet, every morning I as I wake shortly before 6am, I keep trying to talk myself out of it. Right now its just the thought "I can do what I've always done ... *or* I can do something different" if what I'm aiming for is a different result. So far, I do feel a little different, but honestly, I'm immediate gratification girl. I want to wake up slimmer, toned and healthier just because I actually started exercising. Yeah, yeah, it tooks me months/years to gain the weight, it will probably take me equally as long to work it off, but the slow plog up the hill is going to be frustrating for awhile I think. See, I'm whining, it hasn't been a week yet. *wot-evah*

This week has been pretty good food wise. I haven't been completely carb-free (as I had intended), but I have been extremely concious of the refined carbs I have let myself have. Last night at M's birthday dinner I allowed myself 1 forkful of my favorite potatoes ... and in celebration of her birthday,

lapsedagnostic and I shared a bread pudding for dessert. I had 5 not-full-bites and put the fork down. Most mornings this week I've had egg beaters - yesterday I scrambled them with one oz of smoked salmon and a half oz of low fat cream cheese and scallions. Lunch was leftover Indian Chicken (recipe from the SBQE cookbook) Tonight I'm making turkey cutlet parmesan. The recipe asks for low sugar pasta sauce -- *dude* .. do you know tha most of the pasta sauces have sugar or corn syrup listed in the first 3 to 5 ingredients?! Including Newman's All Natural? *feh* Finally found a generic Giant brand, which made me happy. Lunch today will be a spinach salad of some sort.

So, I stepped on the scale last night, just out of curiousity - it's says I'm down 5lbs, which I highly doubt, but it is going down so there you go. Oh, and the smoking? Cravings are less, the cranky is less, but I still want one.