You're Gonna Lose That Weight: Exercising and Cooking

I survived week one, day two of the C25K. I was very sore on Tuesday from Monday. In fact, I was still a little bit sore this morning, but I managed to make myself stretch and just go for it. I am just walking/jogging around my little "subdivision" of town. Where ever I end up in the end, I decided to just walk however long it is back as a cool down. My times/steps might be a little different because of that too.

I got a couple of new tank tops and shirts to do my workouts in since my other shirts are too big.

Wednesday's stats

3,896 aerobic steps

1.62 miles

32 minutes

As for the food front... Yesterday I made some jello for sweets or desserts. I know I shouldn't have any sweets at all, but I'm struggling with still wanting some. I've chosen sweets that have much less calories than I was eating before though. I have been surviving on mostly things I found I still have in my cabinets such as the jello, Tootsie roll pops, and Special K pastry crisps. All of these are 100 calories or less.

I also baked some more chicken today. I am going through a lot of chicken! This time I used a mixture of paprika, turmeric, cayenne pepper, and garlic powder. Most of the time I'm boring and just use pepper and seasoned salt (even though I shouldn't be eating salt at all...).

Easiest chicken ever- defrost frozen chicken.

Add seasonings.

Pop into Ronco Rotisserie for 20-30 minutes.

And ta-dah you've got yummy chicken.

I've also been drinking water like crazy since Monday and following my eating plan. I don't mind plain water, but I do like to add Crystal Light to my water. I've been making a gallon at a time and drinking it within a day or two.

I also spent a little bit of time working on some little notebooks to carry around with me with helpful hints for when I'm struggling with my eating plan. They are mostly exercises from the book "Life is Hard, Food is Easy." It is a good book if you struggle with emotional eating. Although I do that MUCH less than I used to, I still think it is a good idea to have the help ready, especially when I'm not home. That is why I made two of these little books. The purple one will go in my desk at school and the little tie-dye one will go in my purse.