DAY 7

I've been sticking to my fitness plan for one week now and I have to say that I am proud of myself.  I can't tell you how many times I've wanted to jump in my car and speed to the nearest 7-eleven for peanut butter M & M's.   Eating healthy is becoming easier, but it takes CONSTANT effort to stay on top of it.  It also requires A LOT of planning.  Luckily, I like to plan, so I find all the planning kind of fun.  I've also noticed that when I make the effort to plan anything in great detail--be it food or vacation or home design--I am rewarded.

So onto my health habits for day 7.  Here they are:

Exercise:

I didn't get any aerobic exercise in, but I carted my kids around on errands for 6 hours!!!  I did it without the help of a stroller, and it was HARD.  There I was carting my infant seat around in my left arm while holding my 27 pound toddler in my right arm.  It was hard, and I am never going to forget the stroller again, but it was good exercise!

Eating:

turkey bacon
peanut butter toast
carrots and hummus
swiss cheese
almonds
rotisserie chicken
cooked vegetables
cooked corn (this and 2 items above were from Boston Market--a good place for me to go when I'm sick of cooking and want to still keep it healthy.  One thing you have to be careful of is that this meal can turn extremely unhealthy if you decide to get any other side besides corn and vegetables.  The macaroni and cheese looked super good as well as the potatoes; STAY AWAY from the carbs.  The meal comes with a small piece of cornbread which is also unhealthy but very delicious.  I gave half to my toddler and let myself have the other half.  It was perfect).
raisin bran.  We are completely out of milk so I had it without milk.  It was a little dry, but kind of a fun snack.  Milk also contains a ton of sugar anyway, so it was quite a bit better in terms of sticking to my daily 15 grams of sugar or less.

Yesterday I googled some new healthy recipes.  I'm going to give them a try and post some of favorites soon.  I'm excited to have some new food around.  I can't eat the same thing all the time or I will go crazy.