DAY 16

Today I was supposed to wake up early and go to the gym, but it didn't happen.  My kids had a bad night and I was exhausted.

So instead of a gym workout, I decided to make up my own workout and do it upstairs in my girls very large bedroom.  It worked out great and my 5 year-old did most of it with me in fact.  I tried to incorporate exercises that were mostly stationary and didn't involve any equipment so that my 2 year old wouldn't get hurt as she was excitedly running in circles around me.  This is what I did:

6 sets of...

50 jumping jacks
30 sit-ups
15 high knee runs
40 arm circles (20 forward 20 back)
10 squats

It was pretty hard.  I did it for about 25 minutes and worked up a good sweat.  I really didn't take any breaks in between sets--only 40 seconds at the most.  I would highly recommend this if you miss an early morning workout at the gym and need to do something at home with the kids.

Eating:

turkey bacon
cheese
apple slices with peanut butter (apples are very high in sugar; I try to only have 2-3 slices at the most per day)
broccoli with cheese
orange
chicken noodle soup (can be a carb fest if I don't watch it, so I don't eat very many noodles)
cheese
sauteed chicken with lemon pepper
orange and red peppers with spinach dip
raisin bran (I've decided I'm going to cut this out of my diet because of the high sugar content from the raisins, but I would still like to incorporate a high fiber food in it's place)

I've made a note to myself that next time I go to the store I need to get more nuts.  They really add great protein and fiber to my diet.  I love apples, but I think I'm going to skip them this time.  They are just to good to resist.  One apple has about 15 grams of sugar!!!  It's so strange to me that growing up I thought I could eat whatever fruit I wanted without gaining weight.  Unfortunately that is not true.  Our bodies can't differentiate between sugar from fruit and sugar from candy.  I will gain weight no matter which source the sugar comes from, but of course if I'm going to eat sugar I will try to eat fruit so that I get some nutritional benefit.

That's all for today.