DAY 42,43, and 44

Sorry to combine days, but I'm just too behind!  It was a busy weekend celebrating my daughter's birthday.

Exercise report:

Thursday--slept in
Friday--3.7 mile run.  Still not going as fast as I would like; I'm really trying to increase my speed each week.  I may cut back on the distance next week and focus on speed instead.  I also went to Costco and walked around with my baby in the Baby Bjorn for about 1 hour.  By the time I loaded the groceries and got all the kids inside, I was exhausted.
Saturday--had plans of walking around Old Town, Alexandria but it was raining a bit too hard to venture out on a long walk with 3 kids.  It ended up being a long day in the car running errands.

Eating:

Good foods:

1 cup romaine lettuce
1/2 Kashi granola bar
1 string cheese
4 peanut butter filled pretzels (this is kind of my new favorite snack.  It has 1 gram of sugar, 5 grams of protein, and 11 carbs for 8 pretzels--not bad as long as you keep it to 8 or so a day).
1/2 cup cooked chicken
 2 low carb tortillas
2 tablespoons diced tomatoes


Bad foods:

leftover fondant from cupcakes that I made last week
birthday cake
Pork Barbacoa (the Pork isn't necessarily the bad part--it's the sugar in the sauce)
tortilla (the really yummy unhealthy kind from Cafe Rio)
taco seasoning mix (high in sodium)
3 fruit by the foots
macaroni and cheese

It is very clear that my bad food list is too long!  Yikes!

It was kind of a bad weekend, but I did try my hardest to eat healthy during the day and mostly cheated at night.

On a brighter note, my weigh in this week is:

158.9 pounds


I am going to remind myself in writing that this weight will probably fluctuate by a pound for the rest of the week.  I have to do that kind of reminding or I will get so frustrated!

Tip for success:

If you happen to eat a "bad" food, don't let it be an excuse to eat unhealthy for the rest of the day.  The most important thing is developing a healthy habit so that the majority of what you eat is healthy.  That doughnut you ate for breakfast is just one isolated incident that day.  Make the rest of the day healthy even if you get off to a bad start!