Umm, my five drink limit? Already hit it, and it's Wednesday!

What I've done right:

Zumba class yesterday.

Apologized to a friend who deserved an apology from me. (Good for my mental/emotional health.)

Mammogram scheduled for today.

Made a great dinner last night: Spinach salad with golden beets, strawberries, blueberries, watermelon, chia seeds, pepitas, sunflower seeds, and a little goat cheese. Then tapenade-crusted chicken breasts with a quinoa side dish (quinoa, peas, carrots, red onion, basil).

My exercise plan for today is to hit the weights.

Stay strong, everyone!

I'm in! A lot of changes (job moving, buying a new place and renovating, sick hubby, sick grandmother) and stress in recent months has lead to lots of eating out and comfort food eating. I even restarted a caffiene habit that I had worked very hard to quit.

I am hoping to use the holiday weekend to "reset" myself and plan to: start my weekend cooking habit again to have healthy meals for the week, I've been trying to cut down on portion sizes and I've reduced caffeine to 2 cups a day right now. I also put the candy bowl on my desk out of my direct line of sight.

I need to start my exercise routine again but I'm getting pulled in so many directions outside of work it's been hard to find the time or energy to do so. The best I've done is start going for a walk for 20min during my lunch. I just started that this week.

TS Isaac kind of put me off course for a few days hunkering down and watching the TV. I still need to go get a run in - my last was Sunday morning. Then a lap swim session before the weekend.
On a good note, the BF brought back our grill we'd left with a coworker of his when we moved a few months ago. So, we can cook some more at home, and healthier, once we pick up a propane tank.
I also managed to make a nice big salad for lunch/dinner yesterday, passing over the Little Caesar's pizza box. In the end, I had a piece, too, but better salad and some pizza than a lot of all pizza.
Been doing planks before bed but need to ramp the strength training up more.
I could always stand to cut back on wine, but I'm doing alright compared to some weeks.

I'm in, too. I had been very good up until the anniversary. Then we stupidly baked a whole cake at home instead of buying a slice at the bakery (stupid "value" shopping!) and the stress of the past days and the TOM didn't help... Let's buckle down and not lose the old progress!

I read this thread and then got dressed and went out for my first run/walk in 10 days. I use a garmin and according to the HR, pace and distance, it thinks I used about 600 calories in 70 minutes. I may not be fast or go far but burning 600 calories a few times a week can't do me any harm. If I remember correctly, the impact of running makes it a weight bearing activity so it is also good for my aging bones.

Mo, I have trouble keeping a 10.5 min/mile pace even doing run/walk segments so your 10 minute miles sound outstanding to me. Good work!!

When I read Lisa's comment, it reminded me that I had three cups of coffee on Saturday. I quit drinking coffee almost a decade ago and was thinking about taking it up again. I think I will stick with tea.

I rode my bike to work for the first time in a month. I also have been trying to do a workout each day, and generally succeeding. I need to go to bed earlier though, as the kids wake up at 5am and I am dragging then.

My update:

Failed on the exercise, but will be making it up today in a non-traditional way. I'll get to that a bit later...

Meanwhile:

MONDAY -

Breakfast: 3 scrambled eggs, side of fresh blueberries (1/3 cup)
Lunch: green salad made with butter lettuce, sliced English cucumber, grape tomatoes, chopped green onion ends, kalamata olives, small can of olive oil packed tuna. Tossed whole salad in big mixing bowl with extra virgin olive oil and balsamic vinegar.

Since I was making myself a salad for lunch on Monday anyway, I made *three* - two more of the same (sans tuna and dressing) into tupperware containers in the fridge for the next day's lunch (one for me, one for DH). This habit really works for me! Next day's lunch is already made, so there aren't "choices" in terms of what to have for lunch.

Dinner: broiled ribeye steak (very small portion), roasted broccoli florets

TUESDAY:

Breakfast: Costco Kirkland Signature lean turkey burger, pan-fried in a tiny amount of olive oil - topped with sliced roma tomatoes, sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

Lunch: The green salad I'd made the day before, but this time, it was topped with some of the leftover ribeye steak from the previous night's dinner - I saved some of it, cut it into thin strips and put in fridge on Monday night (same for husband). So "steak salad" - tossed with olive oil and balsamic. DH got blue cheese crumbles and blue cheese dressing with his.

Dinner: baked chicken breast marinated in lemon juice, olive oil and Greek seasoning, served along with roasted baby carrots.

Again, I have some chicken breast leftover to toss into my lunch salad. When I make salad today, I'll make three again - one for my lunch today, and the two for tomorrow's lunch.

This is how I make sure I get my greens in. It helps me to have my lunch already made, so there's no "veering" off plan. It also helps that I make extra protein portions at dinner to top those salads the next day. Sometimes I save roasted vegetables from dinner to toss into an omelet or salad the next day (eg. roasted asparagus spears or roasted red bell pepper strips etc.).

Meanwhile - I have a ton of stuff going on and my house is a disaster - I am going to do heavy housework all day today. That will be my "exercise". I don't have a housecleaner, and I *do* have a giant black lab doggie. I've been meaning to hire a cleaning person, but just haven't yet been able to coordinate it re: doggie out of the house etc. or phoning cleaners for estimates. I've run out of time, so will do it myself. I have travel, house sitters, then when I get back, I have family from back home coming to visit, and then a few weeks later, more travel (house/dog sitter) etc. So yeah, a lot of cleaning needs doing along with prepping guest rooms etc. After that, I can figure out packing...GAH. I'm going to treat the cleaning as my 'exercise'.