This week was a good week...

The first week of January 2010 and it was a good one for me. It started off with hopes of buying airline tickets to the Miss America pageant in Las Vegas later this month for Micaiah and I and ended with a $700 bill to replace a water pump that had been leaking for a few months and spewed oil all over. But, the car is fixed and I think I will treat Micaiah to a weekend in Kenner, so we can attend the Miss Louisiana Gulf Coast pageant.

As previously blogged, I started the week off with a 5:00 workout and went everyday except Tuesday due to car drama. Some days were tough, particularly Daniel's workout on Thursday but other were challenging. It seems I am going to lose a great trainer next Wednesday, Mo, who is going to school next week. Don't get me wrong, working out with Laurie was great because she was a fitness/figure competitor and knew what she was talking about, she walked the walk...but with Mo something was different. I will miss her feminine touch, but we get Daniel three days a week and Terry twice a week. I think I will mix my days up to get the benefit of both great trainers.

Today, I boiled 2 1/2 dozen of eggs. Micaiah and I grab a couple for breakfast in the morning. She usually has a Cinnanon toast cereal bar with a boiled egg. I don't know if we are missing the nutritional valule because neither of us eat the yolk. But we like the egg whites. I found the Stoneyfield Organic Greek Yogurt and love it. I have fresh berries that I use to top off the yogurt. They sell individual sizes with Honey at the bottom, which I will bring to work.
Next week is going to be challenging for me because we have a full day of meetings aat work on Monday. We get continental breakfast, and I plan to bring my own. I plan to pack my office fridge with yogurt, Kashi bars and water. No sweets for me. I will get a grande guilt free latte and sip on it most of the morning. They will provide lunch, but I hope only to have salad. If not, I will open a can of chicken salad and have that with Wasa crackers. There will be two snacks on Monday. I think I can do this nutritional thing with planning. My drive to Opelousas will feature a snack and water. When I leave Opelousas I will have lunch. The week, as chaotic as it getws, will not control me. I plan to control it. I feel so much better when I go workout in the morning, I might push myself to go every day next week in order to get through my work week. poi

Today, I found some recipes on SparkPeople and made great Cinnamon Roasted Pecans. This is good for me because I was craving Pecan Praline. I got it in a healthy recipe. Instead of sugar, the recipe used Splenda. I like. Micaiah wants Pig in the Blanket tongiht, I will see if I can find a healthy recipe. She will never know. Even if it is healthy, she will eat it unlike my husband and stepson. Tomorrow we dine on Taco Soup all day. I got that recipe from Spark People. Things are going to get easier when I don't know.

At this point, I don't know if I am losing weight, but I feel better. I have taken out a pair of jeans that I have not worn in a year and put them up on in my closet by the window to see what I hope to be wearing on February 13, which is the Carencro Mardi Gras parade. We usually open our home to visitors to view the parade. The menu includes barbeque chicken, thighs and drumsticks, rice dressing and baked beans. I plan to remove the skin on drumsticks to eat and have minimal helpings of the other stuff. By that day, I will have the caloric intake of these items to know what my caloric intake will be. I have to admit that will be times I get the eating right and then other times I don't, but I will not beat myself up when I don't!

That is the key to this...although I have my eyes on the prize, I know that there will be times I will cheat. But, I will not beat myself up for that. I will push the water and limit the diet sodas. I love Ginger Ale, but since they don't make it in Diet cans, I will eliminate it. Normally, I nurse a 20 oz Diet Dr. Pepper for about four hours, if not more.

I hope everyone has a great weekend and I will blog later...