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Day 18

Weekly Update: I lost 1.6 pounds in the last week--only 27.4 more to go.  I had hoped for a little bit more weight loss, but I know most people aren't losing this week because of the heat.  So I'll take it.


Goals for this week are:
  • Drink 6 to 8 glasses of water every day (I did pretty well with it this week, but had a day or two of water laziness)
  • Slightly better planning (again, I did pretty well with it this week, but lack of planning causes me to eat Tan Things, not to mention pay ridiculous amounts of money for the Tan Things)
  • MOAR CARDIO!  I have a box fan now (thanks, Amazon!) so that should help keep me cool while I work out.


Rule #1: Cardio is from the completely hilarious and irreverent film Zombieland.  "When the virus first struck, for obvious reasons, the first to go were the fatties." I don't like scary movies, and this had some mild zombie scariness, but was mostly really funny.  (Wow--you get to read about what I eat and my thoughts on movies.  Lucky you!)  So go rent it!  It's not like you have anything else to do, considering that you're reading this.  So exercise today was CARDIO--25 minutes on the treadmill and a 20 minute walk outside with Chris.  Also hip stretching exercises.

For a late breakfast/early lunch today, I had a super awesome rainbow-riffic meal consisting of of an egg, a slice of bacon, some tomatoes in olive oil, hash browns, and blueberries.  Then for early dinner I got a Chipole burrito bowl light on the brown rice and barbacoa (Andrew--protein!), and with black beans, tomatoes, sour cream and lettuce.  And I tried to go easy on the chips.  And had 4 tootsie rolls, which are very low in calories in the overall candy kingdom.
Oooh Chipotle, I loooooove you.
Since we had an early dinner, I think we're gonna have a little wine, cheese and cracker snack right now.  Hey, wine is good for your heart!  Plus I have already hit 6 glasses of water for the day.  Thanks for reading and enjoy what's left of your weekend!




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