Writing this blog has been really helpful. Many of my goals (Measure all the food! Drink all the water! Etc!) have become second nature as a result. But there's still the freaking cardio problem.
So this week, I bought a Coach purse, and I'm not letting myself use it until I burn 3500 calories doing exercise.
Why 3,500 calories? That's the equivalent of a pound. At first, my plan was to make it my prize for losing 5 pounds, but I know I'll eventually get there. My more immediate problem is that I haven't made exercising a routine. So starting today, I'm giving myself one week to burn a pound's worth of calories. Wish me luck!
Okay, so on to yesterday. It started out well with grilled chicken, tomatoes, mozzarella, and pesto. Okay, and half of a big cookie. Then I went to a Lia Sophia show at Virginia's house (dangerous, because I want lots of stuff in the new catalog--I suspect that there is an incentive necklace in my future). I have to give props to Virginia for having a healthy spread--veggies & dip, fruit salad, hummus and whole wheat pita. She had cookies and lemon squares, but she made them tiny sized so I didn't feel guilty. Good job, my friend.
After that, I came home with the best of intentions towards grocery shopping, making a healthy dinner, and doing some cardio. Instead, I took a nap and sent Chris out for burrito bowls. I was EXHAUSTED.
And then I went on a minor tootsie roll binge (only 8 of them, so it ain't no thing, calorie-wise), followed by a cheese binge (kind of a thing, calorie-wise), followed by going to bed.
So this week, I bought a Coach purse, and I'm not letting myself use it until I burn 3500 calories doing exercise.
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| Kate has spoken. |
Okay, so on to yesterday. It started out well with grilled chicken, tomatoes, mozzarella, and pesto. Okay, and half of a big cookie. Then I went to a Lia Sophia show at Virginia's house (dangerous, because I want lots of stuff in the new catalog--I suspect that there is an incentive necklace in my future). I have to give props to Virginia for having a healthy spread--veggies & dip, fruit salad, hummus and whole wheat pita. She had cookies and lemon squares, but she made them tiny sized so I didn't feel guilty. Good job, my friend.
After that, I came home with the best of intentions towards grocery shopping, making a healthy dinner, and doing some cardio. Instead, I took a nap and sent Chris out for burrito bowls. I was EXHAUSTED.
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| I felt like this. |