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Day 33

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.
Kate has spoken.
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.


I felt like this.

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.

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