So I was bad today and procrastinated my run until almost 5 p.m. The result? When I went to grab my jogger the left tire needed air, which of course resulted in me going to the park with my munchkin instead of going for a run. The good thing is that I did keep the diet going, I just can't wait for her to go back to school next Monday, as running is so much easier when its just me.
I wonder if things like this happen to test your determination, and the problem is that mine is pretty low. When I think back, I could have put the jogger in my car and gone to the gas station and filled the tires, but honestly I didn't feel like it after my "very determined" 4 y.o. would keep asking for mommy to take her to the park. She is definitely way more determined than mommy and many many times she gets what she wants because of that.
I did keep my healthy eating going, for breakfast I had a cheese stick and an apple and for lunch a turkey and mozzarella cheese sandwich on whole wheat toasted.
Dinner was my motivation, I tried to replicate one of my favorite salads, the 7-pepper sirloin salad from longhorn. It was a total hit with my boyfriend, he was totally impressed by my cooking skills which really cracks me up but I love it. I love cooking for him because comments are always positive and he loves eating what I cook, even when I burn the pancakes.
So this salad was sirloin steak covered in a mix of 7 pepper spices grilled on the George Forman Grill laid on mix greens with diced roma tomatoes and pepperoncini with a blue cheese dressing and gorgonzola crumbles. It is super tasty and very filing, good dinner dish to keep the healthy eating going.
So I have mastered the eating by the 3rd day, now I need to master the running. I hope it gets better when my little one goes back to school, the whole weight loss is not going to happen nearly as fast unless I incorporate some cardio.
Now my next challenge is the romantic weekend getaway, Dave and I LOVE eating and wine so calories will go up. Thankfully, the hotel has a little gym with treadmills and I am planning to take my running gear with me =) There is no excuses when you have a gym available, no weather or jogger problems, only your will to get your workout done., should be a good thing!
On another note I tried calibrating my Nike + wristband AGAIN. Guess what, it didn't work! Because the freaking thing wont record the walks... very frustrating! Let me tell you, I've gone through 2 iPod Nano running sensors and now a wristband and nothing works. Gone to the Nike store and they can't even figure it out. I think next step is a return and going next door to Garmin and getting a cool wrist GPS to track my runs, maybe then I could log them.
More to come tomorrow, hopefully I will get a run in and burn some calories!
XOXO
