and I'm back in the game!

Today was a fantastic day! I dragged my butt out of bed (and in turn dragged the boy's butt out of bed) at 5:30 this morning and we hit the gym for some cardio. It was just 30 minutes, but it was a start.

I'm trying out the C25K program and this morning was supposed to be my first training day. However 12 minutes into my 25 minute program I started getting the usual, shooting pain in my shins. Me thinks its time for some new sneaks. I've had my Saucanys for over a year now (ops!) So next paycheck I'm going to take myself down to either the Running Room or Aerobics First and try out some new ones. Thats my favorite part of both stores, they let you try out the sneaks and if they don't work for you, you can bring them back and try out some other ones until you find the right shoe. Sweet!

That being said, C25k is on hold until the new shoes are bought, in the meantime I will be doing strength training and non running cardio -- but hey, its something right?

Eating today was awesome, totally on track, and I tracked all my food at http://www.sparkpeople.com/. I do WW (loosely!) however I wanted to start taking a closer look at WHAT I am actually putting in my mouth, how many carbs, protein, iron etc. I love that spark will track that for you...for free at that! Anyways, I tracked it all, 10 glasses of water and 1500 calories, which is right in my range. Yay!

Todays food (with food porn for your pleasure!) sorry the pictures aren't great. The lighting at work wasn't great today!

Breakfast

1/2 cup oatmeal with cinnamon, 20 raisins, 2tsp brown sugar splenda and 1/4 cup unsweetened apple sauce

large glass of H20 with Crystal Lite

Cup of coffee with 1/2 package lite hot chocolate

and of course my multivitamin, flaxseed oil and fish oil capsules!

Morning snack

1 medium apple with 2 tsp almond butter

Lunch

pita bun with 4 oz chicken breast cooked in salsa, 1 oz lite chedder cheese and 2tsp southwest sauce

1 cup black beans, corn and salsa

Sorry this doesn't look as appetizing as it tasted! Notice the little airline sized utensils...can't tell I work at the airlines! I'm trying to use up the leftovers from our last conference, catered by airline catering!

Afternoon Snack

cup of sliced red peppers

2 TBSP tzatziki

500 ml water (one of 5 today)

I don't have a picture of supper - but it was a herbed chicken burger on a thin pita bun with southwest sauce, 1/2 baked potato (no skin because the boy forgot to wash them before putting them in the oven) and 2 TBSP lite sour cream

Finally, I leave you with my non scale victory for the day....

These were sitting beside my desk all day long (treats for the guys I share the offices with) and I didn't touch them at all! (please excuse my facilitator binders in the background)