Like those parents who take daily pictures of their children and put them together in a montage to show how they've grown, I've been taking pictures every 2 days in an attempt to track my results - if any- to shown how I've shrunk. Well, nothing to report so far. If anything, I feel like I look bigger. But I do feel better. My posture feels a bit different when I stand up and walk, and I don't feel quite as jiggly - even though I still am. I've resolved to not publish any pictures until I have achieved results that I am satisfied with - sorry to disappoint.
I am up a bit before 7 today to pack up DBF's lunch. By 8:30, I'm looking for breakfast, so I have one slice of Genesis Multigrain bread (yellow) with my tsp. of peanut butter along with two hard boiled eggs (red). If I hope to sustain any semblance of nutrition when I return to work, I'm going to have to figure out what I can travel with and eat in 4 to 5 minutes while standing. Foods packed for convenience are heavily processed and their equivalents are inconvenient to pack. In addition, timing is everything - there is no telling at what times of day I will be able to eat in the coming school year.
Anyhow, I fill the morning with coffee, some web surfing, and some light housework. I get to feeling restless at about 10 or so, so I move the furniture and put on today's workout: Lower Fix. I'm using 1 and 2 pound weights today (mostly the 2 pounders) and I'm exactly thrilled with Autumn's "bonus" round. But I manage to get through it and I'm dripping sweat by the end. It takes me a few minutes of watching the commercials on the DVD before my heart rate and breathing come back down, but I feel pretty good. I need a lot of water afterward and nearly finish the full 32 oz within the next hour.
I'm not up for a big lunch, so I have some snap peas (green) and cucumber slices (green) with hummus (blue). I'm sucking down water like a bathtub drain and go for a 32oz refill before heading out to the pool. The water is a glorious 87.5°, so I swim, splash, and float around for just inside of two hours.
After a quick shower, it's time for dinner - chicken (red) and sweet pepper slices (green) with a splash of balsamic and olive oil herb dressing. I follow up with dessert a short time later with strawberries (purple) and greek yogurt (red). At this point, I'm almost in need of yet another refill of water.
I'm hungry at around 8pm, so i have a few bites of chicken (about 1/4 red) and some mango (purple). Still hungry, but not wanting to eat anything else for the night, I have a couple glasses of DBF's shiraz (I'll count one of those glasses as my last yellow). I didn't consume my last orange.
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