Day 22 - Bed Time

I started writing a couple posts today but didn't have time to finish them.  It's now 10:20pm and I have to go to bed.  I figured I would come on here really quick and write out a quick recap of how today went.

I am happy to report that I was able to make it to the gym today for a quick work out.  The facilities had two ancient elliptical machines one of which was broken.  The other one worked okay and it kicked my ass.  I don't know what was different about this machine but it got my heart rate up and by the end of my 30 minutes workout I was sweating and about to collapse.  I then did ten minutes on the treadmill. 5 of which were to cool down.  I stretched for 10 minutes and then finished my work out with a few ab reps.

After a quick shower I hurried back upstairs to the office to make my lunch.  I was famished.  I tried to eat a snack before my workout, but since my workout was so late in the afternoon (2pm-3pm) it barley helped.  I only ended up eating 3/4 of my Three Cheese Ziti meal.  I felt full but hungry.  I think it has something to do with losing ellectrolytes while working out.  I have been extremely thirsty during my workouts and have been downing around 40-60 ounces of water during my sweat-fest.  Today I bought a couple jugs of Gatorade which I think may help.

For dinner tonight I was trying to decide between two new chicken recipes.  I got all the ingredients to make both at the grocery store.  Unfortunately when I got home I realized one of the recipes took 5 hours to make (the chicken had to marinate for 4 hours) and the other took 2 hours to make.  It was already almost 8pm and I had to feed my kids so I opted for making tacos instead.  The were delicious but I need to find some other dishes that are tasty before my kids start getting sick of having tacos several nights a week.

I am also happy to report that tonight was the first night (I think) that I did not have dessert after dinner.  Every night I either eat a Skinny Cow Ice Cream Sandwich or 1-2 Snack Wells cookies.  Tonight I felt full but still had a minor craving for dessert.  I decided I would try to hold off.  About 30 minutes went by and I was still debating on whether or not I should eat a cookie.  I then remembered that tomorrow is my weekly WEIGH-IN and I said "forget it" to eating dessert, after all I am full and don't "need" to eat dessert.

I am very proud of myself and am still feeling great.  I feel like I have been doing really well over the past 22 days...let's just hope the scale agrees tomorrow.

Alright, I'm going to bed now.  Good night everyone.  xoxo