Day 64 - Feeling Better

Monday, 5/11/15, 9:19pm

I am feeling much better than I was this morning. First off, I ran 8k today which is almost double the longest I've previously gone. I burned over 700 calories!

Next, I came in way under my daily calories limit AND my daily sugar limit! The sugar limit was what my goal was in hopes that my sugar cravings would start to subside. I did have a Skinny Cow ice cream sandwich after dinner but only after checking my net calories and sugar for the day. Either way, I always suffer the cravings at night and in the morning. I am feeling great tonight which could be because I cut down on the sugar today or it could be because I ate that ice cream sandwich. Tomorrow morning will be the true test. I wake up every morning with awful cravings, almost like a drug addict but instead of craving drugs I crave sugar. It's that intense. I'm really hoping the cravings have died down tomorrow morning...we'll just have to see. 

I also got a tone of back logged work done which included getting caught up with invoicing ALL of my clients. 

Between the exercise accomplishment, the diet accomplishment, or the work accomplishment, I am going to bed tonight feeling so much better than I was this weekend and this morning. 

4/18/15 Evening Check-In- Day #41

It's 11:15pm and I have to get to bed so I'll have to make this quick.

First, I am happy to say that I completed my goal for the day and have taken 11,857 steps which surpasses my 10k goal.  I am also happy to report that I cleaned out my car (finally).  It took a couple hours but I am so happy it's done.  By 6pm I had only walked 2,500 steps so I decided to take the kids on the walk I did yesterday and they LOVED it.  If I can wake up early enough tomorrow I want to take them to Mt Tam for a real hike.

There is a lot to do tomorrow and not enough time:

-Go for a hike
-Go to local farmer's market (9am-1pm)
-Finish housework (priority because we're having company at 4pm)
-Laundry
-Catch up on emails
-Do at least two hours of work (getting seriously behind)
-Grocery store (dinner for tomorrow night & other items)
-Lemonade stand (promised my youngest we would do this weekend)

So, looking at all of the items for tomorrow it seems pretty clear that a hike is out.  It also seems pretty clear that making it to farmer's market might be out.  I need to do housework and laundry from 9am-12pm, go to grocery store, go home to make lemonade and drop off groceries, stop by my mom's to  pick up card table, lemonade stand from 2pm-4pm, and make it home by 4:30pm when my friend and her daughter are coming over.  I agreed to babysit the daughter for the night so my friend could go to a concert with her boyfriend.  Since she will be dropping off her daughter's car seat I should be able to run errands after 4:30pm.  I guess I'll just have to see how tomorrow goes.

Lastly, I was under my calorie intake by 100 calories but only because I burned over 400 calories walking.  I ate 1500 and burned 400 leaving a net of 1,100.  According to my Fitbit I would have to have eaten under 1,100 for the day (not including the exercise) so I am over by 400 calories.  I don't see how that would be possible though since that would practically be starving myself so I am going to stick with the recommendations from My Fitness Pal.  I should be happy I am under my daily calories , that I walked over 10k steps, and that I got a major item (cleaning car) crossed off my to-do list.  All in all, today was a good day.

Going to bed now...

xoxo

P.S.  I completed my 30-day plank challenge today AND I am in the lead on the Weekend Warrior Fitbit challenge.  I made a couple friends on the Fitbit website and I challenged them to this weekend challenge.  I was losing until I went on that walk with my kids and now I am in the lead!

Daily Goals- Wednesday 4/15

Monday's Goal: stop eating dessert - FAIL

Tuesday's Goal: use My Fitness Pal to keep food and exercise journal everyday. 

Wednesday (Today's) Goal: start doing weekly weigh-ins again every Wednesday. 

Monday 4/13/15 Evening Update

Yesterday basically went as expected. I went to the gym, worked out for two and a half hours, went to the grocery store, picked up my daughter, and came home. I had forgotten my friend Mary was supposed to come over to touch up my roots with some warmer colors (she cut and colored my hair two weeks ago). I was also planning to cook a nice dinner for everyone since it was Mary's birthday last week. Because of all of this I didn't get ANY work done which is a bummer but I am stoked that I had an amazing workout. I burned 601 calories on the elliptical! 

For dinner I made some chicken with brown rice and asparagus. 

Tomorrow I am working in Luas Valley all day and will not be able to go to the gym. On Wednesday I may be able to go. I know I will have time to go for a run in the morning if I drop off my kids early enough. I just don't know if I'll have time for the gym. 

It's 10:30pm and I am exhausted from my extensive workout today. I skipped dessert tonight to try and calm down these sugar cravings I've been having. The cravings started right after dinner and have been getting stronger and stronger. I tried doing some breathing exercises to calm my system down but I don't think it will help. I'm craving an apple which I don't know if that's good or bad. I really don't want to give in but I don't know how much longer I can hold out. I even tried doing some research online but most of the sites I found suggested that you give in to the cravings by eating a tiny bit of a sugary treat. I don't trust myself to only have a tiny bit so I'm going to just try to go to sleep. 

11:30pm-update

My younger daughter just woke up and woke me up. She's back to sleep now but I am feeling extremely hungry now. I didn't eat that much today and I had a huge workout so that may have something to do with it. I know I'm trying to reason with why I should give into these cravings but I've woken up several times this evening and each time the cravings are worse. I really need to get to sleep so I'm going to have a bowl of Oatmeal Squares cereal. 

11:50pm- Feeling much better. Going to sleep. Nite.