Calendar of Tangible Upcoming Goals

I've got lots of things coming up that I really need to be more physically fit for.

May 12 - Throo The Zoo 5K - 11 days away.  Back in March, I said I was going to do this.  I was going to train, do a couch to 5K program, and jog the whole thing.  I did the program 6 times and then it rained or my son refused to nap and it died off.  If I walk every day between now and then, I think I could still do it.  Just walking though, not jogging.

June 25 - Cedarmore with the Youth - 2 months away. Cedarmore has tons of hills.  I can't spend all of camp looking like an out of shape loser to the youth, huffing and puffing up all the hills.

September 5 - Disney World - 4 months away. The average person walks 10 to 12 miles a day at Disney World.  I've got to increase my walking and physical fitness to avoid sore feet, a hurting back, and other pains while I am there.  Also to look good in the pictures I will one day scrapbook and show to people.

5.1.2012 exercise

Morning stretching yoga video 10 minutes - 50 calories burned

Taking Ezra to gym class and participating with him/ assisting his flips, turns, and other manuevers - strength training.  The class is 45 minutes, I'd say I was active with him a good 15 minutes of it. 103 calories burned

Playing Just Dance 3 with a friend for an hour, but we took a few long breaks in there, so I estimate my actual time spent dancing was 40 minutes 395 calories burned.

Total 548 calories burned with exercise today.

5.1.2012 food log

Todays meals were
Breakfast smoothie 189 cal

Lunch Chick-fil-a chargrilled chicken and fruit salad, no dressing, with harvest granola on it and 2 medium diet lemonades 320 calories

Dinner 5 grilled shrimp, chuck roast cooked in the crockpot, with rice-a-roni wild rice, broccoli, and steamed vegetables 448 calories

Snacks light string cheese 60 cal and a lick of Ezra's ice cream when it was running down his cone. (how much does that count for?)

Total 1011 calories plus the cone lick.  But I'm a little hungry now and really want a snack...  maybe some more graham crackers for 130, bringing me to 1141 cal for the day.

Praying for self-control

Spent part of my prayer time this morning just praying that God would help me with my self-control.

I was reminded of 1 Corithians 10:13:

No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.

 Bits and pieces of it are committed to memory, but this week I'm going to memorize that Scripture in full.  I'm going to claim that promise from God as my own.  Because for me, food is my temptation.  And my over-indulgence is sin.  God demands my repentance and my turning away from sin.  He'll help me through it.

Need to spend more time on my knees and less time stuffing my face.

My head hurts

Every time I start eating healthier, I have a throbbing headache for the first two days.  Guaranteed.  Does this happen to anyone else?

4/30/2012 Exercise

Today, I went for a walk around my neighborhood.  It wasn't because I wanted to, but because my son pulled out the stroller and asked to go.  Thank goodness for him and his desire to get out of the house.  And as we were walking, I kept asking him if he wanted to walk more or go back home.  He always wanted to walk more. I'm not sure exactly how long we walked, but I know we walked 2.5 miles at noon, when it was like 70 degrees.  I worked up a pretty good sweat.

Also, I got together with a friend late tonight and we played her dance video game. It was lots of fun and I liked it better than the walking, but I'm not sure how long I actually did that either, b/c we took turns.  My estimate is that I danced for about a total of 20 minutes.

Not great, but as the title of this blog says, I "did something."  I moved.  I stepped out from where I was.  Day 1.

4/30/2012 Food Log

Breakfast was a smoothie made of : Yoplait Light Fat Free - Yogurt Raspberry Lemonade, 0.67 container	67
Bananas - Raw, 0.67 medium (7" to 7-7/8" long)	70
Strawberries - Raw, 1 cup, whole	46
	183

Lunch was one of my favorite dishes from before when I was losing lots of weight.  Faked pasta primavera alfredo:

Great Value - Whole Wheat Rotini Noodles, 1.5 cup	315
Cheese - Ricotta, part skim milk, 0.25 cup	85
Broccoli - Steamed, 3 cup	186
	586

Dinner was grilled chicken and veggies:

Chicken Whole Breast - Boneless Skinless Chicken, 6 oz	424
Birdseye Steamfresh - Super Sweet Corn, 2/3 cup	70
Generic - Carrots, Steamed, Fresh, 1/2 cup	35
Olive Oil - Extra Virgin , 0.33 tbl	40
	569

And for snacks I had a fat free yogurt, 2 sheets of graham crackers and 2 Hello Panda cookies that I absentmindedly put in my mouth without even thinking when my son handed them to me (Why do I do that?)

Bringing my calorie count to 1580 calories for the day.