Hey Guys! So let's get right down to it.

Monday Sept. 30, 2013

Food

Breakfast:

• 1 serving Fiber One Honey Clusters cereal
• 1 serving reduced fat milk

Lunch:

• 2 slices Nature's Own honey wheat bread
• 1  serving (I think, I still don't own a food scale), honey ham
• 1 serving Publix 2% provolone cheese
• 1 serving (20 minis) Snyder's mini pretzels

Dinner:

• 2 servings Bird's Eye Steamed Rigatoni & Vegetables  

Snack:

• 1 serving Snyder's mini pretzels
• 2 servings Weight Watchers string cheese (50 cal each)

Comments: I did great today! I still need to focus on lowering my carbs and increasing my protein. As you can see I'm in the high end of carbs and low end of protein. I'm still within the range though at least. One of the bigger reasons that I want to do this (besides it's just better for you), is that I really struggled today with hunger. In fact I'm still pretty hungry! Carbs make you hungrier faster and protein keeps you fuller longer. 

Starting at my next grocery store trip, I want to make some of my own recipes (maybe freeze them and eat them through the week). I also want to eat more complex carbs (veggies) and maybe even avoid bread altogether (maybe...). I'm going to work this week to make a list of simple recipes I can make with ingredients that won't break the bank. 

Fitness

So I know I wrote a post this morning about this, but I'll reiterate. This morning I woke up at 5:45am (!!!) and did the first day, first week of the Couch to 5K program. Th first week consists of a 5 minute brisk warmup walk, then 1 minute of jogging, and 1.5 minutes of walking (repeat for 20 minutes), then a 5 minute cool down walk. It was hard, but I felt pretty proud at the end. I almost gave up, but I didn't. Tomorrow I am going to wake up at 5:30am so I have a few more minutes to sit and recover after! This morning I had to jump right into the shower when I got back and I was super dead! 

Anyway, the waking up part itself isn't that fun but I got over it quickly. The program itself is for 3 days a week, but I am going to aim for 5 days a week, with weekends being a break if I want. Hopefully it won't be a problem and next week I'll be able to move onto week 2 of the program and not have to repeat week one. I had some trouble finding how many calories were burned using this, but I found a pretty cool spreadsheet. And without further ado, the numbers don't lie! 

Already halfway to my weekly goal and everything over that will be icing on the cake. :) 

Thanks for reading!