Day 3 - Better today.

Today was a much better day. I did wind up going over in calories a little, but it was on healthy food and I'm okay with that. I got plenty of water in and I'll probably drink more before I go to bed.

I pulled out my Gazelle elliptical today and even though I was only able to do a half mile, I feel good about it. It's been a long time since I'd even set it up and I knew I wouldn't be able to go far, but I'm glad I was able to get motivated enough to start today. I'm aiming for at least three times a week. If I do more, great.

I was slightly unprepared when I started out this week. I'm hoping next week will be better since I have a better idea of what I'd like to have daily. I think I need to pick up a new bag of splenda. It worked well for me when I was on Atkins and it would make having coffee (without wasting calories on sugar) a lot easier. I also want to pick up more versatile veggies as well. This week I picked up cabbage, zucchini and crookneck squash, avocado, lettuce and cucumber which were all great, but I need tomatoes to balance out a salad, some different beans (because chickpeas are good and all, but I'm tired of them) and some mushrooms would be nice. I love vegetables, but I got out of the habit of eating any sort of them regularly because my husband doesn't really care for them. I forgot how much my grocery bill went up when I bought a good variety! I didn't buy a single piece of meat last week because we had enough in our freezer, and yet I spent $60 at the store for two people. Granted, a lot of that was my husband's soda and gatorade for work, but jeez!

Oh! Speaking of food, and craving and all that; I had an idea. I'll have to do some research so I can figure out the calories and everything, but I was thinking of making muffins for snack cravings that are loaded with zucchini and carrots. I love both in breads/cakes and thought it would add a little oomph to something that would otherwise be bad for me. If I could switch out the sugar with splenda and use whole wheat flour, maybe it could be a healthier alternative. I'm kind of excited about figuring it out. I could probably freeze them and just take them out as I want them. Hmmm...

Anyways. I'm rambly tonight. I'm going to go work on my sweater and watch some t.v.