Motivational Monday: 2.29.16

Well, today seemed like as good of a day as any for this quote! :)

An extra day, a new week, a new month. All great reasons to refresh and refocus!

Where I want to leap this week:

• going with Chad to an appointment at Mayo Clinic later today - hope that goes well. Glad I can take the day off and support him, even if taking off work is a little stressful by itself!
• continue to count calories. I've tracked for four days now, and had good weigh ins yesterday and today. Also had two good workouts this weekend, so that probably helped, too.
• I have three assignments that I need to get done this week for my master's classes.
• paperwork. Slowly digging myself out, but its a work in progress!
• workouts. Monday's have been rest days, and Wednesdays and Fridays life gets the best of me. I do not want all three of them to be days off this week. Going to really try and push myself to get in a Wednesday run, then rest again Friday when my parents are here, but still get good workouts in next weekend!

Are you doing anything to acknowledge Leap Day?! Other than noting the date and that we only get to experience it once every four years, I am not!

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Just to prove that I have continued to count calories:

Saturday 2/27

• pancakes - 190 calories
• syrup and butter - 235 calories

yup, still can't figure out golden brown on my new pan! :(

• 2c Smart Start cereal and 1c milk - 490 calories
• Hyvee Chinese Express - 712 calories (I used their website to find calories counts, and when Chad got home with the food, I measured out a cup of the orange chicken and a cup of the fried rice to keep it accurate. I also had a crab rangoon)

• 2 cans of pepsi - 300 calories
• 4 thin mints - 160 calories
• TOTAL: 2087 calories

Sunday 2/28

• 2c Smart Start cereal and 1c milk for breakfast - 490 calories
• grapefruit w/sugar, fritos scoops, and a pepsi for lunch after church - 570 calories
• pork chop and pasta salad for supper - 540 calories (although I didn't eat my whole pork chop)
• Pepsi and just 2 thin mints in the evening - 230 calories
• TOTAL: 1830 calories

I was pretty proud Sunday night that I didn't eat a whole serving of thin mints (four of them) or go back for another snack even though I was feeling hungry. Like I noted on Saturday, my calorie count seems higher than I had been guessing the last few months. However, I absolutely believe it is actually lower than it had been just by forcing myself to write it down. I am not going for some chips thinking I know what I am eating. I don't feel like I eat a lot, but don't always make the best choices either! I will keep doing it his way, and will make subtle changes along the way. Right now, I am proud that I've stuck it out four days, and had a good weekend. The scale was friendly this morning! :)