I conquered the cake!

I did not eat that cake! Yippee for me! I know it’s such a small thing, but I feel like this is a HUGE victory for me. That victory last night helped propel me out of bed this morning when the alarm went off and the last thing in the world I wanted to do was get up and workout. I laid in bed for a few minutes while the internal debate raged in my head. “Get up, you’ll feel better after!” “No way, the only way you’ll feel better is if you stay in bed and get some more sleep!” The get up voice finally won, and while I didn’t Shred (no way I was going to be able to huff through that still feeling a bit sick and tight chested!) I did do one of the high intensity Walk Away the Pounds DVD’s. It wasn’t easy, fun, or the slightest bit enjoyable. But I’m finished, and I can check workout off today’s To-Do list. And that IS enjoyable!

Yesterday’s meal plan didn’t go exactly as, well, planned, because I was the only one in the house who wanted the mini-meatloves. The reast of the family wanted tacos, so I worked with that and had a big taco-like salad. It was fabulous! Lots of lettuce, tomatoes, some avocado, black beans, scallions, 2 tablespoons of the ground turkey taco meat, and a cilantro-lime dressing I made. I wrote out today’s plan before bed last night, after consulting with the boys on what they’d like. It’s supposed to be a warm(er) day today, so they begged for burgers on the grill. Here’s my plan:

Thursday’s Meal Plan

Breakfast: 1 cup 1% milk, slice whole wheat toast with 2 tablespoons peanut butter, banana
Snack: baby carrots with ranch (kraft free) dressing as dip
Lunch: taco salad w/ lettuce, tomato, black beans, corn, avocado and cilantro lime dresing
Snack: ricotta cheese w/ cocoa powder
Dinner: grilled portobello “burger” (portobello cap marinated in soy+ garlic), carrot and radish salad (new recipe from Cooking Light), millet pilaf and melon cubes