Monday, July 19, 2010

Reaching for Goals

Last night I joined sparkpeople.com. It's an online weight loss program that's free to join. Thanks to Liz for recommending it! One of my goals on there for motivation is writing in a journal everyday. I'm counting this as my journal. So I guess I'll just talk about my day.
This morning when I got up I was just about to make breakfast when Chris suggested we go to Corner Cafe for breakfast. Since that's one of my favorite places for breakfast I couldn't turn it down. One problem: I knew I was going to start my food journal today. Writing down what I'm eating really makes me think about what I'm going to eat before I eat it. It's like seeing it in print makes it worth more or something. It also made me think about food almost every minute of the day. But back to breakfast. Usually when I go there I get the biscuits and gravy cause it's really good there. Instead, I went to "the lighter side" portion of the menu and had one egg, a piece of toast, and hash browns. I know the hash browns were a pretty big bomb, but I still managed to stay within my goals for the day, so I don't feel as bad. I just don't get ice cream tonight. It was well worth it though.
After breakfast and a trip I just relaxed until Chris went to work. Then I went down to the fitness center for my C25K run/walk. Finished the whole thing! It's getting easier and I think I'll finally be able to move to Week 2 next week. I also did my EA Active workout. I got the EA Active: More Workouts game and upped the intensity to medium instead of easy and it's kicking my butt but in a good way. This one doesn't have as many sports drills as the first one but it includes stretching and ab workouts so I like it better.
I think I'm going to need to invest in some good tennis shoes. My current tennis shoes are fine for walking around, but the other day after running I had some nasty shin splints. I also notice my feet hurting a lot while running in my arches. Part of that is probably excess weight but better shoes would support my feet better. Does anybody have any suggestions for shoes?

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