Today has been one of those days where I hardly feel like I have time to eat. But even on those days, I’m assured, it’s in my best interest to eat to keep my metabolism from deciding to take a vacation. After all, I’m a woman approaching my mid-30s– my metabolism needs all the encouragement it can get

I went to work out with my trainer last night. While I was doing some horribly painful triceps exercise, I looked in the mirror, and I realized that I don’t like this current stage. You know when you’re trying to grow out your hair, and you reach that stage where it just seems like it would be so much easier to just cut it off? You can’t imagine that it will ever be long enough, but it’s too long to be considered stylishly short. Well, that’s the stage of getting in shape that I’m at. I looked at myself in the mirror, and I could see muscles underneath all the fat, but still, there’s the fat. Ugh. Should I just go home and forget the whole thing? But, dear readers, I perservere on. I’m hoping in another month, there will be less fat, more muscle and I’ll feel more enthusiastic about my emerging healthy body.

The good news is I’m definitely getting stronger. I was able to actually sit up on the weight bench last night without feeling like a turtle that had been dropped on her back. So, that was encouraging…

Anyway, on to today’s list of food and exercise.

breakfast: oatmeal with flax seed, milk

lunch: gazpacho, cheese sandwich

snack:

dinner:

snack:

exercise: