19/04/2007
I didn't post yesterday as I was determined to get to bed before 10 pm and guess what? I did!!! YAY! I woke up at 7 am without an alarm feeling happy and content. Great start to the day I say!
I did well yesterday with eating and exercise.Can't remember everything I ate but It was really quite good. I also went for a 50 min walk on the beach in soft sand then did a 35 min pilates session at home, followed by about 15 mins of stretching.
That is the other thing I have been working on improving, flexibility. I can't touch my toes whilst standing upright. I want to be flexi! I have been stretching for the last few days and have already noticed a big difference whilst doing the sitting down touching toes thing( Reaching for the toes on straight outstretched leg 1 whilst leg 2 is bended and the foot of leg 2 is pressing against the thigh on leg 1) Sounds confusing but really isn't! Anyway I could barely touch my toes while doing this stretch last week and after just 3 days of stretching I can reach about 10 cm past my toes!! I'm slowly getting closer to reaching my toes while standing up. Will be a great day when that happens!!
My food today has been pretty good.
I consumed:
- 100g of Jalna yogurt with muslie (150 cals)
- 1 piece of rye bread with a small amount of avocado and salt (100 cals)
- omlette made with 2 eggs, peas, capsicum and ketcup manis(thick soy sauce) (200 cals)
- 1 piece of rye brad with olive oil spread(tastes like butter) and natural peanut butter(100 cals)
- 3 grape mentos(30 cals)
- 1 1/2 cups of pasta made with pasta spirals, leanest beef mince,healthy tomato pasta sauce and sprinkled with about 10g of grated colby cheese ( 450 cals)
- tablespoon of Jalna yogurt (30 cals)
- 2 raw macadamias (20 cals)
- small decaf coffee with lite milk and 1 tsp sugar (70 cals)
- slither of low fat carrot cake (50 cals)
I did a dancing/ weights session for 35 minutes today plus about 15 mins of stretching. The dancing/weights got my pulse racing and I was getting quite sweaty (I'm not a sweaty person, takes quite alot to get it going)
So yeah feeling fairly happy!
Will weight myself tomorrow morning.
Am planning on going for an early morning run tomorrow.
Another benefit of exercise and healthy eating is my anxiety and mild depression has eased. I feel brighter, happier, more patient, calmer and positive.
Well that is all.
Ciao.