Checking In

Exercise is going extremely well.  My plan is to try & do several small bursts, spread throughout the day.  That keeps the periods I spend just sitting from being too long (I sit at a computer all day, so I try to incorporate getting up & moving into that time) and lets me do more without it feeling too daunting. 

Yesterday I walked in the morning, did a 30 minute cardio videoa and 100 kettlebell swings at work, then took a walk in the neighborhood after dinner to see the Christmas lights.  This morning I walked before work, came in and did a workout from Jillian Michael's "Ripped in 30" and I plan to walk again this evening.  The workouts at the office are fairly high intensity - walking in the neighborhood certainly is not, but it's time I'm not asleep or sitting, so that's good.

As you know, I plan and prep my food for breakfasts and lunches on the weekends.  This week I made a tactical error, when ended in a poor choice yesterday.  For my lunches, instead of grilling chicken or adding chickpeas to my salad, I took some homemade falafel out of the freezer.  the problem was I didn't like them the first time and I looked at it yesterday and said "yuck." 

For several weeks now I've been eyeing the seafood linguine in the cafeteria every time they serve it.  Yesterday was probably the 4th time I've seen it and the falafel was the final push I needed to cave and buy it.  It wasn't as good as it looked and I didn't finish it, but still, the point is that had I brought in some yummy grilled chicken or something I probably would have opted to skip the pasta.

Dinner last night was really good - baked chicken, sweet potato "fries" (baked in the oven), and yello squash.  We both really enjoyed that and since we ate a little later than normal, there was no after dinner snacking.  It also helped I was really tired and went to bed early!

Anyway, that's what is happening around these parts.  Just looking forward to seeing my family for the holidays.

Take care.