Thursday: What an efficient day! First, I went food shopping. Not much, my budget can’t stretch. I totally resisted any impulse buys – including that tempting baking aisle – and got strawberries, papaya, mango, bananas, avocado, lettuce, butter, eggs, and light ranch dressing. Nothing more than the fruit I was craving, and the staples I was out of. Awesome!

Dinner went very well too – my complex carbs: brown rice; veggies: a salad with turkey & a hardboiled egg(for protein); dessert: strawberries. Yum =)

For now: no calorie counting. It makes me insane, and very slightly obsessive. Also, I think it’s the reason I end up feeling so hungry! I can’t explain why logically, but it does. So I am going to do what my nutritionist does. First, let me say how shocked I was to hear my NUTRITIONIST say that she hates counting calories. Immediately, I liked her.

Instead, while keeping an eye on calories (no need to lose my head!) I follow the food pyramid. For example, you’re supposed to eat 6-11 servings of grains a day. Half of them should be whole grains. In order to lose weight, you want to be on the low end of this estimate. So, I’d eat 6-8 servings/day. In keeping with Jillian’s principle – varying your daily intake to keep your metabolism revved, I might eat 6 servings today, 8 tomorrow, 7 the next, etc.

Sounds legit, right?

Fitness: Woo hoo!! Back on the express train to a healthy weight today! I worked out with Bob Harper’s Kettlebell Cardio Shred DVD. (Again, for the sake of my precious word count, I’ll refer to these as “Bob” from now on). Can I just say, in the ten minute recuperation stage afterwards, I lost feeling in my legs. Correction: I lost all GOOD feelings in my legs. Ouch!

Then, Stef & I went for a 35 minute walk through the hills of our development. I’m pretty sure I aged about a thousand years since I last took a walk. It was invigorating, though. Now, movie time – purely for the sake of my mental wellness.

Thanks for reading!!