… I may be speaking too soon, but I just might have gotten myself over the proverbial hump of starting (what seemed to be a monumental shift in )a new way of eating today.

Finally.

It didn’t seem “Hard” today- While I didn’t get much sleep (ok any) last night for a ton of reasons, I got myself out of bed at 6am, got my workout clothes on, and worked out. (the link will show you how excited I really was about this feat)

Oh screw it, I will post it again here too! I am proud, darn it!

I ate Breakfast:

• 5 high fiber crackers
• cottage cheese
• 5 oz OJ
• Fruit 2Day – Cherry Grape
• water

A snack:

• Chobani Blueberry greek yogurt (my favorite!)
• water

Ran errands to the grocery store, bank and gas station. Worked on my resume, updated tried to update itunes

Ate lunch:

• 10 pretzel crisps
• 2 wedges Laughing Cow Cheese
• water
• Fruit 2Day
• broccoli

spent time applying for jobs, played with the house felines, took a 20 minute nap, caught up with friends via phone

Snack:

• 1 serving 1/2 Kix 1/2 Kashi GoLean ceral and 1% Lactaid milk

Ate Dinner: Take out from Reza’s Mediterranean in Chicago – healthy and YUMMO!

• 3 grilled Mushroom skewers (9 mushrooms)
• 2 grilled Veggie skewers (4 carrot pieces, 4 mushrooms, 4 zucchini pieces)
• 1 grilled chicken skewer
• About 6 spoonfuls of the best rice I have ever had
• 1/8th of a pita
• ice tea/unsweetened lemonade
• water

I had a very satisfying dinner full of veggies and lean protein- i didn’t miss the heavy sauces or sweets I would usually consume at dinner. It is about 2 hours after eating and I don’t feel sluggish and the need to fall asleep in front of the TV- actually, I think I am going to go unpack a few boxes.

This morning I took a page from Jen at Prior Fat Girl and took My Sweaty Proof pic after I worked out early this AM- I shared it with her for her page and thought I would share it here:

[caption id="attachment_1033" align="aligncenter" width="461" caption="Sweaty Proof and proud of me!"][/caption]

Also- I made it over 7000 steps today!! :-0 (I know it says “1 day before” but that is because I can’t remember how to change the time lol)

[caption id="attachment_1034" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Over 7000 baby!"][/caption]

Finally I was proud to say “I KNOW HER! I’ve even hung out with her!!!” when I opened cnn.com’s homepage today– Roni made the bigtime! Not only is she on the homepage for losing 70lbs, but she is the most popular story right now!! CONGRATS GIRL! (She’s even more popular that the healthcare bill passing the senate!!)

[caption id="attachment_1035" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Check out that popularity!"]Roni on cnn.com’s homepage