It's Monday already?

This morning, in spite of an obnoxiously loud alarm clock and a cat licking my face, I did not wake up in time for my morning workout. Old Me would have accepted this and gone through the day feeling down on myself for sleeping late and missing something so important. New Me decided to be resourceful and stay on track. On the way to work, I stopped into the gym to ask the trainer if he had any classes today that were under capacity. I may have missed my 8am workout, but I made it up at 11am. Take that, comfy warm bed! (Admittedly, a huge part of my motivation to make up the workout was that I didn't want to have to admit to my husband that I skipped a workout on the second week. Ah, accountability.)

It turns out you can sweat just as much at 11am as you can at 8am. Guess what we did today? Did you guess jumping jacks? Good job! We also jumped rope, which made me feel like a boxer. It was a little tricky to do in a basement gym though. The rest of the workout consisted of weight & ab circuit training. My abs are so much weaker than when I was doing yoga regularly. On a brighter note, my legs are already getting much stronger. If only the fat would melt off as quickly as the muscle builds up. Maybe by the end of this competition I'll be ready to run again. That should speed up the fat melting.

This weekend went fairly well food-wise. Friday was supposed to be my day off from the diet because I was heading to a party. However, all the food at the party was healthy and I didn't even drink that much because I had a headache. That's how Saturday became my day off. I ate movie theater popcorn with butter on it. And two slices of pizza. And a few brownies. Honestly though, I consumed less than I would have on a typical Saturday before this all started. Sunday I was back on plan and carried food with me so I could eat right and on schedule. My friend surprised me by bringing over steamed crabs for dinner, but that still fit in my diet because of all the protein.

So far, so good.