August 31- Day 17

You know, I go to the gym all excited to bust out a great workout, sit in the steam room and decompress, then shower and get all dolled up for the day. But I got to tell you, my spirit is kind of crushed every single time I actually walk into the gym and see myself in the "helpful" floor length mirrors they post over the entire workout floor. I see myself walking, sitting and lifting weights. I guess I have a pretty warped sense of what I actually look like, because that fat girl I see has no resemblance to how I feel or thought I looked. I feel so much fitter than I am, I guess. But that's not an entirely bad thing. I can "trick" my body into becoming this thin person that I think I am. I just have so much energy and I feel so great that I can't really look like that, can I? We'll see come week 8 or so if my body starts to catch up with everything else.

Yesterday, my weight was kind of depressing. It went back up a pound or two- I think because of the crap I ingested on Saturday and Sunday. But this morning, I weighed myself and I was at an all time low of 226.2 lbs. They say the healthy way to lose weight is 1-2 lbs a week. I am actually doing that consistently it seems. I just wish it would work a little faster. At this rate, I'll have to be dedicated for a whole lot longer than I signed up for. Now, I don't plan on just quitting the program and going off the handle once my 12 weeks are over, but I'm not going to be as strict. I plan on doing that juice-cleanse for a couple weeks and then get back on track. I'm serious guys. I am going to lose all this baby weight. I am down a total of 18 lbs from beginning to now so far and it's only the middle of week 3. I think that's pretty awesome.
Last night, we had a great dinner. I grilled chicken shish-ka-bobs loaded with bell peppers, onions and mushrooms. I brushed them with olive oil then poured Montreal Chicken seasoning all over. It was actually pretty great. We ate them over a serving of brown rice and it made for a pretty awesome dinner. For my snack, Sophia and I went to Jamba Juice and got smoothies for everyone. I had no idea the amount of calories in a smoothie. I had what they called a Berry Upbeet. It had, you guessed it, berries and beets in it. It was surprisingly good and better than, say, the orange dream machine which is loaded with ice cream and calories. For lunch, we ate the leftover tuna casserole from last night. It was pretty dry when we reheated it. I definitely need to fix that recipe. Just because it's healthy doesn't mean it can't taste amazing. Then I had a protein bar after my workout. And for breakfast I did cottage cheese and pineapples. Dominic liked sharing my cottage cheese with me. It's funny to watch him try to chew the tiny little curds.
But at the gym, we had a little problem. Working out in the morning really jet starts my day. I felt energized and great all day that it made me want to work out in the mornings everyday. Just one problem. I dropped Sophia off at preschool at 9:00 am and had an infant room appointment for Dominic at 9:30. Apparently, he should have taken his morning nap at 9:00 because he was so ridiculously tired that he was inconsolably cranky. I stayed with him for about 20-25 minutes before attempting to workout. (Luckily it was only cardio day, so it was really only 20 minutes.) But I went to check on him after that and before the steam room, but he had been fussy since I left. So I just grabbed him and we went home. I either need to go to the gym right when he wakes up or after his morning nap. Problem is, the infant room really fills up in the morning. I had no idea there were that many women at the gym in the morning. So, for now, we'll stick with the 4:00 pm time that has seemed to work for us so long.

Here's to ended week 3 strong!