Garbage for Breakfast?

I looked at it this morning and asked why he didn't eat it yesterday. He responded back that I said I may eat it later. So he didn't dare touch it. When I said later, I meant after dinner. I was good and never had it. So there is sits on the counter staring at me. You see I have been hungry non stop for two days in a row. I have cut out most of the junk and eating much less and much healthier. Now I know it's only two days but for me the first week is awful. I am always starving. Which brings me back to it. The garbage cookie, just sitting there. I decide to make myself peanut butter toast and have some fruit before I run. As I am getting my breakfast he decides to eat the cookie. My favorite cookie. He is eating it for breakfast. Well really his breakfast before his breakfast. He breaks off a piece and walks away. I continue to get my breakfast ready. He breaks off another piece. It sits there unwrapped calling my name. I reach over it to get the peanut butter for my toast. I glance down and now it's just a bite of a cookie. Well a bite wouldn't be so bad, right? Then it will be gone. But I decline to pick it up. Knowing if I eat that bite I will be disappointed that it's all gone. I go about my business and finish getting my meal ready. I sit at the table and look back at the counter. It's gone, he ate it all and now he's making eggs and toast. I'm jealous.

He has no clue that this all took place. He ate the cookie to get it out of my sight. Then went on about his life. For me that was a victory, a tiny tiny one but still it's a start.

I finished my breakfast and then headed to the treadmill for a 3-4 miles run which turned into a 5.25 run followed by a .75 fat burning zone 3 walk. I felt good, it felt good. My heart rate still high for the pace but I did notice an improvement. Another two weeks of solid workouts and I'll be back in business.

Thanks for eating the cookie and please don't bring anymore of them home!

89 days to go.

Well I did it. Not only did I sign up for the 90 day challenge, I signed up for TEAM EXTREME. It's a new program that they are trying out at the gym and I decided it basically fits into what I'm missing when I'm training. Instead of working one on one with a trainer, I will be with a group of 12-16 people with two personal trainers. We will meet twice a week and they will always be switching up what we need to do. This will be intense enough that not only will it be strength training it will be a cardio workout as well. I'm hoping at the end of the three months I will be stronger, more muscular and a faster athlete because of it.

Of course there's lots of work to be done. But I have the 90 days to transform my body. This morning they took fat measurements and there was a weigh in. So in order to again take a step to being accountable I will share those numbers.

Height 5'10"
Age 39
Weight 152
Fat composition: (using the calibrated pinch method)
Triceps 20
Hips 19
Thighs 25

I end up being 25% body fat. Really? Damn. That's a lot. But I'm not surprised based on my eating habits. Get that under control and that number will drop quickly. Also doing workouts in Zone 3 instead of always in Zone 2 or 4 will help a ton. Zone 3 is your fat burning zone. It's the zone that you feel like yes your working and sweating but that you could keep it up for hours.

So 25% body fat equals 38lbs of fat on my body. In order to claim I'm an athlete the standard fat% would be 14-20% . Which 20% on me now would be 30lbs. So that's my goal for this challenge.

10 lbs. to loose and a minimum of 8 lbs of that being fat.

So my husband knows I'm doing this challenge and with today being day 1 I thought I would stick with eating healthly for the day. Now don't get me wrong I don't plan on being one of those people who restrict everything. That never works. Everything in moderation. I will find the balance. But again today is day one. I had my husband pick up salads from my favorite place. Perfect, a salad that I love and it's huge. What else does he get? Garbage cookies. One for him one for me. I love these cookies. They have everything in them. All types of chips, carrots, potato chips. You name it, it's in the cookie. Sounds gross but they are fabulous. So now I have one starting at me. Thanks dear. Hopefully HE will eat it after dinner.