Day 13

Today was day 13 of the 12 week Body for Life Challenge

Cardio day. I still haven't been able to drag myself out of bed to the Cardio first thing in the morning as the book suggests. Instead I did a run before dinner. It was cold out but not too windy. I worked through the intervals. It was still just as challenging as last time maybe even a little harder.

I still am not seeing any real change in my weight. I am seeing some loss of inches though. The body fat % seems to jump around a little bit. I'm still getting readings as high as my initial so I'm thinking there hasn't been much change there either. Still I feel better, I feel more fit, less depressed and less tired.

Food: Today was a good food day

Breakfast was a smoothie It was just a mix some tahini, yogurt, orange juice, mango, blueberries, raspberries and strawberries. The result was quite good
Morning snack: Another half a cup of the smoothie
Lunch: I used up some leftovers. Some of the terryaki chicken and vegetables from last night. Mixed with the beans from yesterdays lunch and some salsa. I also sneaked in a couple potato chips. They were Lays chips from China and I think they are actually the baked type so a little less bad.
Afternoon snack: We made some granola. It was laden with all kinds of good stuff like wheat germ, oat bran and sesame seeds and a little bit of nuts. Yet it had a whole lot of sugar added too. There was some maple syrup (natural of course), honey, and brown sugar. So I'm not sure if it still qualifies as healthy with all those sugar calories

Dinner: Some butternut squash soup and a little bit of the leftovers from lunch today.
Tonight: I am drinking a soda as I type. I'm just not ready to give this up yet. Maybe that's why I'm not seeing any change on the scale. My goal is just 3 or 4 a week. I don't think I've actually hit that yet.

Tomorrow just some yoga. I am looking forward to a day off. Unfortunately my food plans for tomorrow are already being thwarted. We have a dinner engagement of pizza and salad.