Alright, so I didn’t make it to the gym. I had every intention of going up until my train ride home. My husband texted me asking if I wanted to have sushi with our good friend Dan. I LOVE sushi and rarely turn down the opportunity to eat it. I said that would be fine and didn’t hear anything until my husband picked me up from the train station. He said that we were going to Houston’s instead because he had to run an errand at the Riverside Square Mall. Houston’s is an amazing restaurant with many tantalizing items on the menu. But I did the best I could and ordered a salad with chicken and tomatoes and my husband and I split a soup. Iced tea to drink and NO dessert or coffee.

By the time we got home, there was no time for the gym. Instead, I resolved to prepare my breakfast and lunch for today so at least I don’t stray too much from eating healthy! Like an idiot, I forgot my berries but remembered everything else.

Breakfast: Fage 0% Greek Yogurt, Coffee w/ skim milk (Yogurt – 100, Coffee – 46)
Mid-Morning Snack: Banana (90), Edamame Crisps (120)
Lunch: Low-Sodium Ham on 100-calorie sandwich thin w/ lettuce and tomato, roasted tri-colored carrots (YUM – note to self – must find white and purple carrots!), one cube of dark chocolate w/ almonds (46) , 5 Moravian thins (83 calories total)
Green Tea
Mid-Afternoon Snack: Orange (37)

That’s where I’m at so far – under 1000 calories and I haven’t had dinner yet. I need to get some root vegetables to roast (carrots, parsnips, rutebagas, turnips) – they are so tasty, healthy, and low in calories. I roast them with a touch of olive oil, S & P and rosemary. Delicious!

I’d like to hit up the gym or yoga when I get home. There is a yoga studio about 20 min from my house that has a class at 7:35pm. I hope I can make it home in time and if not I will go to the gym and do an hour of cardio.

I must say that after one day of decreasing my carbohydrate intake (breads, processed foods), I feel a difference. Yesterday, I didn’t experience that 2:30pm crash that I normally do. Today, I am feeling it a little bit which is probably because of the 100-calorie sandwich thin. I’m hoping the green tea will counteract that. In addition, I feel less bloated which is a huge step for me. I was constantly feeling bloated to the point where I could hardly hold my stomach in. I imagine after a week I will feel even better!

Because we went out to eat last night, I didn’t get a chance to make the turkey kale soup or the blueberry frozen yogurt! I want to make them tonight! I bought agave syrup for the frozen yogurt and I need to go to the grocery store to pick up the rest of the ingredients.

UGH. I am not looking forward to jury duty tomorrow. I really hope I don’t get picked!!!!! It will be brutal because I will have to work during jury duty and it will be that much harder to keep on top of things.

Goals for 2012:
-Lose 30 lbs.
-Take better care of myself, my husband, my house
-Do more yoga
-Stop biting my nails
-Be less wasteful