Day Thirty-three

I love cookies!!  There I said it.  On Friday at the work sandwich potluck there were cookies and I ate some.  Today there were still cookies, but different ones and I ate those too!  Do I feel bad?  NO, I don't.  Will I eat cookies again?  YES, I will.  Do I feel bad?  NO.

Ok got that out of my system.....cookies...it's funny what we crave at times.  I was driving past a Hawaiian BBQ place earlier on the way home from the gym and thought to myself, "man that would taste good right now".  In actuality I have no real desire to eat there but it still sounded good at the time.  I don't usually give in to those types of cravings but I have to watch out for the stealth cravings.  They can sneak up on you when you least..cookies..expect them.  All right here's the story for today:

Breakfast: Egg sandwich with avocado and tomato.  Banana and 20oz of cold water.

Snack: Greek yogurt w/almonds and a cookie.

Lunch: Today I tried something different.  Instead of a green salad with a bunch of other veggies I went for soup.  It was Organic Black Bean Soup from Trader Joe's that I really like and here's the side of the can: 130 cal per serving and there is about 1 1/2 servings per can, 10 cal fat, 480 sodium, 25 carbs, 5 fiber, 6 sugar, and 6 protein.  I ate the entire can and added some broccoli and asparagus.  I also had 3-4 slices of deli ham.  Oh yea..a cookie.

Snack:  Forgot my apple again (going to have to work on that) so instead had some more ham and then some turkey.  Oh and I didn't have a cookie.  I could have but forced myself to look away.

Dinner: For dinner I had a salad with lots of stuff.  I had some asparagus and then added 4 felafel's, quinoa, cauliflower, and salsa.  A small handful of sesame sticks as an appetizer.

I went to the gym after work and did 40 minutes on cardio machines.  On Saturday L and I talked about cardio.  She said that you need to go for at least 40 min because the first 20 just gets you going.  It's the next 20 where the work pays off.  So I decided to give it a try.  I did 24 min on the recumbent with the hill program.  The hill program has you do a pyramid in the middle of the time and I would do each "hill" as a sprint and then cool down in between each "hill".  I then moved to the rowing machine and rowed for 10 min.  After the rowing I went to the treadmill and did 6 min on a small incline and a speed of 3 which is a very fast walk.  It was a good work out and one I will try to duplicate for a couple of weeks.  I will probably change each time period to a different machine.  Weds workout will probably be 20 min row, 12 min bike and 8 min treadmill.  Come back and check if you're interested.