Thursday, December 20, 2012

Will I be able to do it today?

Today's my 36th birthday.  I didn't quite make my mini-goal that I set a few weeks ago, but I'm within a couple pounds.  In just over 3 months I'm only 2 pounds off my target rate of losing 2 pounds per week.  With my daughter's birthday, Thanksgiving, and a couple of business trips during that time, I'm calling it a win.  Still, I can't help but be mildly disappointed that I didn't hit the mini-goal.  I just remind myself that it's been 4 weeks and 8 pounds have been shed since I set the goal.  That should be good enough.

Onward.  So today is going to be challenging.  I've tried to set some realistic expectations for the day:

  1. Today is a personal training day, so we did strength training.  I'm not doing cardio on my birthday if I can avoid it.  Plus I've done cardio for 13 days in a row.  I need a break.
  2. I'm going to eat some junk food - White Castle & Birthday Cake.  It's gonna happen.  Oh, and burritos and wings for dinner.
  3. I can still do this and come in "under budget"
Lunch: 420
Dinner: 1127
Guacamole, Spicy
1/8 Cup
54
Pork, Shoulder, Shldr
6 Ounces
210
Salad, Baja
1/2 Each
275
Can I really stop myself at 3 White Castles?  That's my biggest challenge.  If I fail to do this, I figure I can eat 6 of them and then just get some cardio in late tonight.  The other problem is eating only 1/2 my dinner, but I think I can pull that off.

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