Tuesday

I was thinking maybe we should set goals for ourselves for August.  I think I did that for July, but I didn't get very far with them.  I did not lose the amount of weight I said.  I did pretty good on tracking my food and getting water in and such.  I'm going to think about them and then update them later.

• Breakfast: bacon, scrambled egg with mushrooms, iced coffee=2.17NC (.75)
• Lunch: 1 avocado, 5oz cherry tomatoes=7.15NC (7.15)
• Snack: cereal=8.36NC
• Dinner: tilapia, cheese and Italian sausage stuffed mushrooms, cauliflower croquets=8.93NC (5.48)
• Fitness:  walking hills for one episode of Mt. Everest (My Geeky Show I Watch on Netflix)= -750cal
• Running Totals:  26.61 NC/13.43 veg/1379 cal/69.6g protein/25.5g fiber

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Goals:

1.  Do strength training moves at least twice per week
2.  Incorporate stretching at least twice per week
3.  Same 5 pounds (I'm much more motivated now!)       Lose some inches.

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Question of the day:  Do you think it is unhealthy to look at skinny/fit pictures for inspiration?  I'm debating whether this is a good or a bad thing and thought I'd ask your opinion.  Does it make you feel motivated or make you feel worse?  It motivates me I think...  makes me want to work harder.  Obviously the drug-skinny ones are gross, but I think the really buff/fit ones make me want to workout more.

Running Tips (it says treadmill, but these would work outside too):http://www.fitsugar.com/Treadmill-Tips-Burn-More-Calories-Build-Muscle-Run-Faster-18543932

Hope your meeting with the bank went well today!!  I've been thinking about you all day!!

RE:  WW Making you feel bad--I think you are at a point where you are eating healthy and doing it right.  It's not a diet anymore, it's a lifestyle.  And as much as WW wants to say they aren't a diet, they sure make you feel like it if you aren't losing weight or if you're up a few ounces.  What's so trivial is that 0.4 is like a sip of water or something and isn't really reflective of a gain.  I think you should march in there and take your measurements TONIGHT so you'll have something REAL to look back on for progress.  Or a "progress picture."   You keep up the workouts like you are and you're body is going to look amazingly different in another month.  I agree, we can't be so focused on what the scale says if we are doing everything right.  I'm going to take a pic and measurements later.  No more focusing on that 0.4!  :)