Irish Eyes Are Smilin'

Erin go Bragh

This weekend:

Saturday- Calories in:   1806         Bkfst: special K w/blueberries & skim milk

               Calories burned: 0         Lunch: 2 C. homemade turkey chili

               Net:             1806         Snack: 1 W.W. tortilla w/ 1 tbsp. P.B.  Dinner: 3 C. chili

Sunday- Calories in:  1844

             Calories burned: 1079

             Net:              765

             Exercise: 30" elliptical, 30" recumbent cycle

Sunday meals- Bkfst: special K w/ blueberries, 1/2 banana & milk.

                      Lunch:  2 C. Malbec (wine consumed while cooking a St. Patrick's Day dinner and   hanging out with family).

                      Dinner: 2 slices corned beef, 1 potato, 2 C. boiled cabbage, 2 carrots, 1 slice Irish Soda Bread.

                     Dessert: 1 C. Edy's mint brownie ice cream

Saturday was a day of errands and a road trip to pick up our son; so I didn't get any exercise worked in. I did take an afternoon nap, which was delightful and refreshing. The 3 cups of chili happened because we didn't get home to eat until 8:30pm and I was starved; plus the chili was almost gone and so I ate it up (bad habit, I know). I made it though and it was delish; I'll post the recipe.

Sunday we planned a St. Paddy's dinner with my Dad, who will be out of town on Thursday. It was a great day, cooking and laughing with my guys, and the meal was very good. Simple, Irish fare. I made the Soda Bread, which was fun. We even had green ice cream! I went to the Y and worked out before we started cooking; a preemptive calorie burn. It felt great to exercise when I missed yesterday. I really do enjoy my workouts, and making them a priority feels like I'm taking care of myself.  That said, I am happy with 30-60- minute sessions. I know I could not maintain a several hour/day, Biggest Loser- style exercise program.

Overall, it was a feel-good weekend. I did mentally torture myself a bit over eating 1800 calories and not exercising yesterday, but I tried to suck it up. It's only food, it's only one day. I'm trying not to succumb to obsessive sickness about the whole thing; which I can easily slip into. The goal is to be healthier and better adjusted, and to eat sensibly without letting food (or should I say my love/hate relationship with it) rule my life.

As they say, Eat, Breathe, Move.