Day 72: No Excuses

“If it is important to you, you will find a way. If not, you’ll find an excuse.”

I was out all day today and didn’t get home until 10:30 pm. I wasn’t planning on exercising because it was so late and quite honestly I was tired. Then I realized that was just an excuse and there was no reason I couldn’t exercise. So what if you get on the treadmill at 11 pm ? So what if you’re tired ? 20 minutes of exercise wasn’t going to kill me. So I got my lazy self on that treadmill and devoted that 20 minutes to myself ! I stopped off that machine feeling pretty proud of myself. Exercise is important to me and I chose to find a way instead of an excuse.

Today was kind of a crazy day when it comes to eating. For breakfast I had a 2.5 ounce 160 calorie package of buttermilk waffles. I spread them with about a tablespoon of peanut butter, which adds about 90 calories. A nice hot cup of coffee was like Heaven on this chilly morning ! My morning snack was a 155 calories vanilla shake with peanut butter powder. Lunch was a 1.8 ounce 200 calorie fudge graham bar. I was at Point Place Casino when I had the bar so I had a glass of wine with it. Dinner was corned beef, cabbage and carrots at the local church. I’m guesstimating this meal at about 350 calories. I had my afternoon snack after dinner and that was 2 wedges of Laughing Cow cheese (60 calories) and 10 low fat wheat thin crackers, which is about 80 calories. I’d have had 12 crackers but I had to share with the dog .. lol ! My post workout snack was a Nutrisystem 1.9 ounce 120 calorie tiramisu. I’m pretty pleased with my day as I stayed within my calories, ending the day at maybe 1300.

I took Mom to the casino and my older sister met us there. She and I played our free plays and then sat at the bar while mom played. It was nice to have some time to just sit and chat and enjoy a glass of wine. Later we met my brother, his girlfriend and my younger sister and her husband at the church for the corned beef dinner. We bought raffle tickets and enjoyed the meal. Both of my sisters won the prize they wanted so it was a good day for them ! I won $60 at the casino so I can’t complain. Back at my mom’s house after dinner there was cake and ice cream but I stuck to black coffee and my cheese & crackers. We had a little bit of snow and for maybe the 2nd time this winter I had to brush snow off my car ! It was snowing when I left my mom’s but I drove out of it by the time I reached Central Square. From the looks of it there was no snow in Mexico today. It was 28 degrees when I got home and believe me, I had no desire to put on exercise wear ! I wanted to put on a fuzzy robe and crawl into my nice warm bed ! I was worried a workout this late would keep me from sleeping but I’m yawning so it’s time for a nice hot shower and then a warm bed. I had such a wonderful day I hate to see it end !