Week 1 Day 4

Wow, I can't believe it has been 4 days already!

I am having problems with cravings at the moment, it is that TOM and I am craving Peanut Butter big time!?! Normally it is chocolate but I'm not going to complain! I have been making healthier choices over all and I'm quite pleased with how things are going. Normally I have given up after a couple of days and I have been tempted but I just tell myself that I will not sabotage my efforts by eating crap! I have been going on the treadmill at home and trying to run till I get puffed out. at first I could do about a minute but last night I did 6.5 minutes at 8kph and I was pretty puffed out but very excited also!! My aim is to increase it slowly till it is running for 30 mins or more, then I will start running outside. That is my ultimate goal.

At the school assembly today they had a group of mums and teachers (all female) that had just completed a triathlon on Sunday and I was so envious of them. I think it would be great to do something like that. They have a little Marathon here that you can do 5 kms or 10 kms walk or run. I should go in it next year, it would be quite fun. If I train and lose weight it would definitely be achievable. I will have to make that one of my goals.

I went to Maccas with my 2yr old daughter today and I had a lean beef burger and a Strawberry Frappe 99% Fat Free. It tasted great!! I would normally avoid eating that kind of stuff because if it's healthy, it must taste like crap!! But I was very pleasantly surprised! It used to be a Big Mac, with fries and coke upgraded (of course!!) and maybe an ice-cream or 2 as well! So you can see why I would be a bit dubious about going there and why I was so impressed with the meal! The total for the meal was: 461 cals, 8.2gms of Fat and carbs 74gms. The carbs were quite high but I am still quite happy with the meal over all.

Anyway I have lost about 0.3gms so far, which isn't much but I have had a few off plan items such as milo and peanut butter, so it was to be expected. My aim for today and tomorrow is to do 8mins running on the treadmill, more water and NO peanut butter. So far today it is going along great :)