Week 5, Day 2

Starting to feel better, as if the stuff I had going on last week is clearing up.

I felt it was time for me to change my exercise routine a bit, so I bought an exercise DVD that uses a pilates band. It has 5 10-minute workout segment and each segment targets a different area (lower body, upper body, abs, total body, and flexibility). I liked the idea of having short workouts so that I could mix and match and since I've gotten into a bit of a rut with exercise (other than walking) I thought I could handle 10 minute segments.

So I got it yesterday and tried the first 3 segments this morning (lower, upper, and abs). The lower and upper weren't too bad, probably since I've been walking so much and doing some resistance exercises and I'm familiar with some of the basic pilates moves. The abs was a bit of a killer, but I knew it would be, since I haven't worked on my abs in a long time. I also had some trouble with the band, since I'm not used to working with it, so it kept slipping off of my feet . But all in all, I'm happy with it, although the instructor goes a bit fast, but then, I know it takes practice and I won't even need her instructions .

Yesterday's menu:
1 egg + 1 egg white sauted in butter with red onion and zucchini and a bit of salsa
1 cup yogurt with SF maple syrup and 1/2 cup Fiber One
Iced coffee with half-and-half

2 veggie hot dogs with mayo/mustard/horseradish dip and mock potatoe salad (cauliflower, celery, mayo, mustard, horseradish, dash of xylitol - perfect salad for a summer day)

Greek salad
Nondairy lowcarb fudge

Water: 12 glasses
Exercise: walking 80 minutes and yoga 40 minutes

Sent off another resume for another online teaching job, so felt good about that.

Tam