After making such poor eating choices, I focused today on eating much healthier. I missed my snack again today. I have been doing better about eating a midday snack than I was in the beginning of this challenge. I need to make sure that I find a way to have that midday snack every day to keep my metabolism working at an optimum level. I don’t want to slow my metabolism down by foolishly missing this important snack. After all, I do have a challenge to meet and the clock is ticking.


This last weekend was D-day for my menstrual cycle. My cycle sputtered over the weekend and then hit hard on Monday. I have had excuses every day why I shouldn’t run on the treadmill that day. It’s better for me to run every day. I know that it is okay if I miss a day here or there but I should always run if I can. Monday, I was cramping terribly. The doctors think that I have Endometriosis, which causes me a lot of pain at the beginning of my menstrual cycle. I really didn’t feel like running Monday. If I had ran my program on Sunday when I had the time, I wouldn’t be feeling so bad about not running Monday when I had a legitimate reason not to run.

Usually when I start my period, I weigh a couple of pounds more than my average weight for the month. Before I started this challenge, I would typically weigh near 172 pounds at this time of the month. I weighed on Monday and the scale said 169.8. My heart sunk. I felt like I hadn’t made any progress, until I remembered that gaining a couple of pounds this time of month is totally normal for me. I still was a couple of pounds lighter than normal. I’m okay with my weight on Monday now. I am not ecstatic though. I was hoping to be further along than this. I know that this last weekend was a huge mistake and I am planning to be very diligent this week with my eating habits to make up for my mistake. This last weekend was a good experience for me. It showed me what can happen if I let down my guard and start making eating choices on the fly. Learning from your mistakes and working to not repeat them transforms a mistake into a positive experience and I am grateful that I had the opportunity to learn a valuable lesson. I am sure I will make mistakes again. I have to continue to be able to forgive myself for the mistake, learn from them and move on.

My Daily Food Accountability:

Breakfast:
1 pkg Great Value Strawberries and Cream Oatmeal
1 pkg Great Value Blueberries and Cream Oatmeal
1 slice (1 servings) Sara Lee Classic Honey Wheat Bread
1/2 Tbsp (.5 servings) Land O Lakes Light Butter with Canola Oil
8 oz’s Propel Vitamin Water Beverage Berry flavored

...24% of my RDA of fiber and 455 calories, 1% cholesterol and 15g of protein

Lunch:
1/2 Whole Grain, Chicken Breast and Swiss Cheese Sandwich with no sauce
4 oz’s Water with lemon
1 pkg Sweet n Low

...nutritional info not available

Midday Snack:
none

Dinner:
1/2 Teriyaki Chicken Breast
1/2 c Green Giant Sweet Peas
1 pkg individual sized Sun Chips French Onion Flavor
1 c mixed berries (strawberries, blackberries and blueberries)
16 oz’s Propel Vitamin Water Beverage Berry flavored

... 49.5% of my RDA of fiber and 518.5 calories, 25 cholesterol and 36.8g protein

Bedtime Snack:
1 granny smith apple slices with peel on
8oz Propel Vitamin Water Beverage Berry flavored
...20% of my RDA of fiber and 90 calories, 0 cholesterol and 0g protein

*My total daily nutritional information:

…can’t be calculated since some nutritional information for the day is unknown.