Monday, January 4, 2010

I woke up today later than planned (around 9:30am) from some very crazy and interesting dreams. Remembering that I am supposed to change my diet and habits made my whole body hurt but I
proceeded to go to to the kitchen.

Coffee is essential for me in the morning, so as fast as I could fixed me a pot o' coffee. With the fridgerator door wide open, I looked in, only to discover that there were no eggs. Temporarily, my world was crushed. Eggs are my favorite thing to eat for breakfast. I thought about having cereal but alas, there was no more of my favorite, Honey Bunches O'Oats. Damn.

Suddenly, a light bulb turned on...there are everything bagels in the freezer for such emergencies like this. Popped a bagel into the micro for a fast zap then cut it for a slight bronzing in the Hello Kitty toaster my sister bought. I dug out the cream cheese from the bottom drawer and smeared it onto my bagel. The aroma was overwhelming.

I poured myself a big cup of coffee and mixed my morning energy drink with Splenda & some half and half. Plopped myself down at the dining room table and had my breafast. It was SO good. I thought to myself, "Man, am I going to miss this!". The bagel tasted even better.

To keep myself busy and on the right track, I decided to do some gardening and tend to the orchids in my front and back yard. After some work in the front yard I decided to make a delicious stir fry with chicken, celery, zucchini and mushrooms w/ a terriaki sauce and steamed white rice.

Lunch: 1  1/2 cups of rice & 1 1/2 cups of stir-fry. Needless to say, lunch was great!

The orchids in the backyard were calling to me. So, I watered the orchids with orchid vitamin and decided to clean up the side yard. The orchids also needed some grooming so I pulled dead leaves and cut the parts that were dying and swept up all the trimmings. I was sweating by the time I was done. Gardening is so much harder than I thought, but it was such good exercise.

Dinner: half cup of steamed white rice, cup of stir fry veggies and a bowl of cereal.

I did have cravings and wanted more food. I reminded myself that the goal is to get fit & healthy. Though the cravings made me a little crazy I found something to distract myself by watching the new Bachelor. But that wasn't distraction enough so I decided to sew a new bag that I had been planning on doing for the last few days.

Settled in my bed, I wanted to jot down what I had to eat today and my daily activity. I need to keep good habits and getting this on my blog is a way to do that.