Postby Kathryn-in-Canada » Mon Oct 15, 2012 7:26 am
Back on the treadmill after life got in the way of my mornings.
Yesterday I forgot to put my pedometer on after my nap so missed at least half (probably more) of my steps for the day. My guess is 3000+ and I had 2800 on Saturday. Getting the great parking space meant my planned walk of about a mile was eliminated (half mile to and from the car.) Friday was 6900 but that included the treadmill.
Weight is back to 165.
Re: sugary drinks. That's depressing for me. I'm having 6 oz of juice each day (a juice pack) diluted in at least 4 cups of water. Discovered that 3 oz in 10 oz of hot water makes a nice 'cider' like drink at night (that was with the berry and apple juice.) All of my juices are 100% juice so no HFCS snuck in (I'm still appalled it was in chocolate milk.)
I really, really, miss diet drinks and being able to have a flavoured drink without calories. We don't have the same options in Canada as in the US (100% of flavoured waters have aspartame, for example, yet that wasn't the case in New Hampshire) so I guess I need a border run soon. Since I didn't know what Price Chopper had, I couldn't add that to my grocery list for ds on Friday. I'm pretty sure Crystal light has aspartame here. It is possible that stevia hasn't been cleared by our government yet.
But sugary isn't my down fall, it is salty. So I can have the chocolate bars in the house in prep for halloween but the chips don't last. Luckily they are about 100 cal per bag so there is portion control. Ds also brought me back Baked Ruffles (another thing we don't get in Canada) and I know that bag will be lucky to last 3 days.
In the meantime, my period continues on. Once that leaves, another 3lbs might go away (I was up 6 and 3 left when it came the second time in 2 weeks.) The treadmill can't hurt so I'll keep up with that.
Sleep was short last night. After a 2.5 hour nap starting at 3:30, I lay down at 11 but didn't turn out the night until midnight. Woke up at 5:15 and never got back to sleep. Hopefully, that means an earlier nap today.
I'm thinking I have to make naps shorter but when I'm in bed I don't want to get up and I'm trying to listen to my body as well as gently encourage a return to normal. Yesterday I was recovering from 9 hours up on Saturday and a very busy day on Friday as well as a busy Sunday morning so I was trying to treat myself well by napping longer.