Week 4: Day 2 and Day 3

This weekend we headed to my parents to visit for Palm Sunday. I brought along my dvd's and told myself I would make sure I would do them. I put on my workout clothes to travel in so that when we got there early Saturday morning I couldn't use that as an excuse. When I got there I got right to my yoga dvd. My mom was awesome and joined in with me. She even kept up with me and did an hour of it. That made it fun. It was really fun having my 2 year old nephew come in and try and do some of the moves. I for the first time since I started P90X enjoyed the Yoga dvd.

As for my calorie counting and nutrition Saturday, well, lets just say I tried. I had a good start. A Starbucks Artisan sandwich (320 calories) and a Skinny latte (120). For lunch I had a pb&j sandwich and some apples. But after lunch it went down hill from there. We took my kids and their cousin to see Mirror Mirror and we of course had to get popcorn. So, I split a box of Raisinettes with my mom and a diet coke, plus about 1/3 of a large popcorn with her.The good news is, I really didn't go overboard.  I didn't leave the theater feeling gross or stuffed. That is big for me. I usually mindlessly eat the popcorn, then when we leave I feel really stuffed and gross. For dinner that night we had delicious turkey chili my husband made and cornbread. I had a decent portion and only one slice of corn bread plus carrot sticks. I don't know my calorie intake, but I'm getting better at gauging how I feel and I am sure it wasn't crazy high.

For today I was SOOO proud of myself. We had a late night hanging with family. Plus, my daughter couldn't sleep on the couch do to her broken arm. So, I took the couch for her. So, the night turned out to be a bit short. I woke up at 7:30 and did not want to exercise. We had church later that morning and an Easter Egg hunt plus lunch with family in the afternoon. I knew my day was full and that if I didn't work out then, I wouldn't. I made myself put on my shoes and put in my Kenpo dvd. I forgot to put my heart rate monitor on, so I don't know how many calories I burned. But I worked hard and didn't stop, so I'm sure if was a fair amount.

My food today was similliar to yesterday. My breakfast was a good choice. Wholegrain toast, peanut butter and 1/2 a banana plus a cup of coffee with vanilla creamer (340). For lunch we had tri-tip roast, mashed potatoes, homemade rolls, asparagus, and strawberry shortcake for dessert. I didn't prepare the meal so I don't know how many calories were in everything. But again, I went off of portion and how I felt. I did not stuff myself. And lastly for dinner we went to Olive Garden on the drive home. I ordered their Parmesan Crusted Tilapia. The meal was 590 calories plus their salad and bread sticks. I only ate half the fish, it was huge. Part of me feels I fell off the wagon, but the other part of my is proud of staying within reason. Even though I was in a setting where I didn't have my normal meal choices, I didn't allow myself to think or use the excuse "Well, I haven't been good so, I might as well throw out all the rules."

If there is one thing so far that P90X has taught me, it is consistency. No matter how I feel, where I am, or what my circumstances are I have to keep making a wise choice in food and getting my body moving. I just hope this weekend does not reflect on the scale tomorrow.