"You look like a pro. Can I ask you something?"

I turned around and looked behind me.  I really thought she must be talking to someone else. Nope.  Apparently I was looking like I knew what I was doing at the gym today - yay!  Now I know she probably just wanted an opener so she didn't feel so embarrassed talking to a total stranger, but she could've opened with something like, "I see from the colour of your face that you have been genetically modified with a tomato.  Can I ask you something?"  But no.  Woo hoo!

Exercise

547 calories burned on elliptical - took about 50 minutes, plus the cool down.  I was definitely struggling a bit today and that is proved by the fact that it took me longer today what I did yesterday.  That being said, I almost barfed yesterday after feeling like I was going to explode my uterus.

Weight circuit - 12 reps each on each of the 9 machines

30 crunches

30 leg lifts

8 puke inducers

Food

1 cup Raisin Bran cereal with 1% milk

2 litres water

1 can Diet Pepsi (very unusual these days... drinking it, not Diet Pepsi in general)

10 organic dry roasted almonds

1 large organic Golden Delicious apple

1 Amy's Black Bean enchilada meal (so salty it almost hurt)

Couple of spoonfuls of a tres disappointing soup I made today.  Figures.  I spent a long time making it and it was, um, vile.  Ach well, I know not to make it again :)

1 cup tempeh toss (tempeh, lots of veg)

1/3 cup brown rice

1/2 Laura Secord chocolate (25 calories)

Cuppa 

I've started reading "The Ultimate Weight Solution" by Dr. Phil.  I started reading it just after I got it as a gift from T, but then I slipped up and if you'll all recall, I ended up dribbling caramel sauce on the Doctor himself.  The book seems really great so far and seems like it's written just for me.  The comforting thing about that is, I'm not alone.  Clearly there are loads of people in the world who have the exact same issues as me.

Now I've been going hard at the gym for 2.5 weeks now and it seems like an eternity.  There is a definite sense of dread this week when I get up to go.  I want to shake the doom and gloom. Okay, there's no real doom and gloom, that's going overboard.  I am just feeling a bit of blech when I think about working out.  It's hard!  Yeah, yeah.  

The cool thing is, I am actually proud of all my hard work.  With Callum at school in the mornings, I can go to the gym and prep dinner, etc.  This means I have more time to spend with him when he comes home!  Not to mention all the benefits to him for going to school.

Speaking of prepping dinner, the picture above is our dinner-to-be for this evening.  Yummy! Actually, I don't know if it'll be yummy, but I sure hope so.  In case you're wondering what the cubes are in the measuring cup, it's tempeh.

Tempeh is made from soybeans, but it has a stronger flavour and protein content than tofu.  It's not very appealing when you look at it, but it is tasty.

I will take a picture of tonight's lovely creation once it's cooked.  I also made a pearl barley and chickpea soup.  Crap thing is, I used Graham's homemade taco seasoning thinking it was turmeric.  I sure hope the flavour of the soup is still good.

Oh yeah, thanks for texting me this morning Denise!  

Cupcake

xo