I really brought it today. I burned 1,499 calories and only consumed 955 in food. That's a little low; I should be consuming around 1200. It was a great day, though. I didn't have a morning client to see today, so I met a friend out for Brunch. I love love LOVE my Iphone app called "My Fitness Pal" which tracks all of my daily calories. I use it when I go to various restaurants to search the lowest-calorie options on the menu. It's become like a little game to me, to pick the healthiest thing on the menu. I'm a bit obsessed, actually. So, for example, we met at I-hop (International House of Pancakes). If you look up Ihop's menu, you will see that most of the plates there are 500+ calories. So, after searching through the different options, I found a Create-your-own omelette which was only 150 calories. It was made from egg whites, green peppers, onions, and mushrooms. I drank my share of coffee (with skim milk and Splenda), which was also very low in calories, and rather than the 3 pancakes (490 calories PLUS all of the calories in the syrup) which was supposed to come with my omelette, I opted for a small bowl of fresh fruit... only 80 calories. So, all in all, I only consumed 340 calories at brunch.
After brunch, I came home and walked my dog Coda for 30 minutes... that burned 106 calories.... and I did Ab Ripper X, which burned approximately 330 calories. Ab Ripper X is only around 16 minutes long, so after completing that I went to see my afternoon client. Once I was finished with her, I came back home and did the Core Synergisitics DVD which works all of your core muscles (abs, butt, thighs, lower back) and burned another 418 calories. I kinda thought I was done for the day after that. In fact, I felt so tired and weak, I made myself 1/2 pb and j sandwich (220 calories) which made me feel better. I took my son to his soccer practice for one hour, then we were off to Chic Fil A for school spirit night. On these nights, 10% of the total sales go to their school budget, so we try to support their school (AND we love Chic Fil A). Again, I used my handy dandy Iphone app to find the healthiest menu option. I decided on the chargrilled chicken sandwich, which was only 290 calories. It hit the spot!
After dinner, I was hoping for a chance to get a nice, hot shower and rest a bit. My husband was outside cutting up trees with his chainsaw and wasn't able to take our children to their karate class, so I ended up taking them to that, too. On the way, the kids BEGGED me to take the class with them. I really didn't think I'd have the energy to take the class, and I was a bit embarrassed at the thought of doing so, because I have never tried it before. Although I was timid about it, I agreed to do it for my kiddos. I actually did very well! I was the only female (other than my 10 year old daughter, who is a green belt) in the class, and I was surrounded by 3 black belts, 1 other green belt, and a blue belt. Even my 8 year old (who is a white belt) has more experience than me. But thanks to P90X, I knew most of the abs exercises that they started warming up with, and I was able to keep up with them. I think I surprised 'em a bit when I showed them up on the pushups. The thing I need the most practice with, however, were the step-blocks. My coordination was not the best, and I definitely need more practice! I did great with kicks; Sensai said I'm very flexible. Must be all that yoga. So, the 60 minutes of karate burned another 644 calories. I honestly don't know if I'll be returning to karate class, but it was kinda fun and I learned some helpful self-defense techniques!
The hardest of all the exercise was definitely the P90X-Core Synergistics. I was covered in sweat by the end, and I opted out of the Bonus Round because that was when we had to leave to make it to soccer practice.
All in all, I'm feeling pretty good-confident, strong, and maybe even a little bad-a@@. But not sexy yet... Still lookin' to feel sexy :)
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