a good good day

While in the warmth of bed this morning, I knew that today was going to be a good day.  The sun was shining at 7AM and birds were chirping!  I was planning on heading out for a nice long run, but was a bit lazy and decided to just take Maia out for a walk instead.  Poor girl, since it has been so friggin freezing lately, she hasn't been getting her daily walks.

Work was good and a lot of accomplished, minus a Chamber luncheon, but I wasn't feeling so hot and can not afford to get sick this week, next week or the following week.  Daffodils are calling my name...

The sun was still shining at 4 and it was almost 40 degrees!!!!  I could not pass up the chance to get a good dose of vitamin D and decided to sneak in a 5 mile run before our hYped class.  5 miles turned into 4 as I forgot to add on a mile loop at the beginning on my run. Oh well.  We then headed to hYped for a quick 40 minutes of plyometrics, and then home to eat some amazing dinner and veg for a while.

My meals today were stocked full of veggies!  A little overkill I might add...lunch had a little too much green and I could barely force myself to eat all of it.

Dinner - amazing!  Check out this pizza, loaded with veggies, turkey and cheese and only 150 calories!  YUM.

We use these tortillas for the pizza, brushed with just a bit of olive oil, sea salt and hot pepper flakes.  Load it with veggies, some meat if you want and tonight we topped them off with chunks of Laughing Cow cheese.

Oh and I couldn't resist taking a few photos of all the pets sleeping today...

daily plate

So in an effort to lose 15 pounds in 8 weeks, I think I am going to try to document what I eat each day here.  I already keep a food journal, but I think if I am able to look back on what I ate and how much of what I ate, I will be able to tell if I need to make changes.

Nic and I already eat healthy, for the most part.  In the past 4ish months, I would say we eat really healthy, incorporating vegetables in more meals than just our morning smoothies.  Now, veggies consist of the largest part of our diet (I would guess).  So I don't think I need to change what I eat (except for my few bad days) but really look at my portion size and eat less.

And, by documenting what I eat here, you have free reign to call me out and tell me I am a fatty.  Do it, I need to hear it!

My pre-workout snack - baked banana oatmeal with a smear of natural peanut butter.  (186 calories, 6.5g protein - best guess)

Morning snack - "green monster" (purple today).
1 1/2 cups spinach
3 ounces vanilla honey yogurt
1/2 frozen banana
1/2 cup blueberries
1/2 scoop protein powder
(260 calories, 19g protein)

Lunch - scrambled eggs with veggies (222 calories, 19.25g protein)

Afternoon snack - Greek yogurt with homemade granola (150 calories, 12g protein)

Dinner - Subway!  On the road...6 inch turkey sub with pepper jack cheese, and veggies...

and, whoops!  See that in the background?  I caved and got Dr. Pepper and Doritos.  Gross.
(total meal about 730 calories and 21g protein).

Total daily calories - 1548
Total daily protein - 78

I am not going to keep counting calories, but since I have been hovering around my current weight for a while now, I decided that I probably should count calories for a few weeks just to see what my intake is.