Week 1 Goals

Ok, I'm ready to start this thing! Prior to my first weigh in tomorrow (b00) I have been eating like a normal person and exercising since Friday. So that should help me feel less disgusting when I get on the scale. I've also bought myself a few new workout outfits on mega sale this weekend, so I'm motivated!

Anyway, there's a decent chance that when I get back to work tomorrow (worst day of the year) I'll learn that I have to go to Winston-Salem from Tuesday - Friday (are you in town Megs?), so I'm going to have to reserve the right to change my eating and exercising schedule accordingly.

I am a creature of habit and schedules, so that's why I'm so specifically laying out my eating and exercising plans. I like to have something to stick to.

This week's reward is going to be a set of one pound wrist weights. I think it'll be useful for my Your Shape Wii workouts. Even without weights, my arms get tired by the end of the 30 minute session, so adding the resistance should be good. And they're only about $10.

Here's my general food plan for the week (assuming I'm in town). Also, I reserve the right to eat at a restaurant once a week to replace one of the below meals:
Breakfast: two egg omelet with 1/4 cup of diced red bell pepper and a sprinkle of low fat sharp cheddar, with a side of a few strawberries and a small glass of OJ
Lunch: cup of (homemade!) butternut squash soup and a turkey and cucumber sandwich on an Arnold's multigrain sandwich thin.
Dinner: I'm making a frittata and side salad one night, three nights of varieties of crock pot chicken with sides of either brown rice or whole wheat pasta, crock pot baked ziti with a side salad one night, and the rest will probably be cereal because I love having cereal for dinner.
Snacks: right now I have low fat string cheese, cinnamon sugar almonds, apples, and dove chocolate peanut butter squares readily available, so my goal is to eat up to 300 calories worth of those items depending on my hunger levels.

And now for the exercising. I'm done with my current gym because I want to work out in the morning and I can't make that work when I go there. So I'm quitting in favor of the 24-hour gym two blocks down - but that doesn't open until next week. So it's all about Wii workouts this week. Which is good, because I got a bunch of Wii exercise games for Christmas.

Monday: Your Shape 40 minute workout and pilates mat class
Tuesday: Your Shape 40 minute workout and possibly tap class at night
Wednesday: Your Shape 40 minute workout, possibly line dancing if the other girls want to go
Thursday: EA Active 30-day Challenge workout 2 and 15 minutes of Wii Fit Aerobics and Yoga, pilates lesson
Friday: Your Shape 40 minute workout, perhaps some Wii Fit activities after work
Saturday: Your Shape 30 minute workout, 30 minutes of Wii Fit aerobics and Yoga
Sunday: EA Active 30-day Challenge workout 3, 30 minutes of Wii Fit aerobics and Yoga

Ok, I'll be back tomorrow with the dreaded weigh-in. And the dreaded return to work after two and a half weeks. BOOOOO.