Thursday, February 4, 2010 (Day 12)

Oh, I am SO in need of sleep!  Parent-teacher conference was last night so I didn’t get home until later than usual.  Which means I went to bed later than usual.  Which means I woke up later than usual.  I got up to my alarm (at 5 a.m.) and reset it for 5:20.  I wanted so bad to just set it for 6:30 and not exercise, but my heart wouldn’t let me do it.  My mind knew I should, but I just couldn’t.  I knew I would have an awful day if I did that.  So I slept another 15 minutes and then got up and walked.  I couldn’t bring myself to do the 3 pound hand weights, so I used some wrist weights that I’m guessing are 1 pound each.  I just strapped them on my wrists and walked like normal.  I wanted to do weights last night, but I didn’t.  Hopefully I’ll get to do them tonight.  I’ve been doing stomach crunches while sitting on the train and on the bus (just tightening my abdominal muscles as tight as I possibly can and holding them as long as I can.  Don’t know if it is doing anything, but it can’t hurt.  I had my Slim-Fast for breakfast and lunch.  I feel like I’m dragging today.  I’m certain it’s from lack of sleep and not the diet.  My stomach was a little off last night and this morning because my body is no longer used to that Café Rio salad stuff!  But I think it’s all cleared out and I’m back to normal.  I drank a Slim-Fast for dinner last night.  I actually wasn’t hungry until about 10:00 so I drank it in bed.  J  I was going to just skip it and save the calories, but I figured I’d be dead by morning if I did that, and there would be no way I could exercise after not eating for 20 hours.  Not that drinking it seemed to help me at all this morning.  Man it was rough.  Since I woke up late I figured I’d just walk for 30 or 45 minutes.  I couldn’t stop the treadmill when I got to those markers.  I guess it’s my OCD.  I’m supposed to walk for an hour and by golly I was going to walk for an hour!  So then I had to rush like crazy to get ready and get out of the house on time.  Oh well.  I feel good that I walked the full hour and made it to work on time.  I’m just so stinkin’ tired.  I feel like eating junk food.  Tired = Want to Eat.