Mid-week

Thank goodness this is the halfway point through the week.  Work is still keeping me very busy covering two offices.

Last night walking buddy and I walked for 35 minutes in the park and got about a mile and a half done before it got too dark.  I'm really shocked that she is keeping at it and doing as well as she is.  I'm glad too.  She wants to lose weight but doesn't really know what do do but start moving.  I want to help her but I don't want to come off like I'm telling her what to do/come on too strong, either.  It's a fine line.  I tell her tidbits here and there and then kind of ease back to see her reaction or it she'll ask questions.  I know that she doesn't eat well but I told her to only worry about one thing at a time, for now that is to get moving; later when she's ready she can start working on her eating habits; that way she won't become overwhelmed.  I keep thinking back to when I started on this journey and how I changed little by little so I wasn't overwhelmed.  Plus, it takes a while to learn healthy ways- it just doesn't come all at once.  I hope she sticks with it. 

When I got home from walking I made another BIG SALAD (lol!)  for dinner and I cooked a piece of sirloin steak.  I don't usually buy beef but I had a piece in the freezer so I sauteed onions with it and I just started whipping stuff together and it was SO GOOD!  I added Worstershire sauce and a little tomato paste to the onions.  Damn, was it good.  I ate half of the steak, which was 3 oz., and planned on saving the other half for this evening's dinner.  I could not resisit that tender, tasty meat and I ended up eating the other half, too.  The hell of it is, is that I had already placed the second half of the steak in a container and had it ready to go in the fridge, but I took it out and ate it!  Hog.  I felt guilty afterwards and I thought for sure I was going to have a sodium gain this morning from the Worstershire sauce and tomato paste but I was pleasantly surprised when I only gained .2 this morning.  That should peel off, plus some, by tomorrow morning.  I was disappointed in myself for not resisting the urge though.

I wrote this message on the chalkboard in my kitchen:   Don't give up what you want most, for what you want now. 

Tonight's plan is more walking outside if it's not raining and if it is, some sort of exercise video and kettlebell arm exercises no matter what.

Hope everyone is staying on track.