Day 5- Brooke

Such a good day! I decided I'm going to count calories. It's because I'm a little bit of a control freak. I use The Daily Plate to keep track of my diet and exercise. I found out about it a few years ago from my sister-in-law. It didn't work to good for me at the time but I'm really excited about it now.


The calories for breakfast, lunch and my route 44 diet coke with vanilla (I know I shouldn't have!) were 708. Then I RAN 4 MILES!!!!!!!!!!!! And that burned 711 calories, more then I had consumed in my day so far! So when we went to my parents house and I had a taco, a few bites of a bean and cheese, snickers, and twix ice cream bars, I could totally enjoy it because I still had 1657 calories I could eat for dinner!

Ok so let's talk about running 4 miles. I feel so great! I was really nervous about doing it because I haven't done that for a few years and I didn't know if I could do it. But running is so mental! Yea it hurts and it's uncomfortable but you can do it! I just feel so invincible!

I really feel like I'm getting the hang of this. I know I will have bad days but I can do it! I mean shoot, I just ran 4 miles!

Meals for Day 5~ Taylor

Breakfast: Veggie and Egg wrap (7pts)

Lunch: Subway Veggie Delight, chips, and cookies (27 pts) <---DANG COOKIES!

Snack: Strawberries and Vanilla yogurt  (1pt)

Dinner is still being decided...I'm either going with Cobb Salad or Grilled Chicken Marinara!

GREAT DAY!!! Played some basketball for exercise today and had a blast!!!

Day 4 - Brooke

Good day! Today didn't run because tomorrow I'm going to run 4 miles!! Kinda nervous! I had a piece of pizza for lunch after we went swimming. O well. But I ate really good for the rest of the day. Happy Day!

Day 3- Brooke

     Yesterday was a great day! I ran 2 miles in the morning then did weights focusing on my upper body in the afternoon. I also ate really healthy; watermelon and cottage cheese for breakfast and sandwich on wheat bread and lots of veggies for lunch. For dinner a had 2 tacos from Los Favoritos! And usually I would feel guilty about this and give up and cry or whatever but I don't! I worked hard all day and it was kind of a special occasion (my little bro graduated!) so I don't want to make this an everyday thing but once in awhile is ok!
    The key for being to being successful is make this diet and exercise thing something I can really do. It need's to be realistic.

My New Fav Healthy Snack!

Strawberries, blueberries, vanilla yogurt and a sprinkle of Grapenuts cereal (3pts)

Day 2- Brooke

Ok, so today has been so different then yesterday, in a good way. Yesterday I was stressed to the max about eating 6 meals a day 3 hours a part and getting both work outs in. Maybe that doesn't seem like a lot but with feeing the babies ( I have twins!) every 3 hours and trying to keep Graham ( my 2 year-old) entertained and then actually making 6 meals a day pushed me over the edge. First of all I rarely cook more then one meal a day so to go from 1 to 6 was a big jump. The physical part of the gym wasn't too bad it was finding the time to go.
So today I did the opposite but in a good way. I regrouped. I still ate really healthy food but I didn't worry about doing it every 3 hours.
So this is my new plan. Eat 3 healthy meals a day and healthy snacks if I need to. And lots of water.
For exercising I will go running every morning at 6 (before I was trying to go at 4! which ment I would have to me in bed by 8!) and then I will do weight training Monday, Wednesday, and Friday after Graham's nap so he can go with me.

I'm really excited about my new plan. I feel like this is something I can actually do and have a life too.
Hope you had a great day!

I WILL be a responder!

I. AM. A. REACTER.



react–verb 1. to act quickly in response to an agent or influence

respond-verb 1. to act favorably in response to an agent or influence

I had a crappy day today..."I'm so busy, I'm emotional, I'm tired, I'm HUNGRY, I'm bored, I don't care..." EXCUSES, EXCUSES!!!!

My first response is to REACT!  I want to quit and eat a cookie.  Instead I should RESPOND!  Why am I wanting to eat everything and the kitchen sink?  What can I do instead of eat OR what can I eat that won't screw up my whole day?  YES I can have a cookie but I then need to go for a jog!  Day one was AWESOME! Day two SUCKED!  But I'm "responding" by saying IT'S OK!  I will go to bed and wake up tomorrow and have a new fresh day to make it right!  I refuse to beat myself up because I wanted cheetos instead of carrots! I love me and will kick some major butt tomorrow! Good Night!