A weigh-in and little victories

So today was the great weigh-in, except it wasn't so great.

Exactly 1.0 pounds down from 9 days ago

But, it was still a loss and I'm happy about that. I did binge on some cinnamon rolls on Friday. I also ate out for almost every meal this weekend. I tried to stick to healthy choices, but it's hard to know what you're really getting. I also didn't work out Saturday or Sunday. I was more active than usual, but definitely never really got my heart rate up. But instead of beating myself up about it, I'm going to keep going with my calorie tracking and my push to get myself to the gym everyday because last week I felt pretty good about myself and I deserve to feel that good about myself every week.

I don't have a lot of time for this post because I've got a presentation tomorrow (I think) and I need to work on that, but I wanted to give you my three goals for the week:

1. Keep on keeping on by getting to the gym as often as possible
2. No eating past 8pm
3. No eating on the couch or in front of the computer (with the exception of breakfast)

Now, here are some photos for you!

Breakfast

Snacks/lunch for work

Mango smoothie post strength training

Turkey and goat cheese meatballs

This was dinner + 1 more that was unsauced

This was just mediocre - the goat cheese was overpowering; gonna have to make some recipe changes

Today's positive: the turkey meatballs needed pesto and instead of driving down a few blocks to the nearby market to pick some up (since mine expired in 2013), I opted to walk. Little victories, friends. Little victories.

Bowl of balls

I can't tell you how excited I was to be able to use that as my post title. Well, actually, I can. I was pretty damn excited. I probably shouldn't be a doctor...I'm very immature.

Anywho, I actually got up and went to the gym today like I told you I would. Go me! I just did 45 minutes on the elliptical. It was hard work, but I had my kindle to keep me company. My back wasn't too bad on the elliptical and my pain isn't as severe as yesterday (I don't look nearly as awkward when I'm walking today), but I'm glad I didn't try to do any strength training. If my back is feeling even better tomorrow, I'll probably lift some weights since the only thing that still hurts is my chest.

After the gym, it started snowing. Like a lot. Like snowstorm. So, I opted out of going to Panera today. But I was still good with my eating and semi-good with my productivity. I'm taking a break from watching lectures right now to tell you how productive I am...I'm pretty sure I just disproved my own point.

Anywho, here are my meals for today (and the motivation for today's post title):

Good, hearty breakfast for only 370 calories

Bowl o' turkey meatballs/bowl of balls

With marinara, my current obsession

Pancakes made from scratch for dinner - I got the recipe from SparkPeople - they were delightfully fluffy

Kinda overcooked the first two, so I opted to toss them and make another set

Much better the second time around

Tomorrow I have class from 8-10 a.m. and again from 3-5 p.m. so I'm going to drive to school so I can hit the gym right after my morning class and get a tiny bit of studying in before the second school trip. After school, I'm going to head to the mall to check out the iPhone 5 (my mother is graciously giving me her upgrade so I may be making the switch from Android to the iPhone if I like it after checking it out), and then I'm going to hit up Panera to do some studying until 9/9:30ish at which time I will go grocery shopping and begin working on making brownies in a mason jar to send to Uganda for Nasur and his roommates. 

Why am I going to send him brownies you ask? Because when I was there, it was Cathy's birthday (she was one of the little girls I lived with and she turned 11) and we had a birthday cake. Birthday cakes are ridiculously expensive there (like it costs 20,000 shillings for a birthday cake - that's equivalent to spending one night in a hotel). So, being that it was so expensive, I was pretty pumped to try it out. The verdict? Most disgusting cake I've ever eaten and I've eaten a lot of cake in my day. It was super dry and the "frosting" was rock solid. So, I told Nasur baked goods were much better in the U.S. So, I'm going to send him (and his friends) brownies in a mason jar. Apparently they won't spoil this way.

I'll keep you updated on how that works out.