Beginning of My New Routine...

So, I got up 45 minutes earlier this morning and jumped onto the treadmill for 30 minutes before heading off to work this morning.  This is the start of my new morning routine.  I did fairly well on my increased intake of liquids since last Friday.  Friday was very good - got in 7 1/2 out of 8; Saturday was 4/5 out of 8 and Sunday was 4 out of 8 (I am finding the weekends are more difficult); maybe because I am more stationery at work then at home.  As far as eating healthier, more difficult on the weekends then during the week.  Over the weekend I felt very hungry and tired on Saturday (us, old farts went to bed at 9 p.m., LOL) wanted anything and everything that was sweet and chocolate, so had a couple pieces of chocolate from my valentine heartbox - Russell Stover and a small bowl of Baked Cheese Puffs.  Lunch was Mac 'n Cheese from the box...ate the whole thing too-not good.  Dinner was a pasta with creamed spinach and tomatoes with chili casserole - ate 2 bowls of that.   On Sunday, we went out for breakfast at one of my favorite places back in my hometown...had scambled eggs with a beef empanada on top with homemade hash brown on the side.  I did get the hollande sauce on the side and didn't put much of it on (not one of my favorite sauces).  No lunch, but did have a half of a honey-glazed poppyseed horn from a bakery.  Dinner was homemade burger with sweet onion on a hoagie roll with bread 'n butter pickles, ketchup and some gorgonzola cheese with a side salad with low-fat honey mustard dressing.

Now back at work on Monday, apple with cheese for breakfast with 12oz hot tea; lunch is grilled shrimp with black beans, avocado, corn and tortilla chips on a bed of lettuce with chipotle salad dressing from our cafetaria and boy, is it delicious (only got a half because they made a BIG salad!).

We did accomplish our taxes on Turbo Tax and sent them in via e-file, so we were very proud of ourselves (1st time in our whole time together we have done our own taxes).  Getting back a good size refund.  Maybe some of this money will be used for our trip to Arizona in late May.  Still working on the actually dates and timeframe and what we want to do with his parents while we are out there visiting (go to LV??).

My goal is to have shred some pounds (I would say at least the 6lbs I put back on and hopefully more) by the time this trip comes.  I want to feel good about my body in my warm weather clothing too, cause the temps in Arizona at that time could very well be in the 90's.