Good news, finally

Well it isn't really good news but it isn't bad news.  This morning I weighed 143.0.  Admittedly it isn't where I want to be but it is the best I've seen in a couple of week.  And it's headed in the right direction.

Yesterday I focused on making sure I wasn't taking in too many "forgotten" calories.  I still did some not so smart eating (spoonfuls of nut butter, hard candy at manicure, etc.) but I was at least aware of it and I tried not to do too much of it. 

A few more ridiculisms became apparent as well:

• What you eat at the Farmer's Market doesn't count
• If you spoon the nut butter of the edges of the jar rather than the middle, it doesn't count

Funny how when you eat better and keep yourself hydrated, your body is better fueled and feels more energetic.  Had some good workout time yesterday.  A 3 mile run (with Clancy) in the morning, 45 minutes of backyard 'bells (450 calories), 3 miles on the treadmill at Oracle and then 20x50m on the minute in the Oracle pool. 

This morning was workout with Josue, which went really well.  I just kept cranking away at what he asked me to do.  I was wearing my HRM but it shut off at 17 minutes.  Up to that point I had burned 144 calories and that was the easy part of the workout.  So I'm guessing I was at about 450 for that workout as well. 

I'm hoping to get a run in later today (either treadmill or with Clancy, depends on the weather) but we'll see how that goes.

Kicking ass feels good!