So far today is not going so well – my foot is swollen and hurting from the sting ray bite and my phone is not working. I have restarted it several times, but it just says “No service”. Argh, such a Monday. At least I am not hung-over – I had quite a few vodka sodas last night; I fell asleep early.

Weight was 136.6 this morning, much better. Ran again this morning – it was cold – only 12 degrees, but that made me run faster – I did the 3.6 mile loop the fastest I think I ever have: just over 33 minutes. Had a veggie/egg white scramble with one yolk for breakfast, so good. I really do love egg whites. Was really hungry all morning, but only snacked on my almonds and dried cherries (8 of each). Did half of an EC stack (100mg caffeine and half a Bronk-Aid) and that helped me get through the hunger.

Lunchtime workout was a quick full-body strength routine, had to stop by the dry cleaners so that took up a bit of my time. Got my heart rate up and felt good! My well-deserved lunch was some turkey taco salad I had in freezer – brought greens and a few chips from home. Had an orange as well – bought a 5lb bag since oranges are in season and cheap.

I think its actually warm enough to take the dog for a quick walk!

Weight this morning – 130lbs! That was my goal weight before Cancun – I am so happy. Would still like a flatter stomach and smaller tush, but I am happy with my results – I have worked hard for it!

Crazy busy day! Getting the house and the dog cleaned today, lol. So,just the other night I was telling hubby how I don’t really like evaluating my progress solely on the scale, and this morning proved why: I weighed myself this morning like I always do – scale said 130.6 – yay! But that really seemed too low. So I went upstairs, drank a large glass of water, then weighed myself again: 131.6 – that seemed better. But it just blew me away how much drinking water could cause the scale to vary, hmm…

Workouts: Last night was so not in the mood to work out – didn’t get home from meeting until 9:45pm. But hubby was working out, so jumped on treadmill next to him and before I knew it I had run 3.5 miles – and at a fairly good pace!

I then proceeded to stay up too late reading a magazine, but did manage to pull myself out of bed around 7:30. After then usual routine of feeding the animals, weighing myself and streching I worked out – 10 min on the elliptical followed by 25 on treadmill – most of it was running!

Food: I surprised myself last night – I made seared Ahi tuna! I love Ahi tuna, and my grocery store had a great deal on it. I had googled recipes last week for seared Ahi tune, they all seemed rather complex. But we needed something quick for dinner, so I finally got some, along with some sesame seeds, wasabi and wasabi-ginger salad dressing.

All I did was season the tuna with salt and pepper, then sprinkle it generously with black and white sesame seeds. Heated some safflower oil in a pan over medium high heat, put tuna in – about 2-3 minutes on 1 side, flip then 2 min more. Let it cool a bit, sliced it up and served with salad. So, so good!

Finally got to run outside again! This morning the temperature was 22 degrees – warm enough to run! The air was a bit damp, which made it feel more chilly. I mostly ran on the streets because the sidewalks are all packed snow and ice. Wore my Yak Trax – worked good today. And I made good time 3.5 miles in 33 minutes, I think that is a record for me. And Nick was so happy to run outside with me.

11:30am – Another late night working – it is starting to affect my sleep schdele. Managed to get up at 8:30 this morning, got in a pretty good workout: 3.5 miles on elliptical and treadmill. Yummy egg-white scramble for breakfast, got to work at almost 11, but hey, I was up until 1am working.

2:23pm – Did a new 20-minute yoga workout at lunch – Yoga with Weights. I have done yoga scuplt in the past, so the concept of yoga + weights was not new to me. The 20 minute session goes by rather quick. It is a nice basic flow, I really enjoyed it. This is another of yogadownload.com’s workouts that I may buy a longer version of.

I was happy to find the gym back to normal attendance - lunch time usually draws 6-8 people. During the “January Resolution Rush” there would be a dozen or more people crowding my gym, lol. After the yoga I was putting my weights away in the weight room – decided to do chin-ups – got 3 good ones in! Thought I would try a 4th, but just couldn’t do it. Still, pretty proud of myself.