I wanted to open a bottle of wine last night to help soothe my tummy, but Hubby gently encouraged me not to. I am glad I didn’t – I don’t think it would have truly helped; in fact it might have made things worse. But, I did indulge a bit for dinner: small portion of zucchini lasagna, thick Greek yogurt with berries and walnuts (plus cinnamon, chia seeds and dried coconut – my new fav way to make yogurt), and then while watching Glee and Next Food Network Star I had 2 (yes, two!) plates of chips with cheddar and blue cheese – yum!

Stomach is feeling way better today (although it typically does feel OK in the mornings – mid day the pain and bloating starts up, ugh) actually feeling nice and thin – yay! Wearing size 6 jeans today – in the past few weeks these jeans have not made me happy, but feeling pretty good today. Time for a cup of green tea…

I am going to try to avoid dairy for a few days to see if it helps my digestion. I don’t know how I am going to do it, dairy is such a mainstay of my diet, and I love, love cheese. But if I feel better after avoiding it for a week or so I will probably try slowing adding some cheese or yogurt back in.

Woke up at about 6:20am and wondered if I had set my alarm – checked, I had not. So I set the alarm for 6:45am and tried to snooze a bit more, but got up at 6:30, amazed that I had woken that early without the aid of the alarm clock. Weighed in at 137.0lbs. Did morning routine, then yoga: Power Vinyasa #4 (did #3 on Saturday – instructor is Jackie, enjoyed it very much). I like #4, it is the one I did for the first time in Cancun on the roof of the hotel, so it brought me back there. And it had a neat Warrior flow where you switch directions, I like that.

Had a good lunch workout – lifting. I was actually looking forward to it for a change! The weight room was rather crowded and too warm due to the sun streaming in through the windows so my motivation was flagging, but then I went into the Pilates room and banged out some lunges, mountain climbers, jacks, and side planks, along with ab work. Got back to work and had burrito I brought from home. It was very tasty, but then the hunger started.

This is how my afternoon went:

1:45 pm (about half hour after finishing lunch) I am so hungry, when is snack time?
2:00 pm Still hungry (make tea)
2:30 pm Is it 3 yet? (make more tea)
2:46 pm Attempt to take dog for walk, forgot leash, so just stretch a bit
3:00 pm woohoo snack time!
3:10 pm still hungry after eating snack, have half teaspoon almond butter
3:45 pm still hungry (make more tea)
4:00 pm screw it, still hungry, chomp down Lara bar
4:02 pm feel guilty for eating entire Lara bar
4:33 pm still kinda hungry, lol

I guess I will have to eat light tonight, but my neck is aching so I am already thinking about a glass of wine while I cook. On tonight’s “cooking agenda”: stir-fry chicken, turkey meatballs with spaghetti squash, and bottle kombucha (possible make more).

This morning I hit the elliptical pretty hard for 10 minutes – did 1.6 miles. Then I hopped on the treadmill and ran (varied between 6.8 and 7.8 mph) for another mile and a half.  After I was nice and warmed up (aka sweaty) from my 22 minutes of cardio I went upstairs to do some yoga – 20 minute Yoga with weights. Not sure how I feel about this program – I would like it to get into the poses faster and do a couple more flows, yet if you have never done yoga with weights you need lots of instruction (possibly more than is provided) and to take it slowly. I found myself wishing I had chosen a different program for today, but it was still a really nice wrap up to the workout.

This morning I was moving in slow motion, but still wanted to do some sort of workout before heading in to work, so I did the 20 minute Detox Yoga from YogaDownloads.com. Not sure exactly why I chose this one today but it was just what I needed. It is surprisingly challenging yet gentle, if that makes any sense. Or maybe it was just a challenge for me today.

Was up late last night doing some work, but still got in a good workout last night, and this morning, just slept a bit later. All indoors – temperature outside is below zero, not including wind chill. Gotta love Minnesota winters!

Smoothie for breakfast again this morning, added the chia seeds. Didn’t taste any different, but I know they add a lot. Added a couple walnuts too (very little), it really hit the spot. But it is higher in sugar and calories than my usual egg white scramble, so I will probably go back to that tomorrow.

1:15pm – lunch – big salad, yum. Did a 20 minute yoga session over lunch break -Yoga for Weight Loss . Really enjoyed it, I am considering buying one of the longer versions (maybe when I have a promo code or there is a sale, lol). Dawnelle gets right into the flow, so next time I will warm a bit more with childs pose and rag doll.

Had to do youga at lunch – it helped. Did Hot Power Fusion #1, not really my style. But, maybe it was good for me to get outside my yoga-comfort-zone.

This afternoon I had the perfect snack – a left-over protein pancake with half a wdge of Laughing cow cheese and a tiny bit of home-made raspberry jam. I usually have my left-over protein pancakes with peanut butter and a bit of Mom’s homemade apple butter, but thought I would try something different today – glad it did  – it was a bit like a tasty cheesecake treat!