Not Too Bad...

A quick recap of the past two days: I made it to 12,000 steps yesterday, Pilates class today, the treadmill tonight, and ate breakfast, lunch, and snacks each day from my Monday grocery store trip or leftovers!

The 12,000 steps weren't easy - I required both the elliptical and the treadmill to make it (I was bored of the elliptical after about 30 mins), but I did it!  A good pair of noise canceling headphones that stay in place while working out REALLY make a difference.  As much as I love my iPhone, those Apple earbuds do not fit in my ears at all, especially while moving.

To make it to Pilates, I really needed to carve out the time myself.  I purposely scheduled meetings earlier in the day, and when asked to support a late afternoon phone call, I let everyone know that I had a conflict at 4pm and we needed to finish the 30 minute meeting at 3:30 on time.  And we did!  Amazing!

The studio was a bit farther than I had planned.  I made it in plenty of time, but it will be difficult to make midday classes.  The ladies in the class had some suggestions for other local gyms and studios, so I will definitely check them out!

Dinners the past two nights haven't been stellar.  Tonight I went to a delicious cafe with two friends, so two glasses of wine, soup, scallops, and a peanut butter pie slice (not the whole slice, I promise!) had me feeling guilty.  AND I was short on my 7000 steps for the day.  So after dinner I went down to the hotel treadmill and walked off that wine!  Last night was a grilled chicken sandwich with broccoli salad on the side...and a beer.  I had half of the sandwich as my lunch today.

It's not surprising that I made the best choices when I planned ahead.  Healthy snacks, the 12,000 steps, Pilates class - those all required preparation to make them happen.  Glasses of wine, beer, chicken sandwiches - those happen when I don't focus on my goals.  There is nothing wrong with a glass of wine or a beer, but I'd really like to limit alcohol to less than 2-3 days per week, not nightly.  I'm invited to a BBQ tomorrow (friends staying in another hotel found the hotel grill!), so my goal for tomorrow is to make it to another Pilates class then purchase some healthy grill friendly foods.  I think I see a grilled portobello in my future... :)