Addicted...

I think I might addicted to counting calories - maybe obsessed it a more appropriate term.

I woke up this morning and decided I would give myself this week, and maybe next, without tracking calories - but only if I exercised at least 3 times a week. Today I'm off to a pretty good start. As soon as I got home from work (even though I worked late and even though Mike didn't get home in time for me to hit the gym at a reasonable hour) I put on my workout clothes and headed to the basement for some weight lifting while James watched a little tv. I did weights for about 25 minutes, got a shower, and immediately out my pajamas on... lol. I think being an old married lady with a kid is finally starting to catch up to me!

Yesterday throughout the day I didn't log calories. I did put everything into my tracker at the end of the day, however. Here are stats for yesterday, 2/21:

• total calories: 1'904 - this is about 100 over where I'd like to be, but I thought I'd be way more than this so overall I don't feel bad about it at all.
• no workout - I started my period yesterday and I felt like I was dying a little bit.. bad cramps, bad headache. Thank goodness we had the day off and I could just curl up on the couch and die for a while!
• I quit smoking a little over 3 weeks ago - there have been a few days where I broke down. I think I've smoked about 6 cigarettes in the last 23 days. Definitely not going to beat myself up over that. It's a process.
• 11pm bedtime
• $5 spent on lunch

And for today:

• breakfast: organic acai, apple, pomegranate granola w/ 2% milk
• morning/afternoon snacks: pears, raw almonds, wheat thins, chocolate milk (post-workout)
• lunch: garlic chicken lean cuisine w/ whey protein fruit shake
• dinner: steamed zucchini with earth balance spread, big salad with onion, bell pepper and light peppercorn dressing, and Progresso Chicken Tuscany soup (that stuff is SUPER good!! I need to pick up some more at the grocery this weekend)
• 25 minute workout
• shooting for 11pm bedtime
• $0 money spent

I may have a serving of this butter pecan frozen yogurt (delicious and very low-cal!) while I watch some Glee here in a few minutes, but other than that I think I'm probably done with food for the day. 

Over this week I'm going to just track the food I'm eating, not calories, and see how things go with that plus getting back on a workout routine. I'll also remember to do measurements this Saturday. I may give the scale a break for a while, too... but just typing that makes me feel like I need to freak out. I should have never bought that damn thing.