Settling into routine

I don't know why I ever dread working out once I fall out of habit. It always ALWAYS makes me feel better mentally and physically - and it just really doesn't take THAT much time out of my normal day. My eventual, someday, maybe-never goal is to work out in the mornings before work. I mean, honestly, I don't have to go to work THAT early. Plus my commute is like 3 minutes. Seriously. I should just get my butt out of bed at 6:30am and go workout. That would give me plenty of time to do whatever I want to do at the gym, come home, shower, and get to work by 8:30. Plus I would never have to worry about Mike getting home late from work or leaving James at daycare longer than I want to. This might be something I'll have to work on... but it's going to take a LOT of motivation and I'm not even sure that I should attempt it before I've got at least a month of regular-gym-going under my belt. Plus it's always easier to wake up earlier in the Spring/Summer because the sun comes up early...

I'm beginning to see a bit of a pattern with my eating... I'll have one really awful day food-wise, and then the next day I eat PERFECTLY... and so on and so forth. I think I'm okay with this. For now.

• breakfast: organic granola w/ 2% milk
• am snacks: raw almonds and pears
• lunch: big salad w/ the usual fixins and dressing, lean cuisine asiago cheese tortellini
• pm snacks: wheat thins, fruit smoothie with whey protein (post-workout)
• dinner: spicy orange chicken stir fry with brown rice - this is my absolutely favorite Wegman's thing ever. They're frozen dinners called "Taste of Asia" PACKED with white meat chicken, broccoli, bok choi, carrots, snow peas, and red bell pepper - plus REAL brown rice! They only take 10 minutes, it's awesome. The sauce is a little high in sugar and sodium (21g, 700mg, respectively) but it comes in a separate little packet and they give you a TON so I usually just use half the packet for the whole dish. They cost about $6.50 usually and have two servings - but lucky for me they were on sale this week for $5 so I picked up 3 packages. Also Mike doesn't much care for any kind of asian-type-food, so that means I can eat one serving and save the other for a lunch or dinner another day. 
• 1 hour workout at the gym!! That's 3 TIMES THIS WEEK!
• 0 cigarettes
• Shooting for 11pm bedtime
• $0 spent - had lunch at home today

I am so super proud of myself for hitting the gym today. I have exercised for at least 30 minutes 3 times this week and that is better than I've done in I-can't-even-say how long! And I still have tomorrow. :)

As for food - I may have some frozen yogurt or some more wheat thins before bed. I just finished dinner, so we'll see if any hunger creeps up on me in the next couple hours.