Day 19: Watch out! Crazy ahead!

Third week of the month is always crazy.  It's the week I cater a luncheon for about 100 or so.  This week is that week.  So besides purchasing food stuffs and prepping and cooking and serving I have the rest of my life to keep up with, things like: teaching Sunday school, prepping Sunday school for my volunteers, chasing down volunteers and wingmen, meeting with my mentor, meeting with the girls I mentor, prayer meetings, calendar meetings, safety meetings, attending the new Love and Respect class with my husband, prepping Awana, prepping for upcoming junior high activities (paintball), getting Matt and the boys to Scouts (like pulling teeth), and oh!  The everyday things like: getting the boys off to school, Matt to work, picking up the boys from wrestling, grocery shopping, cooking dinner, raking out the apartment and occasionally doing a load of laundry so the pile doesn't fall over and crush someone.  So I'm sure you understand when I say that this is the week I'm often most diet and exercise challenged because A.) who has time to exercise and B.) cooking!  Someone has to taste the food and make sure it tastes right.


Yesterday I put in a little over an hour and a half in Wii exercise time.  The big accomplishment was, as I wrote in yesterday's blog, finally running 5 miles.  This morning I wanted to see if I could do it again and so managed to crawl outta bed at 5:30.  I logged in 5 and a half miles in my first half hour.  WOOT!  And then jogged another 3 miles in 20 minutes (kept it low key).  I'm hoping to keep this exercise pace up throughout the week because I'm gonna need the extra boost that exercising gives you (though right now I feel like I could crawl under my desk and take a nap).  Also, if I manage an hour or so of workout everyday during my crazy week then I really have no excuse not to be exercising in a like manner the rest of the month.

Breakfast (I actually managed to eat at home!):
2 slices low carb, whole wheat toast topped with non-fat cottage cheese, Splenda and cinnamon.  Mmmmm!  Tastes just like cheesecake, if you never had cheesecake and didn't know what it tasted like.
Decaf coffee with cinnamon.
1 quart of water

Plans for the rest of the day...
Prayer meeting then calendar meeting then off to shop for the catering gig.  Lunch will be on the run.  Most likely a chicken Caesar salad from Costco and a diet soda.  Dinner will be something easy as I begin basic prep tonight.  I'm thinking a chicken, spinach, and mushroom soup with a multigrain baguette for the boys to dip.  Snacks:  most likely the case of V8 I have stashed in my office will take care of snacking needs.  If I need something more substantial I still have brown rice, veggies, Wasa crackers and oatmeal leftover from last weeks Trader Joe's run in the church kitchen.   And, of course, I need to drink 2 more quarts of water.  


So there you have it.  What are your plans for the day?