Day Forty-One

DAY FORTY-ONE

Things were good today - both on the food and exercise fronts (I know, I know, I have to be more consistent in my work outs). As I approach the half-way point of my 84 day challenge, I think I've got the food thing pretty much under control. The next challenge is going to be trying to incorporate exercise into my everyday life.

I don't think I have any excuses not to exercise for a minimum of 30 minutes per day (and longer on the weekends!). So I think I'm going take on the Nike attitude of "just do it" for the next 6 weeks when it comes to exercise. Hopefully that will bring me a step closer to my goal.

Food:

Breakfast: Optifast chocolate shake
Lunch: Optifast cappuccino bar
Afternoon: Optifast chocolate bar
Dinner: Dinner was a bit of a "what's left in the fridge" meal. I had some mushrooms, cooked up with garlic and spinach and a side salad.
Evening: diet jelly.
Drinks: water, green tea, black tea (milk)

Exercise:

I started with an easy 20 minutes on the recumbent bike to warm up. Then I completed 30 minutes on the cross-trainer (calorie burning program, level 5 - burned 300 cals and went for 3.75km). I was going to do another 10 minutes of floor work to bring me to the hour and cool down, but I was exha