Goals

I got up really early today to take JK to work.  His truck has a tire that is going to blow, but he left his spare at home (when he explained it to me, the reason made sense.) and didn't want to try to drive all the way home to get it on a tire that may or may not explode on the freeway.  This seemed reasonable to me, so I agreed to take him to work, then pick him up and take him to go get his tire and get it changed.  It was really hard to get out of bed at 6 am on a Saturday, I'm just going to say that. 

On top of that, my thighs are really sore from doing squats yesterday when I worked out for lunch (go me!).  That being said, going up and down my stairs was a PAIN.  Anyway, back to this morning.  I was driving home from dropping JK off and thought "I should just make daily goals for myself."  I had previously been making monthly or weekly goals.  Like "I'm going to work out 3 times this week" or "I will loose 2 pounds this month" or something like that.  The problem with this thinking is that it lends some wiggle room for procrastination and doesn't allow for daily planning.  So I've decided to try out making daily goals for myself... things I can fit into my daily schedule that will help motivate me.  Goals like "I'm going to work out at lunch today" or "I'm going to find a way to fit a 15 minute walk" or "Today will be a no sugar day." 

In the car, pulling into my driveway I decided today's goal would be to go to brunch with Ete (a regular weekend thing) and choose a healthy breakfast item at the restaurant.  Since I'm so sore today, my workout goal is to stretch with some yoga and loosen up these sore muscles.

I've already accomplished goal one: We went to the Good Egg which has a lot of wonderfully healthy egg options.  Though I did have bacon at breakfast; since the rest of my breakfast was scrambled egg whites with veggies, a fruit cup and a light bagel like thingie (it's called a bialy) I didn't feel so bad about indulging.  I also figured that it was okay since I would probably skip lunch or eat a salad for lunch anyway since it was so late in the morning.

Go me, Goal 1 accomplished.

I also went the extra mile and drove out to JK's house after brunch and picked up his tire for him so he can just change it when I go pick him up from work.  On the way home I was trying to decide what to do about dinner.  I decided some crockpot chicken would be nice.  I stopped by Fresh and Easy and picked up some chicken, small golden potatoes, onions and garlic (pre chopped, win!).  I also got some stuff to make a cauliflower salad 'cause that sounded really good at the time (fresh zucchini,cauliflower, olives and cucumbers tossed in a basalmic vinigrette).  Everything was easy to prepare.  Threw the chicken on top of the potatoes in the crock pot with some fresh thyme and rosemary and a little water to keep it all moist, and topped it all off with some lemon slices to give it a lemony zest.  Threw the cauliflower salad together and tossed it in the fridge.  Done.

Go me, Extra Credit: Prepared healthy dinner! 

And now for admitting the faults.  Yesterday, I said I'd get something healthy at Switch, which I did.  I got the provincial chicken with risotto, which was delicious.  I ate more than I probably should have, though, since it comes with two whole chicken breasts and a TON of risotto (that is so good I can't stop eating it!!!).  I also got a Creme Brulee, which is my favorite dessert there, but I shared it with everyone so I didn't eat it ALL by myself.  So, there is that.  All in all, not the BEST choices, but also not terrible either.