Day 1 - 1/12/08

I got off to a late start this morning, but I did pretty good so far.  I actually got myself into the gym today.  Woo-hoo! 

Exercise:  35 minutes on an elliptical trainer,  distance = 2.41 (miles?  I dunno, it doesn’t say) 484 calories.  I don’t like the elliptical things as much as I do the treadmill, but those were all taken. 

Diet:  1 small can of spicy V-8 juice, and one bowl of oatmeal flavored with a teaspoon of trans fat free Healthy Choice margarine and some honey.  Not so much to make it super sweet, but enough to cut the blandness of oatmeal - about what you’d expect in a regular bowl of raisen bran.

I know it’s a bit unusual to start a new diet and exercise program and on the first day to go to a restaurant, but we’ve been planning on this for a while now.  The restaurant is Red Lobster, so fish is on the menu.  Fish is actually very healthy as long as it’s not drowned in tartar sauce.  More lemon and less sauce!  I plan on having a salad with dressing on the side and whatever veggies they have instead of a big ol’ baked potato.  My enemy are the cheese biscuits they automatically bring out.

I’m back!  We ate at Red Lobster around 3:30 so it was a late lunch / early dinner.  I ordered the grilled tilapia, with broccoli and rice pilaf.  I asked for italian dressing for the salad.  I did push the cheese biscuits away and didn’t have any tartar sauce at all.  I did take one grilled shrimp from my mother’s plate.  I’ve only drank herbal and regular iced tea today.  We went to a show on the Strip and I just got back around 10:30.  I was a little hungry so I had a small bowl of teriyaki chicken and a few spoonfuls of cottage cheese.  That should keep me until tomorrow.  Thus ends day 1!