And we are back

Apparently Blogger went down over the last 36 hours and some recent posts may or may not be lost. If they are gone, you will miss my only 2 post day on Wednesday. I decided to quit myfooddiary.com because I was ready to monitor my caloric intake on my own...

4 hours, a small pizza, and an entire bagel later, I signed up for a food and exercise tracker at LiveStrong.com. My mind is a powerful enemy sometimes:) I won't say more, because if my old posts are restored it would be redundant,

Thursday's nutrition report: My first day with the LiveStrong tracker went pretty well. I came within 100 calories of the goal needed to lose a pound per week. Someone made baklava at work and my two pieces did not help my count. I did feel like I recovered from my self-induced stress binge the day before. I can tell that part of my growth will be finding other reactions to both good and bad stress besides comfort food. I've suggested excessive fornication for stress management to my spouse, but the enthusiasm for that idea seems a bit low:)

Thursday's exercise update: Back to the Y that day... I used a spinning bike for about 35 minutes after a 5 minute warm-up on the elliptical. it took a while to warm up on the bike, but overall it felt pretty good. I also walked the dog for 25 minutes or so to hit my 60 minute goal for the day. it is odd how much better I feel when I get my exercise. My knees don't always feel good, but the rest of me really depends on it. My mood is better, my digestion is better and even my infamously bad sleep habits get a little better.

Friday will be a challenge with lots of work related activities to juggle. I think I need to schedule workouts more rather than just generically say "get some exercise" most days.

Random musings: This week has been a good reminder of how fragile new habits can be. It is important to maintain that long obedience in the same direction to create new habits. I've learned behaviors that don't help over a long period of time, I suppose it will take time to break them.

I suppose that's a good lesson in multiple areas of life; old behaviors that used to work don't always meet our needs in the present. Hmm, borderline epiphany:)

Tomorrow is photo day, so I'd best mind my diet and workout today. I kind of like this blogging the day after approach. Maybe I'll stick with it...