daily reckoning the third

food log:

• breakfast: 1 lemon poppyseed muffin from whole foods (we totally slept in, so we were late--stopped and grabbed something fast and relatively OK for us) and one cup of english breakfast tea with 1 tsp. white sugar and ~1.5 oz. 1% milk
• lunch: went to a chinese buffet with coworkers--tried to focus on the veggies and not eat as much of the fried things. i also forced myself to stop eating when i was full instead of gorging. in the end, i had one plate of mixed meat and veggies (no rice or noodles), a slice of watermelon, 1 glass of sweet iced tea, and that was it.
• dinner: 1 bowl of mediterranean chicken stew, 2 slices of whole wheat baguette, and about 1/2 a glass of white wine
• snacks/other: nothing today
• desserts/sweets: 1 scoop of baskin robbins reeses peanut butter cup ice cream in a cone

activities: jenn and gabriella came over for dinner since the hippie and harry were doing a boys' night at hooters. after dinner we went on a long walk through the neighborhood and ended up at baskin robbins, where we stopped for a cone of ice cream. then we walked back home the short way. we probably walked about 2 miles all told, but not very quickly. (hard to go very fast with a 2-year-old!) it's not enough activity, i know, but it's WAY better than i managed yesterday!

man, i dread going back into the gym. i am so intimidated by it--it's such an emotional thing for me. i have a few new workout clothes, which actually helps, but i am such a chicken shit about this. ugh! once i get going, i will be OK, but man it is hard getting started! so my gym goal for this week is to make it on thursday and friday. if i can pull that off, i think i will be doing well.