The Beginning..

So, it's here folks! The first day of February! I have officially started my new diet and exercise plan. I have also decided, that since I will (hopefully) be posting everyday, this will be my last post that I make as a Facebook or Twitter status. I think it will get old not only on my own wall, but also on people's mini and news feeds. So, if you wanna read my blog, you have to put in the teeny bit of extra clicking to get to it. It's located on my FB under Web site, if you are interested. Which I hope you will be!

This morning, I had my usual coffee with Splenda and half and half. I am trying to limit caffeine intake as well, so I will try to drink water for most of the day rather than soda. I enjoyed a Nutrigrain bar as well. Nutrigrain bars are my favorite breakfast bar. Since I moved out of my parent's house and went to college, I didn't have a lot of time to eat breakfast,* so breakfast bars became a regular thing. They are only 130 calories and they come in lots of different flavors as opposed to other breakfast bars that only come in a variety of about three or four. My favorites are raspberry, apple cinnamon and strawberry.

For lunch, I ate a salad (that I prepared at home last night, yay!) loaded with cucumbers, cherry tomatoes and red onion. The best part about this salad: the dressing. Red wine vinegar. I kid you not. It is amazing. It is straight out of the bottle and I am obsessed.** It also has ZERO CALORIES. That, my friends, is awesome too. Because that means you can use as much as you want, and IT DOESN'T MATTER!*** Wahoo!!  Around 2:30 p.m., I'll eat a banana as an afternoon snack.

Later tonight, I am working out in the gym for about an hour. I hope to do about 30 minutes on the elliptical and about 30 minutes back in my apartment on the Wii Fit doing some strength training and some yoga.

The part I am most excited about though is dinner. Every night this month, I have a dinner planned that is under 400 calories. Tonight, I am making Steak with Golden Zucchini. Hooray! I will post pictures and recipes tomorrow.

Have a great day! Again, if anyone is interested in hearing about the plan, I have some more info that I made for myself outlining the plan that I can share. Just e-mail me at sugarandspicedc@gmail.com.


*Clearly, this is because I never woke up more than 10 minutes before class started back when I lived on campus at USC and before jobs and internships set in. And when they did, I only woke up in exactly enough time to get ready, grab a Nutrigrain bar on the run out the door and get there on time. Isn't that what everyone else did? Mmm, hmm.

**Shoutout to Katie M. for introducing me to the wonderful world of RWV!

***Well, unless you use too much, in which case you may get heartburn from the acidity.