travelly badness/goodness

OKAY.
boy am i LEARNING FROM THIS PROCESS!
1. travelling throws me off my workout progress but NOT off my eating progress anymore! i have done so well understanding what im eating and why, seeing it all in chart form and value form, i have accomplished one of my major goals - making this a natural habit.
2. like i said: travelling throws me off my workout progress. i know i could do better with that, and ill work on it.
3. a major reason ive ever gained weight: portion sizes. thats simply it. and i think thats the issue with lots of people: you cant go to panera and get a salad and think youre eating healthfully, you cant just have a turkey sandwich or a fruit salad and think its healthy. yeah, its a 'healthier' food choice than doritos, BUT, portion-sizes-wise, you may have stayed within calories/carbs/sodium/fat etc with a bag of doritos! and staying within calories/carbs/sodium/fat limits is what helps you lose body fat.
4. im very good at this. and im very happy. however im annoyed that i havent gymmed it up harder. ive been away from home for 16 out of the last 21 days, in 4 different cities! keeping up the eating part is something im proud of and happy with.
so, in general, this project is going well, doing its job.
still, need to keep it up hard-core.
starting this monday, i am not going anywhere until the end date (april 1) - so ill have every single day to hit the gym hard and continue with my great progress so far.
thanks again for all your support - im really surprised how many daily encouraging texts/emails i get, and your encouragement on this blog is super fun, especially from new friends across the country!
thanks, all!
happiness!
[ab]

tuesday 3-2

interesting day...
first of all, im totally sick. yuck, no energy, sneezy and runny nose.
went to the gym ANYWAY, and burned 750 calories! it was super hard, but i just DID it and got it overwith. thought i would go back for more later but realized its okay to be right on track instead of getting ahead of the game, especially since im sick.
so the other weirdness is ive only had 1150 calories, have had ALL of my fruits and veggies, have had VERY little fat... however, i have gone over my carbs again today! only by again, about 10-20g of carbs, which in reality is NOTHING, but since i have these goals, and everything is computerized, then it counts against me entirely. sheesh. you know what really put me over? TOMATO SOUP. i had a whole can (who doesnt?!), and it was a TON of my carbs for the day. interesting, i never thought of tomato soup that way, AND sometimes i have TWO CANS! i am seriously learning so much, liking this a lot!
also, i havent had enough calories today! at all. i cant have that few, ill be super tired tomorrow, and its just not healthy. so i dont know what to do! im having a bowl of awesome strawberries, ill have a light snack later (just realized i havent had dinner... im totally sick and its throwing me off!)... and since im already over on my carbs and can spare a ton of fat, ill try to have something filling, fatty(ish) and low-carb. what is that? peanuts. avocado. butter (kidding)...
whatev. annoyed that i went over on my carbs, cant let it get to me.
lesson learned! ...again. and thats okay, thats what this is for!
ill post my day wrap-up either later tonight or tomorrow morning.
bye!
[ab]

3-1 update

hi - fell asleep last night before i could post my final update...
i did GREAT yesterday, but went over my daily allowance of carbs. not by much, by about 10%, but oh well. brought some extra crackers to class last night because i needed to fill in some more calories for the day, and somehow that overdid it on carbs. could have made a better choice for a snack. this is what im learning!!
yay.
heres my score from yesterday:

100% of my workout (that one was HARD! went to the gym TWICE!), had 89% of my calories for the day, and that average for the day was something like 95%... but since i had too many carbs (seriously, like probably 10g too many or something! but still... a goal is a goal...) i only made 71% of my entire goal for the day. oh, and i didnt do an errand i should have done. shoot. anyway... today should be good too.

thanks for your love!

[ab]

ps - i weighed myself yesterday, and even though this isnt about losing pounds, it looks like ive lost four! i actually can definitely tell that things look different, especially my upper body... anyway, the point of the challenge is body fat, so i hope most of that was fat! this is the final countdown, only have until april 1! sounds far away but will come SO FAST!