Wow, am I sore from exercising or what!  Last night was my first night of going all out at the gym.  Last week was just a warm up, but then this week I put the real weights on and went at it.  I also tried a new warm up.  Usually I would drive to the gym, 0.5 miles from my house and then do 15 minutes on the bike to warm-up and then drive back home.  This time, I did it a little different.  I ran to the gym for my warm-up, lifted and then ran back home.  The run to the gym was brutal, but the run back home was easy as could be.

I am having less and less time to go to the gym, but after last night,  I will definitely continue to make time.  My diet has been good so far this week.  I have cut my calorie intake in half, but I am still filling up on food, which keeps expanding my stomach.  I ate a lot of salad yesterday and had only crackers with fat free french onion dip with a little hot sauce.  Hot sauce and crackers are the key.  Hot sauce speeds up the metabolism, and crackers make you think you’re stuffed when you’re really not.

Down 2 pounds so far this week.