Day 8 One week down 5 to go....

"Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it."~ Lou Holtz

One week down and here's my thoughts. I need to be more structured with my diet. Got on the scale and not a budge in the #'s! Well, huff. Here's where I think I de-railed. Well, one, I did split a bottle of wine with my husband Thursday night. I had a rough day at work of which the pinnacle was a grown man passing out in my arms in the bathroom (I work in the ER, not abnormal for me to be in the bathroom with a dude...just in case you're going: What the?!?...) . Anyhow, while holding said passed out full freakin' grown male (and by the way, dead weight is dead weight), trying to make sure he still has a pulse and hasn't coded on me, I smell something rank. Looking down I see liquid, yup, you guessed it, shit, flowing out the bottom of his pants leg. Can I just say how happy I was that he was wearing jeans? Otherwise it would have been all over yours truly. So needless to say, my beloved, after hearing about this felt a bottle of wine was in order (as well as steak, love this man) and I quite agreed. But I don't think that was the only thing that contributed to the non number change onthe scale. I think it's the damned nuts.

Have you ever mocked someone ordering a value meal at some fast food joint...with a diet coke? Kinda defeated the purpose right? Weeeeellll, I'm kinda in that boat. The last few days in addition the weighing out my 28grams of nuts and taking them with me to work in a baggie, I'm munching on an unmeasured amount at night. And that measly 28 grams is nothing (for 170 cal!) so there is a good chance I have been sabotaging myself with hundreds of extra calories right before I go to sleep. In fact, I know I have. So no more nuts at night for me.

So tomorrow is our first 2 hour madness workout for the challenge. I'm excited. It's going to be rough and I have to say that the intensity at which I'm sure it is going to be executed really makes me want to stick to fantastic foods only. I need to make sure I'm in the best place physically that I can be. Although I almost used that reasoning today when we went to Bagles and Brew for breaakfast/lunch. It was past noon and I had done the 9am workout (Alina, you are the bomb diggity team workout partner) and had not eaten at all yet. Needless to say, I wanted one of everything on the menu. My strategy was to get the scramble without cheese and sub sausage for the bagel. We get to the register and I ask for that and am informed that they can't sub meat for the bread....I think my world stopped for at least half a second. My battle plan was thwarted. The only other option was sliced tomatoes..really? Weak ass tomatoes or a freshly toasted bagel with whatever I want on it? I'm thinking that maybe carbing up for tomorrow would be a good idea...? My soul cried a little. I got the tomatoes, an you know what? It was perfect. And guilt free. In fact, I'm feeling a little victorious to tell you the truth. One small victory for the Koala.

Week 2 coming up. The Mr is going to be out of town all week, which means I can take over the fridge with tupperware of pre-measured food and nail my nutrition. I think I might duct tape the nut container shut. I don't even like nuts, but when I'm dieting, it's the closed thing to bread I can find and man, it's all over. Odd. SO my goals are:

1) 100% weighed and measured food.

2) give 100% to the workouts and homework.

3) dye my hair, it's getting to be that mousy brown washed out colour again. (hey, it needs to get done)