I had a piece of bread and peanut butter last night for a snack because I was really hungry at 8:30. It bumped my calories up more than I had hoped, but it didn't put me over for the day. We eat really dense whole grain bread so it satiated my hunger until I was asleep. I wonder if it would be a bad thing to add sex to my exercise journal? That ends up being like an aerobic marathon sometimes....Oh well. I probably won't. I don't think I want to keep track of it. It will take the fun out of it, I think.

Anyway, today is gym day. Scott says he actually missed not going to his spinning class on Saturday. That makes me happy. I was a little worried that he would want to quit going to gym, but I don't think that will happen. He looks like he is loosing a few pounds, too. So does my son now that he is doing competitive swimming leassons. He really enjoys his coaching sessions and likes that he has to work so hard. I am extremely happy that we have all finally found some physical activity that we all enjoy and that it fit so smoothly into our schedule. I have been trying for so long!

Once my son is doing well on his own at practice, Scott and I are going to walk around the track at the school where the practices are held to get a little more exercise in, and to have some time together. We can probably get in at least 30 minutes of moderate walking while he is in practice. That would help with my weight loss, too.

I really feel great lately (except for a few small food slips that didn't do well in my system) and my motivation is high. My family isn't complaining too much about the food I feed them and we all feel better. We visited a nutritionist about a year ago and we have been slowly making changes to what we eat. It hasn't been too painful, really, making these changes over a year. We just got rid of, or replaced, two food items a month, or so. Fast food was the first thing to go. We did it slowly...just commited to cut out one visit a month. Now, we rarely go to fast food because our bodies don't agree with it. We did it like that. made it a lot easier.

Luckily, my husband (who doesn't really need to lose more than 10 or 15 lbs at most) is all for eating healthy, anyway. With the exception of his salty snacks. However, he did give up the chips in exchange for nuts and chex mix and he is eating way smaller portions. I don't like salty foods so there is no temptation there for me. My son likes the fruit snacks and I don't, so no temptation there, either. I know I am so fortunate and I am thankful for the incredible family God has blessed me with.

Update: Well, my workout was cut a little short today. My husband didn't "feel" like finishing his cycling class so he was just standing there in the gym. I was going to try to finish my workout, but it was just too much pressure watching him just stand there. I hate making people wait because I don't like to wait. We came home and continued the "fight" we started in the gym--therefore we didn't eat when we got home from the gym...which made everything worse. I tried to salvage the day by having peanut butter sandwiches after our talk, as we were both in bad need of some sugar and couldn't wait to cook something. Everything is fine now, though. He just gets in these little moods sometimes....maybe there will be some makeup sex tonight. I love makeup sex. It is almost worth getting in a fight just for the makeup sex. LOL

The sandwhich and milk put me over on calories, but I needed the nutrients!!! I probably shouldn't have had the second piece of bread and peanut butter.