Week 3, Day 4

Calories eaten yesterday: 1331
Fat: 30g (20%)
Carbs: 88g (27%)
Protein: 136g (41%)

Weight this morning: 144.4
Calories burned in exercise today: 268

Yesterday was the first day of Spring (5:07 pm PDT). That means the days are finally longer than the nights! Yippee! Where did winter go? :)

I have taken my food journal down temporarily. I'm still using it, but the link there won't currently work. I got some criticism from - no surprise - NS folks, so I've temporarily made it private. I'm still posting the macronutrient breakdown each day, though.

I took one of those "Rocket Shot" energy drinks right before my workout today. It seemed to really help me find my groove a whole lot faster. I find my muscles are always a bit weak for my first exercise until I warm up and get a good pump going. Now if these things weren't so expensive I could have one before every workout...

As the linked review states, it doesn't taste very good, but it's only 1.8 ounces, so I had it downed in just two mouthfuls. I think the 7g of sugar was a big part of the instant energy - just enough to get me going, but not enough to seriously mess with my blood sugar.

Did one hour of weights and the time just flew by. Then I did 30 minutes on the elliptical.

More NutriSystem food reviews:
Chicken Breast Patty dinner - Bland when plain. I added a slice of fat free cheese and a tablespoon of salsa and that helped.

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Autumn Equinox

The autumn equinox is here. Pagan holidays used to be hard for me, but somewhere in the last eight years it ceased to be a problem. Now, there are holidays I completely forget about until someone tells me, or sometimes not until it is passed.

Jules posted prayer request at Fresh Hope for a woman at EW who recently became a Christian. She said that the lady's coven was really angry at her. I feel blessed that my coven let me go so easily. "Perfect love and perfect trust." They were sad to see me go, but trusted me not to hurt them in any way, which of course I never would. I prayed for this lady. I hope she is okay.

Church Search, Week 20

Autumnal Equinox

Week 20: St. Francis' Episcopal (7th visit)