Day 105

Nine months ago, when the diet started a trip to the gym was a chore.  Five years ago and a trip to the gym was either unheard of, or worse in some ways, a special event.  In those days the idea of going home after work but still going to the gym simply wouldn't have occured to me.  It's not even that I was lazy about it, once I made it home that was the time to eat dinner, watch TV and otherwise be a bit of a slug.  So when I first started losing weight going to the gym meant scheduling and building a day around a 20 minute trip to the gym.  I'd go in the morning before work, or on my way home from work.

Even last year, while training for a half-marathon, if I didn't stop at the gym on my way home then I didn't go.  The gym may be five minutes from my house (by car or by bike), but there was no way I was going back out after I got home.  I mention this because that trend has definitely changed for me.  This week alone I've "skipped" the gym on the way home twice, but talked my way into going later in the evening.  Both times it was for a good reason, but I almost felt that going out to the gym in the evening was more of an accomplishment than running for 40 minutes or so when I got there.

Food today:  egg and cheese sandwich (300 calories), Subway 6-inch meatball sub and some potato chips (750 calories), a few jelly beans as snacks (100 calories), lasagna and garlic toast for dinner (1000 calories).  Exercise was 45 minutes on the treadmill (591 calories).

Today's Results:
Daily Food Total:  2150
Exercise: 591
Points Earned: 1441
Total Points Earned:  117890
Points to go:  82110

Three Week Challenge (Day 12):
Average Points: 1455
Missed Posts:  1