Monday Funday

Good (Monday) Morning!
Our littlest guy woke up early today, 4am, with a soaked diaper, which meant a soaked bed, soaked jammies, etc. So I gave him an early morning breakfast while Mr Wonderful changed the sheets and got new attire for him to sleep in.
Sinde I was already up... I grabbed a cup of coffee, got some inspiration from a couple Oxygen magazine models and hit the treadmill. I have a fou rmile run coming up in about two weeks and while I don't run that far, I like to run fast. So today I did 3.5 miles in a half hour and felt like I oculd have run faster. I've determined that the treadmill doesn't quite catch my runs accurately. Or perhaps I just run that much faster when outside?
I followed the run up with some abs, triceps and squats. I'll be the first to admit that I don't spend nearly as much time as I'd like in the area of toning- the little time I do have the workout I use to run because that is what I enjoy most.
Because I don't spend as much time as I'd like in that area, I try to make up for it with really watching what I eat. For about four or five months post baby #2 I tracked everything I ate with the Calorie Counter app for iPhone. After four months I was back to pre-pregnancy weight and started to wean myself off of it. I now am very conscious of what I consume, but am not tied to the app- which kind of made me a bit crazy....

My eating today will look like this:
5am- coffee with 2T fat free creamer
8am- Oatmeal
9am- banana with peanut butter
11:30- grilled skinless chicken breast with veggies
1pm- fruit salad
3pm- protein bar (only 170 calorie kind, I don't eat the meal replacement type- I'd rather have "real" food)
6pm- ??? Great question. Steak is what I have in mind- we'll see if me and the kiddos make it to the meat market to pick it up today
8pm- small bowl of Kashi cereal or a few pieces of dark chocolate

Of course- life can be unpredictable so this can vary some, but it will all add up to between 1500- 1800 calories. Plus throw in there a ton of water. I'm constanly drinking water! In the office I feel like I'm always getting up to fill my huge water bottle.

Looking forward to a great day!