perfect!

turns out, a night off was exactly what I needed! I stayed home last night (we have small group, which is like a Bible study), went to bed at 9, and was raring to go at 5:30 for an awesome workout. Thursdays are typically my day off from the gym, so this was a bonus and it felt great. It took me a (long) while to get used to early morning workouts, and now I swear by them. By the end of the day, no matter what time I woke up, I DONE. There's just no mental (let alone physical!) energy left, and a morning workout seriously sets me up for a good day. It's like I don't want to undo all that hard work this morning? Not sure what it is, but it works great for me!

Yesterday I just ate what I was craving, and it was a HUGE step for me. I have major stomach issues at times and certain foods can wreak havoc on my system. Sometime in the past few days I'd eaten something that set me off, so I just was a miserable mess (might have contributed to my mini-funk yesterday, no?). I stayed away from vegetables, and ate what sounded good. I ended up eating oatmeal for two meals yesterday, and pancakes and scrambled eggs for dinner. Not my healthiest day, but honestly today I already feel so much better! Whatever it was must be getting out of my system.

Today it's back to at least semi-organized meals.

Oatbran for breakfast with pumpkin, walnuts and granola on top

leftover stirfry with tofu and cauliflower "rice" for lunch (we'll see how this goes- I'm a little nervous)

dinner-? Thursdays I eat dinner at work and it's always a fantastic meal! For those of you who are local, one of our staff members is also a cook at French Meadow in Uptown, and he makes a meal for us every week. Divine!

I've given up sweets for Lent. And I could really go for a piece of cake right now. The 40 days is almost up, right?!?