Day 3 of 30 My Attempt At Inbetween

Weight today: same

Total lost: 0 in 2 days

1/2 cup of oatmeal: 150
1 tsp of sugar:15
1 tbl of poweder creamer with coffee:30
with sweet-n-low:0
total: 195

1 tsp of peanut butter:33
1 slice of Natural Ovens Right sense bread:50
vanilla protein shake:110
total:193
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running total:393

1 large egg:70
1 large egg white:10
1 lefse:30
1/2 cup of cottage cheese fat free:80
3 oz of sliced strawberries:27
1 tsp of sugar:15
1 tbl of powder creamer with coffee:30
with sweet-n-low:0
total:267
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running total:660

vanilla protein shake: 110
2 slices of Natural Ovens Bakery Right Sense wheat bread:100
toasted with 1 tsp of Smart Balance light butter:15
total: 225
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running total:885

1/2 into 2 hour work-out ate 1 slice of wheat bread:50
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running total: 935

3 oz chicken breast:105
4 oz of boiled broccoli:40
1 slice of white Italian bread:50
with 1 tsp of Smart Balance light butter:15
with 1/2 tsp of sugar:7
1 tbl of powder creamer with coffee:30
with sweet-n-low:0
chocolate toffee bites from son's ice cream bar: 60 (est)
total:307
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running total:1242
Today's challenge: Staying hydrated and keeping focused even though I'm feeling a little tired today.

Actual fitness: bicep and back work-out, 5-mile run,

Note on picture: I'm trying to incorporate more vegetables in my diet and this is what I ate last night. 3 oz chicken breast:105, 4 1/2 oz of boiled broccoli:45, 1/3 cup of brown rice:55, 1 tsp of Smart Balance Light butter split between the broccoli and rice: 15, total: 250. This dish,though very low calorie...actually filled me up.

My Attempt At In-between

Remember when I talked to you all about me being an all-or-nothing type of personality?

I'm either on a diet...or I'm eating chocolate Dove caramels by the bag and gaining weight by the millisecond.

Halfway? What's that? Happy medium? Only if you want to be only half-way happy...

A clean house? What house...I have a house?

Not when I'm on a diet and blogging about my diet I don't have one...

he, he...so I'm trying to make light of something that is actually a little bit of a dilemma for me. How do I reap the benefits of blogging about my diet efforts all the while, manage the house with five kids, keep it clean and organized? How do I spread out my efforts in such a way that I don't overindulge one area while ignoring the other?

Maybe I'm preaching to the choir here. Maybe you all know what I'm talking about, after all, you also blog too.

So, while I am making fantastic strides in the fitness and diet realm, let it be known, that I'm also trying to get a better handle on the "other" realm...the...how shall I put it...the not-so-fun realm.

Does anyone have any good ideas on how they keep things balanced between maintaining a blog and getting the other important stuff done?

Gosh, if I could just be as disciplined about keeping the ole' homestead organized as I do with counting my calories, this place would be spotless. Well, maybe I don't because, I don't wear my house on my hips.

I know...I'll do what my husband suggested, I'll start a blog on cleaning my house...the problem is...I wouldn't know where to start. Messes overwhelm me.

"De-Junk 20 rooms in 10 weeks"

Aiy yai, yai! Sounds like a trailer for a scary movie to me. I know...maybe my sisters-in-law should start blogs on that because they are great cleaners.

But if I know them, they're probably too busy keeping up on things to blog...hmmm.