The worst part of working out regularly is that you need to continually increase the amount of time or the difficulty of your workout to keep feeling challenged. My 20 minute runs used to be it for me. They would send me stumbling through the door drenched and unable to utter a two word sentence. But now 20 minutes is my warm up and trying to put in 30-60 minutes of exercise a day is a lot harder than fitting in a 20 minute "run". Needless to say I only get 2-3 good workouts in a week now. I still try to do something every day but getting to a class at the gym or hitting the elliptical and weights for an hour is very time-consuming.

On a dietary note, things are still up and down. We never have much junk in the house, but this week Greg was crazing cupcakes and I wanted chips and artichoke dip. So we bought both and ate it all!!!!!!!!!! We both had upset stomachs, and a day of indigestion. Then we decided to top that off with a few Tim Hortons runs and some oven pizzas. Luckily the weight didn't pile on but it didn't come off either. But what's feeling worse to me right now is my energy level and my overall feeling of uggg. Gross food really hits you hard when you avoid it for a long time. I'm not trying to brag but we NEVER have pop, McDonalds, or fast food in general. We rarely have chips and almost never have something like cupcakes around here. So to eat it all in one week feels really McNasty and gave us the McGutRot.

Then I met a girl who is on this program called Herbalife, which right off the bat made me roll my eyes but after hearing her talk about it honestly for 2 hours and then doing my own research and contact with the distributor I have decided to meet for a free consultation and discuss it. In a nutshell it is a meal replacement that is a shake you make with a billion vitamins and healthy stuff in it and almost no calories. The point is to replace one meal with this, continue your exercises and healthy(ish) eating and boost your weight loss. The Lethbridge rep also runs a weight loss challenge that runs for 12 weeks and is only $40. And the best part is, whoever loses the most weight in 12 weeks wins everyone else's $40!! I'm thinking of doing the one in January and shedding all my Florida and Vacation weight.

Anyhow, more on herbalife later. For now, I'm off to think of something to cook with my asparagus for dinner.

Weight Today: 167
Workout: 60 minutes tonight...Goodbye evening.
Feeling: Like I'm learning more and more about healthy living and all the things our body needs and all the junk we put in it. This has been a fun week of research for me.

www.herbalife.com