Bees on the brain

For the last number of weeks my mind has been on my goals of healthiness and trying to keep track of everything I have been doing, well not today......

This morning, I did a relaxed exercise of biking, and I today I tried to eat well. We ended up eating at a place called Sharky's where you can order "naked" items. This means they use fat free sour cream, fat free cheese, cook with no oil, and have limited carbs. It was very tasty. I will probably go there again (my meal was only 398 calories).

Most of the day, however, was spent dealing with the overwhelming amount of bees that showed up at my doorstep with in about 3 hours...







Yes, I know. Now you know why I was more consumed with this problem at my door step than eating right or working out (which luckily I was able to do anyway). We got a nice beekeeper to come out with a hive and transfer them. So any that are left, after he takes his hive, we will just kill with our killshot spray stuff.



p.s. I spent the day at my friend's house so to avoid the bees that had come into my house. She has let me borrow her hand weights (3 lbs, 5 lbs, and 7 lbs). I am excited to use them during my strength workout. Stretch bands are hard to use for certain exercises.

First Day

This morning I got up and tried to come up with something to eat. Recently, I have been eating oatmeal with cut up fruit in it with some milk and brown sugar. It isn't on the whole a bad meal, but since I am trying to keep my sugar manageable, I wanted to eat something that didn't require me to add any. I came up with my dad's Awful Waffles, but I made them fat free.

2 c freshly ground whole wheat flour
3 t baking powder
1/2 t salt
2 beaten egg yolks (I used about a 1/4 c of egg beaters to make it fat free)
2 c milk
1/2 c applesauce
2 stiffly beaten egg whites

Sift dry ingredients. Combine yolks, milk and applesauce; stir into dry mixture. Fold in egg whites. Large waffle: 250 calories (from what I figured out... not sure though).

On top I cut up a peach and put some vanilla yogurt (which I know has sugar, so really it probably isn't much different from my oatmeal... but at least I don't see the sugar going in it). Over all it was about 350 calories. I was happy and full. Tonight I plan on grilling.

I decided, for exercise, to walk over the the Walmart near by so I could get some resistance bands, which from my sources are probably the most cost efficient strength training tools you can have. So after walking home in a sweat, I started my resistance training... which looking back might not have been quite as effective as I would have liked. Maybe I should look up tips somewhere....

Tomorrow: 30 Day Shred video.