Typical things that happen when I start feeling like I'm succeeding:

1. I get very motivated to keep it up.

2.  I get so happy with my little bit of progress that I stop feeling the same drive to give it my all.

3.  I look for new, better ways to eat well and get a thorough workout.

4.  I daydream about Chinese take-out and tell myself "I can do that now.  I've got the weight under control."

5.  I cyber shop for pretty bikinis.

6.  I purchase new clothes I shouldn't be trying to afford.

7.  I annoy the crap out of my mom by changing around things she wants to feed me and trying to use healthier options (like leaving dressing off my salad, having whole grain breads or sandwich flats rather than white bread/rolls, requesting she not use much salt while cooking...obnoxious stuff like that.)  

8.  I annoy the crap out of my 14 yr old daughter by suggesting healthy snacks all the time and pointing out what's wrong with the garbage she wants to eat.  She averages about 30 eyerolls per day over my diet related comments.

9.  I do a LOT more laundry to keep up with the stuff I get sweaty when working out.

10.  I feel freakin' amazing when I go grocery shopping to restock my healthy foods.  Can't quite explain the feeling, but I bet most of you know exactly what I mean.  

11.  I feel like my workout DVD instructors are close, personal friends and I often reply to them when they say stuff like "are you ready for this?" or "you can do this!" 

So - today I did Tae Bo - an hour.  Turns out it's not much less of a calorie burner than Insanity is, I suppose because of the bursts and rests in Insanity.  (Insanity - 500/1 hour.  Tae Bo - 466/1 hour.)  Of course, part of the reason also has to be that I can't do Insanity straight through without having to stop and rest or catch my breath a heck of a lot more often than the mutant athlete freaks in the DVD.  I have to wonder if they're just realllllllly well made claymation.

Shaun T and the Insanity elves, doing 45 of these jumps in 45 seconds, sandwiched in between 45 second sets of other INSANE moves like "suicide drills" and "jumping jack push ups" . It just isn't human.
However, Shaun T does become human again when he starts  giving me pep talks to reply to.

I bet my calorie burn will go up with Insanity as my endurance improves.  I'm great w/ Tae Bo though, since I've been doing it pretty regularly for 13 yrs.  

My motivation for the day:

I think maybe my figure will be like the chick
on the left once I liberate it from the flab.

Your Daily Summary

398

CALORIES REMAINING

Goal	Food	Exercise	= Net
1210	1278	- 466	812

I can't possibly eat another 400 calories today.  My brain wants to, but my belly just doesn't want it.  I've eaten well!  3 main meals, 1 mid afternoon snack, one post workout snack.  I'm NOT hungry!