Staying Active!!

The past two days have been great for staying active!! Monday I went on the elliptical for 30 minutes and burned 123 calories, Tuesday I did the ARC trainer and burned 124 calories in 15 minutes!! Woohoo! Then, Jim and I sat on the bikes for 20 minutes and burned another 70 or so calories!! I'm attempting to talk him into trying spinning.. But, I think he's going to tell me to just go with Princess Pain! lol!

Well, I've been trying to stay positive about this.. However, every once in awhile I find a little naysayer.. What do you do when you find that?

I know that I need to learn how to eat differently and that I need to eat low calorie/low cholesterol. I am trying very hard to learn how to eat the foods I love but differently.. I hope this makes sense.. There are foods that I have to cut out.. But, there are foods I am changing the way I cook them, for instance. And, what I cook with (butter, kinds of oils, etc) and I almost feel like a recovering alcholic.. Food will be all around me, temptation will be all around me, it's up to me not to take that temptation.

Well, Sparkpeople seems to be helping alot too.. it's interesting to go back and see what you're ingesting everyday... the first day I was like...oh... that's not good.. LOL! Yesterday we went to Panera for lunch and it was the first time in awhile that I paid attention to the calories on the sign next to the food. That was quite eye opening. I almost feel like I'm making deals with myself on a daily basis. I can still have the foods I want.. I just can't gorge..