I cheated

Last night. I ate 9 pickle slices for a total of 15 calories. The worst part of it is that pickles have tons of salt. Nancy from work told me that if I was going to cheat why did I choose pickles? It was totally worth it. I got to chew. It wasn't sweet. All that vinegar!!! It felt awesome. I did feel bad for cheating until I realized I didn't go out and eat a whole cake, I didn't do anything that's bad for me. I just ate some pickles. I am worried. Today is the last day of week two and I'll probably retain water now for my weigh in tomorrow. The price you pay for pickles I guess.

I did go to the gym today before work. I did 26 minutes (22 minute workout and 4 min warm down) on the treadmill with an average HR of 155 (I forgot my heart rate monitor so this is an average of spot checks from the exercise machine). I worked out some of my stress and some of that extra salt and water. Last time I worked out I was very hungry afterwards (very normal for me) but I had eaten a shake right before I worked out to make sure I had enough energy for the workout...so this time I ate half of the shake before the workout and half afterwards. It's a little better. I think I worked out too hard. But overall I feel better post walk.