It's mostly mental!

Through the day yesterday I spent a lot of time looking up information that just kept confusing me and eventually ended up working against me. I'd read things that would make me think that I can not do this, that it's more than I can figure out. I was giving myself a headache stressing over this and knew it was the devil trying to make me think that this is too big for me and FINALLY I listen to the voice in my head, my Lord, telling me, "I will lead you through this. You CAN do this, just stop worrying and let me lead." So, that's what I'm doing! I mean, I was able to get my food cooked for the week on Sunday and still spend time with my family. It doesn't sound big but when you don't have your food ready and any other items set out & put together the night before or the week before it will cause a lot of stress. I don't have to have that!

Yesterday, Monday & my first day on this program my food was right on, except for a few things in my breakfast that I need to cut out. I've started entering my food intake and exercise in www.myfitnesspal.com. to track everything I eat and the nutrition. This morning after entering my dinner and exercise info I noticed my caloric intake was over. So I looked to see where it was high and it came from the honey I put in my tea and the dried cranberries in my oatmeal. So.... right now I don't think it with hurt too much but I'm going to go ahead and try to cut it back or altogether. One big success was that I actually drank 8 8oz of water! This is HUGE for me because I'm not a big drinker to begin with. I really need to get up to 1 gallon a day. This is something I will be working on!
My workout was Legs & Abs yesterday. I didn't do cardio because I knew that my husband would be working at the fire dept today and I wouldn't be in a big hurry to get home other than to eat in time! It went well and I did leg exercises that I've never done & haven't done in a long time. The Staggered Deadlift was new and it was a challenge... it had my HR up and my hammies are def sore today! The workout called for 4 ab exercises. Those were tough too!
Overall it was a good first day! The minor mental set back during the day was just that, minor. My Lord reminded me He is with me and will not give me more than I can handle! I also reminded myself of the picture I posted on Facebook the previous day:

That's right, I'm going to have haters, people who don't think I can, don't think I will even finish, and those who simply wont understand the reasoning. . . Just don't interrupt me while I AM doing it!