I'm Thinking ... Arby's? :(

So I slipped up and had Arby's for lunch. 1 junior roast beef and 1 medium order of curly fries with a diet soda. I could sit here and list a million excuses as to why, like being out of the house and not having time to come home and cook before work, or not having time to wait at subway, but I'm not going to. I'm still within my calorie, fat, and sodium limits for the day, so I'm going to try to keep it that way. I made myself exercise this morning, even though I definitely did NOT feel like doing it. I did 50 minutes of Turbo Jam (a kickboxing/dance type workout). I took my vitamin this morning too and my breakfast was reasonably healthy (oatmeal and diet v8 splash). Somehow I need to eat just under 200 more calories though with less than 90mg of sodium, less than 4 grams of fat, and at 10 grams of fiber. Yikes! I may not make that happen today. I will do my best though. This sodium thing is tough! I never realized how many things are loaded with sodium! It's so bad for you though... makes you bloat/retain water. I'm trying to get away from it. Well, I better get going, but here's to hoping for not too terrible of a rest of today and a much better tomorrow!

The challenge has begun

I'm in a challenge with some friends from SparkPeople.com to help us improve our health and fitness. Goals of the challenge are:

1. Water - at least 10 cups (80 ounces) everyday.
2. Fruits & Veggies - at least 5 a day.
3. Sodium - Less than 2,400 mg a day.
4. Cardio Exercise: at least 30 minutes 5 days a week.
5. Strength Training: 20 minutes 2 days a week.
6. Flexibility/Balance Work - 30 minutes a week.
7. Ab Challenge - 20 crunches 3 days a week.
8. Sleep - at least 7 hours a night.
9. Relaxation - 15 minutes 7 days a week.
10. Food Log - 7 days a week.
11. Fiber - 25-35 grams 5 days a week.
12. Nothing to eat 2 hours before bed - 5 days a week.
13. Multi-vitamin - 7 days a week.
14. Accountability - Blog 7 days a week.
15. No alcohol - NONE.
16. Recipes - Try a new recipe each week.

So far today, I've done alright. So far I've gotten 4 cups of water, 3 fruits/veggies, 8.5 hours of sleep, relaxed, logged all my food so far, taken my vitamin, am blogging right now, and I know I will not drink today.

I'm having trouble with the fiber in relation to the sodium limit though. Everything has so much sodium! I never realized it before. I had some brown rice at lunch and normally salt it like crazy, but today I didn't use any salt at all. I've already had 1,490 mg of sodium today, but only 10 grams of fiber. I'm going to try to eat an apple at work tonight, because it's the highest fiber produce with the least sodium that I can think of, but it still will only give me about 4 grams of fiber. To get to 25 grams I'm going to HAVE to use a supplement. I'm just scared at how my body might, ahem, react... Haha. The sodium and fiber are going to be a definite challenge for me, but I'm going to do my best. Well, it's time for me to go pack some dinner for work tonight. Bye!