I slept in again today instead of getting up and working out. While I was feeling guilty about this the past few times I’ve done it, I decided today that the guilt is being wasted there. I am still getting in a workout everyday and working hard regardless — so why worry about getting a little more sleep? It feels right and it only helps me work harder when I do workout, right? 
Breakfast
- eDiets Whole Wheat Bagel with yogurt cream cheese — 180 calories
- Coffee with creamer — 40 calories
Lunch
- eDiets Chicken, peppers and three cheese pizza — 300 calories
- Yogurt — 110 calories
- Trader Joe’s Fruit Bites — 70 calories
Snacks
- eDiets Cinnamon Sugar Butterfly shortbread cookies — 110 calories
- Banana — 90 calories
- 1/2 pear — 35 calories
Dinner
- Mexican Chicken salad with grilled chicken, black beans, corn and cheese. Avocado salsa verde to dress. Combine lettuce, 3 ounces of grilled chicken (cooked with a touch of onion and garlic powder), 1/2 cup black beans, 1/3 cup cooked corn, and 1/4 cup cheese. Mix. Add 4tbsp salsa to dress. (A GREAT addition to this salad for next time would be baking a whole wheat tortilla with a spray of non-stick spray and a sprinkle of garlic salt to make “garlic chips” as a crunchy salad topper.)
Dessert
- Non-fat plain frozen yogurt (1/2 cup) — 100 calories
- 1/2 peanut butter chocolate protein bar — 105 calories
- handful of mixed berries — 20 calories
Total calories for the day: 1520 calories
Water Total for the day: 180 ounces
When my alarm goes off and I don’t want to get up, I usually can tell the difference between being tired and needing more sleep and just not wanting to get up and workout. When you need sleep, you NEED sleep and that can be just as important to weight loss as that workout.