Feel the Burn and Pay It Forward

Day 118

I woke up this morning with muscles just sore enough to let me know that I kicked butt yesterday, but not so sore that I couldn't walk. Those are the best kind. Tonight's upper body workout included a 2010 personal best. I benched 85lbs. I haven't done that in years. Even the fellas working out alongside me at the hotel gym were impressed. I guarantee you that they didn't think the fat girl had it in her or even knew what she was doing. HA! I showed them. I've got Maine Street Cred now. :) I was on such a roll that I had to force myself to stop. I had that exercise high going and I had to listen to the voice in my head that said "Slow your roll girlie. Save some for tomorrow."

This week I'm working in one our call centers. I'm training some of my telesales agents on a new program that I'm launching. It's interesting to hear all of the chatter than goes on throughout the day. Today, I learned something new from one person and I was able to impart a little wisdom to someone else.

Here's what I learned... Last week I decided to mix things up a bit and combine Craisins with my Almonds instead of Rasins. I learned from one of my agents today that those have TONS of added sugar. I looked it up on Google and she's right. I've been eating these for a week. DANG IT! She kept apologizing for ruining my snack. I made a point of thanking her because I don't want to eat bad things out of ignorance. I was just giving my friend Brian a bunch of crap last night for eating Cracker Jacks. I went on this whole rant about how sugar is poison only to learn that I was eating a ton of it myself with the Craisins. Did you know that they have carnuba wax in them? Me neither. They also have about 30 grams of sugar per serving. Holy Crap!

Having learned something new myself,  I payed it forward by helping the girlfriend of one of my other agents. She started the Slimfast 3-2-1 program on Monday which only allows a shake for breakfast (200 calories), a 100 calorie snack, a shake for lunch (200 calories), a 100 calorie snack and a 400 calorie dinner. Do the math here, that's only 1000 calories a day. She was starving and rightly so because she wasn't eating nearly enough calories. I sat her down and gave her a crash course on clean eating today and she was amazed by how much food she could have if she just ate the right foods. It's such a good feeling to know that I helped someone today.

I'm going to sign off for tonight because my arms are still a bit shaky from my workout. Forgive this post if it's typo laden as a result.

Cheers!
Margaret