Weds 1/31

I am going to try to post what I have or have not done every day. I hope none of you are annoyed by the food diary, but I think writing it down and showing others will help me regulate myself. Do you think it would be better to do it at the end of the day, so it could include everything diet and exercise from the whole day?

Breakfast at 9:00 a.m. today was:
one fried egg
1/2 thin smoked pork-chop
1/2 cup cheese grits
1 slice buttered whole grain toast
1 cup coffee

Lunch at 1:00
1 apple

I found a diet recommended by Pilates. The entire one week diet, recipes and all, fits on a tri-fold 8 1/2 X 11 card. And it has a shopping list. I showed it to Tim and he agreed that we would go to the grocery store and buy double the amounts indicated, so we can do this together. He's moving out soon, but we will have at least a week to help one another get going on this.

I have been reading that it REALLY is better to exercise within an hour after rising in the morning, because that sets your metabolism to increase rather than decrease the rest of the day. The book I'm reading also says to keep metabolism from falling, you should never sit perfectly still (you know those people who annoy you with their foot jiggling, or leg bouncing or whatever - that's supposed to be good for you). To keep your metabolism from falling, you're supposed to get up and move for several minutes every couple of hours or so.