Chop Chop

Got my first weigh-down haircut.  Oh - you don’t know what that is?  Chop chop...I’ll do anything (well...legal and to a point) to win this weight loss challenge for my team! The 2nd weigh-in is three days from now...and every ounce counts! We get weighed every two weeks - and heck yeah, I'm a girl that needed a haircut. Bonus is that I'm a few more hairs lighter! I think I made the hairdresser's day with my weigh down strategy.


Next up: Going bald.

Of course I'm also in the grind - it was a LOVELY and I mean super duper lovely sunny day with a high of 57 degrees...and it's winter! It started off with my zumba friend being recently certified so I was her first student for 60 mins of sweaty fun. She's gonna be a great instructor, especially for kiddos.

In the afternoon my friend agreed to go running with me outdoors so that I could start my first day of half-marathon training. I'm following the Sole Sisters training schedule of 3 miles today. We are over-achievers so we did 3.77 miles...well in actuality the only way to get back to her house was to keep going. We jogged the whole 3 miles...I had a blister from last week that was getting worse, but I refused to stop till we hit the 3 mile marker. Then we cooled down by doing the last bit walking.

I'm so happy! My endorphins are up with the yellow ball in the sky + dance + running + great friends.


Workout: 
- Zumba, 60 mins
- Running/Walking, 43 mins


Food:
- Requested a bubble tea with minimal sugar.  You've gotta go to The Place To Be if you are ever in Canby, OR. Love their atmosphere but even better is their soft tapioca bubbies except today they didn't have them so she suggested jellies - but I found out they are sugar filled. Bummer. But it saved me some calories. The lady made me a concoction that I dreamed up: Pomegranate green tea, a bit of non-fat milk, a tiny scoop of cane sugar all blended so you get icies instead of chunks of ice. Yum yum!
- Panini sandwich - soft white bread not so good but I requested no cheese...and I LOVE melted cheese so that was a sacrifice
- Said "no" to a tempting chocolate chip cookie bite
- Chose tea over coffee at Starbucks
- Brought healthy snacks from home since I was out all day
- Dinner at Red Robins b/c my friend was craving it. I figured I could find something healthy. When I asked about the wraps (thinking it was a good choice) the waiter said the wrap alone has 400 calories BEFORE anything goes on it. That's insane. I ended up with the Apple Harvest Chicken salad replacing the dijon dressing with a balsamic vinaigrette.


So I got home tonight and did a little internet research and realize that even the salads are horrible and I'm horrified. Red Robin's Customizer:

Red Robin Sandwiches and Wraps

	calories	fat
Caesar’s Chicken Wrap	850	43
Whiskey River BBQ Chicken Wrap	1119	62

Red Robin Salads

	calories	fat
Apple Harvest Chicken Salad – modified no bread, lighter dressing	530	29

Lesson learned. Be careful of what I may think is healthy, esp at a restaurant. Not only ask a ton of questions but look up nutritional values online or on my phone. Spend a few more mins doing this to make good choices. Next time at RR - just a glass of H2O on the rocks.