Simply Sunday

I love Sundays. They are (generally) stress-free and easy days to manage. This morning, I let myself sleep in a little longer (!) and drove my sister and I to church in the morning.

Breakfast today was one of my absolute favorites! Nutri-grain low fat waffles from Eggo. These are AMAZING. I don't even feel the need to lather on unhealthy peanut butter or syrup. They have just the amount of sweetness and that rich waffle taste. Each waffle has only 70 calories, so 2 makes a nice breakfast. To go along with my waffles, I had a cup of orange juice. Great start to the day!

Church was great today. I went over with the Sunday school to help out in my old class. We were doing a follow-the-leader game with a twist. Everyone had to hold hands. It was an exercise in unity because you had to do everything together. Each child (and I) got a turn to be the leader. It is a great feeling to keep up with 5 and 6 year olds!

Church was also special today because it is what we call "Guatemala Sunday". Our church is paired with a parish in Guatemala and we take the day to learn more about the community that we support. For lunch, we served traditional Guatemalan food. I had 4 corn tortillas (25 cal/per) with a bit of rice/vegetable mixture on each. Healthy, easy, and filling!

After church, my sister and I went over to a local park that has a really nice walking/jogging track around it. Throughout the track there are various stations for different strength exercises that you can do. The first one was SO hard. I couldn't do it....yet. It looked like a big metal railing. The goal was to stand on one side with both hands on the bar and lift your legs together to the other side. I couldn't do it today, but I will be back and will conquer! All in all, my sister and I walked about 1 mile while doing some of these exercises. Each lap is actually 1.1 miles. 3 laps=5k=new favorite training spot : )

It's getting late, so here is the speedy version of the rest of the day. Dinner was the amazing salad I made yesterday with some modification. Greens, grapes, turkey, light three cheese ranch, hard boiled egg. Delicious! Watched some Biggest Loser. That show is a real motivator. I don't have to work tomorrow so I'm hoping to do a good 2 hours at the gym or so. Dad wants me to start a BL competition at church....we'll see. I'm making dinner tomorrow night for the family: healthy here we come! (Hopefully they like it...) I'm making Chicken Parmesan Bundles....found on Kraftfoods.com. Made with the healthy modifications they are 380 cal. per. Not bad!

Alas, it is now 6 minutes into Monday morning. Today's events: organize room (and find the floor again from all my college stuff....), intense gym session, make dinner, plan the week. Sounds good!