Yes Virginia, there will be a Christmas (Wii!)

Post Christmas update -

Blood sugar testing: Fell off the wagon again. Ugh. Hate doing this. I started doing my fasting at work first thing but then that prevents me from having a real breakfast at home. Need to find a better routine.

Shoes: Finally replaced my old, possibly spider infested "running" shoes this weekend. Nothing fantastic, but a serviceable pair. Can't wait to break them in.

Health: Caught a cold on the 21st and haven't done anything mildly cardio- since then. Just working on trying to get my breathing back. Feeling better today, finally. Excited to ....

Wii: Between the $400 after taxes from the H1N1 vaccine clinic Saturday work and some money from the parents we scraped together enough to get some Xmas presents for each other (and tires and some other car maintenance) - oh the Best Buy and Sears CC's helped too. So my lovely husband bought me the Wii I've been wanting for ever! I'm so excited! I am excited to play the fun games (Lego Star Wars, anyone?) but I'm also super jazzed at the prospect of a fitness game. I'm doing research on a few...

• Wii Fit Plus (of course) - I like the idea of not realizing you are working out and the yoga
• EA Sports Active - Would a more "grown up" gym experience be a better fit (pardon the pun) for what I'm looking for
• Biggest Loser - Looked good on Amazon.com, would love to hear Jillian/Bob helping me, liked the idea of Challenges and Daniel and I could use the competition aspect to encourage each other; not so keen on the recipes and "tips", would hate it if I ended up with one of the contestants that I HATED being my "stand-in".

That's it for now. Thanks for listening!

Hurdle #1

Breakfast.

Not my favorite meal of the day. My window for breakfast in the morning is between 6 and 6:30 am. I'm never hungry that early in the day, therefore I never eat breakfast. Actually, the only breakfast I eat is when Daniel and I go "out to breakfast" on the weekend and that meal is usually full of pancakes and bacon (or the bacon cheddar waffle!) and it occurs at 10 or 10:30.

So, begrudgingly I need to start eating breakfast.... "the most important meal of the day"...bla bla bla.

Maybe oatmeal. I'm not a huge fan because I usually only eat it when I'm sick and therefore it has a pretty negative image in my mind. I know I need protein, but it's not like I'm going to eat eggs every morning. I don't even know how I'll find the time. Maybe I can bring it with me and take the first 10 minutes of my workday to scarf down some oatmeal. I've had to start getting up early to exercise the crazy dog, and so the thought of getting up even earlier to have breakfast doesn't make me very happy. Maybe it doesn't have to be a great breakfast right away - maybe just getting my body to be hungry so early is a good place to start?

Something good: Fasting blood sugar (162) was much better than yesterday.