Closer to success!

Yesterday was a good day, but I didn't have time to write. When it was all tallied up at the end of the day I was told I still had 388 calories that I could consume that day! That's coming a long way from being almost three times over not even a week a go and even being 400 over the day before. Granted this was after a 45 minute bike ride was also figured in, so really I went over my goal by about 250 calories, but that's still coming a long way, and I'm not being too strict with the 1500 mark because like I said before I believe that is set up for a person who isn't active at all and especially isn't nursing. I also read yesterday that even if you're completely sedentary, you burn 1000 calories by being alive, so add that to my bike ride and I only had about 200 unused calories before counting what I burn by keeping house, running after a toddler, doing some woodworking, and going to camp yesterday. Who-hoo! And I even had an iced coffee and popcorn for a snack. So how did I do this this particular day? Since I"m already eating pretty good stuff, I just needed to eat less of it. So I took half of the meats and carbs out of my lunch and supper and replaced it with more spinach! So I still felt quite satisfied and had a big old bowl of taco salad, just less calories. So, that obviously was my success for yesterday, my setback was that I didn't do my sit-ups. Not because I was lazy though but because my back has started to hurt so I thought I might need a break. Maybe I should move to sit-ups every other day? I was just reading the blog that got me started on all this and she was talking about how it appears that green tea has kicker her metabolism into high gear. That's what I need! Perhaps I'll give that try. I have a feeling that today won't be as successful due to the fact that I'm working at church all day. It's hard here to not snack because I have nothing else to think about apart from how hungry I am. It's easier to bike on an empty stomach than it is to sit...strange no?