Braced For It All, I Hope

Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Wow, the last couple of days have been rough.  I don't think I've ever experienced the holiday blues like that and it was surprisingly difficult to handle them.  Getting busy with preparations and gatherings helped - I almost think I did too many things too far in advance, so I didn't have enough to do.  In hindsight I should have also gone to the library and picked up a couple of books to read.

Anyway, my usual optimism has returned this morning and I feel quite a bit better.  I got in a decent walk this morning but it was hampered a bit by my decision to wear an ankle brace.  I was a little concerned that my ankle was a little tweaked.  For whatever reason, wearing the brace today messed with my achilles a little bit so that I couldn't get my stride quite right.  I guess I will hope that I don't have to wear it often.

On the eating front, after some holiday indulgence I'm refocused and more determined than ever to fix that problem area.  It may be that I can't fully "solve" things but I do plan to make every effort to minimize the blowups.  If I can remain on plan for the next five days I think I'll have pizza for new year's eve.  Otherwise I have been and need to continue thinking about ways to reduce intake while increasing activity.  I could really hear the clock ticking this weekend.

Breakfast:  ~ 1 oz Hormel tuscan salami, 1 slice Kraft big slice sharp cheddar cheese, coffee.

I'm really not a big fan of the Hormel salami.  I'm not sure that I'm a big fan of mass produced salami in the first place but I haven't found an acceptable alternative.  I will probably go back to using Armour for my bulk salami.  Another thing I should rethink - breakfast.

Lunch:  2 jumbo eggs fried in a bit of real lard, 3 strips CF cajun bacon, some leftover chips & dip

Pictured:  Eggs.  Not pictured:  Chips and onion dip

 Finished off the chips, let's try and get through a few days without now okay?

Dinner:  1 cup Fage 2% plain yogurt, a few frozen raspberries, a couple spoonfuls of vegetable soup

Most unexciting picture ever

It would have been quite late (i.e. after 8:00) before my vegetable soup was ready so I decided to eat a yogurt.  I wasn't all that hungry and this was just fine for dinner.  I haven't quite mastered the finer points of being on this schedule where I try and go to bed about 9:30 so I can get up before 5:00.

Also:  ~ 2 glasses of a California pinot noir

Exercise:  Decent walk, clocked in at 2.6 miles.  Google Maps suggests that number is inflated a bit and that it was really more like 2.2 miles, but I don't know.  Whatever.  I'll stick with the pedometer mileage unless I find that it's really, really off.