Surprisingly Upbeat

Wednesday, January 23, 2012

So it appears that an appropriate response to a rejection is to have a couple glasses of wine (or more), hang out and engage in impaired interneting.  Not sure how much was the alcohol and how much was the people but it was great to get a few laughs.  I could not tell you how long it's been since I've had that much to drink (an entire bottle of riesling plus two glasses of zinfandel).  Glad I was at home and could just tumble into bed.

I thought this morning might be a bit rough but it really hasn't been too bad.  Whatever headache I had went away once I went out for my walk - another cold day but I don't even notice it.  I will probably need to get some extra sleep tonight but otherwise I feel pretty decent.  Decent.  Sober and clear-headed.  I can even find the humor in what happened yesterday.

It isn't any big deal.  At least that's what I keep saying.  I may even believe it.

On a completely unrelated subject, apparently having a mostly liquid dinner is good for weight loss.  Either that or I need to check the batteries on my scale.  I weighed in today for kicks and it was down noticeably from last week.  I'm sure it was just dehydration (got rid of a lot of liquid yesterday) but it was still pretty epic.  I re-weighed and it was even lower.  Yay!

PM edit:  Random weight loss compliments continue to come.  Two women I don't really know from a nearby office made a point of commenting & they were pretty effusive.  And a friend stopped in and asked how much so far.

Also, I had a pleasant chat this afternoon with the rejector.  Nothing related to that, just a general chat, same as always.  Hoping to still be friends, that's pretty much it.  Mental health holding up so far, just the smallest bit of sad.  I'm doing a pretty good job of being objective about things and hey, I have a ways to go.

Breakfast:  Usual ~ 2 oz salami, 2 slices cheddar, coffee

Maybe this was yesterday's picture.  They look the same and I'm too lazy to check.

No more words needed.  Hell, the picture isn't really needed.  It's the standard 2 minute breakfast.

Lunch:  Bowl of leftover vegetable beef soup, 2 bubbies dill pickles.  I don't think I remembered to take a picture.

Snack:  Some peanuts in the shell, shelled.

After the fact pictures count, right?  This is how many I ate...

Dinner:  Meijer turkey and spicy beans.

Yum.

This is amazingly good.  I think I'll be eating a lot of this.  I'm almost out of turkey but I might have enough for one more meal.

Also:  A glass of zinfandel.  Probably going to keep it to one tonight and crash early.

Exercise:  C25K Week 4, Day 1.  Great time for a spike in intensity, right?  LOL at my thought process.  Today's routine was 3 min jog, 90 sec walk, 5 min jog, 2.5 minute walk, repeat.  I did the usual 3 mile loop, starting earlier than usual.  The first jog was no problem at all.  Second, no big deal.  3rd was uphill, not as much fun.   Last one started rough but finished OK.  Hey, guess what:  I can now jog (at a very, very, VERY slow pace) for five minutes straight!  Super short strides today, icy out there.  Other than being really slow, it felt almost natural.

I also shoveled the driveway when I got back.  Forgot to reset the pedometer, trying to mentally subtract yesterday I want to say it was 3.6 miles and just over an hour of activity.

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