Unpresidential

Monday, February 18, 2013

Happy presidents day to anyone who doesn't work for the government and yet still has today off.  All six of you.  No, no holiday envy here.  Turkeys.

After a weekend of awful, awful, awful eating and sloth it will be kind of nice to get back in the saddle today.  My digestive system was still decidedly displeased this morning and the rest of the body is resenting the extra water weight that I'm toting around today.  Next time I decide to melt down - and hopefully it will be a few weeks - I really need to do the smart thing, just eat something indulgent that I really want and be done.  I should have just had pizza.

At least it was a modestly productive weekend around the house.  I caught up all my dishes and the kitchen is mostly spotless (note to self:  clean the oven).  I did some cooking and froze some stuff.  I did all my laundry and put a few things away.  I could definitely have used another day to chip away further but at least I got up off the couch from time to time.

Breakfast:  1 container Fage full fat greek yogurt;, coffee

Really short on patience this morning as I was late so I grabbed what I could.

Lunch:  Bowl of homemade vegetable beef soup

A rare winter day featuring sunshine = a lousy picture

From yesterday's batch.  A large bowl.

Dinner:  Spicy beans with a bunch of Meijer deli turkey, 1 slice sharp cheddar

Demolished this.

Moderately hungry.  I really do need to eat slower to let the stomach signal the brain that I'm getting full.  If that happened more efficiently I probably wouldn't fat.

Exercise:  C25K Week 7, Day 3.  25 minute jog.  As per usual the first couple of blocks were a struggle as knees complained and it was hard to find a suitable gait.  Settled in and the first ten or twelve minutes were not a big deal.  Slowed to a crawl going up the incline, again as usual, and plowed through the end.  Other than going up the hill it wasn't too painful, though it's still all I can handle.  Next time I think it jumps to 28 minutes.  Pedometer said 3.25 miles in 53 minutes - I did cut off about half a block at the turnaround to avoid some people.

Late start this morning, dozed a bit and just wasn't very fired up to get out there.  Once I got going it was fine but the self-discipline is definitely a little lacking.

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