Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Not getting much better, that's for sure. Yeesh.
Breakfast: 2 Mcdonalds sausage burritos, coffee
Lunch: Qdoba naked buritto, usual
2nd Lunch: 2 Spicy McChickens
Dinner: Double cheeseburger and fries
Snack: Chips and onion dip, lots
Exercise: None
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Unhappily Resigned
Monday, March 25, 2013
Starting to become resigned to being screwed up this week. Personal stuff keeping me up still, huge steaming mounds of work to do.
Breakfast: Yogurt, coffee
Lunch: 2 spicy McChickens
Dinner: Spicy beans with a bunch of Meijer deli turkey, popcorn
Snack: Chips and onion dip
Exercise: Abbreviated walk, clocked in at 1.4 miles in 26 minutes.
At least it was something. Felt good.
45.2
Starting to become resigned to being screwed up this week. Personal stuff keeping me up still, huge steaming mounds of work to do.
Breakfast: Yogurt, coffee
Lunch: 2 spicy McChickens
Dinner: Spicy beans with a bunch of Meijer deli turkey, popcorn
Snack: Chips and onion dip
Exercise: Abbreviated walk, clocked in at 1.4 miles in 26 minutes.
At least it was something. Felt good.
45.2
Sunday, March 24, 2013
Dude, Just Stop
Sunday, March 24, 2013
Stayed up so very late last night. Didn't get up until 9:30 this morning, the latest I've been up in years. So very very screwed up.
And then I compounded it by messing up the eating. So much for my one day streak.
Breakfast: None
Lunch: 3 johnsonville beef brats w/ jalapeno mustard, 3 slices sharp cheddar
Snack: 2 Taco bell chicken burritos
Dinner: Casserole w/ pork, rice, cream soup, celery; roll w butter, green beans w/ cheddar cheese
Snack: Chips & onion dip. LOTS.
Exercise: None. MAD.
Stayed up so very late last night. Didn't get up until 9:30 this morning, the latest I've been up in years. So very very screwed up.
And then I compounded it by messing up the eating. So much for my one day streak.
Breakfast: None
Lunch: 3 johnsonville beef brats w/ jalapeno mustard, 3 slices sharp cheddar
Snack: 2 Taco bell chicken burritos
Dinner: Casserole w/ pork, rice, cream soup, celery; roll w butter, green beans w/ cheddar cheese
Snack: Chips & onion dip. LOTS.
Exercise: None. MAD.
Saturday, March 23, 2013
Possible Corrective Step(s)
Saturday, March 23, 2013
Not off to a world-beating start this morning, but at least I'm functional. At least so far. Between the bad eating and the erratic, limited sleep I am way, way off in the mornings. I finally conceded that I should change my alarm time - moved it a half hour later to see if it would help. I was able to get up but didn't do anything, ended up dozing for quite a long time. So no exercise again this morning. Is problem.
Breakfast: Yogurt, coffee
Had to get coffee from McDonalds, resisted any temptation to order food. Positive sign for the day.
Lunch: Bowl of homemade vegetable beef soup, a couple ounces Meijer deli turkey
This was good.
Dinner: Taco salad, spicy pork. Lots of hot sauce.
Continuing with the old school theme
Snack: 2 servings of frozen leftover oatcakes
Also: a glass of Concannon pinot noir. Not the fullest bodied wine I've ever had, but not bad.
Exercise: None. Got up and dozed. FAIL.
I will be so, so glad when things slow back down at work. This is just crazy.
Not off to a world-beating start this morning, but at least I'm functional. At least so far. Between the bad eating and the erratic, limited sleep I am way, way off in the mornings. I finally conceded that I should change my alarm time - moved it a half hour later to see if it would help. I was able to get up but didn't do anything, ended up dozing for quite a long time. So no exercise again this morning. Is problem.
Breakfast: Yogurt, coffee
Had to get coffee from McDonalds, resisted any temptation to order food. Positive sign for the day.
Lunch: Bowl of homemade vegetable beef soup, a couple ounces Meijer deli turkey
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Dinner: Taco salad, spicy pork. Lots of hot sauce.
Continuing with the old school theme
Snack: 2 servings of frozen leftover oatcakes
Also: a glass of Concannon pinot noir. Not the fullest bodied wine I've ever had, but not bad.
Exercise: None. Got up and dozed. FAIL.
I will be so, so glad when things slow back down at work. This is just crazy.
Friday, March 22, 2013
Bottomed Out Again
Friday, March 22, 2013
It's been a dismal month and this morning I had a talk with myself. Going to try and get square tomorrow. Be extra good this week going into vacation. I can do that. Vacation will be a struggle. Then really hit the gas. I have dreams yo.
Breakfast: 2 McDonald's sausage burritos, coffee
Lunch: 2 Spicy McChickens
Dinner: Deluxe pizza, chips and onion dip
Exercise: None. Fat and lazy.
Back on the horse tomorrow.
54?
It's been a dismal month and this morning I had a talk with myself. Going to try and get square tomorrow. Be extra good this week going into vacation. I can do that. Vacation will be a struggle. Then really hit the gas. I have dreams yo.
Breakfast: 2 McDonald's sausage burritos, coffee
Lunch: 2 Spicy McChickens
Dinner: Deluxe pizza, chips and onion dip
Exercise: None. Fat and lazy.
Back on the horse tomorrow.
54?
Thursday, March 21, 2013
Wondering About Allergens
Thursday, March 21, 2013
Woke up this morning with major sinus blockage and a pounding headache, which I usually associate with oxygen deficiency. Starting to wonder if I might have specific food intolerances - perhaps in addition to allergies to dust etc - that cause this sort of thing.
Anyway, another day, another opportunity to get back on track. I'm hopeful that things will be a bit more normal today - have a good menu picked out. I pulled some fresh stuff out of the freezer for tomorrow. I might have to find the time to do some cooking this weekend, but we'll see about that.
It's so easy to get complacent when some things are going well in your life, you know?
Breakfast: Yogurt, coffee
Lunch: 3 egg omelet with bacon, cream cheese and avocado; sausage; coffee
Dinner: Little Caesars pepperoni pizza, chips and onion dip
Exercise: None. Winter hanging on with a vengeance and lack of sleep killing me. Still haven't figured out a way to merge the personal life need to stay up late with the exercise need of getting up early. Starting to get very, very nervous about my prospects of completing that 5k in May ... since I haven't done a damned thing this week exercise-wise
Woke up this morning with major sinus blockage and a pounding headache, which I usually associate with oxygen deficiency. Starting to wonder if I might have specific food intolerances - perhaps in addition to allergies to dust etc - that cause this sort of thing.
Anyway, another day, another opportunity to get back on track. I'm hopeful that things will be a bit more normal today - have a good menu picked out. I pulled some fresh stuff out of the freezer for tomorrow. I might have to find the time to do some cooking this weekend, but we'll see about that.
It's so easy to get complacent when some things are going well in your life, you know?
Breakfast: Yogurt, coffee
Lunch: 3 egg omelet with bacon, cream cheese and avocado; sausage; coffee
Dinner: Little Caesars pepperoni pizza, chips and onion dip
Exercise: None. Winter hanging on with a vengeance and lack of sleep killing me. Still haven't figured out a way to merge the personal life need to stay up late with the exercise need of getting up early. Starting to get very, very nervous about my prospects of completing that 5k in May ... since I haven't done a damned thing this week exercise-wise
Surreal Days
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
I'm having a hard time putting into words what things have been like lately. I'm both happy and completely, utterly screwed up. Have gained weight eating like this, not sleeping and not exercising.
Breakfast: Yogurt
Lunch: None
Dinner: 2 spicy McChickens
2nd Dinner: 3 Taco bell chicken buritos, chips and onion dip
Got completely carried away, but not terribly surprising after not eating for ~ 11 hours.
Exercise: None. Again. Argh.
I'm having a hard time putting into words what things have been like lately. I'm both happy and completely, utterly screwed up. Have gained weight eating like this, not sleeping and not exercising.
Breakfast: Yogurt
Lunch: None
Dinner: 2 spicy McChickens
2nd Dinner: 3 Taco bell chicken buritos, chips and onion dip
Got completely carried away, but not terribly surprising after not eating for ~ 11 hours.
Exercise: None. Again. Argh.
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Needing Seriousness
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
I haven't checked lately but I'm pretty sure that I'm putting weight back on at an alarming rate what with the awful, awful eating and lack of exercise. I need to put a stop to it. No garbage the rest of the day would be a good start. Not looking promising for exercise later, it is miserable out there.
Breakfast: 2 McDonalds sausage burritos, coffee
Hopefully that's enough mcfood for a while. I got up super late after another long evening. In a way I almost wish to have my time be my own again, but instead I need to simply tinker with the schedule, be more efficient at work and enjoy the happy personal stuff.
Lunch: None
Dinner: Pizza Hut thin crust pepperoni, bacon, onion pizza
Exercise: None
Pondering whether I can reboot the C25k program somewhere in the middle - I have just over 6 weeks to regain form and make additional strides, and I'll be gone on vacation and not jogging for a week of that. Yikes.
48.6
I haven't checked lately but I'm pretty sure that I'm putting weight back on at an alarming rate what with the awful, awful eating and lack of exercise. I need to put a stop to it. No garbage the rest of the day would be a good start. Not looking promising for exercise later, it is miserable out there.
Breakfast: 2 McDonalds sausage burritos, coffee
Hopefully that's enough mcfood for a while. I got up super late after another long evening. In a way I almost wish to have my time be my own again, but instead I need to simply tinker with the schedule, be more efficient at work and enjoy the happy personal stuff.
Lunch: None
Dinner: Pizza Hut thin crust pepperoni, bacon, onion pizza
Exercise: None
Pondering whether I can reboot the C25k program somewhere in the middle - I have just over 6 weeks to regain form and make additional strides, and I'll be gone on vacation and not jogging for a week of that. Yikes.
48.6
My Word ... The FAIL
Saturday, March 16 - Monday, March 18, 2013
Awful, awful fail. Some great stuff in personal life, awful amounts of work, bad food and no exercise.
Saturday
Breakfast: 3 egg omelet w/ bacon, cream cheese, avocado; sausage; coffee
Lunch: Culver's bacon deluxe single, side salad w/ italian
Snack: Chips and onion dip
Dinner: Taco bell chicken burritos
Exercise: Usual walk.
Sunday
Breakfast: None
Lunches: 2 spicy McChickens, 2 grilled onion cheddar burgers, popcorn
Dinner: Meatloaf, potatoes, carrots, roll
Snack: Chips and onion dip
Monday
Breakfast: Yogurt, coffee
Lunch: 2 spicy McChickens
Dinner: Dominos pizza, pepperoni, bacon onion.
Snack: Chips and onion dip, a little popcorn
Notice the lack of exercise?
Awful, awful fail. Some great stuff in personal life, awful amounts of work, bad food and no exercise.
Saturday
Breakfast: 3 egg omelet w/ bacon, cream cheese, avocado; sausage; coffee
Lunch: Culver's bacon deluxe single, side salad w/ italian
Snack: Chips and onion dip
Dinner: Taco bell chicken burritos
Exercise: Usual walk.
Sunday
Breakfast: None
Lunches: 2 spicy McChickens, 2 grilled onion cheddar burgers, popcorn
Dinner: Meatloaf, potatoes, carrots, roll
Snack: Chips and onion dip
Monday
Breakfast: Yogurt, coffee
Lunch: 2 spicy McChickens
Dinner: Dominos pizza, pepperoni, bacon onion.
Snack: Chips and onion dip, a little popcorn
Notice the lack of exercise?
Friday, March 15, 2013
Fun But Flabby
Friday, March 15, 2013
Having a good stretch in personal life, unfortunately it's been paired with total FAIL with regard to the plan. I hope to get refocused tomorrow. Yeesh.
Breakfast: Yogurt, coffee
At least this part is consistent.
Lunch: 2 spicy McChickens
Snack: 2 spicy McChickens
Dinner: Deluxe pizza, chips and onion dip
Exercise: None. Should have gone, I could have dragged myself out there. It's supposed to snow tonight so tomorrow morning is looking a little dicey.
Having a good stretch in personal life, unfortunately it's been paired with total FAIL with regard to the plan. I hope to get refocused tomorrow. Yeesh.
Breakfast: Yogurt, coffee
At least this part is consistent.
Lunch: 2 spicy McChickens
Snack: 2 spicy McChickens
Dinner: Deluxe pizza, chips and onion dip
Exercise: None. Should have gone, I could have dragged myself out there. It's supposed to snow tonight so tomorrow morning is looking a little dicey.
Thursday, March 14, 2013
A Curious Case of Fog
Thursday, March 14, 2013
I had a very, very difficult time getting out of bed this morning. In fact, I didn't. Snoozed repeatedly until I finally had to get up. Uncomfortable, unproductive sleep. I attribute some of it to my screwed up schedule - I didn't go to bed until after 12:30 - and some of it to dietary reasons. Some of it perhaps to the increasingly irregular exercise. And there is always work-related stress.
Add it up and you get morning brain fog. It's been a while since I woke up exhausted & with a headache and I'd just as soon not have that happen again any time soon, thanks.
Breakfast: Yogurt, coffee
Lunch: 3 egg omelet w bacon, cream cheese & avocado; sausage; coffee
Dinner: 3 Taco Bell chicken burritos, chips and onion dip
Exercise: None. As mentioned, could not get out of bed. I don't know if I can get back on schedule - have some other stuff going on in life that is preventing me from going to bed early like I should.
I had a very, very difficult time getting out of bed this morning. In fact, I didn't. Snoozed repeatedly until I finally had to get up. Uncomfortable, unproductive sleep. I attribute some of it to my screwed up schedule - I didn't go to bed until after 12:30 - and some of it to dietary reasons. Some of it perhaps to the increasingly irregular exercise. And there is always work-related stress.
Add it up and you get morning brain fog. It's been a while since I woke up exhausted & with a headache and I'd just as soon not have that happen again any time soon, thanks.
Breakfast: Yogurt, coffee
Lunch: 3 egg omelet w bacon, cream cheese & avocado; sausage; coffee
Dinner: 3 Taco Bell chicken burritos, chips and onion dip
Exercise: None. As mentioned, could not get out of bed. I don't know if I can get back on schedule - have some other stuff going on in life that is preventing me from going to bed early like I should.
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
What a Wednesday
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
For reasons which will not be discussed, today is memorable.
Breakfast: Yogurt, coffee
Lunch: None
Dinner: 1/2 of a deluxe pizza, salad w/ italian dressing, ~ 24 oz miller lite.
Went out for dinner unexpectedly. Absolutely one of my favorite meals, even if I do eat way too much and feel a bit lousy afterward b/c of all the starch.
Exercise: I got up a bit late but did get out and jog. Slowly. It was icy, so I was very cautious. Different route, axed the extra warmup due to time constraints, the pedometer said I covered just under 2 miles in my 30 minutes. Sounds about right. I don't have that extra gear yet, though I felt surprisingly decent.
42.4
For reasons which will not be discussed, today is memorable.
Breakfast: Yogurt, coffee
Lunch: None
Dinner: 1/2 of a deluxe pizza, salad w/ italian dressing, ~ 24 oz miller lite.
Went out for dinner unexpectedly. Absolutely one of my favorite meals, even if I do eat way too much and feel a bit lousy afterward b/c of all the starch.
Exercise: I got up a bit late but did get out and jog. Slowly. It was icy, so I was very cautious. Different route, axed the extra warmup due to time constraints, the pedometer said I covered just under 2 miles in my 30 minutes. Sounds about right. I don't have that extra gear yet, though I felt surprisingly decent.
42.4
A Tuesday
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
After a memorable Monday, a more normal Tuesday. With ample quantities of FAIL.
Breakfast: Yogurt, coffee
Lunch: Homemade vegetable beef soup, mini baguette with butter and cheddar cheese
Dinner: Domino's pizza, pepperoni bacon and onion, a few potato chips
Exercise: None.
After a memorable Monday, a more normal Tuesday. With ample quantities of FAIL.
Breakfast: Yogurt, coffee
Lunch: Homemade vegetable beef soup, mini baguette with butter and cheddar cheese
Dinner: Domino's pizza, pepperoni bacon and onion, a few potato chips
Exercise: None.
Monday, March 11, 2013
They Flow
Monday, March 11, 2013
The excuses come too easily of late. I was up past my bedtime. I'm tired. It's raining. I don't feel like it. And that's just exercise. Don't even get me started on the food excuses.
Sick of them all. After today need to get my head back in the game.
Breakfast: Yogurt.
Lunch: A late drive thru, 2 grilled onion cheddar and a McChicken.
Dinner: 3 Taco Bell chicken burritos, chips and onion dip
Exercise: None. Tired. Raining. Could have gone, but had some other things that really needed to be done before I could leave for work. So I did those instead. No major regrets, just a bit of irritation - if I was on my usual schedule I had ample time to get it in.
The excuses come too easily of late. I was up past my bedtime. I'm tired. It's raining. I don't feel like it. And that's just exercise. Don't even get me started on the food excuses.
Sick of them all. After today need to get my head back in the game.
Breakfast: Yogurt.
Lunch: A late drive thru, 2 grilled onion cheddar and a McChicken.
Dinner: 3 Taco Bell chicken burritos, chips and onion dip
Exercise: None. Tired. Raining. Could have gone, but had some other things that really needed to be done before I could leave for work. So I did those instead. No major regrets, just a bit of irritation - if I was on my usual schedule I had ample time to get it in.
Sunday, March 10, 2013
Work And Anticipation
Sunday, March 10, 2013
So jammed up at work. Spent most of the day there again today and didn't even scratch the surface of what I needed to accomplish. A big ball of stress right now.
And yet I'm scheduled for a short stretch of time tomorrow that I've been looking forward to so much that has nothing to do with work. It will be interesting. And I'm anticipating.
Breakfast: McDonalds bacon, egg, cheese biscuit, 2 sausage burritos, coffee
Lunch: Double cheeseburger, fries
Dinner: Little Caesars pepperoni pizza
Snack: a few leftover potato chips
Exercise: None. All kinds of fail. Was ready to sleep about 9 last night, was kept up until 1:30. Lost an hour due to the time change and ... yeah. While I woke up and moved to the couch at the usual time I had no shot at actually being awake. I was out again in no time flat. Brutal.
Plus it was raining. Yuck. Going to have to try to jog in the rain in the am it appears.
42.0
So jammed up at work. Spent most of the day there again today and didn't even scratch the surface of what I needed to accomplish. A big ball of stress right now.
And yet I'm scheduled for a short stretch of time tomorrow that I've been looking forward to so much that has nothing to do with work. It will be interesting. And I'm anticipating.
Breakfast: McDonalds bacon, egg, cheese biscuit, 2 sausage burritos, coffee
Lunch: Double cheeseburger, fries
Dinner: Little Caesars pepperoni pizza
Snack: a few leftover potato chips
Exercise: None. All kinds of fail. Was ready to sleep about 9 last night, was kept up until 1:30. Lost an hour due to the time change and ... yeah. While I woke up and moved to the couch at the usual time I had no shot at actually being awake. I was out again in no time flat. Brutal.
Plus it was raining. Yuck. Going to have to try to jog in the rain in the am it appears.
42.0
Saturday, March 9, 2013
So It Continues
Saturday, March 9, 2013
Lots of fail lately. Just not enough focus. I'm able to do some things but not everything.
And holy ****, we lose an hour tonight. Oh man is tomorrow morning going to SUCK.
Breakfast: Western omelette, homemade wheat toast, coffee
Worst coffee ever.
Lunch: Italian beef sandwich, chicago dog, fries
Snack: Popcorn
Dinner: Deluxe pizza
Snack: Chips and onion dip
About 10 gazillion calories. Planning on going out to breakfast tomorrow and I have a ton of work to do, but otherwise I should be able to get back on track.
Exercise: Walk, usual route. Pedometer said 3.37 miles in a hour and five minutes. Sounds about right. Shorter strides. Felt good. Could have easily gone much further.
Lots of fail lately. Just not enough focus. I'm able to do some things but not everything.
And holy ****, we lose an hour tonight. Oh man is tomorrow morning going to SUCK.
Breakfast: Western omelette, homemade wheat toast, coffee
Worst coffee ever.
Lunch: Italian beef sandwich, chicago dog, fries
Snack: Popcorn
Dinner: Deluxe pizza
Snack: Chips and onion dip
About 10 gazillion calories. Planning on going out to breakfast tomorrow and I have a ton of work to do, but otherwise I should be able to get back on track.
Exercise: Walk, usual route. Pedometer said 3.37 miles in a hour and five minutes. Sounds about right. Shorter strides. Felt good. Could have easily gone much further.
Friday, March 8, 2013
More Like It
Friday, March 8, 2013
This morning feels more like it should. I was in bed by 9:30 last night, got to sleep by 10:00, so I actually got a reasonable number of hours. Not eight hours or anything but certainly better than the maybe 5 if I'm lucky I have been getting. As a consequence I was able to motivate myself out the door and all is right with the world.
Officially wondering about my scale. Hopped on this morning and it gave me a lovely low number ... despite my eating pizza last night.
Breakfast: Yogurt, coffee
Lunch: 3 egg omelet w/ bacon, cream cheese & avocado; sausage; coffee
Might just have to start referring to this as avocado omelet meal.
Dinner: McChicken, grilled onion cheddar burger, chips & onion dip.
FAIL.
Exercise: Now that I'm "done" with the C25K program, I'm doing maintenance and hopefully building up some more endurance. Oh, and I need to work on increasing speed. Today's plan was 30 minutes of jogging. I managed to reset the pedometer just before starting that so I got a reading of 2.12 miles in those 30 minutes. Happy about that for the most part - I got as far as I expected - but have a ways to go to reach my goal.
It didn't hurt too much. Once I got past the mental block of the first half mile it was pretty much fine. And - this might be the best part - for once I felt like I could have continued on at the end of the time. I don't know if I could have done another entire mile but it's possible. I was not suffering. Excited about that.
35.0
This morning feels more like it should. I was in bed by 9:30 last night, got to sleep by 10:00, so I actually got a reasonable number of hours. Not eight hours or anything but certainly better than the maybe 5 if I'm lucky I have been getting. As a consequence I was able to motivate myself out the door and all is right with the world.
Officially wondering about my scale. Hopped on this morning and it gave me a lovely low number ... despite my eating pizza last night.
Breakfast: Yogurt, coffee
Lunch: 3 egg omelet w/ bacon, cream cheese & avocado; sausage; coffee
Might just have to start referring to this as avocado omelet meal.
Dinner: McChicken, grilled onion cheddar burger, chips & onion dip.
FAIL.
Exercise: Now that I'm "done" with the C25K program, I'm doing maintenance and hopefully building up some more endurance. Oh, and I need to work on increasing speed. Today's plan was 30 minutes of jogging. I managed to reset the pedometer just before starting that so I got a reading of 2.12 miles in those 30 minutes. Happy about that for the most part - I got as far as I expected - but have a ways to go to reach my goal.
It didn't hurt too much. Once I got past the mental block of the first half mile it was pretty much fine. And - this might be the best part - for once I felt like I could have continued on at the end of the time. I don't know if I could have done another entire mile but it's possible. I was not suffering. Excited about that.
35.0
Thursday, March 7, 2013
In Deficit
Thursday, March 7, 2013
Still operating under a massive sleep deficit. If only I could get back to being in complete control of my schedule. Yeah, like that's ever going to happen. And I know that I'd miss out on so much if I had been super strict lately. Sure would be nice to get caught up, though springing forward is not going to help.
Tons and tons of work to do.
Breakfast: Yogurt, coffee
Lunch: Turkey and spicy beans, 2 slices cheddar cheese
Snack: 2 McDonalds grilled onion cheddar burgers, 1 spicy McChicken
Dinner: Little Caesars hot n ready pepperoni pizza
Exercise: None. Snoozed for an hour, got up, never got myself out the door. Even managed to be 15 minutes later than usual to work. Quite displeased.
Still operating under a massive sleep deficit. If only I could get back to being in complete control of my schedule. Yeah, like that's ever going to happen. And I know that I'd miss out on so much if I had been super strict lately. Sure would be nice to get caught up, though springing forward is not going to help.
Tons and tons of work to do.
Breakfast: Yogurt, coffee
Lunch: Turkey and spicy beans, 2 slices cheddar cheese
Snack: 2 McDonalds grilled onion cheddar burgers, 1 spicy McChicken
Dinner: Little Caesars hot n ready pepperoni pizza
Exercise: None. Snoozed for an hour, got up, never got myself out the door. Even managed to be 15 minutes later than usual to work. Quite displeased.
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
Expectable Resistance
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
I really wish I knew why my head is in such a bad place regarding exercise recently. I don't get it. I had been really loving the morning walks and while I haven't 'loved' the jogging experiment it hasn't exactly been painful. And yet recently I find myself dreading it, at least on jogging days. That more than anything else (okay, probably except extreme fatigue) leads to missed days.
Breakfast: Yogurt, coffee
Lunch: Everything omelet, redskin potatoes, sourdough toast, coffee
Out to lunch. Literally, not just figuratively.
Dinner: Leftover roast turkey, spicy beans.
Sorry about the neck-craning that's required, dunno why the iphone rotated it & I'm not in the mood to fix it right now. Also: Not sure if I like this better with chicken or turkey, they're both goooood.
Exercise: Jog day. Got out there really late, so I dispensed with the usual pre-warmup walk. Walked for 5 minutes, was supposed to jog for 30. I quit at about 20 minutes. I ****ing quit. No ifs ands or buts, I quit. Walked the rest of the way home, pedometer said 2.25 miles in 36 minutes.
The quit was 100% mental. I wasn't hurting. I fought the desire the whole way, but eventually it won. I'm mad. Sad. Frustrated. If I'm going to accomplish this goal -- and I've already promised myself that if I do I can go back to walking immediately after -- I need to get my head straight.
This, not to put too fine a point on it ... this sucks.
38.4
I really wish I knew why my head is in such a bad place regarding exercise recently. I don't get it. I had been really loving the morning walks and while I haven't 'loved' the jogging experiment it hasn't exactly been painful. And yet recently I find myself dreading it, at least on jogging days. That more than anything else (okay, probably except extreme fatigue) leads to missed days.
Breakfast: Yogurt, coffee
Lunch: Everything omelet, redskin potatoes, sourdough toast, coffee
Out to lunch. Literally, not just figuratively.
Dinner: Leftover roast turkey, spicy beans.
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Exercise: Jog day. Got out there really late, so I dispensed with the usual pre-warmup walk. Walked for 5 minutes, was supposed to jog for 30. I quit at about 20 minutes. I ****ing quit. No ifs ands or buts, I quit. Walked the rest of the way home, pedometer said 2.25 miles in 36 minutes.
The quit was 100% mental. I wasn't hurting. I fought the desire the whole way, but eventually it won. I'm mad. Sad. Frustrated. If I'm going to accomplish this goal -- and I've already promised myself that if I do I can go back to walking immediately after -- I need to get my head straight.
This, not to put too fine a point on it ... this sucks.
38.4
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
The Excuses Need To Stop
Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Tired. Went to bed by 10:00. Got up, dozed on the couch. It was altogether too easy to skip the morning exercise. Sure, there was a knot in my calf that I was worried about, but I didn't even try to deal with it and get out there. Fatigue is a powerful thing.
On the plus side, I was notably less puffy by the end of yesterday. It always nice to get rid of useless water weight.
Breakfast: Yogurt, coffee
Lunch: 3 egg omelet w/ bacon, cream cheese, avocado; sausage; coffee
Dinner: Enchilada chicken, spicy beans
That's more like it. Yum. This could become a regular thing. Now I just have to decide how to portion the beans more consistently - I'm trying to reduce the focus on them & put it back on the meat.
Exercise: None. Was supposed to be a 'run' day, too. Tomorrow hopefully.
43.0
Tired. Went to bed by 10:00. Got up, dozed on the couch. It was altogether too easy to skip the morning exercise. Sure, there was a knot in my calf that I was worried about, but I didn't even try to deal with it and get out there. Fatigue is a powerful thing.
On the plus side, I was notably less puffy by the end of yesterday. It always nice to get rid of useless water weight.
Breakfast: Yogurt, coffee
Lunch: 3 egg omelet w/ bacon, cream cheese, avocado; sausage; coffee
Dinner: Enchilada chicken, spicy beans
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Exercise: None. Was supposed to be a 'run' day, too. Tomorrow hopefully.
43.0
Monday, March 4, 2013
No Try, Do.
Monday, March 4, 2013
Notably bloated this morning after several days of excess. I don't know why I'm wired that way - if I'm going to eat junk, I am going to eat all of the junk - but I am. And now I've flipped the switch back to responsible mode.
Breakfast: 1 container Fage full fat greek yogurt, coffee
I think going forward I'm just going to refer to this as "yogurt" and note exceptions
Lunch: Homemade vegetable beef soup, a couple ounces of Spartan deli turkey
Dinner: "Enchilada chicken" with shredded cheddar cheese, spicy beans
I didn't eat all of the beans, they were not top notch, presumably due to several many days in the fridge. I did eat all of the chicken ... it was a big pile.
So, "Enchilada chicken". Chicken breasts, cooked 4 hours @ 275 with a dozen cloves of garlic and some spices then shredded. Reheated with a third of a can of enchilada sauce. Pretty solid. Not a big fan of what's in the sauce but I wasn't quite up to the task of conjuring up my own. There will be a lot of this coming up - I bought a package of six breasts and it made about 8 containers of meat. Between this and the beans my freezer is FULL ... and that's despite being out of soup.
Exercise: Morning walk. I was a little slow getting out the door, which meant that I cut it short. Pedometer said 2.0 miles in just under 40 minutes. I would have been very happy to go further but I'm under a perpetual time crunch. I'm hoping that as I get back to a proper sleep routine (hopefully - not sure if the respite will last) and better dietary focus I'll have a bit more pep in the AM.
46.0
Notably bloated this morning after several days of excess. I don't know why I'm wired that way - if I'm going to eat junk, I am going to eat all of the junk - but I am. And now I've flipped the switch back to responsible mode.
Breakfast: 1 container Fage full fat greek yogurt, coffee
I think going forward I'm just going to refer to this as "yogurt" and note exceptions
Lunch: Homemade vegetable beef soup, a couple ounces of Spartan deli turkey
Dinner: "Enchilada chicken" with shredded cheddar cheese, spicy beans
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| Oh, hey, it's something NEW! |
So, "Enchilada chicken". Chicken breasts, cooked 4 hours @ 275 with a dozen cloves of garlic and some spices then shredded. Reheated with a third of a can of enchilada sauce. Pretty solid. Not a big fan of what's in the sauce but I wasn't quite up to the task of conjuring up my own. There will be a lot of this coming up - I bought a package of six breasts and it made about 8 containers of meat. Between this and the beans my freezer is FULL ... and that's despite being out of soup.
Exercise: Morning walk. I was a little slow getting out the door, which meant that I cut it short. Pedometer said 2.0 miles in just under 40 minutes. I would have been very happy to go further but I'm under a perpetual time crunch. I'm hoping that as I get back to a proper sleep routine (hopefully - not sure if the respite will last) and better dietary focus I'll have a bit more pep in the AM.
46.0
Sunday, March 3, 2013
Yeah It Could Always Be Worse
Sunday, March 3, 2013
More optimistic today. Finally got to bed just a bit earlier last night, got up and got in some exercise. Although I haven't accomplished all that much I'm doing a few things.
So, here's the deal. I'm going to finish up with my indulgences today and then try really hard to be good for a few weeks. I know vacation will be tough and so will golf season, but until then I have no reason to eat garbage. Focus, son!
Breakfast: Everything omelet, redskin potatoes, sourdough toast, coffee
Lunch: 3 Taco Bell chicken burritos
Snack: Chips and onion dip. Lots.
Dinner: 2 Culvers double deluxe burgers
Exercise: C25K, week 8, day 3. 28 min jog. Finally got back out there, Monday was a loooong time ago. And, much to my surprise, it felt pretty decent. I definitely noticed a bit of extra water weight around the belly but otherwise things were good. I felt like my form was decent, I managed my effort level well and it really didn't hurt too bad. Yes!
That's the end of the program, but it looks like the app will let me do as many 30 minute maintenance sessions as I want. That's good, because even today I didn't cover much more than 2 miles in my 28 minutes of jogging. I am not fast. Pedometer said 3.25 miles in just barely over 50 minutes.
More optimistic today. Finally got to bed just a bit earlier last night, got up and got in some exercise. Although I haven't accomplished all that much I'm doing a few things.
So, here's the deal. I'm going to finish up with my indulgences today and then try really hard to be good for a few weeks. I know vacation will be tough and so will golf season, but until then I have no reason to eat garbage. Focus, son!
Breakfast: Everything omelet, redskin potatoes, sourdough toast, coffee
Lunch: 3 Taco Bell chicken burritos
Snack: Chips and onion dip. Lots.
Dinner: 2 Culvers double deluxe burgers
Exercise: C25K, week 8, day 3. 28 min jog. Finally got back out there, Monday was a loooong time ago. And, much to my surprise, it felt pretty decent. I definitely noticed a bit of extra water weight around the belly but otherwise things were good. I felt like my form was decent, I managed my effort level well and it really didn't hurt too bad. Yes!
That's the end of the program, but it looks like the app will let me do as many 30 minute maintenance sessions as I want. That's good, because even today I didn't cover much more than 2 miles in my 28 minutes of jogging. I am not fast. Pedometer said 3.25 miles in just barely over 50 minutes.
Saturday, March 2, 2013
Worst Of All
Saturday, March 2, 2013
Yeah, March isn't off to a very good start. Didn't stay up quite as late last night but it was pretty much the same drill. Maybe tonight, though I now think I'm screwed up enough that getting up is going to be problem. It certainly was today, I went back to sleep and didn't get up until 8:00. Ugh.
Breakfast: McDonalds bacon egg cheese biscuit, 2 sausage burritos, coffee
Lunch: 3 egg omelet w/ bacon cream cheese & avocado; sausage; coffee
Snack: Popcorn
Dinner: Double cheeseburger, fries
Also: Chips & onion dip
Exercise: None. Mad. Really, really, really mad at myself about this.
40.4
Friday, March 1, 2013
An Unexpected Wrench Thrown
Friday, March 1, 2013
So unbelievably happy that it's Friday. I am just spent. I will be limping through today at the office and then hoping just desperately for recovery. I need to work this weekend, a bunch, and I have some things I'd like to do but what I really want is to just shut down, reboot and get back on track. We'll see what happens.
I really did plan to get back on track today. I thought the real life stuff that's going on would be on hiatus starting yesterday ... I was so incredibly wrong. Instead, additional hours were consumed and I think I finally slept about 1:30. At that point I knew this morning wasn't happening as planned.
Breakfast: 1 container Fage full fat greek yogurt, coffee
Remarkable sticking power for a 190 calorie breakfast. Tasted even better than usual this morning, probably because I saw they were on sale yesterday & stocked up at a buck each instead of the usual $1.49.
Lunch: Double cheeseburger, fries.
When I eat this junk I can always eat more. Yeesh.
Dinner: 12" deluxe pizza
Also: Chips and onion dip
Really really want it to end here.
Exercise: None. I really wanted to get back on track today, just chalk the week up to one of those things & only miss one day of C25k. Nope. I must, must, must go tomorrow in order to stay where I am, I remember from experience that I lose conditioning super fast. Plus I need it to feel healthy and do not want to get sick!
40.4
So unbelievably happy that it's Friday. I am just spent. I will be limping through today at the office and then hoping just desperately for recovery. I need to work this weekend, a bunch, and I have some things I'd like to do but what I really want is to just shut down, reboot and get back on track. We'll see what happens.
I really did plan to get back on track today. I thought the real life stuff that's going on would be on hiatus starting yesterday ... I was so incredibly wrong. Instead, additional hours were consumed and I think I finally slept about 1:30. At that point I knew this morning wasn't happening as planned.
Breakfast: 1 container Fage full fat greek yogurt, coffee
Remarkable sticking power for a 190 calorie breakfast. Tasted even better than usual this morning, probably because I saw they were on sale yesterday & stocked up at a buck each instead of the usual $1.49.
Lunch: Double cheeseburger, fries.
When I eat this junk I can always eat more. Yeesh.
Dinner: 12" deluxe pizza
Also: Chips and onion dip
Really really want it to end here.
Exercise: None. I really wanted to get back on track today, just chalk the week up to one of those things & only miss one day of C25k. Nope. I must, must, must go tomorrow in order to stay where I am, I remember from experience that I lose conditioning super fast. Plus I need it to feel healthy and do not want to get sick!
40.4
February Results & March Goals
February 2013 Results
Stuck largely in neutral. Too much fail. Let's break it down, briefly:
Goal 1: Lose 15 lbs. Total fail. Ended up almost exactly the same.
Goal 2: Exercise. Mostly successful, though this week has been a disaster. More on that in today's post.
Goal 3: Improvement at work: Total fail. Worse off than before. Need to buckle down & hard.
March Goals:
Let's do the same ones. Lose 15, Exercise at least 15 days but closer to every day w/ a focus on keeping and improving conditioning toward 5k day and fix some things at work.
These goals aren't original but they are attainable. They aren't even that hard. But I need to get back on them
Stuck largely in neutral. Too much fail. Let's break it down, briefly:
Goal 1: Lose 15 lbs. Total fail. Ended up almost exactly the same.
Goal 2: Exercise. Mostly successful, though this week has been a disaster. More on that in today's post.
Goal 3: Improvement at work: Total fail. Worse off than before. Need to buckle down & hard.
March Goals:
Let's do the same ones. Lose 15, Exercise at least 15 days but closer to every day w/ a focus on keeping and improving conditioning toward 5k day and fix some things at work.
These goals aren't original but they are attainable. They aren't even that hard. But I need to get back on them
Thursday, February 28, 2013
As Expected
Thursday, February 28, 2013
So, as I expected, I had one more late night last night. And now I get a break. Time to get back on a more regular, focused schedule. I'm not terribly fried this morning due to sleeping in but I miss exercising.
It's also the end of the month. February has been all sorts of fail but it's been one hell of an interesting time.
Breakfast: 1 container Fage full fat greek yogurt, coffee
Almost to the point where I can call this 'the usual'. Would have rather had a sausage biscuit but I resisted the temptation to go get one without too much difficulty.
Lunch: Works omelet w/ bacon/ham/sausage/mushroom/onion/tomato; redskin potatoes, sourdough toast, coffee
Out. Usual. Good.
Dinner: Taco salad, spicy pork, lots of hot sauce.
Also out. Usual & good.
Also: Chips & onion dip.
Yeah.
Exercise: None. As mentioned above, slept in as late as I could after yet another in the seemingly endless string of days lasting past midnight. Was hoping to get in the jog I didn't get yesterday - need to maintain and build - but there was just no way, I don't function on 3+ hours of sleep.
I better be able to sleep early tonight. No TV, no internet, no distractions. Sleep.
Back to it. Exercise every day.
41.2
So, as I expected, I had one more late night last night. And now I get a break. Time to get back on a more regular, focused schedule. I'm not terribly fried this morning due to sleeping in but I miss exercising.
It's also the end of the month. February has been all sorts of fail but it's been one hell of an interesting time.
Breakfast: 1 container Fage full fat greek yogurt, coffee
Almost to the point where I can call this 'the usual'. Would have rather had a sausage biscuit but I resisted the temptation to go get one without too much difficulty.
Lunch: Works omelet w/ bacon/ham/sausage/mushroom/onion/tomato; redskin potatoes, sourdough toast, coffee
Out. Usual. Good.
Dinner: Taco salad, spicy pork, lots of hot sauce.
Also out. Usual & good.
Also: Chips & onion dip.
Yeah.
Exercise: None. As mentioned above, slept in as late as I could after yet another in the seemingly endless string of days lasting past midnight. Was hoping to get in the jog I didn't get yesterday - need to maintain and build - but there was just no way, I don't function on 3+ hours of sleep.
I better be able to sleep early tonight. No TV, no internet, no distractions. Sleep.
Back to it. Exercise every day.
41.2
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
When Fail Is Not Epic Fail
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Up too late again. Looks like one more night of it then I get a break. It just doesn't work to go to bed well after midnight when you try to get up at 4:30. Once again I got up, moved around a bit and then snoozed on the couch instead of exercising.
Breakfast: 1 container Fage full fat yogurt, coffee
This seems to work quite well as a breakfast, I haven't been super hungry come lunchtime.
Lunch: Taco salad with chicken breast, salsa and sour cream, coffee
Not my usual place. A decent salad, not exceptional. It wasn't huge but it was big enough to satisfy.
Dinner: Bowl of spicy beans with turkey, 3 leftover oatcakes
A fan favorite. Oatcakes not pictured, they were still reheating.
Exercise: None. Well I did shovel heavy, wet snow for 20-25 minutes this morning so I got a bit of a workout but I did not get in a jog or a walk. Today was supposed to be a run day, fortunately the forecast looks more promising for tomorrow. Now if I can just get to bed at a reasonable hour so that I can get up and get out!
40.8
Up too late again. Looks like one more night of it then I get a break. It just doesn't work to go to bed well after midnight when you try to get up at 4:30. Once again I got up, moved around a bit and then snoozed on the couch instead of exercising.
Breakfast: 1 container Fage full fat yogurt, coffee
This seems to work quite well as a breakfast, I haven't been super hungry come lunchtime.
Lunch: Taco salad with chicken breast, salsa and sour cream, coffee
Not my usual place. A decent salad, not exceptional. It wasn't huge but it was big enough to satisfy.
Dinner: Bowl of spicy beans with turkey, 3 leftover oatcakes
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Exercise: None. Well I did shovel heavy, wet snow for 20-25 minutes this morning so I got a bit of a workout but I did not get in a jog or a walk. Today was supposed to be a run day, fortunately the forecast looks more promising for tomorrow. Now if I can just get to bed at a reasonable hour so that I can get up and get out!
40.8
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
The Wall
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
So tired. I definitely need to catch up on sleep, the lack thereof is beginning to mess with everything else in my life. I don't work as efficiently (obviously), eat more junk, don't exercise and generally fail at being what I want to be.
The good news is that I should get a break later in the week and maybe I'll get square.
Definitely feeling bloated yesterday. I really need to string together some good days - yesterday was close, but no cigar - and shed some water weight.
Breakfast: 1 container Fage full fat yogurt, coffee
Lunch: Omelet with bacon/ham/sausage/cheese/onion; sausage; coffee
Dinner: Small bowl ham & white beans, bowl of homemade vegetable beef soup, about an ounce of Boar's Head ovengold deli turkey, 3 leftover oatcakes
Mix 'n match dinner. All pretty decent. Not pictured: Turkey and oatcakes.
Exercise: None. I got up this morning and then dozed on the couch. Just not good in any respect. I've pretty much hit the wall in terms of physical stamina - until I get some rest it will be hard to power through anything solely on willpower. I'm just not that strong.
43.8
So tired. I definitely need to catch up on sleep, the lack thereof is beginning to mess with everything else in my life. I don't work as efficiently (obviously), eat more junk, don't exercise and generally fail at being what I want to be.
The good news is that I should get a break later in the week and maybe I'll get square.
Definitely feeling bloated yesterday. I really need to string together some good days - yesterday was close, but no cigar - and shed some water weight.
Breakfast: 1 container Fage full fat yogurt, coffee
Lunch: Omelet with bacon/ham/sausage/cheese/onion; sausage; coffee
Dinner: Small bowl ham & white beans, bowl of homemade vegetable beef soup, about an ounce of Boar's Head ovengold deli turkey, 3 leftover oatcakes
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Exercise: None. I got up this morning and then dozed on the couch. Just not good in any respect. I've pretty much hit the wall in terms of physical stamina - until I get some rest it will be hard to power through anything solely on willpower. I'm just not that strong.
43.8
Monday, February 25, 2013
Always Doubts
Monday, February 25, 2013
Yesterday was the first time that my confidence has really been shaken. More on that in the exercise section.
I'm running on fumes again, once again stayed up past midnight dealing with drama. I just don't function as well on this kind of limited sleep. Did not get enough accomplished this weekend either and will have a ton of stuff to do today.
Other than that I'm feeling pretty decent and like I'm ready for a few uninterrupted days of success with food, sleep and exercise.
Breakfast: 1 container Fage full fat yogurt, coffee
Lunch: 2 chili dogs with mustard and onion, fries, 2 slices sharp cheddar
Screwed this up. I had more time than I thought, could have had soup or eggs or something.
Dinner: Spicy beans with deli turkey
Had a 2nd bowl. Best batch yet, more garlic this time. Really good.
I bought a turkey on sale at the store last week, going to try to cook that up next weekend - deli turkey is expensive!
Exercise: C25K, Week 8, Day 2 (try #2). I knew there were going to be struggles. Binge eating. No sleep. Slacking on the exercise. The fact that I just flat quit the day before. And yet, it wasn't so bad. Oh the first half mile was miserable, but once I settled into a groove it wasn't awful. Heart and lungs stayed well within acceptable limits. Thighs still aren't real happy but not too bad there either. As an encouraging sign I actually got further than expected - I thought I had definitely missed the '1 minute to go' and 'you are done' voice cues but no, I just went faster and further than before. Not fast. Faster. Still slow. I might have pushed 2 miles in my 28 minutes of "jogging" though which is a good thing. Sure it's supposed to be 3 miles in that time but I'll get there eventually. I still have more than two full months.
3.25 miles in 53 minutes according to the pedometer. If I can get that down under 50 minutes pretty soon I'll be pleased.
I spent a lot of time during the first half mile wondering just why the hell I'm doing this. I actually like walking. I don't like jogging much at all. It's probably dumb that I even try it - I'm still too heavy, it can't possibly be good for me. The goal of completing a 5k means absolutely nothing to anyone other than myself.
And then I remembered that the only one I have to be accountable to is me. I'm the one that set the goal and I'm going to be damned if I just toss it away because I don't feel like jogging some morning. Yes, I look ridiculous. No, it's not fun. But I do like how I feel when I accomplish a goal, especially one that is a surprise to a lot of people - and, if I admit it, to myself.
Yesterday was the first time that my confidence has really been shaken. More on that in the exercise section.
I'm running on fumes again, once again stayed up past midnight dealing with drama. I just don't function as well on this kind of limited sleep. Did not get enough accomplished this weekend either and will have a ton of stuff to do today.
Other than that I'm feeling pretty decent and like I'm ready for a few uninterrupted days of success with food, sleep and exercise.
Breakfast: 1 container Fage full fat yogurt, coffee
Lunch: 2 chili dogs with mustard and onion, fries, 2 slices sharp cheddar
Screwed this up. I had more time than I thought, could have had soup or eggs or something.
Dinner: Spicy beans with deli turkey
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I bought a turkey on sale at the store last week, going to try to cook that up next weekend - deli turkey is expensive!
Exercise: C25K, Week 8, Day 2 (try #2). I knew there were going to be struggles. Binge eating. No sleep. Slacking on the exercise. The fact that I just flat quit the day before. And yet, it wasn't so bad. Oh the first half mile was miserable, but once I settled into a groove it wasn't awful. Heart and lungs stayed well within acceptable limits. Thighs still aren't real happy but not too bad there either. As an encouraging sign I actually got further than expected - I thought I had definitely missed the '1 minute to go' and 'you are done' voice cues but no, I just went faster and further than before. Not fast. Faster. Still slow. I might have pushed 2 miles in my 28 minutes of "jogging" though which is a good thing. Sure it's supposed to be 3 miles in that time but I'll get there eventually. I still have more than two full months.
3.25 miles in 53 minutes according to the pedometer. If I can get that down under 50 minutes pretty soon I'll be pleased.
I spent a lot of time during the first half mile wondering just why the hell I'm doing this. I actually like walking. I don't like jogging much at all. It's probably dumb that I even try it - I'm still too heavy, it can't possibly be good for me. The goal of completing a 5k means absolutely nothing to anyone other than myself.
And then I remembered that the only one I have to be accountable to is me. I'm the one that set the goal and I'm going to be damned if I just toss it away because I don't feel like jogging some morning. Yes, I look ridiculous. No, it's not fun. But I do like how I feel when I accomplish a goal, especially one that is a surprise to a lot of people - and, if I admit it, to myself.
Sunday, February 24, 2013
A Complete Failure of Will
Sunday, February 24, 2013
I'll get to the fail further down the page.
I'm exhausted. I had hopes of going to bed early last night, but it did not work out that way. Stayed up very late chatting for at least the third time this week. I really, really, really need to crash early and hit the reset button before the new week gets underway.
Breakfast: Everything omelet, redskin potatoes, sourdough toast,coffee
Lunch: Double cheeseburger, fries
Snack: Chips and salsa, onion dip
Dinner: Turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing & green beans
Exercise: Here's the fail. I tried to do C25K Week 8, Day 2, which is 28 minutes of jogging. After about a half mile I just quit. Could not make myself continue. So many excuses - road conditions weren't good, I got out really late, I hate "jogging" in daylight where there are people out and about, way too much traffic, etc, etc. The bottom line is that I had a complete failure of will.
I did complete the loop walking (minor route variation trying to reduce the car dodging), pedometer said 3.25 miles in an hour. The walking part felt good and I even considered continuing on but I was already pushing it if I wanted to go out to breakfast.
If I can get rested I'll try again tomorrow in hopes of getting back on a MWF schedule. The key is going to be whether I can motivate myself out the door early enough.
In case it isn't obvious, I'm really, really disappointed in myself right now. This is supposed to be the end stage of C25K and I should be getting ready to do a full circuit. Instead, I quit.
I'll get to the fail further down the page.
I'm exhausted. I had hopes of going to bed early last night, but it did not work out that way. Stayed up very late chatting for at least the third time this week. I really, really, really need to crash early and hit the reset button before the new week gets underway.
Breakfast: Everything omelet, redskin potatoes, sourdough toast,coffee
Lunch: Double cheeseburger, fries
Snack: Chips and salsa, onion dip
Dinner: Turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing & green beans
Exercise: Here's the fail. I tried to do C25K Week 8, Day 2, which is 28 minutes of jogging. After about a half mile I just quit. Could not make myself continue. So many excuses - road conditions weren't good, I got out really late, I hate "jogging" in daylight where there are people out and about, way too much traffic, etc, etc. The bottom line is that I had a complete failure of will.
I did complete the loop walking (minor route variation trying to reduce the car dodging), pedometer said 3.25 miles in an hour. The walking part felt good and I even considered continuing on but I was already pushing it if I wanted to go out to breakfast.
If I can get rested I'll try again tomorrow in hopes of getting back on a MWF schedule. The key is going to be whether I can motivate myself out the door early enough.
In case it isn't obvious, I'm really, really disappointed in myself right now. This is supposed to be the end stage of C25K and I should be getting ready to do a full circuit. Instead, I quit.
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