Well, once you fall off your horse, there are two things you can do: you can either get back on, or give up. After a few days of screwing up my routine, I've been tempted to take a break from it and try it again later. But noooooo, I won't let myself. It's the Irish in me. Stubborn.
So, yesterday, I ate a wheat bagel with strawberry preserves and a banana. Yuck. I've discovered that more than a dozen years has not improved my ability to ingest bananas. It's the fact that they turn into mush in your mouth. Easy to digest? Great! Loaded with potassium? Awesome! Make you wanna puke when you chew it? Holy Father, deliver us from evil and bananas!
Lunch was a salad with grilled chicken. Still going with the fat free thousand island until I can find another salad dressing that's good for me, that appeals to my taste buds, and doesn't turn my insides into a scene from Alien. Dinner wasn't so healthy. My fiance and I spent the evening making beef and potato balls, trying out a few new things for the benefit dinner this weekend. We were trying a new recipe, which means taste-testing. Now, these are beef and mashed potatoes, rolled into a ball, sauteed, and then garnished with cheese. No, not the best for you, but ooooooohh so good! I won't be eating those very often, but they're a great comfort food!
No workout yesterday. I just could not get going until I only had enough time to take a shower and run. I did walk for half an hour. Some of it was on a steady incline, so it was challenging. I wound up walking about a mile, maybe a mile and a quarter. I'll have to remember to reset my pedometer before I go for my walk!
Today, I did better. I had a bowl of Rice Crispies with banana slices. Much better. The cereal contrasted the texture of the banana, and masked the fact that it was turning into mush. I think that's the only way I'll be able to eat raw banana. Lunch was half a tuna grinder with the veggies and a cookie. I asked for apple slices, but they were all out. I swear, I tried. Dinner was the same.
I have only a few things to say about this morning's workout, and none of them I can say in a family-friendly blog! Let's just say it kicked my butt! I had a little extra time, so I set the workout to 30 minutes. 20 minutes later, I had to stop. Firstly, the workout was more intense than in previous sessions. I do think it was trying to kill me! I've discovered you can increase or decrease the difficulty of the workout. Second, I realized that I didn't want to go to work all sweaty, and I couldn't fit a shower in if I did the whole workout. No walk today. Rain. Hopefully tomorrow. If it's still raining, I'll just go to the mall after work and walk.
I'm also changing my workout days to everyday except Mondays and Fridays. Monday, well, it's Monday! Have we learned nothing from the Bangles? Friday is my day to drive longer and farther to get to work, and I'm almost never home until really late. No time for love, Doctor Jones! We'll see what happens.
So, yesterday, I ate a wheat bagel with strawberry preserves and a banana. Yuck. I've discovered that more than a dozen years has not improved my ability to ingest bananas. It's the fact that they turn into mush in your mouth. Easy to digest? Great! Loaded with potassium? Awesome! Make you wanna puke when you chew it? Holy Father, deliver us from evil and bananas!
Lunch was a salad with grilled chicken. Still going with the fat free thousand island until I can find another salad dressing that's good for me, that appeals to my taste buds, and doesn't turn my insides into a scene from Alien. Dinner wasn't so healthy. My fiance and I spent the evening making beef and potato balls, trying out a few new things for the benefit dinner this weekend. We were trying a new recipe, which means taste-testing. Now, these are beef and mashed potatoes, rolled into a ball, sauteed, and then garnished with cheese. No, not the best for you, but ooooooohh so good! I won't be eating those very often, but they're a great comfort food!
No workout yesterday. I just could not get going until I only had enough time to take a shower and run. I did walk for half an hour. Some of it was on a steady incline, so it was challenging. I wound up walking about a mile, maybe a mile and a quarter. I'll have to remember to reset my pedometer before I go for my walk!
Today, I did better. I had a bowl of Rice Crispies with banana slices. Much better. The cereal contrasted the texture of the banana, and masked the fact that it was turning into mush. I think that's the only way I'll be able to eat raw banana. Lunch was half a tuna grinder with the veggies and a cookie. I asked for apple slices, but they were all out. I swear, I tried. Dinner was the same.
I have only a few things to say about this morning's workout, and none of them I can say in a family-friendly blog! Let's just say it kicked my butt! I had a little extra time, so I set the workout to 30 minutes. 20 minutes later, I had to stop. Firstly, the workout was more intense than in previous sessions. I do think it was trying to kill me! I've discovered you can increase or decrease the difficulty of the workout. Second, I realized that I didn't want to go to work all sweaty, and I couldn't fit a shower in if I did the whole workout. No walk today. Rain. Hopefully tomorrow. If it's still raining, I'll just go to the mall after work and walk.
I'm also changing my workout days to everyday except Mondays and Fridays. Monday, well, it's Monday! Have we learned nothing from the Bangles? Friday is my day to drive longer and farther to get to work, and I'm almost never home until really late. No time for love, Doctor Jones! We'll see what happens.
It's Tuesday! And that means tomorrow is Nick's Weigh-In Wednesday! In today's comments, post what you think my weight will be. Whoever comes closest will get a nifty Piece of Flair! Remember that my weight on Friday was 286.8 lbs. Have I lost? Have I gained? We'll find out tomorrow! So get those guesses going! The contest ends at 11 tomorrow night!
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