Monday, August 24, 2015

Day Sixteen: Clambering Back Onto Track

This morning, I stepped onto the scale expecting the worst after a dismal weekend performance, and I was extremely relieved to find I only gained back a pound. I really thought it would be a lot worse than that, so--whew! I still need to recover some miles from that fiasco. The next time I go to my mom's I will absolutely take food with me and plan to cook it there. The good news is that this week looks like it shouldn't be a huge problem to get myself back on track. I am really going to try to get back in gear!

Today's lunchtime walk was a weird one. I had to go to the mall as BOTH my apple peeler and my food processor have bitten the dust, and I need them to process the 9 huge basil plants in the back yard and the bushel and a half of apples in the kitchen. These things CANNOT wait, and guess what I will be doing tonight? So--I walked at the mall. I mapped it, and I walked as fast as i could around people and through shops. It was almost a mile and a half. I still need a real walk later tonight, but that's still way better than nothing.

I went for a walk around and around my block after the kids were abed to finish out the day's steps. I learned that one trip around my block is almost exactly .25 miles, so i can walk laps and keep track pretty easily. I also realized that the main reason I don't like walking at night as much as during the day is that I can't find a pretty thing of which to take a picture. That's become essential to my walking pleasure, and walking at night feels a bit like robbery sometimes. I see so many things that would be lovely in the daylight, and there's nothing I can do about it. Still, I am glad I went--I feel better about being back on the wagon when I walk over 11k steps!

Today's Log:
Exercise:
  • Lunchtime Walk (ish) at the Mall: 1.42 miles
  • Evening Walk: 2.34 miles
  • Day 16 of the 30 Day Abs Challenge (Rest Day)
Nutrition:
  • Breakfast: hot tea with 2% milk and 1/2 tsp raw sugar, 1.5 pieces of turkey bacon (I got busy, and I was trying to eat as I was making lunches, and I literally forgot to eat an egg to go with this bacon--ridiculous.
  • Lunch:Big green salad with 2 slices of Applegate Farms oven roasted turkey and Briana's honey mustard dressing
  • Dinner:shredded roasted chicken, a 2 ounce block of robusto cheese, 2/3 of a medium honeycrisp apple
  • Snacks: 1 Babybel, 24 almonds, a big cup of tea with milk and raw sugar
Stats:
  • Steps:11215
  • Calories: 1112 consumed, 539 burned
  • Weight: 204.5
PS: I have the tiniest tickle in my throat that won't go away. If I get sick, I am likely to go postal and shoot someone. Just a warning...

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