Day 179: Recovering from Ice-pocolypse

Whew. We definitely had plenty of family togetherness over the past few days. I haven't weighed in in days--I dread what that scale is going to tell me. This is the result of some wild inconsistency I know. I take two steps forward and one step back pretty often. I get de-railed by life, and I have trouble getting the train back onto the tracks. This week is, again, another reset. And I will keep resetting as long as I need to.

School was closed today, so Jason and I both worked from home. Sometimes, that works out really well--I got a ton done in a short amount of time this morning. It's worth noting that I somehow lost my fitbit for a while this morning, so many of my steps today were not counted. I found it in the bed, if you can believe that--I think I went to bed with it on the band of my PJs, and it came off during the night. Oops! This afternoon, we were all close to snapping inside the house, and it had warmed up so much that we put on our boots and headed to the woods. It was amazing to hike through the snow, though we were slower than usual because of it. The woods were cool, the air refreshing, and the boys ecstatic to be outside--definitely a great little family hike!

I had planned to go to my yoga class tonight, but I was overruled by the family who wanted to try a new (to us) Irish pub in our town. I made an OK, but not great choice for dinner at the pub, which resulted in a bit of an overabundance of calories for today. I did do some yoga at home to make up for not making it to class. I admit I don't challenge myself as much as Cathy and Beth challenge me, but I feel good about doing some sun salutations, stretches, and breathing exercises on my own. I have to say though, between Jason's commentary and the cat trying to groom my hair in every downward dog, it wasn't quite the centering and relaxing experience to which I have become accustomed. Lol

Log: 

Exercise:

•  Afternoon family walk in the snowy woods at Hemlock Bluffs: 1.88 miles
• Day 9 (picking up where I left off, since I have failed to do this since last Thursday) of the 30-day Abs Challenge: 45 sit-ups, 30 leg raises, 30 crunches, 38 second plank
• 30 minutes of yoga at home (missed class with Cathy tonight--boo!)

Nutrition:

• Breakfast: 2 eggs over easy, 3 slices of peppercorn bacon (very little fat), one slice of whole wheat toast with butter, and tea with milk and raw sugar
• Lunch:Turkey chili with a little cheese and a handful of corn chips
• Dinner: Dinner out at Doherty's Irish Pub--a middle of the road choice--a mullingar boxty with garlic green beans and potato croquettes
• Snacks: no snacks today

Stats:

• Steps: 6449 plus whatever I walked between the hours of 7:30am and 12:20pm
• Calories: 1611 consumed, 427 burned
• Weight: No idea--I shudder to think...