Let’s document the horror, shall we?
Yes, tiny2b, I was on the road & being accountable here did keep me out of McDs, but that’s about all it did. So…here goes:
breakfast: hard boiled egg
lunch: pb&j on whole wheat, about 20 cherries
Dinner: pb&j on white (figured one on white would be just the treat I’d need to keep me out of the drive thru), 1/2 chicken sandwich on whole wheat with tomato & big basil leaves (my own creation, not fast food)
Snacks: (yes, snacks is plural) 1/2 bag of white cheddar popcorn (the big bag, not the jumbo one, but big enough for a family of 4 to snack comfortably on); snack sized container of pringles; more cherries; coffee with French vanilla creamer (you know the kind, it’s basically pure corn syrup).
So my meals were okay, but my snacking was out of control…total boredom munching.
Exercise: short walk from brake place to coffee shop & back, short walk on beach with dog, loading/unloading the car, I mean, I’m grasping at straws here people! I just need to say “no exercise today!”
Inspiration: well, the food could’ve been worse if it weren’t for my knowing that I’d have to write about it here. Yeah, it could’ve been much worse, I guess.
Today (Thursday)
Food
Breakfast: wheat chexs with blueberries
Snack: small handful of toasted (not salted) almonds
Lunch: Weight watchers enchiladas with rice. Rice was really good, but at some point I hit unidentifiable tan mush in the enchiladas…chicken paste, maybe?
Dinner: Applebee’s…1/2 portion shrimp with salad thing (egg, avocado, tomatoes, little bacon, avocado dressing on side) and 1/2 of cup of tomato soup and 10 oz light beer.
Exercise: just back from the rec center where I walked/ran total of 2.6 (ran 2.25, walked .35), walked .1, ran 1.5 miles, walked .1, ran .25, walked .05, ran .5, walked .1. Not counting the warm up walk, I did a 2 mile mostly-run in 26:15, which is pretty good for me. Kept my running speed between 4.4 & 5.2, but I did crank it up to 5.4 when I got bored near the end of each running session. Walking speed at 3.6. But if you look at the walk between my .25 & .50 runs, it makes no sense! I should’ve just kept running for that short bit. Especially since the .5 mile run felt pretty okay. Geeze, why’d I stop? UGH!
Inspiration: I have to say, it’s the fact that getupnow is running 2 miles now. I decided if she could do that, I could at least do a full 1.5 today. Of course, she’s skinny & fit, but I gotta start back somewhere if I’m going to be skinny & fit too! I’m going to try to run a few more times while I’m here so that when I get home next week, I’m in better shape & have, barring any more freakout food fests on the road, lost the 2 pounds I gained this past month.
Oh bigprof, you are WAY too kind as usual. Skinny? Not so much. Fit? If we are speaking relatively and comparing it to the February me, then maybe. I was sitting today looking at my belly and wondering if I should rub it for good luck. It is that bad. And it refuses to leave.
I’m tellin’ ya, I can’t WAIT for fall. To me, fall=routine (and fabulous weather). I bet you will be so glad to see your life settle down again, too.
Celebrate… No McD’s on the road! Victory! I’m doing my end zone dance in your honor now.
Good for you - No McD’s!!
Yes, I can’t wait to fall back into a routine.
Great to see that 3fc is keeping you accountable with the food.
hugs
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Oh hell yes! Your chow could have been worse. Jeeze I eat popcorn all the time and I love that cheddar stuff when traveling or camping. I’m convinced it’s the healthiest snack to pork out on cause it’s FIBER!!! Fiber gets pooped right out! HA ha HA!!! Don’t really give a flying fart about the so called cheese part. When we go camping later on this month I’m taking several huge bags cause I’m going to be snacking on something!
Booze does that!
happy running!
Your exercise was great and your food MUCH better than mine!!!