Food, Diet and Fitness Diary

I am off the charts tired and giving myself a day off.

Can you say PMS? I ate so much last night. Could not stop it! I don't really mind though... if a binge day takes me to 2300 I'm not going to freak out. Plus, I did track everything so teeeechnically I'm still on track for all of my goals. Honestly though I was starving.

I got up and went for a run this morning and I feel terrible! I think I should have made it a rest day. I'm cramping like no one's business. I want to crawl in to a hole and die. Unfortunately, I have plenty to do today so that's not an option.

The most redeeming part of my day is that the company picnic is from noon to 4. I doubt I'll stay the whole time, but it will be nice to get away. They're going to have veggie burgers too, which is good! Also, tonight is a walk night for Nick so I don't need to worry about working him. He did great yesterday and needs a day to just walk around.

Ugh. I hate cramps. This hurts. A lot.

Waking up was hard this morning. If it weren't for the fact that I was planning to do UML, which is an easier work out, and knowing that I won't have time after work I might still be asleep!

I have meetings for 6 straight hours today, so I won't be on much. Lots and lots of work to do. Gotta get my head in the game and shake off this drowsy feeling.

I walked Nick last night which means today is a work day for him. I hope he's as good as he was when we worked on Monday!

Soooo bloated. Sometimes being a girl is just horrible.

It was a fantastic long weekend and I want to go back! I didn't end up running on Saturday because 1) it was humid and hot, 2) I'm lazy and 3) we ended up having a date night on Friday and I might have had one too many margaritas. So, I had two glorious days where my only exercise was taking care of the horse. He's doing amazingly well by the way.

It's back to the grind! I did work out yesterday and tracked all of my food, so I'm feeling back on track after my weekend off. I was up to run this morning and it's a good thing. It's going to be deadly out there this afternoon. It's also a "rest" day for Nick so our ride will just be walking around in the ring for 20 minutes or so. I'm happy about that... I don't have it in me to really work him in 90 degrees.

I'm working from home today and I'm so relieved. I slept from soundly from 10-6 and feel rested for the first time in a long time! Now I'm having a leisurely breakfast. I'll probably work out around 8. I want to get my apartment cleaned up some so I don't have to think about it over the weekend, and getting the grocery shopping done would be nice too.

I actually have work to do too, which is a nice change!

Anyway, I'm probably logging off until Monday, so I'll talk to you all then. Have a great weekend!

I bounced out of bed this morning well rested and ready to run! Headed out the door and was bopping along through my warm up. Then I started my run. Oh my god. Suddenly life was so hard. It was one of those mornings where every step for the first 5 minutes is an act of sheer will and all you can think is, "whyyyy am I doing thiiiis?". But I got over it. I always do.

I felt like I ate a ton yesterday and yet here I am under calories again. Today I'm going to be dramatically under since I'm riding after work. I'm even planning to pull from the emergency Larabar stash (I don't really like eating bars instead of real food, but they're so convenient to keep in my desk). It's ok, a day far under won't kill me.

Since I didn't get to ride yesterday I'm going to have to take Nick out for the next 3 days in a row to meet my week's goal. I don't think he'll mind! My mom is leaving for the Cape this afternoon, so he's going to be spending a lot of time inside. He's going to need to get out and move around so he doesn't get swollen. (It's called stocked up, it's when all of the fluid in their legs settles and it happens really easily in old horses or horses with bad legs. Nick is both old and has bad legs. He can't go a day inside without stocking up.)

Also, tonight I'm trying out a recipe for a quinoa loaf. It should be something like meatloaf but, you know, with quinoa. I'll let you all know if it turns out well or if I end up pulling out the emergency tortellini!

I've decided I'm not going to track Saturday (as usual) and also give myself Sunday off this weekend. I'm planning to spend both days splitting my time between the barn and my parents' pool, with some friends coming over to swim on Saturday. This will be my first long weekend / vacation since January (not counting the few times I've worked from home on Friday this year.) I fully intend to enjoy! There will be many margaritas!

EDIT: Switched it around to tortellini and caesar salad tonight. I'll need the extra calories and I'll be able to make the quinoa loaf tomorrow when I'll be working from home. It needs an hour in the oven not to mention the quinoa cooking time so this is a lot better for my schedule.

Ooooh this was a hard morning. Wednesdays and Fridays are my touch days for getting up to work out. But, I did it! It was worth it. That's out of the way and now I can get to the barn and not have to stress about the strength training. Having Nick in a place where I can consistently ride after work is doing wonders for my conviction when it comes to the morning work outs. There's no, "I'll have time to do it after work" because I won't! Skipping the work outs isn't an option.

I feel like all of my goals are going really well. The weird thing is, I used to think I fell down when I had too many, but right now I'm completely overloaded compared to what I was asking of myself compared to a few weeks ago and I'm doing better. I almost need that checklist in my head. I want to say I met my goals, and I'm definitely keeping myself busy!

I had a great run this morning. I'm really proud of myself for getting out and doing it. It was supposed to rain this morning and I was tempted to just set my alarm for 6 under the assumption it would be raining. It wasn't, so I ran. Now I don't have to think about it and I can get Nick out this afternoon with no missed run guilt. I also have dinner in the crock pot so I just need to bake the cornbread when I get home.

I got in a little trouble at work yesterday for not reporting on an issue my project was having sooner. I was really upset at the time, but I'm going to try to chalk it up as a learning experience and move on from it.

Today is booked solid with meetings, so time to run and get some stuff done before they hit me!