Update since Tuesday:

Last dance class was fun, but I was really tired last week. We went to a Moroccan restaurant as I mentioned, and the food was divine and I had wine, bread, olives, lamb… I did NOT tally up my points for the day because I simply do not know 1) the quantity of what I ate as far as grammage goes or 2) the point values of what I ate (because it comes from a restaurant and I have no idea how those things are made. I think in some cases, it’s OK to just make good choices, do your best and chalk it up to a life experience that you had less control over. I majorly planned the day before by preparing not only my breakfast/lunch/snacks for Thursday, but also for Friday (had everything in the fridge at work). I spent the night in Amsterdam (I work in Amsterdam and my class/dinner was in Amsterdam) and the next day my lovely host (a colleague) prepared some beautiful food for us to have for breakfast, which I politely declined, because it was back on track for me again. One dinner out is no big deal… but drinks on Wednesday (which were all within the points budget), dinner/drinks on Thursday, and eating willy nilly on Friday was NOT going to happen.

But that leads me to the C25K program… Friday was supposed to be C25K W5D3 (20 min non-stop running) but I missed it because I was in Amsterdam. Then I missed it Friday night because I got home late. Then I missed it Saturday morning because I was busy with a few other things AND I had a nail appointment and some shopping to do (and frankly, Mr. Velveteen was in a state from being stressed out about school so I spent some time with him talking through some stuff). I pretty much decided yesterday that Week 5 would be a do-over. Today I went out to test out my Nike + iPod sensor/receiver (yay!) so I *kind of* did W5D1 again, but officially we are going to re-do that one tomorrow. By the way, Nike + iPod… BEST. INVENTION. EVER! Love it! I can’t wait until I’m really running - and this is something I AM going to keep up with. I feel so good after each time that I achieve a workout. To me it’s like 1000 times better than a gym.

So, with re-doing C25K and going away on Tuesday to Berlin I had a quick look to see if there was somewhere we could go to do the program near where we are staying. And, duh!! We are right down the street from the Tiergarten Park running path Tiergarten

(if you click the link, and then move the screen to the right, you’ll find the park.  http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&rls=com.microsoft:en-us&q=Bismarckstra%C3%9Fe%2028%2C%2010625%20Berlin%2C%20Germany&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl ) which is the most famous and largest park in Berlin.  Know the Brandenburg Gate?  Brandenburg Gate

Yeah, that’s at the end of the park.  And of course there is the Berlin Victory Monument (or Chick on a Stick as American Soldiers Used to call it) is right in the middle.  So, there will be really no excuses not to complete week 5 just because we are away.chick on a stick

We are going to see Depeche Mode on Wednesday, but on Tuesday evening already is the “Convention of the Universe” (the album is called “Sounds of the Universe”) which will be fun and drinks and music and dancing…  Thursday and Friday we are actually going to do something cultural and Saturday we are coming home.  When we went last August we said we wanted to go back and spend more time… well, I think we’re going to have to go back yet again because the city is HUGE and there are so many things to see and do and learn.  I can’t wait!

What else?  Hmmmm.  Not much.  That’s it.  I have to go and prepare my food for tomorrow now.