Sistah Pat

I did good yesterday and I can do it today. Just eat right, write everything down, and find some time to exercise. That’s all. Just do it. Weighing in at 167.5 this morning. Not a pretty number but I’m okay with it. I’ve been a bit off task lately and it will drop down in the next couple of days.

5:00 p.m. - Well, okay…I can do c25k. I didn’t prepare correctly for it but I did it. I had a rough day at work (it seems like all my days are rough lately) and my ankle was bothering me a little because I wore cutesy shoes and was on my feet almost all day. I came home and knew that I’d better go ahead and get it done before I got too tired. Went upstairs and it was HOT. It’s 84 degrees right now and the sun really beats down on the windows in that room. I started the podcast on my mp3 and it only gives you five minutes to warm up _ and that’s at a brisk walk. Not good. By the time I started jogging, my ankle was still bothering me. Anyway…I hung in there and got it done and it wasn’t bad at all except for the heat and my ankle not being warmed up enough. Next time, I know what I have to do. Walk and do aerobics for at least 20 minutes before I even start the podcast. That way, my ankle will be limber and ready to go. Other than the ankle and the heat, I was surprised at how easy it was. I’ve been doing occasional 1 1/2 or 2 minute jogs in the course of my workout but I didn’t know how I’d hold up with just 90 second intervals between them. Not bad.

Now I’m going to check out what some of you guys have been up to. I can relax a bit this evening. I was going to bring my laptop and work home with me but I couldn’t get out the door for people needing stuff and I finally got an attitude at 3:15 and decided I was NOT going to bring work home with me. I didn’t even get out of the building until 3:30 and I got there a half hour early and worked straight through lunch. Enough!

10:00 p.m. - Okay, I’m heading to bed. DH wanted to make some kind of casserole for dinner that he tried at work and someone gave him the recipe. Southwestern Baked Spaghetti. The recipe says it has 500 calories for 1/6 of a 9 x 13 pan. I find that hard to believe. Sooooo gross! Cooked spaghetti spread in the bottom of the pan, milk and egg poured over it, topped off with a layer of cooked ground beef, jalapenos, onion, and green pepper, a sauce of tomato sauce, oregano, basil, cumin, and chili powder, and cheddar and monterey jack on top. 500 calories? I find that difficult to believe but that’s what the recipe says. I didn’t eat all of mine. I thought it was nasty-assy!

I’m feeling a really strong urge to run away to my 100 acre woods (as the grandkids call it) in Florida and run around naked in the woods. We have a four day weekend coming up the first of November and I mentioned it to DH. Just the two of us. He’s a little hesitant because we’re already planning on going there for Thanksgiving but he didn’t come right out and say no. I’d love to get away from everything and everyone for a few days.

I stayed within my calories today but I don’t feel good about it. I didn’t eat breakfast and ate my LC at my desk while working away on my paperwork so I didn’t even remember eating it. Then I topped it all off with that greasy, gross casserole and realized I was way short on calories so I slurped down a bowl of cereal and a fudgesicle. Pretty desperate eating, don’t you think? No wonder I’m feeling a little queasy.