Oh my, I’m quite tired today. I switched off to a cardio day today to see if my wrist would be better. It is, but I still felt it a bit lifting the watering can up for some hanging plants. Now that I’m doing (if possible) my cardio outside it means that I go outside, work in the garden, break for 30 mins and walk circles around the pool… then repeat. 

So today I pruned trees, hammered in stakes, watered a lot, and a few other things. I notice a big difference though as I make a point not to sit down when watering. There are a lot of pots to water and I fill a 7 liter watering can. In the past I would either sit down while filling the can or try and just run around fast with the hose. This method takes just a little more energy, and I have it. That’s a good thing. Tomorrow will either be a cardio day or a rest day (right now I’ve set food for a rest day). I’ll see what I feel like in the morning. I’m still playing around with the idea of a purposeful maintenance week, so I might start that on Sunday. We’ll see. I suspect how the wrist feels will be more of a determining factor.

Oh yes, and somewhere during the day I committed to having a party for 15 or 20 of the neighbours. I say that number now, but I suspect it will get a little larger. I don’t really have an issue with this, and I know it will be fun. I think we decided on a drinks/nibbles type party on the 19th. It started as an idea for a birthday party, but the honoree won’t be around for the next 10 days or so. Then it was ‘maybe we should just have people over anyway’. I’d almost rather do dinner, but our patio can be really hot in the late afternoon/early evening, so an after dinner thing is probably a better idea. That way people won’t be fighting over shade… unless it gets truly hot in the next few weeks.

From the HR monitor:

Food for the day:

Total: 2406 (32% fat, 32% carbs, 35% protein)

Breakfast: egg/egg white omelet with cheese, chocolate pecan bread, jam, grapefruit (467)
AM Snack: protein shake (135)
Lunch: turkey meatloaf with salsa, whole wheat tortilla, apple (390)
PM Snack: soy nuts, protein shake (269)
Dinner: hamburgers(2) with roll(1) and condiments, salad w/dressing (822)
Late Snack: cherries, protein shake (323)

It’s likely a shot in the dark, but it seems like some of the Ontario 3FC women are trying to plan a get together. No true details yet but it will be in Stratford Ontario on July 26th. If anyone is within a reasonable distance (hey, I’m 90 mins) and wants to join us please do let me know.