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June 10, 2005
Huh? 
I am still sore. What is with that?
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Last night, I went to the naturopath. My sports chiro had suggested that I see her about jumpstarting my weight loss process. So in preparing for my appointment, I thought about my diet, and exercise.
Diet wise, I suppose I would lose more weight if I actually did diet. Exercise wise, I'm not working out as much as I was earlier this spring. Right now, it comes down to three pilates sessions, 45 minutes each, and two significant walks, with some walk or bike commuting. I seem to have lost the drive to work out before work, or at lunch. Oh well, I'm still getting lots of exercise, and there is no need for me to get obsessive about it.
I like her. She's down to earth, and realistic. So after chatting a while, she made these suggestions:
- Breakfast: instead of my favorite hippie-made organic colon-blow cereal, I should get 50% of my protein (so, about 30-35 grams)
- Morning snack: nuts or fruit
- Lunch: veggies and 25% protein
- Afternoon snack: nuts or fruit
- Dinner: veggies and 25% protein
- Evening snack: nuts or fruit
So. So far, so good.
I got out of the appointment late, which meant I was late for pilates, and you know, I should have just gone. But I was tired, and I was hungry, and I wasn't wearing pilates clothes, so I headed home. I heard from Jill today that the class was cancelled, so it all came out in the wash.
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This morning, I was ready for a good walk to work. Then I remembered that I needed to eat protein. Poop. So, I made myself some turkey sausage and an egg (because all we had was one egg). It was quite yummy, and I had this feeling of righteousness and fullness. Cool!
Today I decided the bike had to get out of the kitchen. And so it was. The ride in was just a blast. I tucked the pink devilduckie under the handle of the bike basket, and put my mexican oilcloth purse with flowers in the basket. I put on a pink scarf over my insanely floral dress. Great!
And it was a beautiful morning for a ride. Cool, cloudy.
I got across the Steel Pedestrian Bridge, and saw that the waterfront bike path was closed, due to Rose Festival and the Navy ships being docked here. So I followed the detours, or at least tried to, but it wasn't very clearly marked. So I ended up on the sidewalk along Front Ave.
And, I made it in record time. 23 minutes. That's 7 minutes faster than last time. What the ?? That damn bike is so much fun to ride...
Posted at June 10, 2005
Comments
yay for pink devil duckies. also, I was laughing about your one egg thing. a friend and I were wondering the other day just who the hell these people are who eat one egg...ha ha.
Posted by: Chrissie at June 10, 2005 9:26 PM
Oh, I need my fiber in the morning. Gotta have the colon blow. Maybe I'm just old that way. :)
As for being sore, I think you forgot that you ran a MARATHON! Egads. And it wasn't some nice flat, walk down the street marathon either. Give yourself some time to recover I think. Richard says 1 day for every mile. You get three weeks of fun and relaxation! Then again, maybe those shorter recovery times are how you end up doing so many race during the year. Either way, sounds like you are doing fine.
And yea for the bike! I'd like to go for a bike ride but I don't have a cool one like yours. Mine is rusty and majorly geeky looking. And I look stupid on a bike. And kids laugh at me. And throw stuff.
Posted by: Jon in Michigan at June 11, 2005 7:13 AM
Some days the schedule just doesn't work out according to plan. Flexibility is key to any exercise and/or diet plan. Staying active is the key and that you're doing girl. Bike riding, walking, you are clearly active. Keep it up! As Jon said you are still in recovery from your marathon, it doesn't matter if you walked, ran or crawled you need a little time before your body recovers.
Posted by: Jack at June 11, 2005 11:13 AM