Day #10 and #11 - The Power of Persuasion

And, oh what a rainy day it was! I had every intention of walking up The Hill today but the rain set in and that was that. And apparently, I wasn't completely committed to getting a workout in, otherwise I would have managed something in the house. I do have to say that trying Mandy's find, The Jillian Michaels Workout, tickled my brain, but that's about as far as it went.


BS (forgot to take it right away, had a nibble of bacon as I took a pan of crisp bacon out of the oven, and then remembered. I didn't think a nibble of bacon five minutes prior would affect it, but perhaps it did, because when I did test it immediately, it was 144. No reason for it to be that high, other than that nibble of bacon)


B: Fried eggs over spaghetti squash, salsa, cubed avocado, 2 strips bacon, fresh pineapple
L: Breakfast was late, so lunch was in a snack form: baby carrots, almonds, jerky
D: Pulled all of the meat from the prior night's roasted chicken and made a chicken salad: chicken, homemade mayo, diced celery, green onion, apple, salt, pepper and dill served over a bed of lettuce. Larry had declared it was his pizza night so this worked out fine. Jim was over and shared with me. He liked it as well. We agreed it needed a little more tweaking, however. Halved grapes would be good.


Note: Having some important "make-aheads" on hand is critical! Had I NOT had the homemade mayo already made, I'm sure I would have had to come up with something other than the chicken salad. Other important "make-aheads" for me are salsa and MPV.


Observation: Even being a Saturday night, my wine yearning was minimal and fleeting. I spent the afternoon "crafting." When my customary, "Oh, look at the clock, 5:00! A glass of wine sure sounds good while I continue on this project for a little longer," thought hit my brain, I wandered out to the kitchen to take inventory of our tea selection. I settled on pomegranate green tea. Tasty. And the thought of wine was laid to rest.


There we have it; Day 10, short and sweet.


Day #11
BS 125


Much like yesterday, we woke to a dreary, rainy day. I could feel my conviction to get out and walk today slipping away. And then...the power of persuasion, delivered in the form of back to back emails and texts from Lorna and Tiffany. Talk of registering for the Color Run later this spring, favorite playlists for running and then, photos and posts reporting their respective miles logged. That was it. After some chores and grocery shopping, I came home, strapped on my phone, fired up my "Couch to 5K" app and out the door I went, accompanied by an equally out of shape black Labrador. I was pleasantly surprised that I made it through the entire "Week 1 Day 1" walk/run workout with no cheats! I logged a total of 1.84 miles in 30 minutes; 1.26 miles walking at a pace of 17:26 min per mile and .58 "running" (ha, I don't know if what I do is technically "running") at a pace of 13:42 min per mile. Not exactly record breaking, but it's a start (again).


B: 2 friend eggs, over spaghetti squash, topped with cubed avocado and salsa. Pineapple. Coffee w/almond milk.


L: Breakfast was late again, so lunch was in a snack form: baby carrots, almonds, leftover roasted chicken


D: NEW FOODS: Roasted sweet potato, fan sliced, drizzled with oil, seasoned with salt and pepper. Mahi Mahi with Fennel, Citrus and Chiles