June 2, 2009
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Man – trying to get all prepared for the annual family visit back to Indiana is a lot of work!
Especially since I’m uber-paranoid about exercise and eating right now (bootcamp helps with that – no fast food allowed until July 11th!!! and then there is only a week break! I’m actually kind of hoping that by the time I’m “allowed” to have fast food whenever I want – December – that I won’t WANT it anymore!).
So, I’ve got three bootcamp style workouts planned, two 4 mile runs around the block and one 5k which my older sister will be running with me (and maybe other folks, she’s the only confirmed person right now!). I’m really excited about the 5k – I find having races pushes me way harder than just coasting along on my own (hence my planned half marathon for my 30th birthday next year).
Food will be harder – the garden that my mom has won’t be ready by the time I get there (stupid Indiana in June weather!) so I will have to buy produce (and I eat A LOT of produce – about 3lbs a day, every single day!). I also like to eat things that I know they won’t have in the house (spaghetti squash, egg whites, and basil just to name a few right off the top of my head). I also eat salad (which they WILL have!) and a whole, whole lot of beans (yeah, they’re a staple in my diet – lately I’m obsessed with my knock-off Taco Bell bean burritos – 1 8″ flour tortilla shell warmed up on the stove, 1/2c or so of fat free refried beans flavored with onion powder and garlic powder, 2T of so of 2% mexican cheese, 2T of finely chopped onions and a generous splash of Taco Bell sauce which is hard to find for me but entirely worth the effort! I’ve had the bean burrito about 5 times in the last two weeks – it is actually fairly close but requires more work than going to Taco Bell).
Wow. This is entirely full of rambling and not terribly interesting. That is what happens when it is 1745 and I am just sitting here, watching my stupid machine run precision studies….blah…
Comments (2)
I love your fake Taco Bell buritto! That sounds delicious, and healthier than the “real thing”. Way to go!
And, like you, I hope that eventually I lose all interest in bad foods. For me, it’s sweets (not fast food). That’s my main weakness, although once in a while, I can really go for a burger or pizza! Normally, though, I’m pretty good about my daily meals, and don’t crave too much outside of sweets/pastries. It’s the breads, cookies, cake, scones, muffins, and that crap that gets to me!!
When do you go on your trip? And how long are you there? Have you told them you’re on a strict diet?
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I like the sweets well enough – but being such a bulk eater, I really prefer FOOD to sweets, if you know what I mean? Occasional sweets are usually good enough for me – I strive for about 1 oz of dark chocolate a day, actually.
As for my trip – I’ll be leaving on the 10th of June and coming back on the 17th. That’s seven whole days of no gym (which means bodyweight work outs and using my resistance band) but it’s also NO WORK! Work is freaking out of course but that’s their problem not mine!
My family knows that I am much more food restricted than they are – but I think they thought I would relax my strictures while on vacation a little bit. And, well, the thing is, I may for a meal or two (I am planning to take the niecephews for ice cream!) but most of my eating will be within my normal plan. Because, more than anything, that’s how I eat now. I feel better when I eat that way and I am happier with myself in general. So, even if they disapprove, I’m not planning to be relaxed in my eating.