Beer and/or Dessert

OK, mostly beer. True story. I made a little dinner of roasted broccoli and this little french bread pizza I like to make (it involves a whole-wheat baguette with homemade marinara and fresh mozzarella and basil) and then as it was baking I plugged it all into my bodybugg database. I also input the 2.5 bottles of beer I intended to enjoy along with said healthy-ish pizza (I'm a sucker for the Belgian blonde beers, esp. Leffe...mmm) While I was at it, I decided that after a night in sipping brews in moderation and watching Netflix with BF, I might want a sweet treat. So I went ahead and added in a delicious cookie from a batch I made yesterday and promptly froze.

Except. Consider it a sign of growth, maturity, or somehow something clicking, but the cookie put me well over 2000 calories for the day. And since I had not yet eaten said cookie, I could magically delete it and watch those calories disappear from the day's tally. Yes, I could choose to have a couple beers and still practice moderation by not having the cookie. Do other people know this is possible?? Get me to my blog!

Kudos here to Kat of Low-Fat Kat. I am currently reading through her archives and am totally enthralled with her story. She posted this oatmeal/peanut butter/chocolate chip sensation that is pushing all of my buttons at the moment. Yum! And while I'm at it, I may as well mention I found her through the witty comments she left on another new find, 100in12, which captures the journey of Laura, who is hilarious and genuine and inspirational all in one! As NY temps dropped back to the 30's, I enjoyed a little yummy Laura turned me onto, namely brewing a cup of mint tea and mixing in a packet of sugar-free hot chocolate. Choco-minty yum.

In other news, I made it to yoga today! Huzzah! So along with the Shred session on Monday, my One Hour Runner 30-minute straight (slow) running episode, a couple 4-mile runs in the Park, I also did some incline walking before yoga today. (3.5 mph walk with inclines at 2.0 for 5 minutes, then 3.5 incline for 5 minutes, then up 1% incline every minute until I got to 10%, then back down 1% each minute until I got to 5% incline, which I did for 5 minutes, then 3.5% for 5 minutes and then 3.5% until cool down.)

So...Moderation. Exercise. Inspiration in the internets. That's what I've got this weekend. Pass it on!

Raindrops keep fallin on my head

Just checking in to say I am back, baby! It's raining nonstop here in NY, but I'm feeling groovy. I've had a cold throughout most of this week, but yesterday managed a walk across Central Park and back. I also noticed my appetite coming back (I guess it's a good thing) and went cold turkey on the cold meds as of yesterday afternoon.

I was happy to have slept well last night (sans Nyquil) and really felt good this morning, despite the raaaaaaaain. I suited up and headed over to the gym. Ran 3 miles without feeling like I'd overdone it. Then walked at various incline levels for another 30 minutes before running home in the rain.

It's been a weird week without much exercise, lots of meds, strange eating or lack thereof, but through it all, I've been trying to focus on getting myself back to health and staying on track as best I could manage.

There's to be an outing tonight, I think. Somewhere here in the 'hood. In the rain. (Yes, I like to keep harping on that.) But I've decided I don't want to drink beer. It's too easy for me to drink too much, even though I make it a point not to keep up with, for example, BF. So maybe a wine bar tonight, though usually I find the by-the-glass programs so disappointing and overpriced. Anyway, that's today's challenge and I'll figure it out before I head out for the evening. Planning is everything...

P.S. I've been having some weird issues on the blog. Hope this isn't screwing up anyone's feed. Will try to look into today!