Originally Posted July 23, 2009
Thursday- So my peaceful day of low impact cardio and toning moves abrubtly got off to an earlier start than I wished due to work being done on the roof of my apartment; work I sadly did not know about. Enter anger and frustration.
It's ok, though, and I'm moving on.
I went for a long walk this morning, and did all required stretches, which are rapidly becoming the most boring part of this endeavor. It reminds me too much of high school, I think, where we'd have to sit on the floor in two parallel lines for attendance, while the gym teacher paced back and forth down the middle calling out names while we all went through a series of monotonous stretches. Even then we only pretended to be stretching while the teacher was actually coming in our direction. I want to fake my way through these, too, but it's not so much fun without the possibility of getting caught. So I'll suffer on.
I've turned my attention since yesterday on finding new and exciting routes to go on. Living where I do, it's fairly impossible to avoid hills, but I figure if there are other runners out there that have found out the hard way where the toughest areas of town are, the least I can do it learn from their pain! I discovered several websites online where you can not only search for routes, but even map your own route! By searching you can often even narrow down by distance, start points, rating, terrain, route type (if it'd be better for walking, or biking), and even surface type. I have noticed that there are limitations, and sometimes you just think "WTF" that someone has thought so highly of their idiotic route that they've actually subjected Internet users to the possibilty of it coming up in a search. I suppose that's a general limitation of user generated information, though: the unfortunate inclusion of morons.
In any case, these are some of the ones that seemed to work the best for me, if you'd like to check them out.
Mcmillan Running- kind of fun to browse around
As far as food, yesterday was pretty much a huge fail. I just wasn't hungry for most of the day, and as a result only consumed about 700 calories and fell behind on fiber and carbs. I have trouble eating if I'm not hungry, that's not new, and eating every four hours is tough. Sometimes I can't even remember the last time I ate, because despite my love of sugary everything, my world certainly doesn't revolve around food. I'm trying though, I promise! I do need to clear out my kitchen, so things like frozen pizza and 14 kinds of pasta aren't tempting me. I have a backstock of Velveeta Macaroni and Cheese to rival any supermarket, and it's calling my name.
Which is creepy, actually. Deliciously creepy.
I do have some new ideas for filling food, thanks to friends, so hopefully after some donations to CHOW and a trip to Wegmans, my kitchen and I will be happier. :)
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