3/3/06

I’ve been walking my ass off (literally, my pants which are a 32W fit much better, I don’t really have to suck in my gut now to button them). I walked for lunch yesterday, went around the perimeter of our ‘L’ shaped campus, took about 30 minutes, so it must be about 2 miles. When I got home I walked again after dinner, mostly so I could walk by that damn light again. This time my plan was to walk down the east side of the road, and approach the light from the east instead of from the south like I have previously. When I got on the street though, I noticed the light wasn’t on (though all the others were). I was a bit disappointed, but thought maybe it would turn on as I approached. No luck, the light didn’t respond to me today.

I knew Mike would be coming over, and I would be consuming a few beers, so I limited my calories for dinner, had a LaChoy Shrimp Chow Mein, only 180 calories for the whole thing (3 servings). I also picked up some Light beer (1/3rd less calories than your regular beer). Not so sure about that ‘Taste Great’ part, but it was ‘Less Filling’, and even after four of them and a snack, I was well within my calorie count for the day.

Got to bed at 11:30 again, woke up somewhere after 3, then again around 5 (had to use the bathroom, damn Lite beer!), and finally, got up at 7:45 (interval row, breakfast and out the door). I’m sleeping in later every day! I think this going to bed early thing is backfiring, and I suspect it has something to do with the sleep cycles. I’m probably waking up a bit to early, so I lay back down, and then go through another cycle, which ends up being later than I’d like. Next week I’ll switch back to midnight and see how it affects my wake-up times.

Tonight will be a challenge. I’ll be going out to eat and drink, and though I want to enjoy myself, I also want to keep the calorie count within reason. I’ll make an effort to limit my portion, or at least choose something low cal, and will have Lite beer as well. Hopefully I can keep within the upper limit of my calorie window (1380-1730). It’s just so hard when you see tastey food that you want to try, and then when you do, you don’t want to stop eating it! I just have to remember, eye on the prize, eye on the prize, eye on the prize…

Posted: 06 March 3
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