So according to our Illustrious Leader-Eric, we're supposed to be blogging our food and using this as an on-line food journal. This could be very boring or very embarrasing.
So let me recount yesterday. The day I didn't work out but instead used my bike as an project.
Breakfast (same pretty much as every other day)
1/4 c oatmeal
3/4 T protein powder
topped with blueberries, flaxseed and almonds
Can't forget my coffee.
Snack
1 C low fat vanilla yogurt topped with frozen blueberries
water
Lunch
A large bowl of lettuce covered with shavings of parmesean cheese, 1/8 C white beans, a handful of organic baby heirloom tomatoes all topped with a county italian dressing.
water
Snack
3 pcs of turkey lunch meat
smoked oysters (got hungry waiting for D to get back from bootcamp)
Fizzy water
Dinner
Hamberger patty w/cheese
baked beans
corn
Fizzy water
So far today is a repeat of yesterday except my big bowl of lettuce was covered with lots of olives, capers, 12 grilled shrimp, baby heirloom tomatoes and 1 1/2 eggs with a basalmic vinegarette. My version of a Salade Nicoisse
HMM maybe tomorrow I'll have an antipasta salad.
I live for salads in the summer and soups in the winter. But I'm digressing. My food choices are simple-Oatmeal to lower my cholesterol, blueberries for macular degeneration that my optometrist tell me "Wow-I usually don't see that until the patient is in their mid-sixties." THANKS A LOT! Then to be reassuring, he says that it may level off and I would never notice. Yeah-that's very reassuring. I've known him WAY too long. Yogurt for the calcium all women need. Flaxseed is high in Omega-3s.
I get into my forties and my food choices have to be thought out. Boy I long for the days of wondering if I want The Hat, Roscoes Chicken & Waffles, The Stuffed Sandwich or The Boat. Yummm The Hat. Dipped bread pilled high with pastrami. Yummmm. My heart is beating faster but I don't know if that's just the plaque and cholesterol building up from the thought of pastrami
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
I have the potential to get into ALOT of trouble!
So you know the phrase "ignorance is bliss?" Well I found that out last night.
I decided to skip any workouts yesterday. My knee was feeling pressure going up and down the stairs at work after the 6 mile run on Sunday. (I know-wimp). I also needed time to work on my moutain bike since I will need that as an essential part of my equipment in 12 days. And I've been saying for weeks that I need to have my brakes worked on. Now I'm pretty mechanically inclined and I've worked on my other bikes before. So how hard can that be. Brakes? No problem. I loosened up the screw, adjusted the cable, lubed some joints, etc. Tested it. Made more adjustments. Piece of cake. Brake pads seem too high, like they rub on the tire and the rim. I'll fix that. HA this is easy.
So this is where cockyness and ignorance comes in. My derailer rubs the chain when the front is in the lowest gear (or is the smallest gear considered the highest?) There's a screw, I had the allen wrench in my hand... how hard can that be? I loosened up the screw, adjusted the cable, shifted, and........nothing. It won't shift. SHIT! WHAT DID I DO? I loosened up the screw, played with the cable, maybe it was too...what? Tight? Too Loose? OMG I NEED this bike in a week. How fast can Stan's fix my bike? Will he be able to do it in a few days? OMG WHAT DID I DO? SHIT SHIT SHIT! Ok-look at this again. Maybe I can call Brad-Mr Gadget AKA Mr Fixit. I know I have his phone number. Maybe I can take him my bike and he can fix it.
Stop. Look at this again. Follow the cable. THINK. THINK. Hmmm this cable seems way too loose. Why is this cable loose? Hey-what's this thing down here. It looks like the cable should slip around this since there's some dirt/marking there. Loosen up the screw, place the cable to go around this thing, tighten the cable. PRAY! Shift...YES. So this little thing is the key. Got it. Hmmm loosen the screw, adjust the cable again, piece of cake.
When it comes to projects, I'm a firm believer in DIY, as long as I know that I can get someone to fix my mistakes. I can potentially save alot of $$ and have that sense of accomplishment by doing it myself. AND it gets done MY way. The key is knowing I can get someone to fix my mistakes if I get myself into trouble. OK-I do know my limitations and I'm not THAT much of an idoit. And I don't crawl where there might be spiders. YUK. Or other creepy crawly things BIG YUK.
Basically you don't know what you're capable of unless you try. Now I just need to apply that idea to this AR and to my workouts.
I decided to skip any workouts yesterday. My knee was feeling pressure going up and down the stairs at work after the 6 mile run on Sunday. (I know-wimp). I also needed time to work on my moutain bike since I will need that as an essential part of my equipment in 12 days. And I've been saying for weeks that I need to have my brakes worked on. Now I'm pretty mechanically inclined and I've worked on my other bikes before. So how hard can that be. Brakes? No problem. I loosened up the screw, adjusted the cable, lubed some joints, etc. Tested it. Made more adjustments. Piece of cake. Brake pads seem too high, like they rub on the tire and the rim. I'll fix that. HA this is easy.
So this is where cockyness and ignorance comes in. My derailer rubs the chain when the front is in the lowest gear (or is the smallest gear considered the highest?) There's a screw, I had the allen wrench in my hand... how hard can that be? I loosened up the screw, adjusted the cable, shifted, and........nothing. It won't shift. SHIT! WHAT DID I DO? I loosened up the screw, played with the cable, maybe it was too...what? Tight? Too Loose? OMG I NEED this bike in a week. How fast can Stan's fix my bike? Will he be able to do it in a few days? OMG WHAT DID I DO? SHIT SHIT SHIT! Ok-look at this again. Maybe I can call Brad-Mr Gadget AKA Mr Fixit. I know I have his phone number. Maybe I can take him my bike and he can fix it.
Stop. Look at this again. Follow the cable. THINK. THINK. Hmmm this cable seems way too loose. Why is this cable loose? Hey-what's this thing down here. It looks like the cable should slip around this since there's some dirt/marking there. Loosen up the screw, place the cable to go around this thing, tighten the cable. PRAY! Shift...YES. So this little thing is the key. Got it. Hmmm loosen the screw, adjust the cable again, piece of cake.
When it comes to projects, I'm a firm believer in DIY, as long as I know that I can get someone to fix my mistakes. I can potentially save alot of $$ and have that sense of accomplishment by doing it myself. AND it gets done MY way. The key is knowing I can get someone to fix my mistakes if I get myself into trouble. OK-I do know my limitations and I'm not THAT much of an idoit. And I don't crawl where there might be spiders. YUK. Or other creepy crawly things BIG YUK.
Basically you don't know what you're capable of unless you try. Now I just need to apply that idea to this AR and to my workouts.
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