I got on the scale a few times over the weekend and ranged from 210.2 down to 205.6 right after a run. I slept in on Thanksgiving day, skipped my traditional flag football game, ran on Friday morning, went walking on Saturday, slept in a little bit on Sunday, and today, for the first time in many months, I went to a boot camp aerobics class. I am going to be sore tomorrow.
I like to run as you all know, but the problem with running it is not really a challenge to my body. I can run between three and 8 miles and still feel about the same the next day. I might be more or less tired but it is not a challenge to my muscles to run in a straight line. It’s rhythmic, aerobic, and good for burning calories, but it does not challenge my muscles like boot camp does. This morning we did push-ups, situps, lunges, jumping jacks of various styles, shoulder weights, jump rope, burpees, and these miserable things called mountain-climbers which is like doing a push-up while running up the hill. I am bad at them, I bang my knees on the floor, and they hurt my wrists. But it is good for me, right?
I am still looking for a race the weekend of December 15. If I can’t find one close enough to run in I will do a timed 10K run with the goal of finishing under 39 minutes. That would put me a full four minutes behind one of my favorite commenters, but I can’t keep up with the young in the beautiful anymore. I have to be old and cunning.
After the gym this morning I felt good, and not just because I finished with 15 minutes in the pool with three beautiful women in lanes next to me, but I thought I was on a good track to recover from Thanksgiving. The workouts are never the problem. It’s the day that follows that is full of pitfalls. It was chilly so I got my drive-through hot chocolate at the Coffee Bean, I had a granola bar when I got to work, but it left me hungry by the time lunch came around. I had to make a return to the music store which is right next to my new favorite sushi restaurant. A plate of chicken teriyaki and six plates of sushi later not only was I down $23 with tip, but I’m sure I was up too many calories.
I know the rice is all carbs, but the fish is fairly lean and the chicken teriyaki was really delicious and had all the fat trimmed off it. I don’t know how to even add it up from a calorie standpoint, but it was very good, I am very full, and I will try to eat a sensible dinner.
When I was at Thanksgiving dinner on Thursday two different people mentioned that I looked like I had lost weight. While I have been struggling within a 5 pound range, it was nice to hear that at least I look skinnier to them. I still want to lose the next 7 pounds, but if I only bumped up two pounds over a long Thanksgiving weekend of eating, I’ll count that is fairly successful.
I wonder: If I got more sex would I be able to control my eating better? I will throw that question out to my readers who have all sorts of experience that I do not.
Do you find it easier to control your other bad habits when you’re getting sex on a regular basis?
If you satisfy one hunger do the other cravings go away?
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