Highs and Lows

I cannot decide what to make of the weekend. On one hand, Friday night was tough and I have no idea what the ultimate calorie count was, even though I did very well early in the day.

The initial weight Saturday morning was 151. UGH! I get so frustrated when that happens. I walked...a LOT...yesterday. I walked the dog 30 minutes, and we actually went at a good clip. I had origianally thought I would go another 45 minutes on my own and then do a weight workout before heading out for the UCLA game. Calorie-wise, it was supposed to be my "free" day for the week, but I was trying to not go crazy considering my Friday night.

I ended up getting a little lost on my walk and walking for a solid hour, at a very good workout pace. I did do just a few weights for my arms, but did not have a whole lot of time. I ate before we left, and only shared a few fries and a little ice cream at the game. Good until now, and then we had friends over for the debate, which we had DVRd. Dinner was good, and I was even good about the cookies I made for dessert. My drinking, however, was ultimately too much.

Today I got up, had a smoothie, took the dog for a nice walk and then got on my bike. I planned to bike to the beach and back (7 miles total) and when I got there I started to remember how much I liked to bike and I did something very Californian...I got on the bike path by the beach and rode. I have no exact knowledge of how far I went, but it felt great. I started having thoughts of my ultimate athletic goal...doing an ironman. It is something I have long been interested in, but got shelved when I was heavy into the adventure racing. Now that that is over (since I moved to L.A.), I am back on the Ironman kick. Next year I will turn 37....if I'm gonna do it...it really needs to be, um, sooner than later.

So, I was inspired by thinking about actually commiting to this, and when I got home from biking, Iwent for a 4-mile run. Rather proud of myself.

I did not specifically track my calories today....mostly because of laziness and craziness of my errand schedule today. But it's easier during the week anyway, and that starts tomorrow. I probably had too much wine tonight, even if my food intake was good. I am sad to realize that the exercise..which was AWESOME...is not nearly as important as a few extra glasses of wine.

Le Sigh.

Tomorrow is (yet another) Monday.