Sorry, I couldn't post yesterday. I was working and then traveling and then I had the opportunity to spend an evening out with my wife in Madison. That trumped dragging along a laptop to make sure I discussed calorie counts, workouts and personal psychosis.
Thanks to Dad and Marcia for kid-sitting and giving us 18 hours on our own (well 12 for me and then I went my meeting, but 18 for Anne). As anyone with young kids knows, getting time away from them is hard to do and frightfully important. So, an evening out is probably worth six months of wedded bliss or something like that.
Nutrition update: I'm going to blend a few days together here because of the missed day yesterday. Today has been ok with all my meeting time. I probably exceeded my calorie count, but it's close. That's primarily because of a lack of movement and my return to the original Culver's in Sauk City on the way home. I wasn't going to necessarily do that again, but it is so good and at least I knew it was 800 calories going in this time. I was pretty reasonable the rest of the day. The same was true on Thursday. I indulged in a PF Chang dinner with Anne, but left room for it and I did workout that day, so I felt ok.
The reason for mentioning Farmer Food is what happened on Wednesday. If you read my blog entry that day, you know I had a Taco John incident at lunch. Not only was it more corrosive than I imagined, I was able to get a contrast just a few hours later.
When Anne and I first got together, if we went to something that had a meal of meat, potatoes, bread , and a vegetable, or a casserole, or lots of other things like that, we referred to it as "Farmer Food." We weren't being mean and in fact could be found enjoying a casserole when given the opportunity. Well on Wednesday night, I was lucky enough to enjoy some farmer food prepared at home. It wasn't complicated, it was just a pork chop, broccoli (with cheese) and a bread stick. The contrast to Taco John's was stunning and informative.
Not only did I feel full, I felt satisfied and healthy. My brother and I had just had a discussion about the difference between food that fills you up but makes you feel like your body has to work to separate the toxins from the nutrition (i.e. Taco John's, McDeath etc.) and the kind of food that makes you feel like you might have actually healed and rejuvenated your body by eating it. Wednesday's farmer food was definitely the latter. It seems like an important lesson to try to learn.
Random Musings: If I can make time tomorrow, I think my blog topic will be looking back at two months of entries to see what i promised or intended to do and see how much of it has happened. I won't do this as self-flagellation, but rather to re-learn and re-focus. I also need to find an hour on the bike tomorrow. Castle Rock is 5 weeks away and I don't feel real ready today.
But I will, it's really just a training day with friends all around, my focus is on Chicago on October 15th. Urbanathlon dreams....
Thanks to Dad and Marcia for kid-sitting and giving us 18 hours on our own (well 12 for me and then I went my meeting, but 18 for Anne). As anyone with young kids knows, getting time away from them is hard to do and frightfully important. So, an evening out is probably worth six months of wedded bliss or something like that.
Nutrition update: I'm going to blend a few days together here because of the missed day yesterday. Today has been ok with all my meeting time. I probably exceeded my calorie count, but it's close. That's primarily because of a lack of movement and my return to the original Culver's in Sauk City on the way home. I wasn't going to necessarily do that again, but it is so good and at least I knew it was 800 calories going in this time. I was pretty reasonable the rest of the day. The same was true on Thursday. I indulged in a PF Chang dinner with Anne, but left room for it and I did workout that day, so I felt ok.
The reason for mentioning Farmer Food is what happened on Wednesday. If you read my blog entry that day, you know I had a Taco John incident at lunch. Not only was it more corrosive than I imagined, I was able to get a contrast just a few hours later.
When Anne and I first got together, if we went to something that had a meal of meat, potatoes, bread , and a vegetable, or a casserole, or lots of other things like that, we referred to it as "Farmer Food." We weren't being mean and in fact could be found enjoying a casserole when given the opportunity. Well on Wednesday night, I was lucky enough to enjoy some farmer food prepared at home. It wasn't complicated, it was just a pork chop, broccoli (with cheese) and a bread stick. The contrast to Taco John's was stunning and informative.
Not only did I feel full, I felt satisfied and healthy. My brother and I had just had a discussion about the difference between food that fills you up but makes you feel like your body has to work to separate the toxins from the nutrition (i.e. Taco John's, McDeath etc.) and the kind of food that makes you feel like you might have actually healed and rejuvenated your body by eating it. Wednesday's farmer food was definitely the latter. It seems like an important lesson to try to learn.
Random Musings: If I can make time tomorrow, I think my blog topic will be looking back at two months of entries to see what i promised or intended to do and see how much of it has happened. I won't do this as self-flagellation, but rather to re-learn and re-focus. I also need to find an hour on the bike tomorrow. Castle Rock is 5 weeks away and I don't feel real ready today.
But I will, it's really just a training day with friends all around, my focus is on Chicago on October 15th. Urbanathlon dreams....
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