Well today confirms that I should not get very involved with alcohol at this point in my life. I've always been a bit of a lightweight, but its gotten silly. I think I had 4 bottles of Miller Lite when I was out with friends for 3.5 hours last night and I woke up with a headache. I think I need a two beer limit for the foreseeable future.
I also can note that by eating junk last night, my craving for junk went up today. I managed to resist it for the most part (with one notable exception), but it is amazing. I read somewhere once that the idea of a fatty food binge and then cutting back is a poor idea because, the binge leads to withdrawal and more desire for crap. I would have to say that's entirely true in my experience. It's very odd because, drinking 4 beers and eating deep fried food doesn't even feel that great physically when I'm doing it. Even though my brain seems to like it, there seems to be a 36 hour price to pay. On to today's news...
Exercise Update: I had plans to go to Y today after work, but that didn't work out. I had heartburn from not eating enough (more on that later) and I was just plain tired from my fried food/beer bonanza on Tuesday. Instead I chose an hour long walk with my dog. It's not really cardio, but it burns some calories and reduces stress. Oh yeah and the dog loves it. I'm almost caught up with WTF podcasts. If anyone has time on their hands, I recommend the Garry Shandling episode.
Nutrition update: After yesterday's bump in the road, I needed to get back on track today. That was kind of hard. I started the day with yogurt and an apple. I had half a scone at lengthy meeting at work (those could be a whole blog by themselves. My unpublished and unwritten book will be called Buzzwords & BS One man's Journey through American Education).
So, my morning was pretty manageable, although absent any vegetables. I also had a Diet Pepsi, so my June project will need a Mulligan. Then I decided to duck home for lunch and I made a ham sandwich. I didn't make anything else, so that was a pretty light lunch. The consequence of that was that by 4:00 I was starving and by 4:30 I had vicious heartburn. That in turn sent me home to gorge on 3 molasses cookies in about 4 minutes and then walk rather than workout.
It's really a remarkable chain from overindulging one day to overcompensating the next, which leads to overindulging again. I've managed to keep dinner reasonable and shut it down for the night, but recovering from yesterday's adventures has meant feeling sub-par all day today. I guess the lesson is the level of intentionality with food must stay high for me to be the athlete I'm trying to become.
Random Musings: I'm interviewing 6 English teachers tomorrow to join my oddball unit of Basic Skill Instructors tomorrow (17 full-time instructors serving some of the toughest to serve students around). Hiring is the most exciting and frustrating thing I do. I hope we get someone great. One of my college mentors said if you ever get to build a teaching staff, focus on hiring interesting people because you will spend a lot of time together. I think that is brilliant, but the corollary is that interesting often lives right next door to insane...and it can be hard to tell the difference right away. Wish me luck identifying someone interesting who helps us be great.
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