Nutrition update: I went to McDonald's today. I'm not sure if it was a test or a failure. It seemed like a rational decision when I chose it, but my mind is a sneaky bastard as I've pointed out before.
Actually I was just on the phone with my wife and we can now confirm it was rationalization. I was explaining to her that it occurred to me that I probably wasn't going to go the rest of my life without eating McDonald's so, I thought after all these weeks, I would try it. That way I could see if I could eat it reasonably and perhaps it wouldn't even taste good any more.
Yeah, that looks like BS even as I type it...
I will not return to McDonald's any time in the near future, there is no positive associated with being there. Now I wonder if I will have to fight the "give me some crap" urge that follows a fatty binge. It will all fit within my calorie plan, but nutritionally I should know better and I do. And of course, now my burps are gross.
Exercise update: I'm scheduled for just a 15 minute swim tonight. The weather is cool, so I'm going so supplement it with a long walk with Jake,the dog.
Update to the update: I swam for 20 minutes tonight. My dear wife walked the dog, so I just called it a day. With my McDeath lunch thrown in and a stealth cookie at work this afternoon, I am right up against my calories for the day. 20 minutes of swimming only burns so much. Tomorrow is scheduled as a rest day, so I think that can be "walk the dog for an hour" day. I'm having a three day weekend , so I should take advantage of it on the health side.
I continue to improve in the pool. I really appreciate the two sessions with Danni, it gives me some technique to think about.
I looked up my 2007 time at Castle Rock and was surprised to see that I used to run a lot faster than I do know. I did the whole thing in 1 hour and 32 minutes. If I can go under 1:40 this time I'll be happy, but next summer I'm going to be a sub 90 minute sprint Tri guy. In addition of course to completing an olympic distance race (the genesis of all these words)...
Random musings: This exercise thing does get easier in some ways as my kids get older. For instance, tonight I could take Hannah and her friend Rachel to the YMCA with me and they entertain each other while I swim laps. No worries about danger, because they both swim...swimmingly.
Give it a year or two and Anne and I can go run or bike together while the kids fend for themselves at home for an hour or two.
Speaking of my daughter and her pal, they would like me to plug their latest YouTube video. They are under the impression that I have a large following for my blog and they might get it to go viral. Any help you can provide in supporting that undeserved faith is appreciated.
It is called silly cat and it can be found here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCWI81Zmg5Y
They are aspiring filmmakers and this is the third in their original trilogy. The first two movies were about skateboarding shoes and this one shifts to the question of cats.
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