Random Musing: Don't be deceived by today's title. It's not about me performing perfect in my on-going battle against middle age. Rather, it's about telling you about a day that is as close to how I would want a day to be as I've had in some time. Let me tell you about it and how it fits with exercise (GOOD) and nutrition (ehh)...
Let me start by saying that today was a random vacation day from work, which is always a nice way to start things. I don't mean to imply that I dislike my job, in fact I generally enjoy it, but I will always prefer free time to work time. I also should acknowledge that my work does allow for fun days like today by virtue of paying me:)
Anyway, we packed up the car about 9 a.m. with bicycling stuff and headed for Lanesboro, Minnesota. We spent the day riding the bike trail over there and followed it up with an inner tube trip down the Root River. That led to a late lunch at a great little restaurant in the touristy town and then we drove back to La Crosse. After crashing for a couple hours at home, I took the kids to the YMCA and they swam while I did a workout to prep for the triathlon. All in all a pretty spectacular day: it was active, I had fun with my wife and kids, and it was stress free.
Actually, if I weighed what I wished I weighed, this day was perfect, but in reality it was a weight maintenance day at best. I hope to need maintenance days in the future, but right now I need to be on the weight loss path. Let me explain in the usual format.
Exercise update: This was a great day in this regard. Not only did we ride 8-9 miles round trip on the bike trail with the kids, we splashed around in tubes for an hour in the river. It was a very active day, which is always best. In addition, I got myself to the pool and did an actual workout. I swam for about 35 minutes and at one point swam 450 consecutive yards just to assure myself I can in two weeks at Castle Rock. I am tubby but ready.
Nutrition update: Here's where things are less sunny. Let's go through what I ate today.
7:45 - banana
8:30 - Banana bread
8:45 - half a hash brown that Cameron didn't want (no reason to eat it, but my wife said it was there)
11:00 - Giant Slice of Raspberry Cream pie at the pie shop in Whalan, MN. We had to bike 4+ miles to get it and the store is famous for it, so I indulged.
12:00-1:00 - Munch some animal crackers (just a couple, while floating down the river with Cameron)
2:00 - California Pesto Pizza (3 slices), not bad, not great. had artichoke hearts, tomatoes and other veggies and no meat, but there was plenty of cheese.
3:00 - Stopped in Rushford for my wife to get ice cream at great little shop "Do you want some Chad?" "Sure why not..." That equals a two scoop waffle cone of Raspberry truffle delight:)
7:30 - PBJ
You know actually as I look at it, I see only two big problems. No need for the ice cream in Rushford and I still need more fruits and veggies. It felt worse than it looks on screen.
Anyway, when I am fit and at a healthy weight, this is the kind of day I wouldn't mind reliving over and over again.
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