yesterday, i took a break. yes, i went to rowing, but i skipped my bike ride to/from work and skipped my (15-minute easy) run. i was exhausted. and i feel like it's okay that i missed a significant amount of my plan for yesterday, because sometimes i just need a break. and boot camp (pre-rowing) involved sprints, so that's running, right?
in other news, the jeans i'm wearing are sort of loose. whether they're stretched out or i'm getting thinner is debatable, but my tape measure isn't saying much and tape measures don't lie. (unless you're retaining water, are dehydrated etc etc etc.)
but i'm still not losing weight, people. i look slightly better, and i feel a lot better and those are both great things. but i still wish i could just look like i work out as much as i do, like i'm in as good of shape as i am...i'm hoping to go see my doctor sometime next week (i'm due for a check-in after we found out my vitamin d was still severely low, even with an insane amount of supplements) and i'm going to bring him my food/exercise log so he can tell me what i'm doing wrong. (sleep is probably a part of it.)
also, i 100% killed two of my cuticles rowing yesterday. we're not good at balancing the (very thin, long) boat yet, and i was sitting in the bow seat, which means (i think) that i was especially affected. i kept pushing the oar down as far as it would go to get it out of the water, but it wouldn't work, and the boat would rock and my hand would be smashed against the gunnel (rim of the boat) and my hand was a little bloody by the end of it. i'm excited to row stern on saturday and to suck less at rowing...for some reason egluck and i both felt pretty awful about how we rowed yesterday while everyone else seemed mostly pleased..?
one of my favorite people in our class has a brother-in-law who's a cop. she was saying yesterday that when she told him she was going to row in the river, he told her a bunch of horror stories about people jumping off the tall bridges into the water in an attempt to commit suicide. apparently, in one spot, they get sucked down into the muck that comprises the bottom half of the river and suffocate/drown that way. in another spot, you float over a dam and hit a wood chopper. one poor man jumped and went over the dam and lived, with only a broken arm. she said that in the spring, when the water thaws, bodies turn up. i thought of the seinfeld episode where kramer is swimming in the river and he says, "there are a bunch of guys out there!" not realizing that they're dead bodies.
how picturesque.
also, if you need tips on how to be a more interesting person, read this. too funny. (i'm 100% doing the potato thing...because i didn't start it before i read this article...cough.)
another update. i'm exhausted still. exhausted. i'm so unmotivated to run this afternoon that the thought of it is killing me a little. should i still go? if so, please leave me some words of motivation. thanks. <3
food (my net calorie intake needs to be 2,155 today...i still haven't made up my deficit)
1c chocolate milk: 180c, 8p, 0f
greek yogurt: 140c, 14p, 0f
pork and peaches: 235c, 26p, 1f
couscous: 175c, 6p, 2f
1/2c strawberries: 25c, 0.5p, 1.5f
bean dip: 89c, 4p, 3f
chips: 140c, 2p, 2f
17 reese's pieces (yes, i counted): 68c, 1.5p
french toast: 332c, 12p, 1.5f
cheese and crackers: 360c, 16p, 2f
two drinks: 420c, 0p, 0f
4 jalapeno poppers: 400c, 10p, 2f
totals: 2564c, 100p, 15f
well, i reached my net! and then some...not worried about it
happy about
my jeans feeling a little loose today!
the muscle tone i'm starting to get, little by little
we just got a giant grant at work that we worked really hard for!! whooo!!!
uptown pride block party. yes.
seeing rachel hk for the first time in 1,000 years.
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