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Finally Friday Accountability
Helllllllooooooo!!!!
No workout yesterday - last night was the final recital night - and food was crap (except supper, which was grilled chicken and broccoli). Scale is down half a pound...
We're all pretty tired and looking forward to our weekend. DD cried last night all the way home because she was going to 'miss dance' during the summer hiatus. That's a sure sign that she's tired. She has two rehearsals this weekend for her spring concert, so I'll spend my time bringing her back and forth, doing my usual laundry and errands, but I also want to get my bouquets done once and for all.
What are your plans for this weekend? It's a long weekend for us, and I hope it's long enough!!!
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Re: Finally Friday Accountability
Lobsters - way to be a bad@ss at boxing!
Kwith - good luck with all the unpacking stuff. I also enjoy having you on east coast time!
Yesterday was my last run, a 3 miler, before Sunday. I set out WAY to fast and finished in 7:30 pace but felt pretty miserable. Not the best note to end on before the race, grrrrr. I also indulged in my own creation of a "PMS platter" which was essentially a trio of desserts I could scrounge up in my house. I went for two 3 mile walks during the day, so at least there was some activity and exercise. But I'm so bloated from water retention that I still feel miserable. Ok I'll stop whining now...
Weekend plans: Today I'm going to the Indians game with friends and family. Tomorrow I'm going to the race expo (super excited) and picking up my bib/packet. Sunday is race day (7:00am sharp, ugh!) followed by IHOP (I'm comin' for you brioche french toast), my sister's graduation, a movie, then dinner out. Yeah, I'm going to collapse from exhaustion... and still gain weight the day I ran a half marathon given 2 meals out...
My ex-co-worker ended up being sick yesterday, so going out to the bar turned into working out at the gym. I'm actually slightly relieved I got a good workout in. I did my afternoon walk, then at the gym I did 35 minutes running/walking intervals on the treadmill and 6 weightlifting machines.
Food ended up being spot on. For dinner we tried beer can chicken and it ended up turning out extremely well! Might end up being something we do semi-regularly.
I'm not sure if this is the exact recipe that DH used, but it sounds very similiar: CLICKY
I don't think this would work as well for a turkey because A.) I don't think a Turkey could have even fit on our grill the way it would have needed to, B.) One can of beer would not have been enough to keep an entire turkey moist. The whole reason to cook a chicken this way is to make it incredibly moist throughout and get the skin crispy - and it worked! Might be worth trying again
interesting note. today and tomorrow are rest days for me in prep for Sunday. normally i love rest days, but feeling like they're being "forced" on me is causing some mental hijinks. i keep wanting to go on really long walks and do pilates, etc. I need to settle myself!
Fi and I are headed back home today, but its been a very productive few days in Halifax thats for sure. We got our marriage license, I received my Masters degree, the bridesmaids' dresses came in and I had my wedding shower!
We went out to Jack Astors for what I thought was going to be a graduation/belated birthday dinner, but it was a surprise shower for fi and I! We had a bunch of appetizers, then caesar salad and pizza, and then cupcakes and cake. I didnt track what I ate but my guess is I ate my daily intake in that one meal. Lol
No formal workouts either.
But the scale was down a pound the other night and even stayed that way even after that huge meal.
It'll be nice to get to the gym once we get home later.
I'm jealous of these long weekends you speak of! My weekend is packed full.. I have ceremony programs to do, my bachalorette party is tomorrow night, my friend's bridal show is tomorrow and I still have several other to do list items.. I can't believe I only have one week left!!
My best friend flew into Boise on Wednesday and I have curiously been about 100 calories over since we've been hanging out. She's pregnant and needs snacks often which makes me snack often too..
Hope everyone has a great day!
Yesterday was my day off. I ran a bunch of errands and finally finished one garden! Yippee! I'm hoping that my flowers will do well and if they do, I'll be AWing them on here
Today I think I'm just going to go on a walk when I get home. This weekend is the winefest, so I will have a fun Saturday!
Yes, kwith, we get Victoria Day instead of Memorial Day. It's a long standing tradition to make it the first camping weekend of the summer, but for us, it's also usually a horrible weekend weather-wise. Not at all uncommon to have snow... One year I bought a shovel that weekend because we had so much snow.