It. Is. Hot.

Didn't want to drag myself out of bed this morning (I was really, really comfortable), so squeezed the 30 mins in after class tonight, which means I didn't get home until about 10. After grabbing a quick and small dinner and then a shower, it's 11 and time for the rack. Wow, some days I live a really exciting life, no?

Comidas: usual breakfast (there's that exciting life again), PB&J/carrots/trail mix/donut/string cheese for lunch (like how I buried that one in there?), chocolate milk mid-afternoon, and then small bowl of rotisserie chicken and rice for the late dinner.

I'm beat, so buenos noches. CS is coming to NM this weekend.

Mining salt...

After sliding the weekend update in behind CS's most recent posts, kind of went into hiding. Apologies to any and all.

Monday: Skipped the run, had the usual breakfast, 6 inch ham/turkey sub/veggie chips/lemonade from Subway for lunch and a turkey wrap and some trial mix for dinner.

Tuesday: Ran first thing (gotta keep working on the getting up and doing this in the morning...so much easier the rest of the day); usual breakfast, pastrami sandwich for lunch, two (admittedly big) slices of pizza and iced tea for dinner

Hopefully more effusive in Wednesday's posting.

As for whether we need "friends" to justify the blog, I dunno. It's good that we're doing this if for no other reason than it makes us accountable to one another and to ourselves, which, given our daily individual schedules, would be difficult otherwise. Besides, my girlfriend has offered to 'befriend' us if we want a wider audience.

Friends

NM do we need friends? How lame are we blogging to each other? There surely has to be other fat guys out there that are trying to lose weight while trying to maintain their love for a good beer. We need to find them. (By "find them" I mean their blogs, I'm not specifically searching out fat men like you may be thinking).

Da 'mill and da 'hill

How nice is that title? I amaze myself sometimes. I need to catch up on my workouts. Last Thursday, my first day back after the family trip to Keystone I hit the treadmill (boring - yes, convenient - yes, no painful downhill back to the car - yes) for a 90 11% incline workout. The workout felt great, I felt great, the pace was great, and I even jogged the last few minutes just for fun. Took Friday off, though not by choice, as well as Saturday which was by choice as I rested up for Sunday. Sunday I did the Barr trail up about 7.5 miles to the bottomless pit. I pushed the uphill to Barr Camp and got my 2nd fastest (fastest non-race) time. Took it easy up to BP and the plan was to jog it all the way back down but.... I stopped at BC for awhile to chat and had a hard time getting going after that. Got down 4 minutes faster than I got up. I'm off today, but I'm hoping for a bike ride later this evening.

Does walking from the great Rockies seats we sat in Sat. night back UP to the concourse count as a workout?

Weigh-in

Since I missed my normal Monday weigh-in last week since I was still on vacation, I weighed in the morning after we returned. 252, though not happy, I was afraid that it could have been worse since I only worked out once over that time. I immediately started my "food journal" and as always, was surprised how low my calorie intake was from Thursday through Sunday. As a result today's weigh-in was 249 (250 if I leaned really far forward, but that doesn't count). Hopefully I can continue this 2-3 pound a week drop for the next 2-3 weeks as I have a race coming up and would prefer not having to drag extra...OK, there will still be plenty of "extra"...up the mountain.

Nice going NM on the consistent drop. Do I hear the 280's knocking?

Back to the salt mines!

So I haven't run since Wednesday, had KFC Thursday night (it was calling me), spent Friday and Saturday on a steady diet of dogs/brauts/burgers/potatoes/eggs/bacon and Tecate Light (and FTR, I'm about convinced there is no alcohol in that beer, as it can be quaffed like water all day long with no apparent effects), did only mild and sporadic hiking, and stopped for a frybread in Jemez Pueblo coming home on Sunday. Highlight of the weekend, however, was Sunday morning, sitting by the campfire, shoveling french toast and bacon down the pie hole at 8 something in the morning and looking up to see a big ol' horking 4x4 working as a chase vehicle for a couple of Nigerians getting their work in on the nearby forest road. Criminy, did I feel fat and lazy seeing that. And come this morning and I STILL dropped a pound on the week?!?!? Whatever, not looking at this gift-horse any more closely and getting back on the wagon today.

Miercoles en NM

Got up and out a little bit earlier today than yesterday, got the run in and felt pretty good doing it. Wish I wasn't such the night owl that I could easily adjust to the pre-dawn call, but it's been a struggle so far. Hopefully it'll get easier in the coming days.

Eating: Usual for breakfast; had a turkey & swiss marketfresh sandwich from Arby's (no soda and NO CURLY FRIES...that one was tough), a string cheese and some Reese's Pieces for lunch; bowl of green chile stew and some fruit/nut trail mix for dinner. Funny, seems like in my head I ate too much on the day, but once I see it written down it doesn't look so bad. We'll see if that holds true come Monday.

Did they lose internet in CS like in that South Park episode?

A nice start...bad finish

Somehow managed to drag myself out of bed first thing this morning and hit the road for a 40 minute trek. Since about the third week or so of the program, been trying to do the training runs non-stop, without the walk break at every mile that we've been doing on the long Saturday runs. Got to admit that 40 minutes impresses me; back in February, I was panting at the 5 minute mark.

Consumables: yogurt/grapefruit/8 oz box of chocolate milk (lotsa potassium) for breakfast; rice/cabbage/shrimp burrito for lunch (with side of tortilla chips...oof) for lunch; and same turkey wrap for dinner with more chips (thankfully they're gone) and some candy for dessert (thankfully, also gone).

Gonna try to do the first half of the day pretty much the same way tomorrow. Gonna try and not do the second half of the day the same way tomorrow.

Congrats C's. Eat it, Lakers.

Catching Up

NM, I played catch up with some older posts and they're listed in chronological order below.

Also, NICE job on the Monday weigh in!!!  2 lbs may not seem like a lot, but that adds up to 104 lbs a year!!  I would have been shocked if you hadn't dropped some lbs this week, you ate pretty well.  Me on the other hand,  well we'll have to wait until Thurs AM when I get back to the scale.  I'm not holding out for too much, but we'll see.

The Death Zone

Spent about six hours in the Death Zone today, aka - 11,300 feet.  At that altitude the body begins to eat itself to survive.  OK so I was about 15,000 lower than the real Death Zone, but you get the point.  Visiting friends that live essentially at tree line outside of Breck.  I was forced to discuss soccer, forced to drink a beer, and forced to climb up and down their driveway...which is long....and steep.... and at 11,300ft.  Fried eggs (2), hash browns and toast in the AM, too many snack foods in the afternoon and sloppy Joe for dinner - with a beer.  Woke up to work out in the AM, but instead I apparently realigned my nightgown and crawled back into bed...shameful, nothing more can be said.  

Haven't had a soda in too many day, but our daughter finished her book and she doesn't have another one up here, so tomorrow I should be in the clear for one.

Monday, Monday...

Woke up early enough, but couldn't get moving to get out before work. After class, 8ish, it was still 90ish outside. Bagging it until Tuesday morning.

Eats: bowl of oatmeal w/raisins for breakfast; 6-inch turkey/ham Subway w/veggie chips and lemonade for lunch; turkey and cheese wrap and dried fruit/nut trail mix for dinner

I WILL be running tomorrow. And waiting for CS to return my call.

Sunday Sunday Sunday

My wife went for a run, so I HAD to stay back in bed with the kids.  Had pancakes (probably too many) for breakfast, some pieces of rotisserie chicken and a tortilla for lunch and fajitas for dinner.  Snuck in some pieces of beef jerky for a snack while watching the 2nd annual Outhouse races in Breck.  All this in addition to walking around for five hours with a kids strapped to my back.  Went for a 45 min. roller blade pushing a stroller outing in the pm.  Not too bad a day.

Happy Pop's Day

Belatedly, at least. And welcome back.

Off day after Saturday's 9-miler. Bowl of cereal, toast for breakfast. Handful or so of chips during the golf/soccer games. Had a cherry lime slush from Sonic mid-afternoon, and had a green chile cheeseburger/beans/baked potato/slaw for dinner (went out with Dad, brother and the girlfriend).

Back on the trail Monday.

Saturday in NM

Dragged myself out of bed and wasn't feeling great. Guess the beer the night before didn't really agree with me. Was a bit worried I was going to have problem during the run, but everything settled down once we got going. At that point, I was just more worried about the run. Finished the nine miles without any real trouble, though not sure how much further I could've gone if this had been a longer one. Obviously, that was the workout for today.

Eats: couple of power blocks during the run, had a smoothie from Keva (love the Keva Juice) after the run, a ciabatta toasted with some cheese for lunch, had dinner at Scalo with the family (aunt from CS was in town) and ate linguini with shrimp and salmon, had a beer (Widmer) there and then a chai when everyone went for dessert afterward. Had three more Bud Lights w/Lime (much better than the regular swill flavor) at a houseparty afterward where we started planning a big group camping trip for next weekend. Avoiding the crap food there will muy dificil.

BTW, you booked tix for San Antone yet? And you gonna make Vegas?

BBQ Festival

The title alone should instill fear in this post, but I actually did OK...at the festival.  I'm still at 9300 ft. so i figure I'm burning more calories than normal just staying alive up here.  I did get up at 6:00 and went for an awesome 94 min. run.  Jogged on a paved trail that followed a stream, went through parts of a golf course, around a small lake and by homes I'll never even be able to afford to stay at for a night.  Weather was great - in the 60's - and I got back to the condo and everyone was still in bed asleep.

Had 2 1/2 pieces of French Toast for breakfast.  The challenge came at the Frisco BBQ festival.  Knowing that we were meeting some friends later in the day in Breckenridge (most likely to eat bad food and have some drinks) I approached the festival with caution.  Is there a better smell then four city blocks packed with venders selling their very best BBQ?  Fortunately since it was such an awesome day that tons of people were out, which equaled long lines, which equaled me not standing in them, which equaled me not getting any food.  All I had was 2 dixie cup samples (brisket and pulled pork) and half of a sausage on a stick...oh yeh, and a Lite beer.  Later in the day we met our friends and then badness happened - 2 more beers, and I split 1/2 a rack of ribs and a plate of nachos with my wife.  I don't feel like I ate tons of it and if it helps any, that was also my dinner.  I also walked a ton today.  I did have a small bowl of ice cream while we watched Cars at bedtime.

Friday Flashback #2

Not sure if I gave you a dattaboy, but good job avoiding the potluck, sometimes that's ust the easiest thing.

That's sorta what I meant with Roy and hazel, I've seen some blogs that have stuff on the right and left sides of the post.

Still up in Keystone with the family, crammed into a little condo - funny how 15 years ago we would have made this trip and crammed 5 guys and lots of beer into a condo like this.  Now I'm cramming 1 guy, a wife, and 3 kids - but I did manage to get in 12 beers. BTW Sam Adams Summer Ale - good stuff!

1.5 bowls of cereal and 2 slices of toast with butter and jelly; turkey sandwich for lunch (with the cheese slice) and spaghetti for dinner (probably 2.5 servings).  I did have two beers and some chips and dip.

No official workout but walked around for about 3 hours with a kid in a pack on my back, so that should count for something.  FTR I haven't had this many beers over this many days in a long time - that alone should be motivation to get into shape...so I can drink more regularly.

Friday Flashback

Off day, resting for Saturday. Given that the judges were still out, some of us from the office took the opportunity to go to up to Santa Fe for a bit of a field trip. Got moving a bit late, and needed to meet the group for the trip, so didn't get in a breakfast. Our activities ran late, and didn't get to any lunch until 2ish. Had three shrimp tacos with rice and black beans (refried, unfortunately) and a beer. Got back to town and had to meet a group for Happy Hour where I had a total of three more pints of Guinness. On the bright side, avoided all of the nachos, chips & salsa, quesadillas, etc. that were floating around the table. Got home and had a tortilla with some turkey and a couple slices of cheese...a quesadilla, I guess. Chased it with an oatmeal raisin cookie and hit the rack, worrying about Saturday.

By the way, that what you meant about moving Roy and Hazel?

Travel Day

First off - any help on moving Roy and Hazel would be great - I know you can figure it out NM, not like you're working this week...wait, I can't throw that stone.

Well the plus side of Thurs would be that I never sat down, except for the 2.5 hours of driving.  Up stairs, down stairs, carry this to the car, bring this back here, throw that on the luggage rack, check this room, did I pack that?, pick up that crying child, back down stairs, back up stairs...  all why keeping my eye of Croatia x Germany game as I passed the TV (which my 10 yr. old daughter was joyfully watching, as well as parts of the next game).

The down side - fast food lunch, fast food snack (only 1 taco) and an ice cream.  Dinner was reasonable, 3 tacos, all homemade and little cheese, no sour cream, drained the meat of the grease.  Oh yeh, 2 beers, but no soda (a little bet with the same 10 yr. old - thank goodness the other two can't talk yet).

Went to the Dr. on Tues and he made a snippy comment when I indicated I was stuck around 250 -  "you can't exercise your way out of bad eating."  Jackass!

Now NM is eating like a champ - I suspect you'll drop on Monday!  

Thursday in NM

After the run in the noon heat yesterday, decided to get my fat arse out of the rack first thing this morning and get the work in, and boy, did it make a difference. Nice cool morning just after sunrise, averaged a better pace than I have in two weeks (interestingly, Pedro was not at all inclined to go with me this morning...looked at me like I was crazy for being up that early).

Eating: Usual breakfast. Sushi lunch. Crap dinner, but at least not a lot of it.

Off day tomorrow, got to get ready for the 9 miler on Saturday.

Hump Day in NM

Damn straight "Guinness...mmmm". Can't tell you how easily it went down and how difficult it was to not give it a chaser once we got to the game. That's right, ballgame with sausage, peanuts...and no beer. Sounds commie if you ask me. But still, it would've made me feel guilty if I'd had more with no running to counter it. Back to today...

Courts are closed Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of this week so the judges can have their annual meetings, so the office does a couple of days of training during that time. Last few years, we've also done a big potluck cookout on one afternoon of that break. Today was that day. Burgers, dogs, chips, dip and desserts everywhere. So I did what any fat guy that's trying to drop weight could do; I got the hell out of there. Went home and got in my 30 minutes of roadwork. Took the dog with me for the first time and actually ran faster than normal, which was good, but don't think I'll do the midday thing again until Fall. Running in 90 degree weather suuuuuuucks.

Eating: usual breakfast, burger with lettuce ketchup (no cheese), two small pieces of boudin (basically cajun dirty rice in a sausage casing), some salad and two cookies for lunch, and stroganoff on rice w/peas and carrots and a Bud Light w/lime for dinner.

G'luck in the hill country, CS. Blog at ya on your return. We'll be watching Euro Cup for you while you're gone.