August 22, 2000

Updated About and some other squirrelly or outdated places around here.

Errands that would have taken no more than 3 hrs today took all freakin' day because I had to drive Paul to work and then get him for his lunch so he wouldn't get office cabin fever and drop him back off and then get him after work and all this commuting just hogged all this time. Ugh. All I wanted to do today was see my dietitian, lunch with a buddy I hadn't seen in 8 years, do groceries, do gym, and that's about it!

I miss having two working cars! Never even made it to the bank or post office because of the rain. Ugh. Oh, and things are on fire somewhere and blowing all this smoke around. That's why my allergies have been evil. Ugh.

On the bright side -- it was GREAT to see Jen again. I haven't seen her in eight years. She's doing fine and we made plans to get together again. She's so funny, and so sane -- it's going to be fun getting reacquainted.

It was also a good dietitian visit. I don't have to see her again for 2 months because she said I seem to have a handle on everything! Yeeha! So I only see her right before I do a little 5 or 10K race dealie as a check on progressin October rather than a session dealing with major problems.

So what did we cover?

• I've lost some weight since last month -- yay.
• told me my food log looked good -- yay
• she was pleased with my protein intake (problem area for active vegetarian me -- I'd be fine if I wasn't QUITE so active) -- yay
• my iron looks really good -- yay

New strategies?

We went over my new training schedule, rearranged my eating goals so it matches that one. I used to have rest days on Mondays on the old schedule plus light days on
Wed and Fri, but on the new schedule it's different days.

I am to eat more on the days that I actually have a workout (2000-2300), and I can just go easy on the rest days since I won't need as much fuel to get me through that day
(no lower than 1500-1600). Basically though, it still averages out to around 1800-1900 calories a day if you look at it as a monthly average thing. I mean, I want to lose still,
but not so fast my nutrition or workouts suffer for lack of fuel. I have a marathon to do in January!

She wants me to eat bigger breakfasts to help meet my protein goals and since I am always rushing we tried to come up with fast-fix breakfasts that don't hog more
morning time than I am willing to give. I'm a juice/cereal/toast gal because it's go-go-go to get out the door. Come to think of it, I've been eating cereal and toast for weekday
breakfast since I was 6! I am supposed to try a "mixed" cereal (think flakes, nuts, raisins, etc) and add hot chocolate made with soy milk so I can be drinking that while I am
still getting ready.

I love that she works to make food fit into my habits so I can keep it up. If she wanted me to do something more elaborate than that so early in the morning
I'd rebel!

We talked about making good choices in restaurants too since it's hard for me to know what to order sometimes. She said to not go out super duper hungry, and just tell
them to box half right off because restaurant portions are so large. I do that already, except for the bit about having them box it before I even start eating. Usually I have
them box up whatever I don't finish. She said it might be better to have them do it beforehand to avoid that "clean plate" pressure to eat more than I really need to feel full.
Ok, that made sense to me. I'll have to try that next time I go out.

I can only keep so many things in my head at one time though.

Trying to do somethign about our food budget. We're fine, nothing's being wasted, but I think if I were a bit more organized I could squeak with doing groceries every 3 weeks. With this car thing being a big question mark, I rather not have to deal with too many trips around. I don't have the flexibility.

If I knew how to put his car back together myself I'd do it!

~Astrophe