Eat like crap, feel like crap

Lesson realized for the 1,437th time.

Five pounds has turned into ten pounds and I own every single one.

Exercise in general and running in particular are still fine, although slower these days, either from just feeling lazy in the hot summer or from weight gain, who knows and who cares.

Anyways, not doing particularly well but still hangin' in.

Things I Saw

In my 'burb today during my run:

1. Purple flowers everywhere

2. Two men who had clearly just woken up, wearing only shorts, stepping out to get their paper.

3. One man, fully dressed, escorting a toddler up and down the street (I see this man quite often, actually, and I always presume he is attempting to let mom sleep in, may the Goddess bless and keep him)

4. Baby bunnies everywhere, who are now fast enough to get the hell out of my way

5. One woman, pushing a double jog stroller, who passed me, which annoyed me greatly

6. My neighbor, out for his run (he always makes me kind of chuckle because he wears what I refer to in my head as "Dad shorts" because they look like the kind of old worn out shorts my dad always wore running, no matter how many new pairs he was given for various birthdays) with his dog

Other than these things, it was a pretty miserable run, with way too much of the last mile walked instead of run. But, as my awesome sister always says, it got done.

3.5

Outside. We are having some nice cool and rainy weather right now. Several parts of me have been barking all damn week, I don't know what the deal is with that, but I took three rest days this week. But it was a tough slog today.

The Macadamia Conspiracy Update

I've had two good runs outside so far this week. I've been off work, and going early in the morning before it gets too damn hot, which it does even in Denver right now. I was able to get in to see my doctor yesterday and the good news is the band is back where it is supposed to be, and I was able to get it partially filled, so hopefully I can now work a bit more effectively on shedding this stupid five pounds that has been more or less hanging around since my vacation.

As far as the stupid work situation, the replacement candy arrived while I was traveling, so I put it out on HR's stupid area counter on Friday evening. Monday I was off, but one of my employees texted me that everyone was asking about it. So, yesterday morning the admin comes to my desk and asks me if I left it and I said of course I did, who the hell else would it have been and kind of looked at her like she was crazy. And I said the candy was obviously very important. And she goes "well, you didn't have to do that, but your point was made." Whatever. So, now they have the candy down near her desk, not on the counter, so that only HR people can eat it. What a bunch of assholes.