fuel

The other night a gym buddy of mine told me how much he liked watching me workout because I have so much energy. really? wow! thanks Eric! So, I started thinking about how I feel when I work out. I know I have told you several times that I don't always FEEL like working out but I go and I do.

I really think it matters what you have eaten all day long. If you eat relatively healthy food and a reasonable amount of calories, it really makes a difference in your energy levels. If you ate say, a huge greasy cheeseburger and fries, you might not have such a great workout.

I have also been reading a lot about what you eat right before you workout and how important it is to get some carbs in you to help with your energy level. I have always made sure I get a small snack about an hour before I workout and it makes a big difference. Last night was date night and I decided to forgo my snack so I could save the calories for dinner and it really affected me. Sorry to let you down Eric - but date night was worth it ;)

nom nom

One of my favorites times of the day is lunch. It's because while I'm eating I like to read blogs. I almost solely read *food blogs*. I have a couple of other blogs (jeremy & kathleen, Travels & Trevails, trenchwarfaretoo) I like that aren't about food but mostly it's all about food. I like watching the food trends and seeing the different ways to create all sorts of things with strawberries, nutella, quinoa, etc. However, I mostly look for ways to make lo-cal stuff.

I recently stumbled upon Chocolate-Covered Katie's blog. Believe it or not she has a recipe for a chocolate chip cookie cake that uses white beans. I am not kidding and I am totally going to try this recipe out. I'll let you know how it goes!

grumble, grumble.......sigh

When you are younger and in a relationship, you learn things as you go. You constantly ask your girlie girls for advise and talk incessantly about mistakes you are making over and over and over. In the end, you really only listen to yourself and the story gets old.

So when you get older you learn that you don't need advise from the girlie girls. You don't ask them 'What do you think?' This is because you already know the answers. So you really just need someone to lean on. Someone you can band with as if it were a club with a shared secret that only the girlie girls know about. The secret goes unsaid but it's there. And when the club disbands for the day or night or what have you, everyone goes back to their own heaven or hell depending on the situation.

We love our men but our girlie girls are our true soul mates.

it keeps me going

Wow! That was a long stretch, but I'm back now.

So, the other night at the gym I was feeling really like the 'gym' was THE last place I wanted to to be. But, as I told you before, I was there as usual. I started to think about why it is that I always show up and what keeps me there once class begins. Honestly I can tell you that for many reasons I love the economics classes I took. Seriously. In most everything I do these days, I always think about 'opportunity costs'. What is the opportunity cost of doing this or that or Not doing this or that. If only I had learned this bit of knowledge a looooong time ago, dangit! Another important thing that keeps me IN class once it begins.....I always imagine that the 'newbies' in class are secretly scouters. Hey, I'm being honest here. Maybe they are fitness scouters looking for people to become instructors or take part in a workout DVD. It could happen!

So, now you know what keeps me on track and one reason I give it my all in class! heehee