Looks like I missed hitting the button to post yesterday... So the post above is a day old. And day before yesterday I know I typed a post that has disappeared. Usually they stay on the computer and can be posted later but that one is just gone... In it I responded to many of the comments above, will try and catch up here.
Today was a good day, ate well, exercised and I feel good tonight. Been eating lettuce and strawberries from the garden, makes it all the better. I have lost a bit of weight, but I suspect much of it is water from eating less and less carbs, some of it however has to be fat. Not bingeing has not been too hard most of the time, but the urges are still there.
I'm glad you're going to zumba & enjoying it. I would love to go to another dance class.
Why don't you? I am living proof that you don't have to be very good at it, no one has asked me to leave, or even laugh at me yet! There are a couple of women older than us who sometimes go, always good to see them.
Men who don't mind looking silly are few and far between: the world could use more of them.
Maybe, but I did not mean to say that I have never felt awkward or intimidated. The first time I went to an exercise class, Tabata, I was quite intimated by the young fit women in the class, that lasted only a few minutes when I realized I was not the only not so fit one. And all were nice to me, fittest of the fit to... we not so fit.
I am the same way re speed vs endurance. I am a slow 'runner' but can keep going for some good stretches (when not dealing with injuries that is)
I love the sound of any class with a good hike as a final exam!
I was in college, about 20, and had to do a PE credit. Hiking class seemed a good idea. We met every Saturday morning and hiked until noon. Until that last class the final exam, that was pretty much a dawn to dusk thing. Hike strait up the mountain above campus, a rise of ~3,000+ feet (~1,000 meters) mostly bushwhacking up a rugged face with little to no trail to follow. We just climbed the ridge, it was nice. Had a great view of campus and the town from the top. Utah has lots of places like that.
Wow, I love this story, Rob. Go you! So interesting.
Thanks Emily, it was a good story, guess that's part of why I still remember it.
Yay for a good day & eating out. 1500 cals looks better, Rob
It was nice to get out to eat, and the few extra calories didn't hurt. Though not eating the beans and rice that were on the plate with the enchiladas took a lot of will power. My wife, a vegetarian, got the beans and the rice when home to the dog.
Yay for good days! Enchiladas in mole sound delicious and worth a couple extra calories.
Yep, mole is one of my favorite Mexican dishes. Can you get mole in Austria? Its not served in most of our Mexican restaurants, but I go back to the ones that do have it.
Oh, yum to anything covered in mole. I must learn to make that! Glad you had a good day with a more sustainable calorie count!!
Absolutely! I have never made it, but you can buy some pretty good base mole, I like
Dona Maria. Mole is the Aztec word for sauce, the recipe predates Columbus, by a long ways. In Mexico you find it mostly in the south, the places that were Aztec and Mayan. Lots of different varieties, mole negro is one of the most popular, made with chocolate. There is a place in Salt Lake that has what they call a red pippin mole, it's made with pumpkin seeds. Most US Mexican restaurants serve Northern Mexican food, no mole... too bad.
Hope I didn't miss anyone, or repeat, hopefully I will properly post this one...
