Today has been a pretty great day outside of work. Not that work was bad, but boy was it busy and stressful! Too much to do and not enough time to do it!
Eating did not quite go as planned today. I had planned on fasting all day, but when I told my wife my plans, she chastised me for not telling her my plans sooner. Apparently she already had plans for supper. Not a problem, I just fasted during the day. Supper was great – a pork chop, some pinto beans, and some green beans. I accented this with a very small green pepper and a jalapeno. I had a handful of fresh blueberries for dessert. Mmmm! I was still a little hungry later, so I filled a bowl full of cucumbers and vinegar that was made a few days ago. It is just about to get right. This is such a terrific snack.
By the way – the peppers are really beginning to come in. Now I can’t wait for the tomatoes. Sure, some have come in already, but just a few. I can’t wait until I can have tomatoes and peppers for breakfast. Yummy!
Speaking of yummy, I roasted a fresh batch of coffee tonight. I haven’t had a chance to do this lately with all the traveling that has been going on. I sure do miss it when I don’t have it. This batch is a Kenya AB Auction Lot #768 Rukira. It is supposed to be a good light roast coffee with a fruity taste. I won’t try it until Wednesday after it has had a chance to sit a bit, but I cannot wait.
Even though I would have preferred to throw my alarm clock out the window this morning, I finally heeded to it after two hits on the snooze button. I hardly ever hit snooze, but boy I didn’t want to get up this morning. Once I did, things were great. I walked 4.8 miles, which was a little more than expected. The walk was really a good one – a little cooler, a beautiful sunrise, the birds chirping, what more could you ask for. Nothing, but I will tell you what I got. Toward the end of my walk, who did I see walking over the hill? My wife. Apparently she has decided to start C25K today. She has yet to convince herself that there is anything worth getting up at 4:30 AM for on a regular basis, so we may only see each other in passing, but it was nice seeing that she started it. Something has always told me that she would really enjoy that program if she ever started it. Now I suppose we will find out.
Anyhow, after the walk I decided to do Tabata Jump Rope. If you aren’t familiar with the Tabata training, it is basically doing any exercise as hard as you can for 20 seconds, followed by 10 seconds of rest. Repeat this eight times. I have not done this ebfore today. Let me tell you what, this will kick your tail! I did not finish the full eight sets. In fact, I am not sure how many I did finish – either four or five. I will get better at this though.
I ran across a couple of helpful posts on other blogs tonight. First, Mark’s Daily Apple tells us all about freezing produce. Second, Darya over at Summer Tomato presents an opposing view to the latest hype that body fat is healthy.
Last of all, recently I have had posts which were chosen to be in three blog carnivals. The first was my Cinnamon, Diabetes, and Heart Health post, which made it into the Take Charge of Your Health Care Carnival. Next, my post on When the Sun is Shining made it into the Your Metamorphosis Carnival and the Blogging About Losing Weigh Carnival.
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This entry was posted on Monday, June 29th, 2009 at 8:43 pm by South Beach Steve.
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), lots and lots of cucumbers, some squash, a bag of fresh apples, and more. My wife’s grandmother doesn’t know the meaning of the word moderation when it comes to gardening. She literally grows enough to feed a small community. That is good for us. My wife, the boys, and I help out in the garden, so she eagerly gives us all we want. There will be no shortage of them until frost.
