Screw traditional stuff - today I am making some of our favorite foods. Our famous spicy chili, my famous mexican dip, and homemade cranberry bliss bars (like Starbucks has). We're not on a mission to pig out, just to enjoy some of our favorite comfort foods. And I say famous because we are known for this stuff among our family and friends, who often request us to make it. I'm going to try my best to exercise portion control and resist the urge to graze.
The thing I hate about fall and winter... is that all my favorite fatty treats are available. Normal candy doesn't really hold much sway over me these days, but anything pumpkin, peppermint, ginger, cinnamon... I go crazy for that stuff. This time of year I actually put cream in my coffee (so many tasty holiday flavors!) and there's things like peppermint bark and cranberry bliss bars and those amazing white chocolate Lindor truffles. So much badness!
To compensate a little for the evil food, I've resolved myself to making sure I get workouts in over my 4 day weekend. I went for a quick run around the neighborhood this morning. It's not a very big neighborhood - running to the entrance and back = 1 mile. This morning I did that twice, so 2 miles. My time today was 19:53, barely squeaking under a 10 min/mile pace. There are decent inclines and hills here which is very good for my training. This run was very well timed too, because it was drizzling when I started, changed to full on rain about halfway through the run, and then about 5 minutes after I stopped it turned into a total downpour. I'll run in the rain, but I'd imagine things would just get kind of miserable during heavy rain. It wasn't too cold or windy so the rain was actually very refreshing. It felt good to get out there on a day when most people are not. 4 day weekend? Heck yeah, I have TONS of time to work out! I'll even try to get one in tomorrow at some point.
Hopefully christmas doesn't set me back too badly. I want to enjoy some treats, because if I completely deprive myself then I'll be miserable. So I'll enjoy these couple of days in my warm home, gaming with my husband and cooking some good food. Hopefully in front of the fire in the backyard if the weather allows. Then get right back to the 6am thing on wednesday!
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