Diet, Day 53

Whoa. The last 5-10 minutes of cardio were brutal today. Not sure why, but it took all I had to finish. It's basically been a little easier this week because I've had the house to myself, so I put the exercise bike in the living room & watched TV to distract me from thinking about the time. Previously, I was watching videos on my Zune, but most of those are 5-10 minutes long, so I am very aware of the time passing. Queue up an hour long TV show on the big screen, and it can get away from you.

I like that, because exercise for the sake of exercise has never been my thing. Even when I was young, my exercise was all about playing sports. To me, cycling is a mode of transportation- without a destination, there's no point. Running is how you get from first to second base, or score a touchdown. There's got to be a more inspiring goal than to just finish running.

Non insult intended to those who enjoy running, cycling, or other forms of cardio. I'm sure there are runners and cyclists who think there's no point to baseball or lacrosse, etc. And that's OK- to each his own, right? Just explaining where my mind is; that cardio is a hurdle for me to overcome. I am hoping that sticking to the routine will make it become easier to bear, make it less of a burden.

So, while I am using my weight loss successes and future goals as motivation, distractions are a big help in keeping me from focusing on how pointless I find the activity for its own sake.

Today, 4/17/09:

Supplements: All taken

Water: 1 gallon +

Cardio: 45 minutes

Meal 1- 8 oz chicken (8 vlp) with 1 cup mushrooms, measured raw (1 veg) and 1 cup cooked green beans (2 veg)
Meal 2- 2 cups raw bell peppers (2 veg) and 2 hard boiled eggs (2 vlp)
Meal 3- 1.5 cups fat free cotage cheese (6 vlp) and 1 small Granny Smith apple (1 fruit)
Freebies: 2 dill pickle spears. I've just got to buy Jell-O today or tomorrow.

Totals: 16 servings very lean protein, 5 servings veg, 1 serving fruit. Smoke on your pipe and put that in!