The only comfort...

Tanji really loves tolerates her reindog coat.

Quote du jour: …it's not so much what happens between Christmas and New Year's, as what happens between New Year's and Christmas.
- Weight by the SeaShore blog

Right now, that's my only comfort. I really did try to be good. I brought salads and roasted veggies and baked apples for dessert, but all those were swept aside in the relentless tide of sweet things to eat, wine to drink, movies to watch while lounging with friends who brought cookies and pastries.

Okay, I'm done with the whine. The focus right now is on getting back on track.

Exercise du jour: Week 6 of the C25k, day 1.
Brisk five-minute warmup walk, then:

• Jog 1/2 mile (or 5 minutes)
• Walk 1/4 mile (or 3 minutes)
• Jog 3/4 mile (or 8 minutes)
• Walk 1/4 mile (or 3 minutes)
• Jog 1/2 mile (or 5 minutes)

Done! Not great, but better than nothing.

Santa brought me... Day 3 of the C25k

Tanji? Why are your eyes glowing green? What was in that stocking?

Merry Christmas!

Week 5 Day 3 of the C25k.
The day that separates the wheat from the chaff, the weak from the strong, the ... well anyway, that is what Santa brought me. Hope you are all enjoying yourself!

Exercise du jour: Brisk five-minute warmup walk, then jog for 20 minutes with no walking.
Done! 20 minutes, then after a minute of walking, another couple of minutes jogging. (Hey, I was on a dinner roll. Besides, got to do something to offset all those Christmas cookies.) Plus, a hour of yoga.

Naughty or nice? Oh, the dilemma

Santa? Is that you?

Quote du jour: Either we are in the universe to inhabit the lovely eternity of our souls and grow real, or else we might as well dedicate our days to shopping and kill time watching talk shows. - John O'Donohue


Exercise du jour: None. I was going to run today, but instead decided to devote my time to festivities. Tomorrow I'll be good. Promise.

Weird. I tell myself it's okay NOT to exercise, and for some reason I feel cheated. Quite contrary. Half hour's worth of yoga.

Hot to trot... straight toward dessert?

Exercise du jour:
Four mile jog/walk, the Turkey Trot benefit for the Portland Zoo.

Week 1 Day 2 C25K ... around the neighborhood. My shins are still hurting, but I'm going to try the ice-and-ibuprofen routine and see if they'll let me mosey at a gentle pace. (Brisk five-minute warm up walk. Then alternate 60 seconds of jogging and 90 seconds of walking for a total of 20 minutes.)

Today, I will be thankful for my body, which is for the most part pretty healthy, and for my good friends.

What are you thankful for?


Done! It helped to schedule this post ahead of time. Then, as the time got closer for it to be published, I felt obliged to haul myself up and get on the treadmill. (I was going to run outside, even though it is raining, but the dog gave me this stricken, bereft look "You're LEAVING ME? For HALF an HOUR?????" and I caved in. She has me well trained.)