Kid in a Candy Store

Saturday 4/5-

Today I ended up making the decision to not workout, which I'm actually okay with. My women's running club was meeting this morning for a fun run, and the weather forecasters were forecasting a blizzard. The blizzard wussed out to barely a couple of inches at our house, but the winds were bitter cold. Also, later in the morning I started having severe neck/back pain like I'd strained something - I have no idea how. But it was a day of Icy/Hot, Hot corn-filled pillow, and Advil, but in the end I'm okay with my decision.


To fill the day and do something fun as a family we decided that it would be a good day to go on a tour of Hammond's candy factory in town that I'd been wanting to take Megan. It was alright, but after you've been to the Jelly Belly Factory, like we did back in December, we knew that it really couldn't compare. But what we did do better this time was not go nuts in the store afterwards like we did at Jelly Belly. We each picked out one thing, unlike the hundreds of thousands of Jelly Beans we bought and still even have at home. I "only" got one Milk Chocolate Piggyback, which is essentially a turtle (I LOVE carmel and nuts), granted just one of them was the size of my palm.


But the good news is that is the only junk food I ate yesterday. I can't say that everything else I ate yesterday was at the height of nutrition (ie. Jay's multi-grain banana Belgium waffles w/ butter and sugar free syrup, Pei Wei for lunch (where I opted for edamame and no Crab Cheese wontons w/ my Honey Seared Chicken and brown rice, and Fish Tacos for dinner at home were pretty good for me (recipe from Nutrition Action Health letter).

So no training, but good resting (and I did use the foam roller for my legs like my massage therapist recently told me I needed to start doing to help with adhesion of my muscles that could start causing me knee pain again with my running. Ouch!)

Eating was more conscience.

Life was Extraordinary - I love when we go do something fun as a family together on the weekends. And I got a nap!

Looking ahead to Sunday:

- Spin class at 8 am.
- I WILL eat healthy.
- I will medidate in the morning.
- I will spend time reading rather than wasting time on the computer.