Finding Fit at 30

Thank Gawd It’s Monday! June 29, 2009

Not many people say that but it’s my day off and I am exhausted!  I’ve barely been near a computer (besides work) since I’ve been so busy!  Let’s start with where I left off on Friday…

I did not run 5 miles, unfortunately I only made 4.  Eh, you win some, you lose some I suppose.  And this weekend I didn’t run at. all.  I also didn’t eat any dinner on Friday.  I wasn’t hungry, which is just so weird!  I received a call from work at 9pm to work some overtime.  Since I still have to cover my job from 7am until 3pm on Saturday, going into work at 11pm is too much but I told them I would come in at 3am.  So I went in at 3am, driving through town at 2:30 in the morning, wistfully watching the drunktards in the drive thru at McDonald’s and Taco Bell, wondering if I’ll ever find a job with weekends off again! 

After working 12 hours then on Saturday, I went home, showered, chugged a Red Bull and met up with friends downtown at the Summer Arts Festival.  And I have NO PICS from Saturday.  I must have deleted them thinking they were from Friday or something.  I’m not sure, Saturday involved a lot of beers. 

See that cup that I have a death grip on with my arm?  I had a Raspberry Ale from the Upstream and 2 Vanilla Porters from the Nebraska Brewing Company.  Both were very good beers!  I’ve become a bit of a beer snob and was very happy to see it wasn’t just Bud Light on the menu.  I also grabbed a veggie wrap from the Whole Foods tent.  And a bite of funnel cake from my friend on the far right.  It was awesome!  I love funnl cakes but didn’t feel like having a heart attack and preferred to drink all of my calories that evening!

After the arts festival we headed over to Ameristar casino to listen to a band and I had a couple of Blue Moons over there.  I regretted this in the morning, trust.  615am came and bitch slapped me right in the face.  Work was miserable from lack of sleep Friday and Saturday and about 2 too many beers from Saturday’s shenanigans.  Oh, AND I stayed for more overtime Sunday afternoon and worked a 16-hr shift.  It’s days like yesterday when I wonder if I’ll ever learn my lesson and limit myself to 2 drinks and being home by 11!  Sunday morning required a green smoothie, I felt the need for something healthy after Saturday night!

The smoothie mix contained the usual:

• Spinach
• Banana
• Strawberries
• Blueberries
• Mango
• Coconut/Pineapple juice
• Mila
• Perfect food

Green smoothie totally hit the spot!  Due to my lack of sleep I was also in desperate need of caffeine.  I walked up the block from work to a coffeehouse called Aroma’s and ordered up an iced Cinnamon coffee and also split a yummy little dessert with my co-worker.  I’m not sure what it was but it had chocolate chips and coconut in it.  ‘Nuff said, right?

Since I stayed out late Saturday playing like I was 21 again, I did not have time to make lunch so a run to Chipotle was in order where I got a burrito bowl with:

• Rice
• Black Beans
• Grilled pepper and onion
• Corn
• Salsa
• Tomatoes
• Cheese
• Sour Cream

Again, no pic (makes documenting what I’ve eaten a little difficult, eh?) but it was pretty gi-normous.  Aaaannnnd, I ate it all!  Dinner had to be found at work in our crappy cafeteria where I got a grilled cheese on wheat…yet another healthy choice for Sunday’s eats, no?  I really couldn’t stand the thought of iceberg lettuce with some non-home-grown tomato and Hidden Valley Ranch dressing on top of it.  Since that’s the only somewhat healthy menu item to be found. 

I think I’m finally back to normal today and will post today’s eats later on this evening….hope everyone had a great Monday so far!

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