<p>LOL-- funny to read about that race. When we were in Toronto there was a group (large group) of nude male bicyclists. Ouch!</p>
<p>I would be terrible at the Beer Mile. I can barely run a 1/4 mile. And, my absolute limit is two beers – for an entire evening. I nurse a beer for an hour and not very often at that. I think we still have one or two of the beers I bought at Christmas in the fridge.</p>
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<p>Carrying dumbbells (farmers walks or suitcase walks) is a fantastic exercise. Works the core like crazy trying to stay upright. And it is exhausting. Good functional exercise: just like trying to walk with a couple of heavy suitcases. My arms and shoulders were on fire coming back up the hill to the house. I had gotten a little practice as these were a featured exercise in one of the New Rules of Lifting for Abs workouts, but I had been doing them with one 50 pound dumbbell or a 35 lb + 25 lb. 90 lbs was a big step up.</p>
<p>As I mentioned on the “weight loss for dummies” thread-- I am taking today off. DH made me a healthy breakfast in bed. Off to walk a trail to a beautiful waterfall and then dinner with the boys and gf. Diet resumes 6/27 :)</p>
<p>Happy Birthday, jym626! Enjoy your day!</p>
<p>MoWC, thanks for describing the race–too funny! Must have really been something in person.</p>
<p>Grad party Friday night was one of those substance free lockdown in the school deals. Spent my night guarding purses, blocking escape routes, and solving problems. Slept in this morning, which meant I got out for my run late, which meant it was getting hot. I think I’ve finally stopped sweating enough to take a shower.</p>
<p>Aah, yes, Happy Birthday, jym!</p>
<p>MOWC – Well, the Beer Mile sounds much more fun to watch than to do – though I could happily live without ever seeing a fifty-something guy in a ribbon costume. We have the naked bike ride, the naked pumpkin run (and I’m more squicked out about the notion of plopping a hollowed-out pumpkin over my head than I even would be on the nudity, not that I’m volunteering. Maybe that’s because I’ve scooped out way too many Halloween pumpkins, and the inside is always nasty.)</p>
<p>MOfWC, the Beer Mile sounds much more fun than the Solstice nekkid bike ride (a local tradition - but what a torture)! However, I will never be able to run it - I will get DQ’d after the first beer. :)</p>
<p>Our 20 yards of beautiful, fine bark arrived yesterday evening. DH decided that we needed to finish putting the bathroom mirror together (which involved lots of weight lifting), so the bark was not touched. We are supposed to take today off from exercise, but it looks like we will be doing lots of wheelbarrow runs today.</p>
<p>Jym - happy birthday!!!</p>
<p>Our student organization held an “Almost Naked Mile” one year when I was in college. You were supposed to come wearing clothes, at the starting line strip down to some sort of costume or whatever (with certain parts still covered ;)). The clothes that you took off were supposed to be collected and donated to charity. There were some interesting ones…</p>
<p>Annoyed.</p>
<p>DH and I went to a dinner party last night. We’ve been to this couple’s house several times before; they’re friends – not close, but friends. The before-dinner snacks are always chunks of cheese with crackers and grapes. I usually nibble on a few crackers and avoid the cheese – too caloric. Dinner last night began with a lovely green salad, then proceeded to some sort of watery beef stew with darn little beef – many veggies, which are lovely, but not enough meat! I used crusty bread to soak up the watery juice and fill my tummy. Tasty. Then, unfortunately, dessert turned out to be a three-layer chocolate cake with major buttercream frosting. </p>
<p>And I’m really annoyed with myself for eating a whole piece.</p>
<p>Ooooff – I think I’ll skip carbs for the next two weeks! Ooooofff.</p>
<p>Thanks everyone. Had a great walk, though in the middle of a HOT day, buy a gorgeous trail to a huge waterfall. Then got my free birthday carwash at the nearby place 
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<p>VH- You should let your self splurge now and then. Thats what life is for. I confess at the party I attended last night I ate eggplant parmesan, foccacio and dessert-- it was great food by an italian family. Cannolis were to die for. I’ll probably eat dessert tonight too. Have had some lowfat ritz crackers and babybel light cheese this afternoon. Will get back on track tomorrow.</p>
<p>I see absolutely no problem with eating something that does not fall in the low carb category once in a while, but ONLY if the carb-y spread is wholesome, homemade food and not Doritos and beer. After all, I did eat a few bites of that real butter/cream/vanilla sugar/chocolate Potato Danish on Friday. ;)</p>
<p>No, it was most definitely not worthwhile. Because there was so little meat in the stew, I continued to be hungry – hence the bread and the cake.</p>
<p>I really don’t like to not be in control of my food choices. Last night was not good.</p>
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<p>I feel the same way; it’s gotten harder in restaurants or events to find stuff. I was visiting with my relatives recently and basically didn’t eat anything.</p>
<p>and isn’t cycling fun! (not) Did OK for 24 miles. We really have gorgeous places to bike around here, although I made H drive us to where I wanted to start. He is philosophically opposed, most of the time, to driving the bikes, but I didn’t want to mess with any in-town traffic at all today since we got a late start due to rain. We rode the bikes to the thriving metropolis of Fly, Tennessee. Passed Wynonna’s house on the way. She was home (her tour bus was there) but we didn’t stop to say hi. H had studied the radar and thought we had a good shot at getting the ride in before the rain moved back in. I agreed to try it. We were wrong. 24 miles it started to dump on us. It was hard to see, but fortunately we were on the Natchez Trace where there is almost no traffic and the road is smooth. I got chilled, but I knew I didn’t have any choice but to keep going and finish up. I didn’t even ***** about it, because what could we do??? When we finally got back to the car I wrapped up in a towel for the ride home. Now I’m in a Vanderbilt sweatshirt- an item I didn’t think I would need again until October (or until my next Colorado trip). So- did 2 miles of running before the 31 mile ride, so my day is done.</p>
<p>When getting rained on is not an option, all you can do is – well, not grin and bear it, but just bear it.</p>
<p>At the nature preserve where DH and I take the dogs, we’ve gotten rained on massively more than once. There’s just nothing to do but keep on going!</p>
<p>Well, can’t claim any great activities other than heading to the park and improving my time from yesterday for 3 miles. It is hot and humid today; when we left to go to the house, our power was out so it was a great feeling to return to restored power. </p>
<p>Definitely overate yesterday in the carb department but I can blame it on anticipation of jym’s birthday celebration! Happy birthday, jym!</p>
<p>Just finished making pancakes:</p>
<p>1/2 cup flaxseed meal
1/4 cup wheat gluten (80% protein, 20% carbs)
2 tsps baking powder
2 eggs
1/4 cup milk</p>
<p>First time in my life that I’ve made pancakes. I rather like them. They are not high on flavor with no salt, no vanilla, no sugar but they have a rather delicate taste. I need to work out the nutrition now.</p>
<p>That’s the spirit, sabaray!! I hereby give everyone a free pass today on weight management/diet restrictions. Cake for everyone!! :)</p>
<p>(Anyone have a birthday upcoming?? I think I read BB does. Lets keep it up! 
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<p>BTW, I guarantee that you won’t be able to eat a huge stack of those pancakes. A few will keep you feeling full for quite some time.</p>
<p>I guess that I can understand eating a tall stack of carb and sugar loaded pancakes now.</p>
<p>If I go to a party and there’s chocolate cake for dessert I eat the cake and definitely don’t feel guilty about it, but I do understand you’d might have had a smaller piece if there’d been more dinner. My aunt M. used to served dinners that were so meager that we’d all pile in the car to go home and say “So, where shall we go and eat now?” </p>
<p>Saturday, I went wine tasting and then to a gallery opening where I ate plenty of crackers and cheese and dip, not sure how to input it as I didn’t really count what I was eating. Did go home and have a very light dinner though!</p>