Friday - Off to the National's game we went. My goal was to avoid the pizza, failed. My goal was three beers, failed. Now looking at the bright side, as a group we ordered a pizza so I only had two small pieces instead of the massive slice they serve you if you just order one slice. (I counted it as 8 points a piece). Secondly, I ended up having four beers, I mean it's a baseball game OK? What really got me was the snacking on the ballpark peanuts. While great, totally unnecessary. A few small handfuls added up to 6 points and didn't really do anything for me. I would have rather had another slice of tomato pie.
Saturday - Now things get interesting. My wife, Hila has started what she calls the Girlfriend 5K. What she has done is get a group of her girlfriends together and they have all agreed to run a race in October. She has somehow been able to get 17 girls to agree to do this, phenomenal woman, my wife. What a fantastic idea. In the group of girls there are all different fitness levels, from marathon runners to girls who don't even prefer to drive 26.2 miles. They are doing a program called Couch to 5K. This is one of the most basic running plans I have ever seen but the idea is obviously to get someone from couch potato level to 5K running level in 8 weeks. For us who are active we have forgotten about the first couple workouts/runs where we literally wanted to die after the workout. I am reminded of these times again seeing the girls here yesterday. Some of the girls met here at the house and all ran together. I really like this. What I like about it is the fact that not only are these girls working together, even the stronger runners are participating in the run/walk program as well. The non-runners need time to get acclimated to running and we all know that takes time. I am really proud of all these girls and I wish them the best of luck on their training in the upcoming weeks.
While the girls were doing their run, I also ran and did a quick 3 miler (27 minutes 55 seconds - fastest run yet!!) Afterwards all this the girls hung out for breakfast, and what did they have??? My Chocolate Smoothie!!! A smashing success, all the girls loved it. Just seeing this picture makes me want one. So I have to give props where props is due. While we were making these smoothies, one of the girls, Hilary suggested adding some instant coffee to the mix to add a type of java flavor. Let me tell you that it worked, I will definitely be doing that again! Thanks Hilary.
Here is a group shot of the lovely ladies (plus mascots) post workout and breakfast. (Team WTF - Where's the Finish?!)
Later in the day Saturday we had a few friends over to BBQ and ended up lighting up the fire pit. My main concern with this was making sure I watched was I was eating and drinking. This was the second night in a row of having an abundance of options for food and drink. We all pitched in and helped with food and grilling and all in all I would say it was another smashing success. I did end up using 59 points but I had been saving my weekly's and planning accordingly. I also used some of my activity points but I feel great because I kept things in check and did not wake up today regretting any severe buffoonery. Plus any night when the fire pit is burning is a great night in my book.
For breakfast this morning Hila made me a healthy version of Eggs Benedict. Soo good. Yes yes, I am that lucky!!!
At some point today I need to fit in a 6 mile run. We have to go out around lunch time so I am thinking it will be later in the day, hopefully it does not get too hot. Maybe it will rain and I will finally get my rain run in, I have been wanting to try that for weeks. My boot camp program in having a Labor Day charity boot camp class tomorrow in Vienna at 8 AM, definitely going to that!! I love that I know I have a committed workout scheduled and I don't have to worry about getting myself to the gym or out for a run. For me the hardest part of any workout is just getting there...
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