TO WALK OR NOT TO WALK ...
Whaddaya know, I'm famous in Brazil.
Well, not really. But the New York Times article, or some version of it, is appearing on Globo, a Brazilian ... publication? Website? Equivalent of the Times? I dunno exactly, but it's cool to read your story in Portuguese. Not that I can read Portuguese, but I know enough Spanish to be able to make a little sense of it. Anyway, it is cool.
I'm sitting here debating on whether to haul my tired ol' butt out on a walk this evening. The past two days have been dedicated to rehearsals and the first performance of the opera workshop I'm directing, which means I've been schlepping sets and props all over creation and running at Warp Hummingbird for about a week now. And we get to do it all again tomorrow, plus strike set (which means hauling everything out of the performance space in record time, and relocating it to a different building). Does this count as exercise? Why, of course it does. But whether it counts as enough exercise to work off the whole wheat apple pancakes and maple syrup I had for breakfast is another story. So as much as I'd rather sit here and blog about working out, I think I'm going to do a quick walk. Maybe with the dogs. That will make everybody happy (or at least the dogs and the hunk of metal that rules my bathroom).
I have to prepare, you see. One of my dearest friends in all the world is coming to visit tomorrow, and I can tell you right now that we will be drinking some of our carbs and enjoying some good food. Her visit is a vacation for both of us, so I'm a little concerned with allowing myself to slip into "vacation mentality" ... you know, "It's okay to eat a little more --- I'm on vacation! I deserve to enjoy myself --- I'm on vacation!" And then you bring five little souvenirs home ... on each hip.
The odd thing about my concern is that the friend who is coming to visit is none other than my diet coach, Kim. Surely we won't misbehave too badly. But having just gotten rid of the Horrid Six, I am in no hurry to see anything like them back again.
So. I got off my duff, and Les Saucisses and I did our walk. I'm still tired, but I feel virtuous.
Yes, I was very pleased with not gaining my usual 10-15 on vacation and I am hoping to actually start losing now. Work starts today, and the chorus has rehearsals right next to the cafeteria...whew! its hard. I am arming myself with a healthy lunch from home and a mental "do not enter" sign on the cafe. wish me luck.
Posted by: chorus girl | July 28, 2008 at 08:06 AM
Chorus Girl, if you went on a vacation involving wine, cheese, and foie gras and didn't come back with any extra gras on your derriere, you did extremely well! Brava!
Hi fellow Austinite MizFit, and yep ... exhaustion earned through good behavior is most enjoyable. ;)
Dr. Dean! Glad to have you about. I hope you'll write a guest blog post for us soon. :) (But after the dinner your sweetie and I just had, I'm not sure how much of an inspiration I might be).
Posted by: 100lbs | July 27, 2008 at 10:45 PM
Congratulations Cindy! You're living proof we don't "have" to subsist on a crappy diet of factory foods, white potatoes and corn-syrup sweetened drinks. The scientific evidence is now starting to accumulate that these are the very foods that have led us down the garden path to "diabesity." The American people have been sold a bill of goods for 30 years on the supposed virtues of the low-fat, high-carb diet (an excellent discussion of the politics of this is found in Good Fats, Bad Fats, the book by Gary Taubes). Healthy proteins and fats, and low-glycemic carbs can be delicious and filling at the same time. You've also done the hard work of changing your thinking about eating thanks to Judith Beck's fantastic book, which I now recommend to patients. I am thrilled with your progress; you are an inspiration to us all.
Posted by: Dean Havron, M.D. | July 27, 2008 at 07:14 PM
oh and Im a fellow austinite as well...
Posted by: MizFit | July 27, 2008 at 11:25 AM
and, seriously, is there nothing better than that virtuired feeling? Tireduous?
either way...
MizFit
Posted by: MizFit | July 27, 2008 at 11:23 AM
oh, I just got back from vacation with my FAVORITE diet coach...my husband..."oh, try this cheese, its fabulous! Lets make potato gratinee tonight...did you try the foie gras yet? YUM!" He's 6"2" and skinny...ARGHH! and he's very supportive, but we love to cook, and it's hard. I did ok, though, no gain this time, which is nothing short of a miracle considering the carbs I drank which was paired with the cheese, which went well with the foie gras...
Posted by: chorus girl | July 27, 2008 at 07:04 AM