Oof, I am tired today. Teaching seven lessons in a row will do that to you --- rewarding, but also exhausting. And I'd like nothing better than a very large glass of red wine right now, but I shall refrain due to over-carb-ination at dinner time.
Sammy, Lila, and I started the day with a brisk walk through the mist --- it was raining lightly the whole time, but this did not deter us and there was much chasing of squirrels, so I got a little jogging in, too. The key to getting your workout in is to, like the Boy Scouts, be prepared. Actually, that's pretty much the key to success at Boot Camp. Don't give yourself extra obstacles; don't give yourself the opportunity to make excuses.
I have a clothing rack in my bedroom and my workout togs pretty much go straight from the laundry basket onto that rack, organized into complete outfits. All I have to do is grab the appropriate one, put it on, and go. If I am planning to work out in the morning, I put on my workout gear as soon as I get up. Then I am ready to go, no excuses, no delays.
Food prep is the same deal. On days when I teach at school, I prep my lunches while we're prepping dinner. On days like today, when I'm home but very busy, I do the same. No excuses!
So, today my Boot Camp grade is a B. I did not succeed in eating vegan, so this is my one day of the week to go off. Mom and I went to dinner at Kerbey Lane Cafe, which I love, and I planned to try their veggie plate.
Yeeeeeccccccccch. And I don't often say that about KLC. The grilled eggplant was cold, the cauliflower gratin was hardly identifiable as a veggie, the basil risotto was a congealed lump of gooey rice with no discernible basil flavor, and none of it had much taste. I sent it back and got the tomato pie instead. (Highly recommended).
I ended up getting more fat and carbs than I'd intended, and thus the B rating. Otherwise, I did well. I wish I could have gotten in more exercise but on a day when I'm teaching seven voice lessons, there is little energy left over for anything else. But tomorrow, it's another running day. And my togs are ready!
Mom and I had a discussion over dinner. She wants to get to the bottom of why she has yo-yo dieted all her life. She wants to put an end to the cycle. I told her that I think the reason some of us do this is because, quite simply, it's how we're wired, and it takes a great deal of work to change the bad eating habits we drift into, because they are also all tangled up with our emotions. I also think that we have to acknowledge that we will never be completely free of our food-related desires, and that there will always be periods where we have to reign ourselves in and get back on track. It's just the way things are, and it doesn not imply a moral failing on our parts. It's just something we have to do, if we want to be healthy. I believe that if we acknowledge this and accept it, we can let go of some of the frustration and guilt associated with our food relationships, and we can learn to manage them. And that, good management, is my ultimate goal.
Mmmmmm Kerby Lane. I have dreams about their queso.
Checking in:
Doing okay, food-wise. Had an apple (mmmm honeycrisps)for lunch and took out chicken for dinner. Don't know yet what I'm going to DO with it, but I'm about to go figure that out, as soon as I finish practicing.
Worked with my resistance band yesterday for half an hour. Arms. Also discovered that I can use Crackhead (my cat) as a dumbell, though she does not necessarily approve.
Still need to figure out how to get some cardio in. I'm starting to do some basic yoga work, but that's not so much cardio as it is muscular. Ideas, anybody?
Recital-wise: Finished all of my translations and half of my program notes. Looking for IPA for the Venetian dialect in the Rossini. Spend the morning learning and polishing Abendempfindung and I think that it is ready to take to my teacher and my coach.
Faure is good to go. I did two of the three songs on my recital in February (I'm repeating rep because of the whole teacher change/school drama/fach change/early recital date. I think it's smarter than learning an entire new recital's worth of music in a month).
Foster set is fine and good to go (providing I ever find the last one; I need to tear my apartment apart tomorrow and look for it).
Mozart: need to memorize Abendempfindung and work it with pianist. Als Luise is fine and sounds about a thousand times better than it did when I first learned it.
Rossini: Need to memorize the first one and finish learning the other two. Venetian dialect FML.
Goals for today and tomorrow:
-Grocery shop
-Lay out meal plan for the week.
-Yoga podcast and some ab work.
-Memorize 1st Rossini and 2nd Mozart.
-Figure out program order with Mark.
I think it's going okay. If nothing else, I feel organized and calm enough. Recital is a month away, and even though I'm not as polished or prepared yet as I'd like to be, given the crap that's gone down in the last couple of months, I know I'll be fine.
Now to find a chicken recipe and then memorize me some Mozart...
Posted by: Rachel | October 17, 2009 at 03:12 PM