Okay, maybe not for your life, but for your health.
Yesterday started innocently enough. I knew that Mom and my little angel were up late last night baking chocolate chip cookies, so I decided to have one "innocent" cookie. Not a problem.
We went to meet Grandma and Grandpa so they could go to our son's game for basketball camp. We stopped at a restaurant and I had a perfectly sane breakfast. At Grandma's house, however, things were a little different. First, she had baked some brownies. THEN to top it off, she makes some coffee and brings it out with those little chocolate sticks you dip in the coffee and eat while you're drinking it. What's a guy to do?
We watched my son play ... that was a trip down memory lane. He was playing at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology for I had a very brief time trying out the whole college concept. College and I did not agree so it was a short-lived semester, but the memories came flooding back - 14 years ago it was that I was a scared teenager just out of high school trying to find my place in life. Powerful.
We came home and wound down for the evening. I realized I had quite a bit of making up to do with going a bit over my calories. Here was the breakdown for the day:
Total calories: 2648
Fat: 128g (42g saturated)
Sodium: 4840mg (run - run - run - water retention) Potassium: 1680mg
Carbohydrate: 289g (27g fiber, 58g sugar)
Protein: 96g
I bought a great techno-style CD that has Omnibus, Sandstorm, and some other greats on it. Worked out to be 60 minutes of throbbing dance music. So this morning, I walked down to the basement and threw on the CD. 16 songs. So I took it one song at a time. 60 minutes later, I stepped off after having burned over 900 calories (so the readout said - it was just slower than a 10-minute mile but at an incline the entire time). Felt great about myself!
Now on to relax and enjoy the remains of the day. I do believe the hottub is calling me. It will be a nice way to soak after a long run while the 75 degree breeze blows over the hills.
Jeremy Likness
Yesterday started innocently enough. I knew that Mom and my little angel were up late last night baking chocolate chip cookies, so I decided to have one "innocent" cookie. Not a problem.
We went to meet Grandma and Grandpa so they could go to our son's game for basketball camp. We stopped at a restaurant and I had a perfectly sane breakfast. At Grandma's house, however, things were a little different. First, she had baked some brownies. THEN to top it off, she makes some coffee and brings it out with those little chocolate sticks you dip in the coffee and eat while you're drinking it. What's a guy to do?
We watched my son play ... that was a trip down memory lane. He was playing at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology for I had a very brief time trying out the whole college concept. College and I did not agree so it was a short-lived semester, but the memories came flooding back - 14 years ago it was that I was a scared teenager just out of high school trying to find my place in life. Powerful.
We came home and wound down for the evening. I realized I had quite a bit of making up to do with going a bit over my calories. Here was the breakdown for the day:
Total calories: 2648
Fat: 128g (42g saturated)
Sodium: 4840mg (run - run - run - water retention) Potassium: 1680mg
Carbohydrate: 289g (27g fiber, 58g sugar)
Protein: 96g
I bought a great techno-style CD that has Omnibus, Sandstorm, and some other greats on it. Worked out to be 60 minutes of throbbing dance music. So this morning, I walked down to the basement and threw on the CD. 16 songs. So I took it one song at a time. 60 minutes later, I stepped off after having burned over 900 calories (so the readout said - it was just slower than a 10-minute mile but at an incline the entire time). Felt great about myself!
Now on to relax and enjoy the remains of the day. I do believe the hottub is calling me. It will be a nice way to soak after a long run while the 75 degree breeze blows over the hills.
Jeremy Likness
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