The Vampires Helped me See Reason
 
Well, I didn’t run this morning.  I was planning to run 4 days this week instead of the usual two weekday runs.  Even though my heel has been bothering me a little bit and Jeff Galloway says “don’t overdo it.”  I wanted to finally break this weight plateau.  Luckily, last night I was home alone, which meant I didn’t sleep very well.  I also had a couple of bad dreams (involving vampires), so when this morning rolled around I decided I needed more rest.  Usually blowing off a workout is not a “good thing”, but when you are adding extra workouts specifically not in your training program in order to lose weight faster, then you are asking for trouble IMO.  So, I will do my usual run tomorrow.
 
The thing is, I feel like I should be doing more to help break this plateau, but that’s easier said than done.  I walk 30 minutes 5 days a week (at a comfortable pace).  I lift weights for 60 minutes 3 days a week.  I run 3 days a week.  I mean, how much more can I really add?  I am going to add 20 minutes on the elliptical post weight training.  We’ll see if that helps.
 
Eating was good yesterday.  No post dinner snacks, although I did have 2 non-alcohol beers (58 calories each).  That’s pretty darn good.  I had a healthy dinner (sautéed chicken in leftover homemade country captain sauce – it’s a tomato curry sauce) and a plate of sliced cukes and tomato with seasoned plain fat free yogurt.  Yum.
 
I am making my son 3 shirts and my husband 2 (these are medieval style tunics) for our vacation – I did my son’s first shirt last night.  I love costuming!  It was a lot of fun and it looks really nice.  Sewing costumes for me is very relaxing and I am very excited to have stuff to sew.  I may go buy some muslin and make a couple extras if I have time.  We’ll see.  I still have more sewing after these shirts I have cut out.  And I am painting celtic knotwork designs on sheets to make “walls” for our outdoor shower. 

 Ready for vacation.