Good days and not-so-good days

Oct. 8 through Oct. 12

It’s been an interesting four days. Friday and Saturday were great! Felt great, got my exercise in. My mood seemed fine. My hubby and I celebrated our 13th wedding anniversary. It was seriously awesome.

Dessert on our anniversary.

I had the bison burger and cheesy mashed potatoes. To my surprise, I only ate half my burger and half my potatoes. Although I’m not gonna lie, I wanted to eat ALL of it. So happy I didn’t.

My hubby’s meal – the pork tenderloins, veggies and cheesy mashed potatoes.

We hiked Inspiration Peak on Friday for our anniversary.

Not many miles, but it was a great workout as it is HILLY!

So pretty.

This was on the Central Lakes Trail Saturday morning during my run.

I ran to Garfield and then my hubby was waiting there with the car. I drove back and he ran back. My pace was not great, but my legs were tired after the hike on Friday.

Saturday night date night was awesome. And I didn’t entirely stuff myself.

Yes, there were leftovers.

It is a Greek dip with hummus, tzatziki, olives, cucumbers, zucchini, green onions and feta cheese. SO GOOD!

And then we had meatballs with tzatziki sauce. And yes, there were leftovers of these, too.

I even made Greek drinks called Greek Mati. Interesting, but good. It was vodka, blue curacao and cream. Al made the meal as he is the chef in the house, but I usually whip up the cocktails as I love mixing drinks.

Sunday is when things started to go down hill. I felt moody, crabby and all I wanted was SUGAR. I had to work a little bit as I had to take pics at an apple pie baking contest. I did buy a big bag of apples, which are fantastic. But, I had to wait a bit for the winners to be announced and the place I was at, Country Blossom Farm, has a fantastic bakery. Like REALLY, REALLY good. I wanted everything. But, I didn’t. I did, however, have a pumpkin cream cheese Danish thing. It was SO GOOD.

But…the guilt set it. I am not sure why. I hate when that happens. It made me feel crabby the rest of the day.

Luckily, my hubby made a LARGE batch of minestrone and that made me feel better about my eating. And, there was plenty for me to divide up into containers and use that as my meals for the week. LOVE THAT.

The minestrone was seriously so good!

Even though I had the minestrone, I also munched on a bunch of other things – animal crackers, thin pita chips and more. I felt like I could not get full. I tried to drink a bunch of water and I did eat an apple, but nothing seemed to satisfy my hunger. AARGH. I hate when that happens.

Monday and Tuesday were no better.

On Friday, we found out our treadmill was broke. We had a technician come out because our belt was wonky and he found that the frame was cracked. I was not a happy camper and on Monday is when I started dealing with the NordicTrack people. I am still waiting to find out what they are going to do. In the meantime, we cannot use our treadmill. To put it bluntly, it sucks!

Now that it is dark in the morning, I have been running on the treadmill. And being without a treadmill, I have not ran since Saturday. I am not an evening runner and it is too dark in the morning. I can run in the dark as I have all the gear I need, I just really, really don’t like it.

So, no running means no exercise, which means I am extremely crabby and instead just want to eat all the things. And I feel like I have been eating all the things. In reality, I haven’t, but I feel like I have. And this makes me super cranky.

I am hoping to get outside for a run this afternoon (It’s Wednesday) and then maybe just work later. I have my fingers crossed! Exercise puts me in a much better mood and a much better place, mentally.

One positive thing…I moved again at work. This time, into an actual office. A real office. I have NEVER had an office. It’s a little weird and I am starting to get used to it, but it’s a lot of space. My walls are still empty, but my son is working on that and hopefully I will have some of his photographs hanging up soon!

I am going to try to live by the words on my new mousepad.

Here’s to hopefully having a better rest of the week.

What about you? How’s it going? Feel free to share how life has been going for you! I would love to hear from you. Just