“To be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition, the end to which every enterprise and labour tends.”
— Samuel Johnson
Housekeeping. Most any quote you ever see at the top of my blog nowadays is stolen from the daily “Moment of Happiness” email from Gretchen Rubin’s Happiness Project. You should read her blog. Good stuff.
Also, I miss labeled (and URL-ed) yesterday’s post (since corrected). It should have been marked for January 30, not January 31. If a link brought you here looking for my post about Bulletproof Coffee, click here to visit that post.
Winter Problems. Working out in the winter sucks. There’s a reason I live in Texas: I don’t like cold weather. It still get s cold enough around here to keep me from going outside like I want to, though.
The good folks at SparkPeople.com recognize this and, while they are writing for folks in a much colder part of the country than where I am, there are still some valuable lessons to be gleaned from a couple of recent articles.
- Cold Weather Workout Gear
- Winter Workout Clothes
- 10 Dead-of-Winter Workout Motivators
- 7 Smart Ways to Stay Active This Winter
- Get Fit Without Leaving the House
So get to it. Don’t let the cold stop you!
I’m going back to bed.
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Today’s Food Diary.
| Start | Food | End | Notes: |
| 0628 | 600 ml water | 0656 | On the way to work |
| 0815 | Coffee + 1T cream | 0830 | My normal cup |
| 1155 | “Soup” (32 oz water, 1 cube bouillon, hot sauce) | 1213 | An IF-friendly “lunch” |
| 1214 | 20 oz water | 1230 | |
| 1258 | Coffee + 1T cream | 1315 | |
| 1608 | 0.25 oz sunflower seeds | 1725 | On the drive home |
| 1630 | deli pickle slice, 0.5 oz aged cheddar, 3 olives | 1643 | While browsing at Central Market |
| 1700 | Trilogy kombucha | On the drive home | |
| 1727 | 2 slices deli pickles | Snack while making dinner | |
| 1735 | 39 g artisan cheddar, 1 oopsie | CHEESE TOAST!!! =) | |
| 1800 | Salad: 2.9 oz mixed greens 1.7 oz orange bell pepper 1.0 oz feta 65g homemade balsamic dressing 4 pickle slices 50 g hot chili olives |
1840 | My Big Ass Primal Salad . . . I was out of pine nuts. |
| 1843 | 500 ml water | ||
| 1917 | 4 pieces Mast Brothers Maine Sea Salt 72% chocolate | Pretty good, but not worth the money. Plus I cannot find ANY nutritional info on their products anywhere. | |
| 1935 | 157g Gucci steak + garlic + black pepper | Medium rare, of course. Anything more is both a sin and a crime. | |
| 2002 | decaf coffee + 1 T heavy cream | ||
| 2139 | 1/4c mixed nuts | ||
| 2140 | 1 med Gala apple | I think this is the first apple I’ve had in several months. |
Nutritional analysis for the day:
Tuesday's Nutrition 120131
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Running Nutrition Total for the Week.
| Day | Calories | Carbs | Fiber | Fat | Protein |
| Mon | 1517 | 24 | (7) | 96 | 121 |
| Tues | 1697 | 79 | (26) | 114 | 77 |
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| Avg | 1607 | 51.5 | (16.5) | 105 | 99 |
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New John for a New Year 