Today is definitely a rest day...from working out only. The rest of my day was swamped with lots and lots of business, but this afternoon I was able to get in a nice 2 mile walk/jog/run around Pt. Defiance...it was beautiful and sunny even though we got snow and high winds last night. The trails there are...what can I say, spectacular and breathtaking and the smell, ever smell wet pine needles drying in the sun? There is nothing like it!

Diet went pretty good today too, although as Fly mentioned after vacation quite a bit of things are going to be changed up. I have to give Menace incredible props for putting together a work out program for me! What a guy!

Here's nutrition for today:

breakfast:
1 whole egg, 1 eggwhite scramble with fresh spinach.
1/2 cup non-fat yogurt with 1/4 cup granola.
1 8 oz coffee

snack:
Protein shake: blueberries, strawberries, bananas, 1/2 cup non-fat yogurt & unsweetened orange juice.

Lunch:
1 lemon herb rubbed chicken breast
1 apple
1 cup romaine salad with balsamic vinegar dressing

Snack:
1 banana
1/2 pc whole wheat baguette
1 slice mozarella cheese

Dinner:
8oz Turkey meatloaf
1 cup salad with balsamic vinegar dressing
1 cup parmesan pasta

I think I am really going to need a lot of assistance on the dietary portion of this training starting after next week so I will be reading the forums and asking questions on what I cannot find.


On another note:
My 15 year old daughter is getting ready for her Job Shadow project that is to last two years of high school and she has opted to be a mortician. This decision came when she was thirteen and her Nana (grandmother) passed away. When we were at the open casket funeral, my daughter, along with many of us were appalled by the looks of her Nana. She had never looked that way in life and it was very upsetting to a lot of us, but I think it hit my daughter the most as she was very, very, very close to her Nana. She said that no family should ever have to deal with something like that and she aims to make sure families are left with the memories of their loved ones just as how they are and not what others think they may have looked like.

So..we are going to visit our first morgue tomorrow evening for a tour and meeting the mortician. She asked that I go with her and ofcourse I will, I am trying to help her prep for what questions to ask, what to look for etc. The only fear I have is that if we see bodies, I might not be able to stomach it and I don't want to do that to her! My stomach has been so weak lately since treatments, etc.. I can barely look at an egg without feeling bile in my throat. I just hope all goes well, wish me luck!

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