A Great Day for Little Indulgences
Today was beautiful. I got a bunch of work done this morning. Around 10:00, I had an (almost) uncontrollable urge for chocolate. I’ve been so good lately with my points, though, and I didn’t want to ruin it. Oh well. I bought a Hershey’s Chocolate Bar out of the snack machine, since that was the ONLY form of chocolate in the machine. Even though this was much more than I really needed, I ate it anyway. Of course, I wrote down the “Points” like any good weight watcher. 5.5, if anyone was wondering.
At 11:30, I couldn’t sit still. It was 65 degrees, sunny and breezy. I went out and rode for a FULL hour. This put my lunch “hour” at an hour and 20 minutes, but hey, I got there at 6:45 this morning. Now, this ride was TRULY an indulgence, and it even cancelled out my earlier indiscretion. I would have ridden all the way home if I knew how to get there via back roads….it was that beautiful today and the bike felt that good. As an extra bonus, there were NO dogs today, and I did an extra two miles.
I went to aerobics after work. Really, I probably shouldn’t have done that. We did 100% threshold intervals last night, and I rode at lunch, so I should have skipped aerobics. He worked us hard and 25 minutes into a 45 minute workout I was actually thinking about quitting. I would have rather ridden my bike, but I know I need the extra “umph” for my upper body.
The trail was calling me this evening. It’s so nice outside and I know it’s dry, but I have WAY too much to do around here. I’ll eat dinner and take a shower and do my chores and go to bed. I’m SOOOO tired. These early hours are killing me.
I’m so glad my indulgences aren’t all unhealthy. I feel pretty good today after my great lunch ride.
Once I get a AAA battery for my tiny camera, I think I’ll do a lunch-ride photo journal.
